[Me. Ingrid. Sarah]
Yesterday night me and the girls headed to 675 Bar to celebrate John Walder’s Birthday. It was a cool and chill spot where we conversed, played jenga, and bugged out like the crazy girls that we are. Here are some pics of us from that night.
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On March 5th my life will be complete, Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” will finally be in theaters! I don’t care what you say, no one in the world is more excited than me. lol 
. I am so excited Im already planning on my outfit for the first and second time I watch it, because yes, I will be watching it a second time in Imax. I’m heavily inspired by Alice in Wonderland, I love the characters, the scenery, and most importantly the story line. I tend to think I’m in my own wonderland most of the time so I can definitely relate lol. Everyone knows I love to dress up, I love costume-like-extravagant things that most people shy away from. I usually look like the Mad Hatter at least twice a month and Alice most of the time as I wear nothing but doll-like dresses. Need a visual? scroll down and see different outfits I came up with inspired by one of my favorite stories.
Dress: Betsey Johnson Shoes: Betsey Johnson Bow: Agent Provocateur
Jewelry: Tarina Tarantino
Jacket: Vintage Belt: Vintage Dress: Betsey Johnson Boots: Dolce & Gabanna Hat: Jaxon Purse: Vintage
This is my overall favorite outfit of them all, I adore top hats!
Dress: Vintage Shoes: D&G Clutch: Xileration Clock Necklace: Betsey Johnson Hat: Vintage Vandalizm;)
Dress: Stop Staring Shoes: D&G
xoxo
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A few days ago I got a message from Jade Boylan, an 18-year-old illustrator attending college in the Isle of Man (it’s a little island in between England and Ireland). Jade takes a lot of her inspiration from burlesque and pin-up images and I am so happy 2 of mine inspired her to do these drawings. I couldn’t resist showing these images to the world, I was so excited when I saw them. She is so talented so I wanted to thank her and give a special little shout out to her on my blog along with her images and a link to her website.
To see more of Jade Boylan’s images click here.
Thank you Jade for being such a sweet heart <3
Keep up the good work!
xoxo!
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Yesterday while I was walking around soho, my best-gal-pal Tammy wanted to head to Top Shop because she hasn’t been there yet. My first thought was “oh dear” because every time I go into that store, I leave with something. So we went inside and of course I went straight for the sale section and peeking out of one of the racks was this peculiar coat. I thought “this looks interesting and it looks like my size. Lets see how good it looks on”. To make a long story short, It was mine. The symmetry and the bustle in the back made me die a little. It was a size 2, the buttons might need to be pushed over an inch due to boobage but overall this coat is AMAZING and ON SALE! The cashier looked shocked when I went to buy it and said “Oh my god! you found one! I hate you!”. I immediately knew this was a blessing even though I really shouldnt have been shopping, I just had to add this to my closet of amazing things. I’m sure you all agree:)
xoxo
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I swear I pick out my outfits in my sleep..I woke up this morning dying to wear this one skirt I have had in my closet for about 3 years. This stripped satin skirt is vintage Jiki Monte-Carlo Creations, I got it at the Salvation army next to my house for like $5 and haven’t wore it in forever! I think it’s because It looks a little flat so I decided to get creative and try to layer it with this H&M dress I’ve been sporting a lot lately. When I tried the two together it was pure magic! I SWEAR it was made for this dress, it was a perfect match! I decided to pare it with my bold-shouldered Top shop jacket, my extra-high Top shop pumps, and a scape (scarf-cape) my friend Theresa Dapra made for me. For accessories I just wore simple pearl earrings, pearl bracelets, a cameo ring, and a bangle that says “I am ready for my close-up“. I felt ready, I felt set, and this outfit was a go!
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Today is just full of surprises.
I was on my computer doing my daily check up of Perez Hilton when I got a text from my friend Jess that I was on TV. I thought “What?”, considering I got a phone call this morning from my dad telling me I was in a magazine I knew nothing about. Jess told me to tune in to the bravo channel and there I was on a “Kell on Earth” commercial. It was just a second, and I hardly know anything about Kelly Cutrone as I’ve been mixing her name up with Kim Cattrell from Sex and the City and could have sworn in my brain that they called her Kim for short (oh my blond moments). I do know that she is the head of People’s Revolution and despite everyone’s opinions of her, she was very polite and nice to me. Anyway, since I saw myself on the commercial I decided to sit back and watch the show because “who knows, I might have more face time (camera time)”, sure enough I did and I added another 4 seconds to that 1 second of my commercial-face-time lol. 5 seconds of face-time at that Agent Provocateur show that was full of workers makes me feel very fortunate, no one else other than my ex-boss Kim got face time on the show. Every inch of success is still an accomplishment and I am proud of myself for even my littlest ones. This is just a start of what’s to come, and I don’t intend on stopping anytime soon.
