"We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art." 

- Henry James

Cine-files: Separated at Birth?

Were Star Wars' Princess Leia & The Hunger Games' Katniss Everdeen separated at birth?? 

The heroines of these trilogies are smart, independent, sarcastic, rebellious survivors, thrust into scary life & death adventures.  Both have ambiguous relationships with two attractive male sidekicks - one more aggressive, and one more contemplative.  Both know their way around weapons, hang out in forests, run for their lives, and fight for freedom and revolution in strange new worlds controlled by a powerful and creepy evil overlord.  (Not to mention that serious braid fetish...)

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And the strange similarities continue...

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Spooky.

Cine-files: Separated at Birth?

Were Loki from The Avengers and Lisbeth from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo separated at birth??  
Besides the physical resemblance, they're both impatient, stronger than they look, favor a similar hair & wardrobe palette, and don't play well with others...

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photo by Claire Newman Williams

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I'm smitten: Shakuhachi

I like what I see so far from the laid back Shakuhachi lookbook for SS13...  They have a great louche luxe aesthetic, that I just want to wear.

photo via Russh

This two-tone dress (above) is my fave upcoming piece from the Australian line: nicely refined, but still edgy.  It's like a lighter version of my favorite piece from the AW11 collection, this asymmetric black dress (below):

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photo via Shakuhachi RTW

photo via Shakuhachi RTW

photo via Shakuhachi RTW

Here are two more great examples from SS12 - a sporty casual and a sexy formal.  Although nothing they make looks too formal, which is what I love about it.  I'd happily put either of these into heavy rotation.

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 But it's the SHOES I'm really smitten with...  There were sporty wedges & groovy metallics, but it's these industrial sandals (above & below) from SS13 that have me drooling the most.  Love!

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I Spy

Jenna Adams

Walking past a market on the street: is it weird that these fennel remind me of human hearts?  Not sure if that's a flashback to my university experience with the cadaver lab, or if I've just seen too many vampire movies lately?