Well, people have been showing their Resort collections for a little while now. To be honest, I haven’t really been into any whole collection. More like little bits and pieces from a few different collections. Resort is a rather transitional season for fashion, but I was hoping that more collections would stand out.
Here are a few pieces I’ve liked so far:
I love these limited edition Mociun print pillows available in Lena Corwin’s shop! The “Aerograph” print is my favourite. I can just envision one on my sofa…
Etsy seller Maramiki sells beautiful screenprinted fabrics which you can buy by the yard, or she also sells little pillow, pincushions, etc. with her prints. They are so charming!
Seth and I were very excited this week. Seth received an update from the Hammer Museum regarding their tours of architect John Launter’s homes. This was great news! However, scrolling down the email looking at the prices of the tours, he was surprised to see that with prices starting at $55 per ticket, up to $145 per ticket, the tours are not exactly priced for the lowly student, or the architectural fan who is short on cash (perhaps from paying back all those student loans for a degree in design or architecture)… oh, and did I mention that for the $145 tours you must also be a member of the Hammer Museum already? That would be an extra $50 per person making the cost a whopping $195 for that first tour.
Anyway, it would seem that this is an attempt at a collaboration to raise money for the Lautner Foundation, which I admire, but I feel that perhaps it is a misplaced effort. If the idea was perhaps to draw “quality over quantity”, then they have succeeded. However, I think the people who most need to take these tours are people that typically would not be able to see such creations.
Even if you don’t know Lautner by name, you know his buildings. They’ve been in so many movies, most notably (in our household anyway) the Sheats-Goldstein home appearing as the residence of one Mr. Jackie Treehorn in the Big Lebowski.
I love these A.P.C canvas sandals. They are so classic and perfect for summer.
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Just wanted to wish our very talented friend Steven Serrato the best of luck. He’s interviewing in the Netherlands just been accepted to the prestigious Werkplaats School of Typography! Even though we don’t want him to leave, we wish him good luck, and a fun time! Congratulations!!!
Hey Steven… UPDATE YOUR SITE, MAN! Version 2.o has been coming for how long…?!
I received the kindest email the other day from James Gulliver Hancock, telling me how lovely my blog was- and the best part was that he didn’t even realize that I had posted his work!! He just happened to find The Looksee while blog-trolling. That was probably the nicest compliment of all. So anyway, that email served as a reminder to check out his newer works. I’m loving this piece in his shop.
So first of all, I would just like to lament the fact that last week I broke my camera! This was my very first little digital camera which Seth helped me pick out- a Panasonic DMC-FX07 with a Leica lense. A great little trouper of a camera. Sadly whilst whipping it out to take a photo I dropped it, and even though it was not too far off the ground, the impact was too much. Now I can’t zoom in and out, nor can I focus by doing a little half-press of the shutter button. So time to save up! *Sigh.
Anyway, as you may know from previous posts, Seth and I have invested in this aesthetically decent sofa from Urban Outfitters. It goes pretty well with our vintage Danish modern chair, and most of our decor. The sofa we really love is this one (if we were to buy new), but we would love to have either of these gorgeous authentic vintage ones:
So my husband and I found several vintage postcards in Ouray, Colorado while shopping around… of course none of which were actually from the place we were staying! We found several postcards for Cave of the Winds, which is in Manitou, Colorado; a booklet of postcards for the San Diego Zoo; and a beautiful Mexican postcard of the most elaborate headdresses. The one below is a hand-coloured postcard from the Cave of the Winds… which we consequently now want to visit.
