Morning Passages

babes in bralets

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:34:44 +0000

Bralets via Topshop

impossible project: new generation-cool shade-instant film

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:01:44 +0000

For more instant photo love visit: The Impossible Project

(All photos via The Impossible Project website)

ines figaredo: artful handbags

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:35:05 +0000

“My bags are my best thoughts. They are small rare items, uniquely vivid handcrafted pieces. They are collector’s items that are born to inspire women. Their purpose is to be enjoyed, shared and admired for a lifetime, and then to remain, as heirlooms. Mine is not the concept of luxury that prevails nowadays. My art-bags can be worn with casual clothes, they are meant to encourage women in their desire to stand out, to be unique. They will give them the wonderful freedom to dream of being a different person living in a different time, with a different name… Luxury to me is the ability to reinvent our own private happiness.”

A literal HANDbag

Bigfoot bag

Hamlet bags

Shoe bag

Walnut bag (how cute is this?)

Candy apple on a stick!

Telephone bag

Chocolate house

Steel World

Grapes

Paper Bin bag

Suitcase bag

Lyre bag

For more information visit: Ines Figaredo

crowded teeth

admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:43:49 +0000

Crowded Teeth is a whimsical, sweet line of characters with a bold, fresh graphic influence. Created with an eye pleasing color palette and a fun sense of humor, the designs appeal to all ages!

Michelle Romo is a self-taught illustrator and designer. Her influences include Mid-Century, Japanese, and Scandinavian design and pretty much anything cute.

SUPER MINI UNIVERSE: “The plan for Super Mini Universe is to do alternating months of illustration and construction for a year to create a giant cohesive year long art project. Starting March 1st, I would draw something every day building a month long super illustration. Then in April I would build a physical, 3D version of what I drew in March using various media and techniques, including layered laser cut wood, plush, stained glass, paint, paper etc. Illustration would start again in May, picking up where March left off, and in June I would go back to construction, and so on. At that end of the year I would have one continuous, enormous illustration of the Super Mini Universe, and a huge, cohesive 3D version of it as well!”

Super Mini Universe details

Crowded Teeth pop-up shop at Leanna Lin’s Wonderland

For more information about Crowded Teeth and Michelle Romo visit:

Crowded Teeth Website

Crowded Teeth Blog

visual art by model allison harvard

admin — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:10:22 +0000

If you are familiar with Allison Harvard, you probably know her from her work as a fashion model, or perhaps better as the internet celebrity referred to as “Creepy Chan.” She was also the runner-up of the twelfth cycle of America’s Next Top Model and the runner-up of America’s Next Top Model: All-Stars (I didn’t even know that until I recently looked her up.)

I’ve been internet pals with Ms. Harvard since the early days of Myspace yore. I found her self-portraits really intense; in all their lo-fi glory, doused in macabre themes. She looks straight out of an Edward Gorey drawing; both in her face and stature.

BUT did you know that she’s also a super talented artist? (I know, right? What a bitch.) For as long as I’ve followed her captivating photos, I’ve been pleased to watch her visual art evolve: I am posting some of her work below!

Allison Harvard’s prints are available on Etsy

photoshoot: rebecca of rococo vintage

admin — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:32:15 +0000

Beautiful Rebecca Emily Darling (shop owner at Rococo Vintage) at her studio in Los Angeles. What a cherub, right?

All photos by Jessie Askinazi (moi!)

Visit Rococo Vintage

the only dress worth posting from the met costume gala

admin — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:51:38 +0000

Alexander McQueen Fall 2012

Florence Welch aka THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL

los angeles instagrams

admin — Mon, 07 May 2012 18:18:35 +0000

color correction

admin — Sun, 06 May 2012 21:05:57 +0000

Above photos via DI$COUNT

Balenciaga heels

Ralph Lauren

Photo by Mario Testino

Acne sunglasses

helena bonham carter in dark shadows

admin — Fri, 04 May 2012 00:57:33 +0000

Not particularly thrilled with the trailer for Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows, but I have to say I LOVE Helena’s look in this poster (and the photo in general). That hairstyle and eye makeup combo = boner. Wild colors!