Zo! Style Technician. September 15, 2008
This edition of Z!ST is brought to you by Space Channel 5 and everyone’s inner intergalactic mercenary. It’s been a while, and I’ve had time to accumulate some excellent tidbits to share with you. One of the few troubles with being, shall we say, not-so-tall is the eternal bunching of garments around the waist, which has led to my rabid love of cropped jackets and shrugs. As a bonus, this particular piece comes with pink contrast stitching that matches my glasses. And with the slow onset of fall The Layering begins once again – I couldn’t be happier.
At a glance it may be unclear why this admittedly bold outfit would suit a woman on a mission, but I assure you, it’s all perfectly functional. A hood to conceal your identity, an array of shiny baubles to distract the enemy, heels with protective padding for your best kicks all make for fine mission gear. To the untrained eye you might look like a space hooker, but worry not – that never stopped Aeon Flux or the Silk Spectre.
Cropped jacket: by Tur:bo[wear] via. Cryoflesh.com
T-shirt: Social Awearness
Bubble skirt: H&M
Tights: H&M
Legwarmers: gift from Hong Kong
Shoes: ElectriqueBoutique.com
Accessory details and more photos beyond the jump.
Art Monkey pendant: Rock of Love
Rivet ring + bracelet: Contraptions Studio
Caffeine molecule: Made With Molecules
Bag: Anemone via Plastik Wrap
G.I. Headphones: Skullcandy
Crystal costume jewelry: vintage
Earrings: retaining rings from an electronic surplus shop in Toronto
September 15th, 2008 at 8:38 am
“space hooker” is the look I’m going for anyway about 50% of the time so all that functionality? total bonus.
September 15th, 2008 at 8:51 am
I can totally see you rocking this look, too. We’d make a fahhbulous space hooker team, I do believe.
September 15th, 2008 at 9:42 am
That whole outfit is made of awesome. Especially those shoes. They’re just great.
September 15th, 2008 at 9:49 am
This outfit rocks my socks. :)
And it rocked my girlfriends too. She loved the shoes, which are pretty cheap in scale of Finland! I cannot help but wonder those prices and look for my credit card with eager eyes.
September 15th, 2008 at 10:01 am
This concentrated infusion of fashion advice is just what I needed on a day like this, where I’m feeling especially frumpy and made grumpy by the heat. Inspiration, hoooo!
Now that you’re look’s become rather stream-lined and chic, it’s really fun to go back into the archives and see how much you’re style’s changed, but how great you’ve been able to pull off ALL of them.
September 15th, 2008 at 10:10 am
The text of this write-up alone is enough to make me fall in love (sweetly, safely — I’m happily married).
You had me at “Silk Spectre.”
RP
September 15th, 2008 at 10:12 am
R, those shoes are my favorites right now. And if you click on “More Colors” you’ll see they come in pink/purple, brown, white, and anime!
Jani, they’re pretty cheap by U.S. standards, too. I love Electrique Boutique!
Alice, totally! I’ve definitely streamlined and become a lot more frugal with color. I still like brightness on occasion, but the bulk of my everything is black with shades of gray. I’m actually a teensy bit horrified at some of my older outfit choices, but happy to have them cataloged anyhow!
September 15th, 2008 at 10:13 am
Rex, I’m toying with the idea of dressing as Silk Spectre for Halloween, ha!
September 15th, 2008 at 11:37 am
Zo, they come in anime!? I think I’m definitely in love with them!
September 15th, 2008 at 11:43 am
Yes! Click for anime goodness.
September 15th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
To put it in simplest terms: You are fabulous and you make me want to be more fabulous.
How do you keep hair color from getting absolutely everywhere though? I recently re-purpled my hair and everything, including the collars of most of my shirts and my hands, are tragic shades of violet. Even sadder, this all happened days AFTER the dyeing.
Sigh.
September 15th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Fabulousness all around! I will try to do a hair tutorial soon, but my chief thing is using Special Effects hair dye. It’s The Best. What brand do you use?
September 15th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
A hair tutorial would be marvelous.
I’m currently trying out Raw because Special Effects seems to have disappeared from cities most accessible to me. I’ve only ever used Special Effect’s Atomic Pink, but I could never tell if it was all over my fingers, as it just sort of turned everything slightly rosy. Regardless, I’m planning on an NYC trip in a week or two because I’m desperate for some Special Effects. Raw is good, but it’s not holding as long as I’d like. There seems to be more on my fingers than my hair…
September 15th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Space hooker, pah — where’s your singular gold eyebrow?
September 15th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Gold simply clashed with all the silver, see!
