image from Free People's blog
For years now, I've been wanting a simpler approach to clothing (not accumulating massive amounts to the point where I only wear some things once in a whole year.) And I believe I've found it. For the first time since I was a child, I felt the actual need to buy clothing. My t-shirts had gotten so ratty (or grossly stained) that I decided to just cut the sleeves off of them, making them tank tops, resign some to pajama status, or throw some of them out. Then it hit me, "I only have 5 t-shirts! What will I do when it gets cold outside?"
Earlier this year, a love for jewelry developed. For me personally, the idea of wearing simple, yet stylish clothing and mixing it up with interesting jewelry is more satisfying to my conscience. There's just something about wearing things that I've made myself, or have been made for me by friends, that makes the act of wearing special. Thus, I began making lots of pieces. I will be selling some on http://www.realprettyinblackmarket.blogspot.com/. Below is one piece to come:
I have made several pairs of these earrings and dearly love them. I crafted them out of a necklace my mother bought from an African jeweler when she was in highschool. Each pair differs a bit from the others as far as length, but the style and sophistication of each pair is equal. I will update when I start putting things up for sale.
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Pretty In Black
When I named this blog I quoted one of my favorte songs "Think you look good today/Pretty in black you've got it down" -Sleepwalking. The Raveonettes stole my heart with they're Chuck Berry era and shoegaze tunes that tell tales that are always too dark or too sunny. I can't help but do the twist whenever I hear one of their danceable songs. The contrast of Sharon's sweet voice intertwined with Sune's sonic insanity have something new to show to rock n' roll. Whenever shoegaze is incorporated into the rockabilly sound it creates a creepy tune but manages to still fell like something Marlon Brando would have listened to in The Wild One. In one song about an unhealthy relationsip Sune murmurs "And if you and me/Should ever go to hell/ C'mon lets go/ right now/I can't feel a thing/But I'm sure you can/Warm summer's night red tan" and shivers inch they're way up my vertabrae. They're cover of "My Boyfriends Back" as well as the California tune "Ode to LA" (feauting an original girl group star, Ronnie Spektor) break up the morbid storytelling. They defy the half full glass of modern rock sonically as well as visually. Sharon is always in a dress and heels or black slacks while Sune favors an Elvis Costello look in a goth palette. They are always stylish whether they're all dolled up or undone in a James Dean kind of way sporting wing tip shades. This too-cool-for-school group are most definitely pretty in black and they better stay that way.
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