Friday, February 13, 2009
Valumtimes is Serious Times...
and in honour of the most saccharine holiday on the calendar, here are some loved up pictures...
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Girls Who Wear Glasses...
As a child I always wanted glasses, (actually, I still do...) but alas, it was not to be. When I was born the pediatrician informed my mother that I would never need glasses. Instead, I live vicariously through those graced with the chance to wear clever little frames paired with matching lenses.
So here we go...
And to end, a mesh of shades and a tambourine...naturally.
Image note-
I've collected these from all over the place, often tumblr/creative blogs. If there's a problem, let me know & I'll fix it if I can, ta.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Inspiring Stuff...
When I got Goldfrapp's album Seventh Tree last year, I picked up the special edition in a little box complete with euphoria-inducing film stock full of lens flares and endless fields.
One of the gorgeous shots in the booklet was this one
featuring an INCREDIBLE owl costume created by set designer extraordinaire Shona Heath.
Of course, I didn't know that then. Though I should have realised, really, after this little number.
(This picture is actually from Uk Vogue Dec 2008, but the costume was apparently made for Japanese Vogue awhile ago...)
Needless to say, her work is amazing, and she often collaborates with photographer Tim Walker. Together they create unbelievable dreamscapes.
Take a gander...
I love the whimsical dreamworld she creates.
Oh and Uk Vogue December 2008? AMAZING. And that comes from someone who really likes magazines.
I'll endeavour to do another style icon-ish post and a couple of actual outfit posts soon!
Yay?
Image Credits:
1. http://www.musicweek.com/pictures/468xAny/m/n/y/goldfrapp.jpg
2. https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCTdUyclRazkPviR0yAYyXIw4_u16u5CVOGBOIju0Tj5TCcciYNopo7WmLPeY1NxubmDtzf55bkXIFpOUEMz7fknVZO328w2ELp524OMwtuLZukvfjH5Hlo490yrD26ShBBu7LS8QEck/s200/22.jpg
3. http://www.tenprops.co.uk/props.php
4. http://iwanttowearit.blogspot.com/2009/01/proper-shona-heath.html
5. http://thebosh.com/upload/2008/11/01/kate_moss_vogue_uk_december_2008/Kate-Moss-Vogue-UK-December.jpg
One of the gorgeous shots in the booklet was this one
featuring an INCREDIBLE owl costume created by set designer extraordinaire Shona Heath.
Of course, I didn't know that then. Though I should have realised, really, after this little number.
(This picture is actually from Uk Vogue Dec 2008, but the costume was apparently made for Japanese Vogue awhile ago...)
Needless to say, her work is amazing, and she often collaborates with photographer Tim Walker. Together they create unbelievable dreamscapes.
Take a gander...
I love the whimsical dreamworld she creates.
Oh and Uk Vogue December 2008? AMAZING. And that comes from someone who really likes magazines.
I'll endeavour to do another style icon-ish post and a couple of actual outfit posts soon!
Yay?
Image Credits:
1. http://www.musicweek.com/pictures/468xAny/m/n/y/goldfrapp.jpg
2. https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCTdUyclRazkPviR0yAYyXIw4_u16u5CVOGBOIju0Tj5TCcciYNopo7WmLPeY1NxubmDtzf55bkXIFpOUEMz7fknVZO328w2ELp524OMwtuLZukvfjH5Hlo490yrD26ShBBu7LS8QEck/s200/22.jpg
3. http://www.tenprops.co.uk/props.php
4. http://iwanttowearit.blogspot.com/2009/01/proper-shona-heath.html
5. http://thebosh.com/upload/2008/11/01/kate_moss_vogue_uk_december_2008/Kate-Moss-Vogue-UK-December.jpg
A Renaissance of Sorts...
...for me and posting, at least.
I'm doing my best to curb my spending to
a) keep my parents happy, and
b) save up for a spot of foreign gallivanting a little later...
Anyway...
First up, I thought I'd share some sweet tunes I've been loving lately.
So in (semi) chronological order, here goes...
IDA MARIA.
I love me some Scandinavian audio happiness (Sigur Ros, Lykke Li etc.) and Ida is no different.
The best way I can think to describe the listening experience is chocolate that is all smooth outside, but when you take a bite, all these caramel chips start popping in your mouth and it's surprising and fun and still a little sweet.
Her current album is Fortress Round My Heart, and it's a gem.
See? Just try not to love her...
She's a cute one, isn't she just!
I played it on loop until...
I bought (oops, naughty, but i rationalize that it was with a voucher and, as it turns out, super dooper great!)
SANTOGOLD
I really like a bit of hip hop laid over smooth world beats with a dash of reggae cool, and her album Santogold is fab.
Full of fresh sounds knitted together by her smooth vocals (spoken, sung and other interesting things) and underlaid with effortless cool i am still giving this record a much lauded whirl.
And for good measure, here's a snap of her with M.I.A. whose stuff I also love.
On principal though, M.I.A.'s grammy outfits? Not so much. But somehow, be it the attitude or inbuilt street-cool, I reckon she pulled them off. She's pretty much awesome.
