ROSE PINK AND DOVE GREY

I love the combination of pink and grey. This passage in the book I'm currently reading made me think about the combination in a whole new way, not entirely pleasant.

'Anne was wearing, that day, rose pink and dove grey. The colours should have had a fresh maidenly charm; but all he could think of were stretched innards, umbles and tripes, grey-pink intestines looped out of a living body... The pearls around her long neck looked to him like little beads of fat, and as she argued she would reach up and tug them; he kept his eyes on her fingertips, nails flashing like tiny knives.' (Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel)

SILVA SUMMA

STYLIST / ARTIST /...

I came across the work of Stylist/Artist Gracie Wales Bonner recently. Highly recommended if, like me, you have a soft spot for collage/cords/colour.

MORE YUCCA

I'm seeing yuccas everywhere - this time in Craig's home town.

CURATE vs. EDIT

... Plants on shelves or a curated group of botanical objects?

It is interesting how the word 'curate' has escaped the confines of the museum/gallery world into blogs, shops and beyond.

In my mind the word 'curate' bestows a certain gravitas; something that has been 'curated' should be distinguishable from a collection, selection or visual list. In order for objects to be truly curated there should be something that links them, independent of the self-styled curator's personal taste. What is the difference between a curate and an edit? According to this article (2009) the debate is already a moot point and I should get with the times.

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PAINT CUBE

Cube of Paint 70x70x70mm. I love this work from designer Klemens Schillinger, so much so that I already blogged it on behalf of work here.

MMMM HMMM

The Beauty Contest, 2012 Dick Jewell 

I like them brown, yellow Puerto Rican and Haitian
LOOK at these  ladies working their Contrappostos. More from the artist here.

THIERRY MUGLER

Apparently Messrs. Mugler said of his Parisian apartment 'I don't want real possession. What I need and what I wanted in this apartment was its space - and to keep it as empty as possible.'


This attitude surprises me from the creator of  Angel perfume - a scent so subtle I can smell wearers within a 5 mile radius. 

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 AW12, Glenn Martin 

Octopus at Mandalay Bay Aquarium Las Vegas

INSTAGALLERIES

Exhibitions I haven't been to but feel I've visited because of instagram:

 Light Show at the Hayward Gallery
 The Rain Room at Barbican
 Juergen Teller at the ICA
 Lichtenstein at Tate Modern

NOT SO YUCCA

The plant beloved of waiting rooms worldwide is having a moment:

Yucca in POP 28 SS13 p174-5

 Yucca's starring role in an earlier post:

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HAPPY WEDNESDAY

SPRING

Bearded dragons 

Shoot by Tyrone Lebon styled by Max Pearmain

Robe à la française, ca. 1765 from the Met collection

HAPPY ST. GEORGE'S DAY

I'm wearing my favourite new T-shirt to celebrate:

GIF c/o T-SHIRT PARTY

FUR TEA CUP

Ahh Phoebe Philo you're so great.



Meret Oppenheim
Object
Paris, 1936












Céline S/S13

BODEN

Boden, is that you? I did not expect this campaign from a brand I usually associate with women who love their dogs more than their kids. Great styling and not a postbox or stately home in sight. 

GREY SPRING

Editorial from Marie Claire Australia 0812 (left)

This images have been lingering on my desktop for a long time and suit this non-Spring we're having.

LUFTBOBLER

A few weeks ago I went the launch of Dinos Chapman's* album Luftbobler. My initial scepticism about the transferable skills between painting swastikas on toy soldiers and making music was rapidly dispelled: the album is good. You can hear more from DC and listen to his music here.















*Dinos (with glasses) is the older of the Chapman Brothers - artistic duo of Goya-defacing, Hitler-exhibiting, YBA fame.

RICHARD BURTON

I mean to post this on Valentine's day but forgot. A letter from Richard Burton to Elizabeth Taylor I hastily scribbled (hence the many mistakes). I love that he, like many great people, seems to have a stationery fetish.

SISTERS FROM ANOTHER MISTER?

Did anyone else see Kate Moss' hair at Louis Vuitton and immediately think Liza Minnelli? Because I did and I really don't think that's what Marc was going for.

AW11 wow, SS12 wow.

CRACK

Image c/o Style.com

THIS look from Wang's debut collection for Balenciaga. Sophisticated art student/technician/studio assistant. I can't help the dull practicalities that spring to mind - whether the paint would flake off, how it could be washed. Such a dry cleaner's nightmare.

RECENT SPHERES

PINK BIGGIE

A rare similarity between a Biggie video and a vase of flowers. 

KOREAN BOJAGI

Korea Korea Korea! Kang-choo! So hot right now. So hot that it is Opening Ceremony's 'Featured Country' (we will ignore Gangnam style).

These images are of traditional Korean 'bojagi' - silk squares used to wrap or carry virtually anything. Such a great alternative to all the wrapping paper festering in landfill. I want some! The fabric shops of Shepherds Bush Market call...

SUN SEA SND SEX

An unnamed facebook friend has a habit of posting tremendously annoying statuses detailing his drinking habits and proposing the end of the BBC along the lines of 'what do they even do?' Where do I start. His latest status laments that when he was young January advertising wasn't about Weightwatchers, online bingo and dating but SUMMER HOLIDAYS!  

I hope this witty campaign for Expedia pleases him. It makes me super excited for holidays without the gut-wrenching misery of looking at images of sandy beaches on the tube in January.



p.s. I lovvvvvvvvvvve that Namibia has an airport called EROS.

LAURYN HILL AND ROHAN MARLEY

PINK BIRDS

Elad Lassry's Chilean Flamingo 90028, 2007

TROMPE L'OEIL

Is this trompe l'oeil? Probably not quite but it is a beautiful low relief. Can any architects tell me? It's on Carthusian Street EC1, duh - the corner of Charterhouse Square.