A-fucking-Mazing

I’m counting the days till i get out of this “cave”.

My Grandpa, me and my big bro, Troy, are all taking a one month trip to Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
I’m so happy, because I’ve always wanted to visit there..watch a soccer game, eat some brazilian food, check out the brazilian babes. All this is gonna happen in 17 days! Whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooop.

Sophie Srej @ Rio: Agatha, Coven, Lenny, Teca and Maria Bonita Extra SS12

”Não adianta desperdiçar sofrimento pra quem não merece. É como escrever poemas no papel higiênico e limpar o cu com os sentimentos mais nobres!” - Cazuza

Special post for my dearest friend Gabriel

“Ela é linda, mas só porque é mulatinha é empregada na novela”

Ildi Silva - RG magazine

(images via ffw)

i’ve always been fond of designers searching a little deeper for inspiration, realizing that they are artists themselves rather than just stylists or dressers, and when they strive to proffer up something thoughtful (rather than just a bunch of cute party dresses), i feel we’ve scored an extra point for the team, something to mull over when artist-types snub you at a soiree, insinuating that fashion is a fake art.  melk z da has long been that type of designer, and his latest s/s 2012 range, presented at fashion rio, continues on in the great tradition.  

after a collection inspired by traditional brazilian dance (s/s 2011) and another regarding regional mythology (f/w 2011), the designer has set his sites on a tree, which ffw alternately calls “hat-of-sol”, “castanhola”, and almond, and more specifically, it’s leaves, which tint as it ages.  as he explained (trans.), “It is a process of fashion with life.”  meanwhile, portais da moda claims he was inspired by the work of mexican artist frida kahlo, finding the aforementioned trees serving as the background in many of her paintings.  

the brief, 22-exit show began in tones of brilliant white, which remained the dominant shade throughout the show, but quickly expanded in palette to include watercolour-like shades of green, chartreuse, gray, blue, beige, and tomato red.  fabrics for the range were soft and summery, like organza, silk, cotton, tulle, and satin set alongside more unconventional choices such as synthetic leather and resin.  

the latter choices, interestingly enough, served as basis for some of the more avant-y parts of the show, and as portais da moda explains (loose trans.) “the (synthetic leather was the) basis for experimentation with embroidery reminiscent of the organic leaf structure.  The application of resin has produced sequins, and it created the appearance of the ‘fungus’  that was used on stones. These effects were used along with ribs - which imitated designs of leaves and trees - pleated and braided.”  

like the presentations before it, this was a show about texture, asymmetry, volume, and geometry.  a dress collection without exception (save for, perhaps, what might have been a couple of exits which questionably contained pairs of shorts), the lengths all fell to somewhere north of the knee (with numbers such as the one below featuring particularly abbreviated hemlines indeed).  and for all its voluminous nature, that, coupled with the sheer and cut-out trends of the range, produced a rather sensual effect.  

given that the show worked through ideas of trees, femininity and sexuality (okay, i’m taking that for granted, but the designer was inspired by frida kahlo), and notions of exploring the body (as described above), one can’t help but think of the biblical story of adam and eve.  at first glance, his girls appear merely artsy, nothing more, but closer inspection proves them to be something more fleshly, looking to expose, seduce…and a little diabolical, perhaps?

meanwhile, beauty looks were provided by paulo flatier, and consisted of slicked-back hair pulled into a low ponytail, the band of which was covered by the models’ own hair twisted into a fancy bow.  for the most part, the makeup was rather subtle, giving the girls a fresh-faced radiance and neutral eye paired with a bright orangey-red pout (see a close-up of opening catwalker lais ribeiro here).   

(watch the full show video here)

All That Sky

by =oO-Rein-Oo

All That Sky
Eileen Fisher 

Wouldn’t you think
the birds that fly
would lose their way
in all that sky?


A beautiful poem I found that fitted perfectly. The background is my city, Belo Horizonte (Brazil).