currently listening to…
Twin Shadow!
June 2, 2011
May 28, 2011
Sailor Betty
A little bit punk, a little bit nautical… Sailor Betty is a rockabilly girl with an edge.
Wildfox Couture super skinny jeans
$182 - urbanoutfitters.com
TopShop black flat shoes
$105 - topshop.com
vintage Navy sailor’s uniform shirt & pants w/anchor patch
laurelleaffarm.com
Apolis + Matteo Linen Bandana | Apolis
apolisglobal.com
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May 16, 2011
My Family and Other Animals
Recently came across some images of a lovely vintage-inspired home, photographed by Carlota Santamaria for Apartmento Magazine. Immediately, the images called to mind one of my favorite books as a child, My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell (author and naturalist), which BBC brilliantly adapted into a TV movie.
The book is an autobiographical account of the author’s childhood, his hilarious, rather dysfunctional family, slews of pets (both domestic and otherwise) and life during a sojourn on the Greek island of Corfu between 1935 and 1939.
After a short exploration of the interwebs, my little revelation was validated. Check out the scenes below from My Family and Other Animals:
Don’t you love the similarities? I adore the shabby vintage furnishings, lush, sprawling plant-life, elements of the explorer/naturalist and semi-chaos of both rooms.
Fancy a nice super at sea?
Also, I didn’t appreciate the fabulous fashion in this movie until now. Can’t you see Margot Durrell (Tamzin Merchant)’s bathing suit and hat flying off the shelves at Anthropologie?
And Larry Durrell (Matthew Goode) is looking quite the haute hipster in his mustard button-down + sweater combo….and the dangling cigarette certainly helps.
For your enjoyment, here’s a 10 minute clip of the film.
May 3, 2011
currently listening to…
Marnie Stern.
Last night I flew home from New York (such a fun trip…pics and stories to come!). Broke down and finally bought wireless access (for the record, wireless is NOT free on most flights these days…which just seems cruel). While groggily browsing through Elle’s May “Women in Music” issue, I came across a really interesting article about Marnie Stern. This girl can SHRED on guitar and writes insanely amazing, complex, and often twisted songs that give me musigasms. Check out some of her stuff!
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April 25, 2011
New York Count-down begins!
Only 3 days til I head to New York for a few days. Been scouting out places to go and found this amazing map, via A Continuous Lean, of where to shop, drink, dine and people watch in NYC (He also made one for LA!). The shopping part is for men only (sad face), but I’m sure he’ll lead me to some great areas nevertheless. Check it ooouut:
Where to Drink and Dine in NYC:
Where to Shop in New York (Mens):
Day Drinking and People Watching in NYC:
April 24, 2011
April 17, 2011
Currently Listening to…
Sharon Van Etten.
her biography says it perfectly: ”Epic, Van Etten’s second album, lays a romantic melancholy lining over the gravel and dirt of heartbreak, without one honest thought or feeling spared. She sings of betrayal, obsession, egotism and all the other emotions we hate in others and recognize in ourselves. Yet, Van Etten’s grounded and clenched vocals convey the sense of hope – the notion that beauty can come out of the worst of circumstances. Epic is indeed that beauty.”
April 16, 2011
“How To Dress for Success” by Edith Head
My mother sent me this lovely and amusing post from Fashion Illustrations of excerpts from Edith Head’s 1967 book, “How to Dress for Success”. Miss Head was a costume designer and style icon, dressing stars from Grace Kelly and Elizabeth Taylor to Sophia Loren and Audrey Hepburn.
A few of these pages (“How to Dress to Get a Man…and Keep Him”) may make your tummy muscles cringe a tad… I left out most of the images that had that effect on me…one in particular of a girl looking at herself in the mirror with a paper bag over her head - ugh! (Can’t you hear Joan Holloway’s line in the TV show Mad Men: “Go home, take a paper bag, cut some eyeholes out of it. Put it over your head, get undressed and look at yourself in the mirror. Really evaluate what your strengths and weaknesses are. And be honest.”) They had it pretty spot on in that show, didn’t they?
That aside, I thought these were fun, interesting snippets from a very different time. And I just love how comical some of these are — gotta love the lady shopping for egg plant in a bikini…and don’t you wish you had some “Successories” in your wardrobe? ;)
April 15, 2011
i would love to cuddle up with that little pup in that lovely mustard throw…got to find me one of those (the throw AND the pup) ;)
pj harvey
saw miss harvey at the warfield last night. bedecked in a feather headdress and white robes, she stood very still and upright. An autoharp was cradled in her arms throughout most of the show, though she occasionally swapped it out for a guitar. she never moved once from the spotlit microphone, positioned well away from her band.
i know she’s 41 and has been doing this for a long long time. of course the songs are still incredible, but i kept wishing she’d put that dreaded harp down, pick up an electric and just rock the f out like the good ol’ days. alas, those days may be over… (but i can still reminisce, can’t i!)
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