tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107283512024-03-13T11:24:37.817-07:00Style Nomadinspiration blog...featuring fashion, photography, art, design, music, culture, travel, and food finds. treasure for your spirit.STYLE NOMAD:http://www.blogger.com/profile/10322487360284085489noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10728351.post-29574513108097891972011-01-08T11:30:00.000-08:002011-01-07T16:17:56.193-08:002011! Oh! Silly Rabbit...<div style="text-align: center;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 296px; height: 400px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/TSeNMcTWA9I/AAAAAAAABis/SN3-YCLZjzU/s400/lady-grey-tim-walker.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559567509907440594" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I'm late, I'm late... for a very important date!"... </span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Been out wayfaring the sea of life as you know. But I'm back and newly docked at my favorite, little harbor. So happy to see you here in this </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Year of the Rabbit.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So it's upward & onward in full effect you say? I say yes. And don't forget the</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> lusciousness.</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Cuz that's onboard too.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It's r</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">eady to spill compelling content all over your mental pinaf</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ores...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i>So h</i></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">old onto your napkins! </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Get i</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">nspired...amused...and enthused. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">2011 has a</span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ll the dress maker markings to be the best yet...</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 297px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/TSePcldTbxI/AAAAAAAABi8/JlxTG7X9f-M/s400/ladygrey7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559569986266296082" /><div style="text-align: center;">After all, it is the Year of the Rabbit! So let’s spring back into the swing of things........</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/TSePza0MxjI/AAAAAAAABjE/5xT2kZLiJ1Q/s400/ladygrey12.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559570378546529842" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 297px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/TSeQIyAnOtI/AAAAAAAABjM/gkG1U2pm-qw/s400/ladygrey13.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559570745549863634" /><div style="text-align: center;">I’m working on several projects right now and am inspired by so much. In the coming days, I’ll be covering some of my great loves in music, art, literature, design, photography, food and of course - fashion...</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 297px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/TSeQqdg4GbI/AAAAAAAABjU/macQtBqGarA/s400/ladygrey6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559571324163594674" /><div style="text-align: center;">As music is our soul, let’s start with...</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(75, 75, 75); "><i>Makana</i></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 316px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/TSeci0k5pHI/AAAAAAAABkU/wbCKh-JBINg/s320/malbum2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559584387055068274" /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.makanamusic.com/">Makana </a>is from Hawaii. At the heart of it, he’s a slack key guitarist having studied under great masters such as Sonny Chillingworth. But what makes Makana’s music unique...and makes him a growing influence to other artists...is that he draws from an exquisite mix of global inspiration - rock, bluegrass, African, Latin, Celtic, modern and folk traditions.</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Vibrant and diverse, Makana is an artist who reflects a serene and conscious spirit....independent music at its best.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 318px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/TSecfRabzfI/AAAAAAAABkM/e-0Az1rAUjI/s320/malbum1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559584326076321266" /><div style="text-align: center;">I think music has the ability to transform us, draw out our own inner voices and dreams. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It makes the subconscious - conscious...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 388px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/TSeaYOGKEaI/AAAAAAAABjc/-abtpcolCvU/s400/Untitled%2BImage.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559582005903626658" />Transcends our momentary concerns, our daily life...it talks to each of us on such a personal level - to the very heart of who we are, what we love and where we want to be...</div></div><div>-- STYLE NOMAD 01/08/11</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Photo Credits: </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(Top) </span><a href="http://www.timwalkerphotography.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Tim Walker</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> for </span><a href="http://www.vogue.it/en"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Vogue Italia </span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">March 2010. (Middle & Bottom) </span><a href="http://www.makanamusic.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Makana</span></a></div>STYLE NOMAD:http://www.blogger.com/profile/10322487360284085489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10728351.post-8829638796591258762010-04-09T15:25:00.001-07:002010-04-09T16:08:38.427-07:00reBIRTH:<b>spring...</b>is almost here. It is still cold in Switzerland. I am back from hiatus with no regrets. Only a deep desire to get back into it. Here I am peeking forward from my nest after hibernating in adventures and melodies.<div><br /></div><div>Speaking of melodies, my good friend <b><a href="http://www.lorenlopez.com/">Loren Lopez</a></b>, an absolutely brilliant + talented girl, just released her first album - BLUE CANDY. Loren's voice is at once luscious, soft, rich, and tender. But it has strength & power to it. A bit of a jazz edge that reminds one of luminous evenings in the 1920's when subtle elegance was key. It's available on iTunes and her single "British Attraction" just got picked up by MTV, Virgin, MCM (French MTV) etc. I am bursting with pride. We used to be peas in the 9-5 pod but she broke away and concentrated full time on music, her true love. She always would sing and do gigs at night or on weekends after her day job. Little by little, she worked her way into her dream. That's the best story I think. Not the overnight success that makes it all seem like luck. But the very adult, real world story of working to pay the bills while chipping away at your dream one layer at a time. For many of us this is the one and only action plan.</div><div><br /></div><div>So I am here to let you in on a sweet masterpiece by an emerging artist. The director and creator of the video is also a young, emerging French talent. They created the video with pretty much no budget. Just friends, a couple of plane tickets GVA to LONDON, a rented British taxi cab in Grenoble, France (for the interior shots), and maniac cool ideas. Oh, and some wicked fierce style from Miss Lopez courtesy of Zara and H&M (yes that's right! It doesn't cost much to look goregous. Don't believe what you hear!) If you dream of love affairs in Paris, luscious adventures around the world, and being a techincolor girl in a black and white world...Loren's music will take you away and inspire you. </div><div><br /></div><div>Welcome to Spring! We're so glad you are here.</div><object width="480" height="270"><param name="movie" value="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/video/xcq5pn"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/video/xcq5pn" width="480" height="270" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object><br /><b><a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcq5pn_loren-lopez-british-attraction-musi_music">LOREN LOPEZ - "British Attraction" music video</a></b><br /><i>envoyé par <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/amourangora">amourangora</a>. - <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/ch-fr/channel/music">Regardez la dernière sélection musicale.</a></i>STYLE NOMAD:http://www.blogger.com/profile/10322487360284085489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10728351.post-46272156035329607212010-02-01T12:05:00.000-08:002010-02-01T12:06:23.590-08:00Thought for the day....<div><b>What if we all lived our lives like this?...</b></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/S2c0Hfr93cI/AAAAAAAABdo/6rVjaXDCO-8/s1600-h/life-is-a-sequence.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/S2c0Hfr93cI/AAAAAAAABdo/6rVjaXDCO-8/s400/life-is-a-sequence.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433368778815430082" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /></div>STYLE NOMAD:http://www.blogger.com/profile/10322487360284085489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10728351.post-26674173782043186402010-01-30T17:30:00.000-08:002010-01-30T17:48:18.448-08:00I, i am a verb...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/S2TdiTKUvvI/AAAAAAAABdg/bJA834o3ufY/s1600-h/iseei.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/S2TdiTKUvvI/AAAAAAAABdg/bJA834o3ufY/s400/iseei.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432710631844527858" /></a><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 24.0px PhilomËne & Ephrem"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><i>I live on earth at present and I don’t know what I am. I know that I am not a category. I am not a thing - a noun. I seem to be a verb, an evolutionary process - an integral function of the universe...</i></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 24.0px PhilomËne & Ephrem"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 24.0px PhilomËne & Ephrem"></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 24.0px PhilomËne & Ephrem"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">exceptional & exquisite </span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 24.0px PhilomËne & Ephrem"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 24.0px PhilomËne & Ephrem"></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 24.0px PhilomËne & Ephrem"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">fervently fearless</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 24.0px PhilomËne & Ephrem"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 24.0px PhilomËne & Ephrem"></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 24.0px PhilomËne & Ephrem"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">work in progress...</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 24.0px PhilomËne & Ephrem"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 24.0px PhilomËne & Ephrem"></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 24.0px PhilomËne & Ephrem"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> - and this is my sacred dream...</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 24.0px PhilomËne & Ephrem"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I created this (above) tonight. The visuals and poem. I have been doing this thing recently - where I put images together that I love and have collected or that I find which are inspired by dreams I have or poems or stories I am writing...and then I write the words to go with the images so it becomes a bit like a visual prose poem. The first paragraph was directly inspired from architect, poet extraordinaire B. Fuller's idea that he was a verb. The rest is all me.</p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Sometimes little pinprick writing helps to inspire bigger writing...especially when one lacks the discipline all great writers must have had :P</p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><i>Off to pirate away my dreams...</i></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p></div>STYLE NOMAD:http://www.blogger.com/profile/10322487360284085489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10728351.post-62435829792058312952010-01-29T13:36:00.001-08:002010-01-29T14:48:24.982-08:00Worth a thousand words...<i>WoRdS can create thousands of pictures in our mind</i>...<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i>musings...& daydreams</i> of how our lives <i>are</i>...or how we <i>wish</i> them to be...</span></i></span></i><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/S2NYUebuyZI/AAAAAAAABaw/H3U2SZnuQG8/s1600-h/tia_12_27452632.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 183px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/S2NYUebuyZI/AAAAAAAABaw/H3U2SZnuQG8/s400/tia_12_27452632.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432282684328954258" /></a><br /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 398px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/S2NYM4NWbtI/AAAAAAAABag/4IlCmkzPEn4/s400/il_fullxfull32545373.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432282553809006290" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/S2NYtmr0PAI/AAAAAAAABa4/Ihu-82ebIA0/s400/miranda_july_pillowcase-3_popup.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432283116040633346" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 369px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/S2NezNUhqYI/AAAAAAAABbg/ZyMQofGuTsI/s400/Sugarboo-137647-blk.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432289809381042562" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 369px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/S2Ne2ILMiAI/AAAAAAAABbo/YuXZlhDo5MY/s400/Sugarboo-137653-sage.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432289859539339266" /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Kind of like an invitation to use your imagination...</span><br /><div><br /></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 367px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/S2NYQYDM4sI/AAAAAAAABao/FrvGGB6Uw8A/s400/img_07302.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432282613895979714" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/S2NYJjF2HII/AAAAAAAABaY/2DuuoE4TALE/s400/il_430xN.54815518.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432282496600775810" /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/S2NX7CXLTaI/AAAAAAAABaA/If0sFNTEjBg/s1600-h/defaced_main1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/S2NX7CXLTaI/AAAAAAAABaA/If0sFNTEjBg/s400/defaced_main1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432282247296929186" /></a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/S2NXzIyftaI/AAAAAAAABZw/D8o3TzJA9IU/s400/300-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432282111583172002" /><br /><br /><br /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/S2NXvOaLy4I/AAAAAAAABZo/Jkfy7zQcqH4/s400/039+015.