Birthday Sun

Recently I had my birthday- eighteen, I am now!
Eighteen! Not my favorite age, but certainly an eventful one.
I took these pictures on my birthday itself, but unfortunately I didn't have much time to celebrate because of copious amounts of studying. This weekend will be when I turn that around and celebrate officially!!

               Urban Outfitters lace top (under dress), Vintage sheer white dress, Joe shoes.

Editorial Inspiration - Suzie Bird by Thomas Whiteside

This editorial of model Suzie Bird by photographer Thomas Whiteside is one of the best editorials to come out all season. It isn't following any real trends, but rather it is recalling old-school beauty and fashion in a pure and fresh way. Look through the pictures and be amazed.

Inspiration - Casual Night Out On the Town

Left to Right: Rag + Bone rusty leather pants, Bottega Veneta cotton corset, Zara heels, Topshop fringe waistcoat, Valentino studded bag, Erickson Beamon earrings.

 Sometimes all you want is an outfit to go out at night in that feels attractive and yet does not capitalize on your assets by being all out with feminine sexiness.

The Vacancies of the Peppermints

 There is something about winter that is very nostalgic.

 This could easily be attributed to the holidays, or to the scent of dead leaves, or to the looming end of one year enabling the beginning of another. However, to me it is this way because of the empty spaces. The trees are lonely in the cold - isolated. Frost embalms the decayed plant life, and the sun lies only briefly upon their icy heads.

Vero Moda knit vest as scarf,  vintage boots, vintage oversized Alfred Sung coat.

This coat belonged to my grandmother. It is beautifully cut with menswear lines in its gracefully aged thick navy wool. When you put your hands inside the silk pockets you can still feel the crevices left behind from where my grandmother used to store crisp white peppermints in starched wrapping paper. She would slyly  deposit one in your hand as you stood by her, the secret between you shared with no one else. Not even  a  glance was made at the transaction, for she never made eye-contact with you as you suckled on the mint with delight.

Now that I feel inside the pockets I can feel the empty spaces, the vacancies of the peppermints. Their wrappings are gone, their saccharine clots swallowed, and yet I somehow feel happy about this absense. In this way the spaces of winter are familiar, and with familiarity comes the feeling that one is safe.

New In

I just bought this sweater from Urban Outfitters - it is a black knit with sheer stripes and a "U-cut" in the back.

     But, wait! There's a surprise! It was only five dollars! How brilliant is that? For all of its overpricing Urban Outifitters does at least know how to do a very good sale.

Ladylike Autumn

Only jacket,  Zara knit scarf, vintage sheer dress, vintage boots.

Eternity watch, my Canon PowerShot SX120 IS camera.

Hopefully self-portraits shall be rare, but I am going to have to go on

the hunt for a good, (and regularily available), photographer to help save

this blog from the monotonous boredom of mirror shots!

So here is the first blog post of Clairification, although I find the title severely

lacking in almost every way, so it is very much up to any superior title to take its

place. However, to preface any start of a blog I should give you some basics:

I.) My name is Claire Matheson.

                               II.) I am seventeen and in my last year of high school.

III.) I live in Vancouver, Canada.

     IV.) This blog will primarily be about

                                         fashion, but other creative aspects of my life, such as art and

                                    some writing, which correlate to the blog will be featured.