vampire weekend

This pretty awesome band’s new album Contra, has got some fairly nice gems.

Right now, im listening to Cousins. The film clip is really great too. I love everything bout it.

louis vuitton garbage bag

There’s been a bit of controversy over this bag (as always in the fashion world). But i quite like it. Yes, you could say its making fun of all of those runway driven people out there who year after year bought the latest it bag, but personally, I just think its quirky and  creative.

Though, I’m not such a big fan of the $1,960 price tag..

It comes in brown too, just in case you’re wondering.

sole love.

Both Jeffrey Campbell.

i’m on it, get on it. the troops are on fire!

mmhm.. yep, that’s right, I went to kasabian!!
and. it. was. brilliant!!
I’m a longtime fan of the British rock-indie band that have taken the music scene by storm. Allong with their West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum tour, they also participated in the 2010 Big Day Outs across Australia and New Zealand. If you’re interested in some more detail, I blogged on them a few months ago, so you can check that out here.
I thought I’d leave you with some snapshots.
You know, just to make you jealous..

genius with a lense

I love it when i accidentally come across an amazing artist, who is adored by the world but whom I didn’t know anything about till now. I’ll admit, I sometimes feel silly, but then again, it’s just a reminder of the huge number of amazing, creative and exciting people there are out there. And this makes me happy. I think that the ability to express oneself, be it through art, photography, fashion, music, writing, film or anything is an priceless talent. Art makes the world and more beautiful and magical place. One worth living in.

My most recent find of pure creative genius is Terry Richardson. He had the ultimate childhood; playing in a rock band and spending his spare time taking photos around his neighborhood which just happened to be Hollywood. Since then, he’s grown a little and has some wrinkles. He’s also lensed campaigns for Gucci, Miu Miu and Chanel to name a few. If that wasn’t already enough, Richardson’s editorial work has appeared in French & British Voge, Harper’s Bazaar and the highly acclaimed Purple. The stars are lining up to model for him. Daniel Day Lewis, Mary Kate, Leonardo DiCaprio & Karl Lagerfeld just to name a few.

Here’s a shoot he did with Orlando Bloom and Agyness Deyn called Me & City Spring. I really like it.

thakoon

I couldnt stand having something that outraged me so much as the first thing on my blog, so I’m posting some pretty pictures of nice things. This is a selection of garments from Thakoon’s collections from fall ‘09 to spring ‘10.

Moving to Omaha Nebraska at 13 years of age, Thakoon has been renowned for distinctive style, which is a blend of a number of different influences to create something feminine yet still chic. He shot to fame when Michelle Obama wore one of his creations when her husband, Barack Obama accepted the 2008 democratic nomination for president. I love the silhouettes colours he uses. His work is elegant yet has an underlying element of quirkiness.

Iris Schieferstein

German artis, Iris Schieferstein is an “all-round artist”. She sculpts, paints and creates intruiging pieces of footwear. It was her most recent creation, Gun Hoof boots, which both outraged and engrossed me. I was dumbfounded that someone would actually make these and reassured myself that there was no way these would be real. No one would make such a shoe. But of course, I was wrong.
Schieferstein has used dead animals as the raw materials in her artworks for many years, and by joining different fragments, she creates “a new face to death”.

Why someone would want to walk around in a dead animals hoofs is beyond me. My blood was already boiling up at this stage, but once i saw her other artworks, it was simply too much. They’re grotesque and disturbing to look at.

Contrasting her 3dimentional work, Schieferstein’s paintings are not fabricated from fragments of animals, however they depict perturbing scenarios in which animals body parts have been incorporated into human figures.

What do you think?
Has she gone too far?
Have I over reacted??

heart full of wine.

havn’t posted in a while, sorry. finishing school, christmas, going away.. it kinda distracted me a little. all good now though.

i like these. they inspire me.

images: lookbook, stockholm street style

and the boys; angus & julia stone.

Plato’s Atlantis

Okay, so i’ve tried to write a nice cohesive, to the point yet descriptive little paragraph bout 5 times now, but nothing. So im just going to say; Alexander McQueen’s lates collection, Plato’s Atlantis, is amazing, stunning and jaw dropping (i know they mean the same but i just like the ring jaw dropping has to it). McQueen has astounding eye for colour, texture and intricate detail, which i personally am really inspired by. Take a look for yourself. To me, this mix of animal, jungle and futuristic styles is really intriguing. Apparently, McQueen was “casting an apocalyptic forecast of the future ecological meltdown of the world” he stated that “Humankind is made up of creatures that evolved from the sea, and we may be heading back to an underwater future as the ice cap dissolves.”

Though his prediction may be a little far-fetched, I love what he has created.

To see more images from his show, click keep reading.