Digital Goodness

Here's a little smattering of 'beauty, in motion...' from Lily and the Muse:

Welcome Evan from Emmanuel RESTIF on Vimeo.

Peony flower / timelapse from munich timelapse on Vimeo.

One year in 120 seconds from Eirik Solheim on Vimeo.

Vanessa Bruno Spring/Summer 2010 from viacomit on Vimeo.

You never know what you're going to find there -- it's like a Choose Your Own Adventure novel for beauty, in motion! Go forth and explore...

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Showing some of my favorite looks from the darlings of NYC!

INSPIRED BY: Katy Rodriguez

These colors remind me of sea glass washed up on the shore -- makes for a lovely, muted color palette.

{Images: Katy Rodriguez Spring 2010 collection, Living Etc, House Beautiful, Domino, Rodarte Marbled Dress}

Day Dreaming

Who wouldn't want to dress like this everyday? Comfortable, chic and classy.




Lutz & Patmos Fall 2010 collection is short but sweet, and did I mention comfortably chic already? If you're like me and your brain has left the winter and cold behind, their Spring 2010 collection is equally chic and much more colorful!





{Style.com}

Manic Monday

You know the drill.. let's have some fun!

Snow, snow, and more snow! I feel like it's taking far too much time for the old snow to melt and the new snow is cramping my spring style. I've yet to go through all of the new Fall collections from New York Fashion Week, but I'm hearing that some are pretty outstanding, so can't wait to see what's out there! I'll have plenty of time this week to do that since I'm only working a couple of concentrated days: meaning I get to spend mucho money on becoming an official resident of Kentucky, applying for more countless jobs that I'll probably never hear from, and continuing the slow unpacking of my bedroom. Here's to a productive week!

And three links to inspire you:
*The most adorable Flickr set of Wall-E, for my roommate, K
*Surreal digital art that regularly acts as my desktop background
*Black bean and sweet potato quesadilla recipe that I need to try ASAP


{All images by Kerstin zu Pan whom I'm currently obsessed with}

Alexander McQueen, 1969-2010

New York Fashion Week starts today and the airwaves were a-Twitter with excitement to see what's in store for Fall 2010, but the baited breath of the fashion industry ended in gasp with the news of Lee "Alexander" McQueen's tragic death. He was found this morning in his London home after committing suicide. One can only assume the loss of close friend Isabella Blow in 2007 and the recent death of his mother February 2, 2010 had something to do with his demise. It saddens me beyond words to think of the fashion world without McQueen's art. Opera Chic said it best:

"More than anyone -- anyone, even John Galliano -- else in fashion, Alexander McQueen, who died earlier today in London at the tragically young age of 40, always made you feel unsure of what he would come up next -- he was always ready to surprise you.


The colors, the forms, always different and magic, so strange as to transform the world around them and take you to a different reality: looking at his clothes was like peering into a magic mirror.


Upon learning of his death, you feel sad -- you're choked up even if you didn't know him personally, because you feel as if fashion, and art, and the world are less colorful, and less magic, and -- quite simply -- just less interesting to look at now that McQueen is not around anymore."

Lee, you will most certainly be missed, in the worst of ways.
As exciting as this day started, it now ends in sadness.

Le Sigh

If there's any one person I could be for a day, it would surely be Charlotte Gainsbourg:
gentle demureness, impeccable style, and unbelievable heritage a perfect French girl makes.
Charlotte recently released her second album in which she collaborated with Beck, and I have yet to get my hands on it. Flaunt wrote a wonderful piece about Charlotte's inspiration and why this record is so different from her first.

"The Magnetic Resonance Imaging machinery engulfs the patient in alarming sounds that spin in circles, flashing past the ear drum, appearing above and below in almost marine-like fluctuations, as if replicating a life lived inside a clamourous alarm clock on the verge of malfunction-underwater."
"But with those sounds... when I first thought about putting them in a song, it was more about the energy and the wildness of it, and the disturbances, of course. But there was also something very agitated that I liked. It didn't frighten me. It wasn't to talk about that fear."

So in conclusion: le sigh.
Can't wait to hear the record and pretend to be French for a short while...

{via Refinery29 and Flaunt Magazine}

No Two Alike

Waking up in a fairytale wonderland wouldn't be a bad way to start your day, especially if it meant leaving and coming home to this amazing architectural structure!

"Viennese artist, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, has designed what has become one of the more unique and visually stimulating buildings in the world. With over 1000 unique windows, individualized handles on windows and doors, a living roof, café, parking garage, restaurant, bar, playground, and a running stream, the Waldspirale in Darmstadt, Germany is an architectural wonder. Upon first glance, second and third, one is simply enchanted and astonished."

Can you believe it's only half a world away? This is definitely going on my 'If-I-ever-get-to-Germany-these-are-the-places-I'll-visit' list! Read the rest of the article here.

{via Environmental Graffiti}

Manic Monday

If it has to be Monday, we can at least have a little fun...

These last two weeks have gone so fast! Moving and getting settled has taken up my time, but the winter weather has put a damper on moving things into storage. Even today I'm hearing that we're getting anywhere from 4-9" over the next day..... I'm not terribly excited at the prospect of more snow! So in celebration of SPRING somewhere on the horizon, today's images have a lovely warm *glow* about them :)


And three links to inspire you:
*Feline fashion
*Barbie turns 50 and has a fabulous year!
*These felt petal corsages will last long after your special event


{images via WeHeartIt and ParkerFitzgerald}

Pale in Comparison to You

The move is almost complete! I shall be back soon, dearies.

{Dazed & Confused}