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[Inspo & Commentary] Rings
You've seen
jewelry, let's talk more about rings. Scroll down for the list of designers.
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Inspo Gallery on imgur Getting Started
Assuming you're reading this because you would like to wear rings and currently don't, here's a quick FAQ.
Materials?
Most common precious metals used in jewelry are silver, gold, platium and variations thereof. You will rarely find pure metal jewelry, reason being that 100% silvegold is actually soft and will warp and become damaged with little effort. The most common
alloys for jewelry are:
- Stainless Steel: what your kitchen cutlery is made of. Marketed as a cheap alternative to silver.
- Sterling Silver / .925 silver: 92.5% pure silver mixed with another metal, commonly copper.
- Yellow Gold: (usually) an alloy of gold and some other material, preserving the yellow colour of the gold.
- Rose Gold: An alloy of gold, copper and some white metal e.g. silver. The copper gives the metal a rosy tint.
- White Gold: An alloy of gold and a white metal e.g. silver. Personally I don't see the appeal when silver is 1/10th the price.
Karats?
When buying jewelry it's important to know what the precious metal content is (or whether it's made of precious metal at all) as this plays a huge part in the quality of the jewelry and how much you should expect to pay.
Sterling silver is the benchmark for quality silver. Sometimes referred to as .925 silver, sterling silver is 92.5% silver by weight. The vast majority of silver jewelry is made of sterling silver - anything new that doesn't specify the quality (.925 / sterling, .999 / fine / pure) is of dubious quality and should be avoided.
Gold content is measured in karats. The scale goes from 0 to 24, with 1 karat being 1 part gold to 23 parts other material. Therefore, 16K gold is 50% pure gold and 24K gold is pure gold. The karat rating for white gold or rose gold is the same - 18K gold and 18K white gold contain the same amount of gold but the gold is alloyed with different materials to change the colour of the resulting alloy.
Metal alloys are generally much harder and resistant to wear. A higher percentage of pure precious metal is not necessarily better or more desirable.
Plating?
Plated jewelry is made from a material
coated with a very thin layer of the specified metal. Plated metal is much cheaper than pure metal or an alloy. The material beneath the plating is usually copper, nickel, brass or silver. Jewelry from fast-fashion stores like H&M are generally made of copper or nickel plated with silver or gold.
Vermeil is a restricted term for a specific kind of plating. Whilst
plating can be done to any metal with any plate thickness,
vermeil is always silver plated with a layer of gold at least 2.5 microns thick.
Be cautious with plated jewelry. The price makes it very attractive but there are down-sides:
- The plating has a tendency to rub off over time, ruining the appearance of your formerly-gold/silver jewelry.
- The exposed metal may cause side effects:
- Some people are allergic to nickel and will develop a rash.
- Copper has a tendency to turn your skin green for a few days.
What should I buy?
- Only buy pieces that speak to you. Think of jewelry like a tattoo. It's expensive, you're likely to keep it for a long time and wear it regardless of the rest of your outfit. If you're not sure whether you like a given piece your money would be better spent on something else. If you're not comfortable wearing it that's a lot of money left sat on your dresser.
- Start simple. When making a big change in your wardrobe it's good to take it easy. Try a few small, simple pieces first e.g. a couple of stacking bands or a plain signet ring.
- More is more. A single piece of jewelry will stand out in a bad way. The consenus from the jewelry thread was that it takes a few pieces to appear intentional and blend into an outfit. The sweet spot is 3-5 pieces total - less if you're wearing only one type, e.g. max. 3 rings, more if you're mixing it up e.g. 2 rings, a bracelet and a chain.
- Sterling silver is king. IMO stainless steel does not look good in real life. It may look exactly like silver in the photos but trust me, when you place it side-by-side with silver it looks cheap. Stainless steel is duller, has a gray-tone and brushed-metal surface. It's a hardy material that's very resistant to scratches and wear. Sterling silver on the other hand is much brighter, can be polished smooth or oxidized to add detail and develops a patina over time. Gold is nice but it's very expensive. Mixing metals is hard to pull off so if you buy gold you may feel limited in terms of choice and price when buying future pieces.
- Feel free to ignore this advice. If you want gold jewelry, go for it. If you want to wear more rings than you have fingers don't let me stop you. There are no rules - this is just advice for those who are dipping their toes into jewelry for the first time.
Sizing?
It can be difficult to size jewelry, particulary if you're doing it yourself. Here's some methods you can use ordered by ease/accuracy:
- Use a ring sizer at home. Nowadays they make plastic ring sizers and many online brands will ship you one for free or low-cost. IMO this is the best way to take your ring size but watch a guide or two on YouTube to make sure you get it right.
- Use a cloth tape measure. Take a measurement of your finger in mm using a flexible tape measure and use a size chart to convert to your desired scale.
- Use your existing rings as a guide. If you know the size of your current rings (or you're sizing for a friend or partner who knows theirs) you're pretty set. I bought a thumb ring for my girlfriend for Christmas and compared her current thumb ring to one of mine to get an idea of size. When it turned up it was slightly smaller than expected but still fit.
- Have a professional jeweler size you. You can ask a jeweler to measure your fingers in-store though you may be uncomfortable doing this if you don't intend to purchase anything. Alternatively, try some pieces on and note what size they are if they're a good fit.
- Go to the showroom and let them measure you or try the pieces in-store. The most accurate if you're buying a specific brand. Obviously only an option if you live or travel nearby.
- Pay to have the ring resized. If the ring is too large any jeweler will be able to resize it for you. It's more difficult/expensive to size a ring up, especially if it has details the whole way round. If in either doubt size up, make sure they have a good returns policy or don't buy.
Sizing Tips
Remember that each of your fingers is a different ring size. The fingers on your dominant hand will be thicker than the fingers on your non-dominant hand. The size of your fingers changes depending on the temperature so rings that are loose when it's warm may fall off when it's cold or vice-versa. When measuring at home take a few measurements in different rooms, inside / outside or at different times of day to get an accurate measurement.
If you're not fussed about which finger the ring will sit on, measure a few candidate fingers of similar size (±1) and order a ring in the size between. If the ring arrives and it's too large / small then wear it on the larger / smaller finger.
Where to buy?
- Online: I buy most of my jewelry online. Most designers have an instagram presence and online store. Check the tagged photos on their instagram accounts for inspiration. The more mass-produced brands will have sales on holidays e.g. Christmas or Black Friday.
- Independent retailers: Your city may have an area with lots of independent designers / craftspeople / markets - you're likely to find a lot of unique pieces here and physical locations for the designers listed below.
- Thrift: You may have some luck at thrift stores or second-hand / charity / pawn shops. In some cities there are second-hand stores that only sell jewelry.
- Grailed et al.: The more popular brands (e.g. The Great Frog) will appear on places like grailed or eBay.
- On the high street: You're unlikely to find men's jewelry in high street retail / department stores. Most of the jewelry is very delicate and targeted toward women or married couples (wedding bands). The stuff you do find will be relatively inoffensive bands and signet rings.
Designers
So you want a ring but you don't know where to look. Great! See the
gallery for general inspo and check out the list of designers below.
I've tried to categorize the list to make it easier to find the kind of rings you're interested in. If you have suggestions for more designers please let me know in the comments.
Most designers will produce other types of jewelry e.g. chains, bracelets, necklaces, pendants in a similar style.
Simple Rings
Small-to-medium size rings with plain or very simple designs. Stacking bands, signet rings, rings with a single motif like a chain, feather, nail etc.
designer | web | ig | price | description |
TWOJEYS | twojeys.com | @twojeys | $ | Silver-plated brass rings with unique designs offering a cheap entry point into jewelry. Occasionally do sterling-silver variants of popular designs. Bit of a weird "community" drop-based Instagram presence. |
Vitaly | vitalydesign.com | @vitaly | $ | Modern-architectural-streetwear-techno-vampire jewelry in raw or gold-plated stainless steel. |
Silver999 | Etsy - Silver999 | not found | $ | Tons of sterling silver designs with pop-culture / religious references. |
Onyx.925 | onyx925.com | @onyx.925 | $ | One man and his surfboard making plain rings with a rough, hand-crafted look in the south of England. Potential for custom hand-engravings. |
The Silver Stone | thesilverstone.co | @the.silverstone | $ | Simple motif designs with various inspiration, made in California. |
Love for C/O | lovefor.co | @loveforco | $ | Swedish design inspired by religious iconography. |
The M Jewelers | themjewelersny.com | @themjewelers | $$ | NYC jeweller dealing exclusively in custom-made. Letters, names, years of your choosing. Wait for a holiday for 45% off. |
Scosha | scosha.com | @scosha | $$ - $$$ | Don't be fooled by their instagram - their mens' offering is mostly simple signets. |
Industrial Rings
Medium-to-large rings with lots of sharp angles, clean lines and bulky shapes. Man-made, brutalist aesthetic.
designer | web | ig | price | description |
OSS | oss-oss.com | @ossofficial | $$ | Brutal-industrial-spaceship rings from Spanish designers based in Paris. |
Iolom | [iolom.jp](www.iolom.jp) | @iolom_official | $$ | Principally works with brass and sterling silver; elegant clean lines and geometric shapes. Distribution outside Japan very limited. |
Chin Teo | chinteo.com or ssense - chin teo | @chin_teo | $$$ | Natural meets industrial with a mix of clean, wound designs vs. rough-hewn and hammered bands. |
Werkstatt:München | werkstatt-muenchen.com | @werkstattmunchen | $$$ | Big, biker-industrial rings. Lots of wound-bands and stacking sets. Some skulls. |
Parts of Four | partsof4.com | @partsof4 | $$$ | Huge. Impractical. Outrageously large, really, gigantic. Some of the most unique jewelry I've seen, for better or worse. |
Natural Rings
Various-sized rings with designs or textures inspired by nature. Think flowing water, rock formations, gemstones, emphasis on natural wear and tear. The counterpoint to industrial's man-made aesthetic.
designer | web | ig | price | description |
Innerstone | inner-stone.com | @_innerstone_ | $ | Sets of delicate stacking rings and bands with textures inspired by nature. |
Alice Kaufmann | alicekaufmann.com | @alicekaufmannjewellery | $$ | Danish designer creating organic pieces based on the flow of the metal itself. Some zero-waste pieces made from by-products of other designs. |
Alicia Hannah Naomi | aliciahannahnaomi.com | @aliciahannahnaomi | $$ | Australian designer creating delicate-yet-rough rings inspired by the nature around her. |
gone.archive | gone-archive.com | @gone.archive | $$ | Polish designer creating rough-hewn, primitive designs like rock-formations. Extensive use of black diamonds. |
Fallow Store | fallow.com.au | @fallowstore | $$ - $$$ | Not a designer per se, but a reseller of other designers similar to ssense. Grungy, big industrial/nature inspired rings. A good place to follow to get inspiration; stocks many of the designers on this list. |
Sofia Lorena Perelson | sofialorenaperelson.com or Fallow Store | @sofialorenaperelson | $$ - $$$ | .999 fine silver / gold rings in simple designs. Due to the softness of fine / pure metals the ring will tarnish and warp creating a unique, highly personal piece of jewelry. |
Alex Skeffington | alexskeffington.com | @alexskeffington_ | $$ - $$$$ | "Inspired by the elements, the human body, rock and roll, techno music, a theatrical lifestyle and deep personal emotions. Her designs feature unique organic forms of .925 silver, in heavily textured freehand surfaces. Each piece bares luxurious weight and significant stature." |
Kei Shigenaga | keishigenaga.com | @keishigenaga | $$$ | A clash between of rough-hewn oxidized metal and elegant, flowing silver with elements of kintsugi repair. |
NODE by Kudo Shuji | nodebykudoshuji.com | @node_by_kudo_shuji | $$$ | Wild sci-fi designs often contrasting clean, melting chrome-like sections with heavily oxidized, distressed parts. Distribution outside Japan extremely limited. |
Biker Rings
Big fuck-off rings for letting everyone know you ride a Harley Davidson, play in a rock band and do a lot of drugs.
Macabre Rings
Macabre / goth rings. Skulls, death & witchy things.
designer | web | ig | price | description |
Blue Bayer | Etsy - BlueBayerDesignNYC | @bluebayer | $ | Lots of unique designs, although some of them seem to be lifted from The Silver Stone or vice-versa (particularly the goat and branch rings). Not sure what to think but I grabbed this from the streetwear list. |
BLACK SØLV | blacksolv.ca | @blacksolv | $ to $$ | Goth, romantic, and sci-fi influences with polygonal shapes and desaturated gems. Lightly femme aesthetics. |
Macabre Gadgets | macabregadgets.com | @macabregadgets | $$ | Big rings made of marble with some silver / gold elements. Design inspired by the macabre - lots of skulls, skeletons and dead things. Infamous for their dick ring. I have yet to any of their pieces pulled off outside of their lookbooks. Please share any everyday fits you find with me so I can justify buying one of their pieces. |
Brooklyn Smithy | Etsy - Brooklyn Smithy | @brooklynsmithy | $$ | Another Etsy store selling all kinds of designs including a fair few skulls and eyes. |
KD2024 | kd2024.com | @kd2024_lsdluxurysilverdesign | $$$ | Intricate designs in a mix of gold & silver. Claws and other animal parts. Lots of big stones. |
Fashion Rings
Mainstream, avant-garde or high-fashion designers that don't fit into the other categories.
designer | web | ig | price | description |
Lucas+ | lucasplus.com | @lucasplusjewelry | $$ | NYC designer creating jewelry with his "positive" motif. |
Khiry | khiry.com | @khiryofficial | $$ | Inspired by the designer's African heritage. |
Voodoo Jewels | voodoojewels.com | @voodoojewels | $$ | Rings with lots of multi-coloured stones. |
Good Art | goodart.com | @goodarthlywd | $$$ | A bit of a bizarre one. While most designers focus on traditional jewelry, Good Art makes a lot of... things. Chapstick caps, AirPod cases, corkscrews and smoking pipes. |
Cody Sanderson | codysanderson.shop, Sorrel Sky, Buyma, Grailed | @codysandersondesigns | $$$-$$$$ | Native American silversmith creating jewelry based on traditional Navajo designs in Santa Fe, NM. |
Tiffany & Co. | tiffany.com | @tiffanyandco | $$$ | Probably the most famous jewelry designer in the world. You may be tempted to write them off as over-priced and over-hyped but (as a biased Tiffany-bracelet owner) I have to admit that the quality is incredibly high. Their silver pieces are rhodium-plated and there is a noticeable difference in the durability and brightness of my Tiffany bracelet vs. other silver jewelry I own. Edit: I can't actually find any evidence that their silver is rhodium-plated. It's important to do your research before buying things! |
Thomas Sabo | thomassabo.com | @thomassabo | $$$ | Big rings inspired by Asia. Lots of small stones and inlays. One of the more successful designers with physical locations in tons of major cities / malls. |
Alexander McQueen | alexandermcqueen.com or ssense - Alexander McQueen | @alexandermcqueen | $$$ | Rings in classic McQueen style. |
Gucci | gucci.com | @gucci | $$$ | It's Gucci. |
David Yurman | davidyurman.com | @davidyurman | $$$ | I suppose you might consider these to be rings for classic menswear. Signet rings with marble or some other opaque stone, elegant bands. Some outrageously intricate signets with fuckton of stones and sky-high prices to match. |
Ugo Cacciatori | ugocacciatori.com | @ugocacciatory | $$$ | Big, intricate rings and bands in either silver or a mixture of silver & gold. |
Vintage
Places to buy vintage / second-hand rings online.
designer | web | ig | price | description |
VintageJewelryEden | Etsy - VintageJewelryEden | not found | $ | Vintage European silver jewelry sold in the USA. |
1st Dibs | 1stdibs.com | 1stdibs | $ - $$$$$ | All sorts of vintage jewelry from across the spectrum. |
Custom Signet Rings
Signet rings were traditionally engraved with a design and worn on the pinky finger. You would use the signet to stamp and seal letters with your personal insignia in wax.
designer | web | ig | price | description |
Deakin & Francis | deakinandfrancis.co.uk | @deakin_francis | $$ - $$$$ | Established 1786. Custom signet rings and other jewelry in a variety of materials, shapes and stones. |
Dexter | familysealrings.com | @dexterrings | $$$ - $$$$ | Custom signet rings in a variety of materials, shapes or stones. |
Rebus | rebussignetrings.com | @rebussignetrings | $$$$ | Exclusively gold, custom signet rings in a variety of shapes or stones. |
Hancocks | hancockssignetrings.com | @hancocks_london | $$$$ | Established 1849. Custom signet rings and pendants in a variety of materials, shapes and stones. |
Coast Handworks | coasthandworks.com | @coasthandworks | $$$$ | Custom engraving of bands and signet rings by a modern designer & engraver based in Canada. |
Castro Smith | castrosmith.com | @castrosmith | $$$$ | I really hope you're still reading because Castro Smith does some incredible work. Hand-engraved, incredibly detailed signet rings in multiple tones. Ready-to-order one-of-a-kind pieces and the opportunity to order bespoke. |
Ruffs | ruffs.co.uk | @ruffs1904 | by quote | Established 1904. Custom signet rings in a variety of materials, shapes or stones with the opportunity to recycle existing jewelry. |
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Thanks to
danhakimi and everyone else who left nice comments in the jewelry thread and encouraging me to make this post.
