oh, to be a teenager or twenty-something in 2009 standing in a field and holding a bunch of balloons.....

I swear that going outside and taking a photo like this would heal me spiritually:

 

beth retro

exploring blog archives: kissesandcrossstitches.blogspot.com, april-june 2010

Most of the blogs I come across are sourceless image hellscapes, but kissesandcrossstitches actually goes out of their way to credit the images they post.  Below, enjoy those photographs taken by Brian Ferry and Sarah Hermans I found while looking through their archives:

exploring blog archives: hipstermusings.blogspot.com, april-july 2011

Today brings yet another post brought to you by the gem that is the wayback machine.  Hipstermusings.blogspot.com,  the blog of Isabel Slone, is full of thrifted outfits, witty captions, and musings about feminism and '90s grunge bands.  The fact that it's even called Hipster Musings is delightful in it of itself given how pejoratively that word was used in the 2010's.  Isabel doesn't take herself or her style too seriously, but that's not to say her blog was one big joke.or something.  Alongside heer outfit photos are rants and raves about feminism, capitalism, and what it means to be an independent blogger.  Check out some her fits below: