rollin' stone

by Rachel Lynch

Hey babes! 


Sorry I haven't posted in almost a week. Nothing too new with me, still looking for a place to live and getting together my spring/summer wardrobe. 

I'm currently reading Walden by Thoreau, one of my favorite thinkers. You'll see a lot of his ideas in the things I write and post on instagram. His work is incredible, and I feel like Walden is an important piece of work for the time we're in, with people moving away from traditional jobs and crafting their own lives. Some of his philosophies I have carried with me from the very beginning of my blog. I've never had an hourly job, and frankly I really don't believe in them. Thoreau said that he would rather do labor for a few hours to get what he needed, and be free from the commitment of having to show up somewhere everyday. 

I'm also reading M Train by Patti Smith, not sure if I love it as much as "Just Kids" but hey, I'm willing to give the whole book a shot. 

I've been listening to Duane Allman's Anthology, one of my favorite guitarists of all time. The Anthology was released in 1972 and has some of his best work with the Allman Brothers Band, as well as some rare solo stuff. If you can tell, a lot of my style lately has been influenced by this southern rock feel. Of course my outfits are always influenced by the music I listen to, you can tell when I'm going through a hip-hop phase, or a rock n roll phase just by what I'm wearing on my blog. 

Anyways, I'm off to shoot the second part of my Nasty Gal festival collaboration now with some red roses in Central Park! I've got a shoot for a new boutique in LES and H&M tomorrow, so it's going to be a busy weekend. 

I hope you all are doing wonderful, and just remember you can always message me on twitter/facebook/snapchat if you need someone to talk to. 

I love you all.

xx 

crop top by Band of Gypsies

vest by BB Dakota

shoes by Sam Edelman

hat by Lack of Color

photos by Christina Emilie

salt of the earth

by Rachel Lynch

As many of you know, I've been apartment shopping in Soho. While viewing a studio Sunday, I saw this cute little vintage pop up shop across the street, that I couldn't resist checking out. 

Right when I walked in, hanging on the left wall was this beautiful blue silk kimono, that obviously needed a home. So I took her home with me, and now she is my favorite article of clothing that I have worn for three days straight. 

Also in this outfit are some killer new platforms exclusive to Dolls Kill, which make me so tall. I've also got on some leather pants, a belt my mom bought me when I was seventeen, and I topped it off with a Lack of Color hat. 

I'm hoping to shoot a bunch of new outfits for you guys in the next coming weeks. I've been wearing such cool stuff, but just too busy to actually shoot it. When it comes time to shoot it, I'm sick of it! Haha.. 

much love

x  

kimono from The Vintage Twin

leather pants by Black NYC

hat by lack of Color

shoes by Dolls Kill

photos by Svetlana Blasucci

stone free

by Rachel Lynch

For me, rock n roll has always been about taking responsibility for my actions and creating my lifestyle, not about some slip into debauchery. 

And I learn something new about myself with each life I create. I am in perpetual awakening, so I never grow old. 

Jimi Hendrix blasting from the speakers in my living room on this sunny Friday morning. I hear his words, I understand his motives. "Everyday in the week I'm in a different city, if I stay too long people try to pull me down." 

I burn palo santo and rearrange the furniture. John Lennon used to live on this same block. Each morning, I run by his strawberry fields and slip into the park for an 8 mile run. My mind submerged in a lengthy playlist of whatever pleases me, and I begin to create everything you see here. All the words, images, song titles, and outfits were once just pictures in mind. I dream up everything I want to make manifest, sometimes at sub 7 minute mile pace. Running through the park now, I see the trees blooming. I have watched the seasons change here. I am connected to it all. I have endured the harshest winter here, with my hands numb by the time I get to Harlem, yet my mind is still free to create. 

I'm a baby Prefontaine. Who once said, "Some people create with words, or with music, or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run." My creation is derived from motion. 

So as I sit here in the stillness of my apartment, I often drift back and dream of when I will be running through Central Park's majestic beauty again. It is amongst the trees in perpetual motion that I am home. 

And to me, that is rock n roll. That is freedom.

xo

lingerie by Cantiq LA

hendrix jacket by Liberated Heart

kimono by Ivyrebel

photos by Noel McGrath

"and it was true, we named our children after towns we've never been to"

by Rachel Lynch

I want to be your ideal lover in a summer house built for two. But my ideas are too big to stuff into the guest room, so we stay in our separate city dwellings. 

All these places we went together just gave us excuses to dream. Some of them felt more like home then I had ever known before. We'd set up camp, make coffee, and vegetable couscous. 

Our long mornings beneath the covers, limbs intertwined like liquid stars. Kissing you in Morocco, I thought to myself how you have a whole universe inside of you. 

But I keep a distance that causes complications. I have long desired to pull the world inside me out, and share it with someone. 