Here are two small snippets of me on the show.
To see the post I did on that same Agent Provocateur show click here.
xoxo
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Last year I attended the Rumblers car show under the Brooklyn bridge and It was like being at VLV all over again, only in my hometown NYC. It was nice to see pin-ups, muscle cars, and hot rods at the show, even the Vendors were cool. While I was at the show I saw Dale Rio, a really cool photographer I met at the Mode Merr Fashion show. She took my picture at the car show and mentioned something about it being in a magazine but I totally forgot about it until today. I got a phone call this morning from my dad telling me that his friend saw me in Ol’Skool Rodz, I was like “huh” and my dad said he would bring the magazine home so I could see it. Low and behold, there was a big picture of me on page (3) of the magazine. My dad said “lol, you made it in the magazine before I did!”. The next show is on August 21st and I will definitely be there with my dad and our beautiful Chevy Nova 68′. This will be our first show with the car so im sure my dad will finally get his chance to be in one or two magazines, his work on this car never goes unnoticed. It’s a shame it rained in the last show, my dad really wanted to bring his car and decided not to because we thought the show might have been canceled. I think this year will be a great year for him.
To see more pictures from the last rumblers show click here.
xoxo
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This song makes me happy when im down and happier when im happy, it’s an all-around amazing song. I never get tired of it.
xoxo
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Yesterday I attended the Bullets of Love event at the Freshthetic shop in Brooklyn with my friend Derek. I was supposed to take part in this show but didn’t have the time to dedicate to this project. I’m kind of glad I didn’t because I don’t think my Mannequin could compare to the amazing work I saw at this event. My favorite mannequin is the one with the pinup girl laying down on the gun. Randy, the co-owner of the Freshthetic shop gave us cute fake tattoos of the same pin-up illustration, it was so cute! The other mannequins were amazing too, some were bedazzled in stones and some were painted to perfection, and all of them had a meaning or a story to tell. In the back room they were serving mexican food and ::gasp:: red velvet cupcakes! Oh my god I nearly died and went straight to heaven the minute I sunk my teeth into those cupcakes. At the last event they had spanish sushi! how innovative! These are guys who unite cultures together perfectly. Speaking of sushi, Derek and I went to Ginger afterwards to have peanut butter sushi, thats right..PEANUT BUTTER..God I love food, I swear there’s an obese woman living inside of me. Here are pictures of the art work at the show and the rest of the night.
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Thanks to my beau, I was able to attend the Toni Maticevski fashion show today and It was absolutely amazing. Joaquin just happens to know Toni and was personally invited to the show along with 2 guests, John Walder and I. From start to finish Toni wowed us with his beautiful Fall/Winter collection of silk tulle organza gowns, gold satin draped tops, sequins and embroidery, wool jackets with cinched waist’s, and picot knitted tops. I feel like Toni was very much inspired to use earth tones like black, gold, beige, and green because of the feathers of a peacock. Toni used peacock feathers as accessories on some of his models and it definitely added more flair to the colors he chose. If Tinker Bell was real and very much into fashion, she would have loved this show. I felt like all the models looked like beautiful faeries in couture. I’m sure we will see more of Toni Maticevski in the future, this show was brilliant and I can imagine how many celebrities will bring his vision to the red carpets this year.
See the new collection and pictures of us at the show by clicking below!
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My name is Jasmin Rodriguez also known as Vintage Vandalizm. I am an avid collector of vintage dresses and most people know me for my style. I am also an artist and I try to incorporate all aspects of art in everything that I do. I am an aspiring Designer and I plan to take over the fashion world with my limitless imagination. My whole philosophy on fashion has always been to think outside of the box. My style has no boundaries but I have commonly taken inspiration from the 40s, 50s, and 60s.
I love the pinup culture and style however I love being versatile so most of the time I like to clash opposites, different genres of history and fashion and somehow, someway, I make it work. I think the world is too fixated on trends that people tend to forget who they are and what they like..I’m here to help you break free, to help you stand out, to help you create your own style, be your own person, and most importantly see fashion in a whole different light.