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432282044372339586" /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">or embark on a year's worth of resolutions....</span><br /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/S2Nev0E46mI/AAAAAAAABbY/XuhBU4S8Vy4/s400/if_you_can_talk_cushions.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432289751064963682" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/S2NXr5_5ZwI/AAAAAAAABZg/wV-FzHpVUbA/s400/6a00d8345204a169e2010536faea87970b-800wi.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432281987353765634" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/S2Nha1twzvI/AAAAAAAABb4/kAdXsz5YNaA/s400/Avalon-back-L.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432292689262464754" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">to live what you believe...</span></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 363px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/S2NhfSCZniI/AAAAAAAABcA/Ili6j9SCJLc/s400/The-Barbers-Daughters-Bracelet.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432292765584694818" /></div><div><b><br /></b><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div></div></div></div>STYLE NOMAD:http://www.blogger.com/profile/10322487360284085489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10728351.post-73201101734286244732009-11-29T03:58:00.000-08:002009-11-29T04:32:11.723-08:00SHOW stop(!)-her...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SxJkmmNtavI/AAAAAAAABZA/TzDgz5sFzgw/s1600/john_galliano.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SxJkmmNtavI/AAAAAAAABZA/TzDgz5sFzgw/s400/john_galliano.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409496716681243378" /></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SxJkmmNtavI/AAAAAAAABZA/TzDgz5sFzgw/s1600/john_galliano.jpg"></a><b>celebrate!-ing a 9 years on the net...</b> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"><a href="http://www.showstudio.com/">SHOWstudio</a></span></b> is a living, breathing space where fashion designers, artists, photographers, and stylists interact with the public. Brain child of prolific UK photographer extra-ordinaire, Nick Knight, SHOWstudio sees to redefine the world of design & fashion.</div><div><br /></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SxJmrzWNA0I/AAAAAAAABZI/r7FoTg2IPLU/s400/ro_05.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409499005129130818" /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SxJkXcd20tI/AAAAAAAABYw/-1j_koYnEuM/s1600/live_shoots.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SxJkXcd20tI/AAAAAAAABYw/-1j_koYnEuM/s400/live_shoots.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409496456366576338" /></a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SxJkIBffl0I/AAAAAAAABYg/cveQilW5Cr8/s400/sweet_02.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409496191427647298" /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SxJkXcd20tI/AAAAAAAABYw/-1j_koYnEuM/s1600/live_shoots.jpg"></a></div><div>Autumn 2009, saw the exhibition at Somerset House in London where the public was able to go behind-the-scenes and experience live photo shoots as a part of the exhibition. You can submit a video on SHOWstudio that may be chosen for the next Lady Gaga video...watch a visio-bio on designer Rick Owens...or download patterns from John Galliano, Alexander McQueen...etc. as a part of the project archives. The Galliano & McQueen patterns are wicked fierce...</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SxJkXcd20tI/AAAAAAAABYw/-1j_koYnEuM/s1600/live_shoots.jpg"></a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 326px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SxJkeLuEAJI/AAAAAAAABY4/tbH9rGqTMIw/s400/lady_gaga.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409496572130230418" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 310px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SxJniASTklI/AAAAAAAABZQ/bHv0tojXpdQ/s400/large1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409499936315380306" /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">You could spend hours just looking through the archives or the blog curated by the top UK stylists...or if you are awaiting spring, buy the bunny ears Lanvin's creative genius Alber Elbaz <a href="http://stylenomad.blogspot.com/search/label/LONDON%20style">wore for the </a><i><a href="http://stylenomad.blogspot.com/search/label/LONDON%20style">New Yorker</a> </i>magazine photo shoot...</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></b><div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 290px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SxJjnfxQCXI/AAAAAAAABYA/LWU7n_J9A1k/s400/transformer.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409495632619506034" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SxJj0-aNy1I/AAAAAAAABYQ/fXN8yLy5L2k/s400/176.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409495864182688594" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><blockquote style="text-align: center;font-weight: 900; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 25px; font-style: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">“SHOWstudio is based on the belief that showing the entire creative process—from conception to completion—is beneficial for the artist, the audience and the art itself.”</span></span></blockquote><blockquote style="text-align: center;font-weight: 900; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 25px; font-style: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Nick Knight</span></span></span></blockquote><blockquote style="text-align: center;font-weight: 900; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 25px; font-style: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal;font-size:small;"><i><br /></i></span></span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 310px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SxJkOinXdlI/AAAAAAAABYo/o7wJ3_3VBmI/s400/participationsfw.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409496303398254162" /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:x-small;"><b>PHOTO CREDITS:</b> <i>All</i> <a href="http://www.showstudio.com/">SHOWstudio.</a></span></div></div></div>STYLE NOMAD:http://www.blogger.com/profile/10322487360284085489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10728351.post-4557159337359310632009-11-29T03:15:00.001-08:002009-11-29T03:28:48.196-08:00ciao bella...<b>The song "Ciao Bella"...</b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;"><a href="http://www.rose-lesite.fr/">by Rose </a></span></b>came out several years ago...but I thought it would be lovely to introduce her to you if you don't know her. <i>Rose </i>is a French singer and reminds me a lot of <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#339999;"><a href="http://www.lorenlopez.com/">Lauren.</a></span></b> This song is about the passage of time and shows her dancing between screens where she is a child again with her grandfather...I love the visual juxtaposition of her going from who she is now as if she is dancing between the present and the past...pretty cool. <i>Ciao Bella!...have a lovely Sunday...</i><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/XEGpGUt-XmU&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/XEGpGUt-XmU&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>STYLE NOMAD:http://www.blogger.com/profile/10322487360284085489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10728351.post-51966820271655608962009-09-13T10:45:00.001-07:002009-09-13T11:22:46.088-07:00A Frenchman in Shanghai...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Lions of Puxi..</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">.</span>just heard about a band from Shanghai, China and saw an inspired video that made me smile. Their songs are sung in everything from English to French and Chinese. Combining my love of travel, making a life for yourself doing what you love living abroad, and music...especially the little-known...thought I'd share...<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Gauthier Roubichou</span>, Lion's lead singer, originally from France, did a cover - "with apologies to Sting"- of "An Englishman in New York" as joke with his friends. It's totally taken off in China and the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.puxi.me/">Lions of Pux</a><a href="http://www.lionsofpuxi.me/">i </a></span></span>are now set to sing the official song of the Shanghai Expo in 2010. The song, "A Frenchman in Shanghai" features slightly altered lyrics about eating baguettes...drinking wine...etc. Lions of Puxi do funky songs in Chinese with reggae, funk & groove beats and are squarely situated in the heart of Shanghai's famous nightlife....<div><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/eQvRCX6YE9w&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/eQvRCX6YE9w&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div><br /><div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div>STYLE NOMAD:http://www.blogger.com/profile/10322487360284085489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10728351.post-22382947816046881252009-08-31T12:45:00.001-07:002009-08-31T13:10:45.699-07:00i HEART Hawaii...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Spwopbqi3WI/AAAAAAAABWo/BrA663EzHcM/s1600-h/Wailupe+004.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Spwopbqi3WI/AAAAAAAABWo/BrA663EzHcM/s400/Wailupe+004.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376216747439480162" /></a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Spwo_zgWFUI/AAAAAAAABXg/xIRYQxNsfMQ/s400/6-27-08+Aquarium+086.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376217131796272450" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Spwo7xVmevI/AAAAAAAABXY/qLfuWKBScCI/s400/Bon+Dance+021.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376217062494862066" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Spwo4mpUnvI/AAAAAAAABXQ/KbBMtHzByx4/s400/Bon+Dance+056.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376217008085180146" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Spwo1ncMvLI/AAAAAAAABXI/p1qu_s_NrZ0/s400/Bon+Dance+088.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376216956758965426" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SpwovmF99HI/AAAAAAAABW4/gS9HBCyw01g/s400/Kewalo+-+DH+010.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376216853318071410" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Spwoypgwo3I/AAAAAAAABXA/D2hXODP_HzE/s400/Bon+Dance+103.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376216905775358834" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SpwospXQsQI/AAAAAAAABWw/wqbX4Q0sw90/s400/Kewalo+-+DH+043.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376216802656301314" /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SpwoZep0n2I/AAAAAAAABWQ/eZ98ix7R0rs/s1600-h/Wailupe+076.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SpwoZep0n2I/AAAAAAAABWQ/eZ98ix7R0rs/s400/Wailupe+076.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376216473363849058" /></a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Spwojjh62RI/AAAAAAAABWg/c29VngX9FnQ/s400/Wailupe+046.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376216646471571730" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Spwoe6kUUKI/AAAAAAAABWY/js6F3VEtcXg/s400/Rainbow+006.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376216566756298914" /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">A Day in the Life of Hawaii<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">..</span></span></span>.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">imagine watching<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> a fisherman at sunrise in Kahala, taking an afternoon walk through banyan trees, or watching a group of surfers during a brilliant Waikiki sunset...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="">well,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> </span>you can..no matter where you are right now. Intimate images of everyday life in Hawaii are captured in vivid detail & storytelling by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><a href="http://www.hawaiifisheye.blogspot.com/">Hawaii Fish Eye.</a></span></span> A blog that captures everything from local street art recently done in homage to Michael Jackson to the local Japanese bon dancing festival or the humor of a glass bottom boat full of tourists checking out local surfers instead of the local, underwater fish.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div>With dates and exact time the pictures where taken, there are also quotes that provide great story telling, humor, and peaceful contemplation. A joy to behold and check out, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">Hawaii Fish Eye</span></span> offers a break from your everyday life. Kind of like a mini Mai Tai break or breathe of fresh air....<br /><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">ALL PHOTOS: </span><a href="http://www.hawaiifisheye.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Hawaii Fish Eye</span></a></div></div>STYLE NOMAD:http://www.blogger.com/profile/10322487360284085489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10728351.post-56275788730896520692009-08-11T14:41:00.001-07:002009-08-11T15:13:48.239-07:00the ReMiX...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SoHplejvkUI/AAAAAAAABWA/V20o5qu2Gqo/s1600-h/4_20_09_SallySingerEd06921+copy.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SoHplejvkUI/AAAAAAAABWA/V20o5qu2Gqo/s320/4_20_09_SallySingerEd06921+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368829060869755202" /></a><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SoHmG0miALI/AAAAAAAABSg/AtyJerl6jIc/s320/3_4_09_George_Ksubi15818.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368825235676201138" /></a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SoHmPFIuAhI/AAAAAAAABSw/6bIY4yiePms/s320/3_9_09Anne_Aimee_Nathan15895.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368825377553515026" /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SoHl_AbRG4I/AAAAAAAABSQ/obyg2njRDqo/s1600-h/3_3_09Nic_SusienAU15774.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SoHl_AbRG4I/AAAAAAAABSQ/obyg2njRDqo/s320/3_3_09Nic_SusienAU15774.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368825101411228546" /></a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SoHlzrQElzI/AAAAAAAABR4/w8hwbxxNrA4/s320/3_2_09_Tina_KalivasED15720.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368824906748565298" /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SoHl7Z12aVI/AAAAAAAABSI/gwkuoEOcyTY/s1600-h/3_3_09DaveBonneyHaroldDavid15746.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SoHl7Z12aVI/AAAAAAAABSI/gwkuoEOcyTY/s320/3_3_09DaveBonneyHaroldDavid15746.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368825039514134866" /></a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SoHl3e2h5RI/AAAAAAAABSA/2MY4_GheEq8/s320/3_3_09DaveBonneyHaroldDavid15742.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368824972139685138" /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">over at </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">the selby...