hairy christmas!

My christmas present came two days early when my terrific brother-in-law, Gavin, mixed up his very own cotton candy pink and slathered my canary yellow locks in it. You can visit him for your own mermaid hued hair do at his salon (owned by his pops) in Phoenix!

Visit Gavin here!

Off to eat mountains of cheese and paint ornaments!

<3 

Sophie and Eloise

Some pictures from back when beautiful Sophie was visiting.

We're off to Arizona tomorrow morning and from there onto Ottawa (a very confusing suitcase this is going to make for). I've still loads of packing, cleaning & eating to do before we head out at the happy 4am hour! Hopefully I'll have a chance to update a few times more before Christmas but just in case, a very merry christmas to all of you! I hope you all have a fantastic time with friends and family this holiday season. <3 Here's a little mix of songs that I listened to on repeat this year: in love.

Sophie Davidson

Talented and beautiful Sophie Davidson popped over to Brooklyn one Sunday afternoon and followed me around the neighbourhood (and into my friend's house where she offered helpful tips to keeping my Sim awake). I'm so inspired by this incredibly talented young woman and am especially taken with her portraits of the seemingly endless amount of pretty young men she has about her.

Follow Sophie's blog here and view her website here.

The very lucky (so jealous) winner of the Greatest Friend giveaway is rather fittingly another incredibly talented overseas photographer, Elkie Vanstiphout! Congrats Elkie!

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Hair Style 2

Mid-length Bleached Bob Hair - Pictures of Medium Hairstyles

Medium Textured one Length Bob Haircut - Pictures of Medium Hairstyles

How to get this Medium Hairstyle

This bob hairstyle shows how fine mid-length hair can be made to look thicker by blunt cutting just below ear level. This hair-style can be roller set and brushed through with a bristle brush to smooth or simply blow-dried with a round hair brush.

Taken from http://antiquedress.blogspot.com/

around brooklyn with a disposable camera

A (almost, not quite) month of running errands in our neighbourhood. My favourite is the freak snow shot from October!

All clothing pictured is vintage from the shop with the exception of the green skirt in front of Gigilo Boys which came from my pal Holly at d.RA. The red and brown wedges are both from one of my favourite shoe shops, Remix. (Their website is a bit of a disaster but man alive, their shoes cannot be beat. SO COMFORTABLE.)

Happy Weekending! I'm snuggled in drawing up flyers for some exciting shop events taking place next week (real snow, in Pasadena! Falling in front of our shop!) and listening to my favourite christmas jams. Mmmm :)

Adventures with Agnes: Central Park

"Adventures with Agnes" is a weekly feature that will be popping up around here! Agnes is a close pal of mine and a supremely talented photographer (you can see her work here). We thought it would be fun to put together our own version of a "city guide", each week documenting a different spot in the city. The first set is from our trip last week to an autumn wonderland in Central Park. It was, without a doubt, Central Park at it's most glorious. Perfect warm sunlight, bright coloured leaves and the delicious smell of sugared almonds wafting about.

Here's a little wrap up of recommendations :D

1. Bring a picnic (but save some room for Shake Shack, very important). We brought delicious sandwiches with red pepper, hummus, avocado and tofu along with those colourful vegetable chips and a thermos of hot tea to share.

2. You can watch seal feeding time without having to go into the zoo! It's pretty darn cute. There was a golden retriever also watching and that was cute too.

3. Visiting Bethesda fountain is kind of the ultimate central park experience. The angel (who was created by the first woman to ever be commissioned a public art work in New York) represents the healing powers of nature and commemorates the first fresh water brought to New York in 1842. Pretty perfect.

4. Belvedere castle was one of the first places I went to when first visiting the park because it sounds (and looks) so dreamy. It has one of the highest and nicest views of the park and the city (the name Belvedere translates to beautiful view in Italian). Make sure you take a peek inside!

5. Boat rides! Only $12 for an hour (maximum 4 people). What's more romantic then floating around recreating that scene from Howard's End where Leonard kisses Helen on the palm of her hand and it's the most outrageously sexy thing that has ever happened on film!

6. There are so many incredible spots to visit in Central Park and I could go on forever but I've entered the dangerous zone of procrastination! So I'll wrap it up with one last recommendation: Shacky Road Concrete (from Shake Shack).

Learn all about Central Park and what to do there here!

All photos by Agnes Thor.

You can see the whole adventure here!

tv party tonight

A small preview of scarves that are coming soon to the much neglected online shop.

Blouse from Fluke Vintage in Brooklyn (a truly amazing shop that is sadly relocating to Los Angeles. Get in there before it closes up mid december! I'll be by the sale rack hanging out with Vicotrian bolleros for under 30 dollars. Mind blowing.)
Bralette from The Loved One
Skirt from Beacon's Closet in Brooklyn
Kitten from a land of a million rainbows, cotton candy clouds and chocolate covered mountains.
Painting by Landon (and I helped!)
Hair by pillow.