Note: my only qualifications for creating this post are owning a few rings, enjoying wearing them and having access to Google. Please read the comments and take everything with a pinch of salt. Thanks x submitted by undertheechotree to malefashionadvice [link] [comments]
Shop Local This Christmas! (r/NorthernIreland's list of local shops and businesses)
Thanks for all the awards! And shout out to
u/davidc535 who mapped a lot of these
on Google maps. Also, this ran on too long, more places in the comments.
Alcohol
Symphonia - Gin from Dungannon from
u/missymissyD Boatyard Distillery - More local gin, this time from Fermanagh
SWIG Hip Flasks - We offer personalised hip flasks From
u/DavidofSWIG Hillstown Brewery and
Heaney Brewery u/big_mac31 Boundary Brewing - For delicious beer
u/radio_wolf)
The Still House Moira - they make their own vodka
u/fjleish Art
Dustie Roo sell prints of floral arrangements that are really beautiful (From
u/hm8g10)
Noop designs have some really great Northern Irish themed prints (From
u/hm8g10)
Camlake Canvas - Fermanagh based artist with some amazing stuff. Also takes commission - painted our doggo and it was brilliant.
Aly Harte also does prints and paintings (From
u/hm8g10)
I love
Doghouse Gallery in Comber and
Kingfisher Gallery in Killyleagh for local art, prints, jewellery, decorations etc. (From
u/isotala)
John Robinson Art - Belfast. He does the art on Boundary Brewing cans, based in Belfast. (From
u/TunaFish88)
Le Petit Pois Gallery abstract paintings and prints (From
u/redditor930530)
A Work of Heart bespoke and personalised prints based in Tandragee (From
u/redditor930530)
Armagh Damsons - Does commissions of your favourite landscape, cityscape, your home, your pet, whatever really. From
u/tartanbornandred Horner Gallery - Castledawson, @ liamhornerart (instagram) and has a gallery in Castledawson, has lots of original landscape paintings and prints- also does Seamus Heaney themed work. From
u/Carbsandmayo Studio Cole is a Scottish artist living locally and makes custom abstract paintings and prints. (From
u/TheTyphoonteabag)
Terry Bradley Art galleries - Belfast and Bangor. Email: [
[email protected]](mailto:
[email protected]) One of Ireland's best known artists, recognised worldwide. (From
u/SCOdoubleT16)
Kaela Elliot Gifts - Derry. Derry based, hand designed cards, prints, mugs. Takes custom orders. (From
u/pettydavis)
Born and Bred (from
u/oldfilmjanitor) - This site actually looks amazing. Based in Belfast they've a pile of really great gifts, all sourced from local artists and designers.
little heart -Belfast. Personalised paintings, greetings cards /tree decorations, &some cute gifts on the website. Has some Harry Potter things, Disney ornaments, and teddy’s she sells in her store in queens arcade. Always get compliments when I buy people a gift from there.
u/Mearbhail Bath / Body / Candle Gifts
Mermaid Cove - Richmond Centre, Derry. (bath, body and home products...bath bombs, soaps, wax melts, all cruelty free & vegan, owner is an absolutely lovely woman!)
Hex Bomb - Belfast. (Another Northern Irish bath bomb company, though I believe are Belfast based)
Bubba's Meltys (And a wax melt company)
The Scented Scullery - Lurgan is fantastic. From
u/RiverPondlife Serenity Beauty - Maybe not local crafts but let's face it,the beauty industry is dying here and I know for a fact the owner of this place goes above and beyond for her clients. She has her own skin care range if you're thinking of gifts for the missus. From
u/RiverPondlife Plumpy Balms - Plumpy is a beautiful little Vegan brand with the greatest lip balms. Check out their Lemon Pop - it's a miracle cold sore treatment. They also do tinted lip balms and face and body balms too. (From
u/eimcca80)
Sweet Scentsations - Derry and Belfast. They sell hand made wax melts.
Bearded Candle Makers - Belfast. Candle from Bearded Candle Makers just arrived, not only is the packaging really nicely done (including a handwritten note on a postcard), the candle smells unreal. Highly recommend. (From
u/Crimsai and
u/hm8g10)
Legenderry Candle Co. - Derry. Handmade soya wax melts, candles and other scented products (car air fresheners, reed diffusers, etc.) (From
u/djfrfc)
Belfast Beard Company - Been using their stuff for years, the lads running it are all great. From
u/Wind_Yer_Neck_In Plumpy Balms - Beautiful little Vegan brand with the greatest lip balms. Check out their Lemon Pop - it's a miracle cold sore treatment. They also do tinted lip balms and face and body balms too.
u/eimcca80 Book Shops
No Alibis probably best known local book shop.
Books Papers Scissors also in Belfast
Little Acorns Bookstore in Derry (girl who runs this place seems like a legend!)
Bookends in Bangor
Bridge Books in Dromore
The Secret Bookshop - in Carrick. It’s a lovely wee place that’s just opened this year and can order the books in for you if they don’t have it in stock. From
u/kittenmish (Comic stores in 'Games / Nerdy stuff / Models category)
Clothing / Accessories
Bog Man Beanie from
u/Sprongle18 O'Neills from
u/only-shallow Bleu Bird Apparel is a great local clothing line too, has some nice stuff, own a t shirt and a hoodie from them. (From
u/MarinaGranovskaia)
Kooky Sheep Designs. Make bespoke croqueted items on request. Link is Instagram but theres also a link to their etsy in their bio. I think you can find one you like on Insta & ask for it to be made for your size. Or just make something up. (From
u/GrandWakandaPanda)
Little Design Co. For prints and customised clothes I recommend (From
u/Sufficient_Slip)
Daze and Duke - Derry. Handmade, bespoke swimwear and festival wear (From
u/djfrfc)
Wildflower Fabric - Co. Antrim. Online shop based in Antrim, sells fabric for those who like sewing and making their own clothes and bits and bobs. (From
u/pinkadon)
Moi Botique - Bangor. Lovely clothing shop (
u/lynnytintin)
Cooking / Food
Harland Homesyle - Etsy store from
u/PM-me-Gophers &his wife, selling handcrafted herbs &spices. Perfect smaller gifts for friends / stocking fillers. Update: Now with expanded range, including two Christmas specific offerings (Winter Spice and a Mulled Wine Mix).
https://www.rockadoodledo.com/products/ - Redditor
u/rockadoodledobelfast sells some amazing hot sauces online and at St. George's Market. Started out years ago by giving away samples to 50 redditors for feedback!
Erne Larder Preserves - Fermanagh. For delicious jams& chutneys (From
u/fermango)
Layer Cake - Lisburn. does great cupcakes. It was the one place that made me actually venture to Lisburn when I’d be back home for a visit) (From
u/ambivert1902)
Mike’s Fancy Cheeses - Belfast. Locally sourced and produced. Has a wee shop in Belfast and also does deliveries including breads etc. Great idea for social distancing Xmas pressie (From
u/RedLouStar)
Ebron's Enterprise - Portadown. (family run bakery - flipping delicious and Christmas range coming out soon!) (From
u/redditor930530)
HollieBerrie cakes and treat boxes (From
u/redditor930530)
Lily Pink Bakery incredible cakes and currently doing treat boxes too! (From
u/redditor930530)
Nearynógs do all things chocolate, based in Newry but have stockists all over. (From
u/Louthgirl)
Enrich & Endure make gorgeous linen aprons and have also started making face coverings. Online shop but you've probably seen their aprons in your favourite café (From
u/Louthgirl)
387 Ormeau Road (that's the cafe name
& address) does great food and it's all vegan friendly. Brownies, cake slices, hot food, independent soft drinks and coffee blends, and groceries. They even post what they have available on their FB page, with the ability to reserve items
u/Irockz The Nutmeg - lovely health food store on Lombard Street in Belfast. Stocks all sorts of healthy, organic, &vegan things, from supplements to frozen food to crisps to chocolate to homemade sandwiches and sausage rolls.
LocalBoxNI.com - Deliver all kinds of local food - nice cheeses, breads, meats, hampers etc. They're delivering food right up to Christmas Eve and are run by reddit
u/justin344.
MooToYou - Deliver to Belfast area and surrounding, food is sourced from local suppliers. From
u/mlmxp Two Sisters - Belfast. Independent Belfast based food shop, also selling arts & crafts and good coffee. Highly recommended! (From
u/chrissedoff55)
Madame Macs - Redditor
u/PsychopathicMunchkin makes incredibly good French macarons. Definitely worth a wee purchase! (me)
graze2u - Derry. Grazing platters & artisan foods, delivered in and around Derry.
Burren Balsamics Armagh - really good flavoured balsamic vinegar, I like the Armagh Apple
Ristretto Coffee Roasters Banbridge - really high quality coffee
Hannan Meats Moira - for the turkey. Can be ordered in advance (this &2above from
u/fjleish)
Crafts / Pottery
Ceramics By Rachel - By redditor
u/Sufficient_Slip. For animal sculpture &functional ceramic crafts checkout out
Ceramics By Rachel. I also do commissions if there is something you would want personalised you can get in touch through my insta:
@ceramicsbyrach Mud Ireland - I also highly recommend Josh for excellent handmade dinnerware (From
u/Sufficient_Slip)
Claire Kennedy Maker - Claire makes pit fired vases and colourful mugs (From
u/Sufficient_Slip)
Gilmartins Craft Shop Some gorgeous pieces here for those that like ornaments. They also have a sale section for the penny pinchers like me, with some lovely items. (From
u/fermango)
Belleek Pottery Obviously a bigger, more well known company but again they have some gorgeous pieces for the ornament lover at Christmas (From
u/fermango)
Omagh Craft Collective - Always get loads of great Christmas gifts here (From
u/mike00035)
Good Craic gifts - Gift shop in Rostrevor (From
u/shelamps)
Cupán Tanya - Warrenpoint. Irish language painted mugs.
The Designerie - Bushmills. It's good for gifts and crafts by local creators (From
u/John-DiscipleOfOwen)
Natasha Swan Ceramics - She makes gorgeous ceramics and also does pottery workshops. (From
u/laoiseeeeehm)
Zara ceramics for mugs that can be personalised (From
u/hm8g10)
Environmentally Friendly Gifts
UseLess Shop (Society Street in Derry....environmentally friendly shop, sells reusable items, restock of grains/pasta)
Whiskey Woodcraft for handmade gifts from Irish whiskey barrels (Personal note - this is class). From
u/fermango
Games / Nerdy stuff / Models
Replay Games in Bangor from
u/mangokid555 Angry Cherry (Foyle Street, Derry....comics/geeky shop, also sell the likes of Nemises Now/Alchemy England)
Modeller's Corner - Enniskillen. From
u/Scrabo - Radio Controlled Cars/Aircraft, Plastic Model Kits (Airfix etc), Model Railway, Collectors Models, Terrain and Paint, Board Games and puzzles. Small family run business.
Coffee and Heroes - Belfast, Smithfield Market. Huge range of comics & comic related goodness. If they don't have it they can usually source it quite quickly for you, well worth a visit :) From
u/CaptainGurrash Comic Book Guys - Belfast. Great comic book shop in Belfast. Great selection of comics, gifts, tshirts etc. Would be a great addition to the games/nerdy stuff category. From
u/DogLor Football Fortunes - Football management tabletop and computer game you can play with friends and family, created by
u/Creative-Ad3337 On Table Top - Coleraine. Table top based company in Coleraine that does miniatures etc. (From
u/Old_Gregg97)
Homeware / Textiles / Gardening / DIY
Home, Field and Stream - Enniskillen. Houseware (denby, small appliances etc) fishing gear, barbacues, christmass trees and decorations
Vintage & Value - Lurgan. Very cute homeware and decor based in Lurgan (From
u/redditor930530)
Moore Horticulture Equipment - Saintfield. Wee family business for lawnmower equipment and stuff (From
u/sam54678)
Maven- Belfast. Homeware and textiles. (From
u/pixeljunky)
Coffee x Cactus (plants) (From
u/pixeljunky)
Lisannagh Designs - Carrick. Custom made wall hangings. Custom/bespoke Macrame Wall Hangings are available of all sizes. (From
u/steste)
The Online Lighting Store - Belfast. Belfast based store, mainly online
u/namcknight)
Claire Newell Ceramics - makes homeware with "dot" designs that are really lovely
u/OkRecommendation85 Castle Locksmiths - North Belfast. Deal in all things keys &locks (shocking, I know...), hardware tools, paints and painting, lights, gardening & tools and general DIY consumables.
u/Okio Bann Valley Wild Flowers - Local business selling wild flower seeeds for anyoen interested in gardening gifts. (
u/big_mac31)
Hillstown Farm Shop -
u/big_mac31 NI Climbing Frames - Gilford.My family business. All kinds of woodwork (personalised sheds/outbuildings to playhouses to decking to climbing frames). Also timber & hardware for keen DIYers. Quality, experienced joiners.
u/radio_wolf Mid Century Fox - If you would like some vintage homewares,look no further than here.
Kids Toys / Accessories / General Children Stuff
Kings- Keady. From
u/missymissyD (I can vouch for this one as well, they've some great stuff)
David Rogers Toymaster - Banbridge / Portadown From
u/missymissyD MK Toys - Belmont Road, Belfast. Purveyors of toys and games for adults and kids. (From
u/narchy)
Little Dainties - My sister makes girls bows and such, just incase anyone would be interested (From
u/inheartscon)
Jewellery / Piercings and Body Jewellery
Painted Earth - Newcastle. (from
u/oldfilmjanitor)
BBlane Designs Belfast based jewellery designer. (From
u/isotala)
Le Cheile - Lurgan. They are an online Jewelry shop that also sells out of StudioTwenty in Lurgan if you want great quality, hand made Jewelry (From
u/Mahatma-Shandy)
Claire Elizabeth Bespoke Jewellery - A local jewellery maker who does fantastic stuff (from
u/darwinsbarnacle01)
Greenwood and Co - make beautiful handmade jewellery and sell other gift items (From
u/princess_mothership)
SimplyN handmade jewelry! (From
u/redditor930530)
Megan Made This - Megan does beautiful vases and jewellery (From
u/Sufficient_Slip)
Vivid Clay is a jeweller. Her Etsy shop is linked but I think Born & Bred are a stockist. (From
u/Louthgirl)
Pic & Mix - Belfast. Do gift vouchers for those unsure what size is needed. Shop is currently open for jewellery, but piercing gift cards are still available for use after Lockdown (From
u/Dragon-Tea)
Titanic Sea Glass - Carrick. Makes cracking jewellery and sun catchers. From
u/kittenmish Claudia maxwell - Makes funky personalised jewellery with lazer cut colourful plastic . I’m obsessed with her stuff and last year everyone got earring with their name. (From
u/amy0120)
earrings by Courtney - Handmade earrings for £1.50! (From
u/amy0120)
love from Kirst hand poured resin earrings, ashtrays and even pet tags!!! (From
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Miscellaneous Gifts
Free From Fog - Omagh. Sell glasses that specifically don't fog up when you're wearing masks. Handy for the normal people but apparently a game changers for doctors / nurses / dentists etc.
