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Letter from the Editor: TBH

Jazzi — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 02:41:28 +0000

in the Spare Room photobooth with my better half, Natalie. A night to remember with Thom Yorke and a RT from Erykah Badu.

Hello. These re-introductory posts give me anxiety. If I must explain my absence (says me), I was just taking a moment to live a life less posted and if I’m being honest (which I always try) I’ve been learning to want to live again. I’m a work in progress, but with the love and support I’ve been shown lately (thank you), I’m in a better place to get things done. With that said, I’m actually not that sad anymore: I’m having real fun again, the creative juices are flowing, blogging doesn’t feel like a chore, life itself doesn’t feel like a chore and I’m finally ready to talk about it! My psychologist would call this progress. She also equated my aversion to [things in my life, this blog included] to a fear of flying; it gets harder and harder the more you psych yourself out and avoid it, but easier with consistency. I think she’s right.

I’ve never hidden that I live with clinical depression, but I did stop talking about it here at some point and I’m not sure if that helped anything. I do know that on a human level you can all relate, so you’ll be seeing a far more candid me (which is not just consumed by emo rants) smushed alongside some pretty pictures and shoes and stuff, too. If I include the non-fashion stuff, you’ll get way more context, content and fewer blog-lapses. This way, I’ll be happier and maybe I can help you find your way through a tough time or two as well.

I love you.

Did you miss me?

Jazzi — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 18:33:04 +0000

Versace ‘January J’ sunglasses, Yestadt Millinery Soothsayer Turban, my favorite dark lipstick I put on just for you and Dr. Bob.

I sure missed you (yeah you!). A few have recently asked if I’d quit blogging, and you may (or may not) be wondering the same as I haven’t updated in a month or so. The short answer is “no.” The long answer is “nooooooo!”

The longer answer is – as those of you who keep up with me on twitter know – I recently had surgery, an abdominal myomectomy exactly, to correct some lady-issues still related to my endometriosis. I didn’t want to flood my blog and twitter with half-hearted and fully-medicated nonsense, so I didn’t. Though, looking back some of it would have been pretty funny. Feel free to google if you’re actually interested in what’s going on with me healthwise, otherwise just know that my surgery went very well and I’m hopeful that this time we’ve taken care of the issues for the long-term.

On the real, life is tough in general and maintaining a fashion blog through the physical and emotion pain I was dealing with honestly wasn’t my main concern. So, hey, I left it unattended for a minute and we all survived! I’ve been recovering for the past few weeks and while I don’t yet have full feeling back in my lower abs, I am now happy to report:

I am back and if all goes as planned I’m about to go H.A.M.

So thank you, as always, for bearing with me! Sitting in bed recovering has one upside: plenty of time to shop online and the goods have piled up. I’ll start with these siiiick new sunglasses which I actually didn’t buy online, but whatever. I saw this photo of January Jones looking amazing in them (they are from her Versace collaboration after all), so I had Sean pick them up for me. Last pair in the store – what now!? The turban was an amazing gift from my new favorite Yestadt Millinery who I’ll be sharing more about soon. Love them!

[*PS - to those of you waiting on my miracle beauty product, I'll be whipping up a post this weekend. I also just finished my first DIY in while - it's easy and oh so good!]

And here’s a bonus from Dr. Bob’s office haha

On life & style

Jazzi — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:24:30 +0000

at the Levi’s Workshop green screen inside MOCA’s “Art in the Streets” wearing: Cheap Monday Tabitha pants / overalls, Vans Paityn creeper sneakers, Madewell Top, J. Crew beanie

I’ve pretty much been living in these overalls. I wore them all weekend covering the MOCA “Art in the Streets” exhibit for NYLON and then unhooked them and let the straps hang when I wore them as pants to dinner. Overalls as day and nightwear? Why the heck not! The sneaker-creepers are a recent buy and yes, identical to the Jesse Jo x Vans collab except for the black laces. I actually really wanted the Jesse Jo version, but they were nowhere to be found and these were on major sale so, yeah.

In other news…

- Currently obsessed with: pigtails… not like the photos above, more like two little messy buns I’ve been wearing my hair in (pics soon). Also, MOCA’s awesome new street art exhibit.

- Currently thinking about: writing a book, reading a book, hair dye, trading in life as a freelancer for something more stable, reruns of Martin and Tom & Jerry cartoons.

