EIHG SH*T (pre-spring field notes)
for your consideration: a shortlist as we dip our toes into believing there *will* be a spring (ha!)
The Elusive (International) Hot Girl POV: Global, chic, and impossible to pin down —everyone’s favorite question to ask her is wait, are you in town? As such, the EHG/EIHG exists as an iykyk muse whose influence largely flies under culture’s radar (her preference, not yours). Read more here.
Ohhhh to be an elusive international hot girl, bracing herself for the wonders of a season anew. Spring is the season of rebirth, renewal, and believing that even though you fled the city more times than you’d admit to a new acquaintance over coffee…… we have all, indeed, earned this.
And hey, I’m on your side. So much so, that I’ve been keeping my ears to the ground. The mindset that i’m observing is a combination of self + collective, and everyone is hobby maxxing as of late. As we’ve discussed, EIHGs and EHGs are known for being a secret expert in at least one hobby/interest — it’s not that they’re hiding or minimizing, but why would they need to make their inner worlds more visible for something as crass as your tertiary consumption?
We’ll go deeper into that observation styling-wise in the following weeks, but it’s more important that you know that i know that i get you — prepping for a blistering stretch of midterm volunteering? Tending to your rose garden? Getting back into chess? Cataloguing the family’s rare book collection? Wellness maxxing in a goop-adjacent mom way vs a peptide princess way? (and yes, an EIHG or EHG has mentioned all of these to me recently, in response to — are you excited for spring?).
So anyway, I figured we should play dress up. What’s in the cart of the girl whose brain grows faster than a huberman bro can type neuroplasticity into claude (who am i kidding,) chatgpt? I should be saying—if you’re reading this, you tell me…..
But since AI is being used for the wrong use cases (no real time feedback on shopping virtually w/ your bffs), I’m delivering a shortlist of cool girl sh*t that matters. We’ll hit starterpacks galore over the next few weeks… BUT I still think we deserve to swipe a lil fingertip of frosting before the cake is served, no?
I’m manifesting some time being OUTSIDE for us all…. i want a naughty hugo spritz and a glass of sancerre on a buzzy and chic and insufferably hard to access rooftop followed by a night of dancing at a place where i didn’t have to stand in line and the DJ is fluent in 2004, 2010, and 2016. I’d wear this top with these jeans and these boots as the disco ball hits the fringe of my stealth cool girl bag just so….. hips swaying as the music transitions from pick up the phone to a mashup of hold yuh x gyal you a party animal before crescendoing towards the all-time fratstar hit— all night longer.
I love this lil pointelle knit tee that i’d wear with a pair of low slung milk jeans, these very sick JMM sunnies, and a sexy ballet flat (obviously these).
If you really wanna feel spring pilled, order this sweater and see what it does for your dopamine receptors.
I’m really very sorry to have to bring this to your attention….. however, i think it is officially my dream jacket? Have you seen anything better? If for nothing else, know that this is who elizabeth james (the parent trap mom) would have wanted you to be.
I’ve decided that spring will be about a lot of ladylike jackets/blazers/cardigans etc etc etc; the girl version of little lad culture, if you will. If there’s anything in you that has ever wanted to channel an 80s housewife drinking spa water (70% vodka) over a liquid lunch (masking itself behind a tower of pre-tennis crudités)….. might I suggest you start here. I feel duped (in a good way) that this cream jacket with perfect braided buttons comes in at under $500. This is the adulthood I was promised. I’m envisioning myself wearing w/ a perfect jean + jacket buttoned 2/3 of the way + minimal jewlery + a funky chanel ballet flat.
Speaking of well-priced finds, this blazer is nuts, and a good reminder on why EIHGs love massimo dutti. Featuring a high neck and constructed in a creamy satin… it’s very daughter of the 80s spa water housewife^— i’m pro, obviously.
I have received endless confirmation that these are happening.
