can't look you in the eye

Oh man, I haven't posted in a week! I haven't been quite sure how to follow up on the Sassy post - mainly because, well, a new one is possibly in the works! - so until I can address that more comfortably I bring you an epiphany I was very pleased to have while singing showtunes to Kristin over Skype (Dreamgirls and The Sound of Music, if you must know, and BEAUTIFULLY, may I add, contrary to what the person on the other end might tell you):


There was an obvious kinderwhore Courtney vibe from Proenza Schouler's Fall collection but it wasn't until I was looking at Marc Jacobs for the millionth time (and, can I say, it is inspiring and fresh and exciting every time) (Ugh, I hate when you love something so much your stomach hurts! Unless it's the incessant amounts of Fruit Roll Ups. Or awful singing!) (Run-on sentences, ugh) (TOO MANY PARENTHESIS)

Breathes.

It was not until I came across this look again that I realized how similar it was to prom queen Courtney's dress in the Miss World video. And the Proenza dress is similar to kinderwhore Courtney's dress in the Miss World video. So I decided to post it. Because I haven't posted in a while. And I was excited about these references.

To conclude, I need more sugar.

84 comments:

mariska said...

i love the second pic.
so glam.
=)

xoxo

www.greatmariska.blogspot.com
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sydnerain. said...

pssst, i love you tavi.

Anonymous said...

i love the sound of music and marc jacobs!

Anonymous said...

Isn't it strange that an outsider like Courtney has found herself in the 'in' crowd in fashion? To go back to your 'Sassy' entry, Ms. Love herself has become that commodity who once was on the fringe.

SarahPeslar said...

wicked cool. Can never get enough of Proenza Schouler & Marc.




http://fashionsmind.blogspot.com/

Anonymous said...

I ♥ that you ♥ Courtney. It just makes you so much cooler.

Sincerely,
Sarah from The Etiquette Cult

E said...

love the all black outfit

-Erica
http://allaboutitt.blogspot.com/

Poppy-Rosy said...

I like the black outfit.
P.S I found a huge stash of sassy the other day when I was poking around the house the other day...Funny but they were my 26 year old brothers? He is a graphic designer and liberal sooo he said that sassy is a great example of everything a mag should have.
xxx

www.poppy-rosy.blogspot.com

Sam Harvey said...

i am not greek but i want to say ooopah! i love courtney in this video. she should have left her shnoz alone. i liked it before her nose jobby. excited about your new bloggy. eat lots of jello...

P said...
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zoomslow said...

Not a fan of Courtney Love, but I do like how the hills come alive with the sound of muuuussssiicccc, la la laaaaaaaaa!

P said...

ah the first one's better!
lol
I love reading your blog in fact I'm writing about fashion blogs for my English class for tomorrow. I'm on a 3rd page (out of 6 pages) and I'm kinda stuck..
oh if you could only read this! are you interested in posting about how you started to blog about fashion?

please

:(

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Anonymous said...

more sugar?, oh I'm not sure :p

Lovers, Saints & Sailors said...

Ah Live Through This. I used to fall asleep to that album.

Julia said...

Very cool, love Courtney Love.
And I can't wait for the follow-up Sassy post!
xoxo

Unknown said...

you're really smart

Kate Rose said...

time for facestuffing with Gushers? man, I love those things. and Scooby Doo fruit snacks.

Daisy said...

I adore hole !

Gavin. said...

You have to wonder: would the ringing of a doorbell really be a favourite thing of anyone in Nazi occupied Europe?

Other than that .... great movie choices. Courtney Love ... not so much.

stylespotterfashionblogger said...

Courtney Love is soooo cool! I love her. My fav pic of her is when she is sat in a car wearing a Givenchy dress (couture I think). I LOVE HER!
http://stylespotterfashionblogger.blogspot.com

Jean-pierre MATTEI ( clothings maker who shares some fashion sketches .............................. ) said...

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lOVELY ! ( as always )

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Orphin Lasz said...

I have just recently discovered my passion for Proenza Schouler's dresses and overall aesthetic (Mostly, thanks to your blog, Miss Tavi; since here was the very first place where I saw a part of their work).

Either way, I guess I'm just trying to state how much I like your blog. So, keep up the good work! Until your next post!

