Links and fashion

The photo above, let's focus on that first. It has such incredible touches of the gothic, of Poe--even in it's white, broad, open concave expanse. The couch is Slettvoll, I think, as is the chandelier. Look at the delicate bird, white on a black limb, all set between two sets of small, climbing antlers.

And see how the black of the chandelier makes an incredible contrast with the crystal? And yet it works within the white room, a white egg shaped space, with all the endless shape and form changes of Michelangelo's mannerist architecture, like his trompe-l'oeil Laurentian Library and the big room of the tomb of Giuliano di Lorenzo and Lorenzo di Piero of the Medici in the so-called Medici Chapel by San Lorenzo in Florence.

It's like a modernist, minimalist distillation of Mikkelsen and Hannibal's aesthetic; Bryan Fuller call me!

[These photos at HonestlyWTF include that photo, all chandeliers peeking down from the tops of pictures but the real star is the interiors, they are just incredible]

Some neat links:
- The town Taroudant in southern Morocco is beautiful, and has some beautiful homes here, modern and ancient; I love the greenery

- A great place for finding new designers is KickPleat-- I was looking at a random HonestlyWTF post and saw an incredible scarf piece from Jesse Kamm, then found it again on MissMoss from NZ, and then found Kamm's real site and collections -- I could go on forever. Kamm is amazing. It's literally killing me that most of her stuff is unique and limited edition.

You can buy some of her stuff here at SPM. Another place is MohawkGeneralStore.


- Some neat stuff, if you are in the market for a present for the self:
i. Ke Aloha Jewelry from Maui's little slice necklaces, the amethyst are so incredible [they've got loads of trendy stuff as well, but have amazing little unique things that stick out, despite the rest of the popular stuff], like a neat tiny cross

ii. A handmade black pyramid that houses some little things, in an almost sacred, secretive or protective vein [there is a clear one too]

iii. A handmade olive wood tray/bowl with a hint of zebra edge mystique