Jeju looks so good in spring (and so does Jess—all the way from South Africa via Japan!).
24.5.13
14.5.13
Honeymoon
Katrin's whole Honeymoon show is perfectly dreamy but I got a special thrill from seeing this film photo of mine in a new form; it started me thinking of our life in Stellenbosch. The white-washed Cape Dutch houses, absurdly gorgeous people and landscapes, endless cups of rooibos, braai pizzas, jars of flowers from our street (a habit I've carried over from Katrin), Die Antwoord, visits to markets and farms and shops and cafés, baking banana bread in our old oven, my wee bedroom and brass bed. I didn't have the first idea about South Africa before arriving but the Cape has stayed a home-like place in my mind.
I still love telling people that we met through this blog and ended up living together with Anri—to me the best proof that we can trust the internet to nurture good connections. South Africa feels a little far away right now and I miss it very much, but its warmth and beauty will be there the next time I visit.
24.4.13
Atlantic Pacific
I like seeing key pieces repeated on personal style blogs—it's a sign of a thoughtful and well-loved closet. Blair Eadie of Atlantic Pacific has a knack for mixing the same items in clever new ways (see the 'leopard' tag for more of those shoes...).
GRIMEZ
"I don’t want to have to compromise my morals in order to make a living.
i dont want my words to be taken out of context
i dont want to be infantilized because i refuse to be sexualized
i dont want to be molested at shows or on the street by people who perceive me as an object that exists for their personal satisfaction"
—from Grimes' tumblr-manifesto. I can see how these things must come up again and again for her (and others), especially as a performer—the crowd at her show in Seoul was an awful, seething mass of expats who'd drunk too much and left their manners at home.
i dont want my words to be taken out of context
i dont want to be infantilized because i refuse to be sexualized
i dont want to be molested at shows or on the street by people who perceive me as an object that exists for their personal satisfaction"
—from Grimes' tumblr-manifesto. I can see how these things must come up again and again for her (and others), especially as a performer—the crowd at her show in Seoul was an awful, seething mass of expats who'd drunk too much and left their manners at home.
