ain't got no home

I've got the arduous task of packing and shifting on my hands at the moment, which involves lugging my magazine collection from house to house. (love seeing the un presuming removalists pick up what they think will be a light book box only to cripple under the weight of a box full of russh. teee hee )

this time round, i also have to clean out my hoardage of magazines which have been living in my teenage bedroom at my parents - mum has threatened on many occasions (and followed through- biatch) throwing out beloved magazines, claiming "it attracts the silver fish" - pfft.

anyway, i have hundreds of ripped out pages that i used to make books full of collages with, and folders dedicated to "wallpaper images" its quite out of hand... 

going through the rip outs though is like a walk back in the past, and still some editorials make me swooon, like the one above from RUSSH #25 - aint got no home editorial

i remember literally dying over those willow boots, seeing them on high rotation on the styling schedules of more than several magazines. still dye over them. still love the raw grungy styling of this editorial.. all double layer tanks and unzipped flys, tied waists and baseball tees.

p.s you should totally follow stylists own on bloglovin', twitter, facebook, tumblr, or all of the above!

the ankle cuff

Ok, so ankle cuffs (metal or leather) are so hot right now, 

clearly re-confirmed by my style icons Isabel and Pheobe. (Marant and Celine) 

But of course I was already convinced the second I set my eyes on the ones STEPHANIE LA CAVA was wearing back at the AW shows (that image that has been burned into the retinas of most fashion forward blog/tumblr-trawlers and probably added to a lot of "NEED THIS SHIT ASAP" lists)

Anyways so not long after seeing those first images on jak and jil, and nobody knows marc, I preceded to go ape shit crazy trying to track me down some / anything that would serve a similar purpose.
attempt one - I came across a pair of style nanda lanvin sandal rips… but couldn't justify the ugly ugly heel that it was attached to something around the awkward half kitten half stilleto 2.5inch vomit of a mess... a real shame because the rest of the shoe was quite like able.

attempt two- a quick fix in the form of thick diva arm cuffs.. needless to say big FAIL.
the thick cuff style didn't quite translate when I tried to squeeze them onto my cankles and just looked awkward / fell off. So I stepped it up (mind the pun) and set about making some in the studio… considering I had already worked out how to hand bend our other things I figured this wouldn't be too hard either. 
but im thinking for aesthetic as well as functionality reasons i'm going to need to find hinges/chain or leather for them to work properly (stay on)

So im still experimenting on the final closure technique... but rest assured THEY WILL BE MADE! 

and AVAILABLE for delivery ANYWHERE in the world, and made from REAL precious metal plated copper - so no icky bad quality fakes from people who speak less English than my grandma- (for the record she is Japanese not Chinese.)

I think my obsession with ankle adornments started a while back, maybe with the Chanel boots from last year that Poppy Delvine wore.. 
but I do have a pretty general obsession with cuffs at the moment and wanting to put them on every part of my body (arm, neck, ear, waist) you get the point....

anyways contributing inspiration imagery in order of appearance- 

1. collage by me 
(ft images from/by: nobody knows marc, jak and jil, random hongkong cuffs, lanvin sandals, celine)

2. Celine heels via nobody knows marc.
3. Celine bow cuff.

4. Roses are gold cuff belt and wrist cuff ft. Krystal Glynn for stylists own 99 cent dreams lookbook

5. Collage by me 
(ft images from/by: Alexander Mcqueen, Isabel Marant, Lanvin, Chloe, Giambattista Valli, Fetish, MMM, Celine, river island)
6. Styloretic with her awesome reader gifted hongkong ankle cuffs- anyone hollla if they can get me a pair!!
7. Shoes at the Anne Sophie SS12 show 

also- river island do some pretty sweet lanvin/celine hybrids here

I do some pretty good arm neck and waist cuffs here.

styloretic has a sweet hook up and was supplied some sick ones from hong kong, but ultimately look like they are made from cheap metal 

and if anyone knows who made the ones that stephanie la cava was wearing with her Prada Platforms, please let me know... they look celine/MMM ish but I cant for the life of me find them.

(apologies for such a long rant of a post)

appartment crush

omg what are the rules about living in commercial suites? because i want this baby soooo bad. split level, gym, pool, new!!!! ok so... i dont have a shower, but i can use the gym one right?
(actually this is kind of a massive problem... but the only problem i see)

i once heard a rumor that kym ellery was living in her studio......
so, like all the cool kids do it right, and considering i work so damn hard 24/7 it would be so perfect.
me wants.

LANA ||

how fantastic are the two videos for the songs.

loves it.

 

Blue jeans baby

so it seems as though the music world has been wooed by the doe eyed big lipped babe Lana Del Rey and her catchy tunes.

well i have at least.. oh my god haven't been able to stop playing the blue jeans/ video games songs alllllll week. 

she reminds me a little bit of Jessica Rabbit.... and i love me some J-Rabbit.

(in the video games clip)

images: google images - (then various blogs)

androjic

I know the topic of Andrej is nothing new.

I just cant help but not get over how devestatingly pretty he is... but... does that make me a lesbian?

or bi? because well lets face it he looks more like a she than a he, its not that im sexually attracted to him, or maybe i am... hes just got such a pretty face, amazing pout, jawline, those freckles, the eyebrows, the blue eyes... skinny beanpole body without the annoyance of hips or boobs, 

plus i want his peroxide limp just past shoulder hair. haha

its like model crushing at its best.

all hail androgyny.

images: newmalefashion fashionmodeldirectory, google

little bit in love.

Lykke Li is a mega (talented and stylish) babe :) 

im currently having a little re-obsess over her.

so I couldn't pick just 1, or 10 images. so you get like 20.

and more on my tumblr. ok totally obsessing. her and cat power are this weeks girl crushes.

enjoy xo

images: last fm