a savage damsel

26-34

2009-11-08T20:34:00.002-08:00

windows into the soul

2009-11-05T13:50:00.000-08:00

I WENT TO SCHOOL AND IT WAS LIKE A FRIDAY NIGHT. I MET ABOUT FIVE NEW PEOPLE TODAY.

SILVERWARE

2009-11-04T22:07:00.006-08:00

THIS IS MY PRESENT TO MYSELF FOR SURVIVING MIDTERMS.
YES. IT IS RATHER POINTY ON ONE END
YES. I COULD FUCK SOMEONE UP

I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO A SHOW TONIGHT AND PHOTOGRAPH A BAND BUT I DECIDED TO STAY AT HOME INSTEAD AND PHOTOGRAPH MYSELF AND THE NEW RING, SO PATHETIC. I HATE WEDNESDAYS TODAY.

LOTS LOADS TONS OF LIKE

2009-11-02T20:31:00.005-08:00

but they would be unacceptable in any color that slightly resembles an deer/camel/moose type animal. it would rob the article of it's irony and pleasantly unexpected placement and in turn converts backwards into something like a costume accessory.

2009-11-01T14:29:00.006-08:00

DETOUR (accept)

THERE WAS SANGRIA

2009-10-23T23:00:00.009-07:00

BACKYARD STUDIO

2009-10-23T00:53:00.006-07:00

"why me?" "because everyone else is boring, and because your different. you don't like me, stèphanie."

"TOTALLY UNINSPIRING" BANANAS SOUP AND SHOES

2009-10-22T01:25:00.007-07:00

I'VE HAD A RATHER STRANGE NIGHT AND I HAVE TO GET UP FAIRLY EARLY, SO DEAR READERS, HERE ARE SOME WARHOL POLAROIDS CIRCA LATE 70'S EARLY 80'S. THEY'RE NOTHING SHORT OF ORDINARY, BUT ITS INTRIGUING TO SEE ARTICLES THAT EMOBDY HIS FAME TRIVIALIZED IN SUCH A CONTRIVED WAY + I GUESS I AM JUST DRAWN TO SHOES, NO SECRET THERE. THEY'RE ON EXHIBITION SOME GALLERY SOME WHERE I DON'T CARE TO LOOK UP. NOW IT'S TIME TO DIVE INTO MY DUVET AND FALL ASLEEP TO SOME LORD OF THE RINGS.

VIA. DOUBLE TAKES BLOG + HYPE BEAST

SOFT FORM

2009-10-17T20:24:00.008-07:00

A MORE DELICATE SIDE OF DEVON AOKI. WHEN SHE'S NOT STRUTTING IN MINI SKIRTS OR STARRING IN STRAIGHT TO DVD MOVIES (SIN CITY EXCLUDED, OF COURSE) SHE CAN BE QUITE ENGAGING, NOT IN THE SENSE THAT SHE IS USUALLY PORTRAYED.

THE RECENT RELEASE OF WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE INTO THEATERS PROMPTED A FLASHBACK TO THIS PARTICULAR SPREAD FROM LAST JUNES VOGUE NIPPON. I NEED TO SEE THAT FILM ASAP. I'VE SPENT MONTHS READING ARTICLES ABOUT IT'S PRODUCTION AND HOW IT ALMOST DID NOT COME TO PASS SO I'M SITTING HERE, INSTEAD OF AT A MOVIE THEATER, JUST ABOUT TO IMPLODE WITH ANXIOUSNESS.

COMMUNICATION

2009-10-14T20:11:00.005-07:00

A REALLY REFINED AND ELEGANT TAKE ON ETHNIC STYLE TEXTILES, ESPECIALLY PAIRED WITH THAT ULTRA BOYISH BOB CUT. MAKES YOU THINK MORE NORWEGIAN THAN PARISIAN.

FRINGE BRA! I WANT.