Jackson’s sell everything & have a shop in Moira. Have a clothes shop /health/hardware, sections, a kitchen & homeward section. If you can think of something they don’t have they’ll go out of their way to order it in. (From
u/princess_mothership)
Broighter Gold Rapeseed Oil (I wasn't going to add this but their website was compelling, so here they are!) (From
u/flyfairy19)
Grosvenor Tropicals (Lisburn) and
Exotic Aquatics (Belfast) for anything aquarium related (From
u/minus_8)
Suki Tea (Belfast) and
Boden Park Coffee (Belfast) for my fellow hot beverage loving hipsters. (From
u/minus_8)
Connect the Dots Design does stationery. Lots of Irish Christmas cards if that's what you're into. (From
u/Louthgirl)
Fidela coffee roasters - Coleraine. (From
u/gruffabro)
Made by Mog - Sells Macrame gifts - for home and keyrings etc. (From
u/pinkadon)
Crafty Fox - Killinchy. From
u/javarouleur The Nest - Broughshane. From
u/javarouleur Love Creative Therapy - St. George's Market and online sellers. Handbags, Clutch Bags, Purses, Craft Accessories, Wallets, Fabric pots etc.
The Buttermarket and Fermanagh Cottage Industries also have great gifts that support local people. (From
u/fermango)
Christmas Card Bundles - Belfast, from
u/megacky's wife.
Wrapped UP - Belfast, A shop in castle court called 'Wrapped up' is also great. I think it's all by different local artists etc. (From
u/darwinsbarnacle01 )
This Person from NI makes good pins for stocking fillers (From
u/izacmac)
Barn Owl Boutique - Saintfield. If you’re in Saintfield the Barn Owl Boutique is lovely for gift ideas. (From
u/princess_mothership)
The Hanging Knot - Portadown. Is an Insta/Etsy business who does macrame and weaving based in Portadown (From
u/redditor930530)
Loganberry Lane Wreaths - For beautiful door wreaths! (From
u/Chandrasnamaste)
Music / Musical Instruments / Accessories
Cool Discs - Derry for CD's / Vinyl (mostly vinyl cause who the fuck buys CD's anymore) (From
u/CMadden1)
Voodoo Soup - Across from Smithfield Market. Does a mad variety of CDs & Vinyl for good prices (£3 a pop for almost every CD (From
u/Irockz)
Matchetts - Belfast. Well known local instrument store. (From
u/made-in-china-)
Pets
woofternoon tea companyin dundonald, they do the best dog treats and gift boxes! (From
u/Heyimmaegen)
Photography
PhotomonkeyNI - Personalised photo gifts, custom framing, photo printing, t-shirts, photo canvas Any thing image orientated. Even does cine and video to DVD (From
u/HarrysDa)
Sports Wear
Topping Leisure - Comber. Always recommend. Website not great, but the kind of place you visit. Only shop here(and maybe all of Ireland) which will custom fit, heat molded ski boots. From
u/SomewhatIrishfellow Galibier - Craigavon. Pretty niche but Galibier sells premium cycling clothes. I was gifted one of their coats and it's by far the best one I have. (From
u/rocketship92)
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Since the Franks got reworked Culture Card Art, I went ahead and typed up a comprehensive mutli-paragraph breakdown (and a shorter tl;dr) on the Aztec's Culture Card Art, and how it (and the Jaguar art) can also be improved and corrected, as it's been bugging me since it was shown off.
EDIT AS OF NOV 4TH 10:15PM EST: I made some minor tweaks and corrections throughout the day after I posted this, but I just made a pretty major addition since I realized I missed something notable regarding the dress of ball players.
EDIT AS OF NOV 14TH 4:15AM EST: I fixed linking the Aztec male hairstyle image reference twice in the detailed clothing section instead of both the male and female image, alongside some other minor edits.
For context, here is the Aztec Culture Card art, and the art for the Jaguar Warrior.
It's been bugging me pretty much since it was shown off, and here and there on this subreddit I've noted it's got issues, but since I now know that some of the art is being revised, I figured i should do a detailed explanation.
Before I begin, I wanna go ahead and note that the devs actually DID do a much better job depicting Aztec archtecture and clothing in the Food Market art (the weird basket-hat and lack of painted accents on buildings aside). I'm not sure why there's such a discrepancy, but I think that the Culture Card Art might be a tweaked version of alternate/unused Maya art, as the motifs and archtectural style and color scheme is almost identical to on their Culture Card Art and the clothing and body paint shown in current Aztec Culture Card Art is drawing a lot of Maya (or rather, sterotypes of Maya) influences. The only distinctively "Aztec" thing in the main Culture Card art now is the Great Temple with it's twin shrines to Huitzlipotchli and Tlaloc visible in the background, and the roof comb on the other shrine likewise being in a style associated with Aztec architecture (taken from the Santa Cecilia Acatitlan pyramid, though apparently the roof comb reconstruction on the pyramid isn't accurate to what that pyramid in particular originally had!)
I'll do a deeper explanation of what's wrong with the current Aztec culture card art further down, but since that ended up being like multiple paragraphs/pages (And even then, i'm only reviewing stuff that would be relevant to the existing art and i'm not covering absolutely everything, so I link suggestions on further references on Aztec art/architectural/clothing motifs at the bottom), I'll sum it all up in short bullet point format, and people interested in the full breakdown. For the linked visual references in both the bullet points and full post, I'll primarily be using images from existing artistic recreations for the sake of making adapting stuff to the Culture Card art easier, rather then using images of actual surviving ruins, art, or images from manuscripts, but I can provide those upon request as well.
So, here's the tl;dr, bullet point feedback:
- The Culture Card art shows buildings with bare masonry/brick visible. Actual monumental Aztec architecture had smooth stucco over the brickwork, and then painted frescos and accents over that. (This is a problem with the Maya culture card art to an extent, but their clothing and archtecture is closer otherwise and it's not as visible so it's less an issue there)
- The colors of paint and accents seen in the culture card doesn't match the colors used in Aztec archtecture in Tenochtitlan as it's supposed to be depicting. It's using White, Red, and Teal/Green (same as the Maya art, in which that's fine), it should be White, Scarlet, Azure, Yellow, and Black.
- This is less an accuracy and more a thematic issue, but I don't think the Ball-Court is a good thematic representation of what makes the Aztec unique, other Mesoamerican cultures had the ball game (same for sacrifices re: the Sacrificial Temple being their unique quarter, though that's DEFINITELY not changing even if the art can). A garden in a palace courtyard or chinampas and their canals would represent the Aztec's unique elements for their Culture Card Art more.
- The clothing worn by the people is very inaccurate, with open-topped blouses for women and just collar garments for men, and they have wierd, Apocalypo-esque tatoos or body/face paint, and hairstyles seem all over the place aside from a few men who have the right style, but also wierd headbands and bone ear piercings They look "tribal". Women should wear Huipils, and men should have Tilma's. Neither should really have tattoos or paint on them in typical secular contexts, aside from women occasionally using yellow face/body paint. Men should have a distinctive bowl-cut hairstyle with a top knot/tuft (not shown in this image, but most would have one based on social/military rank), while women had hairstyles often including various bulbous side braids and knots.. Jewellery should gold and turquoise/jade primarily, the only common sort of feather based headgear worn in a typical secular context would be Quetzallalpiloni feather tassels tied to the knot of male nobles who had sufficient status for one. Priests (and royalty, indivuals in ceremonial contexts, etc) have exceptions to these, such as priests often using black face/body paint, but see the detailed section for that.
- The Ball players are shown wearing basically the same clothing as everybody else in the scene, when that wouldn't be the case. There's actually not a ton of depictions of Aztec ballplayers (even if you define "Aztec" loosely; compare that to the Maya which have tons; part of why I think it's not the best scene choice for the Aztec to begin with!), but what exists suggests they would just be wearing a breechcloth, an additional sort of skirt or protective garment around the thighs/waist (though this is hard to see, see detailed section for clarification) and handguards that covered the top of the hand.
- The Jaguar Soldier is likewise entirely inaccurate, with no armor aside from his helmet and both that, his weird collar garment that everybody gives to the Aztec despite it not being a thing, and his shield having a mess of colors and made up patterns. The Jaguar soldier should be wearing a Tlahuiztli warsuit made of thick cloth and feather mosiac, with the feathers arranged to make a jaguar spot pattern. This should be relatively uniform in color (though that color can vary from the expected yellow to red, blue, and white, and probably other colors) and we have a variety of known shield patterns that could be used in place of the entirely fantastical one currently in the art.
And that's the summary.... again, if you read these and look at these images, the Food Market art is MUCH closer to what I describe then the Culture Card art. I really think the Culture Card art was modified from one intended for the Maya or something.
If you want a longer, deeper dive into all this... then keep reading!
Contextual Preamble
For starters, I need to give a short preamble about what "Aztec" even is, as people use the term differently.
Humankind almost certainly means it to primarily mean "Mexica", the denizens of Tenochtitlan (and Tlatelolco, which split off from and was eventually reabsorbed by Tenochtitlan). They are whom the term is most associated with, and we see Tenochtitlan's great temple in the existing Culture Card art, and the Jaguar knightly order was an element of their military.
The Mexica were one subgroup of a broader culture/civilization in Mesoamerica known as the Nahua (which "Aztec" is also sometimes defined as) Other Nahua subgroups beyond the Mexica include the Acolhua, Tepaneca, Xochimilca, Tlaxcalteca, etc. The "Aztec Empire" as a political unit was an alliance between Tenochtitlan and two other Nahua city-states, Texcoco (of the Acolhua subgroup) and Tlacopan (of the Tepaneca subgroup) and the their various subject vassal and tributary states. Not all of these subjects were Nahuan (some were Maya, Zapotec, Mixtec, Otomi, Huastec, Totonac, etc), and not all Nahuan states in Mesoamerica were a part of that "Empire". (notably the Kingdom of Tlaxcala wasn't)... as you can see, depending on how you define the term, a LOT of things could or couldn't be considered "Aztec"!
I'm going to be primarily focusing on Mexica stuff when possible (and as such what I mention here may not be applicable to other Nahua groups), though at times I'll be pulling from broader Nahua sources when it's reasonable to do so, as there is very little surviving architecture and manuscripts from solely Mexica sources.
For simplicities sake i'm going to continue to use the term "Aztec" unless the distinction becomes important, in which case I'll say Mexica or Nahua, etc.
Architectural Accuracy
For architecture, there shouldn't be much if any masonry and brickwork visible on the ballcourt, temples, and other fancy, ceremonial or administrative structures. Monumental architecture for virtually all Mesoamerican civiilzations, including the Aztec was covered in stucco and then painted accents and frescos, over the internal stone and mortar and outer brickwork. The only likely place you'd likey see bare masonry in Tenochtitlan would be commoner residences (which would be daub/straw or adobe brick) or less fancy noble homes, but even then some accounts assert even these would be covered in clean stucco even if some pictorial depictions show otherwise.... but for the Culture Card art that shouldn't be a problem, since that'd be showing large structures in the ceremonial precinct or even if the view is changed, probably fancier palaces.
As far as the painted accents, frescos, and murals on top of that white/biege stucco, the most common colors should be scarlet, azure, yellow/mustard, white and black, not the red and teal/green seen in the image, as those 4 colors (plus a base off white stucco) is what's seen in surviving structures and objects found in Tenochtitlan's central ceremonial precinct. To simplify it down further,the base white stucco, scarlet, azure, and yellow (like what the Scott & Stuart Gentling painting I linked above uses, though note that apparently more recent research has gleaned that the Great Temple had more paint on it then that, and that the layout they used for the precinct's structures is slightly out of date... though I don't think the devs need to go THAT far with accuracy). The white/red/green used in the Aztec Culture Card art currently is less "Aztec" and is more typical of some Maya cities like some structures at Copan, or in Central Mexico, Teotihuacan, as seen in a 3d reconstruction of the Cidudela complex and it's temples . If i'm going to nitpick, I'd also note that the square geometric pattern visible on the building on the far end of the court isn't something that i've seen in Aztec art, or even really Mesoamerican art in general (though if I had to place it i'd say it looks Zapotec). A safe bet would be a Xicalcoliuhqui step fret based pattern, which is very common in the art of virtually every Mesoamerican civilization; if the developers aren't interested in painstakingly making a custom mural based on actual manuscripts and iconography.
I'd also note that while a view of a ball court works, I don't think it really highlights the unique elements of Aztec society or urbanism when all Mesoamerican societies had ballcourts. In fact, (and I note this again further down when disscusing the attire of Ball-players) there's VERY little depictions of the ball game or players among Aztec art (even Nahuan art as a whole, not just Mexica) relative to, say, Maya art. A view of a palace courtyard with a garden (I'm not sure the "asian" style of garden here is accurate, though, but I don't think that sort of hyper accuracy is needed here), or of canals and chinampas, would be better (likewise I think these would make a better emblematic quarter then a sacrificial altar, but I realize that's not changing): The Aztec placed a huge emphasis importance on botany, herbal, medicine, using them to ward off misasma and the like, to the point where they had formal taxonomic systems for categorizing plant life and Tenochtitlan was largery built out of artificial islands used for aquaculture with canal,s between them, with many impressive aquaduct and dike systems; etc. This, especially the botany stuff, is what makes them unique; though keep in mind for the latter option that not many canals reached very deep into the city center, as the center of Tenochtitlan was natural ground, not chinampas, though according to various maps there was a canal close to the ceremonial precinct behind Moctezuma II's palace in front of his zoo/garden.
Clothing & Fashion Accuracy
For clothing of the spectators, things are entirely off. Both the men and women here are shown with random geometric tatoos, the women are wearing blouses which leave the shoulders and upper chest exposed; and the men just have loincloths and random collars on, piercings made out of bone, wierd headbands, etc. The hairstyles are off too generally (though I do see some signature hair-knots on some men). I noted before how the clothing and fashion here seems to have some Maya influences, but even for the Maya things are pretty off, and I'm sensing a lot of influence from Mel Gibson's Apocalypo, which... is not a good idea. The Women should primarily be wearing a garment as huipilli: these are blouses, but they cover the upper chest, shoulders, and sometimes the arms as well (note here the woman in the red dress is Maya, not Nahua/Aztec). The men, in addition to loincloths (sometimes a cloth tied to the hip was also worn over the breechcloth, but more on that in the ball player section), should generally have a mantle/cloak known as tilmatl, worn in different styles depending on social class. A basic huipilli and tilmatl should be white or biege with perhaps small color accents, but those worn by nobles had rich patterns: often with floral or avian motifs (especially for huipilli), geometric designs, marine or animal motifs, etc.
Nobles would also have a variety of jewelry: earrings, piercings (notably for labrets for men), necklaces, braclets, etc. You would NOT see the big feathered headdresses associated with Mesoamerican civilizations and Moctezuma in particular: The Aztec did use them, but not very often relative to other garments, not in the way often depicted (they were curved, like Great Plain Indian's feather headdresses) and seemingly mostly in military contexts; nor was it a "crown": The Aztec equivalent to a crown was rather a turquoise mosaic diadem, which you can see in this set of infographs for the typical regalia and dress of royalty. However, noble men DID often wear feather-tassel garments known as Quetzallalpiloni (the Jaguar warrior in the current art actually has one of these which is nice, as some were seemingly built into helmets though a bit of a fanciful one, but it's a game, so that's fine). For hair, men generally had a very distinctive "bowl cut" hairstyle, often with a large tuft or knot on the top, though the presence and style of said knot varied depending on social and military rank. You can see a variety of hairsyles and helmets/martial regalia in this image, but the typical civillian hairstyles and dress are towards the bottom. Women had more common variation in styles, but a variety of bulbous knots and braids such as along the sides were pretty typical. Body and face paint wasn't really used much in general everyday contexts, aside from some women using yellow paint, as that was fashionable.
