Sunday, January 2, 2011

Half Baked

My Humbodt Honey post last week got me thinking: what is the contemporary, fashion-forward eqivalent of a Humboldt Honey?  Does such a thing exist? The answer: tragically no. However, there is a look that I will lovingly refer to as "haute stoner." Hallmarks of the look are as follows: messy hair, pajamas 24/7 (preferably with heels), wearing a fur coat over your pajamas (vintage, obvs), wearing longs skirts with big sweaters, chipped nail polish, tangled necklaces, Tom Ford white patchouli perfume, tapestry bags, blanket coats, ikat, ombre, Missoni knits, novelty sunglasses, tie dye and other sartorial throwbacks to the Janis Joplin era, wooly tights, outfits with the same color scheme as the rastafarian flag, ratty lace dresses, Lindsey Thornburg cloaks, t-shirts from the little boys section at Target, lennon glasses, sweatshirts (obviously), and oversize handbags that are so full of crap that they need to be dumped out on the sidewalk in order to find essential items like wallets, keys, lighters, etc. Haute stoner fashion icons include: Jennifer Herrema, Mary Kate Olsen, Janis Joplin, Jason Segel in I Love You Man, Lizzi Bougatsos, Al Pacino in Serpico, Isabelle Adjani in The Tenant, and Abbey Lee Kershaw. I also want to give a shout-out to this awesome glassy-eyed haute stoner chick that I saw at the corner store last week. She was wearing a ratty fur coat with baggy sequin pants that were half-assly tucked inside a pair of scuffed flat ankle boots. Her hair was messy and she looked ridiculously cool, even though most people probably thought that she looked crazy.  I'm sure that most of the girls pictured below are not, in fact, stoners, although I have my suspicions about Agyness. That photo is too good!


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