Up early to add a few new paper garlands to the shop before I head out, I have the day off today and after a week of bitter cold but sunny days today of course is grey grey grey. Although there is a tiny crack in the clouds a seam of light which makes me hopeful. Maybe I will meet my friend and be able to drink my coffee outside?
Still obsessing over ruffles of all kinds, especially ones made of frothy lace and chiffon then encrusted with sequins and beads. You will have to bear with me as I think this is an everlasting condition. Todays close ups are from the Elie Saab Spring 2010 couture collection over at Style.com
After a wild night out I woke up on Sunday morning to find this beautiful film in my mailbox. A real day saver. I instantly fell in love. With the styling the music and Alison's red hair. I will watch it over and over. This stop motion short was made by Angela Kohler and her boyfriend Ithyle, with Alison Sudol from A Fine Frenzy. I know you will enjoy the film as much as me, So I sent Angela over some questions and I am so glad she had time to answer them. Pop over and take a look at Angela's wonderful portfolio too.
What was the inspiration behind this piece? We wanted to make a visual journey, and we collaborated with Alison from the beginning, talking about the motifs that she likes in her personal life and in her music. We went to flea markets and picked up objects that inspired us, then we built the piece around all of those elements. How long did it take to make? 3 days. We built the fake floor in our studio in one day, then shot the film in 2 days. When we were done Ali was pretty sore and from laying on her back on a wood floor for so long, and we all had a few splinters. It took a week to clean up. Were there any parts of the film that were particularly hard to capture? The Ocean scene was an experiment with string. We thought it would look amazing and flow, but it was really hard to get the enormous pile of yarn to be hidden behind her skinny little waist before it began to stretch to the edges of the frame. She was teetering on this giant yarn ball trying to be comfortable. And our dog kept running off with pieces of it. Who is the music by ? Alison Sudol of A Fine Frenzy (who is the main character in the piece) crafted the music to fit the film and Butch Walker engineered and produced it. Where or who are all the dresses from / made by? Most of the clothing was vintage. Who or what are some of your creative influences? We are inspired by things around us. Old things. Things with texture and history. We do a lot of "hey look at this" to each other. I think if it is beautiful, it inspires us. Do you have anymore that you are working on? We are currently working on a series of advertisements for the Amazon Kindle as well as a bunch of personal projects, we are a little OCD, there is always some idea that we can't keep our minds off of.
Happy Saturday. I am so in love with everything pretty. Always have been. So it should be with extra caution that I set foot on the high street right now. But alas it is reckless abandon that rules my heart when I see all these vintage style sugared almond coloured frills and layers. If I promise to wear them every day will that go a little towards making up for my shopping misdemeanours?
The sky remains the same, dark grey and always threatening never the less I have found a colour that really lifts my spirits and which luckily pairs perfectly with all greys. Plum. I have seen a few flashes of plum (a hat, scarf and skirt) in the off the runway shots in New York over at Style.com.
I managed to grab a some all my own today in the form of a soft throw and it was only £7.50. It befriends my hand embellished cushions very nicely. Although I will probably end up wearing it as a cape, its chilly at home today.
2 Walking and adventuring in delicate florals and bright whites to reflect that sun so high up in the sky. swimsuit cardigan bag glasses Trousers top
I apologise profusely for the fact that I lost the link to where these sandals came from and the floral top seems to have disappeared much to my dismay from the Jigsaw website. I was hoping that one would make its way into my suitcase.
I appreciate some of these items are extravagant but this blog is all about having fun and dreaming plus who knew Roberto Cavalli would design a dress to match my favourite flavours at Laduree?
Ps. all the interior images are from P'tit Habibi our hotel in Marrakech.
You can always trust Noa Noa to make spring fashions so girly and pretty, but what caught my eye the most were the beautiful glossy locks tumbling over the models shoulders.
I saw these pretty hand stitched birds from Pheasant Mailorder in a magazine today and had to bring them on over here along with a few other items, like these super bright pink candles and the fluffy rug that I want to smoosh my bare toes into. To top off my day while I was over there I saw Lobster and Swan listed in their news section alongside some of my favourite blogs, how flattered am I?!
We had a super fun and delicious dinner at a friends on Saturday evening. Then up early on Sunday feeling nautical I decided to wear the new dress that I got for my birthday a couple of weeks ago. Braved the red tights to nip out and grab breakfast, an apple tart and cinnamon caramel milk.
If only the weekend could last a couple more days.
Was just searching for the perfect maxi dress to take on my holiday when I took a wrong but good turn and found the spring collection from Cabbages and Roses. I stayed too long and fell in love, I may have to buy the Cotton Delilah Tunic. I think it would look great over a pair of white churidar from toast. Perfect for lounging on floral cushions and eiderdowns on a sun drenched Summer lawn.
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Up early to add a few new paper garlands to the shop before I head out, I have the day off today and after a week of bitter cold but sunny days today of course is grey grey grey. Although there is a tiny crack in the clouds a seam of light which makes me hopeful. Maybe I will meet my friend and be able to drink my coffee outside?
The sky remains the same, dark grey and always threatening never the less I have found a colour that really lifts my spirits and which luckily pairs perfectly with all greys. Plum. I have seen a few flashes of plum (a hat, scarf and skirt) in the off the runway shots in New York over at Style.com.
I saw these pretty hand stitched birds from Pheasant Mailorder in a magazine today and had to bring them on over here along with a few other items, like these super bright pink candles and the fluffy rug that I want to smoosh my bare toes into. To top off my day while I was over there I saw Lobster and Swan listed in their news section alongside some of my favourite blogs, how flattered am I?!
We had a super fun and delicious dinner at a friends on Saturday evening. Then up early on Sunday feeling nautical I decided to wear the new dress that I got for my birthday a couple of weeks ago. Braved the red tights to nip out and grab breakfast, an apple tart and cinnamon caramel milk.
Was just searching for the perfect maxi dress to take on my holiday when I took a wrong but good turn and found the spring collection from Cabbages and Roses. I stayed too long and fell in love, I may have to buy the Cotton Delilah Tunic. I think it would look great over a pair of white churidar from toast. Perfect for lounging on floral cushions and eiderdowns on a sun drenched Summer lawn.
