take my whole life, too

Dead Moon - Can't Help Falling In Love

Denim jacket: flea market find
Dress: Ermine Vtg.
Tights: Gap
Boots: Goodwill

My younger sister took these over the holiday break while in Maryland (hellooo sweater weather).
After seventeen years I've adapted to the heat and wild-card weather of Texas, thanks in part to the plethura of swimming areas in the city. Still, a winter that doesn't really feel like winter gets old and I find myself happy to escape to means of a chiller climate, even if for a mere week. Come winter break I'll be sad to miss friends dropping into Austin for the holidays, but I'm excited to visit family in Portland and have already began mentally packing for the occasion :)

Some things:

✩ I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Morgan about interviewing musicians and stuff. You can find the interview on her lovely blog here.

✩  If you're a teen girl living in the ATX area, there is an opportunity to take part in an amazing project by photographer and filmmaker Jennifer Cox! Find out more here.

✩If you love Kubrick's adaptation of The Shining and have given as little thought to the symbolism featured in the film as I, you will absolutely eat up this analysis.

screen caps from Tanner Hall (2009)

 

 

    

This movie was such an aesthetic treat. I suppose it would be difficult to make the New England location in which it was filmed anything but majestic looking. In addition to the beautiful scenery, the clothing which the girls wore (a wardrobe straight out of Anthropologie) and decor of their rooms were also exquisite. This was the first time I'd seen Rooney Mara in, and I must say she put on a great performance.

Interview with Alaina Moore from Tennis

Patrick and Alanna performing at ACL 2012

Over the past weekend during ACL, I was able to interview the lovely Alaina, singer of husband and wife duo Tennis.
Ever since I first heard Marathon blaring from shop speakers, I have been in love with Tennis's beachy-sweet sound, heavy with dreamy pop melodies reminiscent of the 50's. It was beyond wonderful to meet Patrick and singer-keyboardist Alaina, who was gracious enough to speak with me for Youth Spin between interviews and prepping for the band's ACL set.

So you’re here at ACL. How does it feel?

I love it I’m excited to be here, any excuse to be in Austin is a good one.

Where are you from?

My band and I are based out of Denver.

When did you form?

We started playing about two years ago, we were in the whole myspace sound and dance, back in the glory days of myspace, when we released a song that way and somehow become a band out of that one demo online, so.

You’re songs have are very summery kind of, does that have anything to do with the name Tennis?

No actually, the name Tennis is totally trivial and irrelevant to everything, but… our first inspiration to write music was based on an experience that was spent living on a sailboat for a long period of time in which it was very summery and that was kind of the vibe and aesthetic, we were listening to a lot of Beach Boys and girl groups and Paul Simon and things of that nature, I was kind of rediscovering my love for that kind of music and that’s kind of what ended up shaping our sound later down the road.

If you had to describe your latest release as a parson, what kind of person would they be?

Moody, and … maybe multiple personality disorder. Actually for the lyrics in our latest album Young And Old, I was kind of thinking of a woman changing over time from youth to old age and I was thinking about how her perspective would change kind of the emotional ramifications and the maturity you would gain in that. So yeah, that’s how would describe it.

And lastly, what’s your favorite sandwich?

You know what? Of all time, peanut butter and jelly. It’s just too good... yeah.

fall vibez

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I absolutely adore Abbey Karson's simple 60's style, her blog has given me a ton of fall inspiration.

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Just add a leather jacket, rosary and dark red lipstick to perfect the image!

Linda Darnell
Really want to master the chic scarf.

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Katherine Ross as Eileen in The Graduate.
If you have not seen this please do. In addition to being an absolutely fantastic watch, the colors and Simon and Garfunkle soundtrack make for a perfect fall watch.

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Loving the Twin Peaks vibes of lovely French brand L'ecole des Femmes.

back 2 skool insp - Sherilyn Fenn in "Just One Of The Guys"

Last night I watched One of the Guys (1989), which I had been stupidly skeptical about seeing but, despite the incorrect use of the term "transgender", am so glad I did.  I love 2006's She's The Man* (which I can credit the foundation of most of my inside-jokes to), but One Of The Guys delivered not only hilarity* and plot but also adorable edge-of-the-80's style. Which brings me to my next subject:

 Sherilyn Fenn has been my #1 actress crush since I first saw her as Audrey Horne in Twin Peaks, and I was pleasantly surprised to see her make an appearance in this!

Her character Sandy's style is kind of a cuter and more put-together Madonna (circa Desperately Seeking Susan) look. Definitely edgy but still retaining that school-girl charm. 

Hair/head accessorizing inspiration!

this uh-mazing prom dress.

*I feel like Hilarity is such a cheesy word so I apologize for using it *Also I assimilate the two movies only because I feel that She's The Man borrowed a lot from One of the Guys. One might go so far as to call it a re-make.

can we just take a moment to appreciate Melanie Laurent in Inglorious Basterds

or really, Melanie Laurent in everything. The sole entity that is Melanie Laurent.

I had seen Inglorious Basterds the year it came out in theaters, but revisited the Tarantino gem last Sunday morning. The rainy day called for anti-facism violence and Neil from Freaks and Geeks in one on-screen experience.

I enjoy everything about this movie. Melanie's make up montage still takes the cake.

it's a shame about a girl like you

The Only Ones ~ Oh Lucinda (Love Becomes a Habit)

Boots: Olive Vintage
Dress: Ermine Vintage
Tights: The Gap