IT'S ALL LACE TO ME

My current obsession with everything lace has exploded into an entire editorial of lacie love... here's a quick preview.. Can't wait to share the entire story!

Thanks to Corvette for the makeup, Matt Bruening for the styling, Jules at No Ties Management, Charls and Sabrina. 

Wildly Inspired Wednesday ( Sarah Maingot)

Sarah Maingot is one of the photographers that lives at the top of my list.  Her understated beauty, her extremely concentrated use of color, the modern twist she brings to her vintage inspired photos, the way that the mundane becomes beautiful through her lens is truly inspiring.

Everything's Coming Up Roses!

"Starting here, startin' now, honey everything's coming up roses!" - Ethel Merman

Wildly Inspired Wednesday (Patrick Watson and The Wooden Arms)

Whenever I am up early enough I turn on NPR to see if I can catch their "All Things Considered" show.   I was either a little too early or too late one morning when I heard Partick Watson playing a live version of his song "Beijing" using a piano, a guitar and pots ( you know the ones you boil spaghetti in).  A little later the interviewer pulled random items out ( I remember a cereal box, a coffee tin and a vase) and asked Partick and his band to create a song using these household items. It was something about a nurse... and that was it for me. If someone can make me stop what I'm doing, sit down and listen to them on the radio using a cereal box and a coffee tin to make music, then they have to be considered "wildly inspiring."  It was not that they were making sounds like they do in "stomp" they were making music. Music that makes your heart beat and makes you think of places you've been or places they have been or parts of a dream. It is music for the sake of music with no computers no synthesizer, no musical equivalent to "photoshop." I downloaded the album the same day and have not stopped listening to it since. I have sent it to my friends as gifts and if you have a birthday coming up, don't be surprised if you get the itunes download from me. Patrick's voice is magic to listen to. Here is some live footage from NPR.

OOh, yeah, and they are from Canada... something about those Canadians I just can't get enough of!

Lace on the Rocks

Rejoice in the come back of high waists and lace. Femininity is back and its everywhere from the city to the beach found on everything from couture Dior gowns to bikinis by Betsey Johnson. I for one, could not be happier! 

Thanks to Jessica Hoffman, Charls Pasion and Tiana Cole. 

Wildly Inspired Wednesday (Come As You Are)

Abbey Lee Kershaw and Catherine McNeil in Vogue Australia September 2009, Come As You Are. Shot by Greg Kadel