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I’m almost to the point of not being able to live without this skirt.

I found the most amazing acid wash denim skirt at this vintage store near my old house last week. When I saw it I knew it needed to be part of my wardrobe. What girl doesn’t want a high-waist acid wash denim skirt?

I think it will be my answer to the ever-present cut-off shorts— I’m so tired of that trend. If acid wash denim is a summer must, then this is the best way to rock it.

Excuse the cruddy mirror shot inside a store. Apparently, my entire family has shaky hand syndrome because every picture they took of me was blurry.

p.s. Happy Memorial Day!

Even while bearing the dreariest Spring weather of late, I can’t help but quickly excite at the promise of warmer weather to come. However, my only problem with warmer weather is my refusal to wear shorts. Knowing that A) walking around the city in pants will make me sweat in places I didn’t know existed and B)I don’t have enough dresses to wear one everyday this spring and summer. I’ve come to the conclusion that I need to stock up on so fun, flirty skirts that will get me through the warmer months.

Here are my picks…

1. Pleat Detail Tulip Skirt $39, ASOS.com; 2. Pleated Linen Skirt $18, Forever21.com; 3. Floral-print swing skirt $49, Newport-News.com; 4. Rooftop Party Skirt $43, ModCloth.com; 5. Pleated Miuccia Skirt $20, FredFlare.com; For more Sweet Spring Skirts, CLICK HERE.

I’m slowly settling back into school— unfortunately— but, I can’t seem to let the great times of this summer go. Though I pretty much worked everyday, I still enjoyed every minute of it and every dollar earned and spent on new clothes. While rummaging through my closet today, there it was, just staring at me, the bridesmaid dress I wore to my parents vow renewal— another mark of a summer well spent, but what do I do with the dress now?

The pearlescent fabric makes it completely useless for day-to-day wear as a dress, but with a bit of folding, some shimming to get in on, and a belt to keep it in place, the dress makes quite the skirt. The only problem with having loads of extra material under the skirt is it gives me an ass like Kim Kardashian, but I guess some guys like that, right? To be honest, life would be much easier if I just cut the top of the dress off and the seam, bit I can’t cut the dress up just yet because (A) I’m still a terrible seamstress, (B) I only bought the dress in June, and (C) I’m the type of person who saves things for good, and I might one day have to wear this dress somewhere— at least that’s what I’m telling myself.

I also went to Target the other day to buy school supplies, and though I did my fair share of frolicking through the aisles of pens, notebooks, and folders, I ended up in the shoe section where I picked up these cute purple moccasins. I’m still sort of in shock as to how much I actually like the shoes because when I was little, my grandma tried to get me to buy moccasins, and I bitched and whined about how gross they are. Oh, how things change!

Fashion week officially starts tomorrow, and unfortunately I won’t be heading to the tents this season, but that’s okay because the exhausted student in me would much rather sleep my free time away. I am however really bummed that I missed the Fashion Indie Brooklyn Bridge fashion show, you can read all about it on Fashion Indie.

What clothes do you plan to take with you from summer to fall or even into winter?

This weekend was full of me doing a whole bunch of nothing. I rented August and 21, bought new clothes, ate lots of food, read some funny Hollywood gossip,  got stoked about Fashion Indie’s Brooklyn Bridge fashion show today at 6pm, and watched the last 6 episodes of Mad Men which was quite interesting, not only for the content of the show but for the fashion. Though I found myself madly lusting over the voluminous circle skirts, my favorite thing about the show, or at least the last two episodes is the message its giving to women.

I know it sounds really ironic, a TV show based in the 50s about a bunch of misogynistic ad men is giving women an inspirational message? Well the thing is there are a few choice female characters that really get it. They realize the power they have as women, and use that to their advantage even though in the show they do hold more of a background power, its still better than going for the power and never getting it. My favorite line of all the episodes I watched was when Bobbie Barrett (Melinda McGraw’s character) tells Peggy Olson (Elizabeth Moss’ character) that she needs to act like the woman she wants to be and then become that woman. She also says she needs to stop trying to be a powerful man with the corner office and be a powerful woman.

So, how do I just be a powerful woman and not a woman trying to be a powerful man and not just that but, “who do I want to be?” and “how do I act like that person?”

Since the movie August was fresh in my mind I let my mind venture into the who I have to swindle to become Josh Hartnett’s girlfriend, but a couple days and one potential sex scandal later and I’m thinking otherwise.

Then I decided I wanted to be someone who’s out of college, but realized by acting like I don’t have to go to school and intern skipping class, that wouldn’t actually help me get out of college so that went out the window too.

Finally I just decided I wanted to be the best damn me I could possibly be and if that happens to mean I end up dating some gorgeous hopefully financially secure whatever then so be it, and if I happen to end up with this t-shirt Natalie Portman wore arriving at the Westin Excelsior Resort at the the Venice Film Festival on Monday, then lucky me, and if I happen to become this awesomely successful publicist/stylist/fashion blogger— please, please, please— then that’s life. The one thing that I did settle on, was I’m going to become the owner of a marvelous 50s style skirt and I will pair it with a slouchy burnout tank preferably from Alexander Wang and lots and lots of cheapo metal bangles because who doesn’t like being a human tambourine!?

Who do you want to be?