</span>they're staging a "peek-in", <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">artist style. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.theselby.com/">T</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"><a href="http://www.theselby.com/">he Selby</a></span></span> has always reminded me of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Nathalie Lecroc.</span></span> She's a Parisian artist I once met & interviewed who did portraits of women's handbags...or rather the inside of their bags. What spilled out onto her table revealed a lot about people and what was going on in their lives at the time. Her watercolor portraits are like an anthropology experiment. The idea that what we carry around with us speaks volumes of who we are and what's most important to us. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">The Selby</span> is doing something similar with glimpses into the homes of artists & creative spirits. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">André</span> in Paris was featured recently. More about him and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Miss Lecroc</span> in an upcoming street style post...<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ALL PHOTO CREDITS: </span><a href="http://www.theselby.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Selby</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span><br /></div>STYLE NOMAD:http://www.blogger.com/profile/10322487360284085489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10728351.post-58719939265965500022009-08-06T13:52:00.000-07:002009-08-07T16:06:38.552-07:00Rock N' Rolla...<div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Snym21VlKeI/AAAAAAAABRI/PznSrMk2890/s1600-h/angelina_jolie_tongue_4.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 399px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Snym21VlKeI/AAAAAAAABRI/PznSrMk2890/s400/angelina_jolie_tongue_4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367348316879530466" /></a><br /></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">"Don'tcha wanna be a rock n' rolla?".</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">..I know I do. Something's been on my mind lately. Something I've observed. It's like all these influences from the 60's, 70<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman';">'s, and 80's...these very distinct & different decades are happening all at once.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">And I have a theory.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">(of course I do.)</span></span></div></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 392px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntYjYC1uMI/AAAAAAAABPI/roRS3xDcyQ8/s400/PAME-WA5_V5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366980745715103938" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 392px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Snye-fQY-LI/AAAAAAAABPg/cMTQsh2Ci0g/s400/AWAN-WA3_V2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367339652298111154" /></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntYcski7iI/AAAAAAAABO4/2d94XNLcOBM/s400/NUDE-WA2_V1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366980630966103586" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 216px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntYgrSdiOI/AAAAAAAABPA/mR8zU1kcxug/s400/NUDE-WP5_V2d.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366980699341293794" /><br /></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntYZhPTMII/AAAAAAAABOw/GJoa-QEpzbU/s400/JENK-WS3_V1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366980576384594050" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntYCzeMBjI/AAAAAAAABOY/Wp_hdv4rE3o/s400/rocknrollaposter.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366980186141886002" /></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 392px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntYWIyISvI/AAAAAAAABOo/ICRqK42gVGo/s400/JENK-WA1_V2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366980518280186610" /></div></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Earlier in the year when <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">the f-bomb hit..(a.k.a. the global financial crisis)...up-to-the-minute coverage of "we're in a shitty place but we don't know where we're going.."...we were seeing i<a href="http://stylenomad.blogspot.com/2008/12/urbanstyle-art-deco.html">nfluences in fashion and design from the art deco era..1920's and 1930's</a>. Structured lines, clean color patterns, simplicity an<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">d hard edges. People were s<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">eeking comfort from the storm, reassurance, structure, straight lines & ironed flat hair. But now we're seeing hair tousled and shaken up, t-shirts slashed with carefully placed holes a.k.a. the 1980's.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Snyxk_Pu1ZI/AAAAAAAABRQ/wG0VcHJybZY/s400/AWAN-WD13_V2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367360104929613202" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 203px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SnyyYMNZj1I/AAAAAAAABRo/BUeM4zgQIUs/s400/lnaaa2005812397_p1_v1_m56577569831766331_254x500.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367360984582819666" /></span><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And now... </span></span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 325px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SnyluBIaYAI/AAAAAAAABQ4/RRQ_gmnIOpc/s400/angelinajolieTongue3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367347065915072514" /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">..Now there feels a slight head turn towards the future, towards 2010. Is there an upswing on its way to us?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">All I know is that when people start to see glimmers of relief come end '09/early '10, they're going to want to break free...if only just a little. Not to spend money like they spent before or rack up more credit card debt. No, this is not what I mean..I think people will just want</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">to let go</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> of this past</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> year's stress a little bit. -- Feel a little bit freer, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">express themselves more</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. Shout n' let the boogie man out.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntYH7-bjJI/AAAAAAAABOg/gM8NpkFbV8w/s1600-h/NUDE-WO1_V1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntYH7-bjJI/AAAAAAAABOg/gM8NpkFbV8w/s400/NUDE-WO1_V1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366980274323950738" /></a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SnyfBISB2aI/AAAAAAAABPo/IGFGwPauZ9g/s400/AWAN-WS11_V1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367339697670576546" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SnyxptS_wbI/AAAAAAAABRY/0vcJ09aUBJo/s400/AWAN-WS10_V1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367360186010812850" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 296px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SnyyUo69DcI/AAAAAAAABRg/1RHtht0u8DM/s400/lnaaa2005924532_prod_zoom_front_v1_m56577569831752159_150x296.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367360923570605506" /></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And so this is my theory as to why we're seeing influences from the big 3 decade</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">s...60's,70's, 80's. It's because each of these eras reflected freedom & charisma in a different way. Zeigeist from expressive and carefree senses of time and place. </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Whether it was Woodstock, Studio 54, or an urge to Flashdance, get Footloose, or find some Fame...all these eras were inspired by the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> idea that "enjoy today...because you never know what tomorrow w</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ill bring.."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Usually, one specific decade stands out in a fashion collection season. But this Fall & Winter '09, hints and nods are popping up all over the place in homage to these three vibrant decades...1960's...1970's...1980's.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.forwardforward.com/">forwardforward.co</a></span>m features collections by brands such as <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Superfine</span> and my all-star favorite: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Alexander Wang</span>. Cuz this Fall's all about heavy metal. Being done up in zippers and studs, laces and braces. In the lines of Guy Ritchie's "Rock N' Rolla".</span></div></div></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 203px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SnyfIDairSI/AAAAAAAABP4/ntShd8BWP_s/s400/cynth2008912397_p1_v1_m56577569831765776_347x683.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367339816623189282" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 319px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SnyfLskudaI/AAAAAAAABQA/XR9XpP860w8/s400/default.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367339879211365794" /><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Joan Jett movie "The Runaways" hits screens in 2010 with "Twilight" actress Kristen Stewart playing the infamous rock queen. And there's this whole kind of<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> "I want rock n' roll all niight...and parrty everyday"</span> kind of expressionism. We're tired of being good and responsible and counting our pennies through the f-bomb. We just wanna hang out with friends and party. Good times don't need to cost a thing...</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">>>>60's-70's</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Then there's the whole 60's and 70's <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">peace & love i</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">magery</span> coming through fashion brands like <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Wildfox Couture.</span></span></span></span></span></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntXciONYWI/AAAAAAAABOI/fwWluUKRr3s/s1600-h/315A3205.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntXciONYWI/AAAAAAAABOI/fwWluUKRr3s/s400/315A3205.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366979528676434274" /></a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntXhB53ndI/AAAAAAAABOQ/-0G5Bem8U9Q/s400/jadoreca4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366979605900533202" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SnyfQIzGJ-I/AAAAAAAABQI/1BauTRYeZz4/s400/file_9_7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367339955507308514" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SnyfEnAi3tI/AAAAAAAABPw/p1iAzdGtqq4/s400/file_8_5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367339757458349778" /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntXZMrWLiI/AAAAAAAABOA/Mp2mMPODxlk/s1600-h/315A3619.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntXZMrWLiI/AAAAAAAABOA/Mp2mMPODxlk/s400/315A3619.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366979471353458210" /></a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntXVo5I6aI/AAAAAAAABN4/9we2GxpT9VM/s400/demolition1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366979410208024994" /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntXMTMM_4I/AAAAAAAABNw/HgpmqEtuj_w/s1600-h/file_1_44.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntXMTMM_4I/AAAAAAAABNw/HgpmqEtuj_w/s400/file_1_44.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366979249763581826" /></a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntXI7qnC4I/AAAAAAAABNo/p3SlLfxc96o/s400/file_8_4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366979191909059458" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman';"></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman';">Their collection would've fit so well in the film, "Across the Universe". Brainchild of Julie Taymore (Creator of "The Lion King" on Broadway), the film featured young actors & actresses playing out a story line inspired by Beatles songs. With an appearance by U2's Bono as a Jim Leary-type character, a young guy named <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Jude </span>lives with a girl named <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Pru</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">dence</span>...and the story reveals itself through Beatles songs..a work of art really.</span></span></span><br /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Snye3ph0NhI/AAAAAAAABPQ/K0iiszUEtik/s400/Across-the-Universe-movie-06.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367339534796469778" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 170px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Snye60vaM-I/AAAAAAAABPY/q7nu8N8SQMA/s400/Across-the-Universe-movie-12.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367339589345883106" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntWSMiiKQI/AAAAAAAABNg/zY0TyQpJVKc/s400/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366978251545782530" /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntWPLobsuI/AAAAAAAABNY/OGFoSk2qhuM/s1600-h/2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntWPLobsuI/AAAAAAAABNY/OGFoSk2qhuM/s400/2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366978199762481890" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntWLXlsbEI/AAAAAAAABNQ/mBrYOd0f98w/s1600-h/3.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 397px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntWLXlsbEI/AAAAAAAABNQ/mBrYOd0f98w/s400/3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366978134252743746" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntWIcHARnI/AAAAAAAABNI/Fp1iN_VkREg/s1600-h/4.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntWIcHARnI/AAAAAAAABNI/Fp1iN_VkREg/s400/4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366978083926591090" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntWE3WPhpI/AAAAAAAABNA/-WQcQLOxi9g/s1600-h/5.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntWE3WPhpI/AAAAAAAABNA/-WQcQLOxi9g/s400/5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366978022518785682" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:9px;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntWB7gFAVI/AAAAAAAABM4/7MUzqWtuM4o/s1600-h/6.