Friday, October 27, 2017

Details

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Details | Accessories inspiration | Allegory of VanityDetails | Accessories inspiration | Allegory of Vanity
Variations on a theme: making a simple outfit "sprezzy*."


*"Sprezzy" is the anglicized slang term for sprezzatura, an Italian word that means studied nonchalance.

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

St. Paul, Albrecht Durer (1514)

St. Paul (First State), 1514, Albrecht Durer | Medium: engraving | Allegory of Vanity
St. Paul (First State), 1514, Albrecht Durer
Medium: engraving


"Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends... So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love." -I Corinthians 13:4-8, 13

These very famous words on the attributes of true love which true Christians were and are to emulate, were written by St. Paul in his First Epistle to the church at Corinth.

Thursday, October 5, 2017

Saint Laurent SS18

Saint Laurent SS18, photography Lucie Rox | via Dazed Digital | Allegory of VanitySaint Laurent SS18, photography Lucie Rox | via Dazed Digital | Allegory of VanitySaint Laurent SS18, photography Lucie Rox | via Dazed Digital | Allegory of Vanity
Saint Laurent SS18
Photography by Lucie Rox
via Dazed Digital

A lot that came out of Fashion Week this season felt like an irrational fiasco... And even now, I'm still trying to understand the main aesthetic thrust of the designs, but mental images of jumping into a big black bag of random clothes just won't leave my mind (::cough:: Dior SS18 ::cough::). Anyway, these detail photos from Saint Laurent felt like a glimmer of sanity in a sea of nonsensicalities... I like the "careless-but-studied" jewelry layering here, and I love the look of a brown belt paired with all-black.

More sanity to come as I find it and grasp onto it for dear life. (Hopefully...)

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Erin Wasson's Cowrie Shell Earring

He Must Have Been About Seventeen, i-D Magazine July 2004, Erin Wasson photographed by Willy Vanderperre, styling by Olivier Rizzo | Allegory of VanityHe Must Have Been About Seventeen, i-D Magazine July 2004, Erin Wasson photographed by Willy Vanderperre, styling by Olivier Rizzo | Allegory of Vanity

"He Must Have Been About Seventeen"
i-D Magazine July 2004
Erin Wasson photographed by Willy Vanderperre
Styling by Olivier Rizzo

My next DIY project: buy a cowrie shell from Etsy, slap it on a thin silver hoop, and voilĂ . I know, right?