upcoming....

I AM SOOOO EXCITED FOR SEPTEMBER!!!

you know why??

the tate modern is having a Gaugin exhibition!!!! yum yum.

chek it out:

http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/gauguin/default.shtm

owly

awwwwwwwww.
i love owls. this is my newest owl-themed obsession:



yes sir!!!! it's my owl usb plug!!
no it's not a usb stick. it doesn't store any data or do anything useful. it just plugs into my mac and bobs its head and blinks its eyes and keeps me company while i procrastinate. mine is white, no name yet.

and check out this amazingly lengthly video i found on youtube:



you don't have to watch it all. i didn't

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commercial

i went home to london for a few days to recharge my batteries, walk my dog, hit some golf balls etc.
i don't really like posting about things that you can just find out for yourself....like just turn on the t.v. and watch, but this is different.



it's suuuch a chill tune/montage sequence.
this one's just silly but i looove star wars and star wars um 'culture' so there you go. espec the part with the feet on the swing.



while i'm at it i may as well put this one up too. probly one of my fav commercials ever. i know that if i say it's got sick editing than that's the most obvious statement i could make. but it's true. the battles remix is amazing and i love how it kind of disorients you but still makes you want to watch it like 500 more times. right?



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mmm hmmmm

Every summer I fall in love with white shoes. (see Jeffrey Campbell white 'tick' shoes a few posts down). But now I've got my eye on these baby pink Louise Goldin studded court pumps. The conflicting colour/extreme studded combo just works for me so much.
But the white ones are beautiful too. x

Hard to Explain

I always knew Julian Casablancas (of the Strokes) was a little bit of a prick, but I always let it slide cos of those mysterious eyes and swagger. Oh yes. I fully admit I was crushing on Julian big time back in the day. Imagine the level of my heartbroken disappointment when I stumbled across this interview for his solo stuff. Could it be true??? Has my crush been crushed?
Not only is he totally boring and washed up, he decides for some reason to do the whole interview with sunglasses on?! And it's not even outdoors. If you really want to be disappointed then skip ahead to around 5:56. Just listen to him for yourself. I don't want to spoil it.



Yeh, the song's not great either. Or the video.



Do you reckon the Strokes hate each other but just tour for the money like the Pixies? I hope not, though there's no way of thinking otherwise really.
I guess I can't be too surprised. Julian's track record hasn't been great recently. Do you remember this weird collaboration? No? Didn't think so.



I think that's enough of a rant. But I make my point. I miss the old Julian.

i'm thinking of turning this into a shoe blog....

not even kidding. it's like every other post is shoes.

now these are some special ones...

Acne Platform Pumps, BEAUT, with a leather sole. They've done a few different versions, all with these variations on the nail-inspired heels. but these are my fav no contest. I like the dark gray. £530, but really look at wat you're getting for it.

it's so chilly in my bed, it's starting to turn into summer but the nights are always so shockingly cold still. i want to get TAN dammit.
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Yes more shoes for your eyes.

These could be the best shoes EVER made.





It's the 'Tick' shoe by Jeffrey Campbell (Good ol JC does it again.) And yes I did find it necessary to put up four pictures of the same shoe. $165, 4" heel with a 1" platform is totally walkable as well. I imagine these beauties would be pretty comfy, genuinely. Not that it matters. I'd wear these forever even if they hurt like a muthafucka.

There's also black and tiger versions of the shoe but in this instance white is BOSS.

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Parentals

I thought I'd put up these pictures of my ma and pa back in the days.
Cute eh?

Also, newest nail colour in my wishlist:
It's called 'Dickweed' by BleachBlack and it looks like a shiny Japanese beetle bug.

I love colours. I'm looking at this book called 'Colours of India' and it explains what all the colours represent and has all these beautiful photos around India. They're all so vivid and clashy but it a wonderful way. It's like looking at the world through a kaleidoscope, I can't even imagine how it would be to be living that. Amazing.

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Rag & Bone

One of my fave designers, I had a blast going to their Bleecker St. store when I was in NY in the summer. Minimal but really beautifully detailed stuff. They do the best blazers and shoes. And apparently don't sell in the UK AT ALL.

not that I could afford it anyway.

http://www.rag-bone.com/collections.php


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OHH YEAH

When I saw this I had to put it on here straight away. Think it might be off the first album I EVER bought. We were obsessed with these guys back in the day. PURE 90s goodness.

