Happy Camper's IKEA rave

 German Scheurich vases 

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Peddelton prints

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70s folk craft

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Morrocan rag rugs

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Girl Guides

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disco

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Romance Was Born a/w 2012

I am so smitten with this look book that all I can say without any incoherent muttering is that it was totally worth the half hour that it took me to get the pictures aligned. But really, the owl print? the DENIM APPLIQUE? The IKEA-ness* of it? The coloured LAME (OMG why has no one ever noticed that you cannot spell 'this word' without an accent, without spelling the word lame or lama? WHAT IS THIS BLOGSPOT CONSPIRACY)? I actually want to start accepting those Scheurich-esque vase and mug gifts from my Great Aunts now. Oh the Power of Fashion. 

*I have an attachment to IKEA, my friend had her birthday party there once, we had a good time eating cupcakes and pretending we lived in the display houses. What can I say, we were (are) three interiors obsessed tweens who enjoy the aesthetic prowess of  scandinavian designed lamps. Yes there were only three people at this party, what of it?

i-D+

Chen Man covers for i-D Spring 2012

  

Mood IV

Opal Cadet by Ellen Von Unwerth - The Face September 1997, Out of this World by Paolo Roversi in Vogue UK April 1994, the National Geographic Society 1974, unknown, Devon Aoki by Paolo Roversi Numero March 1999, detail of Vincent Van Gough's 'Blossoming Almond Tree', Sasha Pivovarova by Miles Aldridge for Numero #63 May 2005, unknown, unknown, the Mosque of Sheihk Zayed by David Yoder in National Geographic, Fashion for Vogue UK 1970 by David Bailey, Japanese release cover art of Jefferson Airplane's 'After Bathing at Baxters' 1967

'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

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

Mood II

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