asymmetry

I love vintage clothing, and the creativity in making it work. The butterfly print dress is actually a maternity dress, so I cinched it with a black metal/cloth belt. I usually try to wear colorful hair accessories since my hair is so dark but sometimes subtly is more.

I definitely miss living in proximity to New York City and all of its art galleries. Vasily Kandinsky has been on my mind, and the art theory concepts he wrote about in Concerning the Spiritual in Art. How works of art explore shapes, forms, and colors and their effects on the human soul through color impression, which then lead to deep soulful impact, is quite fascinating.

Anyways, my long weekend has been fantastic and I'm crazy enjoying summer already. I cannot wait to explore what the rest of summer holds. Cheers to a beautiful summer!

xo.

pretty moments & impressionism

Rose gardens apparently grow crazy well in California, but I didn't understand the extent of how well until a few days ago when I visited my first one. There were roses of every color, and all of them exquisitely beautiful. I couldn't help but run through the rows of flowers, in a cloud of fragrant dizziness, and in a state of awe and giddiness.

Anyways, I wore a light blue button-down tucked into a high-waisted nylon tricot skirt. I've always liked feminizing male clothing; I think the softening of the typically masculine qualities, such as the strong frame from accentuated shoulders and cuffs, gives a pretty feminine look a touch of structure.

button-down: urban outfitters

skirt: american apparel

flats: coach

scarf: vintage

So before moving here, my experience of rose gardens had been limited to Impressionist paintings, one of which I'll share with you. I adore Impressionism and the concepts behind it, an entire movement perfecting the artistic distillation of ephemeral and transient moments into permanence.

The weekend is here! I want to visit the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art either this weekend or the next. Mmmhmm.

"Forever is composed of nows."

xo,

Michelle

fractals

So, I just spent an hour perusing the geometrically impeccable art of M.C. Escher. That plus watching Good Will Hunting on Saturday kind of make me wish I possessed an inclination towards mathematics, maybe.

This knitted blouse reminds me of the Sierpinski triangles, fractals, and other elegant mathematical words that I won't pretend to know. I paired it with my favorite pair of high-waisted shorts since I love tucking shirts in like a little kid. I also have an aversion to denim, so I do my best to find shorts in every color under the sun instead.






knit/shorts: urban outfitters
flats: tory burch

"I dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to do."

xo,

Michelle

floral afternoons

Hi, hi. I wanted to get a quick post in before I go to work, chilling in a research laboratory being nerd chic, of course. I'm still going a bit crazy over my love of California spring time and am wearing a floral romper that I snagged for exactly one quarter. Hooray for intrepid vintage hunting and happiness-inducing finds after scrounging all day through dust bunnies, and granny knits. Still prancing.






romper: vintage
silver pull-over: gift from my aunt
boots: giani bini
clutch wallet: michael kors

I saw Joseph Gordon-Levitt (cue sighs and fainting) speak at Stanford a few weeks ago, and even though I initially attended the lecture because I was convinced that he is the future father of my unborn children, I came out incredibly psyched about the collaboration website that he was promoting. It's an open collaboration website where users can post their own multimedia works and/or add to the uploaded works of others. It's pretty sick, and in our open-source information world these days, perhaps the next frontier of art.

Anyways, I found one of the cutest things ever on it:


Keep smiling, keep loving!

xo,
Michelle