Wednesday, April 28, 2010

"rollin' at sea, adrift on the water "

I just re-discovered this gem of Patti Smith singing "You Light Up My Life" on a kids show. So so good. (Patti starts singing at 3.50 mark)

Monday, April 26, 2010

Avalon on Lola Is Beauty

I haven't done any "awkward photobooting" lately, but Claire (who writes our press releases and bios!) from one of my favorite blogs Lola Is Beauty did a great "awkward photboothing" shoot for her new Avalon dress. I love how "Lola" (the cat) is too cool to care just looking out the window.
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Sunday, April 25, 2010

wishwishwishing on a star!

I discovered Carrie's beautiful blog wishwishwish when Carrie ordered some pieces from me in winter. I am so impressed with Carrie's beautiful style and eye and she is only 19 years old! I was so happy to see this post on the Bojangles dress and Piano shirt which she wears perfectly and all of that in a dreamy English garden! Thank you Carrie!
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Here is the sweetest video of Carrie in the Bojangles dress filmed by her boyfriend Miguel!


Kilver Court Gardens - Canon 550D / T2i + Hague MMC & Indislider Mini from Miguel Santana da Silva on Vimeo.

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Ticket To Ride

One of my oldest and dearest friend Anni and her sister Dominique just sent me these fun photos of them wearing the Ticket To Ride skirt! It reminded me of our 4 sisters sleep overs being a bunch of sillybillies.
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Friday, April 23, 2010

a bout de souffle; a symphony of stripes

The thing with Nouvelle Vague movies they both annoy and inspire me at the same time. It's like watching an existentialist lullaby that you suddenly wanna be in and lay in bed, listening to records all day. This Godard gem is turning 50 this year! This is the longest post ever, but I just couldn't stop.
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"Girls Never Have Cash"
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"It's crazy but I love you"
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"I don't know"
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"Do like Elephants do when they're sad"
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I like the Trench with Ballerinas and white socks
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"Leave Me Alone, I am thinking"
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They keep on telling each other how crazy they are throughought the movie
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stripey freshness!
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The record player of my dreams!
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Going to watch a Western suddenly sounds like so much fun!
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Jean Seberg is forever lightly running out of and into cars
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"Silk socks with a tweed jacket!"
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The perfect outfit to sit at a Cafe bar making a phone call even it's for turning your boyfriend in to the police
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Dear Mr. Fantasy & Tanya

Tanya (who does the hair in our lookbooks and campaigns!) was stranded along with Philipp (who shoots all our photos!) in NY. I was happy to give them some shelter. NY is not the worst place to be stranded, right?
Here Tanya wears the Dear Mr. Fantasy in black cotton.
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

backwards is forward

I made this "patchwork" when I was a kid and it somehow ended up here in NY and I am getting inspired by it for ss11..
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

turn the lights down low

I went to New Suffolk to visit Garance on Sunday and went back to NY & work on the 5.50am train on monday (I am bragging on being an early bird just because I am not!)
Garance was going through her record collection; I got to keep some jewels, and some I just had to photograph. Voila:
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Speaking of music; Robyn's new song "Dancing By Mself" makes me yes dance by myself! It's so good! Just listen to it and do everything at once.

Monday, April 19, 2010

The Clothes Horse & Baby I'm A Star

It's photos like these that just make me happy to make dresses!!
Lovely Rebecca from The Clothes Horse had ordered one of the very last Baby I'm a Star dresses and then posted this dreamy piece on her blog!
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oh my and check out the animated skirt! eehhh looove it!
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Thank you Rebecca the dress looks so good on you!

Friday, April 16, 2010

ashes

Everyone hurried home or is stranded or waiting because of all this powerful Icelandic Vulcano ash.
Here my favorite song featuring ash:

David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes
and here one of my favorite songs by Icelands queen:

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

After Midnight

Yesterday I stopped by one of my very favorite stores Abertine-(13 Christopher Street NYC) . You can find Toujours Toi and Family Affairs there. Whenever I am at Albertine lot's of things are happening, Orson, Kyung's pug eats Payton's Falaffel, people are being set up, dressed up, tips are handed out etc. I love it!
This beautiful lady was checking out outfits for different events, the After Midnight necklace added the final touch, right? She pulled it up a bit, usually it hangs lower.
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

sweet surrender

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Agnes just sent me this beautiful postcard of her wearing the Sweet Surrender blouse. Agnes makes really cute overalls for kids; MiniMecks

Monday, April 12, 2010

Reds

I just watched "Reds" a film by Warren Beaty (1981) featuring himself and Diane Keaton as radical journalist and socialist John Reed and his wife Louise a writer and early feminist starting in 1914. what a movie! I kept on wanting to make pancakes for a snack and suddenly it was evening. The movie is 3 hours and 14min. long! I won't spoil the movie for you; just watch it, even if it's just for Diane Keaton's wonderful wardrobe. All these layered matte colors, thick cottons, velvets, knits, amazing shirts and beautiful buttons.

It starts with a coffee infused courtship in Portland
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Then NY
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Then Provincetown
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Then Croton on the Hudson
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Then lonely in Paris
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Then together in Russia
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back in the States
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back to Russia
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the Train-scene! If you don't wanna cry; look away.
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