Eu cresci alérgica a todo metal que não fosse ouro, e na adolescência qualquer bijoux dourada era "de mãe". Assim, sempre que tentei usar um par de brincos descolados, morri de alergia - sorte minha ainda ter duas orelhas.
Anos atrás desisti de brinco, e resolvi dedicar a vida à minha paixão por colares. Teve época que eu até arrisquei meu lado artístico e vendi uns bacanas feitos por mim pras colegas de trabalho. O que me lembra a falta que eu sinto da 25 de Março. Em Boston não tem nada parecido, e fica mais fácil e barato encontrar peças vintage do que fazer as suas próprias.
Dizem que, pra curar um vício, a pessoa deve primeiro reconhecê-lo. Então cá estou, assumindo minha obsessão por colares.
My friend Amy, aka Punky, has been driving girls crazy with her amazingly creative and incredibly charming ideas such as the ones in her blog, her Clothing Swaps and the Haberdash for a little while now. There's a particular legion of girls that will follow her to any stylish corner in the world, too. We do consider ourselves swapaholics, since it seems like we have a lot more fun at the awesome swaps than in any real shopping spree around town. Shoestring Magazine, Frock, The Closet, Make Ready, Flaunt, The Second Glass, Meg Wright Photography and the Improper Bostonian Magazine are a few of the names some of these girls go by, and I shall say, we know how to have a fashionably good time.
When Channel 7 News Boston asked Amy if they could do a story on one of her swaps, we were all ready to go. I had the honor to host the cutest and most fun backyard, end-of-the-summer party my street has ever seen (in the current decade, at least -- I heard the old ladies in the street used to have a kickass good time back in the day).
Here are some of the photos my friend Meg and Amy herself took of our girlie day:
Alguns são antiiigos, nem lembro onde achei. Mas entre eles, estão as marcas Urban Outfitters, Cosmic Girl, Haberdash Vintage, Aldo Accessories, Anthropologie e Lenora Dame.
