Music.

I've made no secret of the fact that music, above all other expressive art forms, is a massive part of and influence upon my life. I could have chosen a billion different types of outfits (okay, that's obviously an exaggeration) to go with this theme, but I wound up in my favourite leopard print dress, leather jacket and bright stockings...why?...
I suppose if I'm to be entirely honest I like to think that this is what I would have worn had I existed in my current capacity in the mid 90's and was going to watch a Jarvis Cocker gig in a really cool, hyper-mod disco in London whilst downing gin martinis. Or something along those lines.

I will admit that I found it somewhat difficult to encapsulate the concept of 'music' into one, singular outfit. As I have mentioned before, I dress for the music I'm listening to virtually every single day of my life, so to sum all of that up with one garment choice was more than slightly daunting for me. That is, until I came to the conclusion that it simply cannot be boiled down so easily, and that whatever I chose would be but a tiny, minuscule slice of my feelings towards the topic in question.
When taking a whiff of 'Music', the Harajuku Lovers scent, I felt as though the fragrance designer of must have faced the exact same dilemma as I did with my outfit choice. 'Love', 'Angel' and 'Baby' are all pretty straightforward briefs to follow - they only have so many connotations and meanings and types, whereas 'Music' has more than I believe anyone on earth is capable of keeping track of. A directional decision had to be made in order to keep the fragrance from becoming a total mess akin to the various LPs scattered about my apartment floor, and I think that they definitely succeeded in doing this while keeping things somewhat open to interpretation.
From my perspective, the scent of 'Music' is what I would refer to as 'modern bohemian' - it's modern and refreshing in the sense that it's clean and not agedly musky, but quite classic in that it's understatedly floral and pretty as well. It would have been very easy for this one to go sloppily downhill, but as it turns out it's one of my favourites of the entire set and something I will undoubtedly continue to wear for many months to come.
Wearing
Jacket: Danier (yes, I know I caved and that it's black...but I am doing two themes at once here so cut me some slack?)
Dress: F21
Tights: Winners
Shoes: F21

Hello Traveler

It's that really strange time of year when the seasons are middling and indecisive, and because of this one can get away with wearing a tweed houndstooth blazer with jean short-shorts out to dinner and drinks and not think twice about it. Personally I'm a fan of having this kind of meteorological freedom when getting dressed, and hope for it to never end. The rarely-used logical side of brain is telling me that this is an entirely irrational thing to hope for though, so I suppose I'm just going to have to make the most of it while I still can.

It is, after all, the end of another week and hence the beginning of a new weekend in a few short hours, and I must admit that I have a wickedly exciting one ahead of me. Darker My Love and the Dandy Warhols are playing tomorrow night and there's been such a concert drought in Toronto these past few months that I'm unspeakably excited to be going to see not one but two bands that I love. Otherwise I suspect that this weekend will consist of the same old stuff but, considering how absolutely crazily busy last weekend was, relaxing and doing what I want when I want should be a properly pleasant way to spend my time.
Thank you times a billion to every single person who reads and comments on Modern Guilt. It's kind of totally amazing, and I sincerely appreciate it with all of my heart. I wish you all a weekend as wonderful as the one I plan on having, and look forward to getting back on here and catching up come Monday morning...truly, you guys all make Monday mornings less dreadful than I ever considered possible!

P.S. Happy birthday to my mums today, who turns a year older but still somehow manages to look as though she's not aged in ten years, and inspires me on more levels than I can count every single time I see her.

Wearing

Blazer: vintage

Shorts: J Brand that I cut up...note the very messy hems.

Shoes: vintage

Like there's no tomorrow

Blonde Hair, Blue Jeans has amazing taste, and as such I feel extremely honored that she has made me the recipient of a tag which requires the tagged blogger to post a song which they feel accurately represents their personality and style. Now I'm not sure if all of you know this because I'm generally extraordinarily vague in doing so, but virtually every single post title on Modern Guilt is either the title or lyric of one of my many favourite songs. In fact, my love of music came before my love of fashion, and admittedly inspired my interest in clothing to begin with.
The shoegaze grunge of My Bloody Valentine and Spacemen 3, the decadent exotic bohemia of the Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix, the working-class-with-a-paycheque quirk of Jarvis Cocker and the Verve, the slim, dark, vague Americana gothic of Bob Dylan and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: the music and style of these artists, amongst countless others, has been an undeniable key force in my development not only of style but of self as well, significantly more so than any fashion designer or stylist. As I have mentioned previously, a tireless personal aesthetic is what I aspire to, and the musicians I admire tend to have this in droves.
And now, on with the show. This was an interesting exercise for me because there are just so many songs to choose from...as Richard Ashcroft prophetically expressed in Bittersweet Symphony, I truly am a million different people from one day to the next. But I digress, because Bittersweet Symphony is not actually the song I'm choosing.
Instead I'm going to go with something a bit obscure - The Stevenson Ranch Davidians, their mouthful of a name aside, are one of the best new bands I've heard in a LONG time and I think that their song 'No Tomorrow' doesn't describe me so much as it accurately presents the precepts by which I tend to live my life. Moreover, I've included a stream of the song so that you can all listen to it as well- trust me, you won't be disappointed!


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Walking around, your feet off the ground
Head in the clouds, not coming down.
Don't want to see, don't want to hear, don't want to be
Anywhere near your life.

You've made up your mind, now you don't to want to know.
Stop living your life like there's no tomorrow.

What will you do? Now you know that it's true.
Life will go on with or without you.
Your day has come, comes like a drug
It caught you off guard, you had to start again.
Again. Again. Again and again.

You've made up your mind, now you don't to want to know.
Stop living your life like there's no tomorrow.

And I'm off for the weekend. I hope everyone has a great one, and thank you for all of the support as always!

Wearing
Blouse: vintage
Jeans: Urban Planet
Earrings: vintage
Shoes: Nine West

P.S. I'm tagging Nita-Karolina, Fashion Chalet and The Fashion Maven as the next recipients of this tag, and I'm very much looking forward to seeing what they come up with!