Goodbye, Horses

I'm switching over to Tumblr. New start, cleaner interface, blah blah blah. Peep it here.

Oh and how strange is it that I forgot how much I like horses until I posted this picture? Weird.

Gonna Buy Me A Graveyard Of My Own

I've been spending my life in front of my machines. Working my fingers to the bone, stabbing the shit out of my fingertips.

After 18 hours of labor, the Skeleton Pants were finally born. Today I'm attempting to birth their sisters, the Skeleton Blouse and Skeleton Dress. Perhaps a Skeleton Skirt will find it's way into the family eventually.

Sneaky peekies featuring ol' Helmos...

Exquisite Corpse

Just finished a rooftop shoot with Lydia Hudgens on camera, Ashley Spedale on cosmetics, and Maria Correonero on looks.

Maria looked muy caliente in everything. Total Spanish hottie. It's super weird and encouraging to see everything all together, making complete outfits that look sick. I realized I have a cohesive little collection on my hands... I mean, I should, right? This is what I'm doing, after all... Anyway, the pictures are for the webstore and will be up shortly.

Previews!!! Behind The Camera!!! Action Shots!!!

Let It Ride

This is it: a classic motorcycle jacket in black fleece with lambskin sleeves, collar and placket. Fully lined in fleece with silk lining in the sleeves.

This was an incredible project. The pattern alone took me approximately 12 hours. Jeez, I'm slow at that. The jacket took three days of sewing, just bits at a time, of course, with snacks and soundtrack changes and a little bit of The Omen IV when I was cutting and pinning.

I finished it on Monday and wore it to get my aura photographed. The reading shows great things in store for me... business luck. I'm gonna need it, because this week I'm working out new colorways and fabric options for the jacket. Such a perfect shape, it needs to be offered in multiple weights and palettes. Look for it soon in the Etsy store.

Misty Mountain

Just came back from a week in the woods. Upstate New York, so beautiful. I assisted three talented young men who are making a film. Christine played the mushroom goddess in a dream sequence, for which I made her a cream silk shift dress of the billowiest proportions. High neckline, pleats under the yoke and underarms, floor length with the bottom 20 inches in sheer nude silk chiffon. She looked ethereal. The shot was incredible. We went out chasing the mist at sunrise... Unfortunately we missed the mist, but Lucas captured the rising sun through the trees surrounding the field.

When I wasn't cooking delicious vegetarian dinners or composing magnetic refrigerator poetry with Christine, we were traipsing through the woods collecting deer skulls, admiring neon orange salamanders, visiting automotive graveyards and at night, sitting in spaceships and stumbling upon glow-in-the-dark mushrooms. I didn't want to leave and I can't wait to return.

Feeling Without Touching

I've been re-reading Anais Nin's House Of Incest. Such a beautiful story. Her writing is so descriptive that I can visualize the worlds she's created. The House Of Incest is the hidden house of the zodiac, imagined as a physical house, where a girl searches for her brother. Everything about the book is inspiring: the words, the photomontages, the ancient symbol chapter headings... It's like a dream.

Recently I saw a documentary called Legendary Sin Cities. It covers the cities of Paris, Berlin and Shanghai in the Twenties and Thirties. These three cities were known for their hedonistic culture and raging nightlife. From the prostitutes of Montmartre to the opium dens of Shanghai, it delves deep into the most romantic era in recent history. Woody Allen's new movie just barely grazed the surface of the idea that les annees folles might have been the best time to be alive.

No new music has really come to me lately, but last night I did go see Dirty Beaches perform. I've known of Alex for awhile, and my roommates are friends with him, but this was my first time seeing him play. It was excellent. Mostly new material, and he had a saxophonist and a percussionist instead of his usual solo show. He's really got that distorted dream world sound on lock.

The weather has suddenly turned to fall. With the bright sun and crisp air come my desire for solitude. This couldn't be happening at a more perfect time. I've begun class at FIT, and I have resolved to make one new garment per day. Yesterday was Day One. I took a silk chiffon dress I made about two years ago and lopped off the bottom. To the hem of the top I attached my all-time favorite material, nylon chainette fringe. Three feet long. Now, I call it a dress but some people would beg to differ. I wore it with tights and very small shorts because tights are not pants, as we should always remember... Unless one is on stage, of course. But I digress. It was a wonderful step in the direction of my new collection. Photos will come eventually, hopefully soon.

At Night - With Us

Just a lil' vid I made with Ana and Kish, featuring Alex... NBD.