I thought you knew. I wanted to create a world with you that would expand the one already existing within me, but I don't think we match like that. We create memories together, but understand them differently. We value different parts inside the same whole. 

We are connected by the comfort. I hold on to the hope that you're a little bit more like me than you seem, but I know that's selfish to think. 

So I retreat back into my own world of colors, books and words. I am creating my own life, and I hope you can find a way to do the same. 

xx 

elenora maxi dress by For Love & Lemons

dara bralette and panty in back and blue by For Love & Lemons

darla bralette and panty in pink velvet by For Love & Lemons

kimono by Free People

photos by Noel McGrath

 

the night josh tillman came to our apartment

by Rachel Lynch

 I remember those times. Me dancing around in nothing but a kimono, cigarette in one hand, mind in the other. Our clothes in a pile on the floor. Haven't eaten since yesterday because food weights me down, and I think you feel the same.

There's beer in my fridge, but only because of you. After today, it will remain there for the rest of the year. 

You'd come over at night and shake me up. I couldn't do much but try to create the days I knew I'd see you. The thought of you was endless inspiration.

You were so condescending, you helped me move on. Your favorite bands in a playlist on my floor, cheap red wine on a leopard rug. 

There was practically nothing in my apartment at the time, and you built my bed frame in drunken haze. 

I liked that you were never on your phone. My replies to your rhetoric were the only responses in blue. Our own world, my new home. 

The morning comes, we awaken by what little amount of curtains I have, nothing to block the light from flooding the room. And it's exposed, there's really nothing left at 9AM. The evening was on temporary loan. You are like a dream I get to touch, you're what I make in my head. 

x 

elenora embroidered maxi dress by For Love & Lemons

blue velvet high waisted panty by For Love & Lemons

blue velvet darla bra by For Love & Lemons

pink darla velvet panty by For Love & Lemons

pink darla bralette by For Love & Lemons

photos by Rachel Thalia

riding through the desert with boys

by Rachel Lynch

Wasting time, they say I'm no good. Summer of my life. They think I'm dangerous, a little too adventurous, but I'm just making up for what I never had. I said yes. Take the the pill, take the trip. 

Riding around town, drinking in the white noise. Playing rock n roll, dancing in my head, got my cash in my boot. Palm trees in rows turn to cactuses. 

The solitude will break you, and so will life. You can't protect yourself. The only solution is to feel, to be swallowed up, to risk your heart. 

Everything in the universe was intended, and nothing is on accident. Every fall, only gives way to the greatest rise. Every detour was a dance, and embedded now in the fabric of your being. 

You are the sum of all your experiences, and attached to none of it. 

I told him pick me up, keep driving, and don't ever stop. 

xx 

Manuela Soutache Bustier by Nasty Gal

Manuela Soutache Skirt by Nasty Gal

Jeffrey Campbell brown thigh high boots by Nasty Gal

silver bolo necklace by Nasty Gal

darla high-waisted panty by Nasty Gal

darla velvet bralette by Nasty Gal

photos by Jen Senn

bayou country

by Rachel Lynch

Last week I got a special delivery from ASOS with some new jackets. This, by far, was the best of the bunch. 

It immediately reminded me of growing up and listening to Creedence Clearwater Revival with my dad. This jacket is something I feel like they would of worn in-between shows, or on the road. There's something so rock n roll about this piece to me, hence me having to wear it out the next day for a quick coffee break with my good friend, Christina Emilie. 

Hope you guys enjoy the post, and happy Friday! I'm off to do a shoot at the 9s studio in Soho with some new For Love & Lemons!! 

xo 

fringe jacket by ASOS

thigh-high brown suede boots by Jeffrey Campbell

photos by Christina Emilie

Lust List: Festival Season "The Midnight Muse"

by Rachel Lynch

Hey guys! I'll be talking festival fashion a lot this season! There's something about festival style that just doesn't play by the rules. It's sort of a "anything goes, wear a swimsuit as clothes type vibe." Which obviously, I'm all for. 

If you know me, you know I'm one for wearing lingerie as outerwear. Festival season is an excuse to do just that. I've noticed also for myself this season, that I'm moving away from whites and pastels. I'm not longer a sucker for the baby blue romper or white angelic jumpsuit. I want rock n roll vibes and 70s edge. I was ripped band tees and distressed leather. Dark boots and bell bottoms. 

Here's a few items I'm lusting over in my cart while shopping for festivals today: 

1.) Vegan Leather Belt

2.) Embroidered cowgirl shirt

3.) Cody Sheer Studded Dress

4.) over-the-knee black suede boots

5.) strappy bodysuit

6.) boho baby jumpsuit

7.) leather bolo vest

8.) boho flare pants

9.) suede heel

 

happy shopping guys, I'll be posting a lot more about festival trends and deals soon! 

xoxo