THE CHUNK OF IT ALL

♥Amanda Renee♥

thrifted jacket

Dr. Martens platform boots

bag from H&M

Backpack ridiculously too tiny + jacket ridiculously too humongous = wtf was I thinking? Besides the fact that I get bored and love too experiment with different formulas of random, unconventional ways of wearing shit. Slim it down half way keeping the material the same texture to validate some type of sanity and then chunk it out at the bottom to balance out the chunk on top. Yeah..fashion nerd for sure and utterly for life....

UNDER THE SEA

photos by me

#TBT! I took the blue out of the sea and put the blue in the weave. Moss/algae sea nymph/ mermaid hair and septum pierced. Fun days man, fun days.

HESH MESH

photos by me

Generic Surplus Borstal mesh sneakers

Just in: I finally bought a fresh new pair of sneakers!  Vans...nope. Chucks...napes. Generic Surplus' mesh sneakers. Finally a low key, low top with just the right detail to make me feel chic when I actually feel like blending in just slightly more with the unfussy dress code of North County San Diego. Yay to basic, beachy and classic shoes [with a slight twist]! Paying attention to detail is a fun sport. And to think that I declared that I would not buy shoes with laces for a long time once I started noticing that I have a perverse preference for shoes that keep my feet harnessed, strapped and buckled. I bought them on pure excitement-induced impulse at Grandeur in Oceanside of the 101 and felt utterly great about blowing potentially-much-needed-for more-important-crap-money on them. The simple fact that it has actually been a goal of mine to one day walk into, discover and purchase the perfect pair of kicks from Grandeur, but never could quite find what i felt was me until now....and the fact that I didn't buy them in a color always worth spending on when it comes to shoes especially: BLACK, proves that this beautiful pearly opal color will have a chance proving itself as a staple neutral to the completion of many casual outfits. I'm obsessed with mesh and basically my beloved lived in Phillip Lim sandals inspired me to start collecting shoes that are not completely there with the appearance that they are still pending/loading/buffering/whatever. These shoes are the pair that mostly cover up my as of lately, ubiquitous scantily clad feet.

HEMP AND RICE

photo by John Lara

thrifted hemp shirt

American Apparel shorts

3.1 Phillip Lim for Tatami sandals

More from summer preview. I cannot wait to reside in this outfit with ease 24/7. This week is suppose to pick up speed on sunshine after a depressingly rainy weekend so i will have to wear again...with lots and lots of gold! I say that now but I will more likely be minimal about the gold jewelry. I found this hemp beauty at the DAV veterans thrift department store in Oceanside. I love the cut, the material, and the detailed stitching of the word "IRIE" in place of what could have potentially been a a pocket on the chest. Paired with my favorite "pj" shorts and sandals that still go hard to this day from Phillip Lim's 2008 spring collection. Right now: tired, antsy for the week ahead, rice, Real Housewives of Atlanta and online window shopping.

BOBBLE HEAD

photos by Lauren Juarez

thrifted silk shirt

vintage shorts from HOME

3.1 Phillip Lim for Tatami sandals
Tom Binns earrings

Summer preview! It's hot out here for a pimp (sung out exactly like in the song in that Hustle and Flow movie)! You can see the exhaustion in my face as I clench and hold on to my bobble for dear life but I love the heat even when it abuses me.

FRISKY BUSINESS

photo by Stephanie Colt

Taking refuge at my neighbors' house because their fire place is freaking awesome (so warm that if you're close enough where I am you will be tainted with the paranoia that you are just going to burst into flames especially if you have something furry on or close enough to you) and I missed this cutie. Isn't she glam? her bitchy demonic alter ego seemed to have been caught in this shot. I promise she doesn't look/ isn't this mean. It's @#$%ing freezing... which I love because now I can wear fluffy furry over sized outerwear and more leather and people around here won't find it that utterly ridiculous. Puha, as if I was saving all that and not already wearing it since before it was devastatingly cold or rather me at least since I shouldn't speak for everyone.  My family on the east coast die in laughter over the fact that i panic when it is 40 degrees, that's like a blessed winter day for them. I live by a courthouse so I usually walk through there and I ran into a friend that was going to traffic court to deal with a train hopping ticket. I decided to go in with her and as we are going through the metal detector, one of the cops stopped me, called me over and took me to the side... He wanted to know where i got my pants/ mobile home and if they were real leather. Then he wanted to know if i customized my platform docs/ mobile home and I told him that I bought them exactly the way he saw them off of ebay and he was utterly astounded. He literally started caressing my wax coated jeans curious if they were leather and it obv made a scene and everyone thought I was being further frisked for something. He concluded his personal investigation by citing me with great style...

BREAK ON THROUGH TO THE OTHER SIDE

photos by Jessica Sanchez

vintage fur jacket and silk shirt

Tom Binns stud earrings 

At my friend's good vs. evil bad themed birthday party this weekend. There was literally a dark side on one side of the house and a good bright side on the other. These were taken on the good side where my white on white had full home field advantage. And full advantage I took [of that wall] concluding in white on white on white. Meanwhile, my bottom half, consisting of my ubiquitous wax coated jeans and platform boots combo and my Frankenstein earrings, were well qualified to admit me to the dark side.

GOLDEN SUN AND SILVER PROMISES

 

 

 

 

 

the sterling silver sister pair of these arrived today!

 

 

 

Photos by me

thrifted top
Divided by H&M wax coated jeans

Dr.  Martens Cherry Bomb boots

Tom Binns Hard Wear Screw Stud Earrings

♥ These are a few of my favorite things ♥

THE WORLD WE LIVE IN...

Forever 21 t-shirt and Skullcandy headphones

...I just let Bob Marley tune it out...

"YOU'RE SO HESH"

this shot looks right in black and white here.

photos by Amanda Renee Margosiak

vintage fur and tshirt
H&M jeans
Dr. Martens platform boots
Forever 21 beanie

 I love throwing a vintage fur over an old grungy tee. Mixing a little skater with a little YSL never hurt nobody. Words cannot even describe... wait... CHIC. Nevermind.