(Elizabeth and James jacket, LF button front dress, Dolce & Gabbana wedges, Zara scarf)
Elizabeth and James sent me this beautiful jacket, which is pretty much a blanket of the softest suede cut into a more flattering version of a Sith robe. So awesome.
(RP Encore headpiece, Topshop velvet dress, Jeffrey Campbell Climber boots, vintage wool poncho)
Some people love to wear new things immediately..I am the opposite (to a fault), I have to wait to feel like I’m in the exact mood to wear something. Colin had been egging me on to break this headpiece out for a few months and we finally came upon the perfect place to shoot it while running around one of the canyons by our place in San Diego. Although arguably a happened upon tepee is the perfect place to take pictures of anything. RP Encore is a fascinating label, as in one of those sites you click on that makes you stop and stare to figure out exactly what is going on. The idea behind designer Reid Peppard’s designs reminds me of American Beauty’s Ricky Fitts’ take on ordinary or grisly sights taking your breath away if you just take the time to see them right (I’m sure everyone remembers the plastic bag scene):
Ricky Fitts: I was filming this dead bird.
Angela Hayes: Why?
Ricky Fitts: Because it’s beautiful.
That scene pretty much inspired the entirety of my interest in photography, and is probably why I take way too many shots of like, the ground and broken things. Anyway, Reid uses animals that have already suffered their fates and transforms them into everything from cufflinks to necklaces. This is of course visually upsetting to some people and some of the pieces may be hard to translate into daily wear, possibly including this headpiece she sent me, as much as I may love it. But the final message I get from her work is the possibility of finding and creating beauty from unlikely sources. Check out this Huffington post article here if you remain curious.
(3.1 Phillip Lim double sleeve sweater, vintage belt, Forever 21 lace shorts, Jeffrey Campbell shoes, Theory bag, hat from Oak NYC, cross ring courtesy of Lord Griffon)
Sorry for the absence! A couple pics from Norcal in a knit hat I got at Oak in New York in September and a Phillip Lim cashmere sweater with mid/double/rolled up/waffle woven sleeves. I’m still here in Tokyo for a few more days and have just now managed to take care of basic internet issues with some sort of miraculous go-anywhere pocket wifi device I bought in Shibuya today that looks like a computer mouse but..isn’t. I haven’t had much time to breathe but the trip has been amazing between the people I’ve met, the opportunities I’ve had, and the chance to work on my Japanese through complete immersion. Exhausted but happy.
Random shots from the long weekend driving from San Diego to San Francisco and back..spent Sunday packing again (or just..adding more) and now I’m in Tokyo working for the next couple of weeks through my Japanese agency Les Pros. Driving the thousand miles put me in the mood to finally finish On the Road on the plane which left me feeling as titchy small as it always did, and I don’t even mean that in a bad way. Checked into the Park Hyatt Tokyo, which isn’t unlike like an eagle’s nest on top of the city. But that could be the streaming nature imagery playing on the TV here getting to me. Either way, I’m pretty delirious right now and probably have no right to be trying to string words together. First order of business is press all day tomorrow followed by Japan’s blogger awards with Sweet magazine. It’s so nice being back in Tokyo!
(vintage coat and fur collar, Society for Rational dress silk dress, Jeffrey Campbell Lita shoes, leopard print Mulberry Alexa bag)
Exploring perfect patches of clovers and low hanging branches with Colin…I found the jacket and collar at the same time at a thrift store a couple weeks ago. I’m pretty lazy and most everything I wear is based on things being present at the same time. So I wore them together in a bastardized ode to Vanessa Bruno. With my shiny new bag..I’m so happy with it, it’s sort of busy and simple and satchel-y and being both black and brown seems to go with everything even if it doesn’t.
