Lace...

natural lace...

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. 

Vices...

So, have come to grips with the fact that i am a smoker. again.
Whatever... death toll... lung cancer... etc. etc.
i get it.
but... it's apparently not as glamourous as it once was.
Here, a bunch of old cigarette adverts pulled from vintageadbrowser.

Some pre- Mad Men era ads... loving the illustrations (some of them really bent and twisty wtf style)

case in point.. wtf? 

pretty fucking elegant...

 

again - nothing says elegance like being toted around in your sedan chair by men in loincloths and headdresses while you sit and smoke.

Ahhhhh... born too late.

totally crushed out

imho, some of the most hansome men to grace the music industry...

Bowie, Bonnie, Kinks, Joy Division, Malkmus (yeah, twice).

Aran sweaters and rock and roll...

Work research has led me to a new obsession with aran sweaters... scored a fab one for $3 in a Wyoming charity shop...
a little scouring the wuh wuh wuh and turned up some great shots...
think this may have to be an ongoing search...

Keith Richards via the black watch

John, Yoko, assorted tykes via goog img search

Upwards...

spent yesterday mucking about a snowy Carroll Gardens; 

walked in circles and gazed up at the sky.

sometimes it takes a little getting lost to figure out

just where you want to be.

Maxfield Parrish, The Swing.

This is maybe in my top 5 favorite images in the world. ever. EVER.

other images culled from goog img searches: hubble, andromeda

Flasks are packed...

i spent my childhood trying to keep up with my brothers... tomboy to the absolute core.
anyway, in my old age i've stopped climbing trees and pushing skateboards (well, kind of),
and instead decided to keep up with the boys in my appreciation for well, brown liquor.
Especially if it's smoky... love love love. LOVE. Did i say love?

Anyway, here, a photo set from flickr... need to research a lil' more - apparently old booze labels are some of the most gorgeous things. Don't even get me started about moonshine labels... typographer's wet dream...

dunno much about said Ladner family, only that they made whisky by the jug and the labels were a dream. Root beer too, but let's not get sidetracked.

enjoy.
Ladner Family Bourbon, etc.

Currently listening to:
Bonnie Prince Billy - Greatest Palace Music

The Last of the Old West...

Ok.. i know i was getting amped for springtime just moments ago. What i forgot to mention is that i am a short day away from an escape to Wyoming. Jackson Hole, to be precise. It's called "The Last of the Old West". Bringing the fancy cam and hoping to take some good shots. Maybe even update if i can sort out mobile blogging, but honestly, semi-luddite that i am, i doubt that will happen.
anyways, in the meantime, some stuff i grabbed off the wuh wuh wuh while getting psyched.

*am still shit at citing sources, so apologies for not remembering. Just know that none of these are my pictures, and most came up from google or flickr image search whilst keying in some random phrase.

Quicky

... just a behind-the-scenes from y'day's shoot.
A Little Wicked  boutique (279 E Houston) is on the verge of launching an online shop... more on that later.

Dreaming of Springtime...

Happy V-day for realsies, folks. About to truck it into the NYC for a photoshoot... Feeling uggers but what the hey. Do anything for those friends of mine.
Dreaming of all things spring related... Currently inspired by:

Wishing i caved a while ago and bought a bottle of the demeter "Grass" scent perfume. Oh well.

Currently listening to:

Pavement - Watery Domestic

*and -- all pics from goog or flickr image search.

Valentine's Day...

and I'm catatonic.

Currently reading:
Just Kids - Patti Smith



Not the best written tome, but god so fucking tender... it's a memoir, i guess... chronicling her time spent with the late Robert Mapplethorpe and i've more than halfway devoured it...
It details their life in post-warhol NYC and how their careers pretty much flowered due to a beautiful and encouraging and supportive, well, love, i guess... Fucking enviable.
Plus, a few great photos in between chapters.

Currently on repeat:
the sea and cake - Leora...
would post a link but  who cares. If you like it, you have it. If you don't know it, you should know it.
McIntyre = pretty genius.

black, white

miscellaneous ganks from other spots on the wuh wuh wuh.

dope star headband... google image search - Tallulah Bankhead (don't think this is her, but not certain)

a baby Glenn Danzig. Marry me. Flickr image search.

The Touchables, movie still... maybe off imdb? I can't remember. Kill me. This movie is by same guy who did the movie Performance with Mick Jagger/ Anita Pallenberg...

Endless source of inspiration - free-est spirit, Tallulah Bankhead. Gorgeous.

INSPIRATIONAL

Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select ony things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don't bother concealing your thievery - celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: "It's not where you take things from - it's where you take them to." Jim Jarmusch


just loving this. About to head into the office on a sunday... bah! trying to culture-up before i do and stumbled upon this fantastic quote. I work for the design department of a mass market retailer, and often get mondo bummed out about diluting fashion and trends to make it palatable for say, somebody in middle america. This for some reason made me feel better...

Currently listening to:Bananarama & Fun Boy Three - It ain't what you do

it's about time

Bloomberg's attempt at saving fashion

reposted from lovely Refinery29.com

Good news, I think...

BOOK JACKETS

I've always been a fan of 60's book jacket art. Googled Lawrence Ratzkin (one of my favorites), and led me round the web to this set on flickr.

book jackets via holgalicious on flickr

BTW - none of these are my photos.