Bonne Année!
Images from ACNE PAPER via FGR

Discovery of the day, online magazine Work For Free which features new/small artists and designers including Wonder Wonder who led me to this discovery.
work featured above by Jacqueline Kari Bos, Wonder Wonder, Paul Wagenblast, Lahaina Alcantara and Work For Free.

First winter in Paris.

Sometimes you need to check in a little more often and dig a little deeper, look at these little treasures I discovered from Stella and Lula’s sites..
Recently exploring the Stella McCartney site, I discovered Stella’s flicks, which includes inteviews, behind the scenes clips, and some short arty films made for the brand with some very beautiful imagery worth checking out here.
From flickr I found these images below on Lula’s scrapbook, a sort of blog for Lula magazine featuring images sent in from specially curated guests.


Also don’t miss this interview with Hope Sandoval. I missed her concert here in Paris while I was in LA. I heard the projections were amazing!

My friends just opened up a Wool and the Gang shop in NYC! A very cool new place to get amazing yarn and a space to hang out and learn how to knit. Check out more images by James Ryang here.

This evening event hosted by OFR only got more amazing as the night went on. For the release of photographer Ami Sioux’s new book on Paris, a book signing and performance was held at the Palais du Tokyo last night. I even spotted Diane Pernet there. Above is a very short clip of Ami’s performance. The party continued on into the night elsewhere and more amazing music was played, I’ll have to find out who they were so we’ll save that clip for later..

Some photos from Mark Borthwick at Iko Iko in LA. A very cool shop full of so many interesting pieces it’s really worth checking out, and such a great intimate space to see him perform.

Beautiful uniqueness in photographs from none other than Maryam Nassir Zadeh, of course.
Glass sculptures by Phillip Low, other objects for sale at MNZ NYC.

Mark Borthwick comes to Echo Park??! This is crazy. I can’t wait. IKO IKO is a relatively new shop in Echo Park that so far has had so many fun events it’s crazy, ikebana classes, felting workshops, art shows and more. Owner Kristin Dickson, from the line Rowena Sartin, seems to have curated quite a special place here, which I’ve been meaning to make it over to to check out but haven’t been home in one place so long. Looks great though. She was also sweet enough to send me over a little beautifully wrapped gift complete with a note handwritten on old floral wallpaper. amazing! I am really looking forward to checking out the shop and seeing this performance.
Iko Iko 1298 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles Sunday August 23rd 3pm

Some photos I’ve been gathering together of the party, taken by our incredible photographer friends Lili and James. It was such a beautiful night!
My month of preparations is over from making all these tiny paper cranes, driftwood birds, painted flags and tablecloths, silkscreened napkins, making my dress, designing invitations and custom wine labels (with a little borrowed background illustration from here that I loved too much not to use), and hanging lanterns, lights, ribbons and streamers..
More photos from James here and here.

I’m excited for this book to come out and to get to see Devendra Banhart perform. Photographer Lauren Dukoff’s new book is a collection of photos of musicians such as Devendra, Bat for Lashes, Joanna Newsom, Little Joy, Vetvier and many more.
The opening night is Saturday July 18th from 7-10p at Space 15 Twenty in LA, and Lauren Dukoff will be signing copies of her book and there will be collaborative live performances by Devendra Banhart, Adam Tullie and Greg Rogove. rsvp at familyevent@chroniclebooks.com

I just watched the Peter Beard documentary last night Peter Beard Scrapbooks: Africa and Beyond. His work, particularly his collaged journals, has always been an inspiration to me, I keep quite a few of my own. This film was a very short introductory peak into his life and his work, but still intriguing nonetheless. I loved seeing the guy who paints all the interesting animals and characters on a lot of his photographs and watching his very natural approach to doing fashion photo shoots.
Below is a clip that’s not part of the documentary but is brilliant and features some of his past subjects brought to life on film.

I know it’s long past the exhibit, but I couldn’t help but share these pictures I took while at OFR of part of the Mark Borthwick exhibit that was still left up. There were so many beautiful details to be captured.

