the only doctors i'd be willing to see are dr. martens.

I wear my Docs more than any other shoe, so I've been thinking of investing in another pair before I go to college. Lately, I've been looking out for styles that I might get. Some time ago, I searched up galaxy doc martens, and these came up.
I was dying for them to be real. If I'm not wrong, fallie shopped them. When I was still in the galaxy docs mood, I shopped a pair of my own. Gosh would I love a pair of galaxy docs.I've been contemplating getting some materials to paint my own pair.

On the Dr Martens site, the pastel ones also stole my heart. They're all so pretty. I would love me a pair of pink ones. Maybe those mint ones, too. Pink and mint are two of my favorite colors.I don't know how much I'd wear pastels, though. As much as I like looking at them, chances are I'd only be admire them in my closet instead of wearing them out. So I was considering buying these buckles ones. They have a zipper on the side, unlike a lot of the other docs. My docs take a pretty long time to get one, so a pair with zippers would be convenient.
Knowing me, florals are always on the list. These two pairs were out when I bought my first pair. I was also thinking of these two pairs, but went with the Victorian Flowers instead. I don't regret it.
I found this pair on etsy. I wish I bookmarked the seller, but I didn't. I can't remember who was selling them. Typography shoes, mmm.
If I can find a pair of old docs at a thrift store, then I'll DIY them. Though, I've been looking for old docs for the longest time, and I've never come across a thrift store pair.

Love, Kai

sweatshirt thursday.

I have a love-hate relationship with my hair/hair color. The last time I dyed it was January, I think. It looks alright indoors for the most part, but I get that orangy tint under the sun. I tried to cancel it out with ash dye, but it didn't work.
Also, my hair does that flippy thing when it gets to a certain length. It looks alright on the left (your right) for the most part, but the other side has a mind of its own. When I go to Taiwan, all the girls my age have perfect hair. I don't know how to do it.
Yeah, so about today's outfit. My friend Sabrina has what she calls "sweatshirt Thursdays." It's like casual Fridays except with sweatshirts and on Thursdays. So today I wore my GTFO sweatshirt that I just received on Tuesday. GTFO is an acronym for "Get the Funk on," a dance crew that consists of some kids at my school. I figured I should show my support so I bought one. Sweaters are always nice, anyway.

GTFO sweatshirt, plaid shirt from Goodwill, jeans from some store in Japan.

It's not very noticeable, but I wore it with my plaid shirt.
I wore them with my plaid Converse, but they were outside so I didn't want to go out to get them. I had a huge plaid phase when I would only buy black clothes and plaid clothes. Especially red plaid. I hunted down those plaid Converse. They weren't even the type of plaid I liked. I would have liked these back in the day.This reminds me, I was looking for Docs a while ago and stumbled upon these on ebay. I grew out of my plaid obsession a while ago, but these were tempting.

picture from ebay
They weren't my size, though. I don't remember what size they were, but they were kids size. I think I'm making a Docs post soon.

Love, Kai

black on black.

Casual boring black on black today. The usual. I woke up pretty uninspired this morning. My dad started knocking on my door this morning at 6:27am, asking if I was awake, when my alarm clock is set to ring at 6:30. He doesn't usually try to wake me up unless it's almost 7 and my lights aren't on.

Obey Top from Buffalo Exchange, pin from H&M, F21 cardigan and skirt borrowed from my bestie

I used to wear a lot more black. It's not as extreme now. Find me a few years back, and there wouldn't have been a hint of white in my closet. I'm stepping out of my box. It's kind of a funny story. I used to be a pretty gloomy kid, and I found solace in black. At that time, I replaced almost everything I had in my closet and swapped it all out for black clothes. I got accustomed to wearing just black, and it was hard to switch out of that. It's become instinct to grab the first black thing on a shelf when buying something, or when I'm getting dressed.

...slowy switching to light colors.
Look at all these light colors! Remember that post with my new H&M dress? I bought the white one, but still wanted to go back for the dusty pink one. My best friend knew and bought me the other one when she visited San Francisco on Sunday. I should have been suspicious when she called to ask for my size.
The colors are actually pretty similar. This is me holding both of them together. They blend together! The white one on the left and the pink one on the right. I will wear them lots this spring!

Convention season is coming up, so I'll be spending lots of time on art for the next month or two. Just finished up on Pokemon stickers today. So much cutting to do.
I'll be keeping up on my blog, but if I mysteriously disappear, this is the reason.

Thank you everyone who entered the giveaway! I used a random number generator to determine the winner. So, congratulations to Rosemarie!

Love, Kai

a few sizes too big.

I'm really fond of oversized clothing. You guys probably know that already. Sometimes I get comments and questions at school asking if I'm borrowing my dad's clothes. My mom wants me to stop buying big clothes or I'm going to drown in fabric eventually.

Hooded T shirt from Taiwan, oversized cardigan from Salvation Army, brooch from Harajuku Hearts, black gauze skirt from GLP, cream dress from H&M, Doc Martens

I used to wear tight clothes, too. Back in middle school and freshman year of high school, I pretty much only wore cotton pants, jeans, and logo tees from Pacsun. That was until I realized that I didn't like tight clothing or junior brands, and I only shopped there because I used to shop with my friends and those were the kinds of stores they liked to shop at. So I started thrifting and wearing oversized clothes in my sophomore year.

I haven't drowned yet. Though the flared jeans I used to wear were pretty dangerous. It's so easy to trip in those.

Love, Kai

fashion designers wear sweats? blasphemy!

One of my biggest peeves is judging people based on the little knowledge one has of another person. Such as "because his parents parents are rich, he must be spoiled." Or "because she's overweight, she must be bad at sports." On the top of my list is "because she's wearing sweats, she must be terrible at designing." I get this. All the time.


Jacket from H&M, Japan Dinosaur tee from Seibei, PE sweatpants from school, Doc Martens

I love dressing up. But the thing is, I don't like dressing up every single day of my life. On an uninspired lazy day, I just want to wear pajamas around. On a day where I only have one destination and only want to pick up a couple things from I store, I wear an oversized tee, comfy pants, and Asian lady sandals.

I went to get my biannual teeth checkup yesterday, and just slapped on some sweats and sneakers and headed out. My dentist is a real talker, which is really weird considering he has his hands in my mouth and I can't talk anyway so it's more like he's talking to himself. But the conversation went to college and what I'm majoring in. When I said fashion, he looked an my clothes and went "oh." It ended there. I get that a lot. As in extremely often.

What does it take to design? Studded heels? Or overflowing juices of creative power? Heck, Sarah Burton of Alexander McQueen wore jeans and flats to her own show, but that doesn't influence her ability to design. She is phenomenal.

I do believe this is the most rant-like post I've ever made. I don't talk about pet peeves much. So, since I've talked about my own peeve, what peeves you?

I was painting yesterday, when I messed up on Connor's arm. I was going to cut it out anyway, so I figured it would be alright if I drew another arm and just cut that out. But I messed up again and soon he had three arms. My brother passed by and told me to make Connor into an octopus and he'd buy it off me for $4 so I could buy another board to paint on. So I finished it.
Connor the octopanda.