Happy Birthday, John!

"I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?"
-John Lennon"

Today would have been John Lennon's 70th.
Intellectual, musician, social activist, artist, man of style, etc. etc.
Always an inspiration..his creativity, his mind it seems knew no bounds...

My favorite photos from a gallery on lastfm.com...

Over the moon...

I heart pretty underthings as much as the next girl, so it's no surprise i am completely enamored by
the Spring lookbook from The Lake and Stars. (previous season lookbook love also here)

More importantly, i love me a bit of dark... so truly, skivvies aside, i'm digging the facing pages of tenets from some new age self-help jammy.

Favorite of the above (2nd from top) is from Jane Roberts... who (says wikipedia) channeled some other persona Seth through a ouija board and doled out sage advice... Kooky.

She was actually kind-of a megawatt hippy nerdbabe.

Thinking i need to dig out my black turtleneck.

And step on it...

I know fuckall about guitar pedals... but just been nerding out recently at how amazingly cool they look..
I will probably end up on Hoarders one day due to my love of collecting/keeping stacks and stacks of shit I don't need, this seems a likely next step...

some of my absolute favorite musicians have the most ridiculous setups...
Kevin Shields/MBV

David Byrne

Ed Droste/Grizzly Bear

(who btw gets bonus points for juxtaposition of small dog and gear)

..and J Mascis...who actually surprised me.  I would've expected a shit-ton of gear at his feet,  cause he's fucking Gandalf for guitars.. but well, just shows how little I know about anything.

**as per usual - none of these are my pics. David Byrne photo via miniboners, and the rest from miscellaneous guit-nerd gear forums. 

I'll take it...

Ummmmmmm... Take Ivy reissue? Heck yes, I pre-ordered that sh*t...
For anyone who doesn't know, this is THE sartorial inspiration for most of the neo-preppy situation that's been catching bedford ave (et. al) and spreading like wildfire...a fave ref for Sart and ACL's well whatever that guy's name is. Ivy League c. the 1960's?  SWOOOOOOOONNNWORTHY.
For anyone who does know... either you own it already, or you will soon! DO DO DO!


Rather than cull photos from elsewhere, just go here:
Take Ivy via ACL

It sums it up nicely...

Thursday flora...

somehow managed to end up on the Penhaligon's website this am...
So incredibly crushed out over their packaging...
Had crossed paths with an older woman in the pharmacy ages ago wearing this very classic... simple scent.
"What is that you're wearing?"
She smiled as if ready to share some insider information."Penhaligon's violet, dear" Accented English, of course.
I'm still hunting down a bottle. Will have to add a bottle of "artemisia" to the order because, well...
UNICORNZZZZ.

Here, some amazing examples of their packaging... Looks like it hasn't changed since, oh i dunno.. the early 1900's? (just a guess).Also- valentine's cards designed in 2008 with the same gorgeous aesthetic. (via paulcartwrightbranding.co.uk)

So much more than Olive Oyl...

Some amazing shots of Shelley Duvall.
She was frumped up in the Shining, but here proof that she's a
total fucking babe. If it weren't too late for me to grow up and

be Shelley Duvall... well... yeah.

Exile

Have been hearing the buzz on this for a while now. 

Watched the first half/first part/something like that (?) of it 
on Jimmy Fallon last night.Looks to be quite amazing... 
for music appreciation, and just imagery, styling...so much. 

And Anita Fucking Pallenberg??? A prego and 
radiant Bianca Jagger??? Not to mention a gorgeous but i mean
seriously gorgeous backdrop of well,the fucking South of France...
i mean really.

Mind= blown.

The release date - 5/22. Hang in thurr.

In the meantime, happy Saturday, Lovelies.

**1st pic down, dontcha think Carey Mulligan can play a
young Anita in her imaginary biopic? Just sayin'...

Gypsy...

waiting for a book i ordered... Gypset Style
it's taking an eternity to get to me.
In the meantime trawling the interwebs for images of my alltime favorite gypsy...
the woman is so boss.

it's frickin freezing over here....

 ...recent cold front has me thinking 'bout early beach season...
thinking more about beach sweaters to be precise...
dunno when i'll make it out LI-ways... but hopefully soon.


Marilyn photos by George Barris... yanked from the www. some chick in a sweater - thanks, flickr image search "beach sweater"...

SMQ... Aran...

My other fave McQueen..
Steve in aran; photo still from the (original) Thomas Crown Affair.

 image via the selvedgeyard

jane.

endless source of inspiration...
fucking Birkin, dudes.
images culled from various spots (that i of course cannot remember)
if i could age half as gracefully as this woman, well...

blanc. noir.

Long time no blog!!! i am sooooo suck at this.

oh well. here.. more black and whites. favorites...

pulled from the web, as usual. 

none are my shots...

 

young keith... those ears!!! LOVE.

debbie... 

iggy.