Thierry Mugler Haute Couture F/W 1989, details on a headdress

Enough of this jibber jabber!

Right! I've made an executive decision that my distress must end now, regardless of whether it wants to or not. Bam!
Let's talk nails. I have a small obsession with fly gal nails. Gwen Stefani started it, Beyonce solidified it, and the total genius Sophy Robson has made them de rigour for the runway...she's also single-handedly responsible for me incessantly referring to just about everything as 'fly'.
I used to be a nail snob and went through dark periods of ripping off my acrylics and keeping my nails all indie and short and dark or natural. But my true self always wins out and I'll snap and bolt for a salon to have them re-applied. Can't help it. I like that they make one look uber glam (I keep mine long, oval and burgundy mostly), and I love it when I see someone wearing some freak nails with loads of glitter and little things stuck on. It's the 'kook factor' I think. Plus...Dolly Parton. Enough said.
Things I also love include the conversations that go down over the file machine:
Nail Technician: 'Why you no marry?'
Rianna: 'Dunno'
NT: 'You wanna get marry?'
R: 'Hell yeah!'
NT: 'You want sparkle gel?'
R: 'Yes pleeeeeeease!'

Images via HOT MESS.

Feeling better already :)

Out of this world

Daphne Guinness: Undressed on Nowness.com.

Heart in Mouth

I die. The Coveteur.

White Dresses

Currently obsessed with white. It's so fresh and lovely. This is Constance Jablonski by Alex Cayley for Vogue Spain.

#1 Crush: Gabriella Marina Gonzalez

The Cyclops Apprentice SS/11.

Victorian Sci-Fi Surgery AW/10.

Clothing For the Emotionally Dispossessed SS/10.

Killer Kit.

Given me heightened stress levels at the moment I seem to be requiring more than usual outlets for pent up creative energy and anxiety. So, amongst other things, I'm constructing one of these. If I get good at it, I might just do more and sell them. I've also made a number of headpieces and am constructing a leg-piece; which looks rad but requires a garter belt to keep the thing up, so I'm working on negating that, as garter belts don't go under all my dresses. I've found an awesome store for buying chains, but I really need a dummy so I don't have to keep putting the things on and adjusting them. Apparently they are expensive and I want one that you can alter to your own measurements, or whoever's measurements....

I'll post pictures when I get the camera back from Dad.

Have a grand day folks! xo

Lust.

The search for these has begun.

Arielle de Pinto

Arielle de Pinto. No, seriously. So cool it hurts my eyes. How about the crochet face mask?! For all those days when you want to act the gangster. Or is that just me?

Judith Leiber Clutches.

A serious cull of the kit would have to be done prior to stepping out with one of these little beauties but I believe it would be worth leaving home with just a lippy, keys and phone if it meant having one of these on your person.