sac à dos des fleurs

Top photo taken a Milk Studios during fashion week
Bottom photo Menswear in London

wearing fresh and crying blood

it has never been my style to post photos of myself on le futur possible.
but, somehow i am avoiding looking at the camera in this particular picture.
nonetheless, i am really happy with my work on my halloween headdress
and i knew there would be some viewers out there who would appreciate it.
i spray painted some glow in the dark stars gold and strung them on to this
double headband fixture that i made. the lilies (the symbol of purity in
the aforementioned religious paintings) are fresh and i looped them into
the headband. (they smelled so beautiful all night long!)
i want to start wearing fresh flowers daily!
i made some necklaces by deconstructing some prayer bracelets and strung
them on to white chiffon. i made a little white leather vest and a dress with
pearl gray silk. somehow it all came together and i accomplished my nights
goal of drinking quite a bit and dancing in my flowing gown.

seahorse and i

the annual prada friends and family sale yielded
some unforeseen gems.
the grandiose pink prom gown skirt from resort 2008
and a piece from spring 2009.
i was a bit brokenhearted when i saw the faded seahorse
and mermaid fish print from spring 2009 tie shoulder dress,
which i pined for since the show last october, so badly damaged.
i couldn't bring myself to purchase it so i went with the apron
skirt piece. a good, convertible substitute.

vermillion ties

on the morning walk, i happened upon a lonely patch of
vermillion poppies

i looked both ways, picked on and tied it up in my unruly hair

maybe it would add a bit of complement to my newly acquired
cocoa freckles and lavender rosewater oiled curls and salt sea stains

i tie up the young tomato plants that are starting to offer flowers

to the stakes to afford them strength against the levante

i tie them with strips of orange tshirt and i love how they look
adhered to the bamboo with loops and bows

colores y comidas

of course, my first off shore post had to be food related

it wouldn't be me writing if it wasn't

i arrived early in the dia and just walked around Madrid

i found all these city cleaning guys sporting these radical neon colour combinations

i dig the yellows/reds/blues with the reds/fuschias of the flores

it was brilliant to see shannon later that evening and hear her beautiful flawless spanish

she took me a couple of her visiting pals to txirimirla

this basque tapas bar

we started with this amazing dry white wine, txoli, which had me considering rerouting my

travel plans to include a stop in bilboa to grab a case of the stuff

i had four glassfuls. and a heap of great tapas.

we took a late night coche spin around the major sites in and around the ciudad.

a first noche to beat.

dreamy dunks

aren't they just?

patchwork liberty dunks and wildflowers from greece

busta flora

dries van noten. spring 2008.

tête de fleur

a photo from fashion wire daily of the hat katie and i created for 

the tulips and pansies fashion show.

with hydrangeas, air plants, amnesia rose petals, lambs ear leaves

and little poof balls for which the name has escaped me.