MORE FAVORITE THINGS
Comme des Garcons skeleton jacket from Fall 2008, Margiela cut-away boots
Beautiful (but admittedly, painful) snakeskin Loubs atop a Helmut Newton photograph of Gianni Agnelli
Junya Watanabe flight jacket from Fall 2006, necklace by Assad Mounser, Henrik Vibskov dress
Bags: Faux python laptop tote, Y-3 felt feather bag, Prada Dino Bag, Miu Miu tie-dye bag, a beetle-like backpack, a coin embellished purse from Morrocco
Shoe wall
Yellow Margiela ankle boots with some friends from Tokyo
Two favorite toys
Drawing (badly) in bed, copying from a Newton book
Shoe boxes make great storage
More of the plastic animal collection-plus a little pony from Mexico
Some favorite plastic toys
A dragon necklace, a sea turtle necklace, and a Whiting and Davis snake bracelet recently given to me by the boys at Helloooooo...what an amazing gift!!
Oh my goodness. Your wall of shoes is one of the best things I've ever seen.
Your closet is full of such amazing clothes and accessories! And all the little toys are too cute!
ok, il admit it-im drooling. no-im BEYOND drooling! your shoe wall is so beyond incredible its hard for me to even imagine words that could come anywhere near to being good enough to describe your shoe wall. the only one i can think of now is shoe-gasm!
Can I be your roommate so we can share clothes?? You have quite a nice collection of shoes there, I love the kitschy-ness of your toy collection too : )
ah, i love laughter in the dark (and all of nabokov basically). your shoe wall is breathtaking.
i don't think the drawings are that bad! where are you applying for college? are you going to go into design or do you want to be more in the business side of fashion? i'm the same age as you.. who knows.. we may end up going to the same school
Hi
I've been a fan of the blog for quite some time now; I think you are unbelievably creative and exploratory in your style choices. I'm sure every reader of yours would kill for a wardrobe that could even be a fraction of yours.
You're obviously well-off enough to afford these fabulous things, whereas most bloggers are forced to rely on their own thrift and dress-making savvy. I know you have no control into what you were born into and what your natural financial environment is, but, looking at that huge, and certainly invidious, shoe wall, my question is: don't you ever think of it as excess? I mean, we all have our thralls, things we collect and treasure, but it sometimes seems to me like too much for one person.
I honestly don't mean to offend you, but thinking about the current economic climate has me questioning how necessary it is to spend so much money on objects, and then to post this--I don't want to say glut, but it definitely seems like an overindulgence--on the internet, where other fashion-conscious teens will see it, envy it, want it, and think that's what money should be spent on.
I really do hugely admire your style and your interesting and intelligent take on fashion (not to mention--your other blog is just about one of my favorite things on the internet), but it's just a question I can't help but ask.
dear Jane,
Just stopped by your blog and it is heavenly...the comme des garcons skeleton jacket is unbearably delicious,
Truly,
Avyn
commeunoiseau.blogspot.com
mmm i quite like that shoe wall
Could you show us more pictures of your gold Gucci platforms please?
plastic animals +cool as fuck fashion+ out of this world shoes = all I need
Anonymous—
Your post is really thoughtful and it reflects the conflicting feelings I have in reading blogs like this one. I'm all for the democratization of fashion but it seems that a number of popular blogs are written by very affluent people (or those willing to spend a ton of money) and feature looks that largely comprise designer labels. For all the touting of mixing high- and low-end pieces, I don't see that being executed very much in this or other blogs. I hardly think adding a Forever 21 top offsets the cost of $1,000 shoes and a $1,500 dress. The price of the total outfit is still very expensive even after factoring in a budget item. Jane indeed has an amazing and inspirational personal style, but I wonder if she can pull off an avant-garde look on the average teenager's budget.
You also ask a question worth asking: how much is enough? Is shopping every day (or nearly every day) a good thing? We as Americans buy so much stuff—more than anyone really needs if we're honest. Times like these should force us to reevaluate our tendency to consume, consume, consume especially since a lot of people are losing their livelihoods.
Hi Jane, Cool stuffs here. Amazing! It was very supprising that you love plastic miniature toys. Love your shoe wall, accessories, picture quality and window pane :D A refreshing post! Well done. Look forward to your upcoming post.
This is a great post!
We haven't seen those yellow Margiela's yet, they're awesome.
Just had to comment again! You're bag collection is understated, but, umm, AMAZING. Its so non-chalante chic. I totally dig it, especially the voodoo dolls.. yeah.
xx,
Sarah
www.lipglossmanetoss.blogspot.com
Probably my favorite posts of yours recently.. Love the skeleton dress and your plastic animals are too cute!! and your drawing is nice too..=)
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I like this little glimpse into your habitat. Your pieces look well cared for... the shoe wall is basically an art display! You should help me organize! :)
I thought you didn't enjoy monsieur Louboutin, this is the first time I see the red soles here. Great pics by the way.
Caroline-
My thoughts exactly. It's frivolous spending that got so many people in financial trouble in the first place. Obviously, I have no way of knowing what Jane's budget it, but she clearly has room in it to afford all she has. She has enough to go shopping often, and not to deliberate over the value of her purchases too often. The problem with this is that posting these purchases and shopping excursions, and this perhaps unintentional but blatant show of consumerism, isn't the most accurate yardstick against which to measure the economy. Many of the readers of this blog, which I'm guessing are girls in high school or about to leave high school, are getting ready to become financially independent and to step out under the umbrella of their parents. Jane, who can spend money easily and without worry, might not be the best influence for other girls who are preparing to make their own expenditures and to be responsible for their own incomes, maybe forgoing more sensible things for a pair of shoes that you wouldn't be able to walk to your next class in.
