Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Vandalism

When taking these pictures, I was all "Photography YEAH YEAH YEAH!"
So most of them are pseudo artsy pictures of flowers and some assorted body parts. But I really did like how they turned out!
So today I wanted to talk a little bit about vandalism. But, like, funny vandalism.
The segue (I thought it was pronounced "seg you" for most of my life) I have for this is that the last time I was wearing this dress I took photos in front of a graffitied wall. So it's logical.
 
Apparently graffiti - and not like art graffiti, but just kids spray painting things - is something that just happens. I can't imagine putting on a black hoodie and sneaking out to paint a word on a wall in the middle of the night would be anyone's idea of fun, but since most places have to deal with vandalism, obviously someone gets a kick out of it.
There's the odd stop sign that someone wrote something on so it reads "Stop War" or "Stop Voldemort" or "Stop Obama", or the occasional curse word on the side of an old building (so maybe I live in a hick town), but one of the weirdest I came across the other day was a speed limit sign. It originally said "45". But someone came along and changed the "5" to an "8". Now let me ask you guys. What do you think was the point of that?
The result of that would either be a) A driver sees the sign that says 48 mph and thinks "That is stupid, speed limit signs never end in a freaking 8", or b) the driver believes that the speed limit is 48 and goes a whopping 3 miles over and doesn't get stopped because it's 3 miles.

Have you guys seen any silly vandalism in your town?


Anyway, this dress.
I wore it like 2 weeks ago and that isn't very creative of me, but I don't care and if you cared you probably wouldn't be following me. I can't wait to wear it in the spring, it's so light and breezy it will be perfect. My sister helped me pick out this outfit, kindof. She vetoed my black knee highs and told me the burgundy hat balanced out the shoes or something. She's a sweetheart for real, though.
 I got this purse from Fred Flare. I always think that it looks like a cupcake, even though it obviously doesn't. I guess I associate the scalloped edges with cupcakes? I am not even making sense.
 dress: Modcloth
crop top, shoes, brooch, watch: Goodwill
hat: American Eagle
purse: Fred Flare
tights: Forever 21
socks: DIY




19 comments:

  1. i really, really do love this dress! yes, there is vandalism everywhere in my city! haha. there is a lot on one side of my loft building, one person wrote a paragraph about how he hates everyone. strange things!

    linsdsey louise

    hellomrrabbit.blogspot.com

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    1. Haha that's interesting! Sounds like they just need someone to talk to.

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  2. I love how you put together this look. Its adorable from the tights to the hat!

    My town is less than 6,000 so we don't get much graffietti ... mostly there are not a lot of places to and you really stand out being out past about 9. But every year for homecoming the high school wakes up to be surrounded by different graffietti items like old washing machines and junker cars. Its part of the senior prank (except for the year someone let chickens a goat loose in the school. It was gross and never repeated again.)

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    1. Haha oh my gosh! That is dedication! I think the only senior prank I ever lived through was a stink bomb and a food fight. Same year... I don't think anyone at my school ever cared enough!

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  3. Hahaha "Stop Voldemort!"- I love that one. And I think the graffiti on the sign is kinda funny, mostly because it's silly. I bet that was their intention too =P And super pretty photo shoot, I love that field! I love that you can still wear summer clothes, and the layering in this outfit is so, so cute. It all flows so perfectly :))

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    1. I hope so, a sarcastic vandal is someone I could respect!
      Thanks, this is actually my backyard! I shouldn't complain about lack of location!

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  4. Ahhh the kitty dress, again, swoon! I love the artsy flower shots! I just drove by my favorite old barn on the way to work, it peeling and white, and someone spray painted an orange blob on it or something and I have to say, I was slightly pissed, mainly because I like it as a photo location! I like artistic graffiti but I don't even know what that's supposed to be! Haha love the 48 MPH though!

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    1. Haha maybe they were advertising for nickelodeon?

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  5. This shoot is great!! How lucky are you to not have to dress in sweaters, dear girl? :O Love it all, omgosh!

    <3 Megan
    http://kiddotv.blogspot.com

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    1. Thankyou! I do wish we'd get some snow, though. Haha.

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  6. I don't think I'll ever get over how cute this dress is. Or these tights. Gosh, Rachel, just give me everything in your closet already haha

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  7. I absolutely adore this outfit! So cute.

    <3 Melissa
    wildflwrchild.blogspot.com

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  8. Aw - the print on that dress and little scallops on your bag are so sweet :) I don't get the vandalism thing and why people get such a kick out of defacing public property. The best I saw was under an overpass where someone spray painted drugs. It actually ended up in the background of one of my photos (where I first noticed it) and I photoshopped the graffiti with an X over the image with the words "say no"...haha.

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  9. One of my friends go arrested for vandalism like taht when he was 18 and it was AWFUL! He was with two friends who weren't 18 so he got also charged for something with like taking a minor into crime and it was just a whole mess. Annnyyyhoowww. I love this dress - and the field is such a great place for photos

    <3 katherine
    of corgis and cocktails // fox tote giveaway

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    1. That's such a bummer. It doesn't seem like high crime to me.
      Thankyou!

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  10. Such a cute dress and I love the addition of the girly socks <3

    xo

    Ashley

    Southern (California) Belle

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  11. This dress is adorable. I love the socks!

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