Archive for July, 2008
Slim Down the Sassy Way
For the past few years I’ve tried to maintain a carefree, non-judgmental attitude towards food and weight. Unfortunately, I’ve gotten lax about exercise and watching what I eat. The result? I’m 20 pounds heavier that I was 2 years ago and none of my pants fit.
To me, not fitting into clothes that were loose on [...]
Cozy up in tentacles & baubles
Many months ago, I was visiting Harputs Market, and saw this lovely collar of knitted bobbles. I instantly wrote down the name on a piece of paper, and almost immediately lost it. For months, it was driving me crazy… I know the name was a A-H but it couldn’t have been Anya Hindmarch. Well, I [...]
What have I been up to…
I’ve been feeling very bad about not putting more in-depth posts these past few weeks have been a blur, with the almost trip to Brazil, the actual extended yet way too short trip to Berlin, Fashion Week… then to top it off, I took the challenge to write a piece for Dazed Digital and re-launch [...]
Beautiful Song
While I’ve been whittling away at the nerdy version of CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) the other much sexier version of Sao Paolo art-rock band CSS (cansei de ser sexy… tired of being sexy) released a new album Donkey. Whilst I have been slow on the uptake hearing Let’s Make Love and being quite cautious of [...]
Be still my breathing heart
Leave it to art and science to let me know what I’m really missing in my wardrobe. French-Canadian fashion design collective Lab:Excercices de Style headed by Ying Gao, who designed these non-modular, fluid, forms. Dresses that literally breathe, interact with air and movement. Like a lot of Hussein Chalayan’s more avant garde pieces (laser dresses?) [...]
Scherer Gonzalez: The Delicate Balance
When I first cam across Scherer Gonzalez from the likes of F&Art and Style Bubble, and was truly quite taken by the costume-like bobble-y butts of and abstract boning Scherer Gonzalez. Part Wicked Queen, part cyber punk, and pure imagination is most captivating about them. In fact, it was the biggest reason as to why [...]
Oil Spill
When you’re an inherently messy person, the idea of integrating spills into the design of your clothing almost seems like it’s too good to be true. Like the keys that never get lost or the lipstick that never fades, the paradoxical work of Seelenkleid combines the floaty perfection of ideal beauty with the embellishments of [...]
I Love Walgreens
I miss seeing Jennine in the real world. Sure, she’s but a click or call (with Skype) away, but still… Without Jennine, my trips to Walgreens just aren’t the same. Our love of Walgreens was so intense that sometimes we’d net 15+ visits a week between us. As Jennine says, fondling beauty products alone [...]
Green Your Routine and Save
I stopped by the SF Library on Saturday to attend an event sponsored by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics. And I’m so glad I did. It was energizing and gratifying to see women (and men) of all ages come together for such an important issue. And while the subject of toxic beauty products [...]
c.neeon
c.neeon is one of those designers that really develop their own language, designing unusual graphic-oriented prints, “the future is now” street-style cuts, it’s all about doing things the c.neeon way. Individuality is definitely a virtue to be cherished and many of the locals do truly love c.neeon, as it’s quite the cult classic in Germany. [...]
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