My (Ultra) Hipster Weekend

I spent this past weekend in my beloved Mexico City. It was great, I saw friends and family and did things I usually don't. But it was a very, very hipster weekend.

You know, you go to Brooklyn and see them, and there were tons in Savannah because SCAD is an art school. But I've never seen so many in one place: hipster dogs, hipster babies, hipster everything... Seriously, where do they come from?! OK, it's not like ther's tons of them, it's just that they are very, very hipsterish.

The thing is, I went to a The XX concert and this kind of market where local designers sell their clothes and accesories. And I do love going to those kinds of things... I was just really surprised.

The concert was amazing. And fashion-wise it was super amusing. I've never seen so many top-knots! OK, ok! I  was wearing a top-knot. Spiked booties were also present... Of course, there were sooo many girls wearing heels thinking they were at a fashion show or something. But in general leggings and skinny jeans (that's what I wore) were the norm.
 

Zara Jeweled T*Shirt + Vintage Gucci Bag

The XX, amazing!

On Saturday, at the Lonja Mercantil, I saw even more heel-wearing girls. And more top-knots and wayfarers and aviators. There were many pretty girls with short hair, but most had loooong, 'unkempt' hair. But what I found more interesting was what the guys were wearing... I wish I had taken my camera with me, because they were so many cool looking boys with oxfords, booties, cool shirts and sunglasses.

What I wore (by my friend Jaime).

...And pretty rings.

After thinking we had a hipster overdose with all the iPhones and mezcal, my cousin and I decided to go get a drink. We were walking towards Alvaro Obregón (the street with all these restaurants and bars) and found my idea of heaven: a deserted vintage store called Vintage Hoe. I know, I know, it is very hipster to buy vintage but I can't help myself. The thing is, it's super exciting to finally find a store that's cheap and doesn't smell. The dressing room is super small and funny, but who cares when you can find unique clothes at great prices. And the guy who works there is super sweet. I'm clearly in love with this place.

And tons of pretty vintage!

In general, it was an amazing weekend... And I can't wait to move to Mexico City and be a unwilling hipster.


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Este fin tuve una ligera sobredosis de hipsters... Y me tomó por sorpresa. Cuando estaba en la maestría y en mis viaje gringos veía un chorror, pero no en altas concentraciones como vi este fin en el DF. Pero bueno, ¿qué podía esperar del concierto de The XX y la Lonja Mercantil?
La verdad es que el fin estuvo increíble, me fascina ir a este tipo de cosas que en otros lados no existen... Bueno, no como en México. 
Una de las cosas que más me gusta de estos eventos es ver cómo se viste la gente, y en este concierto parecía que estaba caminando en American Apparel o un catálogo de Urban Outfitters... Aunque (y no me sorprende) ves a las típicas niñas en tacones que no se saben ni una canción.
El sábado después de la sobredosis de hipsters en la Lonja Mercantil mi prima y yo decidimos ir a un bar en la Roma y de camino encontramos una tienda vintage increíble: VintageHoe. Yo soy suuuuper fan de lo vintage pero no había podido encontrar algo así en México.... ¡Barato y que no huela feo!
Obviamente pienso volver y lo que más quiero en la vida es mudarme y ser (aunque no quiera) una hipster chilanga.

Dress Madness!

When I was little I would only wear dresses, my mom would beg me to wear pants and I wouldn't. Ever. Then puberty hit me and I hated dresses for like 10 years. And then... Madness happened.

Some dresses waiting to be worn.

Something happened when I moved to a place with real weather. When I moved to Savannah, I realized there were more seasons than semi-hot and semi-cold like in Mexico. I realized I COULD NOT wear pants in the Summer. So I started shopping, shopping, shopping.

Sleeves.

Print, solid, suede, lace...

So while I get a job where I can wear all my babies, I'll parade them here. Anything you ask, I probably got it. Polka dots? Got it. Denim? Got it. Vintage, new, unworn... There's a lot in my closet. Here you have some of them.

B&W

Jason Wu for Target, wheel print.

Big flamingos and small flamingos.

Blue lace. White lace. Coral lace.

And I'm dedicating this post to my friend Cecilia, who wants me to do an inventory of all my clothes. I'm too lazy, and too scared for my mental health, to do it. But maybe some day.

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Cuando era chiquita, solamente usaba vestidos, mi mamá me rogaba usar pantalones para que estuviera más comoda pero nunca lo hubiera hecho. Entonces me llegó la pubertad y cambié a pantalones, durante yo creo que 10 años no me puse un vestido. Y de repente, enloquecí.

Todo cambió cuando me mudé a Savannah, donde en realidad hay estaciones, no como en México que hay solamente dos estaciones. Una donde medio hace calor y otra donde medio hace frío. Me di cuenta de que era realmente imposible usar pantalones en el verano, empezando porque no me subían. Fue entonces cuando empecé a comprar, comprar, comprar.

