VIEW

A strong point of view.

Images from here, here, here, and here. Something more of interest here.

BUILDING BLOCK

LA-based Building Block makes really nice hand-made leather bags. Pitch-perfect website and art direction, too.

SPRING

These were on my desktop. I don't remember where they came from.

Vintage 80s Anne Klein II, from James Roland Shop.

GRAYS

Found here.

ON LINEN

I really like these by Sam Falls, also found here.

LIBRARY

from Rachel Comey

MORE

Stella McCartney (see also: Differences) is commercial but manages to be wearable and just interesting enough. The monogram pattern is pretty out there, I'd love to tuck the blouse into a black or tweed skirt. I probably wouldn't wear the skirt or blouse on the far right but would love to see the look on someone else.

MODERN

Window banners from Courtney Reagor for JF+Son.

DETAIL

SECA Award winner Ruth Laskey's work of finely detailed woven pieces are currently on display at the SFMOMA. On Thursday for the SECA reception, I also stopped by the Richard Serra retrospective happening on the (I think) 4th floor. Apparently Richard Serra has a reputation for being a hard-ass. Maybe he's just impatient?

TEXTURE

Indigo dyed fabric duplexed onto card / gold embossed business cards from Small Trade Co.

POST TITLE

Recently I happened on this Jackson Pollack exhibition catalogue at the Smithsonian Archive. Interesting how the cover looks like a title page. Mixed with the circus/kabel type treatment, altogether it's pretty great. The functional aesthetic of the title page is underestimated, I think.

LIBRARY

An image from the Bidoun Library at the Serpentine Gallery in London, from last summer. I still love the spacial and sort of trompe l'oeil effects of this arrangement.

MOTIF

Adding motif to something unusual makes the motif feel unusual. Chevron stripes on pony hair desert boots from 80/20, and on a hand-made mug from Matthew Hyleck.

STILLS

Interesting fashion editoral layouts from the movie Bill Cunningham New York. I wish I could remember what magazine they were looking at.