happy birthday rosheen!

happy birthday to the queen of cool, to my fashion icon & to the woman i'd love to stay up all night with; drinking brandy, chain-smoking & dressing up in margiela.

x

going out sans mascara.

it's my new thing.

it seems a very summery thing to do; quite nonfussy & uber natural.

oui or non? would you?

theskullset

x

she said, she said, she said.

- soundtrack -

it’s june. new york city. the sun is ten times hotter beneath those reflecting metal buildings; atop those cracking sidewalks. the only breeze comes from bare open windows, their peeling sills sprinkled with dirt & overgrown spider plants.

you spend afternoons with your cat on a sun spotted mattress on the floor, covered in fading floral sheets, wearing nothing but your knickers. it’s too hot. you listen to lissy trullie’s six track ep on repeat, reciting every word offkey while you doodle in a pocket notebook.

you spend evenings on your flea market found bike, riding through traffic under the cooling sun in your favourite just bought but already dirty sophomore dress. you’re heading to duane reed to pick up prints, more disposable cameras, menthols & another tube of your favourite .99 red lipstick.

you spend nights barefoot, on lower east side rooftops decorated with twinkling string lights & your best friends. the air smells of smoke & charcoal. your first summer bbq. grilled tofu & eggplant. you watch the blazing sun disappear into the starry night & reappear, still awake, through heavy mascara smeared eyes; laughing with lipstick covered smiles into the haze, into another city morning.

A.

photos; my own screencaps : lissy trullie : boy boy, the arab parrot, my own bicycle photo taken with a disposable, my mate's flickr : flickr.com/photos/patricej, sophomore nyc lookbook : cass bird, the skullset, love bryan

full stops and exclamation marks.

la roux + topshop = love

preview her album on topshop.com today only before the big release monday.
ive already got my copy preordered & ready for it's jaunt across the ocean & into my post box.
i couldnt be more excited.

x

i met a girl that i wanted to date.

her bowler hat & cigarettes, her lipstick kisses, her leather jacket & jil sander shoes.
i have a feeling my crush on lissy trullie might never end.

ps, watch this.

x

i make wishes late in the day.

smokes on sidewalks, 95 cent british ep's, too much red lippy, disposables & polaroids, hanging out in bathrooms, beer & turkish coffee, crazy drunks, old friends, new friends, reenacting alexa/tennessee bunny poses, defacing signs, stalking tour buses

just a hot sunday afternoon in the city with a best mate.

x

see more on patrice's flickr : flickr.com/photos/patricej

whatever, man.

this summer i'll be sporting orange nail varnish.

x

theskullset, f21

i'm not turned onto love until it's cheap.

my little home for the past three months;

a single window & ipod player; paris vogue calendars & lissy trullie smoking by my bed; my mattress & pillow on the floor; a makeshift nightstand with coffee table books, a mug of tea & an ikea lamp; disposable prints from last weekend; a typewriter letter & kills clipping pinned to the wall; necklaces, perfumes, candles, scattered bits of jewellry, a faux orchid, roisin & my polaroids with the kills; a drawing of me & alison goldfrapp by my brother; metropolitan girls - aa ad; a vintage suitcase for all my trips; stacks of magazines; topshop nyc catalogue from a mate; a bit of my clothes & shoes. 

x

streetwalker.

alexa in chinatown.

for once i'm actually going to do something american; come monday morning i'll be pilled onto my couch, clad in pajamas & no makeup, watching mtv for the first time in ages. but i will, of course, have a hot cuppa tea by my side & will surely be completely clueless to any stateside mention made. 
it's on with alexa chung, darlings!

x

that's right kids - i'm american. no posh brit accent here, sadly.

thearabparrot

masculin féminin.

was completely & utterly sick of my long hair so i took the scissors & chopped it all off myself.

aa scrimmage top, h&m necklace

x

times two.

my two most played of the moment : lissy trullie & la roux

download : self-taught learner & in for the kill

x

polaroids with the kills.

a tap on jamie's shoulder, a squeeze on mine. flash. compliments passed between alison & i, a kneel to my level, her raven hair in my face. we’ve perhaps had one too many vodka & juices. flash. polaroids with the kills.

A.