The main exception to what I noted about hair for men and body/face paint was for priests: Priests often had black paint, and their hair was messy and unwashed (an exception from the normally stringent hygiene norms in Aztec society) caked with dried blood. Priests likewise had a variety of special ornaments and bits of regalia and various ceremonial outfits, much like what you see deities depicted with, but i'm not going to go into this much as A: I'm honestly not that familiar with the variations, function or names of these,other then a shirt/jacket garment known as a Xicolli, and a ceremonial (and perhaps sometimes secular-high status) garment for women known as a Quechquemitl, and B: as the art is now there's no priests shown, though it would make sense for a few to be present... in fact, they may have played ritualistic ball matches in the above getups, based on some pages of the Borgia Codex (though the Borgia is probably not Mexica).
On that note, in regards to the Ball Players: The current Card Art has them more or less wearing the same thing as the spectators (though the person at the bottom of the image in shadow seems to have one of those highly ornamented ceremonial outfits I noted). There's actually not a lot of depictions of Aztec ballplayers, even if you go by Nahuas in general rather then just Mexica, so I actually had to do a bit of research and asking around here. Based on what I was able to find, the few depictions we have (aside from the prior two images of priests in a ritualistic match) seems to just show players with a breechcloth, lacking the hair topknot., with some also showing some sort of hand protector covering the top of their hands.
That second image there (from Duran's History of the Indies of New Spain) also makes it easier to notice something I missed at first (and i'm editing in now), which is that they seem to have an additional skirt garment known as a hip-cloth in Indian Clothing Before Cortes in the first image (you can see another worn by the man on the bottom left in this depiction from the Codex Magliabecchiano), or thigh-waist protector of some kind in the second. I didn't think anything of these initially, as an additional cloth tied around the waist over the breechcloth is just something you see in depictions sometimes and is seemingly just something people wore at times without a clear class or context based association (The only real pattern I see is it tends to get depicted more often with a man who doesn't have a tilmatli on). But, in this second image from Duran, now that i'm looking close, clearly a different kind of garment, seemingly wrapped around each thigh or the waist, with the band of the breechcloth resting above it and likewise the tassels/ends hanging off the breechcloth's knot laid ovein front of it... I really don't know what this is, but in light of it's presence and that seems to be colored the same way as the handguards, I think it's meant to be some sort of protective garb, and perhaps the hip-cloth serves a similar purpose in this context: Some variants of the ball game did use the hips and thighs for hitting the ball, and a waist protector known as a Yoke is common in art of Maya ball players, though Maya Yokes were very different looking and were bigger, thicker, and more complex pieces of equipment.
Accuracy of the Jaguar Warrior art
The Jaguar Warrior, is, aside from the Quetzallalpiloni, almost entirely off. To begin with, the main garment/armor he should be wearing is a Tlahuiztli, this is a "onsie" suit which covered the whole body, from the neck or shoulders down to ankles, and was made of thick cloth, and then a mosiac of thousands of feathers, the different colors arranged to make different patterns, in this case jaguar spots. The colors need not be yellow and such as an actual jaguar, as we have examples of Jaguar patterned tlahuitzli in red, blue and white and potentially other colors. Some sources do suggest that commoners who entered the Jaguar order via merit would have had suits made from actual Jaguar pelts instead, but this isn't consistently stated. The helmet (Cuacalalatli) was made of hardwood, and may have also had feather mosiac coverings and impeded precious stone and metal bits. (Something I think is really neat and would be awesome if it was borrowed for the Humankind art is how the Blue Jaguar tlahuiztli art by Angus Mcbride I linked earlier uses the red and white iconographic symbol for the Jaguars's eye that represent eyes or stars in the Mixteca-Puebla style common in Central-Mesoamerican art),
Technically the Jaguars, and any other soldier with a Tlahuiztli would also have Ichcahuipilli, which is a padded vest or tunic (like Eurasian Gambeson armor) worn under the Tlahuitzli (or alone by mid-ranking soldiers who didn't have Tlahuiztli or the even more prestigious Ehuatl to wear over it) but I don't think it's that important to have the padding be visible bulging up from under the Tlahuitzli or anything; and just felt it was worth noting even it not necessarily relevant to the art. Likewise, while i'd like to note that the Jaguar and Eagle orders were actually the LEAST prestigious of the 4 Mexica knightly orders: The Cuachicqueh or Shorn Ones, seen here in yellow with the mowhawks was the most elite (there were other high ranking titles and positions outside of those 4 orders, some even of higher status, like the Tlacochcalcatl.) and would make a better Emblematic Unit, again, as I said with the emblmatic quarter, I realize that's not changing at this stage of development, and it's not that big a deal.
Aside from the colors and the proportions being a bit wacky and some other fanciful bits, the helmet in the current art is okay, it's within acceptable limits to spice it up for the sake of it being a game, I guess. I'd suggest that the shield pattern be altered to something that was actually used, though: We have dozens of examples of actual shield patterns, which I have linked both Mexica and other Nahua examples of here and here from Armies of the Aztec and Inca Empires, Other Native Peoples of The Americas, and the Conquistadores (which isn't actually that good a source but as a quick reference of shield and banner types it's useful), there's really no need to invent a fake one as the current art does. Shields, or at least the fancier ones used by Jaguars and other high-status soldiers, had either a thick woven reed or hardwood backing and then a padded/thick cloth layer over it, and then feather mosiac to make the pattern, previous stone/gold bits, etc. Shields often had a feather fringe around the edges, and the bottom edge often had leather strips/flaps or feather tassels extending from the bottom.
I'll also link THIS compilation of (mostly) back-mounted banners/standards. I don't think he'd NEED one for the art, but it wouldn't be unusual for a soldier of status like a Jaguar to have one, these were given to higher ranking soldiers or officers/captains of divisions for coordination, like the flags mounted to Japanese Smurai or the crests used by the Romans. Macuahuitl don't usually have engraved patters on them, but that's just me nitpicking, it's fine. Likewise, just as a bonus, you may also want to have some Atlatl darts/arrows held behind the shield, as that's where soldiers stored them, and it's very possible a Jaguar, even if he had a Macuahutil, would also have an atlatl... again, though, this and the Macuahuitl pattern thing aren't big deals.
Further References
For people interested in more or if the developers want more art references, I highly suggest seeking out the following, some of whose art I used for the above links. I know some of these people were brought up on Twitter and some were trying to be humble and noted their art wasn't perfect, but their use of art, architectural, and fashion motifs and designs is much better then the current Aztec Culture art and would be good references regardless of minor errors or stylistic concessions they make.
- Paintings of Aztec Cityscapes and street scenes by Scott and Stuart Gentling
- Art of recreations of Mesoamerican fashion (both clothing, hairstyles, etc, including Aztec) by Kamazotz/Zotzcomic
- Art of clothing and building interiors by Rafael Mena (also here ) (be careful you don't mix up his Aztec vs Maya vs Totonac vs Mixtec stuff, it's not clearly labelled at times, read descriptions!)
- Art of clothing and street scenes by OHS688 (note that his work is often anthro/furry, but the archtecture and clothing is on point regardless)
- Paintings of Aztec soldiers and other historical soldiers by Angus Mcbride (mostly from Osprey Publishing books, note that while Angus's art is generally great, the information in the books's in terms of text or even descriptions of his art can be off)
- Art of Aztec street scenes and building interiors and clothing/historical figures by Nosuku-K (see also here, they also have a blog and some other sites) (their art is in a manga/anime "chibi" style, but again, the actual designs are generally accurate, just make sure you don't get their stuff for other cultures such as Mesopotamia mixed up with their Mesoamerican work)
- The Free, online Aztec Empire Webcomic, which is easily the best telling of the Cortes expediton and the fall of the Aztec, and is meticlously well researched for both narrative and visuals. It relies a lot on using Teotihuacano mural/fresco patterns for Aztec structures, worth noting, but IMO that's an acceptable crutch to lean on, especially when limited to floral and geometric motifs (The Aztec took a lot of influence from Teotihuacano art)
I also have a large collection of other art (such as some by the people I noted above who don't have online accounts/platforms or that only shows up in out of print books) and photos I'm happy to share; and i'm likewise happy to answer questions and give further information; if anybody is interested, please DM me.
Additionally, for more information about Mesoamerican history, see my 3 comments here:
- In the first comment, I notes how Mesoamerican and Andean socities way more complex then people realize, in some ways matching or exceeding the accomplishments of civilizations from the Iron age and Classical Anitquity, be it in city sizes, goverment and political complexity, the arts and intellecualism, etc
- The second comment explains how there's also more records and sources of information than many people are aware of for Mesoamerican cultures, with certain civilizations having hundreds of documents and records on them; as well as the comment containing a variety of resources and suggested lists for further reading, information, and visual references; and
- The third comment contains a summary of Mesoamerican history from 1400BC, with the region's first complex site; to 1519 and the arrival of the spanish, as to stress to people just how many different civilizations and states existed and how much history actually occurred in that region, beyond just the Aztec and Maya
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Body Piercings Look Cool and Trendy
| https://preview.redd.it/16bwc9sfru961.jpg?width=322&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f54ee83e7f7d6c61acbeae36f95b18f80ee0bb74 Body piercings simply look amazing on almost every person. Many people get attracted to body piercing as they have an aesthetic attraction. Ear, belly, tongue, lips and nose are the popular places where you will notice people wearing piercings. You will find several online stores offering beautiful piercings, from belly bar piercings to nose studs and more. Before buying piercings online do a bit of research on what kinds of jewelry works best with specific body piercing and also how to take care of your jewelry. Choose Suitable Jewelry for Your Belly Piercing Shopping for jewelry to adorn your navel piercing can be very exciting. You will find so many designs from classic to funky that you might want to buy them all. Dangling belly bar is immensely popular; but consider some factors such as materials, sizes and more before placing your order. In case you are not sure about the size, you can measure the one you are currently wearing to get an idea. Some popular online sites offer the hottest new designs of belly bar piercings. You will find several designs in several shapes like circles, ovals, heart, flowers, animals and more. Choose the shape and color based on what compliments your style. However, choose an oversized belly bar, only if you want to wear it for a short period. If you are looking for something for regular use, choose something that is smooth as well as durable. Cartilage Piercings is a Growing Trend Ear piercings are the most popular form of piercing all over the world and something that will never go out of style. Ear Piercing have evolved over the years and you no longer have to wear one piercing in each year. Though ear lobe piercing is very common and looks amazing, getting piercings done on the cartilage of your ears looks unique and fashionable. You will find countless options for ear piercings, including a plethora of cartilage piercing jewelry, to choose from. The right design will add a sparkle to your face. Body Jewelry Makes You Look Unique Different body piercing need different kinds of jewelry so that you can adorn it comfortably. Wearing the wrong or low- quality jewelry can cause discomfort, irritation or infection. When looking for body jewellry, you can opt for high quality materials such as surgical steel that gives the appearance of silver, or tarnish free titanium jewelry, acrylic and more. While buying body jewelry online, you will have to consider the thickness of the jewelry, the length for straight barbells and more. When looking for body Jewellery online, check several websites and look for the one that sells the same products as the picture, and make sure to check the description carefully. Also, go through the return, exchange and refund policy. Look for jewelry that fits in your budget and cheap body piercing jewelry does not necessarily mean low quality product. Buy your body jewelry from Piercing World, a reliable website selling high quality body Jewellery for your piercings, at reasonable prices. You are sure to like the plethora of products that they have to offer. submitted by buypiercing to u/buypiercing [link] [comments] |
My personal Collection! (In List Form)
Here’s a List of my collection, I collect all kinds of things, not just a specific item type!
I love finding things I don't have or haven't seen before!
If you have any questions I can try my hardest to answer for you and if you want to see any specific item I can post a photo for you!
(except most of the folklore merch for obvious reasons lol) Just let me know!
________________________________________ CD Collection: Taylor Swift Era: Albums
- - Taylor Swift Original 2006 Unedited Release
- - Taylor Swift Original 2006 Unedited Release (BK02 Pressing)
- - Taylor Swift Original 2006 Unedited Release (BK03 - RARE Pressing)
- - Taylor Swift Original 2006 Unedited Release (Open Road - Canada)
- - Taylor Swift Original 2006 Unedited Release (Open Road - Canada (Sealed w/hype sticker)
- - Taylor Swift Original 2006 Unedited Release (sealed w/hype sticker)
- - Taylor Swift Limited Deluxe Edition CD/DVD x2 (1 sealed w/hype sticker)
- - Taylor Swift Limited Deluxe Edition CD/DVD (Target Edition)
- - Taylor Swift 2008 Re-Release
- - Taylor Swift 2008 Re-Release (sealed)
Vinyl
- - Taylor Swift Vinyl
- - Taylor Swift RSD Colored Vinyl #350/3,750
- - Tim McGraw Limited Edition Numbered Vinyl #277/4000
- - Tim McGraw Limited Edition Numbered Vinyl #280/4000
- - Teardrops On My Guitar LE Colored Numbered Vinyl #1733/4000
- - Teardrops On My Guitar LE Colored Numbered Vinyl #1734/4000
- - Our Song LE Colored Numbered Vinyl #863/4000
- - Our Song LE Colored Numbered Vinyl #2566/4000
- - Picture To Burn LE Colored Numbered Vinyl #2902/4000
- - Picture To Burn LE Colored Numbered Vinyl (trying to get another one)
- - Should’ve Said No LE Colored Numbered Vinyl #142/4000
- - Should’ve Said No LE Colored Numbered Vinyl #2419/4000
- - Should’ve Said No LE Colored Number Vinyl #3668/4000
- - Should’ve Said No LE Colored Number Vinyl #3669/4000
Misc…
- - Taylor Swift Karaoke Edition CD/DVD
- - Beautiful Eyes EP (Walmart Release)
- - Beautiful Eyes EP (Walmart Release) (sealed w/hype sticker) x8 or 9 (lost count)
- - CMA New Artist’s Compilation
Fearless Era: Albums
- - Fearless (Standard) x6 (1 Sealed w/hype sticker) (3 are also signed)
- - Fearless (Target Exclusive CD/DVD)
- - Fearless (Walmart Exclusive)
- - Fearless (Open Road - Canada)
- - Fearless (UK Roundcase Edition)
- - Fearless (Malaysia Edition)
- - Fearless (Platinum Edition US) x4 (1 is also signed)
- - Fearless (Platinum Edition Gold Foil Cover)
- - Fearless (Platinum Edition Target Exclusive) x2
- - Fearless (Platinum Edition Walmart Exclusive) x2
- - Fearless (Platinum Edition - China Limited Edition w/slipcase)
Singles
- - Love Story (2 Track German Single)
- - Love Story (3 track UK Single)
- - Love Story (3 track Australian Single)
- - Fifteen (2 track Single)
Boxsets
- - Fearless UK Promo Love Story Box
- - Fearless Boxset x2 (1 sealed)
Vinyl
- - Fearless (Platinum Edition) Vinyl
- - Fearless (Platinum Edition) RSD Colored Vinyl #30 /3,750 (sealed)
- - Fearless (Platinum Edition) RSD Colored Vinyl #625 /3,750
CMA Consideration
- - Entertainer Redefined CMA Consideration
Misc..