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntWB7gFAVI/AAAAAAAABM4/7MUzqWtuM4o/s400/6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366977972094173522" /></a></span><div><br /><div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">>>>80's</span></span></div><div>Then there's the lovely & talented <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Erin Fetherson's</span></span> collection. Poufy skirts and structured jackets are topped off with saucy minx accessories. The new power suit shoulder jackets meets Madonna like-a-virgin vivacious-ness. Mini skirt outfits combine the audacity of structure with the delicate air of a ballet dancer. </div><div><br /></div><div>Like something for a recital scene in the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0); ">Fame</span></span></span> movie hitting theaters later this year. Ladies & Gentlemen, Welcome Back to the Future...via the 1980's.<br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntTYGS33nI/AAAAAAAABMI/x__oHADhAes/s1600-h/ef_fw09_med06.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 170px; height: 317px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntTYGS33nI/AAAAAAAABMI/x__oHADhAes/s400/ef_fw09_med06.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366975054413815410" /></a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 170px; height: 317px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntTdsgMDII/AAAAAAAABMQ/6XDhgdB8x3Y/s400/ef_fw09_med24.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366975150569557122" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 170px; height: 317px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntThyF6stI/AAAAAAAABMY/FQwBAarM8f4/s400/ef_fw09_med04.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366975220789457618" /><br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntTKCOQv8I/AAAAAAAABLw/iSBz8K0HQXA/s1600-h/ef_fw09_med33.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 170px; height: 317px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntTKCOQv8I/AAAAAAAABLw/iSBz8K0HQXA/s400/ef_fw09_med33.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366974812802564034" /></a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 170px; height: 317px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntTTlopN2I/AAAAAAAABMA/TSu_Po5YkqA/s400/ef_fw09_med10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366974976927283042" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 170px; height: 317px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntTOGBc7SI/AAAAAAAABL4/i1F4MjxowlI/s400/ef_fw09_med29.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366974882542054690" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:48px;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntU9EbrCfI/AAAAAAAABMo/HHND1gWzQaM/s400/6a00d8341c76e453ef011278e6dc6028a4-800wi.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366976789080639986" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntVAZgM6-I/AAAAAAAABMw/WiG9g7o9fhE/s400/6a00d8341c76e453ef011278e6f46828a4-800wi.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366976846276389858" /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:48px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:16px;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntSUW08zgI/AAAAAAAABLg/k40OJgHp2FU/s1600-h/2009_fame_poster_003.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntSUW08zgI/AAAAAAAABLg/k40OJgHp2FU/s400/2009_fame_poster_003.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366973890620608002" /></a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SntSYAAOwJI/AAAAAAAABLo/TjiP2hpB_k0/s400/2009_fame_poster_001.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366973953213382802" /></span></span></div><div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I just think people are going to be more than ready come this Winter '09/Spring '10 to break out of the mould a little bit. Let their hair down and party like it's 1969. Or 1989. Even if just a little bit. And even if they do it BYOB or potluck style and get home by curfew, people are restless and ready to put down their calculator and take a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">walk on the wild side... </span></span></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 311px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SnyiyFtJpvI/AAAAAAAABQo/fhB6CHeq1ao/s400/normal_angelina_JolieTonguePic1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367343837327501042" /><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">ALL PHOTO & PRODUCT CREDITS: will be posted by 8/9. ;)</span></div></div></div></div></div></div>STYLE NOMAD:http://www.blogger.com/profile/10322487360284085489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10728351.post-15884026252441360682009-08-05T13:59:00.000-07:002009-08-05T14:10:59.977-07:00Thought for the day....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SnnzNkvn15I/AAAAAAAABLQ/cIQej71tOjk/s1600-h/il_430xN.71425494.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 269px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SnnzNkvn15I/AAAAAAAABLQ/cIQej71tOjk/s400/il_430xN.71425494.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366587845515925394" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SnnzBJXT59I/AAAAAAAABLA/cRvohqG-6IQ/s1600-h/hayley1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 375px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SnnzBJXT59I/AAAAAAAABLA/cRvohqG-6IQ/s400/hayley1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366587632007768018" /></a><br /><div>TOP> Inspiration quote I love on a pants hanger. Great concept....place nails at precise points across your wall, hang up elegant pant hangers, you can even paint them different colors or keep them in wood...then change whenever you want. Hang tear sheets from magazines, photos of loved ones, children's artwork... A great & moveable feast.</div><div><br /></div><div>BOTTOM> The lovely stylist <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"><a href="http://www.emmacassi.com">Emma Cassi</a></span></span><a href="http://www.emmacassi.com"> </a>featured model Hayley's tattoos when photographing her jewelry line. (above) Emma is a stylist outta London who also does lovely beadwork & crocheted jewelry. I believe Miss Emma has styled for the uber-delicious <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"><a href="http://www.milkmagazine.net/">Milk</a></span></span>.....<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">concentré enfantin pour parents contemporian. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="">2 Loves I am sharing = for today. A stylist's work and a great magazine. Short but sweet. :) Good Night, good day, wherever you are!</span></div><div><br /></div>STYLE NOMAD:http://www.blogger.com/profile/10322487360284085489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10728351.post-34425476556847027732009-08-04T13:22:00.000-07:002009-08-04T14:22:46.796-07:00EAT LOVE...<blockquote></blockquote><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Snibd9xNh2I/AAAAAAAABK4/uq2arkD6H9o/s1600-h/045.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Snibd9xNh2I/AAAAAAAABK4/uq2arkD6H9o/s400/045.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366209895111427938" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SnibZN_LlCI/AAAAAAAABKw/2YZTzXtIQLE/s1600-h/eatlove.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 264px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SnibZN_LlCI/AAAAAAAABKw/2YZTzXtIQLE/s400/eatlove.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366209813565641762" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">proef</span> is in the pudding...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); "><a href="http://www.proefamsterdam.nl/">Proef</a></span></span> out of Holland is an amazing concept colliding "the verb of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">eating</span>" with design in symphonic timing. The brainchild of Marije Vogelzangs, who graduated from the Design academy in Eindhoven, Proef is a creative studio centered around food concepts. Located in Amsterdam's Westergasfabriek cultural park, Proef recently published "EAT LOVE" a book chronicling its foray into the alchemy of = design + food.<div><br /></div><div>Marije travels the world, lecturing everywhere from Bangkok to Dubai, London and Cape Town. A consultant for the food industry she redefines the idea of not only eating "with your eyes firsts" but also <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">with your heart and mind...</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SnibURB2rnI/AAAAAAAABKo/rKXQi1i7RFg/s1600-h/wall2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SnibURB2rnI/AAAAAAAABKo/rKXQi1i7RFg/s400/wall2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366209728482815602" /></a></div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Cochin; color:#555555;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>DUTCH DESIGN TO NOURISH YOUR SPIRIT .....>above</b></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Cochin; color:#555555;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Design philosophy is eaten by characters sketched on walls as an installation of drawings linking art, food, and philosophy....screens project previous Pröef projects...*Excerpt from wall* <i>“Forgotten memories recovered through food” & “why do we eat when we are not hungry?</i></span></p></div><div><br /></div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Cochin; color:#555555;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>SUGAR & ICE & EVERYTHING NICE .....>below</b></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Cochin; color:#555555;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Sugared icing drapes the glass windows in front of Pröef’s installation space, a delicious & entirely new kind of window blinds...</span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SnibN8nUX6I/AAAAAAAABKg/yeW9g8CFIig/s1600-h/overview2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SnibN8nUX6I/AAAAAAAABKg/yeW9g8CFIig/s400/overview2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366209619923591074" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SnibHsVvn_I/AAAAAAAABKY/Rbtcg_d5xzE/s1600-h/proef_3.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 239px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SnibHsVvn_I/AAAAAAAABKY/Rbtcg_d5xzE/s400/proef_3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366209512475697138" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SnibDRLIaZI/AAAAAAAABKQ/9o357pviWl4/s1600-h/proef_2_1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 114px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SnibDRLIaZI/AAAAAAAABKQ/9o357pviWl4/s400/proef_2_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366209436463950226" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Snia_dJSrxI/AAAAAAAABKI/MPYwQ7vceOQ/s1600-h/proef_5.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 96px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Snia_dJSrxI/AAAAAAAABKI/MPYwQ7vceOQ/s400/proef_5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366209370957983506" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-weight: bold; font-family:Cochin;font-size:18px;"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-weight: bold;font-family:Cochin;font-size:18px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-weight: bold; font-family:Cochin;font-size:18px;">TOOTHLESS CANDY BOX .....>below</span></div> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Cochin; color:#555555;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">“Thinking about all these people with fake teeth, I decided to make a toothless candy box. Filled with candies you don’t need your teeth for.” </span></p><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Snia7MpLViI/AAAAAAAABKA/zJqolSZG_EY/s1600-h/tandelozedoos.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Snia7MpLViI/AAAAAAAABKA/zJqolSZG_EY/s400/tandelozedoos.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366209297808840226" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Snia2AQ2xQI/AAAAAAAABJ4/JHu77AS6S9s/s1600-h/proef_4_1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 153px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Snia2AQ2xQI/AAAAAAAABJ4/JHu77AS6S9s/s400/proef_4_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366209208586257666" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family:Cochin;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><blockquote style="display: inline !important; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Cochin; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); display: inline !important; "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Cochin; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); display: inline !important; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b></b></span></p></blockquote></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;font-family:Cochin;font-size:18px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family:Cochin;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><blockquote style="display: inline !important; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Cochin; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); display: inline !important; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>FUEL EXHIBIT .....>below<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><blockquote style="display: inline !important; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Cochin; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); display: inline !important; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">“Photosynthesis-tree.The leaves of a tree can make energy and food from sunlight through the use of photosynthesis. This tree can make cookie-leaves using the energy that comes from the lightbulbs."</span></p></blockquote></span></span></b></span></p></blockquote></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family:Cochin;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><blockquote style="display: inline !important; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Cochin; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); display: inline !important; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><blockquote style="display: inline !important; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Cochin; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); display: inline !important; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><blockquote style="display: inline !important; "><p></p></blockquote></span></span></span></p></blockquote></span></span></b></span></p></blockquote></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SniavYvcZGI/AAAAAAAABJw/P4DqrVY_Ass/s1600-h/photosynthesistree.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SniavYvcZGI/AAAAAAAABJw/P4DqrVY_Ass/s400/photosynthesistree.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366209094897919074" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Sniap3yMPiI/AAAAAAAABJo/RhQ0EHraOA0/s1600-h/overview.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Sniap3yMPiI/AAAAAAAABJo/RhQ0EHraOA0/s400/overview.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366209000151727650" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Cochin; color:#555555;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>DUTCH NATIONAL TAP WATER TASTING .....