The Model as Muse

"It's not Kate's personal style that interests me. It's her person; it's the life and the spirit" 

Marc Jacobs 

Kate Moss, Justin Timberlake and Marc Jacobs have come together for the May 2009 issue of Vanity Fair to 'inspire beauty'. The spread also coincides with the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Gala Benefit to be held on May 4th. Honorary Chair Marc Jacobs, along with co-chairs Kate Moss, Justin Timberlake and Anna Wintour spear head the event which highlights the museums exhibit: The Model as Muse. The exhibit examines the reciprocal relationship between iconic models and ideas of beauty of fashion. It runs from May 6th to August 9th 2009 and also showcases haute couture and ready to wear pieces, fashion photography, advertising and editorials and film. 

Sweet Rings

Stumbled upon this website and just about lost it for their cute 'little crafty things'. Inspired by desserts and breakfast foods, this line of miniature scented jewellery is defintley the pancake's meow. Find Leslie Dallion's other creations on her site: www.pancakemeow.com

The Ultimate Cupcake

Getting married just got a whole lot sweeter! And might I add, more expensive! This first ever diamond fantasy cupcake costs $30,000. Check out more pictures at: http://www.mervisdiamonds.com/Worlds-First-Ever-Diamond-Cupcake/

Bologna

The amount and quality of home decor stores in Bologna is astonishing. I was inspired by the creativity of the products. If you're ever in Bologna (and have a disposable income that allows for the shipment of anything your heart desires) then look out for these stores: 

- Grande Arredo (http://www.grandearredo.com)

- Sia Home Fashions (www.sia-homefashion.com)

And maybe pick up some fresh pasta while your at it in the Mercato di Mezzo. 

Kate Moss for Topshop

awake

" You live like this, sheltered, in a delicate world, and you believe you are living. Then you read a book... or you take a trip... and you discover that you are not living, that you are hibernating. The symptoms of hibernating are easily detectable: first, restlessness. The second symptom (when hibernating becomes dangerous and might degenerate into death): absence of pleasure. That is all. It appears like an innocuous illness. Monotony, boredom, death. Millions live like this (or die like this) without knowing it. They work in offices. They drive a car. They picnic with their families. They raise children. And then some shock treatment takes place, a person, a book, a song, and it awakens them and saves them from death." 

Anais Nin 

Roberto Cavalli S/S 2009

These ads are hot! 

The Invitation

By Oriah Mountain Dreamer 

It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. 

I want to know what you ache for 

and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing. 

It doesn't interest me how old you are. 

I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool 

for love 

for your dream 

for the adventure of being alive. 

It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon... 

I want to know if you have touched the centre of your own sorrow 

if you have been opened by life's betrayals 

or have become shrivelled and closed 

from fear of further pain.

I want to know if you can sit with the pain 

mine or your own 

without moving to hide it 

or fade it 

or fix it. 

I want to know if you can be with joy 

mine or your own 

if you can dance with wildness 

and let ecstasy fill  you to the tips of your fingers and toes 

without cautioning us 

to be realistic 

to remember the limitations of being human. 

It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me is true. 

I want to know if you can disappoint another 

to be true to yourself. 

If you can bear the accusation of betrayal 

and not betray your own soul. 

If you can be faithless 

and therefore trustworthy. 

I want to know if you can see Beauty 

even when it is not pretty

every day. 

And if you can source your own life 

from its presence. 

I want to know if you can live with failure 

yours and mine 

and still stand at the edge of the lake 

and shout to the silver moon, 

"Yes." 

It doesn't interest me 

to know where you live or how much money you have. 

I want to know if you can get up 

after the night of grief and despair

weary and bruised to the bone 

and do what needs to be done 

to feed the children. 

It doesn't interest me who you know 

or how you came to be here. 

I want to know if you will stand 

in the centre of the fire 

with me 

and not shrink back. 

It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom 

you have studied. 

I want to know what sustains you 

from the inside

when all else falls away. 

I want to know if you can be alone 

with yourself 

and if you truly like the company  you keep 

in the empty moments. 

Dario Fo

Dario Fo (dar-eo foh) 

-person

1. Italian satirist, playwright, theatre director, actor, composer 

2. Nobel peace prize winner 

3. Ranked one of the 100 greatest living geniuses 

"Learn how to live the time that is given to you" 

Carnival

Carnivale di Venezia 

1. Dating back to 1268, it was created with the aim of stopping the moral decline of Venetians

2. a festival of the old, new and strange

3. festival goers typically wear masks

Madonna: the epitome of cool.

modern dictionary

modern (mod-ern)

-adj. 

1. characteristic or expressive of recent times 

2. avant-garde; experimental 

3. one who lives in modern times

dictionary (dik-shuh-ner-ee) 

- noun, plural -ar -ies 

1. a book containing a selection of words of a language, usually arranged alphabetically, giving information about their meanings

2. a list of codes, terms, keys etc.