Dear, The Past.

"I never think of myself as an icon. What is in other peope's minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing." - Audrey Hepburn

"I want to grow old without facelifts... I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I've made. Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die young, but then you'd never complete your life, would you? You'd never wholly know you." - Marilyn Monroe

I know I say this a lot, but I love the past.

Probably my biggest role model is Audrey Hepburn.

She was such a great person who just did what she believed in, and got huge for doing so, and I admire her for that.

"If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all." - Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe were two of the most beautiful women of all time, yet both of them believed only happy girls were beautiful.

I think that's something everyone should live by, happiness.

"On my darkest days, I wear my brightest colors." - Cyndi Lauper

I've recently been falling in love with vintage/oldies clothing.

Today I went thrifting, hoping to find something that was old-ish that I could use in pictures and found this dress (in the pictures above), it makes me feel like a princess.

It's not the most beautiful dress, and I know that.

It looks sort of like an 90's prom dress.

But I'm okay with that.

My mom also let me wear her pearls, which honestly is the most gorgeous necklace ever, it's magical! As soon as I put them on, it felt like I was in character for the picture.

Being a time traveler is a lonely life.

A life of being lost, and found, then lost again.

To adapt to a time, then lose what you've grasped onto.

Maybe it'd be better to get stuck.

To get stuck in a time you can stay, and rely on.

I'm also in love with Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennet.

But that's for another blog post.

(More pictures on my Flickr!)

Just a girl who likes clothes.

"What makes me happy is dressing, at long last, according to the dictates of my soul."

I'm inspired by many things, one of those many things being clothes.

I've always loved clothes, when I was around 8ish I got my first sewing machine and went crazy with it.

I made many miscellaneous items with clothes I didn't want anymore,

or clothes my family didn't want.

I specifically remember the very first thing I made that actually worked out the way I had planned,

it was a vest made out of one of my mom's old shirts, and then I added little pieces of fabric from my old favorite clothes.

It had a spongebob face from my first spongebob pajamas, a friendship bracelet that one of my best friends made for me, buttons from my favorite denim jacket, a money from my favorite pajamas, a patch from one of my favorite silky "hippie" shirts (what I called it when I was little.), and the list could go on forever.

Quite honestly, I'm inspired by the little kid I was back then.

I wore this vest for a few years 'till I grew out of it; but when I did wear it, I wore it proudly.
It was so beautiful in my eyes, and I didn't care if other people didn't like it or not. I liked it, and that was all that mattered.

I still feel the same way, where society has no boundaries on me, and has absolutely no say in what I think is beautiful, or what I think looks good. But it definitely still can have a terrible effect on me sometimes.

Getting weird looks for dyed hair, weird looks for wearing a tutu, crazy makeup, or even just my knee-high converse.

I hope someday, in the future, people will be more accepting of others,

and think people who are different, are the same.

Definitely inspired by an article about a girl in Vogue about how in high school she stopped dressing how she wanted, because of people, and because of bullies.

The sum of it all; I cut up a shirt today, and I'm realizing how in love I am with fashion, and would really love to pursue fashion photography more, or even just have some more fashion-esque clothes lying around at my disposal..

You know, fantasies of being rich and having all of the clothes I want.

Meet Pierre.

'Love for the art.' 

Today was great! I took pictures all day. It was crazy! But pretty awesome.

I spent the majority of my day cleaning up my Nikon FG, from 1982!

One of the cameras I had in my picture yesterday! I love him. <3

His name is Pierre.

He doesn't work anymore; I took him apart and cleaned out the dust, and everything cluttering the electronics, but found out it's missing one of the major reflectors inside.

So he's just a beautiful prop!

(But I've made it a lifetime goal to eventually fix him.)

I also got film for my Minolta Hi-Matic AF2, it works wonderfully!

I'm really excited to use it in Minnesota, and hopefully get some cool film-y shots, considering this will be my first time using film.

Yesterday I went to the thrift store, and got a black dress for pictures! (which I love and will most likely post a picture of eventually) And a wool high-waist skirt!

I love them, and prepare to see them in lots of pictures in the future.

Also! While taking pictures, my neighbors drove by (whom I've never talked to), rolled down their window, and a little girl asked me to take her picture, it was adorable!

Dancing in coldness.

Let's dance to the sound of winter.

This was fun to take! Even if I froze half to death. I seriously love it.

I've had this idea for a while to do an elegant yet creepy/tim burtonish picture for a while, but never had the time to do it, or the right clothing. I got this shirt a few days ago, and it's my absolute favorite shirt ever now.

I got the tights around halloween, and the shoes for ETUSC in the summer. They've all payed for themselves with pictures, and inspiration.

Winter feels like it's finally here, and being freezing cold constantly.

Which is surprisingly having a positive impact on my pictures! I like having a cold, or icey look to my pictures.

Sunny dress day.

I made a Lookbook! Check it out!