Summer's over...

Finally hopefully able to get back to a more regular posting schedge.
We shall see, tho as i am queen of the flakes.
In no particular order, things I'm currently digging...

from top: 

-pyramids, strings... from some random searching and link-clicking...

-the breathtakingly beautiful collage work of Seiko Kato. All of her stuff is amazing, btw. Cues taken from victorian collage, yet unmistakably modern and right-now. 

-the crazy harlequin-checker minx mani's at Alice and Olivia (R29 or Elle photo, I forget)...

-one of a kind, handmade arrows from Fredericks and Mae, read about them here..

If you are in NYC... Brooklyn especially, do check out SEENOEVILSEENOEVIL SEE EVIL...

It's up till 24th October... 

Currently on repeat: Twin Shadow... The guy is smooth...get into it.

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. 

Gone Fishin'

...have been terribly inconsistent at posting lately. Truth is - I'm enjoying my summer.
Rather than be falsely apologetic, I leave you instead with some images of vintage fishing lures.
Pulled from mostly ebay and google image search. Beauties.
These babies used to be hand painted and carved... Now, most are turned out in mass quantities overseas...
painted, or printed rather, by machines.
Got a couple more trips before end of summer.
Hoping to stock up on some of these for my collection of
"shit I just don't need but am endlessly enamored with"...
Probably won't resume posts at a regular schedule until Mid-September.
Till then!xx

War Bonnets...

Reading excerpts from The Indian How Book...
Feeding my fascination with warbonnets aka feather headdresses.
Kind-of a warrior's resumé of sorts.

Sickday delirium...

feeling pretty sh*tty yesterday; i blame asthma.
In my delirium and boredom - this is what i snagged off the www...
In no particular order.

**as ever, click on the pics to see them larger. Especially the Christopher Olinet installation!!!!  

Amazing clock from the 70's or 80's, i forget. Also comes as a wristwatch... 

NEED NEED NEED for the apartment... Is it DIY-able???

One cannot have enough brown ankle boots. Since these aren't an option i'm thinking of making my own... sans buckle, but with tassled ties. Next weekend is my first free one in FOREVS. 

Gonna DIY it, i think... (These vintage beauties found on one of those cute-girl-style-blogs that are multiplying like rabbits, so of course I forgot which one! kill me.) 

Christopher Olinet installation.. Gorge.

Clearly the dreamiest illustrations ever, courtesy of:

Alexis Anne Mackenzie

...

lastly - some genius made a coffee table book about libraries.

These scans pulled from used books blog

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)

Need you in my life...

OK... dunno what got me started but suddenly i am OBSESSING
over late 70's early 80's mopeds... WANT. Like SO BAD want.
Pretty strange for a girl who:
a. is the most clumsy person ever
b. is the opposite of coordinated
c. can't drive worth a damn
d. all of the above
but...
just the way they look... and imagining chugging
around the neighborhood at the slow speed of say, 15mph?
just divine.