Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Joana Lira



Joana Lira 's explosive color and thick line work feels like folk art refined by 21st century technology. It made me think of Oaxacan folk art (shown below.) I love how she displayed the patterns as the background on her website.


Found her via Book By Its Cover by Julia Rothman.

Monday, January 11, 2010

Alice + Olivia top

Elisabeth Hasselbeck was wearing this adorable top by Alice + Olivia on The View today. No, I don't watch The View! It's what my mother is usually watching when I come downstairs in the morning. It looked a lot cuter on Elisabeth than this model. I guess most women that are watching this show at 10 am on a Monday have the luxury to buy tops this expensive, but I clearly don't have a rich husband or a job.

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Japanese Fashion Week

I'm quickly becoming a fan of Japanese fashion shows. Here are my favorites from the Spring/Summer 2010 collections.


Fantastic layering of casual Safari with a feminine touch of lace by Hideaki Sakaguchi (The Dress and Co.).




Somarta showing us Little Bo Peep lost in a forest full of giant flowers.




The Yuma Koshino women couldn't wait until spring to wear their soft colorful attire and are a little pink in the face and windblown from the winter weather. To round out the collections we have some homeless shepherd wisemen by Writtenafterwards.
See all of the collections here.

Manly enough: Unearthen



A piece of jewelry that I know my man could appreciate. Naturally occurring crystals encased in bullet casings by Unearthen. Lovely packaging too!
Found via Paper-doll.

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Renegade Craft Fair is coming to Austin!

So, have you heard of Renegade Craft Fair? Pretty self-explanatory, it's a fantastic fair where really talented craft artists sell their goods. I just learned that it is coming to Austin! I'm going to apply, but that means I need to go into major production mode so that I can have something to show them by Feb 5th. I possibly need a fundraiser too. Oh dear.

*image from Renegade Craft Fair Flickr

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Bizarre earrings


These Free-People earrings make me think of a Thai elf.