- the video campaign I did with Olsenboye comes out tomorrow (eep!). I’ll also be doing a little guest-blogging there. Happy to support an accessible line of cute clothes for young girls! There’s one dress in particular I’ll be posting soon that’s definitely worth running to the Junior’s section for ladies!

- Major tease (don’t hate me): I started using an actual miracle beauty product. It’s all natural and got rid of some hyper-pigmentation that I thought was permanent within a WEEK. Even my boyfriend complimented me on my better-than-usual looking skin and he does not notice things like nice skin. I PROMISE to reveal the secret in an upcoming beauty post.

- I had an overnight blur of a trip to NYC for a fun styling gig. Note to self: need more excuses to go to NYC!

- I successfully built Ikea shelves for my magazines and shoes. Really excited about that.

- I’ve got some closet-stock that fell victim to Spring Cleaning… planning to do a little blog pop-up shop soon!

- My birthday is less than a month away (May 9th)! Hey, Tauruses! On my wishlist: a new juicer, farmer’s market shopping spree, truffle fries, shoes.

- Finally got a point & shoot camera… keep forgetting to use it.

- Gearing up for surgery again. Some of you may know I was diagnosed with endometriosis a few years ago. I had a laproscopy at the end of last year, but the pain only got worse. A second opinion last week turned up fibroids, two new endometrial cysts and as my doctor put it “your pelvis is a mess!” So next month, I’ll be having a myomectomy and taking it easy til then. My mom had the surgery years ago and she’s all healthy now – can’t wait to feel the same!

Anyone else out there with a heaping case of Endo? What treatment, if any, have you found that worked? Would love to hear your stories and I hope sharing my own might help someone else out in the future.

Letter From the Editor

Jazzi — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:16:27 +0000

photo from 2008, my last time in hospital attire. because you needed a visual, right?

Hello!

I know it’s been rather quiet around here, so I thought it was time to update my blog with what’s going on IRL. My posting tends to slow down when there’s an excess of real-life matters on my plate, which I guess there is right now.

I will be having surgery early tomorrow morning to correct some issues related to my endometriosis diagnosis from yesteryear. It’s nothing to be concerned about and my biggest concern at the moment is that I can’t eat dinner tonight and that Leo DiCaprio might extract proprietary information from my anesthesia-induced dreams. Inception-style. But as long as JGL is there, I’m cool.

I could say that my medical issues have been keeping from blogging, but that wouldn’t be totally true. I just haven’t been much in the mood. BUT I am marking the occasion to re-light my fire! Especially because…

I recently acquired some cute new shit I’ve been wanting to share (hello, bullet bra, Luxirare cuff, my first pair of designer sunnies, vintage Hieroglyph skirt, et al!)
I will be in Utah (yes, Utah) for a bit doing wardrobe for a rad indie film, so you can expect quite a few updates about my experiences.
I have some DIYs in my mental queue.
I’ve been incredibly inspired (and less domesticated) lately.

I’ve been told (and it’s true) that my sense of humor can be quite morbid, so I’m going to end this post here before I make a bunch of inappropriate funeral-wear/open-casket outfit post jokes…

OMG I’m so sorry, seriously, I am NOT DYING! So, fear not blogging will resume in like… a week! LOVE YOU ALL!

PS – The winners of the giveaway have been chosen and will receive emails before the week’s end!

I Survived 2009!

Jazzi — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:58:26 +0000

Vintage dress, YSL pumps, Target hat

I SURVIVED 2009! I think this is the closest I get to a lame holiday card?

2009 was… tumultuous. The year started and ended on the ups, but those in-between periods kind of blew. 2010 is already off to a good start, and I feel that excited fuzzy energy when I think about the year to come.

THANK YOU all sooo much for your continued support. I’ve said it before, but can never say it enough: your comments, emails (I’m a little behind on these, but getting to it), visits, links, etc. mean the world to me. I wish us all our best year yet & tons of love and success.

(PS – this photo is an outtake from a TBA project my friend Julia is working on, where I had to pick a favorite spot. Probably morbid to some, and no disrespect to the dearly departed or whatever, but my favorite place in nearly any city is the cemetery. The cheesey ‘2009′ grave was my own addition. Sorry, Julia.)

photo by Julia Chesky