>below</b></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Cochin; color:#555555;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">“An installation of 12 kinds of tapwater from every Dutch province. Every kind in 130 literbottles of water to show the amount of water a dutch person uses every day. Guests can try all the waters and notice that the flavours of the different kinds of water are very different and that, as with wine, ‘terroir’ is very important. But nobody seems to care as much for tapwater as they care for wine. We just flush it through the toilet.”</span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SniajaicH8I/AAAAAAAABJg/P_R4v8Wukig/s1600-h/assen.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SniajaicH8I/AAAAAAAABJg/P_R4v8Wukig/s400/assen.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366208889221816258" /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SniaZu7sIpI/AAAAAAAABJY/NXIbJMnfgJQ/s1600-h/proeffood.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SniaZu7sIpI/AAAAAAAABJY/NXIbJMnfgJQ/s400/proeffood.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366208722897740434" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As any good foodie knows, to nourish ourselves from the inside out is to awaken <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">all</span> of our senses so the experience of eating is a joy and a pleasure. Proef is a Guggenheim-curated picnic...somewhere on the flip side...where everyone's invited...</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">PHOTO CREDITS:</span> All photos by </span><a href="http://www.proefamsterdam.nl/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Proef</span></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div>STYLE NOMAD:http://www.blogger.com/profile/10322487360284085489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10728351.post-25704251533976666982009-07-20T13:52:00.001-07:002009-07-20T14:38:36.082-07:00KONG...<img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SmTbRZKo07I/AAAAAAAABIo/NwS_6Xp5ljM/s400/kong_2_gallery.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360650548337497010" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 177px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SmTbUO62j8I/AAAAAAAABIw/8h6bqjdfO2s/s400/kong_3_gallery.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360650597126541250" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SmTbGJ3N-EI/AAAAAAAABIQ/4ppCMhclPJs/s400/CIMG1293_gallery.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360650355250952258" /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SmTa-Au3iBI/AAAAAAAABIA/PTrDowJJrzY/s1600-h/6a00d8341fefa353ef010534b2bcc4970c-800wi.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 395px; height: 342px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SmTa-Au3iBI/AAAAAAAABIA/PTrDowJJrzY/s400/6a00d8341fefa353ef010534b2bcc4970c-800wi.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360650215361054738" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SmTa6zfkWGI/AAAAAAAABH4/n_3_Y3SbMhM/s1600-h/6a00d8341fefa353ef010534b2bc96970c-800wi.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 395px; height: 348px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SmTa6zfkWGI/AAAAAAAABH4/n_3_Y3SbMhM/s400/6a00d8341fefa353ef010534b2bc96970c-800wi.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360650160267614306" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SmTa24-7fhI/AAAAAAAABHw/t84eQE8MK1Y/s1600-h/6a00d8341fefa353ef010534b2ba68970c-800wi.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 392px; height: 342px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SmTa24-7fhI/AAAAAAAABHw/t84eQE8MK1Y/s400/6a00d8341fefa353ef010534b2ba68970c-800wi.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360650093021855250" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">starck beauty... </span>all done up in lucite and floor-to-ceiling graphics. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.kong.fr/">KONG</a></span></span> in Paris, France sits atop the LVMH building. I was there the last time I was in the City of Lights with clients....it's been open for awhile and definitely worth checking out if you're in Paris.<div><br /></div><div>The stunning pop art colors and gorgeous graphics juxtaposed against lucite and massive ceilings overlooking Paris takes your breathe away. So does the chubby, little sumo boy who greets you as you leave the unisex loo. <div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Sumo bo</span>y takes up the entire wall by the bathroom sink. Makes you jolt to a stop at first, then...smile. ;) Kinda what you want from design. Everyone has their own opinion about <a href="http://www.starck.com/">Starck</a> but I fell in love with the interior design, ambiance, and lovely drinks at KONG. Food's not bad either...</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">KONG</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">1 rue du Pont Neuf</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">75001 Paris</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">France</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Tel. +33 (0)1 40 390 900</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">ALL PHOTOS:</span> </span><a href="http://www.kong.fr/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">KONG </span></a><br /></span><div><br /></div></div></div>STYLE NOMAD:http://www.blogger.com/profile/10322487360284085489noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10728351.post-78531389207116905752009-06-02T13:57:00.000-07:002009-06-02T14:01:59.292-07:00Charismatic S.O.B.Anuhea...straight outta my hometown of Hawaii, U.S.A. This girl is gonna be big. Just one of her amazing songs. You can check her out on i-tunes!!! She just made no. 8 on the i-tunes pop chart. Go Maui Girl!!! :) :)<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WejATMPNHQY&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WejATMPNHQY&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>STYLE NOMAD:http://www.blogger.com/profile/10322487360284085489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10728351.post-86311211986665544472009-05-17T14:58:00.000-07:002009-05-17T15:43:26.330-07:00playing dress up...<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:23px;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ShCM-m0fCII/AAAAAAAABGg/To3yjVbxHZ4/s1600-h/ohalber.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 312px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ShCM-m0fCII/AAAAAAAABGg/To3yjVbxHZ4/s400/ohalber.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336920565634500738" /></a></span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">in the spirit of spring..</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.(above) is a photo of designer Alber Elbaz of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><a href="http://www.lanvin.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Lanvin</span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> which I love...this photo reflects his </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">gentle inventivenes</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">s. (below) is a quote from </span><a href="http://stylenomad.blogspot.com/search/label/JEWELRY%20style"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Pamela Love,</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> whose designs I also HEART very much. (Just got her bear ring & I wear it everday as a talisman...) </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px; font-family:'Courier New';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Francesco Clement</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px; font-family:'Courier New';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">e once said to me fas</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px; font-family:'Courier New';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">hion is the quest for perfection and style is the acceptance of one’s flaws. I completely agree with this. I love style. I love seeing the way different people dress, how they put things together, how they deviate from the current trends, what they are referencing, and what this says about them and who they are. Style is a way of communication. Fashion has much more to do with money, retail and commercialism. You can buy fashion. You can’t buy style. It’s just something that is part of you. A girl can have style wearing a sweater she found in her mother’s closet and her boyfriend’s hat. It’s all about how you wear it and how you feel in what you wear." -- Pamela Love - NYC.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;font-family:'Courier New';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;font-family:'Courier New';font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">And, on the other side of the Atlantic...</span></span></span><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ShCJKfGryAI/AAAAAAAABGY/pMBc2qlcCvQ/s1600-h/2682.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ShCJKfGryAI/AAAAAAAABGY/pMBc2qlcCvQ/s400/2682.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336916371675269122" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ShCJEasxA2I/AAAAAAAABGI/NuNH8SWCg7E/s1600-h/2581.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ShCJEasxA2I/AAAAAAAABGI/NuNH8SWCg7E/s400/2581.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336916267413603170" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ShCJBv4NajI/AAAAAAAABGA/DEs746EhrFw/s1600-h/2458.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ShCJBv4NajI/AAAAAAAABGA/DEs746EhrFw/s400/2458.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336916221559138866" /></a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ShCJHFeNJQI/AAAAAAAABGQ/D2LAruQwl5Y/s400/2637.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336916313254995202" /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ShCI-kb14GI/AAAAAAAABF4/8rJnqvIl3lw/s1600-h/2432.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ShCI-kb14GI/AAAAAAAABF4/8rJnqvIl3lw/s400/2432.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336916166947758178" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ShCI7tdkIqI/AAAAAAAABFw/kcxllSQblBA/s1600-h/2238.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ShCI7tdkIqI/AAAAAAAABFw/kcxllSQblBA/s400/2238.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336916117831295650" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ShCI43tQ4II/AAAAAAAABFo/_UiLxVuRdWI/s1600-h/1717.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ShCI43tQ4II/AAAAAAAABFo/_UiLxVuRdWI/s400/1717.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336916069041889410" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">just a little peek..</span>.at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><a href="http://www.pebbleslondon.com/">Pebbles London</a></span></span> -- where stylists and well-known fashion designers go to get inspired and bring home exotic baubbles to mix and match with their collections. inspiring & fun...</div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ShCOIngciTI/AAAAAAAABGo/U5dFEfduoUo/s400/image_slide_show_new_37584.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336921837129206066" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ShCOP0_VWHI/AAAAAAAABGw/wyunZvDhdgo/s400/image_slide_show_new_45300.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336921961007503474" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ShCOZkDUqLI/AAAAAAAABG4/QdD9clliH00/s400/image_slide_show_new_49678.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336922128259524786" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ShCOi3P447I/AAAAAAAABHI/21P1T9hSdCE/s400/image_slide_show_new_49703.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336922288031327154" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ShCOpw_aFcI/AAAAAAAABHQ/PhgrVxbug_k/s400/image_slide_show_new_49706.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336922406610671042" /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The latest from </span><a href="http://www.colette.fr/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Colette</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">...wish I'd picked up </span><a href="http://www.theselby.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Selby's </span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Paris exhibition book before it sold out...Colette always has something new and these helmets and shirt have me dreaming of zipping around on a moto or at least a moped this summer... :P</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">ALL PHOTOS: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.pebbleslondon.com/"></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.lanvin.com/">Lanvin</a></span></div><div><a href="http://www.pebbleslondon.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Pebbles London</span></a></div><div><a href="http://www.colette.fr/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Colettte</span></a></div></div>STYLE NOMAD:http://www.blogger.com/profile/10322487360284085489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10728351.post-20699396719185570412009-05-11T13:18:00.000-07:002009-05-11T14:09:01.550-07:00harlequin dreams...<div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SgiJCq_nOkI/AAAAAAAABCY/hHAKdMqIi8o/s400/palaisroyal_img8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334664437614197314" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SgiJkxcED-I/AAAAAAAABDI/-sj2Sy9tGi4/s400/palaisroyal_img2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334665023459692514" /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">anne valerie hash...</span><span class="Apple-style-span">reconstructs </span>modern feminism from the str ucture of menswear and a kind of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">belle epoque beauty </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="">that mixes </span>80's super heroine fierceness in strong shoulders, hidden ruffles, and cinched waists. Her<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "> poetic opera of construction & grace mirrors a kind of romanticism and strength that reflect a modern girl's desire to be both feminine and at ease in her own personal sense of power. Perhaps it's Hash's eccentric, almost gothic beauty and origami like construction that has me both mesmerized and bemused. She's been a mainstay on the Paris fashion scene for handful of years. She started her first collection with very minimal funds and has been deeply sought after every since. She recently held her "atelier de curiosites"exhibition at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">le palais royale</span> in Paris along with publication of an exhibition book I am dreaming of owning....</span></span></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SgiJd3yDcvI/AAAAAAAABC4/25No1UjYrhE/s400/palaisroyal_img7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334664904903455474" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SgiJheUrfKI/AAAAAAAABDA/e13voK9ddPQ/s400/palaisroyal_img4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334664966788840610" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 244px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SgiJZ-kgEyI/AAAAAAAABCw/h70CZ3uxDOE/s400/momentsintime_img1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334664838006182690" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 244px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SgiJU7LwvAI/AAAAAAAABCo/Adb4oaAhFyU/s400/momentsintime_img2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334664751197764610" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 244px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SgiJR-c2EuI/AAAAAAAABCg/WNQg_iwwDUo/s400/momentsintime_img5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334664700535116514" /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SgiIr_1mljI/AAAAAAAABB4/ozAPPadohB0/s1600-h/00250m.