Why I Don't Have Too Many Female Friends, Hussein Chalayan is Awesome

So last night I went to a cancer benefit with one of my friends. The dress code wasn't super dressy so I wore a great Junya Watanabe top from  S/S 2003 (wow it's really that old, but still awesome), a black Habitual denim miniskirt, worn in Luchese cowboy boots (turned down), a necklace by Young of the Year and a black Balenciaga motorcycle bag. Now needless to say there were a lot of clubbing-looking types in there. Most of the men at this event were wearing Affliction clothing, which I really can't stand. Don't men realize that they would look way sexier in an Alexander McQueen t-shirt and PRPs jeans than some horrible shirt they got at Nordstrom that looks like it was scribbled on. I feel like wearing Affliction is pretty much close to wearing all Ed Hardy, it makes you look like a d-bag. I have been shopping at the Saks Fifth Avenue Men's Store from time to time and I say boys save your money, invest in a really nice piece of designer clothing and stop buying the Affliction because it's an affliction to my eyes. 


At one point I was standing in an area with my friend talking and some security person said we were a fire hazard. Well there was no other place to stand and I think the real fire hazard in the place was all the synthetic clothing, ha. There was no food included, you had to pay for that separately even though the tickets weren't cheap, fuck that. Luckily I brought two emergency hard-boiled eggs that I scarfed down in a bathroom stall. As I was waiting for to go to the bathroom I started talking to two really pretty blonde women and then there was this really unattractive out of shape chick in front of me. The other two girls left and it was finally my turn in the stall, luckily since I needed to eat, and I heard the unattractive chick mention to her friend that the conversation I had with the two other girls was mind-numbing and she started mocking what I was saying. What a stupid C**T (and I rarely use that word). This is why I am not friends with that many women because a lot of women are catty bitches and most of the time the women that are the worst are not even pretty. They usually are unattractive, slut faces. I like hanging out with guys because they know when to keep their mouths shut. Women tend to say things like "Oh are you pregnant?"--when in actuality someone is just fat. Men they know they would get their ass kicked if they said that shit. 


Anyhow one of my dreams is to makeover the club and social scene. I would like to see everyone dressed in Junya Watanabe, Heidi Slimane suits, Alexander McQueen, Hussein Chalayan and Rodarte. Below are some of the clothes that people should wear out :

(From top: Rodarte leather jacket, Rodarte pants, Suno beaded leggings,

Opening Ceremony meets Pendleton dress, Christopher Kane dress, Lanvin dress,

Lanvin dress, Givenchy high heel booties)

And here are some clothes that should never see the light of day, unless you live on the reality show the "Jersey Shore" or are an MMA fighter that is a DJ on the weekends:

Samantha V. ♥✌♡✌♥

Do You Ever Feel Desperate For Fashion

I realize that I can't live without water or food, but when I see a designer jacket, handbag, jeans or shoes I feel I can't live without it! It's a terrible feeling. Today I gasped for air because the jacket I wanted at Opening Ceremony was sold out in my size. Hardly a crisis since people die in the world everyday and there is violence and hate all around us, I still was sad about it. Maybe because what attaining that item would mean. It would mean I own something that others in the Midwest probably don't (and fashionable people from the Midwest know what I mean). I come from a land where Aeropostalé is considered chic (I vomit a little in my mouth) and a great dinner is considered one composed of starch and meat, um where are the vegetables. I am in Chicago, but let's face it Chicago is hardly Dubuque, Iowa (the link here is gross), but it is also far from L.A. or N.Y.C. For instance today I was at Filene's Basement looking at their designer clothes, which seem to only consist of Piazza Sempione, D&G, and St. John. Well I'm not a 60 year old or a hooker so nothing appeals to me. I go to ask an employee how often they get new designer clothing in. She explained that at Filene's Basement they never get any new clothing in. Say What? Apparently they just rotate the clothing out with other stores, that's why if you see a Missoni sweater with a pulled thread out of it, it will then disappear and the same sweater will reappear five years later looking like your dog ate it. In other words Filene's Basement sucks major ass!


