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Aspirational Drift

It's weird how you can go from this;

to this...

in just five short years.

Awesome people hanging out together

Rad blog.

 Karl Lagerfeld and Grace Coddington, 1974

Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart. Gold.

Salvador Dali and Coco Chanel.

Even with Marilyn hanging over his shoulder, Lauren Bacall and Bogie only have eyes for each other. Love.

Hair

I will never, ever cut my hair. Ever.

Thunder, Perfect Mind

Flatty and I were sharing youtube vids and I showed her this last night.
I'd forgotten how amazing it is.
I have a rule that models shouldn't speak, ever. This is the exception.

Narrow Leg Studio Trousers

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Bottega Veneta Fall 2011

Rarely, actually never before, has a designer's runway show possessed me to wax lyrical about its creations post pic-viewing-sur-blogs... Until now...

Bottega Veneta, to me, was one of those brands that I was aware of (I educated myself early to whom I should accredit the origin of the leather-weaved accessory), that I held respect for (certo! It's Italian!), but that never really inspired any resonance with my sartorial aesthetic preferences. Until now...

Thanks to Mr Schuman, and his shot front-row-side of Isabeli Fontana (Oh, Victorian Angel), or more specifically, the dress she wears, I headed to Style.com in search of a full length image, and while hastily flicking through each image to get to Ms Fontana found myself pausing longer and longer at each look...

It started with Abbey, and the matching hair to tights in sweet 70's, crochet and burnt orange perfection...

Then with Coco and Maricarla, whose looks seem to have been designed for them, as opposed to being cast to them...

How MCB's stereotyped gothic/rebel style is maintained all the while perfectly appropriating the BV's 50's house-wife look makes this designer/ stylist/ casting agent partnership flawless.

Then saunters in this colour..., which seems to be getting publicity of its own...,

...which also draws a 60's 'Mod girl' reference (what, that's three eras thus far...?)

Then, the dresses became a life of their own, opening, gaping, breaking-free. 

Although, it is almost as is if BV's Tomas Maier designed these last, and getting tired of the prim and propriety of everything prior, took a seam-unpicker and went Norman Bates on poor Natasha Poly's torso, creating something beautifully horrific.

THEN!, this happened...

I apologise in advance, because I severely dislike comparing designer to designer, similarly director to director, musician to musician, artist to artist, because while I'm of the acceptance that nothing is purely original in this world anymore, the interpretations of wonderfully creative and brilliant minds is what keeps peeps such as myself contstantly inspired and should be celebrated in their own right.

However, my obsession with this dress since 2005 means that anything with a lace overlay will forever hold a special place in the wardrobe of my heart. And will always, always draw a comparison.
I love everything about the BV dress above... the black, white and yellow, my interior-stylist-best-friend's favourite colourway which, in turn, reminds me of her, the thick, circus-tent stripes, the lace hip-band, the flapper/ beaded skirt. And, of course, Carmen Kass' grin sets it all off. Gah! 

Moving on...

I have no formal sewing training what-so-ever (if you'll excuse high school D&T classes where we learnt to make boxer shorts and pencil cases), so I thank BV for the above gowns by setting a precedence in the pin and tack method, which is exactly how I'd like to get away with sewing a full skirt on a bodice with unfinished seams. 

These are so exquisite, the models get lost in the gatherings and layers of fabric. Amazing.

Last, but not least, Isabeli. 

With her amazing body and a golden tan to match the molten gold of the skirt.

Grazie Bottega Veneta.

Suite tidings

So, some store chain from the U.S. stole into my head, ripped out the idea I had for celebrating last year's Christmas Eve (totally didn't happen, btw, blew all my money instead visiting Stockholm) of a slumber party with a bunch of friends at the Paris Ritz with copious amounts of champagne and Deezer, and then they made a lookbook from the idea, but changed it to a New Year's Eve thing thinking I wouldn't notice.
Um, yeah, I did.
Bitches.

LF Stores site.
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Bill Cunningham New York

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Orange laced tutus

I. Want. One.

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Suitably dressed

Farewell for my boss at work tonight. He wants all the ladies in formal dresses. Well, we're just not that conventional. And I like to wear my top hat. So I will be dressing like this.

Still from Janelle Monae 'Tightrope'.
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I love you, tu...

J Mendal at Kopenhagen Fur Show, Copenhagen Fashion Week 2011.
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American Apparel

 Costume design sketches from 'Black Swan' by Rodarte. Source

Yeah, mon.

Seeing Jamaica in concert tonight...

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Been watching Lauren Bacall clips all morning on youtube... Inspiration for tonight's outfit comes from  this from the 1987 Oscars... "Jewel tones for late evening"...

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(On a side note, how awesome are the three male dancers! Moulin Rouge dancers, eat your heart out!)

Detail Orientated

"It's more interesting to have just a picture of a small detail - then you can dream all the rest around it. Because when you see the whole thing, what is there to imagine?" -Dries Van Noten

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Circus

Circus theme tonight at work... I'm the tightrope walker.
I've been somewhat obsessed with the circus for some time now, and been frantically scouring Paris for exterior circus tents to serve as the background for a shoot with a designer friend and photographer friend of mine, only to find large circles of dead grass that looked like they are residue of the presence of extra-terrestrial beings. Gah!

Images; Rosie, Circus Damsels, stills form Britney's 'Circus' videoclip

Prada tada!

Tu-riffic

I've decided that when summer finally rolls around all I will wear is tee shirts and tutus.

Like a neo-Carrie Bradshaw resurgence, pre-Dubai.

And like Kim Ellery.

Image: Garance Dore

Señor Keira

My obsession with a drawn on moustache reached fever pitch on spying this image.
Keira Knightley in Vogue Italia Feb '11

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Swingin' Spring

Oh, how I can not wait for the rain clouds to dissipate, the stingingly-cold air to warm, the constant threat of snow to be relieved, and the sun to shine...
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Platinum Perfection

Abby Lee for Tom Ford
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Bonne Année a tous

New Year wishes from illustrator Jean-Phillipe Delhomme of the 'Unknown Hipster'.


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New Year's Eve

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Holy Holly

Holly Garber shot by Tommy Ton.

Black Magic... en point.

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Inferno

 

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Flapper flipper

'Prohibition' theme this Saturday.
Nicely timed video for inspiration.
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Fafilicious

Fafi sketch for her latest wall art in Mexico.
Via Fafi's blog on CoolCats.

Astro Taureau

Siri Tollerod as 'the bull' in Dolce & Gabbana, featured in UK Vogue Dec 2010.

Photography: Tim Gutt
Styling: Kate Phelan
Set design: Shona Heath
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Paris vs New York

La Romantique

Le Café

Le Réalisateur

Artwork by Vahram Muratyan of Viiiz design studio. A Parisian living in New York City.

Paris vs New York site

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New Cuts

Your Job, 2010, Rob Ryan

New work by amazing paper artist Rob Ryan, part of the series entitled The Stars Shine All Day Too.
Jusqu'a November 20 at The Air Gallery, 32 Dover St, London.
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Boater beauty

Pic from Seafolly archives c/o Russh