Plus, kudos for performing at an international awards show on your due date!
Anyhow, back to the music...
I saw Ryan Adams & The Cardinals at the Enmore Theatre (love) a little while back and it was a great show.
My music-panions were serious fans of the music and his work, so their excitement had to rub off on me a bit, but I was really impressed.
He did his cover of Oasis' Wonderwall, which is beautiful (and one of my favourites) so I was happy. the set list was really varied which kept things interesting, and when the guys did Oh My Sweet Carolina (off the album Heartbreaker, of which a couple of tracks found their way onto the Elizabethtown soundtrack...yiew!) it was awesome. That is, until a fellow audience member yelled out about how it had been his wedding song except he'd changed "Carolina" to "Alexandra" (his now-wife's name, one can only assume) and succeeded in making the entirety of the sober part of the audience cringe in embarrassment.
The set set-up (HA, geddit?) was also maddeningly cool, if only for the large neon roses suspended beside a giant cardinal motif.
Sigh...I'm a total sucker for neon! (Lights, not clothing please.)
My aversion to neon clothing turned me off MGMT for so long, but resistance, it would seem, is futile.
I can't help it!
And so, for this picture I am sorry.
But for the sweet-electro catchiness of the songs I am not.
At least the lens flare is lovely.
(Which could be a beautiful segue way into the next post...)
Image Shout outs (Sorry, I can't html yet...eek!)
1. http://profile.ak.facebook.com/object3/1195/73/l9141460035_4314.jpg
2. http://blog.dojo.ie/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/ida.jpg
3. https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhpKl7LhJCVxCd6IXei7vG0-MM5QbU6HiZPPUqqZzo6IvR2qb5QBRrfu-QhqnX-5BfyD3VwCLV46JJ26zyZE3ZTOl-nxonSI26P34b5twmc5JpSFA_jL8aku-nm2C_n9Vx_RCukZheD8cJ/s400/IdaMaria.jpg
4. http://www.velvetaddiction.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/santogold-grafitti.jpg
5. http://knowxone.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/santogold-cover.jpg
6. http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/archives/santogold.jpg
7. http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/music/artists/rad-l-3.jpg
8. http://www.wnew.com/images/2008/10/16/0232_cardinals_neon_rose.jpg
9. http://www.zmemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/g11mgmt.jpeg
I'm doing my best to curb my spending to
a) keep my parents happy, and
b) save up for a spot of foreign gallivanting a little later...
Anyway...
First up, I thought I'd share some sweet tunes I've been loving lately.
So in (semi) chronological order, here goes...
IDA MARIA.
I love me some Scandinavian audio happiness (Sigur Ros, Lykke Li etc.) and Ida is no different.
The best way I can think to describe the listening experience is chocolate that is all smooth outside, but when you take a bite, all these caramel chips start popping in your mouth and it's surprising and fun and still a little sweet.
Her current album is Fortress Round My Heart, and it's a gem.
See? Just try not to love her...
She's a cute one, isn't she just!
I played it on loop until...
I bought (oops, naughty, but i rationalize that it was with a voucher and, as it turns out, super dooper great!)
SANTOGOLD
I really like a bit of hip hop laid over smooth world beats with a dash of reggae cool, and her album Santogold is fab.
Full of fresh sounds knitted together by her smooth vocals (spoken, sung and other interesting things) and underlaid with effortless cool i am still giving this record a much lauded whirl.
And for good measure, here's a snap of her with M.I.A. whose stuff I also love.
On principal though, M.I.A.'s grammy outfits? Not so much. But somehow, be it the attitude or inbuilt street-cool, I reckon she pulled them off. She's pretty much awesome.
Plus, kudos for performing at an international awards show on your due date!
Anyhow, back to the music...
I saw Ryan Adams & The Cardinals at the Enmore Theatre (love) a little while back and it was a great show.
My music-panions were serious fans of the music and his work, so their excitement had to rub off on me a bit, but I was really impressed.
He did his cover of Oasis' Wonderwall, which is beautiful (and one of my favourites) so I was happy. the set list was really varied which kept things interesting, and when the guys did Oh My Sweet Carolina (off the album Heartbreaker, of which a couple of tracks found their way onto the Elizabethtown soundtrack...yiew!) it was awesome. That is, until a fellow audience member yelled out about how it had been his wedding song except he'd changed "Carolina" to "Alexandra" (his now-wife's name, one can only assume) and succeeded in making the entirety of the sober part of the audience cringe in embarrassment.
The set set-up (HA, geddit?) was also maddeningly cool, if only for the large neon roses suspended beside a giant cardinal motif.
Sigh...I'm a total sucker for neon! (Lights, not clothing please.)
My aversion to neon clothing turned me off MGMT for so long, but resistance, it would seem, is futile.
I can't help it!
And so, for this picture I am sorry.
But for the sweet-electro catchiness of the songs I am not.
At least the lens flare is lovely.
(Which could be a beautiful segue way into the next post...)
