PETROL/CROCHET?

Crochet engulfed petrol station. Yes.
This was created by Jennifer Marsh and her wooster collective

HELLO OBAMA...

so... if I was going to be at the inauguration I would probably want to drag big flag (American/ North Korean for political comedy value) in an oversized waistcoat-dress as per below piece by LA based label Grey Ant. Someone just told me they are delaying the whole thing because they havn't fount the hypo-allergenic hairless dog yet that doesnt look like a rat and the nation is going to disappointed.

BREAK MY FINGER

Theres something nostalgic about thin painted wood broaches to me.. I think maybe in the 80's there was  an abundant bunch of house mothers creating them as i distincly seeing them on many a table at the boot sales i used to be dragged around as tiny child- anyways I dont rememebr seeing any as exciting as sold on the etsy shop- Broken Fingers though. 

meddling with vintage works out sometimes

Generally I am not a fan of the cut and paste being applied the dwindling stocks of vintage gems all the swedes are buying up and selling on- but DRESSED UP CAT seem to be doing a nice job. I love the repetition going on with these bags- its kind of strangely comforting-junk is comforting i suppose (maybe its that lack of order can enhance the feeling of freedom).
Im going to go and play in the trash.

Arise magazine

Again with the talk of blue sequins- i love this blue creation by african womenswear designer Daloa Sagoe I came across in African fashion and pop culture magazine Arise.

DUNGAREEABLE..

I really think that everyone loves dungarees.. men like them on women, women like them on women. I dont like them on men-bad associations... 'Brokeback Mountain' made me even more scared that one can be completely unable to tell that they are not being loved in the best way- just in some other depressing way.
More to the point -I have been banging on for weeks about the necessity of dungarees with rolled up legs and clinched waist avec matching denim belt... i think i am going to have to make some for yself- but i think Paul & Jo decided to serve me up some satisfaction with these creations which i will enjoy thinking about the possibility of wearing.

P.s- the outfit on the end is MY IDEA OF A VISUAL HUG. I am going to drink some nettle tea and hope for the best

OLDE BOOK DISOVERY.... WARHOL EXPOSURES

1980's Edition of 'Andy Warhol's Exposures'


Halston's Money Hat... I wonder if that will turn up at the V&A's Anthology of hats exhibition?


Bianca Jagger reminds you that a razor is a weapon... and Liza sporting the oh-so-right-now dressing gown chic!

Christmas was great-right?- perfect credit crunch block-out, when the present worries have passed, I think of it like going on a package holiday. You really dont need to leave the house- you can eat all the time and nothing runs out and its almost compulsory to be lazy. While passing one of these contemplative hours of leisure i started going through my mum's book collection, mainly consisting of spiritually enlightening bricks of paper and then I found this wondrous 80's edition of 'Andy Warhol's Exposures'. Now i still havnt gone to the exhibition.. but I have simply been trying to find a whole day to obsessively experience the entirety every single video in the exhibit.
More than what Warhol actually creates, I really love the way he writes, i find it just as addictive as Bret Ellis novels because both writers obsessively describe the surface of things right down to the very last detail. I love that it is almost objective to the point of slightly in autistic in that conclusions are left to the reader- you are very aware of the behaivoral habits that the writer preferences- but only because there is a pattern in the kind of actions or behaivors he factually decribes.
If anyone gets a chance to read this book I recommend! It offers great insight into the lifestyles of some of the worlds biggest ageing celebrities and how they were connected... I think I may need to share some vintage celebrity photoshoots fro the 90's Interview magazines my friend offloaded onto me...