Problem?

I think I might have just developed an internet-shopping-for-dance-clothes addiction. Or, more, an internet-window-shopping-for-dance-clothes addiction...because I probably won't actually buy any of it... Like this dress, which I want. A lot. 

But probably won't buy, because online shopping kind of scares me, and I don't really have money to throw away on dance clothes. *Sigh* Oh well...

The Uniform Project

I stumbled across a really cool website/project called The Uniform Project the other day. It is the brainchild of Sheena Matheiken, an NY woman who has pledged to wear one dress for one year in order to promote 'sustainable fashion' and raise money for the Akanksha Foundation, a grassroots non-profit that is devoted to bringing education to poor children living in India.

The blog is part exercise in fashion and part charitable organization, in a combination that I find really endearing. Matheiken snaps pictures of her outfit each day to post them on the blog, and damn, that girl has got style. 
She takes the basic charcoal grey dress that she and her friend designed (there are actually 7 identical dresses, one for each day of the week, which are reversible and have pockets, making me really want one) and dresses it up with vintage or handmade jewelry, jackets, belts, underskirts, and the damn cutest tights/socks/leggings you have ever seen.
Granted, she is a bit 'out there' some days, but in general I think she is absolutely adorable, and I am kind of envious of her ability to wear some crazy/costume-y things and make them look great.
Because, yeah, I don't think I could ever rock the French/Catholic Schoolgirl look quite like she does....

Okkkkk....

I know I'm probably echoing a bunch of people when I say this, but....American Apparel has gotten really, really weird. Just saying....

Why, yes! I will wear my mesh cut-out leotard with a pencil skirt and demin jacket. I call it "business casual."

WHYYYY are we wearing booty short overalls?

Yes! I have found my Smiley 80's costume! Oh...wait...this is for real?

A hooded swimsuit? For when its raining? And I'm in the pool? So my hair doesn't get wet?

Some things are still...normal. And cute, even, if not still horribly expensive.

Like this top, but AHHH neon blue leggings! I think it has recently become cool for women to not wear pants. Fun...

Cute dress.

Very cute Oxford shirt dress. I kinda want this, actually.

But, just when I am regaining hope....

Nope! Foiled again!

All photos courtesy of American Apparel

Dress Up

I wore nice dress pants all of yesterday, and it was awesome. I had an interview in the morning and just didn't feel like changing, so I wore them through a ballroom dance rehearsal, politics class, a coffee date, homework, and some more ballroom dance. They were soooo comfy, possibly more so than my regular jeans, and I just liked being a little dressed up all day. So, I repeat, it was awesome.