Wednesday, October 28, 2009

The Peppermint Man


While reading the Jonathan LeVine Gallery I stumbled upon an artist named Camille Rose Garcia and she creates these incredible PITCO fine dolls. Even though these are $450 I find myself wanting one. I may have to store it in a different room so I can get some sleep!

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Damnit, Janet.

Whats halloween without Frankfurter and the Time Warp?


Sunday, October 25, 2009

good weekend

this weekend was definitely one of the best ones for me, since I was able to 1) get a camera, finally, and 2) get some new jeans, which I obsess about constantly but can never afford. So, let me elaborate.

from here

SATURDAY:
not the best start, since I woke up at 9:30 and was supposed to meet celine and natasha in sunnyside at 10:00 for MARKET COLLECTIVE! Uh, also another bad start: it was snowing, which isn't so weird, seeing as how I live in calgary, wonderful calgary. Since I was lazy and kind of sold out to the mass-market crowd, I wore my uggs out and instantly damaged them because I didn't waterproof them, even though I always tell customers to do it. Apparently celine is very punctual and was at the c-train station at 9:50ish, while natasha and I were still sleeping. Despite all that bad stuff, it gets way better! Anyways, we made it into kensington around 11, and was still pretty early for market collective. Firstly, market collective is a really great place for local vendors and artists and musicians, poets, basically anything. It only costs a dollar, or a non-perishable food donation, and it's cheap access to the best flea market around calgary. There's some amazing finds, and I wish I had my camera so I could have some decent proof of it. Split Pea Vintage, which also sells their wares at Freshlife Boutique on.. 1st street I believe? had some really great 15$ sweaters and shirts and dresses. Natasha found the best leather bomber around for 15$, Celine got a sweet dolman sleeve sweater, and I found a nice cardigan that I WISH I bought. We ventured around, saw and heard some really great local bands (I'll take notes next time! I forgot the names already/wasn't paying attention), some amazing artists, especiallu Markus Michel (who doesn't have a website, sadly), who does really crazy cutting. Uhhh, best of all, I GOT A CAMERA! It's a cutie, a Yashica Minister, in its original case. So now I have no excuses, I will finally post some pictures.
Oh yeah, then I went to work, not as interesting.

SUNDAY:
also not as interesting as saturday morning, but I finally tried on and actually bought a pair of nudies! Of course, being asian, I got them at a discounted price, thanks to the pusch (poosh?) VIP event, where you get 25% off. So, for a year, I will be wearing my nudies and suffering from blue-hands-blue-legs syndrome. I will post my progress from month to month, if I don't wear out the crotch again. (HANDY TIP: just email the lovely guys at nudie jeans and they will send you a patch kit! the patches don't have to be for nudies especially, because I used the patches on my much-loved first pair of cheap mondays, dubbed Frank(enstein), which now have irrepairable holes...)
uhh oh yes, I also studied but kind of not really studied, computer science.

My Two Heroes


Alison Mosshart and Jack White

These two changed my outlook on music.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

yulia brodskaya and my new resolution


sososo, I stumbled across this lovely lady's work. Look at it and you can tell that it's crazy hard to do. I have a set for this and I just gave up because I couldn't deal with it. It's impossibly hard, but seeing this makes me want to start all over again. Maybe I will, after midterms and all that. Anyways, this stuff is crazy good. So, props to you, Yulia, you are the shit.


P.S. Shelby says that it's called "quilling", in case you ever want to google it / try it for yourself...
more photos here

how to be a stalker



Some people already know this, but I am a creeper. So, since I'm such a creeper, I'll share my creepy site that takes you into the homes of famous people! The Selby is what I use to get into the home of people like the Cobrasnake, and why not, Peaches Geldof and her buds. Just because. It's all done by Tom Selby, a nice person and also really funny from what I read on his wee surveys. And, just from looking, I can tell that me and the Cobrasnake are gonna be great friends. I just know. ALSO! I really love the clothing label Lover, a not-so-teeny-weeny label anymore created by two australian lovebirds, Nic and Susien, and their cat Potato, and you can see their humble abode on The Selby too!


nic and susien. cuties

Plus, they do these super cute handwritten surveys that are too funny sometimes.


really, I am too happy.

all photos from here

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Margaret Durow



Something about these photos make me want to run away and live in the forest.

I'm torn between the pleasures of the bustling city or the quiet of the country.



All photos by Margaret Durow


Sunday, October 18, 2009

puh-lease

shakira, you are a pretty girl and I admire your confidence but please stop being so creeeeeepy!



'nuff said.

Saturday, October 17, 2009

STUDS


my gem sweater idol, Leslie Hall

since I just don't feel like studying statistics (even though I should be), I've decided to post a little sumpin' sumpin' about STUDS...but not that kind! I mean, straight up, bedazzle-the-shit-out-of-everything studs. I bought some studded jeans from H&M for fiddy-sumpin' dollars while I was at work. Not too shabby, I think. I'm obsessed with them! Studs will always give you a little edge, even if you're jesus.

I'm starting to look into DIY studding - it's not hard, just head over to Fabricland and get yourself a kit. In fact, I'm thinking about purchasing a bedazzler so I can also glam-up my boring black-and-gray-everything wardrobe with studs AND gems, and possibly make my own gem sweater a la Leslie Hall. Why the hell not, right? Tackiness is back, my friends, just do it tastefully.

but let's get serious. Who doesn't love these things?

the best bag in the entire world, by alexander wang

from urban outfitters

studded loafers by Christian Louboutin

Thursday, October 8, 2009

best frenemies

I'm not too much for fluorescent colours anymore, but I am a fan of Cassette Playa (aka Carrie Mundane, aka the craziest girl in the world), who styled MIA (I know, right???). So, this is an exciting post if you like Nike Blazers, acid-induced colours, and complete and utter pattern mish-mashery. Now she's teamed up against Parra, another crazy-amazing designer! Check out these amazing sneakers:


Aaaaaand these pretty, pretty tees:


Don't forget that Mundane designed some sick tracksuits from before. Just sayin'




these photos were taken from DazedDigital.com and sneakerfreaker.com, they sho' as hell ain't mine