The Brit Pack x Mario Testino January 2002

From left: Stella Tennant in Stella McCartney, Cecilia Chancellor in Luella, Erin O'Connor in John Galliano, Jacquetta Wheeler in Nicole Farhi, Naomi Campbell in Julien Macdonald, Liberty Ross in Clements Ribeiro, Kate Moss in Hussein Chalayan, Elizabeth Jagger in Russell Sage and Philip Treacy, Jade Parfitt in Paul Smith, Rosemary Furguson in Markus Lupfer, Jasmine Guinness in Boyd, Lisa Ratcliffe in Sophia Kokosalaki, Karen Elson in Betty Jackson, Georgina Cooper in Antonio Berardi, Alek Wek in Belville Sassoon Lorcan Mullany, Sophie Dahl in Matthew Williamson, Vivien Solari in Robert Cary-Williams and Jodie Kidd in Vivienne Westwood.

Mario Testino X Vogue May 2013

Photography: Mario Testino @ Art Partner

Styling: Grace Coddington @ VOGUE

Model: Carey Mulligan 

Lana Del Rey "National Anthem"

Morrison the Psychic

Dreft x Leo Burnett

I'm loving this campain for Dreft by Leo Burnett that brings the idea of timeless fashion to life. I completely agree that some of the best pieces of clothing we own can be found in our past. (My personal favorites being my mother's old blazers from the 70s found in our attic). LOVE!

Song of the day: King Charles - Love Lust

Inspiration

Song of the day: Dan Black - Symphonies (feat. Kid Cudi)

Karen Walker x Number One

The new Karen Walker sunglasses in the tortoise and milky vintage brown colors available at eyegoodies. I'm loving the vintage shape and especially the side arrow - very cool! (I got my B.A. today... Graduation present, anyone?) :)

Song of the day: Lady Gaga - Alejandro (Afrojack Remix)

Alexander Wang X Linda Farrow

DOPE!

Love these sunglasses - vintage inspired oversized shadez by Linda Farrow for Alexander Wang. Coming to a store near you! ($365 for the zipperz and $325 for the copper cat eyez) - check more out HERE.

Song of the day: Silicone Project - Veridis Quo (Daft Punk Cover)

F A H A D

Fahad Asvt.

Photog extraordinaire, blogger, and debonaire.

We had so much fun at this photo shoot in Montreal - it started out as a brainstorming session to figure out what concept would work best amongst his other portraits on his new blog, Mr. Black's Diary. We figured he was going for a vintage look with an edge so when Ms. Joane suggested a murder mystery, we were all on board. However, murder mystery quickly turned into model-distracted-and-getting-ready-to-go-out, so we all went with the flow (and this is what came of it).

P.S. I still don't quite know what I love so much about the blurry color one, but it just works for me.

Song of the day: Max Cooper - Symphonica

Speaking of shadez...

Check out the Vintage Frames Company, they have some of the rarest and dopest eye wear ever. Oh, and they're based in Montreal (*wink!). I love that city.

Seriously though, the sunglasses are amazing and he has - or seems to have, anyway - every pair of awesome eye-wear imaginable, in every color.

Two snaps and a circle!

Craftacular

Sounds like something Count Chocula would say in a deep, skeevy voice over a symphony of thunder and malicious laughter.

The Bust Holiday Craftacular, however, is not an event you will find in Transylvania or any other dracula-ridden place. Craftacular is a huge room filled with tables full of crafty trinkets, clothing, postcards, vintage jewelry, beautiful jewelry, fabulous jewelry, bad-ass jewelry and so much more. (Woah, jewelry is one of those words that gets really weird when you say it too many times - it's also oddly difficult to type). The Craftacular takes place at the Metropolitan Pavillion at 125 W. 18th in NYC once a year and I am more than glad I was able to get to it this year. There were over 200 vendors selling homemade pieces and it was absolutely wonderful.

I'd like to share with you some pictures (thank you, once again, to Kevin for the phabulous photos) and people with some of the craziest talent at the show:

Joanna Petrone, of Ach Ach Liebling

Love these.

Aaron Ruff, of Digby & Iona

Not too shabby.

There's a bird in that cage.

And a particularly amazing one:

Vera Balyura, of Verameat

Amazingly comfortable two-finger rings.

SICK ring.

Also, I don't have any photos of their clothes, unfortunately, but it's definitely worth checking out Photosynthesis - lots of fun tees, totes and vintage clothing with cute hearts that are all super soft (Alternative Apparel shirts), hand-printed, making them unique even if they have the same design.

I'm sad Craftacular only happens once a year, but I'm so happy I made it- on a whim nonetheless!