Monday, January 30, 2012
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Friday, January 27, 2012
You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.
Another beautiful photograph that my friend shot this morning.
Do not steal it please, you will be able to get it from her upcoming photography book.
Thank you.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
I would make cupcakes illegal also.
He also said:
"I've decided to be happy because it is good for my health."
I like that one more.
Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.
Christian Dior Pre-Fall 2012
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
She had caprices of a marvellous unexpectedness, and how is any one to imitate a caprice?
Alexander McQueen Pre-Fall 2012
Miro Vogue cover
Yes, this is a French Vogue cover, and yes, the artist is Joan Miro.
I wonder when Vogue will decide to let Lara Stone keep her clothes on and will actually do a cover like this again.
You can look at a painting for a whole week and then never think about it again. You can also look at a painting for a second and think about it for the rest of your life.” ~~ Joan Miro
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
I can resist everything but temptation!
Ok, so after the last post which was totally, ultimately against cupcakes, guess what I did?
I went straight to Crumbs.
Do you see these two red velvet cupcakes tanning on the deck?
One belongs to me.
Well, it's gone now.
Bon Appetit!
The Butterfly Circus
This short film brought tears to my eyes.
We should all take a moment and just be grateful for what we have and who we are.
Here is Nick Vujicic's website, the main character of this short film.
"If you can't get a miracle, become one."~~ Nick Vujicic
Color me mine
Is this what spring is about?
Pierre Hardy Neoprene and Patent Leather sandals
Where did I find these beauties?
Every fashionista knows this site, at least that's what I thought until I realized my fashionista friend didn't know about it.
And yes, I want to increase her shopping possibilities, so more about Polyvore just for her.
"Next time you stand in front of your closet with no idea what to wear, remember there’s an army of wannabe Anna Wintours and Rachel Zoes on Polyvore.com ready to offer inspiration. In just a few clicks, these aspiring stylists, artists, and creative kids-next-door can turn out a trendy head-to-toe look by tapping Polyvore’s vast database of designer apparel and accessories. Leading the charge is Jess Lee, cofounder and VP of product of the online platform that straddles the intersection of style and social commerce."
Go play now.
"What a great illusion is to suppose that beauty is goodness."~~ Leo Tolstoy
Monday, January 23, 2012
Happy Birthday, Diana!
Happy Birthday to my wonderful friend Diana!
Wishing you all the love and happiness in the world!
Sonnet 104, William Shakespeare
To me, fair friend, you never can be old,
For as you were when first your eye I eyed,
Such seems your beauty still. Three winters cold
Have from the forests shook three summers' pride,
Three beauteous springs to yellow autumn turn'd
In process of the seasons have I seen,
Three April perfumes in three hot Junes burn'd,
Since first I saw you fresh, which yet are green.
Ah, yet doth beauty, like a dial-hand,
Steal from his figure and no pace perceived;
So your sweet hue, which methinks still doth stand,
Hath motion and mine eye may be deceived:
For fear of which, hear this, thou age unbred;
Ere you were born was beauty's summer dead.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Choose Happiness.
$88 - madewell.com
$68 - yesstyle.com
$20 - zara.com
£18 - very.co.uk
$10 - oldnavy.gap.com
$7.99 - aeropostale.com
Thursday, January 19, 2012
On the set
On the set of Burt Wonderstone
At Frank Sinatra's old house. One of them.
I heard that Marilyn Monroe had her last photo shoot by this pool.
Also, if you look hard enough you might find a movie star in this picture.
But you have to look really hard.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Roksanda Ilincic
Cinemagraphs II
I found this article in The Atlantic, explaining more about how Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg are creating these beautiful images.
"We began seriously creating them during fashion week this past February. Our first few animated images were sequenced still shots looped in rapid succession which is a fairly common way of making an animated image. From there we began utilizing more fluid motion isolated in certain parts of an image to capture a moment of time, but also to un-freeze a still photograph by showing that moment's temporal movement. The process involves still and video photography but editing is very manual and varies greatly from one to another so we're routinely solving new problems when creating them.
We feel there are many exciting applications for this type of moving image. There's movement in everything and by capturing that plus the great things about a still photograph you get to experience what a video has to offer without the time commitment a video requires. There's something magical about a still photograph -- a captured moment in time -- that can simultaneously exist outside the fraction of a second the shutter captures.
To put it in less "artspeak" form: Our Cinemagraphs are a way of adding motion to a still image. On average, the more intricate ones take a day to edit and the simpler ones take 3-4 hours. It's something we'd been experimenting with for about a year but it really came together during fashion week with the post "Les Tendrils" and culminated with "Anna Sees Everything" which touches on the "ultimate portrait" -- an image that captures the essence of a person through an action or a scene they are closely associated with. Another example of that is "We all get dressed for Bill." The image format of these is .gif -- and that's been highly influential to their style since a .gif adds many interesting and archaic limitations to what is possible. The .gif format is practically as old as the internet itself and we find it interesting that as a format it's getting new life, particularly on Tumblr. But ultimately it's a delivery mechanism in the same way JPEG is to still images."
from The Atlantic.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Cinemagraphs
Cinemagraph By Jamie Beck & Kevin Burg
Check out more here.
Really Beautiful.
"More than a photo, but not quite a video"., said Coca Rocha, the pretty girl in the picture above.
I would agree with her.
Enjoy.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
One Ten Twenty Ten
Photo credit: My friend. I know it's beautiful, try to not steal it and go look for your own sunrise.
"At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear. It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us. You can love completely without complete understanding."~~ Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It
If Six Was Nine
Go here and purchase this.
If Six was Nine is a secret fashion brand from Japan.
They don't advertise and you don't see their stuff in magazines much... but everything is so ethereal and just beautiful that I had to write about them.
Hand made in Japan, inspired from art, music and photography.
Check their website here
As I was researching it, I found out that If Six was Nine is the name of a song from Jimi Hendrix, so it is only fair that I post that song also.
Monday, January 9, 2012
You'll never give up on a dream after seeing this woman
As I am going through my bookmarks to find things that inspired me, I found this story that first aired on Oprah.
It's about Tererai Trent, a woman from Zimbabwe that had a dream of education while not being able to go to school as a young girl. Her dream was to go to America and get a Bachelor's Degree, a Master's and a PhD.
Tererai is Oprah's all-time favorite guest and she donated 1.5 million in order for Tererai to built her old school in her old village in Zimbabwe.
All her dreams came true.
Here is the story.
Antonio Marras
I love Antonio Marras.
He is an Italian designer from Sardinia that used to be the creative director at Kenzo and now he is in charge of his two brands, Antonio Marras and Isola Marras.
Here is the website for Isola Marras, you have to click on Story and play with the Peppeddu the dog... it is such a cute animated website that this is the main reason I am writing this post.
And here is an Antonio Marras drape top, right now on sale on Farfetch.
So perfect for every day.
Too bad Terri doesn't carry this brand. ( for my insiders).
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