- - Fearless Karaoke Edition CD/DVD
- - Holiday Collection (2009 Target Release) x2
- - Sounds of the Season Holiday Collection
- - The Hannah Montana Movie Soundtrack
DVDsBluray
- Journey To Fearless (Bluray w/slipcover)
- Journey To Fearless (Walmart Exclusive x2 - 1 sealed w hype sticker)
- Just For You (DVD)
Speak Now Era: Albums
- - Speak Now (Standard) x3 (2 are also signed)
- - Speak Now (US Deluxe)
- - Speak Now (Target Deluxe) x2
- - Speak Now (Hong Kong Deluxe)
- - Speak Now (Starbucks Edition w/slipcover)
- - Speak Now (Open Road - Canada)
Singles
- - Mine (2 track German single)
- - Mine (2 track US Single)
- - Ours (2 Track Walmart Single) x2
- - Sparks Fly #633 Limited Edition Single
- - The Story of Us #811 Limited Edition Single
- - Mean #2421 Limited Edition Single
CMA/ACM Considerations
- - Speak Now (ACM Consideration w/slipcover)
- - Speak Now (Target Deluxe - CMA Consideration w/slipcover)
- - Seeing Is Believing (ACM Consideration - Speak Now World Tour Target Edition)
Speak Now World Tour
- - Speak Now World Tour CD/DVD
- - Speak Now World Tour CD/DVD (Target)
- - Speak Now World Tour CD/BLURAY
Vinyl
- - Speak Now Vinyl
- - Speak Now RSD Colored Vinyl #1,816 /7,000
Misc…
- - Speak Now Karaoke Edition CD/DVD
- - Valentine’s Day Soundtrack
Red Era: Albums
- - Red Zinepak 16 Track Limited Edition Walmart Release
- - Red (Target Deluxe) x2 (1 sealed)
- - Red (Standard) x2 (1 sealed) (1 is also signed)
- - Red (Starbucks Edition Digipak) x2 (1 Sealed)
- - Red (German Edition)
- - Red (Taiwan Deluxe Edition with cards)
Singles
- - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (1 Track Walmart Single) x2 (1 sealed)
- - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together #261 Limited Edition Single
- - Begin Again #28 Limited Edition Single
- - I Knew You Were Trouble. #2388 Limited Edition Single
- - I Knew You Were Trouble. #754 Limited Edition Single
- - 22 #173 Limited Edition Single
- - Red #1904 Limited Edition Single
Vinyl
- - RED Vinyl
- - RED RSD Colored Vinyl #505 /7,000
Misc…
- - Red Karaoke Edition CD/DVD
1989 Era: Albums
- - 1989 Standard x4 (Walmart Exclusive)
- - 1989 Standard x2
- - 1989 (Target Deluxe)
- - 1989 (Target Deluxe) (sealed)
- - 1989 (Japan Tour Edition)
- - 1989 (Taiwan Deluxe Edition)
Singles
- - Shake It Off (Limited Edition) Single x2
- - Shake It Off (2 track) German Single
- - Blank Space (2 track) German Single
Vinyl
Misc…
- - 1989 Karaoke Edition CD/DVD
reputation Era: Albums
- reputation (Target Exclusive Magazine Vol 1) x3 (2 sealed)
- reputation (Target Exclusive Magazine Vol 2) x3 (2 sealed)
- reputation (Standard) x6
- reputation (UPS Exclusive with photos)
- reputation (UPS Limited Edition Commemorative Bundle)
- reputation (Tour VIP Bundle) x2
Singles
- - Look What You Made Me Do (German 2 track single) x4 (3 sealed)
Cassette
- reputation (Urban Outfitters Exclusive)
Vinyl
- - reputation (Picture Disc)
- - reputation (FYE Exclusive Orange Vinyl) x2 (1 sealed)
DVDs
- reputation Stadium Tour Netflix EMMY FYC DVD x2
Lover Era: Albums
- Lover (Standard Edition) x4 (3 sealed)
- Lover (Target Edition V1)
- Lover (Target Edition V2)
- Lover (Target Edition V3)
- Lover (Target Edition V4)
- Lover (Europe Boxset)
- Lover (Japan CD+DVD Special Edition)
- Lover (Taiwan Edition) (sealed)
Singles
- ME! Jewel Case Single x2 (1 sealed)
- ME! Billboard Rehearsal Jewel Case Single
Vinyl
- ME! (Limited Edition 7’ Vinyl #1) x2 (1 sealed)
- ME! (Limited Edition 7’ Vinyl #2) x2 (1 sealed)
- ME! (Limited Edition 7’ Vinyl #3) x2 (1 sealed)
- ME! (Limited Edition 7’ Vinyl #4) x2 (1 sealed)
- ME! (Limited Edition 12’ Picture Disc Vinyl) x2
- ME! (Limited Edition Billboard Rehearsal 7’ Vinyl)
- ME! (Limited Edition Billboard Rehearsal 12’ Picture Vinyl)
- Lover (Target Exclusive Colored Vinyl) x2 (1 sealed)
Cassette
- Lover (Urban Outfitters Exclusive) x2 (1 sealed)
Folklore Era Albums
- “in the trees” Limited Edition Deluxe x5 (4 are signed)
- “in the weeds” Limited Edition Deluxe x2
- “meet me behind the mall” Limited Edition Deluxe
- “betty’s garden” Limited Edition Deluxe
- “stolen lullabies" Limited Edition Deluxe
- “hide-n-seek” Limited Edition Deluxe
- “running like water” Limited Edition Deluxe
- “clandestine meetings” Limited Edition Deluxe
- “meet me behind the mall” Limited Edition Deluxe (Target Edition) x2
- “in the trees” Limited Edition Deluxe (Clean Version) x2
- “in the trees” Taiwan Edition with obi
- “in the trees” Taiwan Edition with slipcase x2 (1 sealed)
Singles
- “cardigan” Limited Edition Cd Single x2 (1 sealed)
- “cardigan - Cabin in Candlelight" version Limited Edition Cd Single x2 (1 sealed)
Vinyl
- “in the trees" Limited Edition Vinyl
- “in the weeds" Limited Edition Vinyl
- “meet me behind the mall” Limited Edition Vinyl
- “betty’s garden” Limited Edition Vinyl
- “stolen lullabies Limited Edition Vinyl
- “hide-n-seek” Limited Edition Vinyl
- “running like water” Limited Edition Vinyl
- “clandestine meetings” Limited Edition Vinyl
- “cardigan” 7’ Limited Edition Gold Vinyl
- “cardigan” 12’ Limited Edition Gold Vinyl
- “cardigan” 12’ Limited Edition Picture Disc x2
- “cardigan - Cabin in Candlelight” version 7’ Limited Edition White Vinyl
- “cardigan - Cabin in Candlelight" version 12’ Limited Edition White Vinyl
Cassettes
Shirts/Hoodies/Scarves/Towels/Hats: Taylor Swift Era: - - 2007 Vintage Truck Tour Shirt x2
- - “Tim McGraw” Vintage Tour Shirt
- - Vintage Oceana 2007 Tour Shirt
- - Vintage Butterfly Tour Shirt (Canada Dates on back)
- - Vintage Butterfly Tour Shirt (Different Dates)
- - Vintage Butterfly Tour Shirt (Different Dates-Longer List)
- - Vintage Our Song Tour Shirt (Women’s size)
- - Vintage Our Song Tour Shirt (Regular fit)
- - Vintage Stay Beautiful Shirt
- - LOVE LOVE LOVE , Love Taylor Shirt
- - TS Cadet Hat
Fearless Era: - - Trio (Green/Blue) Taylor Tour Shirt x2
- - Trio (White) Taylor Tour Shirt
- - Tea Party Blue Fearless Tour Shirt (Dates on Back) x4
- - Tea Party Blue Fearless Tour Shirt (No Dates)
- - Tea Party Red Fearless Tour Shirt
- - Tea Party Blue Shirt (Online Exclusive)
- - Yellow Fearless Cover Tour Shirt
- - Taylor Live! Tour Shirt
- - Black Fearless Tour Shirt
- - Black Tour Shirt (No dates on back)
- - Fearless Guitar Shirt
- - Fearless Guitar Shirt (blue design)
- - Babydoll from Boxset
- - Fearless Guitars Hoodie x2
- - Fearless Tour (Red) Crew Shirt
- - Fearless Tour (Grey) Crew Shirt
- - Team Taylor Fearless 2009 Shirt
- - Fearless Tour (Purple) Beach Towel
- - Purple Stripes White Shirt
- - l.e.i Purple Face Shirt
- - Polka Dot Tunic by Taylor from l.e.i
- - Pink Bandana from Justice
- - Swift Fearless Tour Cadet Hat
- - Justice Beautiful Eyes Photo Shirt
Speak Now Era: - - Speak Now Red Tour Shirt
- - Speak Now Back To December Tour Shirt
- - Speak Now Forest Tour Shirt
- - Speak Now Skyline Tour Shirt
- - Speak Now Blue Babydoll Tour Shirt
- - Speak Now Green Tour Shirt
- - Speak Now White Long Sleeve Tour Shirt
- - Lucky 13 St. Patrick’s Shirt
- - YATBTTHEBMine Shirt
- - Mine Guitar Shirt
- - Target Speak Now Shirt
- - Mean Shirt
- - Purple Face Shirt
- - Speak Now Crew (BHP) Tour Shirt (Green)
- - Speak Now Crew (Riggers) Tour Shirt (Purple)
- - Speak Now Crew (Video) Tour Shirt (Red)
- - Taylor Swift Hoodie x2
- - Purple Face Tee
- - Speak Now Scarf
- - Speak Now Gloves
- - Speak Now Hat
- - Speak Now Tour Hat
- - Love Love Love Socks
- - Butterfly Hat x2
Red Era: - - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together Tee
- - “Red” Standing Tee
- - Red Deluxe (Target) Tee
- - Windswept Fashion Top (White)
- - Silver Stripes Red Tour Shirt
- - Sitting Red Tour Shirt
- - Red Cover Red Tour Shirt
- - White Squares Tee
- - Red Tour Ticket Tee
- - Red Face Tee
- - Red Glasses Tee
- - White Glasses Tee
- - Hat Tour Tee
- - Black Shorts Tour Tee
- - Red Tour Fitted Jersey
- - Red Tour Jersey
- - Red Tour Crew (Riggers) Tour Shirt (Purple)
- - Red Tour Crew (Loaders) Tour Shirt (Black)
- - White ‘RED’ Title Chiffon Scarf
- - Black ‘RED’ Title Chiffon Scarf
- - Black & Red ‘Taylor Swift’ Chiffon Scarf
- - Meredith Beach Towel
- - Red ‘Faces’ Beach Towel
- - Red ‘Sunglasses’ Towel
- - 3 pc Kitchen set (Red version)
- - RED Hoodie
1989 Era: - - 1989 Deluxe (Target) Tee
- - 1989 Black Hoodie
- - Bad Blood Video Tee
- - Red 1989 Tour Promo Shirt
- - 1989 Tour Crew Shirt (Grey)
- - 1989 Tour Crew Shirt (Purple)
- - Navy Skyline Tour Shirt x2
- - Black Neon Script Tour Shirt
- - White Tour Shirt
- - Long Sleeve Tour Shirt
- - Photo Muscle Tour Shirt
- - 1989 Tour Trucker Hat
- - 1989 Tour Diet Coke Crew Shirt
- - 1989 Tour Xfinity Crew Shirt
- - 1989 Circle Seagull Shirt
- - Style Baseball Shirt
- - Formula 1 Event Shirt
- - Style Sweater
- - Postage Shirt
- - 1989 Towel
- - 1989 Pot Holder
- - 1989 Oven Mitt
- - 1989 White Jersey Tee
- - 1989 Tour Hoodie
- - 1989 Tour Tank (grey)
- - 1989 Block Jersey Tee
- - 1989 Style Face Ocean Tee
- - Custom design Tour Shirt
Reputation Era: - - Target Exclusive Shirt
- - I Love TS Shirt
- - Side Photo Shirt
- - Rep Hat
- - Black Rep Zip Hoodie
- - Rep Socks
- - Rep Tour Shirt #1 (no dates)
- - Rep White Stadium Towel
- - Rep Black Stadium Towel
- - Grey/Gold Tour Shirt
- - Block Tour Shirt
- - Heather Grey Tour Shirt
- - White Tour Tee
- - Green Snake Tour Tee x2
- - rep Tour Trucker Hat
- - LWYMMD Socks
- - Taylor Swift Now REP shirt
- - rep Pullover Snake Hoodie
- - rep Tour Black Snake Hoodie
- - Black Shoulder Cut out Top
- - White Block Album Cover Tee
- - rep Tour Green Jacket
- - Green Snake Hoodie
- - rep Distressed Sweater
- - Heather Grey Tour Shirt (with dates)
- - Snake Tank
- - rep Tour White Long Sleeve
- - rep Long Sleeve
- - Dark Grey Muscle Shirt
Lover Era: - ME! Tie Dye Photo Tee x2
- Album Cover Sky Tee x2
- Monochrome Album Cover Tee
- Snakes & Butterflies Tee
- Lover Snakes & Butterflies Tee (Amazon Exclusive)
- Lover Photo Snakes & Butterflies LS (Amazon Exclusive)
- Lover Butterfly Socks
- Lover Burger & TS Fries Hat
- Lover Marble Dye w/ Tracklist Tee (Stella x Taylor Collab)
- Miss Americana Shirt
- Lover Tee (Target)
Folklore Era: - “betty’s garden” shirt
- “Stars Around My Scars” Blue Pullover
- “tying you to me” shirt
- “Stars Around My Scars” Maroon Pullover
- Taylor Swift Eras Hoodie
- “meet me behind the mall” Mauve socks
- “never have i ever before” Green socks
- “cancel plans just in case you’d call” Tan socks
- “for the hope of it all” Grey socks
- ‘in the trees’ Green Hoodie
Keds: - - Red Tour Keds
- - Sneaky Cat Keds (Black)
- - 1989 World Tour Keds
- - Green Chevron Keds
- - Cherry Blossom Keds
- - Navy Hearts Keds
- - White Gold Glitte Black Dots Keds
- - 1989 Seagull Keds
- - Black with Gold and White Dots Keds
Posters: - - Standing (Target)
- - Red Deluxe (Target) x2 (one is damaged)
- - Red Cover
- - Porch
- - Rolling Stone (Store bought) x2
- - Rolling Stone (From Big Machine)
- - Red Squares
- - Taylor Nation Fearless
- - 2 Speak Now Tour posters
- - 6 US Weekly posters
- - 1 Giant US Weekly poster
- - Red TourBook Poster
- - Red Dress
- - Fearless Floating
- - Red Tour
- - 1989 FYE Promo
- - 1989 Sitting Poster
- - 1989 Roof Top Poster
- - Poster from M magazine
- - 2 different Posters from Tiger Beat magazine
- - Poster from Pop Star magazine
- - ‘Red’ Sunglasses Poster from Quizfest magazine
- - ‘Red’ Dock Poster from M magazine
- - Bad Blood Video Poster #1
- - Bad Blood Video Poster #2
- - Bad Blood Video Poster #3
- - Wonderstruck poster
- - Wonderstruck Enchanted poster
- - Fearless Promo Poster
- - Fearless Tour Poster (rain)
- - Speak Now Promo Poster
- - Mine Promo Poster
- - Love Love Love Tour Poster
- - TS Love Love Love Promo Poster
- - Shake It Off Tour Poster
- - 1989 Tour Poster
- - Reputation Poster #1
- - Reputation Poster #2
- - Reputation Poster #3
- - Reputation Poster #4
- - Reputation Poster #5
- - Reputation Poster #6
- - Reputation Poster #7
- - Reputation Poster #8
- - Reputation Poster #9
- - Reputation Poster #10
- - Reputation Target Exclusive Poster x6
- - Reputation Double Sided Promo Poster (Korean) x2
- - Rep Tour (J-14)
- - Lover Poster V1
- - Lover Poster V2
- - Lover Poster V3
- - Lover Poster V4
- - Lover Promo Poster (Taiwan)
- - folklore Promo Poster (Taiwan)
Notebooks/Journal/Folders: Big
- - Porch x3
- - Sitting x3
- - Lake Sitting x3
- - Floral Top x2
- - Pond x3
- - Meredith x2
- - Field x2
- - Striped Shirt x4
- - Black Dress x3
Small
- - Meredith
- - Field x2
- - Sitting x2
- - Pond x3
- - Porch
- - Floral Top x2
- - Lake Sitting x3
- - Colored Porch
- - 1989 Tour
- - 1989 Lyrics x2
- - ATT Iridescent
Composition
- - Windswept x2
- - Looking Down x2
- - Sitting x2
- - Floral Top x2
- -“once in twenty lifetimes”
Journal
- - Remember This Moment… Journal (Black Cover) x3
- - Remember This Moment…. Journal (White Cover)
- - Blue Guitar Papyrus Journal
- - Chandelier Papyrus Journal
- - Butterfly Papyrus Journal
- - Bird Papyrus Journal
- - 1989 Lyrics Journal
- - Sky Painting Journal
- - reputation Journal
Folders
- - 1989 V1 x2
- - 1989 V2 X2
- - 1989 V2 X3
Pens
Movies: - - Valentine’s Day DVD
- - Hannah Montana: The Movie DVD
- - Hannah Montana: The Movie Bluray Combo
- - Just For You DVD
- - Journey To Fearless Bluray
- - Journey To Fearless (Walmart Edition DVD)
- - The Giver (Bluray combo)
- - The 1989 World Tour (Digital)
- - Cats Bluray
8x10 Photos/8x10 Magazine Photos: - - Fearless Gold Dress
- - Set of 4 Fearless Era photos
