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Thrift Store Cosplay Day 28
Day 28: JEM from JEM and the Holograms Out of all the characters I’ve chosen to cosplay this month, JEM is the one who is nearest and dearest to my heart. I used to watch the cartoon when I was a kid and dream of the day I could have pink hair and be a…
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Pink!
When I was a kid, I hated pink, with a vengeance. My deep and utter loathing extended into middle school and high school and even into college. I thought myself to be a cool-colors kinda girl, gravitating to blues, greens and purples instead of pinks, oranges and yellows. My insistence on the evils of a…
boys, cool colors, gender assignments, gender roles, Ghostbusters, gifs, girls, hate pink, haters, inspiration, Jack Sparrow, ladies, Mean Girls, men, Michonne, pink, Power Rangers, Star Wars, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Force Awakens, the walking dead, the world is changing, warm colors, women, X-Men, you do you, zombie apocalypse -
30 Days of Nerdy Hair – Day 21
Day 21 – Cher from Clueless Clueless is one of those quintessential movies from the 90’s that defined a generation of teenagers. This modern adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma, is both adorable and funny. Alicia Silverstone’s character, Cher manages to be both ditzy and intensely caring at the same time (when she wants to be.)…
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5 Fandom Friday
Favorite Fictional Fashion Sense I’m sure most of you, gentle readers, already know about my love of fashion. I studied fashion design in college and moved to New York expressly to pursue a career in fashion. I did my internship here and had big dreams of creating my own fashion label. As we all know,…
11th Doctor, 12th Doctor, 13th Doctor, 5 Fandom Friday, attack of the clones, BBC America, bowties are cool, Carrie Bradshaw, characters, Daenarys Targaryen, David Tennant, Doctor Who, Emilia Clarke, Episode III, Episode VII, fashion, fashion design, fashion sense, Fashionable Nerd, fashionistas, fictional, Frenchy, Game of Thrones, Grease, Grease 2, hbo, internship, Jan, Khaleesi, Marty, Matt Smith, mother of dragons, movies, Natalie Portman, New York, Padme Amidala, Peter Capaldi, pink, Prequel Trilogy, Queen Amidala, Revenge of the Sith, Rizzo, Sandy, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex and the City, Star Wars, Stephanie, Stockard Channing, The Doctor, The Pink Ladies, tv -
30 Days of Nerdy Hair – Day 12
Day 12: Agent Peggy Carter from Captain America: The First Avenger Now that Marvel’s Agent Carter has gotten a season 2, we will be able to learn even more about Steve Roger’s lady love. Their love story may not have gotten a happy ending, but Peggy never let that sadness define her journey. She went…
40’s, ABC, agent, Agent Carter, Agents of SHIELD, Avengers, Captain America, Chi hair straightener, curls, fantastic hair, fighter, Goody bobby pins, hair, hairdo, hairstyles, love, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, movie hair, movies, Peggy Carter, pink, renewed, S.H.I.E.L.D., season 2, Steve Rogers, television, The First Avenger, tv, TV hair, TV show, women -
Halloween Make-Up
Option #2: JEM! As a child of the 80’s, I have a very deep and abiding love for all things bright, neon and garish! So today I chose Jem. Because let’s face it… “Jem is excitment. Jem is adventure. Glamour and glitter, Fashion and fame. Jem is truly outrageous. Truly, truly, truly outrageous!” I used…