Packed

Packed

I knew I couldn't be the only freak to do this!!



Artist Adolf Konrad's packing list (1963) from “To-dos, Ilustrated Inventories, Collected Thoughts, and Other Artists’ Enumerations” curated by Liza Kirwin from the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art — that opened June 3 at the Morgan Library & Museum in NYC.

The other Nick Cave

The other Nick Cave

How rad are these?!

These "Soundsuits" are the work of Nick Cave (not of the Bad Seeds). Cave, a trained dancer, designed these sculptures to come alive and make sounds when worn performing. A little bit human, a little bit animal, a little bit tribal, a little bit Grandma Yetta, he explores themes of identity, costuming and masquerading.

He kind of puts my annual Halloween costume (cat-slut/mouse-slut) to shame.

Beautiful Decay/New York Times

(Prints) Charming

(Prints) Charming

ADORE these prints from Charlotte Taylor, especially with the styling of these looks. The colours, the baubles, the fur!

I'll take a head scarf in lobster, for those days I'm feeling like Little Edie on crack. That's everyday.

Fucking rockstars

Fucking rockstars

Stylish canine in Surry Hills a couple of months ago. Kind of reminds me of the stringy hair/fringey boots combo at Isabel Marant AW 11/12.

Paper bag it

Paper bag it

Sort of obsessed with this clutch by Marie Turnor right now.


First spotted on Bleach Black, but you can buy it for me from Mohawk General Store.

NOOD HOOF

NOOD HOOF

Ssense are having 30% site wide. If I wasn't so pathetically povo I'd get these:

Opening Ceremony, Kris Van Assche, Margiela

Beautiful day in Sydney

Beautiful day in Sydney

Welcome to my life

Welcome to my life

Pretty much.

Loving: Holly Fulton

Loving: Holly Fulton

Scottish Young Designer of the Year Holly Fulton has been on my radar since Catkin and Teasel's picture post.

Fulton's greatest talent is her ability to adapt her undeniable influence with every collection in a way that seems new and exciting and modern, across a multitude of platforms (not limited to the clothing and accessories in her eponymous label, but also her capsule collection for Asos.com and her foray into stationery collaboration with Smythson).

I am loving her latest range for Asos. Will be eagerly awaiting the mail for this embellished beauty:



Just the skirt, but I love this entire look. Will probably go back for the shirt!

PS Get 20% off asos.com by entering GRAZIANOV at the checkout.

Look at these assholes

Look at these assholes

The wonderful work of Rich Pellegrino.

Watched Darjeeling Limited again over the laziest weekend I've had in a long time. I didn't love it when I first saw it at the movies but with each viewing since, it's really grown on me. I am a Wes Ando fan girl at heart, but one piece of criticism: needs moar Bill Murray.

Aviator

Aviator

Love this image of Rianne Ten Haken in her moto gear looking like a modern day Amelia Earhart.

via Vanessa Jackman

Heartaches

Heartaches

If you're in Sydney, come check out my boyfriend's show in Redfern on Thursday:

James Jirat Patradoon, the 25-year-old Sydney-based artist and illustrator, is known primarily for his neon screenprints and stylised digital work. With HEARTACHES, he shifts into a more organic and personalised gear. Using a bold kind of reverse engineering, HEARTACHES presents a taut exploration of authenticity and identity in the form of massive graphite-on-canvas drawings. Informed by Patradoon's observations of pop constructions of masculinity and of self-representation in a post-convergence culture, HEARTACHES is a sometimes bleak, sometimes tongue-in-cheek, but always insightful personal critique.

HEARTACHES opens at Boutwell Draper on Thursday 23 September from 6pm - 8pm, and runs in tandem with Ben Frost's ART OF NOISE until October 23.

Wed - Sat 11am - 5pm
www.jiratpatradoon.com

(Also, he's just babin'.)

Shorn

Shorn

Photo: Tommy Ton for Topshop Inside Out

I *think* the above vest is this one - It looks infinitely better open.

Whenever I see a fluffy sheepskin rug I just want to rip off my clothes and roll around in it. Similarly, when I see a shearling jacket on someone, I want to rip off their clothes and run away. Yes, similar.

SHINY NEW TOYS!

SHINY NEW TOYS!

Firstly, my iphone 4. SUCH TECHNOLOGY!! I have never actually owned an un-plastic mobile phone, so having a phone that has significantly more features than an alarm is a shock to the system. The default map app entertained me for a while as I zoomed in and out of suburban Sydney. I sit at work, feeding my virtual birds and it's like my 8th grade obsession with my tamagotchi all over again.

Secondly, these YSL boots. I picked them up at the post office 15 minutes ago, and I have to pinch myself to really believe that they're here and they're MINE! There is a semi epic story behind these, but lets just say there were some strongly worded ebay conversations, and I am grateful they made it here without harm.

Seeing Dita Von Teese tonight for her "Be Cointreauversial" show! Will be wearing my best nipple tassles in her honour. Can't wait!

Don't fall

Don't fall

Incredible creativity.

From
(In)Decorous Taste

Frankenbabe

Frankenbabe

Flyer for Trashbags in Melbourne, by my talented boyfriend James Jirat Patradoon.

I like everything Jimmy does, but I love this especially because this Frankenstein bears a striking resemblance to Anthony Bourdain! Honey, threesome?

What I Wore - My Homage to Hugh

What I Wore - My Homage to Hugh

Little Red gig and house party in Slurrrrrry Hills a couple of weeks ago.

I wore a black dress of some sort, my Henry Holland suspender tights, and a lace headband from Japan, with wire inside twisted in a bow... It was chilly so I chucked on my ridic vintage floor length red velvet robe with fur collar... And YES I looked like a crazy person! Crazy like a billionaire media mogul! Gimme some of that crazy amiright.

PS Things Bogans Like: Playboy logos. Yikes. Yes, *i* with the velvet robe am judging you.

Yellow

Yellow

Quick nude study in yellow (2008), chalk pastel and ink

Going through old scans of my work... I wish I had more time to go to life drawing sessions. To be honest, these days I do fuck all with myself besides be awesome at Bejeweled! I kind of took some time off after I graduated, lost all momentum, and now I am in a creative rut. Love my job, but I need more to do! As Betty Draper says, "Only boring people are bored".

Lights On

Lights On

Amazing fibre optic textile shoes by Francesca Castagnacci. Puts your LA Lights to shame.

Via Yatzer

What I Wore - Karaokay

What I Wore - Karaokay

Zara dress, sheer striped socks from Tokyo, Miu Miu platforms.

I remember a time when socks and sandals were so reviled, so revolting, they would only have been worn by fat tourists traipsing town with their backpacks firmly strapped to their front packs. Fast forward to post Burberry SS10. Nothing could stop me from wearing these damn socks and sandals last Friday night. Rain, hail, or... No shine. So so cold round here! Lucky I had my shoju jacket on - that's Korea-town's equivalent to a beer jacket - and enjoyed sing-a-longs with some furiously wasted friends at karaoke.