Francesca Woodman

I was quite influenced by her work as a young photographer. She committed suicide tragically and died very young.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesca_Woodman

Talon Candlesticks

Continuing the avian theme...I recently found these at a flea market for $20. Aren't they great? Very Edgar Allen Poe.
For more macabre housewares:
http://www.pointclickhome.com/decorating_design/articles/creepy_chic_d_cor_0

Mothology.com

Ostrich Bracelet

I just discovered this designer, Lou Guerin www.louguerin.com
at my favorite shop on the westside, B.NY. Gregory Niebel has run the shop for 18 years and has amazing pieces, and amazing taste.

It looks like an animal on your wrist; armadillo, possum or snake. It's actually 1/2 ostrich toe, 1/2 goatskin braid, connected with a silver clasp.

I adore it.

Beautiful Faces

I love this photograph and it inspired me to look for pictures of faces I adore.

Winona Ryder

Sophie Marceau

Milla Jovovich

Ingrid Bergman

Carole Bouquet

Isabelle Adjani

Sea Urchins

I really love the visual explosion of sea urchins. Their patterns would look great on fabric. I'm seeing a skirt or a coat covered with these things...


Clearly I am not the first to find these little guys compelling...Nature is an endless source of inspiration!!!

NEW SHOES!!! BALENCIAGA GLADIATORS

I've been looking for these for a while. Leo is also a fan.



This little guy inspired my pedicure.

Kris Van Assche

I just discovered Belgian designer Kris Van Assche. I really LOVE his sensibility. Here are some highlights from Fall 2008, RTW. pix from Style.com

Photography of Matt Wilson

I am in love with the incredibly evocative and sublime photography of Brooklyn-based photographer, Matt Wilson. www.mattwilsonphotography.com

I'm not sure if he's American or British - couldn't find much at all online re: a bio - so if anyone knows, let me know. They feel British to me...something about the yellow/greens and the sensibility/sensitivity to physical place.

Just found this in The New Yorker:

MATT WILSON

An English photographer now based in New York gives himself a mid-career retrospective, titled “This Place Called Home,” in a rental space recently vacated by Moti Hasson. Wilson’s pictures from Cuba, Ukraine, the Hebrides, and parts unknown—a series of vaguely forbidding landscapes, many taken at dusk or after dark—share a grainy, moody impressionism. But no matter how stylish this look, it doesn’t feel second-hand. Even in the most mundane images—a figure in a doorway, headlights on a winding road, a slice of night sky seen through a circle cut into a ceiling—there’s a sense of intrigue, a hint of seduction, or a peculiar feeling of dread. Through March 14. (535 W. 25th St. 510-219-3890.)

I want to live in these landscapes.