Things to buy for summer!

I have less than a week before I return to NYC and really jump start my summer. Home was great, but two weeks of relaxing (ahem.. sleeping past noon) is really enough for me.

Random summer necessities:

- Espadrilles
- New bikini... I'm thinking this or this one with a white top, black bottom.
- Food for a person with cooking disabilities! (Bread, soup, peanut butter & jelly, fruits, salads)
- a wrap dress
- a camera case (or skin)
- Sandals
- tailoring my many blazers and jackets

Agh, my thoughts are so scattered!

Inspiration

I just spent the day with my mother buying work basics for this summer. Getting new clothes is always fun, but there's nothing too exciting about work clothes (though my trousers and cardigans from Banana Republic are nice.)

What I need (well, want) is something inspirational - something that is so unique that I'd treasure and remember it forever. These Dorothy Shoes from Miu Miu do the trick:

Ahh. There's no place like my closet for treasures as this.

e.e. cummings

If I have made, my lady, intricate
imperfect various things chiefly which wrong
your eyes (frailer than most deep dreams are frail)
songs less firm than your body's whitest song
upon my mind - if I have failed to snare
the glance too shy - if through my singing slips
the very skilful strangeness of your smile
the keen primeval silence of your hair

- let the world say "his most wise music stole
nothing from death" -
   you will only create
(who are so perfectly alive) my shame:
lady whose profound and fragile lips
the sweet small clumsy feet of April came
into the ragged meadow of my soul.


- e.e. cummings

My style

Is a little classy and a little crazy. Classy as in I have many blacks and basics, but crazy as in I love, LOVE these colorful and unique J.Crew sweaters. The more animal print, quirky designs and styles, the better!

While I'm definitely attuned to my wild side, and of the SATC girls, I'm most definitely a "Carrie," I still find myself dressing chameleonically - if that's even a word. Carrie always has her signature Carrie-ness, her signature style. But I find myself testing the waters a lot. Experimentating and having fun. As much as I love my own individuality, sometimes I really am all about conforming to society's situational demands.

Because I work, I often don business wear: professional, chic, yet completely...normal; so not original! Same with athletic wear. When I work out, I'm just your average Nike sneakers and a t-shirt, sweaty treadmill and eliptical enthusiast. I mean, how can you spice up work out clothing?

At NYU, my casualwear is a little more funky - opaque black leggings, long bright tops, chunky necklaces, and clunky boots. But then at home, I totally rock the sweats.

Am I doomed to dress simply for the occasion? Well, right now - yes. My love for fashion has always been influenced by events and situations, by the different types of characters I am. I think a true fashion icon, a real setter of timeless fashion is a person who can incorporate her personal style into every situation. Just like Carrie's flower or her "Carrie" necklace, maybe we should all go in pursuit of our thing. (And I'm not just looking for a certain item to solidify my individuality.) But then again, maybe the reason we have such diversity in our lives is to give us a chance to mix things up? Keep things from being too boring?

Conundrum!