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| neon yellow corset top with white polka dots by Hollister, lace and silk skirt with pockets by Zara, light brown oxfords by Marc Fisher, vintage gold y necklace with pearl drops, dark purple M.A.C. Lipstick |
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coffee black & egg white .
where do we go? nobody knows .
coldplay_god put a smile upon your face
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respect your elders: ode to Antoinette Frissell .
"Here are faces that I have found memorable. If they are not all as happy as kings, it is because in this imperfect world and these hazardous times, the camera's eye, like the eye of a child, often sees true."
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| Tryall Plantation, Jamaica, 1948 |
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| The Lady of the Lake, Florida, 1947 |
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| Wedding of Jacqueline Bouvier and John F. Kennedy, copyright Library of Congress, 1953 |
won't you quiet down ?
radiohead_dollars and cents (live@bbc studios) |
| daniela wagner photographers, by peter strube |
Balenciaga & me .
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Is it possible for a fashion power house, such as Balenciaga, to win a girl over with just one piece, one face, one spread? In my case, the answer would be, most definitively, a yes. I remember the collections Balenciaga churned out season after season and I developed a healthy respect for them, but I was not any further appeased than that. I kept telling myself that it was an acquired taste - sort of in the way all of my Hopkins friends insisted that I drink and acquire a taste for beer in college (which I felt I could never do out of disgust). Just as the kegs at frat houses in college remained un-alluring - the sometimes overly contemporary, back-from-the-unforseen-future aesthetic of Balenciaga did not appeal to me (except for the shoes!). It wasn't until Jennifer Connelly became the face of the campaign - circa 2008 - that I began to acquire a taste for Balenciaga. I turned the pages of Vogue into something magical that immediately captivated me. The transfixing, wonderfully photographed spread was like finding the Room of Requirement in Hogwarts (thank you David Sims!). After all, isn't that why we lovers of all that is artistic spend hours creating and following blogs and thirstily perusing fashion editorials and magazines? Isn't that why we go on substantially less than frugal shopping adventures and end up spending way more than we can afford along the way? I don't know whether it was the wonderfully structured hourglass form of the piece, the effulgent effortlessness of the rustic colors or those skeletal-like over-the-knee gladiators, but I fell in love. Not to mention Jennifer - who's retro thick brows and piercing green eyes seem to shoot out like rocketships into space. And she's donned in the appropriate outfit to boot. Coincidentally, my acquired taste for Balenciaga was timed perfectly with my acquired taste for beer. The featured spread above was like having my first Blue Moon (with a freshly sliced orange). Since then, I'll take a beer and an issue of Vogue anyday, and enjoy the many tastes both have to offer. _paige P.S. - If you are a fashion freak like me you'd have already seen these, but check out the Balenciaga fall/winter shoes for 2010 ! Color-blocked, geometrically stagnant platform heels - love love love, genius genius genius.   |
trouble seems, trouble seems to follow you. it's always 'round you like some thing you subscribe to .
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vintage peach dress from eBay, Marc Jacobs watchlet, black lace bodysuit by Urban Outfitters, granny Azilee inspired (real prescription!) glasses |
we put on our gloves&tipped our hats .
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| Photo by the great Toni Frissell, summer of 1949 |
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| D&G (love Chanel Iman!) |
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| Hermès |
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| my birthday february 2010, black and grey striped halter dress by bebe, fingerless gloves by Aldo, tights by hue, green & black feathered hairpin, deep red M.A.C. lipstick |
your love is king,crown you with my&hearts .
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doe-eyed mechanical wind-up dolls dance ...
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| though not the porcelain pretty kind. a little awkward, but bold as the darkest of donnie - she breaks line. _Excerpt from a piece of poetry written by me for my IFP class spring 2009 @ Hopkins |
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| top: vintage neon pink tutu from the streets of San Franciso, black v-neck bodysuit with neon yellow border by American Apparel, Marc Jacobs watchlet /// bottom: neon yellow bra by Urban Outfitters, vintage leopard spandex onsie cut by me into a v-neck, green oversized light sweater by Delia's, cinch belt by Aldo |
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