Image Shout outs (Sorry, I can't html yet...eek!)
1. http://profile.ak.facebook.com/object3/1195/73/l9141460035_4314.jpg
2. http://blog.dojo.ie/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/ida.jpg
3. https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhpKl7LhJCVxCd6IXei7vG0-MM5QbU6HiZPPUqqZzo6IvR2qb5QBRrfu-QhqnX-5BfyD3VwCLV46JJ26zyZE3ZTOl-nxonSI26P34b5twmc5JpSFA_jL8aku-nm2C_n9Vx_RCukZheD8cJ/s400/IdaMaria.jpg
4. http://www.velvetaddiction.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/santogold-grafitti.jpg
5. http://knowxone.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/santogold-cover.jpg
6. http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/archives/santogold.jpg
7. http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/music/artists/rad-l-3.jpg
8. http://www.wnew.com/images/2008/10/16/0232_cardinals_neon_rose.jpg
9. http://www.zmemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/g11mgmt.jpeg
Sunday, December 14, 2008
A State Of Grace...
"...BY THE GRACE OF MIND
WITH THE GRACE OF HEART
IN THE GRACE OF LIGHT..."
I stumbled across this project on the dazed digital website.
http://www.dazeddigital.com/Default.aspx
The whole thing is kind of a hub of creativity.
This particular project is a collaboration between Mariano Vivanco & Swarovski.
& the result is a short film that captures the image of the Tree Graces amidst a sea of tulle & crystals.
The creator had this to say...
"I started getting ideas for the film about girls swirling around in a whirlwind,” Vivanco says of the project, which was inspired by Swarovski, whose ongoing mission it is to "beautify and enrich" the world with "allegories of light and crystal" that are all about facets, depth, radiance and reflection. These invite the wearer into another world of inspiration, and one can see how The Three Graces represent the creativity reflected in the different facets of such a crystal, shedding different lights on our lives, and encouraging one to take a more poetic perspective on life.
"The Three Graces usually have long, flowing, crazy hair, but on the day, one of the models came into the studio with a really tiny bob," laughs Vivanco. "Luckily the hairdresser had some hairpieces that we managed to glue onto her head. Young designer James Millar made their dresses out of random lingerie and expensive silks, and we stuck CRYSTALLIZED™ – Swarovski Elements all over the girls, their nails, and the frocks. We even put them on curtains that were draped in front of the camera as we were filming. I decided to rip up the dresses during the final scene of the shoot. That was really kind of heartbreaking, but it was all in the name of art!"
Bordering on the saccrine, it is creativity at the height of opulence. Three classically beautiful models gaze from the heart of an explosion of pastel pink drapery, showers of the famous crystals glinting from every imaginable surface.
Pure eye candy...
You can view the film here-
http://www.dazeddigital.com/projects/astateofgrace/Film.aspx
WITH THE GRACE OF HEART
IN THE GRACE OF LIGHT..."
I stumbled across this project on the dazed digital website.
http://www.dazeddigital.com/Default.aspx
The whole thing is kind of a hub of creativity.
This particular project is a collaboration between Mariano Vivanco & Swarovski.
& the result is a short film that captures the image of the Tree Graces amidst a sea of tulle & crystals.
The creator had this to say...
"I started getting ideas for the film about girls swirling around in a whirlwind,” Vivanco says of the project, which was inspired by Swarovski, whose ongoing mission it is to "beautify and enrich" the world with "allegories of light and crystal" that are all about facets, depth, radiance and reflection. These invite the wearer into another world of inspiration, and one can see how The Three Graces represent the creativity reflected in the different facets of such a crystal, shedding different lights on our lives, and encouraging one to take a more poetic perspective on life.
"The Three Graces usually have long, flowing, crazy hair, but on the day, one of the models came into the studio with a really tiny bob," laughs Vivanco. "Luckily the hairdresser had some hairpieces that we managed to glue onto her head. Young designer James Millar made their dresses out of random lingerie and expensive silks, and we stuck CRYSTALLIZED™ – Swarovski Elements all over the girls, their nails, and the frocks. We even put them on curtains that were draped in front of the camera as we were filming. I decided to rip up the dresses during the final scene of the shoot. That was really kind of heartbreaking, but it was all in the name of art!"
Bordering on the saccrine, it is creativity at the height of opulence. Three classically beautiful models gaze from the heart of an explosion of pastel pink drapery, showers of the famous crystals glinting from every imaginable surface.
Pure eye candy...
You can view the film here-
http://www.dazeddigital.com/projects/astateofgrace/Film.aspx
So excited!
I booked tickets for the Sydney Theatre Company's production of A Streetcar Named Desire next year!
The moment I read that the ethereal Cate Blanchett was going to be fallen Southern Belle Blanche I was taken.
I LOVE the play, i LOVE the film and i LOVE Cate, so needless to say I am tres, tres excited :)
Behold,
...radiant. Sigh...
To find out more, book tickets, pass out in excitement etc. visit
http://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/2009/astreetcarnameddesire
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