burberry. scott schuman.

art of the trench.

and a little love in the commercial world:: heart these ads. well done (of course) ms mccartney.

barnacle love.

i saw these recently & have not been able to get them off of my mind.

gorgeous, no? i want to draw them & make patterns from them....

fantasy beach shack.

looks like time we spent in panama... rustic, hippie, still-being-built vibe.

found on tumblr, with unfortunately no source.

(c'mon tumblrs - give credit where credit is due)

Assembled Ensemble - Abigail Doan.

Abigail Doan is a gorgeous & multi-talented artist, whose

work speaks to the time spent with her source materials & an intense connection to nature.

Utilizing items often tossed by society at large,  her work creates almost Living communes of found and recycled bits. Fiber Flotsam, as she refers to them...  bits of natural of ephemera like dried lichen, antique lace, vintage embroideries, street flotsam, textile bits, threads, etc from her life spent between NYC, NY farms, Bulgaria & Italy. 

Her work calls to my own mind, memories of a recurring childhood dream.... rooms filled with texture & color. Though I could never identify the individual bits and pieces I felt a primal instinct of comfort & connection.

A deep emotion so instinctual there are no words....

if you can, do go see her current show at the Hunterdon Art Museum in NJ...

and this link. Emily, to whom Abigail introduced me in my search for African Volunteer programs.

happy sunday.

environment by Heather Heron

While in Los Angeles, I had the pleasure of attending the opening party for the environment by Heather Heron collection at Environment Furniture.

Using such sumptuous textiles such as vintage military tents, organic tanned leather, & antique Japanese textiles along with her own signature Organic Hemp, Heather Heron has created the perfect lifestyle compliment to the incredible sustainable furnishings at environment.

Personally, I am a dedicated Bag Lady, as my husband calls me & I want them all!

Add in some scarves & blankets for the weekend house,

the trio of Pouches in every color way & the surfbag - )i need the longboard vers as I just got mine back after too too many years!) - and we're good!

 Now, happily the environment by Heather Heron collection can be viewed in NYC as well!

although, it seems they're going quickly, so go by & take a look for yourself!

the evening drew in a fabulous crew & all in all was a perfect evening.

big love to all my LA peeps I got to see there, too!

 

you can also check them out here, along with other Heather Heron classics.

images from HH. composite from Paige / Bash.

I have spent the last week or so catching up on some time away &

will be posting bits of who, what, when, where i saw...

barkley hendricks.

Song Dong's 'Waste Not' at MoMA

more here.

beauty.

maryam nassir zadeh.

beautiful sensibilities in the product & displays.... go when you can!

capote & cz guest.

paris vogue - david sims

fave fashion spread in a while...

the beautiful home of Maria Calderara

so in love with this beautiful home of maria calderara..
found through mandarine.

and so happy with the new size format! finally, blogger - thanks :)

elana herzog.

what gorgeous work from elana herzog.

i love the softness, shine & hard metal all together

viva la Franz.

yes, johnny.

perfect fall layers.

charmaine olivia.

a recent discovery, charmaine olivia. i love that her work, & blog as well, really seem to capture

such a youthful vitality & joie de vivre.

i wish her the best of luck with her upcoming show

& wish i could be there to see more of her lovely work. 

if you're in SF you can see her upcoming show HERE or online see more of here work, HERE.

                

la danse serpentine de loie fuller.

..

hello spirit. speaking so loud & clearly.

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"We must accept our reality as vastly as we possibly can; everything, even the unprecedented, must be possible within it. This is in the end the only kind of courage that is required of us: the courage to face the strangest, most unusual, most inexplicable experiences that can meet us."

Rainer Marie Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet, letter 8

wild thing.

really. so cute. can't wait.

hurdle one.

isn't it great when you hit upon fear or disappointment or feeling overwhelmed & deal with all of that & on top of it, deal with your also old, outgrown & annoying behavior pattern in dealing with that & you do all that you can toward your actual goal & desired outcome. & then you go in to the city & meet with massive traffic thanks to the UN summit being in NYC & so you can't get a cab & you end up on the back of a pedi cab zipping through the cars & people (thank you aggressive pedi cab driver) & then you make it to a meeting with some of your favorite clients visiting from overseas & you roll out all you've been working on & even though you feel a little incomplete in the showing, because you have so many MORE ideas of things you want to include in your work, they still love what you show & place their third reorder, even on one thing they had said previously would not work for them, but you love it and show it anyway
& they love it too. hurdle one of upcoming challenges. jumped.
aaaand. then you come home to a great meal your husband has prepared & friends you're having over & then you get a great night's sleep & you awake feeling at peace and you eat the last peach of the season that actually tastes & is a REAL peach. (hard to find north of the mason dixon line on the east coast).
well, yes. that was great.

went out for a gorgeous bike ride this morning.

photo - source long gone, but how lovely is young catherine deneuve?
hope you are having a lovely day.