So I often feel desperate for fashion. Searching for the next great deal, the next best item, the hottest pair of jeans. I could wear a different outfit everyday of the year and some of my clothes never see the light of day, yet I still want more. I see this as an issue, but at the same time I love wearing art. I loving wearing clothing that is different and I love it to garner a reaction that is one of disbelief, or "what were you thinking?" Here some things I am currently craving, two of which are food items, but I bake and eat lot.

(From top, Givenchy motorcycle jacket, Alpha Industries flight jacket,

Givenchy Nightingale bag, Alexander Wang shorts, Alexander Wang Donna hobo,

Junya Watanabe leggings, Proenza Schouler PS1, Givenchy over the knee boots)

Food I am yearning:

(Sweet Potato flour from Zocalo and raw chocolate from Sacred Chocolate)

Oh and here is a review of Filene's Basement in my area from Yelp from Christopher E. in Nashville, TN. I thought it was hilarious and so true.

"Filene's basement effing sucks and it is the embodiment of what is wrong with our society today.  Let me expand on that if you will.

The prices are terrible.  I about choked when I saw a Dolce T-Shirt going for 100 bucks.  There was nothing special about this T shirt.  It had NO writing on it.  It was pretty thin...made of cotton...for 100 bucks??  If I'm buying a T-Shirt for 100 bucks, a date with Christina Aguilera better come with it.  The jeans are still hideously expensive too.

Who buys this crap anyway??  Who pays that much for a label??  Well, I have an idea who does, based on this conversation I heard while on an escalator:

40 year old lady to her friend: "I got all excited because I looked back and I saw JUICY!!  Then I saw it was just your bag."

I was thinking to myself....lady, you're in your 40s.  You just talked excitedly about Juicy Couture like you were a 17 year old girl.  There are problems here at work.  In a country and world where the economy is in the preverbial crapper, jumping up and down about a brand that's made for people 20 years your junior isn't very flattering for you.
This country really sickens me sometimes, and this store really was a microcausm of that.  People paying way too much for brands that offer them nothing more than the ability to feel like they are a greater person for having a particular tag attached to their clothes.  It's sad, it's truly sad."

What are you are desperate for? Tell me I want to know what you are craving fashion or food, include links. 


Samantha V. ♥✌♡✌♥

Re-Invent Workout Wear, Please

My hat goes of to Lululemon for changing my viewpoint of work out clothes. Their clothing is very cute and stylish. I constantly see women in my gym donning the latest gear form the hip store, but their gear is too pricey for me to purchase. I can't justify spending that much money on gear that I will stink up with my sweat, but if it were workout clothes designed by Rick Owens, I would be willing to spend that much money. Other than thinking about fashion, writing, making art, and eating, my favorite active is working up a sweat.

Mondays are my favorite workout days. I feel like a total badass after my HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) and leg workout. I love working out and I feel blessed that I have the ability to do so. I feel that the mental challenge is often harder to handle than the physical one. To match the empowerment, it would be great to have a workout outfit designed by a cutting edge designer such as Rei Kawakubo or Junya Watanabe. 

I could see them taking old Gold's Gym and Everlast tank tops and cutting them up into new-fangled tops and clothes. Spandex would be reinvented into a way better creation than what is found in anAmerican Apparel store. Even Pendleton could get in on the action, after all it seems that they have collaborated with everyone lately, why not design some workout gear. I would go to the gym on leg day and feel like an awesome badass in my Junya Watanabe workout top paired with Comme des Garcons Pendleton shorts and Rick Owens sneakers. It would definitely make me forget about how much my quads hurt and I may just do some pullups because I am so happy with what I'm wearing. If any one of these designers decides to do this, please at least give me some of the workout clothes, since I came up with the idea. I do realize that Stella McCartney and Yojhi Yamamoto have done great things for Adidas, but I want more designers to embark on this.

(Images from top, Fila White Label sneakers, Converse sneakers, Nike AirForce,my usual, not-so interesting workout shorts, but I love them)

(Lululemon hoodie, pic from Fit Sugar.com

The only cool thing I wear for workouts are my sneakers. I have gotten more compliments on my White Label Fila sneakers than I ever could have imagined.

Samantha V♥✌♡✌♥