I AM BECOMING ENGULFED INTO THE REALM OF AN ALL BLACK WARDROBE. CURSE YOU ART SCHOOL STEREOTYPES

VIA. FACEHUNTER

SO MESSED

2009-10-14T18:54:00.008-07:00

I'M SURE WE'VE ALL BEEN BUZZING ABOUT LARS VON TRIER'S "ANTI-CHRIST" BEING THE SECRETLY POMPOUS FILM BUFFS IN US ALL. I DIDN'T EVEN WATCH IT, BUT FROM WHAT I'M HEARING, I DON'T WANT TO. I READ THE SYNOPSIS ON IMBD AND I AM SERIOUSLY JUST BLOWN AWAY BY THE IMAGES DESCRIBED. GUESS I'M SPATIALLY SENSITIVE BECAUSE I DON'T EVEN NEED TO SEE THAT SHIT TO KNOW THAT IT'S MESSSSSSSSSSED! ANYWAY, THIS ISN'T A FILM BLOG SO I WON'T GO TOO DEEPLY INTO IT. I DON'T REALLY WANT TO TAINT THE IMAGE OF FRENCH ROMANTICISM AND GRACE THAT I ASSOCIATE CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG WITH.

A COLLECTION OF IMAGES.

OBSESSION NOT BY CALVIN KLEIN

2009-10-12T02:47:00.010-07:00

CARBONATED WATER

THIS NUMBER WORN BY LILY COLINS IN THIS MONTHS NYLON (GREAT, I KNOW. ANOTHER CELEBRITY SEED BEING LAUNCHED INTO MEDIA DARLINGDOM)

DEAD MAN'S BONES!!! THIS WAS RYAN GOSLING'S TRUE CALLING.
" I made a couple movies because I had to, but this is all we do."

THE VERY MUCH TALKED/BLOGGED/RAVED/OBSESSED ABOUT ALEXANDER MCQUEEN SPRING 2010 RTW. HOLY FUCK. THE THRESHOLD BETWEEN FASHION AND FANTASY HAS JUST BEEN BREACHED.

ACNE JERSEY CROP TOP. I AM NUTS FOR LOVING THIS BEAUTIFUL OVERPRICED SHIT

DESIGN I - REPETITION

2009-10-12T01:08:00.002-07:00

I. THE PROTOTYPE. THE PROF INSTRUCTED US TO BRING 25 IDENTICAL ITEMS AND NO FURTHER INSIGHT INTO WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING WITH THEM. I MADE SOMETHING THAT I INTENDED TO LOOK LIKE A MELTED DOUBLE HELIX.
II. THE FINAL MODEL. A CLUSTER OF TWISTED PLANES AND CIRCULAR PIECES.

NOT MY FAN MAIL

2009-10-10T12:06:00.006-07:00

I WAS MAKING THE ROUNDS AND I DISCOVERED THIS ON JAK AND JILL. NO, IT'S NOT A VOGUETTE, A SWEDISH MODEL, A PAIR OF SIX INCH HEELS OR OTHER FORM OF FOOTWEAR I CAN ONLY DREAM OF ADORNING, BUT FAN MAIL. A MOST EXCELLENT KIND OF FAN MAIL. BASED ON PHOTOS OF MEGHAN COLLISION AND TYLER RIGGS.

THE SHADING TO FORM FACIAL STRUCTURES IS PRETTY DAMN IMPECCABLE, ESPECIALLY ON TYLER RIGGS. I ALSO LOVE THAT THE ARTIST KEPT THE GARMENTS WHITE, KEEPS THE FOCUS ON THE DETAILS. WOULD CHANGE THE ILLUSTRATION ENTIRELY OTHERWISE. RATHER THAN JUST ANOTHER PENCIL CRAYON DRAWING, THIS WAY IT RETAINS THE CHARACTER OF ULI KNOERZER'S WORK

IN A NUTSHELL

2009-10-06T01:05:00.007-07:00

JEAN PAUL GAULTIER HAS FUSED MY AUTUMN AFFINITIES INTO THESE FEW RUNWAY EXCERPTS

TRENCH COAT ( + MODIFIED/REINFORCED TIGHTS IN TIMID GREYS AND GREENS, PATCHES OF NAVY AND SHEER BLACK)

TRIANGULAR DETAILS

NUDE TAPPERS
i. !
ii. !!
iii. !!!!!!!!!!!!!