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SgiIr_1mljI/AAAAAAAABB4/ozAPPadohB0/s400/00250m.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334664048072365618" /></a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SgiI1gW5COI/AAAAAAAABCI/G8wiqY3oPTM/s400/00070m.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334664211420743906" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SgiRNyrg8vI/AAAAAAAABDY/R4B6S2hIRGs/s400/29.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334673424748966642" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SgiIxgA5l3I/AAAAAAAABCA/1Fl8tGMOrk8/s400/00230m.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334664142609028978" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SgiRj15yAGI/AAAAAAAABEQ/zXzw-Z45C74/s400/7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334673803571232866" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SgiRpzFkXTI/AAAAAAAABEg/OU0E1SIzPLY/s400/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334673905894579506" /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SgiIiH11YoI/AAAAAAAABBo/b5dMKIanwew/s1600-h/3suisses_img3.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 244px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SgiIiH11YoI/AAAAAAAABBo/b5dMKIanwew/s400/3suisses_img3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334663878422127234" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SgiIdFodkPI/AAAAAAAABBg/FGktBQnxqO4/s1600-h/3suisses_img2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 244px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SgiIdFodkPI/AAAAAAAABBg/FGktBQnxqO4/s400/3suisses_img2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334663791929823474" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">ALL BLACK & WHITE PHOTOS: </span><a href="http://www.fabricelaroche.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Fabrice Laroche</span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">ALL COLOR PHOTOS (ABOVE) : </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Mixed plate o</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">f </span><a href="http://www.a-v-h.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Anne Valerie Hash's 2008-2009 collections</span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">LAST TWO COLOR PHOTOS (BOTTOM): 3 Suisses Collection by Anne Valerie Has</span>h<br /><br /></div>STYLE NOMAD:http://www.blogger.com/profile/10322487360284085489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10728351.post-90347541002053901202009-05-06T13:12:00.000-07:002009-05-06T14:25:43.255-07:00Geisha Princess & a bit pUnk roCk<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">kimono style... </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="">yes! I'm back! :)..</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">. </span>after a long absence. Apologies to all my darhling ones reading this. I am still kicking reboot after a couple of weeks so check back often as I am about to start a whirlwind of postings. ;) In the meantime, I am in love with all things <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">kimono</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">.</span> I have been for years but my fever is just now returning...<br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div>Can you imagine <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">vintage, silk kimonos redone as jackets and dresses</span></span>...with <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">little</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">ballet slippers covered in punk-rock studs</span></span>?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "> I can..</span></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 340px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SgHwzeJefgI/AAAAAAAAA-8/mW9pfQE6wTI/s400/6a00d8341c6a0853ef00e553f644358833-800wi.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332808200840183298" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 372px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SgHxC_o2wiI/AAAAAAAAA_g/X0EdGQnEGTU/s400/81049820a.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332808467528204834" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 331px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SgHyPISGSeI/AAAAAAAAA_4/RAqUrxTEg1U/s400/studded-ballet-slippers-0a.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332809775518730722" /></div><div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div><div>When <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">ebay</span> first hit the scene as the first virtual, everyman auction house, you could find the most delicious vintage kimonos online for about as much money $ as a couple of lattes. There was this one kimono style that I adored called the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">1920's "paper" kim<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">ono</span></span>.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "> Drew Barrymore</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "> and other actresses would wear this kind of kimono in movies as bathrobes...ie. "50 First Dates". It's kimono done <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">flapper style<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> - straight from your grandma's era</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">. </span>Paper kimonos were selling for like $35 USD but I never bought one. Now you can hardly find them and if you do they're upwards of $250-$300 USD. All the lovely kimonos and hand-embroidered vintage pieces I so easily found online a few years ago are now practically impossible to find (big sigh)...lesson to the wise, when you find something you love, and you can, buy it...</span></span></span></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SgH44v5TyWI/AAAAAAAABAo/y6AFfzZPJGY/s400/51_1_sbl.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332817087596579170" /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I can still be inspired though by fashion and interior designs taking their cue from the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">land of the rising sun.</span>..</span>and I think <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">mala beads </span></span>are a beautiful reminder of what is important in life...centering yourself while sharing a wink and smile at inner style...</div></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 345px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SgHyyWwEzZI/AAAAAAAABAY/2gE76gA2STY/s400/33189_fr_l.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332810380697980306" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 345px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SgHytNm93KI/AAAAAAAABAQ/TjXWrTCzJSM/s400/33189_in_l.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332810292344511650" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 396px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SgHxHWJVSkI/AAAAAAAAA_o/bKqxSIi6RK4/s400/6a00d8341c6a0853ef00e554ee78418833-800wi.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332808542289480258" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 350px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SgHw3kwhzgI/AAAAAAAAA_E/sEkWG4iItN8/s400/1286.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332808271334067714" /></div><div><div><br /></div><div>Inspiration also comes from books like the great <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Omiyage </span>by Kumiko Suda. She does amazing books on Japanese handmade crafts and I have made delicate little butterfly pouches from instructions straight from <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Omiyage</span>. Omiyage is the Japanese word for <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">gift</span>. Butterflies gilded in kimono fabric (I will post my kimono creations back into this post when I get the chance)....</div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SgHynjUWZSI/AAAAAAAABAI/yEt6adxO860/s400/51xNfMRVTzL._SL500_AA240_.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332810195092792610" /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>And then I came across this beautiful flurry of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">getas</span></span> in the photo below- which reminds me of what <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Anna Karenina would wear if she were a Geisha dancing through the snow on the way to meet her true love. </span></span>And the vintage <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Japanese FireFighter kimonos</span></span> shown further below are so lovely and cool...I would love to deconstruct one and redo it up as a tight-fitting jacket and pair it with some <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">black and white stripe-down-the-side Adidas track pants...</span></span>how cool would that be...</div><div>Ja<img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 337px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SgHw_N95BpI/AAAAAAAAA_U/ZGCowO5IIBo/s400/80916680a.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332808402655053458" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SgHyJHjwwnI/AAAAAAAAA_w/vHcROyKR2oo/s400/yhst-55480592074684_2042_6383936.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332809672245166706" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 328px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SgHw6wmgQDI/AAAAAAAAA_M/7dF5yCzXjzo/s400/80913009a.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332808326052855858" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SgH_yIm0UGI/AAAAAAAABBI/kiu1MHMN-KM/s320/51977823_73dfe678e9.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332824670552215650" /></div><div><br /></div><div>I am also dreaming of re-creating this lovely vintage handbag...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">jade</span></span> handles... <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">embroidery</span></span>, and tassles..<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">a</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">ll done up in good luck & silk threads...</span></span></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SgHyiubD5JI/AAAAAAAABAA/8Wb9aIRzMC4/s400/7674192.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332810112174384274" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Finally, who doesn't love a little <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Yoshitomo Nar</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">a</span></span>...<br /></div><div>.<img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SgHwvVvT-lI/AAAAAAAAA-0/J48DGfabmME/s400/06.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332808129863481938" /></div><div><br /></div><div>In dreaming of all things Japanese, I am obssessed with his clock...different drawings on the hour...this is something else I should have bought when I first saw it...from $150 USD a few years ago you can no only get your hands on one of these puppies for $350 USD...</div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 254px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SgH5CvAawRI/AAAAAAAABAw/LeKJhS8fdy8/s400/naraclockWh.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332817259156652306" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 225px; height: 113px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SgH5J_N3bdI/AAAAAAAABA4/-_In88_S0Mc/s400/naraclock2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332817383767109074" /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Champagne tastes on a beer budget...thank heavens there's always window shopping and sewing machines!</div><div><br /></div><div>With Love,</div><div>;) K.</div></div></div></div></div>STYLE NOMAD:http://www.blogger.com/profile/10322487360284085489noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10728351.post-60810795554187973382009-04-10T01:09:00.000-07:002009-04-10T03:48:41.266-07:00painter's palette...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Sd8B5eBIvWI/AAAAAAAAA9U/xXakWC1N6Wk/s1600-h/frisecire.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 93px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Sd8B5eBIvWI/AAAAAAAAA9U/xXakWC1N6Wk/s400/frisecire.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322975371397217634" /></a><br /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 164px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Sd8Bu6hv_yI/AAAAAAAAA88/SdsRATb2foI/s400/archer.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322975190071639842" /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">inspired...</span>by a painter's palette that's expressed across interior design, fashion, food, art, and accessories. perhaps it's our gradual and hopeful move into spring or the idea that the time will come to heal even just a little bit some of what we've seen over the last year. there is still so much work to be done but also so much beauty. childlike fun and play are being evoked across brands and market categories as people look for small joys that put smiles on their faces...much like how theater ticket sales rose and people still danced during the great depression...looking for an escape or perhaps just to bring some color, life, and vibrancy to difficult times....</div><div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 262px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Sd7_1XRwcYI/AAAAAAAAA5o/bcgd8QSpk1w/s400/6a00d8341c6a0853ef00e553fa8c6e8834-800wi.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322973101845148034" /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Sd7_Z63A4eI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/n9_DAQ8n1Dc/s1600-h/Nanette_Lepore.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Sd7_Z63A4eI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/n9_DAQ8n1Dc/s400/Nanette_Lepore.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322972630360318434" /></a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Sd7_6BDvvYI/AAAAAAAAA5w/4KGNrZFop58/s400/6a00d83451e8d469e20105355f6f5c970b-800wi.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322973181780147586" /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">ALL PHOTOS: Photo credits to be posted shortly. Sifting through archives...</span></div></div>STYLE NOMAD:http://www.blogger.com/profile/10322487360284085489noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10728351.post-89947188582888216182009-03-30T14:39:00.000-07:002009-04-10T03:53:41.230-07:00yummy...seconds...