Saturday, July 21, 2012

household item or couture?

reviewing the fall 12 collections, i came across this margiela bolero and vest made entirely out of vintage baseball gloves:

source: style.com

it reminded me of the time my best friend and i turned black garbage bags into dresses and shirts. we thought we were so innovative (which we may have been back in the mid-nineties- ok probably not.) a quick google search later, i found that we were far from original, and though i don't remember exactly what we came up with, i know it didn't compete with some of what i found:






while searching "household items, fashion" (or something of that vein) i was absolutely amazed when i came across a video of hussein chalayan's a/w '00 collection (skip to 4:30 if you want):


it's fucking genius- an entire living room that turns into clothing! slipcovers that turn into dresses, chairs that turn into breifcases, and a table that turns into a skirt?!

i'm actually kind of bummed that i hadn't really done any research on hussein chalayan before- check out his s/s '07 collection, this is amaze-balls:


 i have no idea how it works, nor do i care. at first i thought that thing rotating was shrink wrapping the material, but then i realized it looks far too controlled to be doing that. all i know is it's freaking rad.

anyway, i'm not so sure if any of this is very practical for the general public (duh, that's why it's called couture!). i think, for now at least, we'll all have to make due with american apparel's circle scarf:


Thursday, July 19, 2012

california love

44. so i've been in cali for a little over a month now (44 days to be exact) and after living in the concrete jungle for six years, i have to say that i absolutely adore all of the beautiful scenery! i feel slightly guilty posting photos for my friends in nyc to see, i feel like i'm rubbing something in (or maybe photos don't even begin to do it justice?) anyway, i'm excited to start a blog now that i'm not preoccupied with other uh, stuff. i feel like i'm finally starting to appreciate things for what they are and not scrutinizing them for what they aren't. anyway, if anyone's reading this, enjoy! all these photos were taken, with my lovely iphone, on a morning walk down my street.