- - ACM Consideration Photo
- - Fearless CMA Consideration Photo
- - Speak Now CMA Consideration Photo
- - Speak Now
- - Speak Now (13 Hour M&G Photo)
- - Off the Shoulder
- - Porch
- - Hat
- - Skyline x2
- - Set of 6 Photos from America’s Sweetheart
- - ‘1989’ Picture from M magazine
- - Photo from J-14 magazine
- - Photo from Twist magazine
- - Fearless Tour photo
- - Wonderstruck Promo x2
- - Covergirl (9 different ones)
- - Wonderstruck
- - Wonderstruck Enchanted
- - Taylor by Taylor
- - Incredible Things
- - Keds
- - Black Space Experience
- - Coke (2 different)
- - Rolling Stone 2009 picture
- - Glamour 2010 picture
Meredith, Olivia & Benjamin Collection: - Stickers x4
- Pouch x2
- Meredith Pins
- Olivia Pins
- Meredith Patches
- Olivia Patches
- White Cat Tee
- Tie Dye Cat Tee
- Pen Set
- Taymoji Stickers
- Meredith Pillow
- Olivia Pillow
- Benji Watch
Books: - - Fearless 2009/2010 x3
- - Speak Now Release Week Book
- - Speak Now World Tour 2011 x2
- - Speak Now World Tour 3D
- - Red Tour 2013 x2
- - Red Photobook
- - Sony 8 Hours Photobook
- - Taylor Swift: The Platinum Edition
- - Taylor Swift: From the Heart
- - Taylor Swift by Andrew Vaughan
- - Taylor Swift: America’s Sweetheart
- - 1989 Tour 2015 x 2
- - This Is Our Song Book
- - reputation Tour 2018 x 2
Bags: - - Fearless Tour Merch Bag x2
- - Fearless Tour Drawstring Bag
- - Speak Now World Tour Drawstring
- - Speak Now World Tour Merch Bag x2
- - Red Drawstring x2
- - Red Tour Merch Bags x6
- - Red Tour VIP Bag x2
- - “Sitting” Tote
- - ‘Sunglasses’ Tote
- - “Meow” Tote
- - ‘Faces” Tote
- - Red Quilted Tote
- - Black Quilted Tote
- - 1989 Tote
- - 1989 Backpack
- - 1989 World Tour Drawstring
- - Taylor by Taylor Swift Purse (Neon Green)
- - Taylor by Taylor Swift Tote (Blue & Green)
- - Taylor by Taylor Swift Wristlet
- - Wonderstruck HoBo Handbag
- - Wonderstruck Tote Bag
- - Wonderstruck Clutch
- - Wonderstruck Enchanted Flower Tote
- - Wonderstruck Weekender Tote
- - Wonderstruck tote (blue lining)
- - Wonderstruck Tote/Shoulder Bag x2
- - Wonderstruck Clear Plastic Bag
- - Wonderstruck Enchanted Floral Tote
- - Wonderstruck Enchanted Tote
- - Wonderstruck Enchanted Handbag
- - Wonderstruck Enchanted Clear Plastic Bag
- - 1989 Tour VIP Messenger Bag x2
- - 1989 Tour Merch bags x5
- - Keds Tote Bag #1
- - Keds Tote Bag #2
- - Wonderstruck Makeup Bag x2
- - Rolling Stone Bag
- - WANEGBT Drawstring bag
- - Wonderstruck Coin Purse x2
- - 1989 Tour Make Up bag/Clutch
- - 1989 Tour Tote
- - Wonderstruck Promo Gift Bag
- - Wonderstruck Enchanted Promo Gift Bag
- - Rep New York Secret Session Tote Bag
- - ATT Iridescent Tote Bag
- - ATT Iridescent Makeup Bag
- - rep Pop Up Shop Tote Bag
- - rep Stadium Tour Clear Bag
- - rep Stadium Tour Bag x5
- - Taylor Swift Now Fanny Pack
- - Taylor Swift (Fearless) Backpack
- - 1989 Seagull Tote
- - 1989 Laundry Bag
- - Lover Tote Bag
Blankets/Pillows: - - Debut Throw
- - Fearless Throw
- - Speak Now Throw
- - Red Throw
- - Red (Target Deluxe) Throw
- - Red Logo Pillow
- - Red ‘Sitting’ Pillow
- - Red ‘Meredith’ Pillow
- - (Limited Edition) Platinum Albums Throw
- - 1989 Throw
- - 1989 Sunglasses Pillow
- - reputation Poem/Painting blanket
- - reputation Olivia Pillow
- - reputation Meredith Pillow
- - Lover Sherpa blanket
- - folklore blanket
Lithographs: - - Enchanted
- - Haunted
- - Birdcages x2
- - Red Tour
- - Summer Chair
- - RED
- - Mine
- - Back To December
- - Story of Us
- - Set of 4 1989 Tour VIP Lithographs x2
- - Full Face Litho 1989
- - Delicate Limited Edition Litho 68/2,000
- - Delicate Close Up Limited Edition Litho 1,844/2,000
- - reputation Stadium Tour Limited Edition Litho #1 532/2500
- - reputation Stadium Tour Limited Edition Litho #2 2071/2500
- - reputation Stadium Tour Limited Edition Litho #3 116/2500
- - reputation Stadium Tour Limited Edition Litho #4 599/1000
- - reputation 3D Litho
- - ME! Blue Sky & Glitter Litho x2 (1 damaged)
- - ME! Metallic Stars Litho x2 (1 damaged)
- - Lover Litho Set (from boxset)
- - Valentine’s Lover Litho
- - “meet me behind the mall” litho x2 (1 damaged)
- - “kingdom come undone” litho
- - “betty’s garden” litho
Autographs: - - Fearless Booklet x3
- - Fearless Platinum Booklet
- - Speak Now Booklet x2
- - Red Booklet
- - Nine Photos Framed Litho
- - ‘Red’ Porch 8x10 (printed)
- - Special Note from Taylor (Red) (printed)
- - Special Note from Taylor (1989) (printed)
- - CMA Consideration Thank You Note for Fearless (printed)
- - ACM Thank You Card for Red (printed)
- - 1989 Keychain (Etched)
- - 1989 Tour Neon Framed Litho
- - Lover Booklet
- - folklore Booklet x4
- - Valentine’s Photo (printed)
Standees/Advertisements: - - Red Stand Up CD Holder Display (sadly no holders)
- - 1989 Stand Up CD Holder Display
- - Justice Round Vinyl Advertisement
- - 1989 12x5 Advertisement
- - American Greeting Cards Display
- - Justice Display
- - reputation Stand Up CD Holder Display
- - American Greetings Display
- - Lover Stand Up CD Holder Display
Dolls: - - Pretty Melody (Purple Dress) Doll (MIB)
- - Red Carpet Ready Doll (MIB)
- - You Belong With Me Performance Doll (MIB)
- - Pretty in Pink Doll (MIB)
- - Pretty Melody (Pink Dress) Doll (MIB)
- - Our Song Performance Doll (MIB)
- - Holiday ‘Santa Baby” Performance Doll (MIB)
- - Our Song Performance Doll (MIB) (Different packaging)
- - Teardrops of My Guitar Performance Doll (MIB)
- - Picture To Burn Performance Doll (MIB)
- - Sundress Medley Doll (MIB)
- - Pretty in Pink Doll (MIB) (Different Packaging)
- - Doll Closet (For display only)
- - Pretty Melody (Teal Dress) Doll (MIB)
Tour Stuff: (other stuff is in other categories) - - License Plate from 2007 tour with Brad Paisley
- - Mousepad from 2007 tour with Brad Paisley
- - Fearless Laminate x 2
- - Fearless Lanyard x 4
- - Fearless Tour (Black Shirt) Teddy Bear
- - Fearless Tour (Blue Shirt) Teddy Bear
- - May 8, 2013 Red Tour Ticket
- - Red Tour Confetti
- - Red Tour Souvenir Ticket x2
- - Red Tour Diet Coke Straws x2
- - Red Tour Light Baton
- - 3D VIP Pass 2013 x2
- - Red Tour Lanyard x3
- - Red Tour Silver Ticket
- - Treacherous Tervis
- - The Red Tour Shoelaces x2
- - 2 September 18, 2015 1989 Tour Tickets
- - 2 September 17, 2015 1989 Tour VIP Tickets
- - 1989 Tour Lanyards x3
- - 1989 Tour 3D Laminates x3
- - 1989 Tour Cup x2
- - 1989 Tour VIP Keychain x2
- - 1989 Tour Magnet x2
- - 1989 Tour Black and Blue Sunglasses w/case x2
- - 1989 Tour Glow Baton
- - 1989 Xfinity USB Drive Keychain x2
- - 1989 Tour Cornetto Pen
- - 1989 Tour Cornetto Dog Tag Necklace
- - 1989 Tour Paper Airplane Confetti
- - 1989 Tour Poncho x2
- - Share a coke with Taylor Swift 1989 Tour Can
- - 1989 Tour Button Pack
- - reputation VIP Collector’s Box x2
- - reputation VIP Hardback Collector’s Book x2
- - reputation VIP Tour Patch x2
- - reputation VIP Tour Laminate x2
- - reputation VIP Tour Lanyard x2
- - reputation commemorative Tour Ticket and Holder x2
- - reputation Mug
- - reputation Huge Guitar Pick
- - reputation poncho
- - reputation light stick
- - reputation Tour Flag
- - Columbus Patch
- - Columbus Light Up Bracelets x3 (I found one)
- - Columbus Poster
- - Reputation Tour Keychain x2
- - Pittsburgh Patch
- - Pittsburgh Poster
- - rep confetti (tons)
- - rep confetti (shake it off)
- - rep Tour Sunglasses Black
- - rep Tour Sunglasses Silver
- - rep tour Sunglasses Gold
American Greeting Cards: - - Limited Edition Postcard x2
- - 4 Birthday Cards from VIP package
- - Singing Birthday Card (Fearless - Design 1) x2
- - Singing Birthday Card (Fearless - Design 2)
- - Singing Birthday Card (Stay Beautiful)
- - Singing Birthday Card (Starlight)
- - Singing Birthday Card (Mine)
- - Taylor in blue chair Card
- - 1 Purple Birthday card with Taylor on it
- - 6 Different Birthday cards
- - Memory Board Purple Bag
- - Guitar Gift Bag
- - Wish Gift Bag
- - Purple Thanks note card
- - Bird note card
- - Box of Thank You cards
- - Christmas Card
- - Valentine’s Day Card #155
- - Fearless Card
Perfume: Wonderstruck - - Wonderstruck Sample Card
- - Wonderstruck Magazine Samples
- - Wonderstruck .04 fl oz Vial
- - Wonderstruck Purse Vial
- - Wonderstruck .17 fl oz (mini with box) x 2
- - 3 Piece Wonderstruck set
- - 2 small box 3 piece Wonderstruck set
- - 2 Piece Wonderstruck set
- - 3 Piece Wonderstruck 1.7 oz set
- - 3 Piece Wonderstruck 3.4 fl oz Boxset
- - 3 Piece Wonderstruck 3.4 fl oz Boxset (Striped box)
- - 3 Piece Wonderstruck 3.4 fl oz Boxset (Mother’s Day)
- - Wonderstruck Rollerball
- - Wonderstruck Perfume Pencil
Wonderstruck Enchanted - - Wonderstruck Enchanted Sample card x2
- - Wonderstuck/WEnchanted/Taylor Spray Collection
- - Wonderstruck/Wonderstruck Enchanted sample vials combo pack
- - Wonderstruck/Wonerstruck Enchanted Perfume Pencils Boxset
- - Wonderstruck Enchanted Sample vial
- - 2 Piece Wonderstruck Enchanted Set
- - Wonderstruck Enchanted Rollerball
- - 4 Piece Wonderstruck Enchanted 3.4 oz Carrying Case set
- - Wonderstruck Enchanted Perfume Pencil
- - Wonderstruck Enchanted 3.4 fl oz & .33 oz Vaporiser with Jewelry box
- - Wonderstruck Enchanted 3.4 fl oz Mother’s Day Boxset
Taylor by Taylor Swift - - 2 Piece Taylor by Taylor Swift set
- - 3 Piece Taylor by Taylor Swift 1.7 oz set x3
- - 3 Piece Taylor by Taylor Swift 3.4 oz Carrying Case set
- - Taylor by Taylor Swift Perfume Pencil
- - Taylor by Taylor Swift Shimmer Blush x2
- - Taylor by Taylor Swift Body Lotion
- - Taylor by Taylor Swift Rollerball
- - Taylor by Taylor Swift Sample vial
- - Taylor by Taylor Swift .25 fl oz
- - Taylor by Taylor Swift 3.4 oz 3 Piece Boxset
- - Taylor by Taylor Swift Air Freshener x3
Taylor by Taylor: Made of Starlight - - Taylor by Taylor Swift: Made of Starlight 1 fl oz
- - Taylor by Taylor Swift: Made of Starlight 3.4 oz Musical Edition x2
- - Taylor by Taylor Swift: Made of Starlight 1.7 oz Musica Edition
- - Taylor by Taylor Swift: Made of Starlight/Taylor Rollerball x2
Incredible Things - - 3 Piece Incredible Things 1.7 oz set (1st Packaging)
- - 3 Piece Incredible Things 1.7 oz set (2nd Packaging) x2
- - Incredible Things Rollerball
- - Incredible Things Body Mist 8fl oz
- - Incredible Things 4pc Bath Set x2
- - Incredible Things .5 Oz
Calendars: 7x7
- - 2011
- - 2012
- - 2013 x2
- - 2014
- - 2015 x2
- - 2016
- - 2017
- - 2018
- - 2019
- - 2020
- - 2021
12x12
- - 2009/2010 (Edition 2)
- - 2011 - V1
- - 2011 - V2
- - 2011/2012 Speak Now World Tour
- - 2012 - V1
- - 2012 - V2
- - 2013 - V1
- - 2013 - V2
- - 2013/2014 Red Tour
- - 2014 - V1
- - 2014 - V2
- - 2015
- - 2015 (UK)
- - 2016
- - 2016 (UK)
- - 2017 1989 Tour
- - 2017 - V2
- - 2017 - (UK)
- - 2018 - V1
- - 2019
- - 2020
- - 2021 V1
- - 2021 V2 (pending)
- - 2021 V3 (pending)
Locker & Planners
- - 2012-2013 Locker Calendar
- - 2013 Locker Calendar
- - 2014 Big Planner
- - 2014 Pocket Planner
Slim Calendars
Bracelets/Necklaces/Rings/Headbands: - - LoveLoveLove Leather x2
- - Fearless Leather
- - Fearless Leather from Boxset
- - Speak Now Purple Leather
- - Speak Now Black Leather
- - Speak Now Rubber Bracelet Purple x2
- - Speak Now Rubber Bracelet Red x2
- - Red Rubber Bracelet x8
- - Red Rubber Bracelet Grey x4
- - Red Tour Glow
- - Key & Charms Brass Necklace
- - 1989 Hair Ties (gonna use them as bracelets)
- - 1989 White Rubber Bracelet x2
- - 1989 Black Neon Rubber Bracelet x2
- - Long Live Rubber Bracelet x2
- - Speak Now Black Rubber Bracelet x2
- - 1989 Tour Pink Rubber Bracelet x2
- - 1989 Tour Black Rubber Bracelet x2
- - Taylor Swift Aluminum Cuff
- - Speak Now Light Up Pin
- - Like Ever Necklace
- - Wonderstruck Charm Bracelet
- - Speak Now Necklace
- - Swiftie Necklace
- - ‘22’ Cat Ears with bag
- - Snake Ring (Green)
- - Snake Ring (Purple)
- - Snake Ring (Black)
- - Snake Ring (Silver)
- - Snake Ring (Rose Gold)
- - Snake Ring (Gold)
- - Whistle Necklace
- - White Lace Headband
- - Lover Ring Purple
Magazines: - - Blender April 2008
- - USA Weekend April 11-13, 2008
- - Seventeen Magazine June 2008
- - Country Weekly September 8, 2008
- - Shout UK 2009
- - Self Magazine March 2009
- - Rolling Stone March 5, 2009
- - Allure April 2009
- - Seventeen May 2009
- - Glamour August 2009
- - In Style December 2009
- - GL DecembeJanuray 2009
- - Cosmo Girl DecembeJanuary 2009
- - Cosmo Girl DecembeJanuary 2009 (Subscription cover)
- - Elle April 2010 (Subscription Cover)
- - Elle April 2010
- - Marie Clarie July 2010
- - Glamour Nov 2010
- - Allure December 2010
- - Entertainment Weekly December 2010
- - Seventeen Magazine January 2011
- - In Style June 2011
- - Teen Vogue August 2011
- - Billboard December 10, 2011
- - Vogue Feb 2012
- - Harper’s Bazaar April 2012 (Australia)
- - Rolling Stone October 25, 2012
- - Nov/Dec 2012 Web MD
- - Nov 2012 Glamour
- - Dec 2012 Harper’s Bazaar
- - Dec 2012 Cosmopolitan
- - Holiday 2012 The Hairbook
- - Holiday 2012 Walgreens AD
- - Billboard October 27, 2012
- - ELLE (Canada) Dec 2012
- - March 2013 ELLE
- - March 2013 ELLE US (Subscription Cover)
- - April 2013 Vanity Fair
- - Nov 2013 InStyle
- - Glamour UK Nov 2013
- - March 2014 Glamour
- - August/September 2014 GL (Girls Life)
- - September 2014 Rolling Stone
- - People Magazine Oct 20, 214
- - Nov 2014 In Style
- - Vogue UK November 2014
- - TIME Magazine Nov 24, 2014
- - UK Dec 2014 Cosmopolitan
- - FYE Holiday AD x5
- - Lucky Magazine Dec 2014/Jan 2015
- - Billboard Magazine Oct 25, 2008
- - Fashion Magazine Nov 2014
- - Wonderland Nov/Dec 2014
- - Billboard Magazine Dec 13, 2014