Pero bueno, mientras consigo un empleo donde pueda usar mis vestidos todos los días, se los presumo aquí. Lo que se les ocurra, probablemente lo tengo. De puntos, flores, mezclilla. Nuevo, vintage, sin usar. 

Y bueno, le dedico este post a mi amiga Cecilia que quiere que haga un inventario de toda mi ropa. La verdad es que me da flojera, y miedo descubrir mi grado de locura, para hacerlo. Pero quizá algún día.

Creatures+Music+Vintage

Since this weekend I should be enjoying Coachella but I'm not, I decided to do another musical post. As always, it needs to have a fashion element and since I love boy and girl bands with retro looks, this post is about Metronomy. Metronomy is a band I don't know how I found. Like almost every "indie-hipster-alternative" band I know. They come, as expected, from the UK and have released three albums. And, surprise, they're playing at Coachella too.

The concert poster for their Mexico City show last October. Of course, I missed it. I took it from here.

Recently I came across the video for my favorite song of theirs: The Look. And guess what I found... A three guys, one girl band wearing retro looks and some birds. Birds riding go-carts. As you know, I love creatures so I thought this video was amazing and just perfect for the song.

The Look birds.

The girl, who plays the drums, is Anna Prior. In the video she's wearing a red dress (I'm pretty sure it's vintage) with a Peter Pan collar. I even found a blog post on how to recreate the look of  The Look. You know, there's just something really cool about a girl playing in a band wearing vintage. 

 Anna Prior playing. I love her bangs and hair color.

They played in Mexico City last year but I was in Savannah, so I missed it. But Metronomy will be openning for Coldplay (yes, I love Coldplay) in their 2012 North American tour so maybe I'll get to see them both before moving back to Mexico. Meanwhile, enjoy the video!

 The Look, Metronomy.

Creatures

Everyone who knows me knows I love creatures and I want everything that has one on it. That's why I got shoes with an actual leopard and not only leopard print. And that's also why I went back to Urban the day after getting those to get the pair with birds after feeling like I was in Sophie's Choice (yes, I am that dramatic when it comes to shopping). Aaaand, that is also the reason why I took pictures with every kind of creature I could find around DC.

Me with different creatures in DC, including my favorite: "Thinker on a Rock" by BarryFlanagan at The Sculpture Garden of the National Gallery of Art.

But most important for this post: I couldn't stop myself from buying this vintage safari shirt with zebras (not cabras, Judy!) and leopards at my favorite store, Arc. I loved it so much that I wanted to wear it the very moment I paid for it. Just like when I was little and I wore new shoes right after my mom payed for them. It's kind of cropped so I wore it with high waisted jeans... And I got so many compliments that I can't wait to wear it again. If only the Savannah heat would let me show my love for creatures.

I'm wearing the vintage shirt from Arc, black Les Follies de Joie jeans, Arc
sunglasses and booties I got at Urban.

I want to leave you with these images from the exhibition South African artist Jane Alexander has at the SCAD Museum, Surveys (from the Cape of Good Hope). Which is, as you can guess, full of creepy-funny-looking-creatures. There's photos and sculptures and I really, really liked it. Because, you know, I just love creatures.

New New + Vintage New

Next Tuesday the Winter quarter at SCAD will be over. My last quarter... That means I'm graduating soon. In June. And I need to finish my thesis. Now. But I've also been thinking about the things I'm going to miss the most about Savannah. Number one on my list? Arc. OK, just after my friends.

The beautiful new store. It is almost five times bigger than the old space.

Arc is the store that made me a vintage clothing obsessed person. It probably is my favorite store in the whole world. And they just opened their new store. It is on West Broughton Street, one of the main streets in Savannah. It is right next to Marc by Marc Jacobs and across the street from Urban Outfitters. I'm sure this will sure increase the clientele. Because it was already the best store in Savannah (I'm super biased, but I swear they didn't pay me).

Behind the window, pretty clothes and props.

A rack of coats. Everything vintage, bought at estate sales.

Kyle, the owner, has been adding new products since he opened the other store about a year ago. He just got Baggu shopper bags and backpacks and new lines of jeans. He is also planning on moving all the vintage clothes upstairs and have new-new brands downstairs. Including Alexander Wang and similar designers.

Beautiful blouses, all for me.

Vintage books in a vintage book case. I'm so happy their dressing
rooms are bigger too.

And since I was going as a reporter and not as a costumer (OK, I browsed a little) I was wearing a very professional blazer. My beautiful Christian Dior lace blazer that I got (surprise!) at Arc a couple of months ago. You may remember it from this post. Pretty much everything else I'm wearing is from the Gap. But I liked how I mixed the blazer with everything else.





I will leave you with a picture of Kyle and his cute dog, who's at the store all the time. Oh, yes, I will really miss this place.