All humans have belongings, and in order to transport our belongings, we must have some sort of compartment to carry these personal items with us. We must create portable space that is both fashionable and functional. This is why men and women carry ‘purses’, also known as bags-o-stuff. There is apparently a market for ‘high end’ purses, but many regular humans ‘create their own purses.’

It seems like this new trend of FOIL BALLOON PURSES might take over all other D.I.Y.-themed purses in the next 1-3 years.  I hope that this will ‘officially kill off’ girls who buy/make purses that look like they were hand-crafted in ‘the Third World.’

I have always been kinda baffled by foil balloons. They have sorta been branded as ‘a shitty complement’ to cheap flowers. Like u stopped at a grocery store, bought some flowers and a foil balloon, then went to give a gift to some1 you don’t really love and doesn’t understand why a foil balloon would be ‘hella insulting.’ Like a grandmother, a kid under the age of 10, or possibly a tweenage girlfriend who ‘carried around her foil balloon proudly on Valentine’s Day.’

Honestly would only buy a foil balloon for a ‘baby’

a tween who I wanted to ‘feel up’ at the mall

or possibly a relative who was about to die.

I am truly amazed by the foil balloon’s transition into this year’s hottest fashion item.

There are just so many possibilities to create something beautiful with foil balloons. I really feel like I can take my brand 2 the next level with a ‘Dora the Explorer’ foil balloon purse.

Should I make a purse for my next ‘GNO’ [via girls nite out]?

Really need 2 be an ‘early adopter’ to this trend. Worried that mainstreamers will catch on to this within 2 months, kinda like how they ’stole shutter shades’/wayfarers/every good band.

I am excited about making my own foil balloon purse this weekend. I am not sure which balloon I should buy. I am not sure which foil balloon will be ‘me’ enough. I might actually start a ‘foil balloon purse conversion’ business in order to capitalize on this new trend.

I think that I will be very ‘now’/'culturally relevant’ if I make a balloon out of Balloon Boy’s balloon. Really need to check ebay to see if I can buy a little bit of the original foil balloon print. Sounds like a challenge straight out of ‘The Runway Project’ television show.

We must realize that we are living in a post-balloonboy world. It’s kinda weird how violated we feel after a lil family from Colorado violated our trust. For 3 hours, we thought we were watching a lil boy abt to die, but then we figured out his parents had jammed him in a box in the attic.

Creating a foil-balloon purse will mean that you are willing to let the world know that you are a victim. You are not afraid to display your pain and use fashion as an effective way to comment on the modern human condition. You will create a foil balloon purse. You will give your world a window to your pain. Your personal brand will be both ‘fashionable’ and ‘vulnerable.’  You will be in touch with humanity.

Will u create a foil balloon purse ASAP?
How long until we see ‘relevant partie pix’ with foil balloon purses?
Will foil balloon purses be the next shuttershades/rcrd hats/child predator glasses?
Are foil balloons/FBPurses ‘fucking stupid’?
Do u think that they will ‘hold up’?
R u going to throw down an ‘arts and crafts’ session this weekend?
R u ‘pissed’ at balloon boy? Do u h8 ‘the media’?

Seems like this photo was taken at some sort of ‘cultural arts festival’ where they were creating a series of foil balloon purses.

Please feel free to send your foil balloon purse pix to Carleser [at] gmail.com (no uggos plz)

Feeling so ‘violated’ in the post-balloonboy world. Not sure who 2 trust any more. Not sure what’s ‘real’ and what is ‘bullshit.’ Alone.

I was browsing some of the world’s most relevant fashion & trend blogs, and saw some kewl arts + crafts that I thought I should ’shine a spotlight on.’ If u ever have any interesting craft ideas, please leave them in the comments. I honestly believe that we will only be able to find happiness through self-expression, through some method of design. But if ur not properly educated in ‘design’, then all u can really do is ‘arts and crafts.’

Art + Craft #1: Showing ur faith in The Lord by Creating a safety pin t-shirt for him (a Justice t-shirt)

Photo via thefacehunter

This bro clearly ‘loves the Lord’, and wanted to make a shirt that was a tribute to our Lord Saviour Jesus Christ. Not every1 is able to mass produce shirts with designs on them, so sometimes you need to take whatever you have around the house and ‘make it work.’ Sometimes I will squirt toothpaste on my t-shirts in kewl lil designs instead of actually buying a t-shirt that has stuff on it 4ever.

I might make this shirt as an ‘activity’ with the community Bible Study group that I lead called Teens4Christ.

