FLB x WILDFOX

it's finally here!
(and has apparently been here for some time...)

francesca lia block X wildfox collection!


i've been waiting for this since last november when they first announced the collab. wildfox has now released it's upcoming lookbook for the fall when the line comes out.

overall, i wasn't very impressed. the line looks very much like wildfox, and while i do love wildfox, it's a very distinctive look: cheap, yet paid too much, flimsy, but ripped in exactly the same locations. but nothing about it screamed FLB. maybe because wildfox is very FLB already. only one piece caught my eye, the i believe in magic hoodie, which i can definitely see me rocking and very well might buy. i think it would be neat if i could get FLB to sign it for me<3

you can check out the rest of the lookbook, short story, and illustrations at ilovewildfox.com

4.29 window displays in RTC

south moon under

barefoot mannequins with paper cranes, either dangling on strings or spread across the base. interesting visually, but probably a little too early in the season to scream paper cranes, imho. this only exaggerates the fact that the cranes are purely aesthetic. don't get me wrong, i love brand excellence through pure aesthetics, but it just doesn't fit. 3/5.


anthropologie

amazing crepe and plastic create the backdrop of this window. anthropologie is known for it's aesthetics for aesthetic sake. a true anthropologie design, the "flowers" add to the presentation without rhyme or reason. however, we are yet again questioning anthropologie's selection of clothes they put on display. lime green skinny fit is not a clandestine fashion choice; it's hidden for a reason. 4.5/5.

once in a fort night.

as day three of this nyquil-induced haze approaches and my likeness to gary busey's mug shot only increases,

i've started to reevaluate my life. what am i doing with my life? is this all there is? what do i do with the top sheet that i get whenever i buy a new set of sheets? it's not like i use them.

ah, these and other of life's great mysteries swirl through my head. maybe because i'm sick and all gary busey looking that it seems paramount i figure this shit out. maybe it's the nyquil being practically liquid courage. (yeah.) who knows? but i have figured out one thing in a life of otherwise lost dreams and broken promises. i need to build a muthafreakin fort.

it came hard and it came sudden at 4 in the morning, this need to build. i felt it before, but never so intoxicated with decongestants.

building forts, namely blanket forts, have been an interest of mine for quite some time. there's something about them i find hopelessly romantic. if i was to be honest, i think it's because i saw the blue lagoon a few too many times as a child. i'm pretty sure that movie at least distorted, if not completely f-ed up, my head. but, back to the forts! i like forts :)

the plan has been to create a fort on special occasions, like anniversaries, etc., but then i thought it would be neat to have a fort in the living room all year long just for, you know, cause i can, being an adult and all. as an adult i now get to make the decisions of when the fort comes down. so then, why come down at all? i want to be the adult that has a fort in their living room all the time!

some things will have to be considered, like lighting and pillows. i would love to get a chinese lantern for my fort and let the shadows dance along the folds. while looking up forts i found a LOT of people are going the way of candles for their forts. very romantic, abet a highly flammable solution. i'm not quite sure i'm willing to chance it. especially when you can get really sweet looking flower twinkle lights to hang up inside. the only problem is i need to find ones that will be low-light, not super bright like christmas tree ones. they can practically light up a room by themselves.

under the influence.

i have the flu. eww.

the nyquil makes my head swimmy and i'm pretty sure my walls are moving. but this seems to make sense right now. since vertigo and the absurd are the norm, i think i should watch the yellow submarine. a heavy dose of nyquil is probably the closest i'll ever get to an acid trip, so i figure now's as good a time as any.



i also desperately want to see love - cirque du soleil x the beatles. how ridiculously cool does it look??

i also want to try this, just not sure where to get it though.

farewell, and remember:

girl crush - the pirate princess

i've found a new obsession in ana de mendoza. it's not cause she's a princess. and it's not cause she's super beautiful, even though she was. it's cause she's rocking a muthafreakin' eyepatch after losing an eye from fencing as a kid. i can't find much about her, but i still find her utterly fascinating and have slight a girl crush, to be honest.

apparently there's some movies about her, which are now a must.

don't stop that motion

watching jason and the argonauts. yum.

not only am i a total nerd for greek mythology, but i also LOVE stop-motion movies of the 60's and 70's.

clash of the titans is probably my faves. but practically anything by ray harryhausen will do. just got the golden voyage of sinbad, and i'm drooling to watch it. that, and 20,000 leagues under the sea with captain nemo. i recently was reading league of extraordinary gentlemen and they described him as a "science pirate". i instantly wanted to be a science pirate. but then i thought it would be really cool to be a space pirate, and then i just couldn't decide. so i'm an undetermined, or to-be-announced pirate. just definitely not a sea pirate.

speaking of space piracy, i've always wanted to watch galaxy express 999. i remember seeing it when i was younger, and even though it was old looking anime (although, back then we didn't call it anime), i still was weirdly interested. i keep putting it off, i guess to keep the mystery alive. and well, cause i'm a procrastinator.


and while we're talking space pirates, i'm becoming a huge fan of inspector spacetime. way better than that doctor who crap.

mr. williams and batwoman's nipples

so i checked my email when i got home and saw i received a lovely email from jh williams in reply to an email i sent him a coupla days back. mr. williams is one of the very talented hands behind batwoman, which i'm a huge fan of.

while it is my general rule not to go out of my way to contact any persons of interest as i think it's a waste of time and i have better things to do. okay, i don't really, but i refuse to be comic book guy.

now this day i was warm with some hair of the dog and particularly infatuated with batwoman: elegy that i just finished and i had to tell someone. anyone. i'll tell jh himself, goddammit. so breaking all my rules, i wrote my first, uh...what you could call "fan mail" i guess? wait, no, i take that back, i did write sailor moon's naoko takeuchi in japan in the 6th grade. i did not get a response. anyway, back to the present. so i pretty much went all fan girl on him, which is pretty accurate because his work is far and away some of the best i've ever seen, definitely from dc. i love batwoman, who she is, who she isn't, that we finally have a super hero for us pasty girls to look up to. but i'd be lying if i said it was perfect.

it's the nipples.

don't get me wrong, i love the female form and there is def a time and a place for one to enjoy it's charms. i just don't think crime fighting is one of them. i don't know, it just takes me back to p.e. class. i don't expect you to understand if you're a dude, but let's just say the ladies hurt without support while running. and i told jh that.

and to my surprise he wrote me back! and he was so nice, too. he took the feedback very well and explained it was an aesthetic choice, for a kinda retro look. now not only do i love batwoman the comic, i can say the guy behind it is pretty choice, too. check out his work, it speaks for itself. artists with crazy talent like that and true appreciation of the fans need to be supported!