~ Orphin's Domains ~

Fawn and Flower said...

I still love the word "kinderwhore".

Chloe Tweeny said...

the black outfit is definitely my favourite, and the word kinderwhore is just delightful! for some reason the dress looks a little strange to me

WendyB said...

All of this reminds me that I need to get Courtney's new album.

Richard Kilroy said...

I think i must be the only person who is bored of Courtney photoshoots. It's the same old 'Tit's & Ciggies' look everytime! Am I the only one who thinks this??

Rupert said...

When I saw the LV dress I KNEW it reminded me of someone - thanks for putting your finger on it!
I've had a little google though and I think the LV dress is MUCH much more like the dress Courtney wore to the Vanity Fair Oscsars party in 1995: http://cache3.asset-cache.net/xc/51362823.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=E41C9FE5C4AA0A14BB922938C2E3EB77EC396307D82F875A17662751221E74D4B01E70F2B3269972

THAT was the dress that was somewhere in my mind when I first saw the LV dress but couldn't remember... apart from it being silk instead of velvety, or whatever marc used, they have pretty much identical cuts!!

AND - just for you Tavi - the dress is THRIFTED! Because apparently no majot labels would lend CL a dress that night coz they didn't think they'd get it back/want her in it...!! LOVE

Sootjeelina said...

cool post.

xoxo Sootjeelina <3

Isabel said...

Every time they play Hole on the stereo at work, my faith in humanity is restored.

Hayley said...

Marc Jacobs does tht to me too!!...everytime I look at his collection my stomach hurts!...oh tavi you are such a great person!!!!

Catherine said...

I Dont understand the reference.

Anonymous said...

hole- courtney loves band?
she and kurt cobain seem to be everywhere because on the day of your sassy post i realised they were in my (old) copy of i-D

victoria.clow said...

Even the antithesis to cool is cool.

victoria.clow said...

Actually I take that back. Because fashion is 'cool', but high fashion is the misunderstood, twisted sister to folks like Abercrombie and Banana Republic. It's dark and it's art you adorn yourself with, and name a real artist that wasn't tortured inside and driven by something dark and indescribable. We create because creation is beautiful, not to be successful and make money. We are inspired by others whose creative drive secretly speaks to ours. So the seemingly dichotomous similarity makes sense after all.

Tabea said...

I can't see the video :-(
Oh, befor I forget it: I love your blog!!

Look on my blog, it's german...
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xoLauraox09 said...

Argh! I need more sugar too. Tavi, your the best :)

Do you delete comments when someone links to their blog? Because I posted a comment ages and I linked to my blog and you deleted it.

glamie said...

Hey Tavi :). I love this blog, hehe :). I'm from Poland :).

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Izzen said...

Such cool looks.

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S said...

Haha Genius, Love the pictures and mainly how you end ' To conclude, I need more sugar.'

Nice one.

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Rachel said...

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Ahre:$ said...

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Jem said...

great post connecting Courtney's look to the recent clothes designed by Proenza Schouler and Marc Jacobs. I can't wait to see what you have in store with the whole "Sassy magazine idea," I'm sure it will be great.

Anonymous said...

Tavi,

I'm worried about you and your addiction with sugar. Mayhaps we should talk about it sometime...preferably with a psychiatrist and a policeman in the same room? (Just to be safe!)(HA! I like parantheses, too!!)

Cherie said...

the sound of music is quite fun indeed. I sing it often, in a similarly bad voice. that and telephone. but i'm pretty sure everyone sings that badly, with the exception of lady gaga, of course.

Brianna said...
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Brianna said...

Hey, Tavi! You've succeeded to make another wonderful blog post!
Please please please visit my blog!
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Thank You!

Fly said...

I love your posts, you always can find a great connections: I think you have a very good intuition.

XoXo from Italy


http://flyselfportrait.blogspot.com/

Maia said...

lawless. I completly agree with this post. btw I had 7 sugar packets after school today

Claire said...

"To conclude, I need more sugar."
This comment made my day.
www.photographedinblackandwhite.blogspot.com

Hal E. Liebling said...

i agree about the kinderwhore vibe. cool to see this coming back, i remember seeing girls like that around all the time. thanks tavi!