This was so much fun, a whole 12 hours of fun actually I can’t believe I was able to even move the next day. A big thanks to Todd and all of his awesome friends and all the new friends who came out that night too. It was so crowded it was INSEINE haha. I even spotted Christian Louboutin and Pierre Hermé, and Olivier Zahm while I was there. Wish I had not had so many vodkas at the time of spotting Monsieur Louboutin so that I could have taken a photo to share.
The party afterwards at Le Baron was crazy! There was a special performance by Duotard and Todd and Mark are a pretty hillarious dj duo. I guess Bill Cunningham was right about the french loving mickey mouse, how amazing is that guys sweater! and I love the Charles Anastase dress that I spotted on the Heimstone girl, she had on the perfect outfit that night. which was also not shot so well due to the same reasons Monsieur Louboutin is not seen here.
For even more photos check out Paris Breakfasts, the Selby and the Cobrasnake’s photos.
images above from the Selby, Cobrasnake and me.

“I Am So Excited To Be Talking To You!” is a group show a friend of mine is part of. If you’re in LA go check out the opening tonight!

OPENING: FRIDAY APRIL 3rd, 6-9PM
Denizen Design Gallery
8600 Venice Blvd
Culver CIty, CA 90034

I’m very excited to be a part of the Selby shop at Colette!! I’ll be there for the opening and am selling some of my flag pins and necklaces. They are handpainted fabric and leather, get ‘em while they last!! If you’re in Paris be sure to come by and check it out!

*****UPDATE: The necklaces are available on the Colette Selby Web shop, for some reason they photographed a bit dark but they are the same colorful ones shown here and for some other reason are listed under David’s name instead of mine… Check back here for an update on my online shop coming soon!

She is always just so beautiful! Love these new photos by Lina Scheynius
Styled by the amazing Camille Bidault-Waddington

New photos from Jonathan Leder.

I can’t wait for this book to come out on Mark Borthwick! Not In Fashion is a collection of his photos, collages and writing from over the last 2 decades. In addition to the gallery exhibition/performance that will be at OFR this month, there is going to be an exhibition and book signing at the Journal in Brooklyn, Thursday March 26 from 6 – 9. I’m missing New York so much lately, wish I could be there!

Lou Doillon photographed by Mark Borthwick for Vanessa Bruno.

I’ll be away on holiday for the next 3 weeks, and will post when possible. If there’s anything you think I shouldn’t miss in London or Paris leave a comment.
image by Yelena Yemchuk

photos by Lina Scheynius

Nostalgic and new at the same time, photos by Nicholas Haggard.

Just discovered this site called Sunny Rain with beautiful images taken by a photographer in Japan named Yuki. I love the colors and the soft light.

Mark Borthwick is one of my absolute favorite photographers, his use of light leaking into his photos is incredible – I wish it was easier to find more of his work online. Many of Vanessa Bruno’s beautiful ads have been shot by him and he has been featured in Purple’s last couple issues.
Aside from being a photographer, he is married to the incredible Maria Cornejo (what an amazing couple!) and is an artist who experiments with experiences that reach beyond just one field, from film maker, to chef, to experience maker.. if there was a photo/audio book documenting one of his incredible dinner party experiences, which sound amazing, I would buy it in a heartbeat. See and read more about his work here.

I discovered Abelardo Morell’s work years ago when I came across an Alice In Wonderland book that he did the photographic illustrations for. The bottom image which is not part of this exhibition, but is for an Art for Obama auction, reminds me of how the book itself was photographed within the Alice In Wonderland book, and relates back to this idea of an image inhabiting an another image’s space. Projecting onto spaces has been something I’ve found fascinating ever since I saw this White Stripes video by Michel Gondry. The idea of changing a tiny room by giving it an entirely new atmosphere through projecting is something for New Yorkers with tiny apartments to think about, a new way to transport yourself from your dark apartment with a view of nothing but an ugly building’s wall, to being able to feel as though you are anywhere in the world and beyond. Abelardo Morell’s show is on view till December 6th at Bonni Benrubi Gallery in New York.
via The Moment

I love these portraits of Lou Doillon by photographer Martina Hoogland Ivanow, in what I imagine must be Lou’s home as it looks like a magical bohemian treasure trove of interesting and uniquely beautiful things. I really love the dark but romantic approach to most of the photos I have seen by this Swedish-born photographer.

I have been meaning to post these for a while. I really love that ribbon headband. Photos by Marcio Simnch

These apc images really capture that feeling of appreciation you have for summer as it ends and fall returns.

polaroids + photographs by New York based photographer Jonathan Leder