<div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SdFBE_EYmYI/AAAAAAAAA3w/70ABVXotmSo/s400/IMG_0215.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319104188806371714" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SdFBAPQqjcI/AAAAAAAAA3o/2iE4T8LVd9Q/s400/IMG_0173.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319104107253501378" /><br /></div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SdFBKlz0h0I/AAAAAAAAA34/xrT0udB5BTY/s400/IMG_0252.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319104285105227586" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SdFBPIXWPiI/AAAAAAAAA4A/PEQ_BKtTYtE/s400/IMG_0345.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319104363100519970" /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">check! check! mate...</span> if <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);"><a href="http://www.jantaminiau.com/">jan taminiau </a></span></span>was serving up structured tiers of delicious tissued concontions, i would greedly ask for <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">seconds!</span> at least there is always another fashion season around the corner, another heady collection coming to inspire and spellbound me. taminiau is über-talented. i don't know how else to describe him. he interweaves fabrics in a meticulous and fluid way - mixing classical & innovative construction techniques - undoubtedly a reflection of his time spent training under greats like <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">olivier theyskens</span> and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">hubert barrere</span> in paris (corsetiere to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Dior</span>, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">YSL</span>, etc.). </div><div><br /></div><div>taminiau presents twice a year at paris fashion week and has featured installations at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://stylenomad.blogspot.com/search/label/paris%20STYLE">colette's</a></span> in Paris. taminiau's dutch hertiage mixes with cultures and influences from around the world both modern & antique. he recently launched his pret-a-porter line passe-partout SS09 and showed his couture collection <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">check! check! mate.</span> (see above). </div><div><br /></div><div>taminiau continuously seeks to bring forth the character of the wearer. he likes to leave behind what he calls the "fast-paced and fickle," modern world in order to return to something that is, in today's world, "almost a nostalgic source: security, respect for craftsmanship, and awareness of the importance of transience."</div><div><br /></div><div>taminiau inspires with his blending of old and new, easy and tough. art inspires art no matter what it's form...whether it's your own finger painting with a child or music that helps you get up in the morning and go straight back into that 9-5 gig. taminiau inspires me to dream and sew again and write and to imagine a new image, a new thought, a new idea blending what has come before and never been done. he puts it best when he says, "i am continually translating the asymmetrical mirror of life." </div><div><br /></div><div>how lovely to do the same in our own lives. redefine what beauty and art and love and the best of ourselves is. what would <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">our</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">best </span>look like?</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">jan taminiau 2008 collection below</span></span><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SdE9Bu0CAzI/AAAAAAAAA3g/U9ITA8hituk/s1600-h/jantaminiau_12.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 384px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SdE9Bu0CAzI/AAAAAAAAA3g/U9ITA8hituk/s400/jantaminiau_12.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319099734856696626" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SdE8-fCg6kI/AAAAAAAAA3Y/0YjIlQKW50Q/s1600-h/jantaminiau_6.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SdE8-fCg6kI/AAAAAAAAA3Y/0YjIlQKW50Q/s400/jantaminiau_6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319099679082867266" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SdE84bUp-nI/AAAAAAAAA3Q/0TngDJUxE74/s1600-h/jantaminiau_4.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SdE84bUp-nI/AAAAAAAAA3Q/0TngDJUxE74/s400/jantaminiau_4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319099575006001778" /></a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 247px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SdE8wFKweHI/AAAAAAAAA3A/BXiLnqrNMv4/s400/jantaminiau_.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319099431619950706" /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SdE806IFZkI/AAAAAAAAA3I/g97eKAqo8Yg/s1600-h/jantaminiau_2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SdE806IFZkI/AAAAAAAAA3I/g97eKAqo8Yg/s400/jantaminiau_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319099514555295298" /></a><div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">ALL PHOTOS: <a href="http://www.jantaminiau.com/">Jan Taminiau</a></span><a href="http://www.jantaminiau.com/"><br /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div></div>STYLE NOMAD:http://www.blogger.com/profile/10322487360284085489noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10728351.post-57278727861355833132009-03-26T16:18:00.000-07:002009-04-10T03:49:00.578-07:00great things come in little packages....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SdE7rymFSFI/AAAAAAAAA24/U_O1PMMo9Ng/s1600-h/talks-img.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SdE7rymFSFI/AAAAAAAAA24/U_O1PMMo9Ng/s400/talks-img.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319098258403182674" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SdE7jx_llhI/AAAAAAAAA2w/Niry7FdTs8w/s1600-h/trash2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SdE7jx_llhI/AAAAAAAAA2w/Niry7FdTs8w/s400/trash2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319098120802768402" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SdE7Y9yGt_I/AAAAAAAAA2g/L08_r_vS9ns/s1600-h/FLOWbox-happiness-from-within.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 373px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SdE7Y9yGt_I/AAAAAAAAA2g/L08_r_vS9ns/s400/FLOWbox-happiness-from-within.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319097934988883954" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SdE7MW954GI/AAAAAAAAA2Q/okuOuGaPVwQ/s1600-h/bag-with-print.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/SdE7MW954GI/AAAAAAAAA2Q/okuOuGaPVwQ/s400/bag-with-print.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319097718410960994" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ScwO8Pyn98I/AAAAAAAAA0g/MPJG-76-aZQ/s1600-h/pol_484d7b3b017f12.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ScwO8Pyn98I/AAAAAAAAA0g/MPJG-76-aZQ/s400/pol_484d7b3b017f12.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317641688211519426" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ScwO3XF_q4I/AAAAAAAAA0Y/SCHu-Aeangk/s1600-h/picture_4.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 172px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ScwO3XF_q4I/AAAAAAAAA0Y/SCHu-Aeangk/s400/picture_4.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317641604272466818" /></a><div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><div><br /></div>brand design strategy...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">packaging design</span>...is my day job right now. So I guess it makes sense that I'd smile at the tongue-in-cheek <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">commentary art</span>, as I'd call it, done by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://www.theflowmarket.com/">The Flow Market.</a></span></span> I want to redesign our office space...or at least my area of it in colored plexiglass and white lacquer desks (a girl can dream)...and a shelf full of these little puppies. I'd pick and choose which ones I'd featured based on what I'd like to say. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">A wink of the eye </span>- packaging simplified...contents amplified...<div><div><br /></div><div>A whole 'nother way of looking at it...</div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">ALL PHOTOS: <a href="http://www.theflowmarket.com/">The Flow Market </a></span></div></div></div></div>STYLE NOMAD:http://www.blogger.com/profile/10322487360284085489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10728351.post-85783190124454227172009-03-23T13:13:00.000-07:002009-04-10T03:20:15.272-07:00ashes & snow...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ScfzmsWJcVI/AAAAAAAAA0Q/fhqPvA8zzck/s1600-h/ashes-and-snow.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 399px; height: 285px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ScfzmsWJcVI/AAAAAAAAA0Q/fhqPvA8zzck/s400/ashes-and-snow.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316485731198792018" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">intimate conversations..</span>.between the natural world and human world are captured through the expressive beauty of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="">gregory colbert's</span></span> photographs.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><a href="http://www.ashesandsnow.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">ashes & snow</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> is a traveling exhibit of colbert's photography taken around the world in remote an</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;">d exotic locals. through colbert's magnificent eye, wild animals in intelligence & grace shift and meld into human contact. colbert's stunning work has even been transformed from metaphor to literature in a book that chronicles 365 letters from a fictional character to his wife...where in the end, you understand the beginning...</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 271px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Scfw1eeUeHI/AAAAAAAAAzw/yBArg6FgcJk/s400/74en.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316482686638127218" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 387px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ScfzXA0233I/AAAAAAAAAz4/CwK9oOTY9VA/s400/9en.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316485461818400626" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 243px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ScfzcTNtxmI/AAAAAAAAA0A/lUr4iWAzbdg/s400/17en.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316485552653846114" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 243px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Scfwu4od47I/AAAAAAAAAzo/U6WL6LNGt-A/s400/15en.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316482573400925106" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ScfwkNZyB_I/AAAAAAAAAzY/rBnZWmQbYAY/s400/dee-gregor1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316482389997914098" /></span></span></span></div><div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 380px; height: 315px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Scfvxmk3vzI/AAAAAAAAAyw/zC3X7lGHscQ/s400/gregory-colbert-leopard-ashes-and-snow.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316481520581984050" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 352px; height: 233px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ScfvrX2EPkI/AAAAAAAAAyo/5NDjPjPhhEU/s400/exhibition.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316481413548359234" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 254px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Scfwq-tpbFI/AAAAAAAAAzg/TW3EnbfasqY/s400/vision.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316482506313788498" /></div><div>colbert also takes on artful alchemy in his <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">codex </span>project which binds his photography between ancient parchment paper and vintage book covers <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">centuries old</span>. breath-taking & atypical, colbert's photographs remind us of what we already know...that from which we are born, we will one day return...our intimate impact on the natural world around us has ripple effects.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> "the love that consists in this: that two solitudes protect and border and greet each other..." - Rainer Maria Rilke</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(224, 45, 19); font-family:Arial;font-size:9px;"> </span><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 191px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ScfwXDHUpdI/AAAAAAAAAzQ/gdPUBVmLtN8/s400/christophe_447db26142ee8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316482163897837010" /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">ALL PHOTOS by: </span><a href="http://www.ashesandsnow.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Gregory Colbert</span></a></div></div>STYLE NOMAD:http://www.blogger.com/profile/10322487360284085489noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10728351.post-35587535444754912532009-03-22T13:57:00.000-07:002009-04-10T03:47:01.948-07:00silly, young heart...<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">i don't believe in ever growing up...at least not completely...so remember that little girl... <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">the</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">whimsical and stylish character dancing in polka dot rainboots and heart-shaped sunglasses even though the sun was shinning....who fearlessly mixed colors and ran barefoot through the grass only to set up tea parties for princes and kings an hour later. three lovely illustrators are bringing back playtime with vivaciously charming characters who are anything but wallflowers...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Scaxf3c9qVI/AAAAAAAAAuo/U8kbGKqT5_8/s400/MAYBE-DANCING_PLATE_medium.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316131571176941906" /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">emma magenta</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "> (great name, right?) creates child-like illustrations that remind you of the best of your creative spirit, unbound by lines and rules...i love the "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">maybe dancing<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "> will help"</span> plate...i feel like that sometimes at work...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">maybe dancing will help?!</span> ;)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div>emma has a line of home accessories like decals, kitchen towels, & plates. she's also written charming books like <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">"a gorgeous sense of hope" </span>and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">"the peril of magnificent love..."</span></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ScaxUUsK-8I/AAAAAAAAAuQ/KgA9aW_sNwk/s400/DAM_MAGENTA_PRINT_medium.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316131372866927554" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 280px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ScaxlR6L5oI/AAAAAAAAAuw/XMXNOP2v7ik/s400/medium.