- - Conde Nast - Best Performances of 2014 Magazine
- - The Hollywood Reporter - Rule Breakers of 2014
- - People Style Watch Feb 2015
- - Vogue March 2015
- - Sophisticate’s Hairstyle Guide June/July 2015
- - Elle Magazine June 2015 Cover #1
- - Elle Magazine June 2015 Cover #2
- - Glamour UK June 2015 x2
- - Maxim June 2015
- - SouthWest Airlines Magazine May 2015
- - Vanity Fair September 2015 (Subscription Cover)
- - GQ November 2015
- - NME October 9, 2015 x2
- - Vogue Australia November 2015
- - Vogue May 2016
- - Vogue (Special Edition) 2016
- - Vogue (British) January 2018
- - NJ Industry Summer 2018
- - Harper’s Bazaar August 2018
- - Harper’s Bazaar (Subscription Cover) August 2018
- - ELLE UK April 2019 (newsstand cover)
- - ELLE UK April 2019 (subscription cover)
- - ELLE US April 2019
- - TIME 100 April/May 2019
- - Vogue US September (with box) x2
- - Rolling Stone Oct 2019
- - Billboard Dec 14, 2019
- - People Dec 16, 2019
- - British Vogue Jan 20
Collector Magazines:
- - Life Story Magazine August 2009 x2
- - Blast Presents Women of Country Music Featuring…Taylor Swift
- - US Weekly: Inside My World (Collector’s 2010) x2
- - Teen Party (Collector’s 2013)
- - US Weekly (Collector’s 2013)
- - The Hit Girl x2
- - US Weekly (Collector’s 2016) x2
- - Taylor Swift Superstar - Conde Nast 2016 Special Edition x2
- - FAME
- - reputation Target Vol 1 Magazine x3 (2 sealed)
- - reputation Target Vol 2 Magazine x3 (2 sealed)
- - Rolling Stone Collector Magazine June 2018
- - UK Queens of Pop 2019
Ornaments: - - Yellow Guitar
- - Sparkly Guitar
- - Metal Speak Now x2
- - Love Love Love x2
- - Red Guitar
- - Red Pattern Guitar
- - Polaroid
- - Metal 1989 Album Cover
- - Seagull Ball
- - 1989 Pink Metal x2
- - 1989 Metal
- - 1989 Color Bulb Set
Other Stuff: - - 6 Red Pick Pack x3 Sealed
- - 6 Collectible Moving Pick Pack x2 Sealed
- - 4 Pick Zinepak
- - Glow Stick x3
- - Keds Magnet x2
- - Sony DSC-W690 Camera (camera she sponsored)
- - Limited Edition Camera Box
- - Limited Edition Case
- - Red Stickers x9
- - Keds Flyers x5
- - Greeting Cards Flyers x5
- - 2 Diet Coke ads
- - 5 Cases of Taylor Diet Coke Collector Cans (All unfortunately exploded)
- - Fearless Photo Album x2
- - Fearless Boxset Thank You Note x2
- - Taylor Nation Sticker x2
- - l.e.i Mini ad x2
- - Taylor Collector card x2
- - Speak Now Lapel Pin Set
- - Red Tervis
- - Treacherous Tervis
- - iPhone 4s Case with Taylor on it x2 (for collection purposes only)
- - Red Logo iphone case (for collection purposes only)
- - Red ipad case (for collection purposes only)
- - Amplifier x3 (for collection purposes only)
- - Subway Collector Cups x2
- - 1989 Keychain x2
- - 1989 Pick pack x2
- - Polaroid set #1 x2
- - Polaroid set #2
- - Polaroid set #3
- - Polaroid set #4
- - Polaroid set #5 x2
- - Polaroid set (Japan)
- - 1989 Flash Drive
- - Limited Edition Banjo Tervis Water Bottle
- - Wonderstruck Tag
- - Wonderstruck Tag with Taylor on it x 2
- - Taylor by Taylor Swift Tag
- - Taylor Swift Name Tag x3
- - Taylor Swift Collection Tag x 3
- - Taylor Swift for Keds Tags x 2
- - Wonderstruck Enchanted Tag with Taylor on it
- - Wonderstruck Enchanted Tag
- - Wonderstruck Boxes x4
- - Wonderstruck Large Box
- - Wonderstruck Enchanted Box
- - Wonderstruck Enchanted Carrying Case
- - Taylor by Taylor Swift Boxes x2
- - Taylor by Taylor Swift Carrying Case
- - Incredible Things Box
- - TS Heart Keychain Gold
- - TS Heart Keychain Silver
- - Taylor Swift Pick Keychain x4
- - Taylor Swift for Keds boxes x 2
- - Pair of Cat Ears (no bag)
- - 1989 Tour Keds ad
- - ACM Consideration Voter Card
- - Wonderstruck Enchanted Pin
- - MGM Grand Key Card
- - 2009 Hand Heart Oval Keychain x2
- - Speak Now Picks with Tin Case x2
- - Wonderstruck Jewelry Box
- - CMA 2006 Keychain Flashlight
- - Grammy Museum Lobby card
- - 1989 Photo Frame
- - l.e.i. Promo Lanyard and Laminate
- - Holiday Mug
- - Taylor Swift Now Button
- - Taylor Swift Now Houston Pin
- - Wonderstruck Macy’s Lanyard
- - Snake Keychain x3
- - Rep Album Cover Phone Stand
- - Limited Edition Birthday Phone Stand
- - Rep New York Secret Session Snake Keychain
- - Snake Ring Rep Box x8
- - Rep Sticker
- - Rep Black Phone Stand
- - ATT Iridescent Water Bottle
- - ‘The Old Taylor’ Phone Case
- - Pink Limited Edition Rep Phone Stand
- - LWYMMD Puffy Sticker Set x3
- - Taylor Swift Now Popsocket x2
- - reputation Coaster set with tin case x 2
- - reputation shipping/kraft paper x20 sheets
- - ‘Fearless’ Era Logo Metal Keychain
- - 1989 Seagulls Stocking
- - Fearless Keychain
- - LoveLoveLove Stocking
- - LWYMMD Glitter Frame
- - New Years Days Glitter Frame
- - White Welcome to New York Sunglasses
- - Speak Now Drumsticks
- - Triangle Stocking
- - ME! Photo Popsocket
- - ME! Glitter Popsocket
- - Lover Cover Popsocket
- - Pastel Heart Confetti x13 orders
- - Lover Straw
- - Lover Pins
- - Lover Watch Box
- - Lover Amazon Box x2
- - Lover Popsocket
- - Lover Tattoos
- - Lover Box
- - Lover Cup Holder (Taiwan)
- - Lover Ring Box
- - Lover Yellow Glasses
- - Lover Pouch
- - Archer Mug
- - Lover Pin Set
- - Snowflake Confetti
- - Valentine’s confetti
- - Folklore Popsocket
- - the “are there still beautiful things?” keychain
- - the “in the trees” metal mug
- - “meet me behind the mall” Popsocket
- - “on cobblestones” bandana
- - “stolen lullabies” hair ties
- - “in the trees” keychain
- - “once in twenty lifetimes” phone case
- - “slipped away” water bottle
- - “still on that tightrope” popsocket
- - “on cobblestones” peach bandana
- - “august slipped away” Hourglass
- - folklore star confetti x5 so far
- - folklore postcard “betty’s garden”
- - folklore postcard 'hide-n-seek’
- - Taylor Eras Pins x2
- - Folklore Guitar Picks x2
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I'm 24 years old, a Software Engineer, and a shopaholic in NYC
Income - Base Income: $129,000
- Guaranteed Bonus: $18,000 (15% of base, but can get up to ~25% based on performance)
- Equity: $60,000 a year ($240,000 total vested monthly over 4 years, eligible to receive an equity refresh each year based on performance)
Debt No debt/student loans; extremely grateful to my parents who paid for my tuition. I also worked 15-20 hours a week in college to pay for rent/food/books, etc.
Monthly Expenses - Pre-Tax:
- 401K: $2,680 (playing catch-up right now; employer matches 50% up to max contribution)
- HSA: $140
- Health/Vision/Dental/Life Insurance: $20, company perks are great
- Transit: $120
- Rent: $1,800 (my share for the $4,100 1-bedroom in Manhattan I share with my boyfriend J)
- Investment Account or HYSA: $1,500
- Curology: $40 (I pay both mine and my little sister's bi-monthly subscription)
- Dance classes: $25 (I get $55 gym reimbursement from work every month which I use on classes. I’ve danced my whole life through college, and was in a rut when I started working because I missed it so much, but thanks to living in NYC, there are a lot of classes/workshops I can go to)
- Equinox membership: $0 (apartment building is owned by a conglomerate that also owns Equinox)
Part Four: Weekly Diary Day 1 - Wednesday 9:00AM- Wake up and get ready for work. I try to wake up at 8:30AM on most days, but I had a late-night yesterday in Brooklyn attending a Think Olio seminar with some friends about “The Fear of Leisure.” We ended up getting pho afterwards at this amazing place in Greenpoint and spent a while discussing the lecture and what it means to have a balanced lifestyle. I remember to Venmo her for the Uber there (
$12), and pick out today’s outfit: Pinky-mauve high-neck chunky wool sweater, tucked into a pair of burgundy windowpane trousers (both from Aritzia), and a pair of platform patent wingtip oxfords from Zara.
10:10AM- Get a reminder email from Amazon that my eBook credit is expiring soon. I bought my Kindle Oasis last year on a whim from an Amazon Bookstore, and it’s my favorite purchase to date. It’s super lightweight, water-resistant, comfortable to hold, and I love taking it to read in cafes and also on flights. I purchase Bad Blood (
$11, about the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes' captivating -scam- company Theranos).
12:00PM- I meet up with a friend for our monthly lunch in our favorite cafe. Usually I have lunch with my team (we have a lot of fun personalities in the team and our lunch topics are always entertaining), but it’s nice to switch it up sometimes. She shares some stories about the guy she’s dating who seems very sweet, which makes me really happy. (Company offers free breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and coffee)
5:15PM- J and I leave work and take the train home. We stop by Whole Foods initially to get ingredients for pasta, but it’s too crowded and overwhelming so we head to Morton Williams instead. We pick up rigatoni, vodka sauce, eggplant, onion, french bread, and parmesan ($28 that J covers).
7:00PM- Done cooking dinner! I’ve made an effort to cook at home more this month, and I’ve been really enjoying it so far. I tend to favor Chinese dishes but today we were both craving pasta. We eat while watching an episode of a new anime we recently started (Gintama, recommended by my sister). J got me into anime when we started dating. It’s gotten more mainstream since then, but I never thought I’d love it as much as a I do now in the beginning.
7:45PM- Immediately after dinner, J surprises me with the new Switch Ring Fit Adventure game and sets it up for us to play. We saw an ad for it a few days ago and were really intrigued. According to the game, I “lightly jogged” for about 1 mile, did 36 squats, and 20 knee-to-chests. Would not recommend doing this with a full stomach :D but the adventure part of the game is awesome! Getting around is a lot similar to what I’d think Temple Run would be like in real life, for those who remember how fun and addicting that game was.
9:00PM- I paint my nails with OPI Bubble Bath after showering. Gel manicures are in my past (used to get them every 3-4 weeks), but ever since moving to NYC, the ~$45 after tip just didn’t seem worth it anymore. To all the gals who do their own nails at home-- SECHE VITE IS LIFE-CHANGING!!! I use their base and top coat and my manicure lasts me 2-3 weeks without chipping if I use OPI or Butter London polish.
10:00PM - This is when the shameful me comes out. I am pretty sure I have a shopping addiction. It’s very confusing in the sense that no, I’m not building credit card debt and still “reasonably living within my means,” but I realize the amount of money I spend on fashion is sickening. Growing up, my dad was extremely strict and didn’t allow me to wear makeup or buy clothes I wanted because he thought they would “distract me” from the more important things in life… mainly following the typical Asian-American life-track: excel in school and extracurricular activities, ace the SAT, get accepted to a prestigious college to study a lucrative major -> get a lucrative job. I resented him for taking away my freedom to do *anything* (couldn’t hang out with friends, date, go to prom, etc.), but I’ve come to terms with his parenting in a weird the-end-justifies-the-means” way. I am grateful to have this amount of financial privilege. But sometimes I feel like I’m making up for lost time. I’ve always loved makeup and fashion from sneak-watching videos on Youtube in between SAT practice tests. The 2010-ish Youtube era were full of girls who constantly uploaded videos of shopping hauls. I remember thinking how amazing it would be to be able to buy anything I wanted. Once I started working in college, that’s what I did. Now, living in NYC and following amazing Instagram fashion bloggers really eat up my self-control, but also constantly remind me of the years I wanted to feel fashionable and beautiful but couldn’t. This is a super long rant, and I know it does not justify me spending so much money on frivolous things, but… it is a problem for me, and I constantly feel guilty for wasting money I know I should be saving. The guilt and self-hatred is not enough to stop browsing and shopping, so the cycle continues. I purchase an Isabel Marant Etoile sweatshirt (
$140 on sale, but still not justified), and think about an adorable cozy LoveShackFancy cardigan which is... $495.
11:00PM- Browse some Youtube videos and head to bed.
Daily Total: $166
Day 2 - Thursday 10:20AM- Get to work later than I wanted. I haven’t felt motivated for the past week, especially when I’m not working on something coding-heavy (usually how I measure my productivity). I’m also feeling demoralized about work right now, because this week we got back performance reviews, and even though I finished a somewhat impactful project within 4 months of joining the company/team, I didn’t get the feedback that my manager said I would if I did.
11:10AM- My manager brings out this week bread from a bakery on Grand Street, and he says they gave him the wrong bread. It turned out to be the best! Raisins and walnuts yum.
12:00PM- Lunch! Today an engineer visiting another office joins us. I get bok choy, tofu, and eggplant from a cafe.
4:00PM- I get a message from a friend who recently moved to LA. Her boyfriend contacted a bunch of us last week to send in clips wishing her happy birthday, and she just received the video. I’m super happy that she loved it, and that she’s scheduled to come visit for a week next month!
