Dressin' Up.

This fall I have really been into dresses. By really I mean really really. They are practically all I have been buying! I feel that now that I am 20 years old it is time to start dressing like a lady, and nothing makes me feel more ladylike than a dress and heels. Sweater dresses are the best right now because as the temperature drops, you can just throw on thick tights and a long dress and your body becomes a sock. It's great!

wearing: vintage pearls, thrifted dress, belt, & shoes, AA thigh high socks

Frida, Frida, Frida.

Most of the time I feel rather ambivalent over “model-style”, finding it all to be slightly redundant and not pertinent to my personal style. This was all until I met Frida…

Okay, so I haven’t “met” Frida so to speak, but I have admired her from afar for quite some time! If I was to meet her this is what I would say;

Dearest Frida,

Your ensembles make me wanna be ya.

The always stunning mix of classic and trendy,

So much inspiration, my mind is a little bendy.

I believe we are style twins separated at birth,

One more fashion week’s worth of outfits will put me in a hearse.

Your wannabe friend and slightly creepy admirer,

Tarah

{images: google, random streetstyle blogs}

Sweater Love.

The weather has finally cooled in Michigan and I'm celebrating with sweaters. I don't know how it happened, but this fall I've got the sweater fever! The amount of sweaters I have acquired from thrift stores in the past month is a little ridiculous, so expect to see many more on here as the temperature continues to drop.

wearing: vintage cropped sweater & maxi skirt, miu miu lace up boots.

The Sun Was High (So Was I).

Enjoying the late September sun before it leaves Michigan for the majority of the time. Maybe that's why I think winter sucks in Michigan, there's never any sunshine!

Also, I have officially decided I am finally a "hat person". It only took one man in a suit playing a saxophone to tell me he liked my hat, and the rest is history...

Wearing: UO hat, thrifted blouse, old guess jeans.

Death Through War

Post WW1&2 Impressionist Otto Dix created paintings that grotesquely depicted the horror and brutality of war. During WW1 he volunteered for the German Army and was sent to the trenches. He has said he was plagued by nightmares for the rest of life because of what he did during the war. Using mostly soldiers and prostitutes as his subjects he showed society and the perverse effects war has upon it.

While his style may be distorted, I still find great beauty in the use of colors and underlying emotion in his paintings. He truly translated his view of the world into very inspiring and moving pieces.

"I have to experience all the ghastly, bottomless depths for life for myself; it's for that reason that I went to war, and for that reason I volunteered."

{images: google}

Dark Beauty

As the seasons change I find that I love switching up my beauty routine almost as much as my wardrobe! Usually when it comes to beauty I am a "less is more" kinda gal, but with this season's dramatic silhouettes there's got to be a little more drama on my face as well.

As a brunette myself, I am always drawn to dark, sultry features. Anna Karina is a perfect beauty muse because of her striking beauty and thick wonderful hair. Okay okay, I'll stop talking about how hot she is and move on with the pictures....

{images: Google}

Now I'm off to my first tattoo consultation appointment (!!!). More to come on this soon.

I Got the Blues.

It feels nice that my life is finally settling into a routine again. I always embrace change, but I will also admit it does frazzle me when it comes on all at once...

On a lighter note, plaid is not just for flannel anymore. Hooray for sheer anything!

wearing: AA chiffon button up, cheap monday jeans, thrifted belt & necklace, F21 oxfords.

School Sexy.

So the act of moving apartments, starting another semester of school, and a surprise corporate visit at my job has left me with very little blogging time. I promise this blog will be back to regularly scheduled programming very soon. Till then, here's some Proenza Schouler FW10 to tide you over.

Sheer shirts under dangerously deep dresses, crop tops over mesh, and a chunky sweater over an oxford...meow.

{images: style.com}

Back to School

Today was my first day returning to school. The weather was uncharacteristically cool for this time of year and my windows even fogged up this morning! This can only mean that fall is just around the corner. Well, looks like I'm back to brain exercise for another semester.

...I really should have studied French more this summer! Eh bien.

wearing: AA flower pullover, hat, and zipper shorts.

Are you there summer? It's me Tarah.

So I know you’re about to vacation in the southern hemisphere, but if you could do me a favor and stick around just a tad longer than August 31 that would be great. I just need a liiiiittle more time to gush over the 70's yacht party looks at YSL Resort 2011. Thank you.

PS. Tell Australia I said hi.