Art+Craft #2: Rat Tail Extension Kid

Many of yall are familiar with ‘rat tails’, but u probably didn’t know that you could have them on any part of ur body. All u really need to do is create a rat-tail extension kit with safety pins and human hair. This is similar to black women who wear ‘weaves’, except this is for alternative people. It seems like if you put a rat tail in an ‘unexpected place’, u will get a better reaction. I have a feeling that ’safety pins’ might be one of the most important fashion accessories of the next decade.

Kinda turned on by this, like I would want a girl to use a safety pin + rat tail extension as a clitoris piercing.

Art+Craft #3: A shirt with ur own face on it

Photo via YvanRodic

I am not sure if this is a look for every1, particularly if you are ugly. It seems like ugly people might want to wear a shirt with some1 else’s face on it, but that also might make the person seem ‘uglier.’ This shirt is bold, letting the world know that u are truly ‘all about U.’ I feel like u have 2 be artistic 2 execute this shirt, or else u will end up looking like a crappy doodle.

‘This bro is me.’ – u, 2009

Art+Craft #4: Building a body suit out of duct tape and aluminum foil

Photo via drunkenstepfather

I feel like this look might only work for ‘curvy ass bitches.’ It seems like some1 else might have to make it for you by wrapping your body in duct tape. U might only be able to wear it once.

Art+Craft #5: Metaphorically Lynching urself

I have always wanted to show the world how much pain I have inside of myself, but without ‘actually killing myself.’ It seems like I don’t actually want to kill myself, because that wouldn’t really be noticed by enough people, unless I went on ’some sort of death rampage.’ I feel like I might build an art+craft where I ‘lynch myself’, and make it seem like I am dead in public. As if I am Jesus Christ or something, and I was murdered by tons of people who don’t ‘get’ me.

I love ‘living’ 2 much 2 kill myself, but I really just want the world 2 know that they don’t ‘get’ me. I want them 2 know that they are slowly killing me.

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Just want 2 create shit
& express who I truly am
2 the world around me
looking at me
analyzing me
interpreting me
‘u don’t fckng know me’
‘u don’t fckng get me’
‘I nvr thought I’d die alone.’

do u know n e fun arts+crafts activities?

I am sure that 80% of the world is familiar with the FUPA, an acronym for ‘Fat Upper Pussie Area.’ It seems like after the mom jeans resurgence of 2k7, FUPAs were really just ‘inevitable.’ As females continue to grow older, their metabolism will slow down, and they will begin to gain weight. Usually women gain weight in their ass and thighs first. (Men are more likely 2 get ‘bellies’.) It seems like this FUPA trend might be ‘metabolically driven’, as opposed to just a ‘viral marketing gimmick.’

It seems like FUPAs are some sort of rare phenomenon, possibly caused by the form fitting structure of most altPants. Maybe as u gain wait, the tightness of ur pants ’shape’ where fat is distributed. Seems like it might be a ‘major health risk’ or something. Wish that Parsons/Pratt would do some sort of ’study’ about that, instead of just generating ‘designers’ who will work for mainstream brands. Seems like FUPAs might be ‘trendy’ but also ‘unhealth.’

From what I understand, they sell ‘butt pads’ for women with no asses. I wonder if some1 will market FUPA pads, for skinny girls with a Skinny_Upper_Pussie_Area. I might add this as a product to iamcarles.com, in order to capitalize on tween females who are still ‘rain thin’ but want that extra ‘padding’ to achieve an older aesthetic.

(Did yall used 2 stuff ur bras when u felt like u had no titties?)

Feel confused about FUPAs, mom jeans, skinny jeans, and how health + fashion can counteract one another. Might buy velco orthopedic shoes for old people to have a post-ironic prsnl brand, but more importantly, to give feet/arc/ankles proper support, ensuring the load bearing capabilities of my footwear are optimized.

Do yall think that FUPAs will ‘catch on’ in the next decade?
Will alternative women gain weight in the next decade?

Will altwomen have to ‘retire’ leggings in 2k10?
Will the current alt generation ‘gain weight’ and how will it alter the future of fashion?
Do u have any health tips 4 ’staying thin’ besides ’shopping at Holes Foods and ‘doing lines of blow’?
R u a bro with a FUPA?

Photo via GorillaVsBear

I was looking at the popular alternative mp3 blog, GorillavsBears, and I noticed that the GorillaVsBro took some pictures of popular conceptual musician Panda Bear, aka stage name “Noah Lennox”, from the band Animal Collective. I saw that he was wearing a shirt that looked pretty kewl. The shirt featured several wolves ‘chilling.’ I thought it might be a t-shirt for a band that was named ‘Wolves’ or ‘Wolf Collective’ or something, but it was actually just a shirt promoting the generic wolf brand. Wolves for Wolves’ Sake.

