Twenty8Twelve

 

Sienna Miller modeling her line Twenty8Twelve.

Vivienne Westwood

“I am attracted to people who make this effort in knowing what suits them-they are individual and stylish.”
[Vivienne Westwood]

 

  

  

  

Images are from style.com Vivienne Westwood Red Label Fall 2010 RTW.

Balmain

"But all this pop stuff," she shrugs, "i'm not really interested"
[Anita Pallenburg]

 

  

  

  

  

  

 

All from style.com  Balmain Fall 2010 RTW.

DIY 9: Lace-up Shirt

Problem: You have a sweatshirt that is too small.
Solution: Lace up the sides to add more room!

This shirt is basically done the same way as the lace up jeans. The inspiration for this peice comes from Etro advertisement in the March issue of Vogue (below).

DIY 8: Frosted Windows

Problem: You need privacy and still want to open the curtains or blinds.
Solution: Frost your windows!
(See entry below for photo.)

Mix 1 cup of beer and 4 heaping tablespoons of Epsom Salt. Let sit for 35 min. Then, with a sponge paint brush, brush the liquid on the glass. Make sure not to miss a spot because if you try to cover the empty spot later it will mess it up. Make sure to put a towel down at the base of the window for drips. It will smell like beer until it dries but the smell does go away. As the mixture dries it turns into beautiful crystals!

Vintage Hollywood

 

Marilyn Monroe, 1946

I love looking at old photos of celebrities, just to see what they wore and what they looked like. The quality of the old photo is something I think we lose in teachnology today. New photos don't seem as sentimental. Check out this site and this one. (The photo above was taken from the second site).
I also like to see the way that styles repeat themselves over time, to see what elements influence the way we dress today.

"Isn't life a series of images that change as they repeat themselves?"
[Andy Warhol]

mini rant for a kinder world

"Paradise is exactly like where you are right now...
only much, much better."
[Laurie Anderson, Language Is A Virus]

I would like to point out that women are often far too hard on themselves (and sometimes each other). Remember when the New York Times referred to the beautiful Christina Hendricks as "big"? Is it too difficult to ask that we just talk about what we like and stop bashing people? I know these are public figures and they leave their lives open to scrutiny but they are real people. When you close the magazine or the computer screen they are out there in the world living their lives. Even claiming that women have "put on a little weight" regardless of the context has the ability to send any person into a tailspin. I recently saw a cover of Star that claimed that Kristen Bell had a "beautiful beach body" but needed to check on her "expanding thighs." Um, what?!
I know we are not celebrites and thus have not left ourselves open to the public but would you really want to be broken apart everytime you stepped outside of your home? I think we should use our power of persuaion to inspire and encourage each other. Is that too much to ask?
On a closing note, I also think that critics should "leave Tavi alone." Why do people find it acceptable to tear down somone who is expressing themselves? Is it because she's young and insightful? Should we hate on our youth for being inciteful? Shouldn't we be praising her for dressing thoughtfully (and promoting a creative way of dressing) rather than dressing, as many young people these days are wont to do, in an overtly sexualized fashion? It seems to me that she is celebrating her youth and creativity in a constructive manner. I feel that it is not often enough that we celebrate creativity because we mask it with a terrible schadenfreude.