object of lust
Fly, Blackbird, Fly! (straight to my house)
Spotted this little pretty in Fred Aldous the other day (loving all the new Lomo stock) and The Lady is in love. This toy camera encapsulates all that a girl could need in a camera, with both adorable retro styling and the convenience of taking 35mm film. A little bit of googling later and we managed to track down the accompanying website with its rather sweet captions; like “Capture the stillness of silence. Capture the beat of heart” and “the lenses move together, like acrobats on a trapeze or a fated couple” and a rather commendable mission statement explaining how the aim was to create a camera that existed as an art object when not in use, so having both form and function – a philosophy that others could do well to keep in mind when creating the many ugly objects that litter our homes. But what we like most about it is its old-fashioned appearance combined with thoroughly modern pallette and materials, appealing to my inner Surrealist and consuming obsession with outmoded objects.
Mmmmmm…. the only problem now is picking which colour goes best with our new Summer wardrobe.
object of lust
Frog, I love you.
The Lady was happily browsing her favourite website the other day, when she accidentally happened upon an article in The Storque on the art of display. Inside was an object seen before but certainly did not know of a use for… until now. Meet the Frog – an object previously used by flower arrangers and now hi-jacked by vintage loving nest makers as desk display art for holding pens & paint-brushes. The Lady wants one. Now. Get yours off ebay or etsy.
the lost art of...
The Lost Art of Shopping at a Haberdashery
As all veteran shoppers know well, all the very best shopping surprises to be found on the High Street can be discovered in those little-known surprises; that back street boutique or the charity shops dotted here & there. But an oft forgotten fact is that there is a sadly dying-out breed of shop that frequently holds a vast treasure cave of wonders… the Haberdashers. Few & far between, haberdashers are a closely held secret once found by over-zealous shopping mavens. But as The Lady is feeling benevolent today, she may be inclined to share a few…
muse of the month
Muse of the Month – Daphne Guinness
The Lady has always had the biggest girl-crush on Daphne Guinness since spotting her in one of Vogue’s many photographs of her in their celebrity-at-play sections… Far too-cool-for school, with her platinum hair & its shock of black, fingers full of enormous silver knuckle-dusters. So, when The Lady discovered that Nancy Mitford was her great-aunt and that she grew up in an artists’ colony with Dali and the Surrealists, the crush grew to epic proportions.