teen bitch

my friend jenn and i are starting a band with the rule "no boys with guitars."  we're calling it teen bitch.  it's going to be largely performance and image-based, which made my brain go nuts.

 the grunge-revival-riot-grrrl-90's-obsessed fashion trends are pretty interesting to me, since i was born in 1990 and remember a lot of the things that "the kids" are into now.  generally, my style is a super femme-y version of "classic" goth style (think siouxsie sioux and lydia lunch, not raver crow goes to burning man in the matrix).  but i find myself enticed by this particular trend...  i don't know if it's because i'm feeling nostalgic, i wanna wear more colors, or i'm just listening to way too much hole, but i'm liking the idea of adding just a few articles of clothing and/or accessories that are just a bit sweet and look a bit off or wrong to the rest of my outfit.  the other day i added a mint green cardigan under my leather jacket with the rest of my all-black ensemble and raven skull necklace and i was kinda into it.  i made an upside-down cross pin out of rhinestones.  i'm into subverting the good girl/bad girl dichotomy, super feminine feminism, i don't know.  i haven't really gotten to have much fun with my style in a long time, i've felt creatively stifled, and, yeah, i guess i'm bored.  also, my interest in the occult is resurfacing with a vengeance.  here's some recent inspiration.

 (the craft, terrifying girls' high school: lynch law classroom, unknown, skate witches, unknown, valerie and her week of wonders, unknown)

(amethyst crystal matrix, bodyartforms.com, comme des garçons, unknown, sedmikrásky (daisies), unknown)

i don't know, i'm not usually drawn to tumblr-induced hipster crazes, but for some reason this one appeals to me.  maybe because it's because i still like unicorns and glitter and lace and growing flowers and shit but i also like deathrock, black lipstick, witchcraft, punk, etc....  i just wanna dye my hair and be some badass, girly, witchy, magical creature that you really don't want to fuck with.
 

blue velvet

so, ok, i'm starting to give up on being able to sell or trade most of my yarn.  and i have a whole bunch of rowan big wool in the "blue velvet" colorway which makes me not want to part with it because, well...

but i pretty much only wear black.  dark blue and black don't really go together, right?  am i right on this one?  despite my generally uncanny ability to put colors together exactly the right way, and to be wearing the "next big thing" two years before it becomes the "next big thing," i still sometimes have trouble telling if things are okay to put together, or whether or not things are well...  stupid.

for example:

i think this dress is hella rad.  i mean it's a pretty classic cut and it's cute and i like how the oversized skull print makes it...  unbalanced.  and then i want to find similar fabric and make my own.  but then i have to wonder, is it stupid?  i guess it's always about how you wear it.  but some clothing items/designs are just inherently stupid-looking (in my opinion) and it would take someone who is way better at fashion than me to make it look good.  i mean, i like to be "trendy" sometimes, but i'm generally more interested in clothing my mom says "will never go out of style."  which is important, but sometimes i also want to be 22 and wear things that are maybe kind of stupid.

anyway, back to the point, i don't know, should i go ahead and make some ridiculous twinkle cardigan out of my blue velvet big wool?  could i work it into my almost entirely black wardrobe?  what do you think, dear readers?