SOMEONE HAS A PROBLEM

And this someone is absolutely not me. 

There are more - these are just the 50's sunglasses.

If anyone wants to geek out with me on sunglasses - about half of these are some of the rarest you can find....and there are oh so many more in this world that I need to get my hands on. 

xx.L

ACROSS THE UNIVERSE

In 7 weeks exactly from today, I am taking a trip around the world, literally, to visit some of the best friends a girl could ever ask for - first stop - Melbourne, Australia! Second stop - London, England! Back in April after VLV, I had such a blast that one morning, I woke up with a wild hair and decided to look into tickets to visit - turns out they had some screamin' deals and before I knew it, I was punching my credit card numbers in & booked a ticket! What is most exciting is not only to be able to visit places I have never been before - like Australia! I'm the first of our San Francisco clan to be able to make it down there - or is it down under? ;) - The best part is all the lovely friends who will be joining me on each leg of the trip - funny how we work in our group, we all get jealous that one gets to visit another so we usually end up figuring out how to go along too...ha!

Aside from the friends, what do I love most? Having another excuse to build a new wardrobe to wear! I always want something new to wear & that starts with an idea for color - whats coming up this fall is a whole lot of color & a whole lot of wiggle dresses (naturally) & a whole lot of woman. Look out world! Hope you are ready for it....

WOMEN THAT STOP MEN COLD

Do you? Think about it & get back to me.
xx.L

OH SABRINA

I hope all you lovely ladies out there have a glamourous bathing routine such as Sabrina, along with beautiful things to wrap yourselves up in prior & afterward. If you don't, take a little time at the end of the day & buy yourself something gorgeous!

Whats on my wish-list from this clip? Her foundation garment, her dressing table (makes mine seem inadequate) & her bed, complete with satin sheets! Oh Santa! xx.L

KILLER HEELS

Or in other words, a pair of stiletto heels. Some ladies lovingly wear flats, some lovingly wear wedges, some lovingly wear pumps and then there are those of us (my high-heeled darlings) who wear the stiletto - and in my case, vintage stilettos. There are so many reasons for what started my love affair with the 50's/60's stiletto heel and I'm pretty sure that the affair will last a lifetime for me. There is just something so elegant about a springolator mule or a needle heel that will forever please my eye - my eye for design, for how they make me look, and mostly because of how they make me feel. Tread lightly, walk slowly & wiggle a bit. Lets just keep how many pairs (definitely not pictured here) I own....to myself, seeing as its abit out of control. One day I will fess up to how many I actually have....one day.

On a side note, the lovely people over at Collectors Weekly sent this article to me by email. Fascinating commentary & evolution of high heels! Go check it out!

DITA & COINTREAU

Gasp! BAKELITE!!!! xx.L

FETISHISM VS. FEMINISM

 

Inspirations, fabric treatments & drawings from my senior collection '08

The concept was to take shapes, fabrics & ideals of all things relating to what are distinctly "feminine"garments and why - vice versa for all things relating to what makes something fetish wear. The idea was to juxtapose the two in the visual sense as I learned when researching either side of the project, the fetish for all things "feminine" was as equal in meaning to any particular person as the fetish for all things relating to "fetish" garments. In one sense, I learned quickly that people most likely have a fetish for things they do not have themselves but lust after. Small examples would be: Men have a fetish for women in high heels because men do not wear heels, instead they have a fetish for something distinctly feminine...which is something they could (or would) never obtain themselves. In the female sense, some wear corsets because they cannot obtain an hourglass shape on their own. I could go on with examples, there are millions and more on the broader spectrum than I have even described here. I didn't want to take this collection that far, as it was a "clothing" collection, not lingerie this time around and for me the focus was on the meaning behind the clothing and creating something out of a material that would otherwise be considered taboo. 

So for me, my feminism fabric examples were generally lingerie fabrics, as this is typically a female-only department, I chose textiles such as power mesh (girdles), lace, chiffon, tulle & georgette. On the fetish side, I used latex, oil cloth & patent leather. The idea was to use the fabrics in an a-typical manner such as a corseted skirt made from power mesh, where a garment should be stiff & restricting was replaced with something pliable & soft. This continues on with the latex dresses, usually very form fitting I chose to take shapes from 30's style bias cut gowns, and recreate them in latex, some latex layered with pleated tulle. I could go on & on because this collection was close to my heart, but I will stop before a tangent. Here is how a few looks turned out:

 

xx.L

RITA

I DREAM

I dream of wearing this bathing suit this summer. I don't have a bathing suit in black satin (yet). xx.L

OH GOLLY

You all know that moment when you actually find what you've been searching high and low for?! Well, I just found it. My mission every year (frivolous as it may be) is finding my Saturday night viva dress...and I thought I found it a while ago....but boy oh boy was I WRONG! ha! Excitement is taking over. Out of control. Anticipation, yes. Photos, no. Photos after I wear it, yes! Can't wait to smash the green dress to a million bits....*insert evil smirk here*.