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5.01.2012

francoise sagan

It's easy for me to forget the details of Francoise Sagan's life while I look at pictures of her. Her unfussy style is deceiving; the tousled brown hair, cozy black sweaters overwhelming her small frame, and habit of being photographed barefoot paint a picture of a much simpler life than the one she lived.

Francoise Sagan is best known her novel that she published when she was seventeen: Bonjour Tristesse. The title translates in English to "hello sadness", which is definitely the name of the latest Los Campesinos! album and has long been rumored to be the inspiration behind "The Sound of Silence" by Simon & Garfunkel. Sagan continued writing, extending her work to the stage and screen in addition to her novels and short stories, and also lead a personal life that, I suppose, is best described as "colorful". She maintained a long-time affair with the editor of French Playboy, traveled with the likes of Truman Capote and Ava Gardener, and was in and out of legal trouble...including a tax fraud charges and an incident where she gave her dog cocaine to prove to the policemen who came to her home for an inspection that the drug was "harmless." She's not a hero, but she was a talented woman whose life inspires me to do as much as I can while wasting as little of my own as possible.

With Jean Seberg

1.19.2012

score+solder

While Tricia and I were doing some internet research at our internship today, I came across this lookbook from score+solder and immediately had to stop what I was doing to share them. One day when I'm a real adult with a real job, I'll have more thoughtfully placed greenery around the house.

all images from http://scoreandsolder.com/

11.14.2011

marion bataillard & ivan rogov — freunde von freunden

Though I can't understand much of the text on the site (Google Translate isn't helping me out much with it this morning), the images on Freunde von Freunden are an absolute delight. The site is a compilation of interviews with mostly Berlin-based creative types with tours of the interiors of their studios and homes - the Selby with more of a European flair.

all images via freunde von freunden

8.12.2011

rosemary milner

In a dream world, Rosemary Milner's wallpaper designs would adorn my walls. All of her work is just lovely. Perhaps an obvious comparison, but it reminds me a contemporary Beatrix Potter (one of my favorite childhood authors / illustrators). All images are from her website, http://www.rosemary-milner.co.uk/.

7.27.2011

from the desk of...

Artist and jewelry designer Fanny Bostrom is one of my biggest girl crushes so I was super excited to see little tidbits of her Brooklyn studio on "from the desk of..." It's pretty much my "dream" studio area as its bursting with almost every essential item for crafting and making just about anything. Tricia and I will have a little space to set up our own little studio area in our new house in Austin which I'm extremely happy about. In the past, my "studio" has been a corner of my bedroom that somehow overtakes the rest of the room (paints and sketchbooks in my bed, the floor covered in paintings that are drying, etc). We already have some projects planned that we can't wait to work on and share with everyone! :)

all images via from the desk off...

7.06.2011

Jennie Ottinger

I recently came across Jennie Ottinger's work and couldn't help but be reminded by my own struggles to translate my drawings into paintings. The style of her paintings and translucency of color and ephemeral form is exactly what I wanted to do when I set out to be a painter in college, but somehow, I was just never able to accomplish it. Since then, I've dabbled here and there with painting but seeing her work really makes me want to dedicate a bit more time to trying again.

(images from here & here)

And now back to editing my undergrad thesis for grad school apps...

7.05.2011

mary travers

No one has ever asked me who my style icon is, which is a shame, because that's one question I actually have an answer to: Mary Travers. Mary's best known for being 1/3 of Peter, Paul, and Mary, but she was also an activist and (least importantly) a megababe. One of these days, I hope to write something to give proper tribute to her life, but hopefully this love letter to her fashion sense will serve as an I.O.U.

Mary mixed my favorite sixties trends to perfection. Her look is something I've been going for for years, but couldn't pin down until the last few months and still haven't translated into my real life to the extent that I'd like. Maybe these photos will finally inspire me to whittle down my wardrobe a bit and get rid of anything too trendy or ill fitting in favor of a wardrobe I can actually work with, since obviously practical things like moving and a budget aren't quite doing the trick!

Here's what I would buy today if I had all the money in the world to get the look:

mary travers by ventriciaular featuring striped t shirts

6.28.2011

une fille, un style

Am the only person super bummed about hot it is this summer? It seems like an endless cycle...complain about the cold in February, it gets warm, life is great, suddenly it's too hot and can't cool back down soon enough. I was so bummed the humidity today that I actually went thrifting for some sweaters in early anticipating of fall. Sadly I didn't really come across any good ones. My logic (though somewhat flawed...) is that no one else is looking for sweaters right now, so I'll find all the best ones but the sweater section at my local thrift store was very pared down.

Speaking of great sweaters, I was especially fond of the fuzzy sweaters in this week's Une Fille, Un Style about Marine Fourie. Last winter I really, really wanted a fuzzy sweater but was never able to track one down that wasn't obscenely priced.