summer is coming up... the past 3 months i've been craving skirts and shorts like a mad woman! the stuff at modcloth.com is really tempting. perfectly vintage and adorably classy! aaah i want a shirt with tiny blossoms and sheer layers! hehe
ILLUSTRATORS love these illustrators: Love, Christine [illustrator/hand letterer]- very quirky, great colors and concepts. good line work, too.
Blue bonbon illustrator from Japan 's etsy, love the characters and whimsy!
OMG I'M IN LOVE... amazing! SP: BEATA BOUCHT My favorite: Night Owl
COME HOME WITH ME/DREAM CLOSET!!!: SO CHARMING! (haha) my FAVES:
HOMELESS PICS find my home!
PHOTOGRAPHS
PHOTOS: Bruce Weber, Patrick Demarchelier, PeterLindbergh, Tim Walker, Ellen von Unwerth... been diggin': 60s-70s folk music, avant garde fashion photo, Viva La Vida- Coldplay
HEROES OF THE WEEK: Ugly Bat Boy the cat and whoever made this: "If you don't study, you shall not pass!"
sleep hasnt been comin very easy, lately... SO here is the result!:
CHANEL couture 09, by Karl Lagerfeld, is headlining this LOVING entry. paper headdresses... delicate and amazingly detailed/realistic. everything awash in pure white! beautiful. a show to remember! PICS FROM STYLE.COM
Close behind, the sneak peeks atFIFI LAPIN's LeSportsac bags! o lala... i was so excited when i saw these! i would own them all if i could!BIG fan of fifi. very sweet bags and very fifi lapin! my fave is the first one, below- COME HOME WITH ME, MY LOVELY!
Petra Storr's creative direction. her portfolio is a feast for the eyes ... she's living one of my creative dreams! wonderful shape, form, colors and stories! very vibrant.
GRAPHIC DESIGN I do not read Japanese characters. But the design that Shinmura Design Office did in their portfolio floored me. Amazing ablitiy for type to transcend cultural boundaries!K.O.!
CRAFTERS & ILLUSTRATOR COME HOME WITH ME! Ayelet Iontef's debut for GOLF&CO Ceramics AND Embroidery by Joetta Maue these pieces stole my heart and i would love for them to COME HOME WITH ME, as well!!! they are by Ashley Goldberg of Kitty Genius, and will be entering her ETSY store, framed, soon!
PHOTOGRAPHS Macaroons pic by Canelle et Vaneille (THEIR BLOG MAKES ME MELT! -pun intended) a sunset in Florida, source unknownn A teapot owned by Smosch's Sandra Juto. Girl in field with paper planes pic by Asaf Einy Sold out Shadow box creation by The Black Apple, etsy Bambi and girls pic by Stephanie Fuller Sunglasses pic from The What-If Waltz, Flickr Socks and Planets pic by Eric Zunkley Bruno Frisoni shoes with gold dipped birds. Clock with bunnies pic by Cherry Blossom girl. Heads on display, Alexander Ford. *parasol pic and doll shoes pic, homeless.
HOMELESS PICS (help us find our homes!) muled over these pics for a while. lots of inspiration!
DREAM CLOSET additions leather fox pouches by PRINCESS TINA at chocosho. Bracelets: Sabrina Dehoff, Cecille Boccara, Daydream Nation. Kenneth Jay Lane ring.
THE RETURN OF (personal, nostalgic inspiration) Shirley Climo Cinderella-type folk tales.
im in need of some inspiration. today is filled with a lot of bla.
OOH INTERESTING BLOG! VERY INTERESTING AND VALID post by "glossy" blogger, Girl With a Satchel, concerning weight issues in the media- gender related. specifically about the needless and ruthless weight related headlines slapped on my girl, gemma ward.
ILLUSTRATORS/FINE ARTISTS: Found Dazey Chic's Etsy store. her illustrations have such a sweet whimsy to them and the deep knowledge of happiness and love. Amazing wire and paper sculpture by Polly Verity, found through Free People Clothing's blog. wonderful attention to delicacy in space and form.
I love Anna Laura Perez's collages and line illustration. i found her through Smosch. I love Joe Ryckebosch's use of line and color over photographs of familiar subjects- his attention to such elements bring out the wild side from what we are use to seeing! Found him through Hey Susy.