Self-expression is undeniably important, especially to growing girls, and Jane does it undeniably well. But it's easy to have good style if you can afford beautiful things that are amazingly crafted, that have great care taken into making unique details, and that are ultimatley exclusive to a certain rung of the social ladder. Can she do it on an average high school girl's budget? Can she do it without resorting to the typical Vogue method-which I find to be elitist and condescending-of including an American Apparel t-shirt under a four-figure Comme des Garcons jacket and a similarly priced skirt or pair of pants...and without her signature exorbitantly priced pair of pumps?
I'd think I'd be able to respect someone who already seems like an intelligent, gracious, and original girl even more than I already do.
I am loving your necklaces by Assad Mounser, wish I could find them in Dallas...
Beautiful pictures!
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your shoe wall is insane! love the blue strappy heels on the second shelf and the gold platform ones!
and the metal dragon in the last picture is too cool
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shoe wall...incredible!!
That fluffy toy dog thing looks like it's humping the lizard!
And the shoe wall... Ahh, be still my heart!
this is perhaps my favorite post in many months. seeing small tokens of your life only intensifies your cool. you've got a smart brain in that skull on those shoulders of yours. thank you for sharing your things with the rest of us :)
There are so many nipples in this entry! Ha ha!
I'm still in awe of your shoe wall & those cut-out Margielas. So envious!
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Your shoe wall is fantastic. My collection isn't as big, and mine are all flats. :3
I think that the 'haters" for want of a better word, do most blog readers a disservice by suggesting that they will look at Janes' things and not have the intelligence to separate fantasy from reality
Reading this blog, as I do daily, is pure escapism for me, much as I might gaze upon an original artwork. Knowing that I will never own it, detracts not from it's beauty and ability to inspire awe
There are blogs in interweb land that cover the whole range of the financial/social spectrum , how dull a world it would be if there weren't
what an adorable collection of toys!!
Louboutins are THE MOST painful of all. I haven't even worn mine out of the house.
i really liked this post
Your shoe collection is crazy! Those shoes are to die for..
-Hayanna&Cathy
Your toys are adorable! And honestly, your shoe wall makes my jaw drop and pupils dilate involuntarily. I would love to have a collection like you! I'm far beyond envious.
you are very fortunate to own such extravagant things! i think we all wish we had the money to own such expensive clothes.
That shoe collection, (judging by the shoes you've posted in the past, this picture doesn't include all of them) must have easily cost your parents tens of thousands of dollars, probably more. Coming from someone who can barely make a tuition payment each semester (and I go to a CHEAP public college in NYC), I am incredibly jealous.
I'm not hating on you though. It's just remarkable for so much to be spent on clothes and shoes to someone like me. However, I'm not even gonna front about world poverty and shit, I would absolutely do the same thing if I was in your situation. I hope you really understand how truly lucky you are. :)
OBSESSION WITH THE LOUBOUTINS. LOVE IT
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CHICMUSE
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omg!!!! im so jeolous of your show collection!!!!!
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These series pictures are so inspiring! I wish I could take pictures like that! Couple things to address:
1. Those snakeskin Loubs are amazing! I thought all Loubs were comfortable? ;)
2. Your shoe wall is everything that I dream of! Of course, you have those Miu Miu studded boots that I covet and the runway Marni wedges that I've been dying to buy for so long--but nothing comes in my little size 5.5/6 feet :(
3. Love the Assad Mounser necklace!
xoxo,
Victoria
http://thestylistadiaries.blogspot.com
your shoe collection = drooool!
i love your necklaces and bracelet.
Please where do you buy that snake bracelet??
I need to know it! I've been looking for one too many years.
i just died
My jaw dropped when I saw the photo of your shoe wall! It's heaven! I wish I could steal them all, haha
Dear Jane,
we, my colleague Thomas and myself, are great fans of your blog. We love it!
We are very happy to see one of our books here, we love Newton as well. End of August arrives a new one: For the first time TASCHEN has made a Trade Edition of the BIG SUMO! It's about 100€, and has also a xl-format.
http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/photography/all/00392/facts.helmut_newton_sumo.htm
We are looking forward to read more interesting things from you, and send our best regards
René and Thomas - TASCHEN Store Berlin
Love your shoe wall, I would die for it....
Well not really ofcourse, than I couldn't wear them after all!
xoxo Fashion Waitress
Wow, your shoe-collection is amazing! You´re such a lucky girl :)
bloody hell what a fantastic shoe collection.
you might find a ring that could interest u on:
www.monsieur-mode.blogspot.com
i love your photos, jane. more importantly, i love all your shoes <3
The only thing that keeps me from crying when I look at your shoe closet is if I laugh. I don't know why this is, but if I didn't I'm sure I'd be equipped with a padded room asap! These pictures are lovely, thanks for sharing!
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i have your yellow margielas in black.. i love how the leather is so buttery soft!.. <3
anyway in awe of your shoe collection! absolutely magnificent!!!
x
I love your shoe wall! It is fantastic