slow ride

we all have those nights where the best option for hanging out and having basically the best time ever means just hoping in your obviously badass vintage muscle car and meeting your friends down at the town's strip mall parking lot. well maybe not that to a T but... we've had many a night where chilling in our car is basically more fun than any house party or school dance that we've ever been to. Like, last night.. it was 4am and we were hanging out with our awesome neighbors and felt such an urge to go get breakfast biscuits from mickey d's that was echoed from around the room so we hopped into their retro wood-paneled station wagon's front bench seat and drove down to the fast food joint where crazy antics, of course, ensued. This blog post was totally inspired by last night's little trip which was full of uncontrollable giggles, squeezing together in the front, revving the oddly charged engine for a station wagon, and backing up from window to window at mcD's. 

 

all these rad characters from probably some of the best movies know exactly what we mean... midnight car trips and hang-outs will forever be the shining ending to any night.

Dazed & Confused - countless rad car scenes.. these kids never went home.

 Grease - I mean c'mon.. obviously! Basically the most important parts of these teens lives happened in their cars!

That 70's Show - Technically it's a tv show but this show's got CLASSIC car hangout moments in it..

 On the Road - It hasn't come out yet but they practically live in a car and I'm so scared but so excited at the same tmeto see it because that book is my life anthem.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High - of course there's that infamous, smoked up van of Sean Penn's...

 The Virgin Suicides - so the Lisbon girls didn't hang out in cars often.. but when they did that fateful night of the school dance Lux was the ultimate cool cat.

so just remember.. even if you think you ain't nowhere to go, there's always somewhere to hang when you got two pairs of wheels.

xx

the pulp girls

cardine, the dream rebel

Cardine is a 17-year-old rebellious youth who won't appear without her trademark thick, black cat-eye lines or her signature silky, teal curls neatly pinned up. You'll hardly see her in math class or the cafeteria because she's got other plans. Other plans that the average, squared-out teen kid just wouldn't understand. She's got no need for any silly boy, be it a punk or a jock, because they take up too much time and flirting is sure to hold her back. See, Cardine wants to be a badass, no-good, drop-out rockstar. But she's a smart girl and totally knows that dropping out's no good, so she simply tunes out of the daily lecture hall and dreams on a scale that we could only hope to imagine.

Smacking her perfect, cherry-red stained lips at herself in the bathroom mirror, she casts you a side glance while you're rinsing the soap off of your palms and it sends shivers of fear down your spine. But you can't help but feel that fright mix with admiration; for that sheer, cool glare she stares has a rare kind of intensity. An intensity that her blue, crystilized eyes can deliver with unmistakable aim. It delivers, spot on, the proof that Cardine's breed is an unforgettable one.

stay cool, cats.

xx

the pulp girls

CULT OF FILM: devil in the flesh

This seriously 90's, seriously angst-ridden flick was definitely over the top and kinda ridiculous in the best possible way. It's about this angry-at-heart girl named Debbie Strand who instantly falls hard for her much older english teacher Peter Rinaldi, after transferring to a new school due to her house burning down (obviously debbie dearest smoked the place up). Rose McGowan plays Debbie and is totally scary and beyond badass.. at first she has cool style and all that with an assortment of crop tops and patterned bottoms but then, pretty quickly, she goes on a killing spree ending all those who stand in the way of her one true love (who totally doesn't even love her back).

the campy, exploitation factor of this movie is ultra-high for being a lifetime movie... yeah that's right lifetime in the 90's was a wild, wild place. (i still can't honestly believe that this was a lifetime movie.. she beats her grandma to death with her own cane). Also, the plot twist at the end was actually slightly surprising for like a minute.. but we all know we're not watching this movie for it's perfect plotline.. we're watching it because rose mcgowan plays crazy badgirl in the best way possible.

xx

the pulp girls

movie love: slaves of new york

there's something about fashion in nyc from any decade other than our current one that just makes me obsessed. i stumbled upon 'slaves of new york' a freezing cold night in brooklyn and am so happy i did... it's about the art scene in the city and all the eccentric characters that we know comes with combining the 1980's with anything. the main character Eleanor is just the most fabulous girl to roam the streets of Manhattan in a time when i'd be terrified to (the 80's). She has wild hair that's usually piled up high under one of her handmade hats, amazing printed tights and skirts galore, a plethora of colorful velvet tops AND bottoms and perfect shades and costume glasses in EVERY scene.

 

VELVET OUTFIT + purple boots = omg

 perfect glasses, perfect shoulder epaulettes

 she also dates this total jerk named stash that's way too absorbed in himself

 the glasses!!!

 

 i suppose they're a cute couple although he's a snot and she's totally sweet... her coat is just the best..

 she has this crazy rival named daria who falls off a fire escape and breaks her arm...
 if i ever break my arm i gotta have a bedazzled cast with inclusive cup holder.

why can't all diner waitresses have egg patches on their pockets?!

don't tell me you aren't dying to see all the costumes in this movie now...!

xx

the pulp girls