Lady Exotica

And another post about my love to African fabrics, cut and sewn in a retro-western way.
Boxing Kitten mixes and matches African prints with 50's/60's style cuts. These pieces are just hotttt!

This is the designer behind Boxing Kitten, Maya A. Lake:
"Boxing Kitten is really about having fun with what you wear. I like things to be unexpected and I have fun with small details like metallic threads and vintage buttons. The philosophy behind the silhouettes is based around fashion of the 50’s and 60’s. When you combine those silhouettes with the fabrics that I use there is a unique result achieved. I’m also drawn to answer the question, “what is authentic,” and how that relates to being an “American.” I think the message is different for every woman that wears a piece, for some women the cuts remind them of their mother, and for others the fabric may bring them to a moment in their childhood." (more here)

Jumpology

I love jump-pictures for their immediate pure sense of joy. The one on top was made of me, at the beautiful beach of Chiclana (south of Spain).
Philippe Halsman made lots of jumping pictures, believing that the act of jumping brings out the inner essence of people. I do agree!!! Here is no hiding behind a cool or elegant pose... it needs a good dose of self-mockery (which is very attractive, I think).
You can find more springy inspiration in his "Jump Book".

Jump up and touch the sky!

Good Advice?!

Haha... there is always something to learn! Yes, keep your mouth closed, this is from times where it was important to be pretty, decent and nice, and to cater to men ;-)

Animal Shoe Fetish

Slightly scaring, but fascinating pieces of shoe-art by the German artist Iris Schieferstein.

Performance

Steven Meisel is simply the best!!! This is from Vogue Italia, September 2009.

Savoir Vivre

Slim Aarons was a celebrity photographer. He somehow caught glimpses of a glamorous light footed art de vivre of the 50's and 60's. Easy days of an endless summer...
More pictures here.
Adorable Dolores del Rio as a mermaid.

Muses - A Living Work Of Art

Miss super-funkadella-freakarella Ladyfag, and her sources of inspiration.
La Marchesa Casati: the divine, the mysterious, the decadent!


And of course Ladyfags personal style-icon: Frida! Those eyebrows!!! But also the skirts, scarves, flowers and beautiful jewelry... incomparable.