I feel like it might be a modern take on the famous ‘child predator glasses‘ trend. It is a look that says ‘I am a bro who values different things than u. I live in a different world than u, and I am not searching for the same things in life than u r. I am part of some sort of collective of animals who don’t care about material things’ and so forth, and so on… Sort of like how child predators ‘just wanna get off with kidz’, WolfBros ‘just want to be a part of nature’ or something like that. Roaming the earth.

It’s weird how we are in this Am Appy era of solids + stripes, but it might be time to ‘break free’ from this minimal branding, and start wearing t-shirts with various nouns on them, represented via images (no words).

Srsly. The more I see Wolf t-shirts, the more it ‘makes sense.’

Seems like ‘wolf’ might be my power animal [via the Fighting Clubs]

Wolf Altbro #1

Wolf Altbro #2?

Wolves roam together in packs, sort of like how I envision a ‘perfect scene’ where every1 gets along and there is no ‘drama’

Wolves can also be ‘lone bros’ who ‘just chill by themselves’ and are ‘happy’ with a life of solitude

Might ‘convert’ a wolf t-shirt into some sort of tank top for the summer months

This shirt sorta represents being American, but also being a wolf bro

People who have read lots of wikipedia pages will have found out that ‘indie music’ is actually short of ‘Indian music’, not ‘independent music.’ Wolves and Buffalo were the most important animals to injuns.

“I am a lone bro.
Lone wolf bro
Alone in this modern world
searching for my pack of bros
to roam this earth
in search of meaning
we are comfy in nautica bros.”
-Panda Bear, 2014

R u gonna buy a wolf t-shirt?
Do u believe in the wolf t-shirt as a relevant summer look?
Does n e 1 know how to convert my blank Am Appy t-shirts into Wolf Tees?
Is Panda Bear a bro who ‘gets it’?
What will u be wearing this summer?

I think I feel worse when I see a bro/tween girl in ’slashed up jeans’ than when I see one in ‘excessively faded’ jeans. Not sure if I’d rather have fade lines/slashes/ or just general regions of faded slashes.

Sort of want to cut slits at the tip of my pant legs so that the jeans fit around my boots [via crombie mainstreamers]. Might buy jeans that are ‘too big’ and I will wear down the heel-area of my jeans, making me look more rugged. It’s always funnie 2 imagine lil azn kids in Asian island nations/Mexico ‘fading’ jeans and ‘cutting them’ to make them seem more rugged.

I hope they are being paid as much as Am Appy workers. Wish that they could file for a transfer or something. I think poor ppl in America ‘take America for granted.’ From what I understand, most poor Americans spend the majority of their welfare checks in the Electronics & Entertainment section of Wal Mart.

Not sure how to feel about pants that are ’slashed the fuck up’, though. I’m not sure if you can redeem those pants at Buffalo Exchange/ur local thrift store without losing a lot of value. (My friend who graduated from Fashion Skewl is in charge of ‘buybacks’ at Buff Ex.)

Photo via lookbook

Damn. Kinda feel like making a joke about a ‘weed wacker’ or something ‘lame’ like that.

This has been a post about not helping ur dad do yard work, and staying inside on your computer, feeling angry that the lawnmower is so loud and u can’t hear the music that ur trying 2 listen 2. This has also been a post about underpaid laborers.

Sorta miss stepdad jeans/standup comedian jeans / mom jeans.

Yall. Saw some bro wearing a VHS tape around his neck, kinda like a necklace. I remember when bros used 2 wear record hats, other alts wore cassette tape necklaces, and some other bro wore a postcard necklace. I wonder what movie he has around his neck. Probs something like The Goonies or Getting Even With Dad or something zany like Pete & Pete Bros. Would be pretty authentic if he had something like ‘a snuff film’ around his neck, or maybe some sort of vulnerable childhood film that u could show 2 people that ur in a relationship with 2 make them ‘feel closer’ 2 u.

Need 2 convert more dated technology into ‘fashionable items.’ Might start wearing a USB drive around my neck, like I work in the IT industry.

Feel weird when people ‘watch movies’ and ‘love them.’ Sort of feel sad when I see bins of DVDs for $2 each, especially when I used to think that ‘the movie experience was valuable.’ Wonder where the magic of the movies went? Wonder what the carbon footprint of ‘the movie industry’ is. Probably almost as bad as driving a car or something.

I might just paint a mural of every single alt/authentic/quirky-core movie character who has ever been in some sort of relevant indie film / ‘cult classic’ / dark comedy.