HALCOHOLIC.com

wild love said...

this is amazing thanks !!

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NorwegianWood said...

Eating more sugar is pretty much my solution to most of lifes issues. May I suggest, sour cherry blasters, a personal fave.

Gabi said...

this is amazing!

xoxo gabi

P.S: i really would love you to check out my blog! maybe we could work on a project together? we are the same age and i started once i saw your blog!
P.S.S: i was in NYC the same time as you :p

you can email me at happydancer96@me.com

or view my blog at www.froot-punch.blogspot.com

thanks and i hope you see my comment! :)

Theanne said...

Great post. Funny you should mention the fruit roll ups. I've had like 10 today. -_-

butch said...

Really love your blog and all the great fashion photo's. Cool.
Fashion Clothing S.A.

Anonymous said...

love this black outfit! so need!

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Harsha said...

I simply have fallen for the dress in the third pic. This is my biggest crush after the crush I had on dresses from Ozel. Do check them out at http://ozel.co.in

renatsan said...

You are my inspiration....the reason i started my blog was an article i read about you in a Greek magazine 5 months ago...............So young...and you manage to have all the world on your feet.....Well done cute inspiring girl

warrior said...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY?!?!?!

warrior said...

(POSSIBLY BELATED......??)

Season said...

The second one reminds me of the photos of her and Amanda de Cadenet.

http://cache2.asset-cache.net/xc/50733700.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=E41C9FE5C4AA0A144A1DF516F39ED15928E67378E3EC220712895BE7A3734AF0B01E70F2B3269972

Keep the Courtney photos coming. I had a huge obsession with her the whole of the 90s.

Hope Thompson said...

Miss World! Oh, memories. <3 <3

Hayley said...

Hahahahahah anyone follow my blog!!! I'm new here and need some input

cancercowboy said...

kinderwhore... never heard that phrase before

Diane said...

haha, hope you got sugar high :P Thanks for sharing this opinions with us ;)

Unknown said...

I love Marc Jacobs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
just a pity he did not know of my existence: (((

Tavi great post as always:)


crazy in love
Adam,
http://fashionispartofme.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

2nd picture was fabulous -

Tanita .

http://igetoutmore.blogspot.com/
^^
it's erotic x]

Linda said...

I too, I Dont understand the reference. But I will have to check to be sure with my new VOIP Headphones.


Helen Neely.

Matilda Delaporte said...

Je l'aime beacoup! I'm trying start up a website, collecting ideas for a studenty type fashion spot....

ideas younguns! x.X M

http://ohsokitsch.blogspot.com

M said...

sugar makes everything better...vaguely recall the reference haven't seen that video in ages...Courtney has been popping a lot here as of late

Angeles Almuna said...

It's always so fun to read your post, your imagination to mix words, and a lot of parenthesis....There are really cool...love your blog and come to visit me, you will see me in a crazy character costume.....please.
Kisses Lady Tavi

www.angelesalmuna.com

judo said...

your blog is the best.

María Chantal Rodríguez Nilsson said...

I found your blog very interesting an cute^^


oh and you remind me of my sister

echo. said...

And you Tavi?
Do you know THE LIST?

You have to!
How a girl like you can ignore the existence of THE LIST?

THE LIST ◊
bethelist.blogspot.com
The 'Guide Michelin' of best ART websites.

jess said...

love love the sound of music and singing along incessantly until you annoy certain flatmates into oblivion.


love love marc jacobs and proenza schouler and hole and now their obvious connections! hooray!

jp xx

www.thishopefulheart.blogspot.com
www.hopefulheart.etsy.com

firefly said...

Like the first dress!

fireflyworks.blogspot.com

Emily said...

happy birthday tavi!

xx

Anonymous said...

happy birthday tavi ;>

Christina Catherine said...

That bass player is the Rock of Gibraltar - a white dress + black tights is always cool.

Ami said...

Haha oooh I love that black dress with those beautiful boots.

Please visit me too?

http://fashionflavoredcomfits.blogspot.com/

http://fashionflavoredcomfits.blogspot.com/

Anonymous said...

That is a great dress, I love how it reflects the light

Kaitlin said...

I LOVE the first look from proenza schouler. thanks for reminding me :)


http://eileigh-josk.blogspot.com/

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