6:00PM- Get off work and take the E train to Saks. I’m meeting up with my friend’s fiance to browse the fall/winter collections. This is my first time hanging out with her-- my friend mentioned that she’s also very into designer things and I always love companions to share my indulgent designer cravings :P To be honest, I’m hoping I won’t find anything that catches my eye because I already splurged on my “yearly treat” to myself on a vintage Cartier watch earlier this year when I got my new job, and I’m just constantly buying clothes too.
7:00PM- We browse around all the boutiques but didn’t find a bag that she loved. Then, we head up to the 8th floor for shoes (my fav) and… WOW I found the most amazing pair of Chanel boots. They’re gold, mid-height heeled combat-ish boots with the classic Chanel black cap-toe design. I made the mistake of trying them on and it took everything for me to not cave and purchase them. $1450 is steep for a pair of boots that I know will get scuffed and ruined so easily… but wow, they’re beautiful and the saleswoman was great at her job haha.
8:00PM- We grab some sushi at a restaurant nearby (
$48) and chat about bags, her upcoming wedding, relationships, and work. I love getting to know new people, and felt like we got along really well.
10:00PM- My cat comes to cuddle with me on the couch, and I suspect it’s because I’m using his favorite blanket. We adopted him from an ASPCA truck two years ago, and it was the best decision ever. He has such a funny personality and always brightens our day. I start reading Ali Wong’s new book and head to bed after.
Daily Total: $48
Day 3 - Friday Hooray! 9:00AM- I had the weirdest dream yesterday… I think alien (?) attack, and then somehow I got out of a plane mid-air and they tried to rotate the plane to shake me off and I had to keep maneuvering clockwise around the wings to stay on the right side of gravity if that makes sense haha. But wow what an exhausting dream. Today I chose to wear a thick fuzzy black cardigan with gold stars over a white tee, high-rise straight leg denim, a black belt, and Golden Goose hi-stars.
11:40AM- Coffee/latte time. Usually I prefer oat milk, but I only really like Planet Oat’s extra creamy which not a lot of places use. I check my email and yay another item from my recent Thredup box has sold, and now I have a total of $40 credit from this box. I discovered Thredup when they started sponsoring a lot of Youtubers. I found out that they provide shipping labels for free, and it’s essentially the same as selling your clothes to Buffalo Exchange, but way less of a hassle. Granted they pay a lot less for each item, but these days I’m really lazy about listing my pieces on eBay/Poshmark/going into Buffalo Exchange, so sending clothes to sell at Thredup is the superior option over just donating stuff to a local Goodwill.
1:15PM- Late lunch today because I wasn’t hungry. Head to a cafe with a juice bar to get a mix of green juice and ginger shot, and grab a PB&J sandwich to go.
2:00PM- Work offers a lot of cool events, and today I’m signed up for a Japanese tea ceremony and tasting. I head down to attend with a friend, and I eat the best mochi I’ve ever had.
4:00PM- One of my teammates got his promotion!!! We’re all very excited for him and chat a bit about what he’s planning to do for celebration.
6:15PM- Leave work to take the train to Costco with J, my friend and his fiance C (my new friend hehe), who has a Costco membership! I haven’t been to Costco for almost two years so I’m super excited.
7:10PM- We eat dinner at Costco because it’s convenient and also just an insanely good deal. J and I combined get two slices of combo pizza, a chicken bake, a churro, and a diet Pepsi (Costco needs to get out of that partnership and get Coke instead, let’s be real), and the total was only $9.62!! (J pays). We eat in the food court, and talk about how J is the only one who really should be eating 1000+ calories since he runs daily.
8:30PM- Costco closes, and we finish shopping. J and I came mostly for entertainment, but we still managed to buy Alaskan cod, golden kiwi, an umbrella, chicken thighs ($10 for 10 lbs of chicken, crazy deal), salami, and contact solution. We uber back home after ($22, J pays). I venmo my friend who paid for everything with his Costco card (
$76).
10:25PM- Finish shower and get ready for bed. I browse TJ Maxx (discount/outlet type store for designer brands), my biggest guilty pleasure. Their contemporary line is my favorite because sometimes they carry pieces from my favorite brands like La Maison Tullah, Vince, Theory, and recently Rebecca Taylor! They also regularly have OPI nail polishes for $4. I look through today’s new arrivals and spot this amazing pair of Joe’s lamb leather cropped bootcut pants. I have the Aritzia faux leather Daria leggings, but I’ve been on the hunt for a pair of genuine leather pants, and these are perfect and exactly what I’m looking for. In my cart, I already had this cute polka dot puff-sleeve sweater from Rebecca Taylor, but I move it to “Save-for-later” to make “room” for the pants. I purchase the pants and a faux leather headband with my TJ Maxx credit card which gives 5% cash back (through rewards) for purchases made within the TJX family (
$192).
Daily Total: $268
Day 4 - Saturday 9:00AM- Wake up and start pack for spa day in New Jersey! I bring my Kindle, journal, and makeup and jewelry to put on later. I choose a DL1961 washed black denim jacket (that @somethingnavy/Arielle Charnas sold me on) to go over a flowy light blue patterned midi dress from last season Zara, and a pair of Golden Goose superstars to wear for the day.
10:00AM- Head out to New Jersey. Last week, I purchased admission tickets to a sauna + spa place in Jersey for J and me. J offered to rent a Zipcar for a whole day so we can drive there, and then to the Queen’s International Night Market which we’ve been meaning to go to this whole summer, and today’s its last day.
11:00AM- Get to the sauna and spa to check in. This business is relatively new, so the design felt very sleek and modern compared to more traditional spas. I signed up for a 30 minute full body scrub ($55, J treats), and wait for my appointment in a Japanese Herbal bath.
1:30PM- I grab a green juice and continue reading Ali Wong’s book in the cozy lounge area. I love feeling warm and zen ($6, J treats).
4:00PM- Leave the spa and browse in a huge supermarket that is right next to the spa. Suburban supermarkets are the best because they have the square footage to carry so much more variety than the ones in the city. We pick up some snacks and a huge bag of rice since we had the Zipcar ($53, J covers).
4:30PM- We head out to pick up our friends who live in Long Island City (and meet their cat!). It’s about an hour and 15 minute drive, but felt manageable as J and I talk about random topics. Traffic wasn’t as bad as we expected on a weekend, so that was a plus :)
6:30PM- Arrive at the Queen’s Night Market! It was a bit chilly at night, but the food was incredible and affordable. We got popcorn chicken, bubble tea, potato crisps, takoyaki, waffle-wrapped mochi, peking duck bao, and lamb skewers (
$43).
8:30PM- It starts drizzling a little, and the four of us decide to go to Flushing for dessert. We drive and find parking, and I pay for the 2 hours of parking (praise Flushing:
$4).
9:30PM- I share a green tea crepe cake and a lemongrass ginger carrot herbal tea with J, and our friends share fruit crepe tea and jasmine tea. The boys split the bill (J pays $20).
11:30PM- We return the Zipcar successfully! At home, I wind down and put on an Origins charcoal mask for some skin detox.
Daily Total: $47
Day 5 - Sunday 10:00AM- Wake up to the rain outside. I really love rainy/gloomy days; they have a calming effect on me, and make staying indoors extra cozy. I’m curled up on my couch with a soft blanket, watching the rain, and planning the day. Laundry needs to be done, which reminds me I have to stock up our laundry items. I order Tide Plus Bleach, fabric softener dryer sheets, and another fabric softener for pieces we hang dry from Target. I also throw in probiotic capsules to try them out, and a pack of 6 crew socks as the weather gets colder and I don’t want my ankles to freeze (
$51).
10:15AM- Make an iced oat milk latte with the Planet Oat extra creamy (as mentioned before hehe it's the best), and a Vietnamese coffee mix. It’s delicious. I do some online browsing and find a gorgeous metallic bronze blazer which would be perfect for upcoming holiday parties, but I resist successfully whew. I also bookmark a Chinti and Parker sweater with a fun rainbow print to consider for later…
11:05AM- I head down the hall to the laundry room on our floor and start two loads. It's $3.60 total, but we have a prepaid card for laundry. J tells me he can take care of the drying cycle and folding since I'm going out later. I guess this is an appropriate time to talk about how amazing J is! We've been dating for a little over three years now, and he's been the most caring, thoughtful, funny and kind boyfriend I've ever had. He's always looking out for ways to make me comfortable and happy (biggest example is when he refills my water bottle at home without me asking... idk what to tell you, I drink a lot of water haha, and also just taking care of a lot of household tasks too-- especially cleaning the litter box!). He makes me feel so loved, and I cherish our relationship so much. I know without a doubt that he's "my person." :)
1:00PM- I love wearing bright colors on gloomy days, so I chuck on a chunky yellow high neck mohair sweater from Zara and a pair of Levi’s wedgie icon denim. I meet a friend to check out the newly opened Nordstrom near Columbus Circle. She got a promotion this week, and wanted to treat herself to some nice boots. Before we meet up, I pick out a maple coconut donut from the ultra-cute Nordstrom food court to congratulate her with (
$3). Shopping was a success! I find her a pair of Acne Jensen dupes (the Marc Fisher Yale booties), and also AGL pointed suede block heel booties. Both look amazing on her, but she decides to only get the lower heel Marc Fisher ones for now, since the AGL ones are higher and tighter on the heel which we agreed would look good with straight leg denim, a style that she doesn’t yet own. We also saw some CDG Converse high-tops that are sold out everywhere, so I had to get them (
$146)! We head upstairs to look at denim and I also successfully found her a pair of Reformation straight leg denim that look awesome on her, and AGOLDE Riley jeans, my favorite. She loves them both and splurges, and I feel very accomplished as a crazy shopping-enthusiast/enabler :P.
3:15PM- We head out to meet two other friends to see Hustlers! I’ve been wanting to see it for a while, so I’m super excited. J. Lo and Constance Wu?! I still remember when movie tickets were $8… not anymore (
$18)! We split the largest bucket of popcorn which was delicious (
$3).
5:30PM- Hustlers was such a fun watch, and we see an advertisement for Parasite as we head down to the lobby, which I recommend everyone to see as well. I love movies, and I probably should sign up for the AMC Stubs A-List… Anyway, we decide to go to Bibble and Sip to hang out for a bit longer, and I get a Matcha Jasmine latte, and an earl grey chocolate chip cookie for everyone to share (
$9).
6:00PM- I start heading home and call J if he wanted me to pick up anything for dinner. Usually I cook on Sunday nights, but this weekend has been super busy (but full of adventures!). He’s craving McDonalds so I pickup a Quarter Pounder and 20 pieces McNuggets for him (
$16 but who remembers when 20 piece was only $5).
6:30PM- I get home, and J has finished building the new coffee table from Wayfair that I purchased last week! It’s one that can lift up to table-height, and it's already so much more amazing than the one we currently have from West Elm, which is super aesthetic but completely non-functional. I think this new table fits in our space a lot better as well, especially since the color of the wood and metal structured legs match our CB2 bookshelf perfectly. I’ve been really impressed with Wayfair pieces, and also purchased a rug from them before. I eat some nuggets with J as we watch another episode of Gintama.
8:00PM- I watch some Youtube videos and talk with J as he packs a duffle bag for his business trip to California this week.
Daily Total: $246
Day 6 - Monday 8:15AM- Wake up, and finally back on my regular schedule. I peel and slice a huge korean pear that J and I got on Saturday from the supermarket in Jersey for J and myself (it’s delicious). I get ready for work and put on yet another chunky knit, straight leg denim, and glittery bronze Aquazzura pointed-toe mules that make my heart sing. J and I take the train together, as he’s leaving to JFK later from work for his trip.
9:30AM- Grab my usual soy latte and fill up my 30oz Yeti mug with warm water. I try to drink two of those throughout the work day. As I catch up on emails, I found out a team that I did some work for last week thanked me for a “speedy investigation and implementation.” This really makes my day, and motivates me to work hard this week.
11:00AM- Officially the start of my oncall rotation this week. Being “oncall” is essentially getting paged whenever there’s an issue regarding our services that gets escalated through auto-monitoring. Last time I was oncall, I got a page around 1:30AM on a Saturday which I responded to and investigated/addressed the issue. At my previous company, we were expected to be oncall all the time, and weren’t paid for it, so this weekly rotation schedule + compensation for the 24/7 monitoring is pretty good to me.
11:50AM- Lunch with my team. I make a salad with spinach, roasted carrots, sweet potato, and cucumbers. We chat about our weekends and our coworker’s upcoming wedding which we’re all invited to. After lunch, we head down a few floors to grab coffee/juice. I get a green juice (celery, kale, swiss chard, cucumber), with a dash of the “spooky ginger shot” (cranberry juice, ginger, apple cider).
12:40PM- I suddenly remembered that the bundle of dance classes I bought last month were expiring on the 31st and I still had one left, so I book a contemporary class for 7:30PM tomorrow after work. So excited!
6:40PM- Oops still at work. This afternoon I got swamped with so much work, some related to being oncall AKA becoming the “go-to person” for any issue/question, and some from my manager who I had a 1:1 with earlier and thinks I’m ready to take on more responsibilities.
7:10PM- I wrap up, grab some food (salad again) from work, and head home!
7:40PM- Finally get home, feed my cat, take off my makeup, and eat while watching The Mindy Project.
10:00PM- Video chat my grandma. I’m really close to my grandparents because I spent more of my childhood with them than I did with my parents. I feel bad because once I went to college and then started working, I contacted them less and less… I just want to make the most of our time left together.
Daily Total: $0
Day 7 - Tuesday 8:00AM- Wake up and watch the newly uploaded Sheerluxe (UK online fashion/lifestyle magazine that also makes Youtube videos) show. They are discussing event-wear in this episode, which reminds me I still need to pick out outfits for the two holiday work parties J and I have. I fall in love with what Katie Holmes wore to the Nordstrom Party: a black Saint Laurent ruched silk mini dress paired with sheer polka dot tights and black pointed pumps, and decide to order a pair of sheer polka dot tights from Nordstrom (
$40).
9:15AM- Get to work and feel a little overwhelmed with all the things I need to work on, but I'm feeling extra motivated because I like being productive. I grab my soy latte, fill my Yeti mug with water, and start the day.
11:35AM- My team want to go to lunch earlier today but since I’m not hungry and have a lot to do, I skip out and think I’ll just grab something small later.
2:00PM- I went too late for green juice, so I got a smoothie instead with almond milk, spinach, and a banana. I also make a quick salad to-go.
5:40PM- Early dinner with a friend. We get in line for burrito bowls; I get spinach, chicken, and pico de gallo, and then get back to work.
7:15PM- I should be heading out to make it to my dance class, but I really want to stay and try to figure out a production rollout issue… I decide to stay at work and just forfeit the credit.
8:00PM- Ok, this week has not been a good work-life balance. It’s definitely also because J is away, and he usually reminds me to take breaks, and leave work at a regular hour. There’s just an endless amount of things to do at work, and I like getting things done.
9:00PM- I start The Politician on Netflix! What an interesting show… I watched Dear Evan Hansen with my mom and sister last year, and I love seeing Ben Platt and Laura Dreyfuss playing completely different roles. As I watch, I browse Leandra Medine + Mango collaboration, and consider a sweater. The colors make me really happy, but I know I need to buy a dress for the holiday party soon, so I resist.
Daily Total: $40
Weekly Total: $815 - Clothing: $518
- Food and Drink: $201
- Household Items: $51
- Entertainment: $29
- Transportation: $16
Reflection This was overall a normal week for me, with the exception of going out shopping with friends twice! I usually do most of my shopping online, and this week I tagged along with friends who were looking for specific things. The CDG converse were definitely an impulse purchase, but they are so comfortable and cute so... no regrets :P. I am aware I need to reign in my shopping habits, and stop mindlessly online browsing so often, because I know I will always find something I like. I haven't read many diaries that capture buying clothes/shoes on the regular, and feel like I would get ripped to shreds if I posted this on R29 for wasting money so here I am. :D
Also!!! So exciting to see so many women in tech on this sub! I just read the diary of the SWE in seattle, and Ohio diarist going through coding bootcamp :D
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