had a blast and blew some cash at the serial cultura / stars and ravens / micaela greg / crumley trunk show last thurs at the silverman gallery. check it out! all such talented, lovely people! the crowd and brian working the crowd. awesome cape + hat, huh?! serial cultura, geneva, and bear the...
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thrilling! suspenseful! mysterious! romantic! just watched elevator to the gallows w/lisa, tim & teresa. trina recommended it b/c of the sexy miles davis score and sexy jeanne moreau. can’t believe louis malle was only 24 when he directed this!!! stills via radly dark blog, pas un autre
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LOOK WHAT I MADE!!!!!! pillowcase from an old skirt and leftover fringe from my halloween costume. fits well in the living room, don’t it?
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jen’s having another trunk show at the silverman gallery tomorrow, just like last year! would love to see you all there! clothing by micaela greg, stars and ravens, and brian crumley will be there from austin with his rad jewelry. um zipper earrings?!? DONT MISS IT! i can’t belive i never posted the final...
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jen and i went to a party at MAC for the infamously bearded walter van beirendonck and dirk bikkembergs, two belgian designers part of the antwerp 6 (demuelemeester, dries, etc.) MAC is such a fantastic store and the event drew such a great crowd of fashionable people- somewhat out of character for san francisco,...
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i was browsing una‘s blog (one of my favorite stores in portland) and came across tomoko igarashi‘s knotted necklaces! apparently her parents were both designers, her father, takenobu igarashi an influential and innovative graphic and product designer (below!) and her mother, keiko, working in textiles and housewares. don’t you just love a creative family!?
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thought id share my bracelets with you all today. caitlin brought me the marigold and orange thread-wrapped bangles from her travels in india! and dorothy brought me the maasai beaded bracelets from her travels in tanzania! i’m also working on some necklaces and bracelets out of some vintage embroidery yarn that i found the...
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think about: scents as sounds…color as scents…sounds as tastes…etc etc etc…thanks to stephen malinowski for these radical musical animations, developed over a 40 year period with his music animation machine!
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ashi dashi? i have too many holes in too many of my socks. time for some new ones! which should i choose? happy socks? antipast at bird? wiederholt? scottish socks?!?!
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in a conversation about cool buildings that burned down in the 90s, jacob told me about tony duquette (neo-baroque costume/interior/jewelry designer extraordinaire) and his san francisco synagogue-turned-“celebrational-environment,” the canticle of the sun of st. francis of assisi. tony revitalized the vandalized building with his art, antique collections, and sculptures, but everything (gaudy interiors included)...
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