notes:

1. teenage me would be SO geeked to see this slay… i am my own dream come true

2. i truly get a RUSH from making new outfits with clothes i’ve owned for over a decade. especially because i’m pretty austere in my spending as an adult—i rarely buy new items. both jackets i’m wearing i got as a teenager…

3. i also get off on the majority of my clothing being second hand… it makes me feel like my taste can turn anything into something yum

4. playing dress up is as fun as ever

5. i’ve been focusing my styling on dressing my virgo venus, my 7H scorpio mars, and my leo moon + mercury. as for makeup, i follow the cancerian principle of simple, natural, and tbh really no make up at all besides a lip color and maybe blush (my skin is mad sensitive anyway)

6. i was rereading this quote from a book 11-13 year old me loved as a kind of spiritual object connecting me to my love of Fashion™️ at the time… and tbh it’s really the mood rn. another fit that reminds me of my childhood self’s love of the eloise movies lol!

"Yves Saint Laurent admired her and wanted to represent her. Half-loony, smoking in public places like Catherine Deneuve. Wearing fifteen-centimeter heels and her Chanel bag as if it were free. Wearing shouldered jackets because, indeed, everything starts with the shoulders. Eating crab in brasseries without fretting over staining her Céline blouse. Dropping everything if her heart says so."—LOIC PRIGENT, "The Parisian," French Vogue, August 2012

7. tis truly a privilege and an honor to serve and to slay