FATAL FAMILIA

Yaaay so here's some photos my friend Michelle M. who I've known for like a million years took! She likes taking photos of faces, so although I generally find showing faces to be pretty unnecessary to fashion blogging, here's my squishy little face.

This looks is named Fatal Familia, after the illness Fatal Familia Insomnia. It's genetic (so don't worry, you don't have it if one of your parent's doesn't!) but basically one day you wake up and NEVER GO TO SLEEP AGAIN. Ever. And then you die approximitaly 6 months later. All the while having vivid terrible hallucinations, I'm sure. There's this one guy I read about that didn't die though, and has lived for like 20 years without sleeping, and runs a very successful farm. Way to cheat death, guy! You're awesome. Anyway, I suck at sleeping recently, so whenever I do this disease comes to mind. I'm actually writing a screenplay about it! It's awesome, I promise. 

Oh P.S., the hair is a WIG, from AbHair!! It's pretty similar to my own hair though so if you didn't notice at first I wouldn't be surprised!

(Skirt is from Romwe, & top is from Jovonna London)

Michelle's photos are really good! I want a camera this nice someday, too. Josh was taking pictures of me at the same time, and although they're both good photographers, it was amazing just HOW different their photos were turning out based upon the camera. It was a real eye opener!!

(Necklace is by Angel Court)

Again, BOY LONDON skirt is by Romwe!!

Our little feeties! Lookit mah boyz fresh kicks!

Some flash photos Josh took! These are at a local graffiti wall, so the art changes a lot. There was a better photo of my against a different part of this wall but there was totally  a hairy wiener and balls in the background HAHA.

My squishy little face again haha.

RUNDOWN

skirt- Romwe

top- Jovonna London

shoes- Sammy Dress

necklace- Angel Court

spiked headband- Hot Topic like 5 years ago

socks- Don't know!

xoxo, ashlei

Eastern Promises

This was one of the nicest days in the past month, here. We really haven't been having great weather this winter. It's Oregon, so you can't really expect much, but last winter it would get super cold riiight as it was precipitating, so we had a lot of snow. This year? No snow. Just rain at all the wrong times. Balls! Also there was such a pretty meteor shower the night we took these pics! Wish my camera was nice enough to pick it up!!

(Red velvet skirt is from Romwe, patterned tribal sweater is from Indressme)

Here's the song that inspired this look. "Angeles" by Goldroom.

Random piles of gravellll

There was actually a little SUN! 

Really really in love with this floral crown--it's by Jordan De Ruiter.




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Antler necklace by Sira & Mara!!

My velvet Romwe skirt!!

RUNDOWN

sweater- Indressme
floral crown-Jordan De Ruiter 

red velvet skirt- Romwe
antler necklace- Sira & Mara
socks- Nordstrom
shoes- Jeffrey Campbell

xoxo, ashlei

False Awakening

Hellooo long time no post! It's actually sort of gross how many things I have to post to this blog and haven't had the chance to. I'm sorry for being a bum! Happy New Years, by the way! I totally have a rad NYE post coming too, but if I posted everything right now I'd totally be making like 5 posts in one day, haha. 

Anyway, this look is totally named along the theme of dreams! A false awakening is when you "wake up" in a dream, thinking you've actually awakened, when in reality you're still sleeping. This can happen over and over again a bunch of times before you actually wake up! Sometimes I find dreams like this can be prolific, but mostly they're just shitty in that annoying Groundhog Day kind of way.

That aside, skirt is from Romwe, and top is from Chicwish. 

Floral crown is by Jordan De Ruiter

Again, painting skirt is by Romwe!!

RUNDOWN
skirt- Romwe
top- Chicwish
floral crown- Jordan De Ruiter
gold bow bracelet- H&M
socks- Nordstrom
shoes- Jeffrey Campbell

xoxo, ashlei

Wildlife Safari

I have a lot of photos for you guys today!! I really enjoy this outfit, so I guess we just took a lot! I think my favourite part about it is how baggy everything is. It's pretty cold here, and although this might not look warm, I learned awhile back that it's actually not tight clothing that makes you warm--it's the pockets of air baggy clothes create that makes you warm! 

(Jacket is from Cozbest, shirt dress is  from Wendybox, and shoes are from Lulu's)

Alsoooo here's a really cool song I want to share with you guys! (Might not be all of your cup of tea, but it's a classic! "You Gotta Move" by Mississippi Fred McDowell)

I want to introduce you to my little fox skull that Jenna got me for Christmas!! Isn't he/she awesome?? It's missing a few teeth buuut I like to think it was a little fighter and won lots of battles! I like things like skulls because if you can keep them around, they can be remembered, even in death. Maybe more than than were in life. So really, skulls seem so happy to me! (That and they always look like they're smiling!)

