'Itty Bitty Kitty Say Whaaat?'

I am not going to lie about my general expectations of Victoria Beckham as a 'personality in today's fast moving society' or how well she designs clothes. They have always been inevitably low. However the printed dresses at Victoria by Victoria Beckham SS12 were cats. And rain clouds. With pleats and petite collars. And every girl with a passion for fashion and way to much time to spend being such a goddam hipster wondering what air is on Tumblr knows that any of the latter attributes make up a dress that is literally ADORABLE. Considering I count myself as having 2 of 3 of those common characteristics, then yes, these dresses are ADORABLE. 

If only the evil retail giants knew of this phenomenon. Sure they've picked up on the permanent pleating and peter pan collar phenomenon, but god help us if they ever discover the power of..

THE CAT

But seriously 'the cat' slapped onto almost any chain store swing dress is an INSTANT WIN! regarding the Transnational Coorporation Global takeover. Combine the 3; pleats, collar and cat, and you have ~MIND CONTROL~. 

I'm not sure why this post on dresses has turned into a kind of globalization rant but I'm sure you have all worked out by now that all my interest in current affairs is generated to cover up my secret (by secret I mean public) love of dressing like a highly advanced 5 year old Tenenbaum. And if you're wondering why I've included a pseudo Miley Cyrus quote in the title, just ask my troubled conscience. 

Welcome home

Kate Moss by Juergen Teller, 'Painter Girl' in VRAG, Skins, The Cat Returns by Hayao Miyazaki, plastic lake

Gone Fishin

Will return to posting in 10 days. Do not know why I am bothering to notify people of this as I almost never post anyway, eek. Au revoir! Mehetabelle xo

Keisuke Serizawa

Flowers, 1940. Credit

Mandala of the Four Season, 1971. Credit

Pattern Imitating Glaze Dripping Down the Side of a Jar, 1961. Credit. 

Seabream, 1964. Credit.

THE PATTERNS

Miuccia Polanski

The Tenant (1976)

Miu Miu f/w 2011

So I realize that f/w 2011 shows were something like a fashion millennium (months) ago and pre-fall has already begun (what?) but seriously this show is (tosses up whether or not to use is or was because am so bad at blogging) too good. Also I can't help but freak out over the similarities in colours/vibezzz between this here show and Roman Polanski's 'psychological thriller' The Tenant. Which is a seriously freaky-deaky viewing experience movie/fashion wise, especially since that is a delusional male you see wearing said identical Miu Miu dress. Movie is terrifying and also bazaar. 

Photos from Style.com and Tommy Smith

Yes, what is this new fangled CHICKEN DANCE CRAZE?

Now this is my kind of reading material

Mood II

 Henry Darger, Iekeliene Stange in Juergen Tellers book Go-Sees, The Royal Tenenbaums, Bottega Veneta f/w 2011, Go-sees again...

Mehetabelle likes...

THE MAGIC KIDS

this has been stuck in my head for 3 weeks (a long time) and I am not complaining.

France + Gall

From Le Sphinx

France Gall is yé-yé.

Klimt

Louis Vuitton s/s 2012 + Mada Primavesi, 1912

Thakoon s/s 2012 + Friederike Maria Beer, 1916

Comme des Garcons f/w 2011 + Baby, 1917-18

Mood

Survive Style +5

My Geisha (1962) from Mermaidens

Cristobal de Villalpando

Meadham Kirchhoff F/W 2010

Nick Carter's pug loyalty

Meadham + Kirchhoff

I love this collection so much. I mean does it not make you want to take all of it home to love and nurture and give it little things to eat in the privacy of it's own private cubby? It's cuteness is almost sickening, in a good way. Like the butterflies you get just before eating a delicious looking pie that someone else might want to eat. Or when you are waiting behind someone for a car park and there is always this ~tension~ as to whether or not some rogue vehicle is going to whiz in front of you and park there. 

Does anyone else feel this way about Meadham Kirchoff??? Because we should probably form a cult if you do.

If you don't feel like this, don't worry. You shouldn't be taking this too seriously as I am terminably insane, but then again, if you don't like this collection, tell me and I will be forever happy knowing that there is someone crazier than me in the World.

Iekeliene - Flower Hmong

These are so beautiful.

Thankyou Iekeliene Stange

http://www.iekelienestange.com/

Community of Food

these delicious illustrations by Ulian Goldman

Krishna

Vrag Magazine: Krishna

Photography: Masha Mel

Styling: Tess Yopp

Hair: Oonah Anderson

Make up: Pace Chen

Model: Minnie and Paige @ Premier

Really, really digging this. 

saturation saturday

Miyazaki, Amelie, from here... and unknown