Spirit in the Sky

Alexandra Valenti is at it again...

Photography: Alexandra Valenti
Model: Lauryn Holmquist
Stylist: Chloe Chippendale of SH+LS

6/08/12

Ceremonial Collection: Bona Drag

My sister's wedding is only a few months away and, as those of you who know me personally would know, I'm not the most wedding-ish person around. Sometimes when we look at wedding blogs, go to bridal expos or wedding dress/shoe/stuff shopping, I try and imagine myself finding what I want in those same places, and I can't really.
For the record, my sister has excellent taste and knows exactly what she's after -- it's me who is a little weird. Hitherto I've been completely convinced that my engagement ring will be a run-of-the-mill silver piece with a semi-precious rock in it, like turquoise or labradorite.
So, when I saw Bona Drag's Ceremonial Collection, I immediately rethought the whole weddings thing -- this is more like it. High drama, luxe, southern-gothic dresses with only the most enchanted and unusual jewellery. Not to mention champagne velvet... Mara Hoffman... Pamela Love... dried roses... mixed metals... killer nails. Yep and yep.

Conchos and paper daisies

The Astral Plane

ManiaMania The Astral Plane lookbook

 Sometimes I see a set of images and start to hear that high, white noise; something resonates; and it triggers an immediate need to sit down and draw, create, or explore some far-out idea. It might just be a very out-there creative hum. An idea-sync. Or... I'm probably not too sure what it is. 

But ManiaMania's new lookbook has it at a high-frequency, audible pitch. I'm just totally floored by it. Incredible work, backed up with amazing jewellery. 

Damn.

Hell bent III

Just a quick one from out of the sketchbook... because everything is quick at the moment, and it's already almost Friday again...

High seventies summer

Glamour Spain August 2012

Photography: Sasha Eisenman

Model: Alana Greszata 

Stylist: Mapi Vidal

via Oracle Fox

Well, the days are getting incrementally longer, the sun has come out more than twice in the past week and the temperature crept up to 16 in the past few days. I'm thinking we might have survived our first Melbourne winter... it's time to start looking forward to summer up the coast, on the beach and in the sun.