Nov
22
Thanksgiving to-go, Kaiseki Style. Small portions, an emphasis on symbols. This dinner is also about packing up and taking meals to whoever you’re meeting on thanksgiving night. To be honest Thanksgiving is the last meal I look forward to making, because its kind of like a requirement. So actually this post is about …
Nov
18
Thanksgiving was about sharing abundance when food was scarce, but now that food is somewhat abundant and easily accessible (Accessible in comparison to the days where consumption was dependent on hunting and gathering) I think Thanksgiving in the present tense is more about sharing symbols. I want to create a thanksgiving meal that is less [...]
Nov
17
I don’t like to be told what to do, what about you? The two things that are forced upon us, inescapable death and taxes, is enough to deal with. The beauty of the internet is that you can choose to seek out discount merchandise on Ebay before getting fooled by another merchant. I feel the same [...]
Nov
16
Best facial products and perfumes in my opinion. I’ve had my fair share of agony when it comes to mediocre facial products. Philosophy face washes are my favorite, better than Cetaphil Philosophy Purity Made Simple Crack for your face. Not kidding. This stuff is rough on your face but if you use it 1-2 a [...]
Nov
12
Today’s post provides a little sneak peak through the process of making a Luxirare Chain jacket. It all starts with a shoe, some messing around, some drawing, some muslin fitting, and then onto the final prototype. YSL CAGE BOOTS Out of all the shoes I’ve seen through a couple of seasons now, these YSL cage [...]
Nov
07
Had to scan this in from Self-service “more than this” issue. The styling is one of my favorites.
Nov
06
Christian Lacroix on Fashion I’ve seen a ton of fashion illustrations but my favorite fashion illustrator would have to be Christian Lacroix. These drawings were done in photoshop/illustrator or some kind of digital medium. Fashion illustration by Fashion designers Next to Lacroix, another favorite would be drawings by Aitor Throup. Which one do you guys [...]
Nov
05
Scanned from my Vivienne Westwood book. I love the jacket the girl is wearing!
Nov
04
Or a medieval torture device?? Confused, but I like it! Recently went to the Saeco website to see if this is available for purchase, nowhere to be found…
Nov
02
I recently bought some fresh black truffles. I bought quite a bit because I wanted to try and make some of my own truffle oil, salt, and honey. I use so many of these truffle products that I figured I should start preserving my own truffles. I also wanted to send a gift package to [...]