FASHION Everyone has been talking about Topshop's SS09 look and it was fun to preview it online, finally, after some of my hw! love the fresh take on the 90s/80s... recession might be easier on fashion. thrift stores will be more rightly appreciated! Le Train Fantome, who i found through Fine Little Day NEW FAVE ARTIST: chinatsu ban japanese artist, found through Tokyo Bunnie. why: because i have found a kindred spirit in her. in her pieces she captures the likeness of the child drawing taken to freespirited heights! i also have not found an artist like her, that shares my love for ELEPHANTS hehe
and also... february is coming up and the stores are packed with heart shaped everything! i am seriously taken by vintage valentine cards!
mmm... DREAM CLOSET!: chanel jewelry.
NEW FOLLOWER OF: http://lobsterandswan.blogspot.com/
so i have cleaned and done my hw and work, i have also watched the inauguration! (as should we all have)... i am now sitting down to a large cup of (no longer) hot dark chocolate and a fresh entry to LOVIIIING inspirational images!
PS: o wow... my fave, alexander mcqueen is the next designer with an upcoming line for TARGET! hmmm LOVING
>>>i have found her name!: Elizabeth Soule wonderfully creative photographer who brings toys and small objects to life! = >>>>Wallpaper from Eno Henze! breath taking! >>>>Hello Kitty for MAC! (via nylon) i wonder if this cat has surpassed Barbie in number of impressive representative roles!
DRESSES- DREAM CLOSET new myspace friend, from Australia... "My Sunday Feeling" bestie and i had an estrogen walk, yesterday (through stores!). usually spring is my favorite season to see come into stores... i mean the change from dark and fuzzy to pastels and sheer always jolts me with so much excitement! transitions through the other 3 seasons aren't so abrupt or pleasing for me. anyway, i guess everyone's trying real hard to clear their fall/winter inventory out (poor me, no moolah!) because i saw NONE OF THAT in the stores... nothing as gratifying as looking at this woman's work! after i accepted this lady's add, i was happy to be met by the most breathtakingly gorgeous collection of sweet, playful and flirty dresses i have seen for such a very long time! perfect for the upcoming Spring and Summer seasons. it's like the most pleasant cross of: Blue Lagoon mermaids, crochet work, 1950s token hankies, free spirited hippies, the best flea market finds, hand made candy, mexican embroidery and... sexiness! ooh dear, all in all... how i would love a dress! my little Miel (pictured below) would love to wear something like that!
NEW WORK been doing a lot of cleaning/organizing. below, i was playing with things i found around the house (paint chips, left over illustration board, old Elle spreads, acrylic, charcoal, sharpies). i was watching a speech by the lovel Paula Scher that inspired me to go back to making things out of anything- especially using techniques new to you. i thought i'd take the advice and run with some thoughts i'd been thinking about, lately. i have always been concerned about child rights but i have lately been delving into some thought about women's rights, as well. here's some visual thinking out loud: a new year, a new president. here's to acting towards awareness of social and political issues that threaten the women and children of our global family! UNICEF WARIS DIRIE FOUNDATION AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
so now that i'm for sure gonna get my dream short wavy and cutesy haircut... im thinking bout....HATS.
styles of hats. inspiration: VOGUE ITALIA AMATI cloches/ hat CHANEL baret LIKA cloche and baret styles of hat, inspiration: ETSY from HiJinx from CROCHETERIA from ASPASIA
also always cold. my nose, feet and hands. but for hands: Comomilla for Hello Kitty
pS: i had the oddest dream. that i was at school with justin and suddenly they made my classmates, chanel iman and coco rocha and me walk down the aisle between the desks. and i was nervous and i tripped to the side sort of like Coco's recent spread... and i got all embarrassed. and chanel said, "it's ok. happens to the best of us." weeeeeeeeeeird.
Graphic design student notoriously partial to
the cute, the girly, the sweet, the classic, the handcrafted, the nostalgic, the childish, the sentimental, the romantic,
the colorful, the subtle, the shiny, the Eastern, the Latin,
the historic and the trendy.
.... especially the cute.