#5

  MATCHY AS FUCK[YES].

Hat from pdx Goodwill (sort of broken... i want to fix the bill), shirt from House of Vintage on Hawthorne (got a quasi-migraine from being in there too long), blazer, pants, and shoes from separate trips to Goodwill and Value Village. so glad I bought the belt. i have a feeling it will come in handy later on


PS: I’m sorry these keep turning out blurry! My version of Adobe is super outdated and messes everything up… even if I set the compatibility mode for XP

#4

ken done is my prophet.

shirt by australian artist Ken Done, whose art is off the chain and you should all check out. he's been in my life for a long time (my parents have had Ken Done coasters since they traveled around australia before i was born) but i only realized his status as a prophet when i found this shirt at william temple house thrift store (on 22nd and sw glisan) in portland. i suggest you all go there and buy yourself some digs/support the store and its cause... my bro billy temple is always there for me.

made the headband/belt/whatever from a yellow tee you'll see later... so i guess it came from da binz? shorts from pdx red light last year. shoes goodwill.

i really need to get better at taking these pictures...

#3

 why the Post-Acid Mickey Mouse shirt? i just wish i was King of the Beach. i know i know, what an Idiot......So Bored. i am waiting, wondering When Will you Come chill with me, nathan williams? i bet we could Take on the World, we are so chill. you'd say, "i know what Side Yr On" and id be like "taiiight" and we'd ride Wavves all day long! and all the California Goths and Beach Goths and all the rest of those Vermin would be so jealous, watching from their Teenage Super Party, and us best bros could speed off in the Convertible Balloon and be all "Baby Say Goodbye" cuz we so fly.

 minnie mouse shirt from the pdx red light $5 rack. pink aruba snapback from downtown thrift store, jacket from garage sale (didnt realize it was THAT huge... oh well), sunglasses from a gas station, pants/shoes/purse from separate trips to goodwilll. 

DAY 2

$5 rack at Red Light! Hanes Her Way, baby. Bangles, shirt, and shoes from separate trips to Goodwill. Earrings from eBay ($12, so expensive!!! But totally worth it!!! Bakelite Johnny was the seller.... he's got some killer swag)

The true secret to looking so fresh is white socks. Keep em shining.

why i am dressing in the tackiest, cheesiest 80s and 90s digs i can possibly find

Flash back to last May. It had been overcast for months (years, decades--eons actually because it was Portland) and literally  raining for a month solid. I'm rummaging through da Binz, trying not to think about the detritus-des-binz collecting on my eyeballs, when I find it. Beneath a crusty green comforter languishes an XXL dress in the most obnoxious shade of salmon pink you can imagine. It's covered in fun little 80s pineapples. The cotton sags. I reach for it, hands trembling, and pull it from the depths of the "soft goods" section.

Cue 2001 A Space Odyssey sountrack. 

For a while now I've had this idea, this dream-like vision in my head. It re-surfaced this January, posessing me like some kind of kitschy New Wave demon. This vision drove me madly towards a blur of bright colors and geometric tropical patterns.At the time I couldn't even pinpoint what it was I so desperately yearned for. I had only the pineapple dress, and a vague image of my neighbor's folding beach chair from the early 90s, to satisfy my color-lust. Through an excruciating process of google image searches, obsessive doodling, and rabid thrifting, I slowly defined and realized my spiritual purpose. 

I knew that I must collect the tackiest, cheesiest, 80s and 90s digs I could possibly find and come summer wear exclusively those colorful clothes. If I didn't, I knew profoundly that my soul would perish.

You want to know what happens when a person has endured the death-like dreariness of one too many eight-month-long Northwest winters? Mania, that's what. Keep yourself posted on stylevacation!. 

Anyway, I spent a lot of time and money on this stupid spiritual journey so someone had better notice me devote my aesthetic dignity to it.

Lates

DAY 1

day 1! This is the dress that started it all.... after HOURS and HOURS of work! It basically used to be a mu mu. I brought up the waist/hemmed it, made it scoop neck, and added orange fabric/bows on front and back (I had to salvage this from another shirt). I wish I had a before and after photo to show you, because it used to be pretty bad.