YOU'RE GOOD AT BEING BAD. I'M BAD AT BEING GOOD.

{Title: Modified lyric from Frank Ocean's 'Pink Matter' ft. Andre 3000}
{Music:  Frank Ocean's 'Pink Matter' ft. Andre 3000}
{Fashion: Tops from Forever21's Hello Kitty collection} 

IT'S NOT FAIR

{Music: The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist}

RE-READING OLD EMAILS, LIKE SEARCHING THROUGH GIFTS ALREADY UNWRAPPED, LOOKING FOR LEFTOVER JOY AMONG THE TATTERS OF WRAPPING

ROLL OVER AND SHOW YOU MY BELLY

Santa where you at....

 

2024 update (13 sept 2024) - this posts looks wrong - only one shoe / sock?! I think the placement of items as well looks more like the style I developed in later years. More likely this was several cute pairs of socks and a few options for shoes in different styles/colorways. like.... a blog post rather than social media ones. I am leaving it up rather than deleting or trying to reconstruct what I did, but the style is off.

THIS IS HOW I KICKS IT

Really fancying the idea of pencil skirts -- I've oscillated between minis and maxis for a while, so I want a new silhouette... These look best on women with bodies (like, erm, me) - but how do you make a pencil skirt modern without going Kardashian? Early ideas include mesh, panels and leather...

WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU LEFT JERUSALEM?

Haven't scoped out new blogs in a while, and today I found a few gems. Found this total inspo on feelingvague.blogspot.co.uk, kind of a modern goth opus by a young tattoo artist. Cool!









{title: a quote from the 2009 Israeli film Eyes Wide Open}

TRUST AND BELIEVE

{Music: Lunice at the Boiler Room!}

WE FLOAT LIKE FEATHERS, IN A BEAUTIFUL WORLD

Whispers from the weekend...


{Title: Modified lyrics from Creep, by Radiohead}

{Music: Bob Marley's Is This Love, covered by Corrine Bailey Rae - and converted from 4/4 into 6/8. She's a genius!!!!}

WHETHER I SHALL TURN OUT TO BE THE HERO OF MY OWN LIFE, OR WHETHER THAT STATION WILL BE HELD BY ANYBODY ELSE, THESE PAGES MUST SHOW

That's all for now.

{Title: the first line of David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. Dickens said David Copperfield was for him, his favorite of the novels he'd written}

NEVER BET THE DEVIL YOUR HEAD

Been bored with my hair and planning some fun stuff to do with it. Head's swirling with deas of 60s chanteuses (Marianne Faithfull, Sylvie Vartan & Francoise Hardy), random updos and beautiful pastel colors on brown skin!  Inspo below...

{Title: Quote by Edgar Allen Poe}
{First and last pics from http://prettyblackpastel.tumblr.com}

NELLY, I AM HEATHCLIFF!

A few sugar coated pop choons (tunes) with warm, melted centres...Hooray for SIA!





{music: David Guetta - Titanium ft. Sia & Flo Rida - Wild Ones ft. Sia} 

{title: Catherine Earnshaw From Wuthering Heights describes her love for Heathcliff:
"My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods: time will change it, I'm well aware, as winter changes the trees. My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath: a source of little visible delight, but necessary. Nelly, I am Heathcliff - he's always, always in my mind - not as a pleasure, any more than I am always a pleasure to myself - but as my own being; so, don't talk of our separation again - it is impracticable."}

IF YOU LIKE THAT, YOU'LL LOVE THIS

{Paintings from Laurence Owen's series "Wish You Were Here". I like how barren they are - the figures in the paintings look active, like they're working hard - but nothing is coming of it...tilling barren ground.}

HOW FAR CAN YOU FALL?

So many posts, so little time. Amazing how you can not write/create for ages then it all pours out like turning on a water spigot... 

{Music: Mary J Blige singing "Missing You" live in 1998. My fave MJB live performance, I think. Ironic.}

BE STILL

After a flurry of activity in the real world, we turn to my trusty blog once again for some circumspect introspection: "Eso te sucede negra por enamorar!" 

