Scarf Shop

kate just tweeted a link to this shop that she helped set up and i fell in love with the photography immediately, not to mention the beautiful scarves. scarfshop scarves are hand dyed in small batches by martha mcquade, meaning colour variations make your scarf one of a kind. the colours martha chooses to use are gorgeous, i especially love the neon pink/grey scarf from the aqueus collection. i think, if i had to choose, that would be the one for me. it would be a seriously tough decision though.

the amazing photographs are by sara montour, a portrait photographer from minneapolis. i love the style, i think she's captured the scarves so well. 

all images by sara montour for scarfshop

p.s i made myself a new header last night, hope you like it- i think i do! 

A simple answer

fancy a new playlist to listen to? well here you go! there seems to have been an abundance of good music released recently, my absolute favourite of which is grizzly bear's new album, shields. it's a beauty, i highly recommend that you go and buy it as soon as you can. there's lots of other lovely stuff in this mix too, you can download it here. i hope you discover something new here that you love, if you do please go and buy the albums and support the artists. 

1. 110% - jessie ware

2. how many? - how to dress well 

3. little man - little dragon 

4. jupiters - four tet 

5. swingin' party - kindness

6. bridge or cloud? - errors

7. igoyh - kwes

8. five seconds - twin shadow

9. a simple answer - grizzly bear

10. storm - django django

11. creeping - 2:54

12. river of the damned - weird dreams 

13. there's no leaving now - the tallest man on earth 

Be Mine

i'm in love with this 'art pouch' from the new uniforma collection by the clever people over at little paper planes. it's pretty and useful, perfect!

"as an artist run business, lpp wants to offer objects we feel a kinship with, things we want to wear and use every day. these essentials make up our "uniform." uniforma's first collection is an art pouch, camera strap and wallet for the artist in all of us. 

uniforma is our everyday uniform, they are the things we wear, carry, and use. uniforma is curious, stylish, and simple. we value form paired with function, design as collaboration, and supporting small and local artists."

the watermelon pink is my favourite, i'm so predictable. the camera strap and wallet from the collection are also lovely.

images from uniforma collection

Stevie's Style

recently i've had a strange desire to float around in some kind of draped kimono/cape, totally normal way to feel, right? i think it may be thanks to the fleetwood mac documentary i watched, seeing stevie sway about in all her silky glory. has there ever been more of a babe than a young stevie nicks? i doubt it. 

1 / river island 2 / topshop 3 / athena procopiou 4 / mara hoffman 5 / asos 6 / asos

i think i need number one so i can fulfil my need to dress like some kind of dream hippie.

The Hambledon

the hambledon (stockists of paper and chain) have an awesome new website full of beautiful things, i wrote a post about it over on the p & c blog- see the full post here.

One Photograph

this photo is ridiculously cute, and those blues are lovely.

lisa mitchell photographed by cybele malinowski for yen magazine

Anteroom

michela was kind enough to send me a copy of her book a little while ago, and it's taken me longer than it should have done to write about it here. i've been a big fan of michela's dreamy photographs for years and i'm so pleased she decided to put them together in such a beautiful way.

anteroom is a collection of michela's photographs taken over ten years, between 2002 and 2012. each  is as strange and beautiful as the last, it's so thoughtfully put together. my favourites of her photos tend to be the portraits, it's very rare that she shows the face of her subject, which has the effect of being personal and yet impersonal at the same time. i always feel as if i'm looking into another world when i look at michela's photographs, and it's wonderful to be able to visit that world through a real, physical, book, rather than a computer screen. the book itself is beautifully printed on matte paper (it smells amazing!),  in an edition of 200, each one signed by the artist, and you can buy it here or here. 

michela gave an interview to dazed digital about her book, which you can see here, it's an interesting read and so great that she is being recognised for her talent.  

images by me

Holiday

i just got back from a really lovely week in france, i went with my boyfriend, my parents, my brothers and their girlfriends. we were down on the ile de ré and it was bloomin' beautiful. we had a much needed injection of sun (thanks for nothing, england) and we spent our time eating salted caramel ice cream, sunbathing, and cycling around on a tandem. the last part was especially fun! 

all photos by me (and a couple by paul!)