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.

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.

June 1972

I've been missing my parents a lot lately. I want to go home ASAP because I hate missing people. And I want to eat Mexican food.

But since I can't go now (but probably I will in April) I want to share this picutre of them. It looks like it was taken with Instagram, but it is really old, not just pretended old. It was taken in June 1972, even before they were married. And waaaay before I was even born. I love this picture, I think it's my favorite of them.


The picture reminded me of the blog and Lucky magazine feature My Mom, the Style Icon. I never though of how much my mom and I dress alike until I started liking vintage clothes and looking at told pictures of her. I actually have a red skirt that looks like this one that I got at my favorite vintage store, Arc. I do wear it with striped t-shirts, but I really don't understand those shoes.

And this is what we look like now (at my cousin's wedding in July). My dad is wearing a "guayabera", since that's what men wear to a day wedding in Mexico. I really like how he looks in this outfit. I can even forgive the shoes and the long pants. My mom chose her dress by herself, but of coursed I styled. She's wearing a Zara belt as necklace and I changed the shoes she had chosen. I wish I will look as good as her when I'm her age. I'm wearing a Shoshanna dress and (sigh) Jessica Simpson shoes.


And this is a picture of me trying to scan the other picture. It makes no sense but I thought it was really funny.

Vintage Savannah

One of the things I love the most: shopping. Another addiction? Magazines. And Lucky has become one of my favorite magazines, and I really enjoy their local shopping guides (their Twitter account is really good, too). So imagine my excitement when the latest issue featured a Savannah shopping guide. You can find an online version here.


Not that I need any instruction or help finding stores, but I loved that two of my favorite stores were featured: Arc and the Wright Square Antique Mall. Arc is the store I have to credit for my converting to an avid vintage shopper. Before Arc, I thought vintage meant "old and smelly". Now I even shop at the Goodwill.

Image courtesy of shop-arc.com

I've bought skirts and shirts at Arc. But I think that my best findings here have been the Christian Dior lace blazer (pictured below) that I wore to my job interview for Net-A-Porter, and a beautiful leopard print maxi dress that I'm planning on wearing at a beach wedding next month.

A lace blazer: my dream come true!

The Wright Square Antique Mall also has great findings, especially jewlery and purses. They have vintage clutches (like mine, pictured below) in all colors and sizes. Some jewlery pieces look not-so-vintage to me, but yet you can find great things, and very different from what you'd find in other stores. And it really is a great place to waste time just looking around.

I love, love, love this necklace!

The perfect neutral color for a clutch.

So now you know, if you ever come to Savannah visit these stores, and another good thing? They're conviniently located next to each other. Enjoy your shopping!

Art Criticism Online

My art criticism class is online and that means I have to choose a time to fake a class. My friends and I decided to do it together, and here we are, trying to do it. Instead, Allison and I are looking at vintage clothing online. Which leads me to an important question. If I buy vintage clothes online, will they smell like an antique store? The store is super pretty and I like a little vintage store here in Savannah that doesn't smell. But how can I know if something online smells like a nursing/retirement home? If you like online shopping be sure to visit http://shopramonawest.com/ and get this for me ;)