I also freakin' LOVE the appliques on this jacket. There's a zebra and a tiger, and on the other side there's a leopard and a giraffe!

As promised, leopard and giraffe!!

Better picture of the little dude!

I seriously got soo many comments on the back of my jacket! People thought it was hilarious and cool.

Somehow I find it funny that only the giraffe didn't get bejeweled eyes on the back. Also, the leopard is totally like DDDDD: <

Goosebuuuumpsss

These shoes are so much fun! They're a good fit, too.



RUNDOWN
jacket- Cozbest
shirt dress- Wendybox
shoes- Lulu's
necklace- Romwe

gold bangles- Angel Court

shorts- Forever 21

xoxo, ashlei

Giveaway #27: $100 to 2020AVE!!

It's finally that time again--GIVEAWAY TIME!! To celebrate the holiday season, and the coming of the new year, this time I have for you a giveaway with 2020AVE!! I'm really excited about this one. Above you can see a small selection of all the awesome clothing you could spend your $100 on at 2020AVE!!

PRIZE: $100 to spend @ 2020AVE (1 winner)

RULES:

1. Find your favourite item on 2020AVE & share it on your Facebook wall, tagging 2020AVE's FB page in the post. Please write on the post "I love Faltering Bird and 2020AVE" so we know the post is for this contest.
2. You must follow this blog via Google Friend Connect along the right side of the blog, follow on Bloglovin', and click "like" on the Facebook page for this blog. (If you've already done this before, no need to do it again--that step is complete!)
3. You must leave a comment on this blog post with your e-mail address.

Giveaway will last from this Friday to next Friday (Dec. 28th-Jan 4th)

2020AVE will announce the winner the following Friday morning at 9AM (PST) through a random draw. 

Good luck, everyone!!

xoxo, ashlei

UNIF Leopard Hellbound boot review

Let me first start by saying: I have wanted these shoes  FOR. FUCKING. EVER. I've seen countless other bloggers wearing them, and every time my eyes fall upon them I swear I hear this clip that Trap music decided to rape, playing in my head in the form of a stupid little song.

Anyway, as a Christmas present, my mom paid for half of these for me! They're from Nasty Gal, but the brand is UNIF. At Nasty Gal, they're marked down from $268 to $134, which is a fucking ridiculous markdown. Saw it and I knew I had to purchase them or I'd forever regret it. I guess this exact style is only available at Nasty Gal too, so if you want to get it you'll have to get it there!

It comes with a second, black pair of laces (not pictured) too!!

I really also like the quality of the material. It almost feels like fur! Also, as someone who really likes Jeffrey Campbell shoes (another notable brand that makes towering heels) these are actually EVEN taller. I dwarf my own father when I put these things on! Ahhh, the collection begins.

The box is really neat, too!!

I also got to order this awesome purse! They had free 2 day shipping if you ordered over $150 worth of items, so I didn't wanna pass that up either! For only being $20 originally (I believe it was marked down from $58) this bag is super awesome! I can't wait to use it.

SMOOCH!


xoxo, ashlei

Moon Prism Power // Merry Christmas!!

Bonus points if you know what this title is from!! Anyway, dress is from Beginning Boutique, and vest is from Romwe!!

Also, if you happen to celebrate Christmas, Merry Christmas! If not, then  happy Holiday's and winter solstice and all those things to you all!! Sorry this outfit isn't holiday related--it's been raining NON STOP here so I can't really get that many decent photos, it's poopy!

I LOVE the spikes on this vest uuuugh.

Love the kaleidoscopic look to this dress!! 

Also, before this post is over, I wanted to share that I found a really affordable body jewelry place online called Fresh Trends!

RUNDOWN

dress- Beginning Boutique

vest, spike necklace, & skull bracelet- Romwe

other bracelets- gifts

socks- dunno!

shoes- Jeffrey Campbell

xoxo, ashlei

Body Chain // Lulus.com

Today I am excited to share this look with you! Unfortunately it feels like it's been raining for like 40 days and 40 nights here or something, so I haven't really gotten a chance to take any photos! Sooo instead, you get poopy lighting, and an indoor look! Oh well. Anyway, my dress is from Lulus.com, and my coat is from Romwe!!

My facourite part of this outfit though, is the body chain! It's the first and only body chain I own. I used to think they were a bit silly, but recently I can say that in all honesty, I've begun to like them! This one is from Shop Lately, but specifically from one of the brands they sell, Lily Wang. I ordered a few things from her shop, and I'm really liking the quality.

Pretty gold little cross!!


RUNDOWN
body chain- Lily Wang on Shop Lately
Black Sheep stargazer crochet dress- Lulu's
coat- Romwe
boots- Durango




xoxo, ashlei