Spring.

Priscilla, Nancy, blossom & blue.

Marie Curie / Cloudy friday.

I have a thing against buying books brand new. There's just something so quaint about finding a dusty little book, old and worn, knowing someone before you had appreciated it.

Was looking up Marie Antoinette, and came across Marie Curie. Very far from the Archduchess of Austria, I know, but I was drawn to the texture and colour of the covers, flicked through it and found some lovely little lines.

Saving it for a journey back home..

Spring in Fialta.

working and sewing, trips back home, London in sunshine, woodland walks, mint blazers, turquoise jewels, french tips..

Spring in Fialta - Vladimir Nabokov

a few pretty words and sentences underlined..

"picture postcards, amethyst rock + the mantelpiece dreams..

on such a day in the early thirties I found myself.

coral, slate-blue sidewalk

violaceous syllables, most rumpled of flowers.

flutters and effluvia of that gray day, vernal essence

almond trees beyond the chapel

pulse of the distant sea

lassoing, velvety, fawn, ephemeral, amity, interlacing.

thrones.

with more mouth than meaning. pale lip.

Russian fairytales, vignettes + white wilderness.

book of our two lives.

outside, milky dull. Tartar memories, drifted from the bare windows of the pale houses, bloomed listlessly, her sleeves trailing to..

an ashtray, stood aslant on the couch near one of her heels.

some parisian drama, plush wall.

remains of breakfast, honey stained knife..

sudden draft of muslin embroidered with white dahlias, french window, diminutive cast-iron balcony beyond to inhale dry maple leaves and gasoline.

Poisonous pun, veiled eyes, motionless pharoahlike face, childish celerity.

Dapper doll-like rosy Segur, a lover of art and a perfect fool."

links to images found via my Pinterest.

Aztec Inspired Shoot.

Just a couple shots from the Aztec inspired shoot I did today.

Photographed by Melissa Underhill.

Gatsby.

"In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings, the champagne and the stars"

"Every Friday five crates of oranges and lemons arrived from a fruiterer in New York - every Monday these same oranges and lemons left his back door in a pyramid of pulpless halves."

"I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life"

"He hadn't once ceased looking at Daisy"

F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

Photoshoot for the Bin Liner Boxtop.

Waste Garment Project in partnership with Co-Oproduct.

See more here.

Just a few behind the scenes shots I took of the photoshoot for the garments I made out of melted bin liners... box top with hinge fastenings and scalloped mini.

Above: Shots I took on set

Below: Shots taken by Jamie from Co-Oproduct and Wayne from Life Photographic

Palette Collage.

Coral nails, wooly jumpers, dusty pinks + powder blues, colour palette collage. 

Of late.

mohair, nude nails, lazy sundays listening to pretty music, essay writing.

New Material, New Project.

Lately I have a thing for vintage style checks and stripes and since finishing my final major project at uni, I've been eager to start creating again.

I'm currently in the midst of designing ideas for new pieces, more bralettes, more embellished kimono's, think vintage-summer, faded candy colours and beachwear. I think the fabric I picked up today, the colours and the textures really express what I have in mind for the small collection. I've already started experimenting with the fabric, and will continue to post about the creation process. I just have to remember to stay inspired and motivated.

Spring.

Passed this really beautiful house with the loveliest tree of blossom outside. Had to stop and photograph it!

The Final Major Project Research. Portbello Market.

As part of the final major project, I have, after careful consideration, decided that I am going to create lingerie garments that are reminiscent of a previous era. The concept of the project, is to create an identity within the final pieces. Ultimately, I wish to produce a set/ installation of these garments to reflect the identity of an absent person from another period in time, as well provoke a sense of nostalgia.

As part of research, I spent the day browsing and photographing the little vintage shops and stalls of Portobello road. Took some really lovely photographs that encapsulate the aesthetics and the mood of what I want to ultimately create for the final piece. Also bought some beautiful vintage lace and chiffon material that'll be used to make the lingerie pieces.