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316131664178177666" /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">while kat macleod's</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "> lovely girls spend hours </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; ">playing dress up...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">wondering what they'<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">re going to be when they grow up</span>...playful possibility in each brush stroke and scribble...</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 218px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ScawpeqczEI/AAAAAAAAAt4/D5pdHlLJo2A/s400/kat_mcleod_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316130636809686082" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 272px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ScawkRKZCTI/AAAAAAAAAtw/i4sVDH5a_xY/s400/DAM_KATMACLEOD_PRINTERS_medium.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316130547286214962" /></div><div>kat's created a lovely home accessories like decals (above) and pillow cases (at bottom). she's lent her stylish eye to musician's CD covers and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Bloom's</span> skincare packaging. her luscious book <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">"the cocktail"</span> came out last year and she's recently illustrated <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">"like i giv<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">e a frock" </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="">(below)...</span></span></span></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Sca4lPdNEAI/AAAAAAAAAwA/1dAlO1RlwsE/s320/417_Cocktail_Book_1_006_lr_copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316139360101142530" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 248px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Sca4pOTXFDI/AAAAAAAAAwI/paB7-3CiamI/s320/5303_1.cover.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316139428510897202" /></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ScaxYhtOUjI/AAAAAAAAAuY/_ngBMRUJeho/s400/KATBOY_GIRL_popup.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316131445080478258" /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">and then there's <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">chère</span> fifi..</span></span>.the one and only. all dressed up with <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">everywhere</span> to go. A girl's wonderland of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">rykiel </span>and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">lanvin </span>in watercolor hues...with prints to hang on walls, certified and ready for day-dreaming....</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 88px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Scay5NjvGdI/AAAAAAAAAvA/m2qyS5HCh2o/s400/Picture-21.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316133106119285202" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Sca1GWREUhI/AAAAAAAAAv4/qN15p_QpzXo/s320/no.274+Sonia+Rykiel004sml.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316135530818458130" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Sca1DJdgWII/AAAAAAAAAvw/3zn3Jpb_rfE/s320/sonia+rykiel3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316135475841357954" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 294px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Scay0I8Q4JI/AAAAAAAAAu4/avdfXioOKEE/s400/00180m.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316133018980638866" /></span></span></div><div>fifi, the stylish <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">lapin* </span>that she is...has collaborated with le sportsac on darling lunch bags and travel sacs that make one smile...</div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 280px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Sca61tO9dQI/AAAAAAAAAwg/2Pujc6dKDRc/s320/8752_3950.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316141841995625730" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 280px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Sca7B1fx17I/AAAAAAAAAw4/T0kzu4nRJ8c/s320/8758_3901.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316142050372081586" /><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">*French for </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">rabbit</span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:48px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:16px;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 294px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Scay8WnqrPI/AAAAAAAAAvI/t-hdeSGeFnY/s400/Sonia+Rykiel00070m.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316133160091299058" /></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div>emma & kat can be found <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">stylish & carefree</span> over at <a href="http://www.thirddrawerdown.com/">third drawe</a><a href="http://www.thirddrawerdown.com/">r down</a>, a lovely little artist's palette in its own right. and fifi, she has a site <a href="http://fifi-lapin.blogspot.com/">all her own...</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">ALL PHOTOS: emma magenta & kat macleod and fifi ;)</span></div></div></div></div>STYLE NOMAD:http://www.blogger.com/profile/10322487360284085489noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10728351.post-72007601075112703362009-03-17T14:58:00.000-07:002009-04-10T03:47:28.137-07:00through the looking glass...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ScAjCz7W11I/AAAAAAAAAtY/nzokKjWWOAY/s1600-h/heidi6.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ScAjCz7W11I/AAAAAAAAAtY/nzokKjWWOAY/s400/heidi6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314286091503064914" /></a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ScAi_hz2ukI/AAAAAAAAAtQ/6r2MI8lGDeQ/s400/heidi5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314286035100154434" /></span><br /></div></span><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ScAh47P2UHI/AAAAAAAAAsI/3ig5DKR9VYs/s400/02-5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314284822157742194" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ScAi7V17CtI/AAAAAAAAAtI/mD1009-h9e8/s1600-h/heidi3.jpg"></a></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ScAjJ62_peI/AAAAAAAAAtg/2zsDajD1nLo/s400/kenya2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314286213622900194" /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ScAi3X_SE-I/AAAAAAAAAtA/RhDt2IN1ZD8/s1600-h/heidi2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ScAi3X_SE-I/AAAAAAAAAtA/RhDt2IN1ZD8/s400/heidi2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314285895024776162" /></a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ScAi0By5l5I/AAAAAAAAAs4/SfSAb7md0VE/s400/heidi1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314285837527652242" /></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ScAiQ4gebDI/AAAAAAAAAsw/zdvY_gIqsNE/s400/gaming-shift2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314285233739033650" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ScAiN_fvL7I/AAAAAAAAAso/TRibuHF1z9s/s400/deneson.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314285184075378610" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ScAiEl_KqOI/AAAAAAAAAsY/gWgOxN2QGd4/s400/02-7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314285022609058018" /></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ScAh-AU6LTI/AAAAAAAAAsQ/1PHyeU5moRA/s400/02-6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314284909420490034" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/ScAiIKTjIWI/AAAAAAAAAsg/g8tKSEcKFi0/s400/03.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314285083897831778" /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">heidi merrick...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">reflects</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">visions of who we're meant to be by </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">redefining </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">feminine and modern style</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Her clothes are made with sumptuous fabrics that navigate shoulders and hips -</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">creating </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">grace</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> in all the right places. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">From linen to silk, lined and precious...influences seem to appear from the past in entirely new ways...20's & 30's glamour girls who just threw something on that happens to be lithe n' luscious...the 40's collegiate princess who's pursuing both style & intellect...the cool, carefree bohemian traveler who looks gorgeous no matter what, no matter when, no matter where...</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><div style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Merrick's shapes and silhouettes have somehow brought the past forward in modern versions of a muse who is at once delicate and graceful, strong and adventurous. I feel in some small way that I'm already that girl wearing her clothes, as if I've always been and always want to be soft, graceful, agile, and lovely....all at once.</span></span></span></div></span></div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">You can find Heidi's heavenly creations at her store in Los Angeles or</span><a href="http://www.heidimerrick.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> online.</span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">ALL PHOTOS: </span><a href="http://www.heidimerrick.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Heidi Merrick</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> - Fall '08 and Spring '09 Collections.</span></div></div></div></div></div>STYLE NOMAD:http://www.blogger.com/profile/10322487360284085489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10728351.post-48855052541566472132009-03-16T15:58:00.000-07:002009-04-10T03:27:42.476-07:00om shanti...<img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 244px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Sb7d0PDViHI/AAAAAAAAAr4/5ss-eLeidYg/s400/09-omburst-scoop-tee.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313928499807225970" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 186px; height: 244px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Sb7dtaz70SI/AAAAAAAAArw/vFo9o6iIJuI/s400/09-ganesh-burnout-tee.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313928382704767266" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 244px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Sb7djqWCclI/AAAAAAAAArY/vGie7vjcIus/s400/09-layering-cami.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313928215075648082" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 302px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Sb7dFAHAMHI/AAAAAAAAAqo/Pu4yMzZdnD0/s400/wholesale.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313927688342220914" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 182px; height: 244px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Sb7dqpexe0I/AAAAAAAAAro/zT3nMyD4aQc/s400/09-chakra-pant.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313928335102933826" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 244px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Sb7dnz-WJRI/AAAAAAAAArg/rgeL6odsXrY/s400/09-chakra-cami.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313928286380107026" /><br /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 171px; height: 244px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Sb7dZXlFyPI/AAAAAAAAArA/BDYPDygxPBw/s400/BigOm_tank2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313928038239815922" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 170px; height: 244px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Sb7dcbnHtgI/AAAAAAAAArI/h4dCdKfl1uk/s400/09-skirt-persimmon.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313928090861680130" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 244px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Sb7dfn0bqXI/AAAAAAAAArQ/_snPNQnFjEs/s400/09-lotus-cargo-pant.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313928145678346610" /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Sb7dSUqUcxI/AAAAAAAAAqw/Vcb9cHQkQKM/s1600-h/shakti_tank.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 248px; height: 246px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Sb7dSUqUcxI/AAAAAAAAAqw/Vcb9cHQkQKM/s400/shakti_tank.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313927917197357842" /></a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 181px; height: 244px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VYIPuke8w9U/Sb7dWWXxloI/AAAAAAAAAq4/SuWKF2j0ACk/s400/bigompants.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313927986375923330" /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">lily lotus..</span>.is a wonderful yoga clothing company from Hawaii. I met Laurie Chee when I interviewed her for <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.modernluxury.com/">Modern Luxury</a></span><a href="http://www.modernluxury.com/"> </a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.modernluxury.com/">Hawaii</a></span> magazine a few years ago. She had just started her clothing company <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><a href="http://lilylotus.com/">Lily Lotus</a></span></span><a href="http://lilylotus.com/"> </a>and was an avid yogini at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.yoga-hawaii.com/">Yoga Hawaii</a></span>, the same amazing studio where I first discovered yoga in Hawaii. She has grown to offer Lily Lotus around the world. </div><div><br /></div><div>Lily Lotus' flagship store is in Kaimuki on the island of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Oahu </span>, not far from our <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Yoga Hawaii</span> roots. If you're ever in paradise, I highly recommend you stop by. Her yoga clothing is so comfortable it's as if you're wearing nothing...nothing but air & style. It's clothing I sleep in, dance in, do yoga in, and spend the day out with friends having fun in. Laurie's bright, warm personality is evident in the store's environment filled with light and sunset paradise colors. Also featured in the store - jewelry by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.sonjapicardcollection.com/">Sonia Picard,</a></span> spa accessories made with lavender from the island of Maui, and many other goodies to bring you back to the center of your own well-being. Lily Lotus select styles and wholesale inquiries are also available <a href="http://lilylotus.com">online.</a></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">ALL PHOTOS </span><a href="http://lilylotus.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Lily Lotus</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">.</span></div></div>STYLE NOMAD:http://www.blogger.com/profile/10322487360284085489noreply@blogger.com0