Retail Therapy

This week has been super hectic. I really have not had any time to myself, so I've used this excuse for some irresponsible retail therapy.

As soon as I got back from Dallas, my first instinct was to go to shopping in Laguna, but upon dropping off my luggage, I decided Ieaving the apartment wasn't a great idea. Therefore, I opted for the anastasiausa.net sale. Too bad everything I wanted was either out of my budget, or completely unjustifiable. But thought I'd share some of pieces I was looking at anyhow.


Margiela


Peachoo and Krejberg


Blayde


Junya Watanabe


Gaultier

Go figure, after returning from a hot and humid Dallas, I still end up looking at jackets and sweaters...

Anyway I ended up finding this Junya Watanabe piece on ebay and it's officially mine! I was so excited to find this piece, as I've been wanting the pull-over version since it first came out.. Also it was a steal, and apparently worn once by Cher. How's that for a cherry on top? Hope it was dry cleaned first =X

Ordinary Objects Can Become Something Else....

"In my work, I talk about two things. One is about the search for possible changes and new meanings in the most ordinary objects of our daily lives. I believe that many of the mundane objects have boudless capabilities of transforming into something else. Under the moto ORDINARY OBJECTS CAN BECOME SOMETHING ELSE, my works come mostly from my childhood experiences. By little(or it may be big) transformations they make, the objects gain new meanings with only one purpose/function.
Second is to express the symphony of design and craft. My projects never undergo machinery process. Therefore only small quantities are 'crafted' out of my hands" -Kwangho Lee

Kwangho Lee is an amazing furniture, lighting and jewelry designer based out of Korea. I was originally drawn the amazing sponge block seats, but then I saw the woven lights.

I"m particularly obsessed with black deconstructed piece.



Everything via Kwangho Lee Official Website

Woven Lighting





Lighting and Furniture Made From Sponge Block

Unexpected White

Stumbled upon this editorial featuring one of my favorite color combos, bright white with a splash of flourescent pink.








images via kattica.com

Now off to see Bruno. Have a great weekend!

Salomé

I've always been intrigued by the silent film actress Nazimova, so when I stumbled upon the DVD of the silent film "Salomé," I had to check it out, if not for Nazimova, then the beautiful costumes and set. I found some stills on-line, and also tried to take some film stills via camera.







Here are my "screen shots". They're extremely blurry, sorry!






*Images courtesy of my digital camera and google images

There's a clip of Salomé's dance for the King, but I'm not allowed to embed, so here's the link!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44OmwMoGWfs

Roberto Cavalli S/S 2010

Caught a glimpse of Roberto Cavalli's men's Spring 2010 line while flipping through WWD this morning. I'm crazy about the fold over details on the pants. Everything else is leaving me a little cold.









images courtesy of style.com

Feed My Eyes, Can You Sew Them Shut?

Been feeling a little bit moody lately and listening to Man in the Box over and over and over again lately.. Layne was such an amazing singer


Anyways......

For the past year or so, I've been completely obsessed with getting my hands on a plain black maxi dress (non-empire, non-halter) or plain black long skirt . It also seems like everyone else is on the same page, because everytime I found one, they'd always be sold out or out of my size.

A couple weeks ago, I finally found it: A gorgeous Y-3 by Yohji Yamamoto maxi dress with horizontal stripes of varying degress of sheerness.

Originally wanted to wear my platform boots (from my early college days) but I was anticipating a day of possibly carrying boxes around the office, so decided to stick with the flat motorcycle boots.

I tried taking pictures of the actual outfit I wore, but the details wouldn't show up, so it's just the dress and boots.

"Let Them Eat Cake" She Said..

Just wanted to share what is, quite possibly, my favorite Christian Dior Haute Couture collection. This is Spring 2006 inspired by the violence of the French Revolution.

I love practically everything about this collection. The corseting, the asymmetrical skirts, the volume, even the blood.

I particularly like how some of the makeup makes the models look like wax death masks a la Madame Tussaud. If you do a google search for Marie Antoinette's death mask, it'll pop up, as well as Louis XIV's.

I suppose I only wish the shoes were stronger.... and that I could afford it (I suppose that's a given).

I say this everytime, but it doesn't hurt to say it again.. Click the pictures. They blow up approximately 3 X bigger.