ALTHOUGH I DESPERATELY NEED THE HEIGHT, I HAVE NEVER BEEN AN AVID STILETTO WEARER, HOWEVER I CAN ADMIRE A GOOD NEEDLE HEEL NOW AND ALWAYS. JEAN PAUL'S COLLECTION IS PROMINENTLY DYNAMIC VAUDEVILLE AND CABARET THEMED SO THE NUDE HEELS ARE AN ASPECT THAT BRINGS THE ECCENTRICITY BACK TO EARTH, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE LINE IS TITLED "THE G-SPOT" AND FEATURES BLATANT AESTHETIC REFERENCES TO MADONNA'S CONE BRA STUNT.

EXPERIMENTING WITH EDIT + LIGHT

2009-10-03T00:26:00.007-07:00

CALL YOU BEST GUY FRIEND AND TELL THEM ABOUT MATTE NAIL POLISH

2009-10-01T16:58:00.007-07:00

THERE IS EXPONENTIALLY MORE RAIN THIS WEEK THAN LAST. I'M JUST WAITING FOR GILLS TO APPEAR ANY DAY NOW. IN PREPARATION FOR THE COLDER WEATHER I WENT TO ARITZIA TO BUY SOME LONG SLEEVE SHIRTS TO TUCK INTO TROUSERS OR WEAR OVER JUMPSUITS AND WHAT NOT AND I ENDED UP BUYING KNOCK OUT MATTE NAIL POLISH. IT WAS LIKE THE ULTIMATE IMPULSE BUY, NOT ALL MY NAIL POLISH IS $21 THATS FOR SURE BUT I WAS SO HAPPY WHEN I BOUGHT IT THAT I CALLED MY BEST FRIEND, RYAN, AND TOLD HIM ABOUT IT. HE CLEARLY DID NOT GIVE TWO SHITS ABOUT MATTE NAIL POLISH BUT MATERIALISTIC MILESTONES ARE A REOCCURRING TOPIC BETWEEN US. I GOT IT IN "CALAMINE", A VERY DELICATE AND SOFT SHADE OF PINK.

THE FACE OF KNOCK OUT COSMETICS, TIS KAREN O! IT'S QUITE CONVENIENT THAT HER INITIALS HAPPEN TO ALIGN WITH THE BRAND ITSELF. THE VAMPY RED IS NAMED AFTER HER, NATURALLY. ALL THE NAIL POLISHES ARE CRUELTY FREE AND ARE OF A PRETTY HIGH VISCOSITY SO YOU NEEDN'T AS MANY COATS TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING MORE OPAQUE. COOLHUNTING VENTURED TO STATE THAT POLISHED NAILS ARE NOW "TOTALLY PASSE". THAT'S RATHER HYSTERICAL. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THE SHEEN FACTOR OF NAILS COULD FALL OUT OF SEASON.

ABANDONED

2009-10-01T15:41:00.001-07:00

LAST NIGHT: ADIDAS LAUNCH PARTY

2009-10-01T13:03:00.011-07:00

i. LOU DRINKING GRANVILLE ISLAND, FREE BEER TENDS TO HAVE THAT EFFECT ON PEOPLE ii. SHOES THAT REMINDED ME OF SOMEONE I KNOW + MISS