Who would yall put on ur ‘dream mural’ of every relevant character?
Would all of the Tenenbaums fit on ur mural?
Would the ‘fucking stupid Mexi’ from Napoleon Dynamite ‘make the cut’?
Would any African Americans be on ur mural?
Should I get a tattoo that says ‘CriterionCollecBro’?
Are yall excited about Summer Movies? [via Will Smith/Johnathan Depp / Nick Cage]

Yall. I was at Coachella this weekend, and I got to see some of my favourite kewl celebs who are ‘into music’ and know how to ‘not wear makeup so that no1 recognizes them.’ It must be interesting and fun to be a celebrity. U kinda just wanna chill out in public and have people look @u and recognize u and want 2 be u but u also ‘want people 2 leave u alone’ so that u can experience the same stuff that ‘normal people’ do, like music festivals and wearing ur chillest sun wardrobe.

Saw popular ‘indie movie starlet’ Chloe Sevigny at Coachellers. She was wearing sandals, but she had on white socks underneath. I think it’s the thing where some1 who is a ‘trendsetter’ does something that is a ‘fashion sin’ and ‘make it seem kinda kewl.’ Not sure if this means I have to buy sandals and socks to wear underneath them. Might just be a trend for entrylevel tween females with lookbooks.

Apparently sandals are really bad for your hygiene, and usually don’t even provide u with proper support. Should probably buy some ’shoes for old people’ or something.

Does n e 1 know if Chloe Sevigny is still authentic? Kinda hope she does some more romantic comedies and ‘goes into the mainstream’ but I’m not sure if mainstream girls would ‘want to look like her’ or if mainstream bros would ‘think she is hella hot, yo.’

sorta wish this was a blog post about Sandra Bullock in her prime. (miss u Keanu)

‘don’t stop this bus’ -the movie SPEED

XX BONUS CLUELESS ALT MEME XX

Yall I feel Clueless
walking around coachy
barefoot
hope I don’t get a disease
I think that’s actually how
kids in Africa transmit a lot of diseases

Does n e 1 else miss when images of consumerism and rich white people were ’simple.’

Miss when we didn’t have to ‘resent white ppl’ s0 hard.

Yall. I was looking at a high-end fashion website, and noticed a group of broads standing around with shin guards on. It kinda reminded me of the season that I played youth soccer until I made my mom stop taking me to the games cuz I didn’t ‘give a shit’ about things like organized sports. Worst time of my life.

But yeah…Not sure if these shin guards are gonna be necessary because of some sort of ‘ground creature’ that will start 2 bite our shins. Or maybe since there will be more homeless people on the sidewalks [via the economy], we have to protect ourselves from them grabbing at our legs.

Gotta go to a local soccer shop in suburbia 2 get some shin guards. Might also pick up a ‘David Beckham jersey.’

Which type of shin guard is more authentic?
The kind that wraps around ur heel?

Or the kind that is a lil ‘free floater’?

Just trying to find out what would help me ‘look kewler.’

Remember when indoor soccer shoes were alt?
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2009/01/indoor-soccer-shoes-big-in-2k10.html

Might need 2 ‘get more athletic’ in 2k10. Is smoking bad 4 u?

Just want a fashion forward girl who wears shin guards, or maybe just an AZN with a puppy dress [via Falcor]. :-(

If there is one thing our country needs now, it is a bail out of the following economies

• the nip stickies economy
• the ‘chunks of pink/purple/blue in my hair’ economy
• the free-spirited piercing economy
• the electro economy
• the banger economy
• the conceptualcore economy
• the meaningfulcore economy
• the fund for transitioning entry levelers to mildly authentic bros
• the bro economy.
• The meme economy

Hopefully we make it to 2k10 without a country ‘getting zany’ and dropping a nuculeaure bomb on ‘us.’ I am looking forward to more keut women in progressive outfits that do a better job of ’showing the world what God gave them.

I am excited about the future.
I am excited about the future of fashion/design/women.

Does n e 1 know if ‘we’ stole the concept of the ugly Christmas sweater from the mainstreamers? Don’t they have parties that they invite all of their facebook friends to with ‘Ugly Christmas sweater’ themes?
Do yall have n e lonely aunts without kids who would be willing 2 give me some of her old clothing that I could wear/start an eBay store with?

XX BONUS IMPORTANT QUESTION XX
Is this an Ugly Christmas sweater of just an ugly sweater? Or something that M.I.A. would ‘design’?

[TheCobrasnake Photography]
What are yall gonna wear this winter 2 keep warm?
Have yall heard of ’scarves’? Saw them in a maggyzine.