mish mash

This is just a bunch of random stuff that I wanted to share.

First, two Twitter-related events. I told the Uniform Project brains [AKA Sheena Matheiken] that I blogged about her and got a reply!

AND, I won something off of a F21 Twitter Tuesday contest! LOL. So they first asked a question regarding a twitpic. You were supposed to name the Summer Must-Have according to their website [the romper! -- I agree!], and then choose which of the three tops you wanted. However, no one claimed the first one, so they said to name the name of their blog [The Skinny] right as I refreshed my Twitter homepage. Therefore I was the first to reply! YAY! Here's the conversation, and what I won.

Top #1 [It's short so I guess I'll have to work my belly and/or layerlayerlayer.]

If you guys have twitter.. well, I guess you can see my username in those pictures, so follow me if you so desire! (: Click here.

Okay, next subject, Chictopia. I made an account like, maybe a week ago. But wasn't really sure about what outfit to post first so I haven't uploaded any pictures yet. But, if you guys have Chictopia accounts, befriend me there! Click here.

Remember zippers? Well, here's another great accessory that I found on F21 with zipper accents.

Zipper Trim Flower Headband $5.80

Also, military/marching-band style jackets are everywhere in Korean pop fashion right now. And what's even weirder to me [I'm down with the jackets] is that shakos [AKA the hats worn for marching band] are too!

The ever-so-fashion-forward G-Dragon of Big Bang in their newest Japanese music video, Gara Gara Go. [I know these are not the best quality pictures or the most flattering, but I had to work with screencaps and uncompromising YouTube videos. Also, later in the video, you see TOP wearing a red military jacket.]

Another picture of GD, this time in a red military jacket and a single white glove [MJ style!!] for the filming of Big Bang's Hite Beer CF.

House Rulez in their new concept for their 2.5 album. [shako -- far left, saxophone -- center, military vest -- far right]

CL of 2NE1 for their first mini-album cover photoshoot with a military-style vest.

SNSD for their new military concept for Tell Me Your Wish (Genie).

The Plano Band style. [Although no one is actually wearing them in these pictures... but that is besides the point. Photo credit: Grace Suarez]

Also, I have some kind of top-secret info regarding something that may be coming up with Shake the World hehe. I am very excited, so I'll keep yall posted!

Also, TOMS Shoes just showed up on my sidebar on Facebook. FB is such a stalker [it probably got TOMS Shoes from me and Devin's wall posts about them].

Okay, I think I'm done being random. Also, I would like to apologize for how image-heavy all of my entries are. I just like pictures =( They're worth a thousand words, right? Haha. Also, I would like to apologize for my incessant use of "also."

[Because this is so random, look at how many tags I have for this. Crazyyy.]

fashion for a passion

Here are some websites that are using fashion in a positive manner to help out others around the world. They are using something that as ubiquitous as fashion to help a cause that they are passionate about. Please help support them! (:

1. The Uniform Project - All credits go to Grace Park for showing me this website! This website was started by Sheena Matheiken who is trying to raise awareness for the Akanksha Foundation, which collects money to provide slum children in India with an adequate education. She wears one simple, black "uniform" dress, to symbolize the uniforms that children are required to wear in India, like she once had to. She realized how children would try to make uniforms their own, by adding in accessories and other pieces to make their uniforms unique. In essence, she is doing that as well. Every day, for a year, starting in May 2009, she will wear the same black dress [although she has 7 of them, one for each day of the week], the only thing changing is how she accessorizes it and styles it to fit different styles. It's incredibly impressive. Every day, she also donates $1 to the fund she is raising and encourages us to help donate as well [she has raised $4458 so far]. Here are some of my favorite looks [she comes up with some ingenius outfits!].
   
   This is the dress in its simplest forms.
   
2. TOMS Shoes - The first time I heard about this project was in 7th period psychology. My teacher, who is the NHS sponsor, asked us all how interested we would be in decorating our own shoes. Being the artsy-craftsy person that I am [as you can tell by my T-shirt fundraiser], I was extremely up for it. However, conflicts came up [AKA, after school marching rehearsals] and I wasn't able to make the meeting where we could pay for a white canvas shoe and decorate it for ourselves. Okay, let's put my artistic endeavors aside. The real important subject is the movement behind TOMS Shoes, started by Blake Mycoskie. For every pair of shoes that WE as customers buy, they will donate one pair of shoes to a child in need. A simple idea for a great cause. More than 140,000 shoes have been bought, and in 2009, TOMS Shoes donated 300,000 pairs of shoes. If you're not incredibly artistic, you can buy a pair of shoes from their online store, but if you're into arts and crafts like me, you should definitely look into buying a pair and going all out! Actually, even if you're not artistic, I would still recommend buying the white canvas shoes, because let's face it-- how cool is it to design your own shoes!! I will admit, they are a bit pricey, but just remember the cause behind it. Right now, I have my NHS sponsor's pair of white canvas shoes sitting on my shelf that I was supposed to decorate for her over the summer. I'll upload a picture when I finish [... or start...]!
   
   
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   Shake the World - For all my friends who already know about this, they will all know that I am just shamefully advertising for myself. But hear me out. Approximately one year ago, I started this T-shirt making "business." The proceeds are intended to go to help the aftermath of the disastrous earthquakes of Sichuan, China. But these T-shirts aren't your everyday ordinary screenprinted T's. They're unique. Every single one of them is hand-drawn, using fabric paint and plain T-shirts. The customer [YOU!] can simply request whatever they wish and I will make it for you, to the best of my ability. The charge is $10 and goes towards a fund saved up to donate to the Red Cross. [Btw, now I make tote bags too, for $15!] I was at first intending to take out supply costs but realized it is impractical right now unless I earn more so my parents have gladly helped me pay for all the supplies. So far, I have earned $435! But my goal is $1000. So please help me by spreading this around to your friends as well. Some examples of my previous work:
   

Okay, honestly, these are the only three I have right now. I just really wanted to share the Uniform Project. I promise I will add more later as I find them.