ALTHOUGH I'M NOT KEEN ON STREET WEAR I CAN APPRECIATE A GOOD COLLABORATION. ADIDAS X JEREMY SCOTT WAS THE FOCUS OF MY NIGHT ALTHOUGH THE NIGHT WAS DEDICATED TO A SLEW OF DESIGNERS WHO HAD DIPPED THEIR PEN IN ADIDAS INK. I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE TOO MANY PHOTOS BECAUSE IT REMINDED ME OF THE THIRTEEN YEAR OLDS THAT COME INTO MY WORK AND TAKE PICTURES OF THEMSELVES IN THE CHANGE ROOM, PURCHASE NOTHING AND LEAVE A CLUSTER FUCK OF HANGERS AND MINI SKIRTS. THE ABOVE WERE SOME PIECES THAT I FOUND EXCEPTIONAL IN CONCEPT AND AESTHETIC. THE JEREMY COMPOSITION MEMBERS ONLY JACKET IS A BEAUTY, PROBABLY MY FAVORITE OF THE NIGHT. HOWEVER, THE MODIFIED CLASSIC TRACK JACKET WAS VERY TEMPTING ALSO, BUT CAN'T JUSTIFY THE PURCHASE WHEN THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO GO NUTS FOR THIS STUFF WHILE FOR ME IT WOULD BE A FLEETING FANCY.

INVESTMENT

2009-10-01T09:18:00.009-07:00

THIS YEAR MY PREFERENCES HAVE RAPIDLY EVOLVED FROM ONLY WEARING TIGHTS AND LEGGINGS TO WINDOW SHOPPING FOR PREMIUM DENIM. THE LAST TIME I "INVESTED" IN A GOOD PAIR OF JEANS WAS IN MY FRESHMAN YEAR AND MY FRIEND PETRA CONVINCED ME TO BUY SOME JBRANDS THAT WERE ON SALE. ALL THROUGHOUT MY PANT-LESS PHASE I CURSED THAT DECISION BUT TODAY I CAN LOOK BACK AND SMILE IN SHEEPISH CONTENT. I'M CURRENTLY INTENSELY COVETING APC'S NEW CURE.

neither low nor high rise. very narrow leg. five pockets. coin pocket. button fly. the first button is engraved 'A.P.C. rue Madame près du luxembourg'. 100 % cotton. unwashed denim.

WHENEVER I GET TIRED OF SAVING MONEY I THINK I MAY SPLURGE ON SOME DARK DENIM. I TELL CUSTOMERS ALL THE TIME AT MY JOB THAT DARK DENIM IS A FUNDAMENTAL WARDROBE PIECE (COMPLETELY VERSATILE, NEVER FAILS TO LOOK SOPHISTICATED WITH EITHER A BAND TEE OR A SHRUNKEN JACKET) BUT I DON'T THINK I EVEN OWN ANY DARK DENIM I CARE TO WEAR. TIME TO END THIS HYPOCRISY.

2009-09-29T00:41:00.003-07:00

MY LITERATURE TEACHER BRIEFLY, VAGUELY REFERENCED BLONDE REDHEAD IN ONE OF HIS LECTURES AND IT PROMPTED A NOSTALGIC FLASHBACK TO THIS VIDEO.

THIS IS JUST AN EXCELLENT VISUAL EXPERIENCE. A TON OF VARIETY, THATS FOR SURE. THERE IS THIS ON-GOING DEBATE IN THE YOUTUBE COMMENTS (LEGIT, I KNOW) WHETHER OR NOT IT SHOULD BE STILL SHOTS OR AS IS. I LIKE IT THE WAY IT IS, AS ONE DILIGENT POST-EE REMARKED, IT WOULD LOSE IT'S SENSE OF MOVEMENT.

kazu's voice reminds me of a woman that broke my heart... i dread her presence though i miss her immensely.

