Well, I'm off to Cannon Beach, Oregon for the long weekend! Sure, I have two essays to write, but what better way to write them then camping by the beach with a bucket-load of Palm Bay and a surfboard? Great for the attention-span. I leave you with a journey through the generations of fashion inspired by the surf-culture:


(The last one is Cynthia Crowley for Roxy...check the gorgeous line out here)

I can't believe I'm only seeing these Vanity Fair images now:


WHERE have I been??? To miss such classic glamour and moody style? I must be...mad?

I received a very good question over the weekend about what to do with a blank wall that goes as follows:

"I was wondering if you might help me with something. I have some wall space in my room that's a little boring and I'm terribly indecisive and have a habit of changing my mind so I was wondering if you could recommend any ideas. Thing is, I don't wanna ruin the paint job...I just don't like having to puncture holes in the walls seeing as I change things around quite often. I was looking online at some wall-stickers and thought that might be nice for a while. I'm honestly not doing anything fancy to my room. I just wanna' have it look not so plain. maybe put a few pictures up and stuff. Anything on my walls/accessories in my room I'd like to be Black in colour."

To solve this decorating dilemma, I decided to do a bit of research about the options for such a wall that a) won't leave any marks; 2) is simple but chic; and D) is cheap so that there is no bad feelings if it is changed out eventually. First, here's some of my favourite and most inspiring images of photo walls:

Today's fashion focus is on the newly released Canadian romance between Douglas Coupland and Roots. With quite a lot of backstory about how this came to be (including video interviews with Coupland's artistic style woven into them), the fashion line proves to be entirely based on one concept: the emergence of the electronic era in Canada in the 1950's-mixed with the silhouettes of today's 20-something wearer. Varsity jackets with Radio tower patches, sling bags with dot matrix font, leggings with circuit board prints, and of course, the test pattern that is so iconic of the era throughout:

Here's a sample of the line (mostly just the stuff I want):

Click here to see more. As much as I LOVE him, I admit I expected something a little more innovative from Coupland. Perhaps some of that 3-dimensional interactive design like a wallet that unfolds into a box, or a jacket that comes apart into 4 different pieces for 4 different looks, or something equally crazy and neat. I guess I just didn't want it to be all about the print and not about the working of the fabric. What do you think of it? Like it or no? Why? And are you a fan of his outside these designs?

...these pictures! I have no idea where they're from, but the nautical "Southern France" thing has me totally going lately, and these shots completely speak to that style. Just look at the ruffled tulle in the last one! YUM. Imagine this being your summer:

Buy me a sailboat?

P.S. If you happen to know where these pics are from, let me know so I can tag them accordingly!