I AM WHEEZING. ……. HOW COULD I POSSIBLY EVER NOT OWN A SPRING JACKET LIKE THIS? THE VERY AXIS OF MY BEING?????
ohhh and you think you’re getting away with not needing a satin-twill butter yellow trench for spring???? bffr. I’d wear with a perfectly baggy vintage jean (the kind you can only ever find IRL) and a perfect white tee w/ a contrasting flip flop to a saturday breakfast….. where i intend to make my enemies weep.
This style of leather jacket owned NYFW… thus, it will also own spring. I’m partial to this one.
Has this become a spring jacket edit? Sorry. I saw this and gasped. It’s very 90s gwyneth and very 90s CBK…. personally, i’m sold — you already know how I feel about g label (now gwyn).
These are the perfect non-sneaker sneaker that EIHGs are flocking to like a bee to pollen. you’ll see it and you’ll immediately get it. Thus, i really don’t think i should say more—it would be an insult to your intelligence.
Biting my fist as i type this bc toteme had genuinely nooooo business going this hard across so many SKUs this spring. I’m partial to the cream but I am ALSO partial to the black and that’s when i know i’m in trouble.
Lastly, despite reports that athleisure is a goner, expect to see a lot of capri leggings (by this EIHG fave) this spring. Outfitted w/ a retro sneaker and a mid-thigh trench and if you’re rlly serious, a hip-length vintage graphic tee. To top it all off—wear these sunglasses and NO BAG. Winners win baby;
I tried, but I couldn’t wrap this up without a quick catch up. Since we last chatted properly, there are a few things i must bring to the class!!!!
The thing that I’d alluded to being trapped in my apt post-fashion week for has come to fruition: my first piece for vogue went live on March 1st!!!! It’s an essay written in a very TM-core voice (thanks chloe x hannah for enabling me to be me), detailing a very carrie bradshaw line of questioning — am i boring, or is it my shoes? The answer is [redacted], which is the point of everything we talk about anyway… glad when I lock out only to lock more in.
I got my hands on the elusive (EIHG approved) chanel ballet flat of the season…. we found one another after I’d attended a transcendent private session of breathwork, wherein my natural next move was to stumble into The Webster (self-actualization found ME)…. sadly, the flats were a touch too big, but gladly, Gab Waller answers my DMs (praise be). We’ll chat more once the flats and i are properly acquainted (they’re en route!), but as of now, the mere prospect of them is more exciting than any crush i’ve had on a man in the past 2 years. sold!
i mean I wore my tigers eye monica vinader cocktail ring to judge a vc’s pitch competition for a bunch of lil einsteins (college kids attending harvard stanford princeton brown—etc etc). The big news is that I received a compliment on our favorite ring from a bby EIHG…. and then i went for tea at the twenty two with a dear friend who… also happens to be a very chic and discerning EIHG in her 30s… and she also gushed over the same ring (!!!!). The Compliment Index is the only index I care about when I’m getting dressed, thus, I had to share.
my manicures continue to be perfect and that’s bc i go to elzada.
from saturday I’m trying and failing to get into podcasts…. I want something academia pilled in the way that science podcasts are, however, my quest is decidedly NOT for anything remotely sciencey(i dropped premed at hopkins in less than 2 weeks :D)…. i simply want less opinion baiting & more focus on rigorous discourse. I know this exists, I am just.. clearly bad at searching keywords. Let me know what you’re tuning into!!!! I have a long list to sample from the groupchat a while ago, but would LOVE your take just in case there’s more to discover<3.
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I WANNA HEAR UR EVERY THOUGHT, OBVIOUSLY; I LOVE YOOOOU <3
TTYS//
TM x
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I wish every podcast came with a transcript, because I can read way faster, faster than the time it takes for my tolerance for disembodied bro science voices to run out.
The podcast you want is In Our Time, which the BBC has produced as a radio show since the late 90s. Three academics, an erudite host, discussions covering **everything** from the Long March to the history of Altruism to the Mariana Trench