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where can i get myself a pair of these glasses?

rose colored glasses

For the past three months I've been working on keeping a hefty inspiration file on my desktop. Every time I see something really beautiful or inspiring as I'm blogging around, I save it to this file. The first month I had about fifty images in the file. This month is only half way over and I have almost two hundred. As it grows and grows I'm finding myself really interested in revisiting these files and searching for links in how my tastes may change or how my style is shifting. It's also been really helpful in terms of trying to define project ideas or just avenues that I'd like to pursue more in depth.

Overall I've found some really amazing images and discovered some really unique new artists. Each time I find something exciting I'll call Brendan over to share some of these treasures with him. Every time he tells me that I should be sharing these finds with more people and that they would be great posts for this blog. I'd thought about doing this a few times while I've been collecting and always brushed it off, thinking that I'd just be ripping off other blogs that had posted some of these images before me, and worrying about giving them proper credit.

*rosie hardy

*illustrated in full color throughout

The more I thought about this, though, I started to realize that the whole blogging, sharing thing is about just that. Posting and maybe re-posting so that the end result would be the maximum number of people being exposed to an idea or image. I'm just so conflicted about posting something that's been posted already a million times over - and also hyper-paranoid about doing something purely original and true to me...

*sofia coppola (virgin suicides)

*photo by matt erwin

Well. This time I gave in a little and decided to show a few. I guess in the end (even if some of these are shown over and over and over) the combination of these things is assembled by me. Which maybe is OK? I dunno. But here it is anyway...

*ban-do corsage

**all of these are found images published by other artists, collected by me for inspiration. by no means do i claim these as my own.

via english muse

tulip fields

Photo via Lolita.

WTF

Ok. So if you've ever picked up a fashion magazine I'm SURE there have been occasions when you've said to yourself, "What the fuck?". I'm talking about those ads that seem so absurd, sexualized, ugly, trite, and totally contrived.

There are these moments I have when I find an ad or a presentation of a collection so ridiculously asinine that I usually have to grab the closest person, thrust the open page into their face, and shriek, "CAN YOU EVEN BELIEVE THIS?!". Just for the sake of having a witness. Well, to keep the frightening of innocents to a minimum I thought I would post some of these pages here instead.

Be prepared for a good laugh. I thought I'd kick things off with my most recent find... I contemplated saving it for the Holidays when it would be most festive, but I just couldn't wait. Its that good.

Honestly? What were they thinking?


This one is from the March issue of Vogue. It features this fine Sir on the left (you know, the one grabbing his phantom breast) who is known for his famous wigs. This one is supposed to remind you of clouds... (Uh, hi. Santa called. He wants his toupee back.)

Dear Frustration,

Love,
Amanda

j'adore sofia

GASP! I love this. Her color palette is the dreamiest. Each image sparkles and feels so indulgent just to observe. Sofia has the most poetic way of bringing a hint of France into everything that she touches.