Playlist

Here is the top 15 of the 25 most played on my iTunes. I'd never looked at it before. Some surprises, alot of obvious ones that might be considered embarrassing in certain circles.....

1) Another Girl Another Planet- Blink 182, 41 times?!!?!
2) Tika Toc- DJ Yoda, 39 times (WTF, another weird one)
3) What's My Age Again- Blink 182, 36 times (yes)
4) Action - Blink 182, 34 times (seriously...)
5) 20th Century Fox- The Doors, 32 times
6) Not Fade Away- The Rolling Stones, 32 times
7) All Falls Down- Kanye West, 29 times
8) Poker Face - Lady Gaga, 28 times
9) Id Engager - Of Montreal, 28 times
10) Debaser - The Pixies, 27 times
11) Houseclouds - Liars, 26 times
12) Sugar Magnolia - Grateful Dead, 26 times
13) Youthless - Beck, 26 times
14) Easy, Lucky, Free - Bright Eyes, 25 times
15) Scenario - A Tribe Called Quest, 25 times

I feel most are quite respectable tho, bar all the Blink 182. But IMO they're fuckin awesome anyway.
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Happy Bday KStew

My imdb browsing tells me that Kristen Stewart is 20 today. WOO.
I hope I accomplish that much by the time I'm 20. Just kidding. I'm like 22.
Certain things make me feel old, like watching the acrobatic and archery sections of the Olympics, but for some reason I've always felt like I was younger than K Stew. She reminds me of the evil Queen from Snow White when she's in old lady/witch form. Normally I'd think that's a mean thing to say about someone, but it's a genuine comparison I make. It's just what my brain does automatically. Think about it.

Oh well. Happy Bday, Kristen. Let's hope you learn about good posture soon.

also here's a tweet I just stumbled across regarding the same topic:

	Why are people wishing Kristen Stewart a Happy Birthday? KStew doesn't know happiness, and prolly has no soul.

call me simple but it made me chuckle. i mean, that's pretty bitter.

just wow.

sometimes i love ebay. sometimes i hate it. this is a story of both love and hate. i without a doubt love it. but hate the fact that i thought it was on uk ebay but it's actually us ebay. sad times. still, it's nice to look and dream, eh? i guess? not really. it's just looking like a depressing dream.
anyway, here's the ebay store of my dreams. literally. maybe i should temporarily move to the us with the sole purpose to buy things on ebay....not really justafiable at all, unfortunately...

American Archive
the clothes are all beautiful. and there's so MUCH of it!!! endless pages of fun and imagination.

http://stores.ebay.com/american-archive_GIRLS-VINTAGE_W0QQ_fsubZ908532012QQ_sidZ64279202QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322

"pick me, grasshopper"

a video i was shown a while ago but a great one.

The Bravery

The new (or I guess at this point kind of old) Ok Go video is amazing. I'm not sure if it was all done in one take- I'm guessing there's a few well hidden cuts in there somewhere. But it's one of the best I've seen in a while.



The video is obvs really similar to that Honda 'Cog' advert from awhile back. I remember literally sitting there with my mouth wide open watching it for the first time.



It also reminded me of this video from my teenage years- 'Honest Mistake' by The Bravery. I guess looking back I can see why they only had one mild success of a song, and why I'd forgotten it. Still, the video is good to watch again. It's by no means as impressive as the Ok Go one, mostly because of the amount of cuts there are. But I like the black and the white and the yellow together, it looks real cool.



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Stilts

Being home for Easter is not all it's cracked up to be.........I have an essay to write. I am sitting next to a pile of unopened books and have watched two films (both unrelated to my essay, by the way). Procrastination is running dry. So I turn to possibly my favourite internet browsing topic- SHOES.
I have a real love for obscure footwear (as you can see a few posts down). Here I present 'United Nude'. http://www.unitednude.com/shop/all-c-191.html
Particularly 'Frame' in camel.

It kind of reminds me of the Eva Rothschild installation that was at the Tate Brit last year.