buying on credit is so nice

watching west side story with the roomies. rita moreno is bad ass. that's all.

-rox

mobbed

off to a wonderful start

today taylor and i went out on the very first smoke&mirrors apparel vintage hunt!! and it was quite successful, if i do say so myself. wool skirts, the best romper i've ever laid eyes on (it can actually be worn into the winter months, if done properly), sweater dresses, a crisp white christian dior button-down.. the site is still in it's early, early stages, but i'm excited to get these pieces on the models and photographed so that they can go right up once the site is ready.

in other news, i recieved the vintage disney-mgm studios t-shirt that i ordered from TwitchVintage today in the mail, and not only was it just as lovely as i'd imagined, the store owner, robby, wrote the sweetest handwritten note about how she appreciated me keeping an eye on her store. she even remembered the navy jumper i bought from her like three months ago! note to self: be conscientious and sweet like that once the store is up and running.

-rox

words can't express

how much i love this.

-rox

and there it is.

according to the good folks at wikipedia, "smoke and mirrors" is:

"a metaphor for a deceptive, fraudulent...explanation or description. The source of the name is based on magicians' illusions, where magicians use smoke and mirrors to accomplish illusions such as making objects disappear, when they really don't disappear at all. The expression may have a connotation of virtuosity or cleverness in carrying out such a deception.... "smoke and mirrors" may refer to any sort of presentation by which the audience is intended to be deceived, such as an attempt to fool a prospective client into thinking that one has capabilities necessary to deliver a product in question."

while i'd hardly call fashion fraudulent, it does possess the unique ability to disguise our flaws, misgivings and insecurities and transport us beyond ourselves, as well as an illusory quality that allows us to take on a new role with each ensemble.

out of which comes smoke&mirrors apparel, selling vintage, original, and reconstructed clothes, shoes, jewelry, and other assorted wares. it's all coming very soon, but this blog, as abie puts it, will be up for "post[ing] news and our current projects... not only... what we make but what we are listening to, watching, eating, drinking, smelling..." it's all rather exciting, really.


"...Illusion. Mirrors and blue smoke, beautiful blue smoke rolling over the surface of highly polished mirrors, first a thin veil of blue smoke, then a thick cloud that suddenly dissolves into wisps of blue smoke, the mirrors catching it all, bouncing it back and forth." - jimmy breslin

-rox