starting off the summer

Saturday night Fiona and I saw MOSES CAMPBELL. They were absolutely orgasmic. A Los Angeles based band consisting of Sean, Lauren, PASCAL!, Daniella, and David. All high school students, they managed to get a gig at the Knitting Factory, and they will also be playing The Smell in august.Check them out, www.myspace.com/mosescampbell

We wore:



black t shirt: Target
purple thing: Forever 21
black shorts: Urban Outfitters
belt: vintage




floral corset: Forever 21
green highwaisted skirt: American Apparel
necklace: vintage

Defining Eras

Still being a high school student, I missed most major fashion eras by at least a  decade or more. I missed the 1920s age of the flappers, with drop waists and bob,

I missed the 1930s art deco look, which i recently read a post about on Liebemarlene.

I missed the 1940s time of "Rosie the Riveter" and painting on stocking lines on the back of your leg. And then there's the conservative 50s and the counterculture late 60s and the 70s and 80s...so many I've missed, but many I can recreate with a vintage piece or vintage inspired garment and not look like I just came through a time machine. But there is one decade that I truly admire, and cannot seem to find a way to work it into a normal outfit without turning the outfit into pure costume. That decade is the 1900s.

How can you possibly look anything but costume looking like this? Yet I crave for the looks of the 1900s. There's something majestic and delicate that since then, I believe, hasn't truly been rediscovered in the same way. How could you translate the 1900s look to today as easily as you could with something out of the 1960s or 1920s?

To Begin

Since I was photographed last year by a fashion blogger at the rosebowl flea market with my friend Esme, I've wanted to start a fashion blog. I discovered a whole world of inspiring girls with fabulous clothes and I wanted to share my point of view. Unlike other blogs, Looking Glass consists of three people:

Megan



Pascal


and Fiona



We are also working on opening an Ebay store, filled with treasures and fun clothes.

Not entirely sure how to end this, so umm.. Welcome to the new Looking Glass Vintage!