Please do not spend your last two paychecks to give me some traditional gold jewelry with diamonds.

Instead give me the necklace with brass heads that represents, “I killed five people.” It means more.

This necklace was made by a Naga tribe from the Tibetan area. They used to be headhunters and would preserve heads of their enemies until the 19th century. Christian missionaries came along and taught them that headhunting was not fashionable anymore. Kill joys.

When it comes to vintage clothing and jewelry and thrift store shopping, there are no rules to what is fashionable except for the ones I make for myself.

Rules I have adopted since vintage and thrift store fashion:

1. Not much is worth spending more than $5-$10
2. Size does not matter as much with the right belt/accessories
4. Fabric quality is more important than brand names
5. Fashion is whatever makes my body look its best not what everyone else is wearing
6. Fashion does not have to cost a lot of money
7. Fashion is experimentation: shirts as skirts, skirts as dresses, belts as bracelets, belts as head-dresses, petite pants as high-waisted crop pants, and . . .

scarfs as shirts

Petite pants as high-waisted crop pants: Hanson & Harrold, thrift store
Knit vest: Two Twenty, thrift store
Scarf as shirt: no label, thrift store
Vinyl platforms: Bamboo, Lux Fashion Lounge (second-hand)
Vintage headhunter necklace: Nagaland, Armor Bijoux