- bronlokis

A CUTE COMMENT

HAIR

2009-09-29T00:20:00.009-07:00

JUST WANTED TO TOUCH BASE ON A PREVIOUS POST ON THE "HAIR AS MEDIA" BOOK, HAIR 'EM SCARE 'EM. PHOTOGRAPHY BY (i) MARCIO SIMNCH + (ii) ANA CABALEIRO

VIA. BOOOOOOOM

I HAVE TO WAKE UP IN SIX HOURS

2009-09-29T00:09:00.006-07:00

I MAY UPLOAD SOME PHOTOS FROM A ROLL OF FILM FROM THE EARLY SUMMER SO THAT IS SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO IF YOU HAVE NOTICE THAT THE POST HAVE BEEN LACKING AS OF LATE. IN THE MEAN TIME, I FINISHED MY SERIOUSLY ANNOYING AND UN-REWARDING DESIGN PROJECT TODAY, HAVE A GANDER. I ALWAYS HAVE PHOTOS OF MY DESIGN PROJECTS AND NOTHING ELSE BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY COURSE THAT REQUIRES PHOTO DOCUMENTATION + THEY MAY AS WELL END UP ON HERE.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO CUT SLITS INTO A 20 X 26 SHEET OF VELUM (OTHERWISE KNOWN AS PAPER) AND FORM A 3-D OBJECT THAT CONVEYS AN EMOTION. MINE WAS LETHARGY.

CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS TOOK ME NEARLY TWO HOURS?! AND THIS IS WHY MY PROSPECTIVE MAJOR IS PHOTOGRAPHY. I WON'T LIE, I DIDN'T TRY EXCEPTIONALLY HARD AND I DONT EXPECT TO GET AN EXCEPTIONAL GRADE. I WAS CARRYING IT TO MY LOCKER AND RAN INTO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE ON MY WAY THERE AND EVERY SINGLE PERSON COMMENTED ON THE TREE I DREW TO SHOW SCALE. NICE.

LANVIN DOLLS

2009-09-26T23:18:00.003-07:00

ANOTHER EXHIBIT OF HOW FASHION IS TRANSCENDED THROUGH FORM. THESE LANVIN LOVELIES ARE SCULPTED BY A CHINESE ARTISTS (NOT POSITIVE ON THE NAME). IT'S HARAJUKU-ESQUE STYLE IS PRIMARILY DERIVED FROM ORIGINAL SKETCHES BY ALBER ELBAZ WHO IS KNOWN FOR FEATURING THE ROUNDED HEAD ON EACH IN HIS DRAWINGS BEFORE THEY ARE REALIZED INTO THE GARMENTS WE ALL COVET AND ADORE, MOSTLY FROM AFAR, SPEAKING FOR MYSELF OBVS. ESPECIALLY THAT LAST RED DRAPERY INSPIRED DRESS, IT LOOKS THE IDEAL FUSION OF GLAMOUR (THE CLASSY KIND, NOT THE KIND YOU FIND IN A COSMO THESE DAYS), EFFORTLESSNESS AND COMFORT.

VIA. THE NEW YORKER

THE TODAY ENTRY

2009-09-23T22:26:00.005-07:00

I WANTED TO FIND + PURCHASE THIS FILM TODAY BUT I FOUND IT FOR NEARLY 30 DOLLARS. I COULDN'T QUITE DECIDE WHETHER I WANTED IT OR NOT BECAUSE I HAD TO GO TO THE BATHROOM SO BADLY BUT WAS DETERMINED TO MAKE A DECISION. IT CAME DOWN TO THAT IT WOULD TAKE MORE TIME TO BUY IT THAN IT WOULD TO JUST PUT IT DOWN AND FIND A WASHROOM, SO INSTEAD OF WATCHING THIS WONDERFUL MOVIE, I AM BLOGGING. YOU LUCKY READERS.

IF YOU LIKE AMELIE, YOU ~~SHOULD~~ MUST WATCH HAPPENSTANCE, IT HAS AUDREY TATOU IN IT ALSO SHE'S NOT NEARLY AS INTRIGUING OF A CHARACTER, BUT IT POSSESSES THE SAME QUIRKY APPEAL THAT FRENCH FILMS SEEM TO ENCAPSULATE SO BEAUTIFULLY.