September 15th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
You win extra cool points for simply mentioning Space Channel 5. Now I got assorted songs from it in my head.
Space hooker or spy you look about ready to take down an evil corporation while listening to your favorite tunes and making the thousand odd security forces sent to stop you drool before death.
Those shoes though…so awesome. Same with the purse!
September 15th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Tequila, I am so into these Anemone bags right now – I love that they’re shaped like old-school clutch bags but are made of alien flesh. I wonder if they make backpacks for boys! Custom order, perhaps?
September 15th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Blue hair never had something so good looking to look on. Or something like that.
September 15th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Fabulous Zo! I love this whole outfit.
I think I have to move (or at least visit for an extended period of time) to LA just so I can tromp around in killer heals such as those! Walking around NYC has turned my poor hooves into frumpy madness!
xo
September 15th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
as i was looking at these here photographs, in a library in riverside, i felt really strange….
i then turned around to see a couple of people ogling the screen from behind me.
my conclusion:
you are way too legit to quit.
and, you just saved my short statured life!!!!!!
short jackets for short people!
only true unadulterated sexy genius can think of it!
(interestingly enough, the library is home to one of the largest science fiction collections KNOWN TO MANKIND. and by mankind i mean some amount that i forgot how much it is…)
September 15th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
woooOoOOoo. Neat.
For some reason, most of my wardrobe is starting to consist primarily of black and grey as well, although, I’m into more of a “masculine” style. Life is just easier without having to worry about all those damn colors!
Hmm, I use Manic Panic hair dye, I always thought they were pretty good?
I love how you “use yourself” so creatively!
I wish I could apply my make-up as well as you do Ms. Zoetica … :(
September 16th, 2008 at 11:08 am
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September 16th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
You didn’t mention the glasses?!? They are fantastic!
You have a great eye for different textures & colors!
September 16th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
*laughs a little at the SA mention*
September 17th, 2008 at 1:13 am
@Zo…”I wonder if they make backpacks for boys! Custom order, perhaps?”
Hmmm…good question. At the very least a messenger bag would be nice no?
September 17th, 2008 at 5:45 am
thank god for Brooklyn, NY. Found those Balencia shoes for $50, but I hated the beige undersole, so I painted the back red. I’ll show you a pic, it looks fierce!
September 17th, 2008 at 8:56 am
I like the bag!
September 17th, 2008 at 8:58 am
Shay – thanks, I love me some Anemone!
Bianca – yes, the beige is terrible! I should paint mine black or silver. Yes, silver.
Tequila – drop them a line – very friendly and helpful!
Lumi – hee!
Sarah – the glasses are from a very generic frame boutique in Tokyo
Embot – MP is alright but Special Effects lasts longer and won’t come off on pillowcases [unless you go to bed with wet hair]
marsiouxpial – quoting hammer gets you points!
Maeri – Yes! Visit! And I was certainly glad I brought 2″ kitten heel boots along on my recent NYC trip.
James, thank you!
September 21st, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Whee! This outfit is made of win. I have so many new places to spend too much money on clothes at now. I am especially in <3 with Cryoflesh. Much of it is a bit too fetish for the look I think I’m able to pull off (but still totally awesome), but much of it I think I can rock. Now, excuse me, I must go clothe myself for the cyberpocalypse.
September 22nd, 2008 at 9:35 pm
Man, I wish I could get things like this and then actually look nice in them! But these are really awesome, probably more so with your super fashion/ space hooker skills Zo ;P
September 23rd, 2008 at 11:49 pm
I would love a hair tutorial too, but beware to some of special effecs, because some hair types such as mine don’t take to it even after bleach, so yeah…hmmmm…maybe i did it wrong… Nonetheless I use Manic Panic now which works fine.
October 2nd, 2008 at 2:37 am
I would love to see you do a hair tutorial! It would be great to get some advice from you, and see what comments you get. I use Special Effects myself… one of the blue colors… I think Blue Velvet. Anyway, it tends to look more purple/blue on my hair, depending on the light. I have to bleach my hair first, since it’s almost black naturally. I’m in love with the brand. I’ve never had a dye be so incredibly saturated with color, and it seems to last quite a long time. The only problem I seem to have with it is that it comes off on everything so easily for the first couple weeks. I scratch my head, or play with my hair and end up with purple nails and fingers. You should see it when I have to sleep on white pillow cases! I mentioned this to a hair stylist recently, and she suggested I could mix a low level developer in with it. So I grabbed a 10. I haven’t tried it yet, but the next time I do a touchup, I plan to add it in and see if it helps.