I've always been interested in the black Peruvians on the coast of Peru - they intermarried with the Incas (they jokingly call themselves Ingas, a mix of Inca and Mandingo) and formed one of the few cultures that is a mix of indigenous and African influences. Another one being of course, African American groups like the Black Seminoles, like some of my family. :) 

{music: Susana Baca, Zamba Malató. It's in Peruvian-accented Spanish and the lyrics are about a black woman who dances like a bird to get a man's attention. The final lyrics are translated "That's what you get for falling in love!"}

THE MIDDLE DAUGHTER AND THE YOUNGEST SON

More skeletons. 

{Artwork: A closeup of a piece by Chinese contemporary artist Ye Honxing. She does giant murals full of television characters, cartoons, destruction, seduction, dreams and nightmares ... embellished with children's stickers. Here's her website}

IT'S TIME FOR TOMORROW

{Music: 1800s Folk song "Moonshiner", sung by Bob Dylan)

THE SEVEN SAGES OF THE BAMBOO GROVE

{title: The seven sages of the bamboo grove were a 3rd century group that "engaged in separating themselves from the dangerous political situation of third century China, in favor of devoting themselves to a life of art and leisure."}

{music: "I Can't Make Up My Mind" by The Zombies}

WE KNOW NOT WHAT WE DO UNTIL WE DO IT

Skeletor - why am I always posting skeletons? (here, here, here...Oh! and here)



{Title: Modified line from the amazing, amazing, amazing night Tongue Fu at Rich Mix}

HINTS, ALLEGATIONS AND THINGS LEFT UNSAID

Soaking up the dregs of summer and dreaming of braces (suspenders), primary colours, and Doc Martens

stomper by lolareblog

{title: from Collective Soul's album of the same title}

HAVE SEVERAL SEATS

{music: super 8 king of the world}

AIN'T IT THE TRUTH

MAKE IT FUNKY

Whyred S/S 13

And here's the fairest of them all - Whyred. My fave show of the season is randomly a brand whose style reminds me a lot of East London. 













{Photos by Kristian Löveborg}

HEADS WILL ROLL

Ida Sjöstedt S/S 13

Ida Sjöstedt put on another of my favourite shows this season in Stockholm.

The trappings are major - the fairy tale castle backdrop, candy floss coloured  hair, flowered sunnies and platform pumps all immediately give you a sense of what kind of girl these clothes are for, and get your imagination going as to the feel and story of the whole affair.

Sjöstedt also gives a nod to current trends like hi-lo dresses and an obsession for all things pastel, which is fine - perfect to keep her in the loop... for now. I do wonder though, if people are going to still be going in this direction in 8 months when it's actually time to start buying S/S 13 clothing... After all, the whole purpose of these shows is to get excited about what's NEXT, not to receive an reaffirmation of what we're already into.

There are certainly some amazing pieces - the tailoring of the trousers for example is exceptional (front AND back ladies) and I could totally see myself in many of the items - I just feel like something falls a tiny bit short in the styling of the clothing itself. Why would you send a girl down the runway in trousers and just a bra? No matter how much we love the pieces as separates, it looks like the model's taking a walk of shame home... Take away the backdrop and the staging and it becomes a bit more apparent. 



In any case,  Ida Sjöstedt knows how to stage a SHOW and fill it with some amazing clothes - a show which, for all my blustering, I am actually kind of gutted I missed.

{Photos by Kristian Löveborg}

HERE WE GO AGAIN

Stylein S/S 13

I didn't go to Stockholm Fashion Week this summer for the first time in 3 years - I've been having a pretty good time in London so I'm not complaining. BUT! I love looking at what I missed - especially since so many of my favourite brands are Swedish. 

Stylein's taste level is phenomenal - I feel this brand always gets it right. I'm a big fan of the muted palette, the tailoring, the mix of prints and fabrics, and the  shapes they create around the body. A Stylein show always looks feminine in an understated way, without EVER crossing a line into cutesy or dull or OTT. We only serve good taste here, thanks very much.

{photos by Kristian Löveborg}

GEORDI LA FORGE IS MY SPIRIT ANIMAL

Actually I'm pretty sure it's a tiger...

{Image found on the gorge blog Bleached}

OF COURSE I GO PLACES