14 posts tagged “vox hunt”
Show us the person you'd most like to switch bodies and lives with for one freaky Friday.
Ok, she's dead, but the gorgeous Audrey Hepburn would be my choice. She was beautiful and elegant and, as this set of pics shows, she aged gracefully.
Show us your favorite tool.
Submitted by Maraschino.
Rotring doesn't make the 600 series anymore. In fact Rotring (as a top quality German maker of pens) doesn't really exist anymore. I love the heft of the brass case, the hexagonal cross-section and the knurled grip – it reminds me of my father's workshop and learning how to work with wood and tools as a kid. And they're great to write with too!
Show us your favorite pair of shoes.
It's a no-brainer – these are perfect, gorgeous shoes!
"Cupid" by Audley.
"Cupid" by Audley.
Show us a sign.
The briefest kind of breakfast briefing you can find – just begin omitting those time-consuming consonants.
Show us your favorite t-shirt.
This t-shirt has an essential accessory: irony. But I mainly love it because it's such a great t-shirt (quality, fabric, workmanship). Get this and other wonderfully cool or iconic designs at the Remo General Store.
Show us what makes you happy.
Submitted by L33tchica.
A lot of things make me happy: books, words, an aesthetically pleasing writing hand, theatre...
This is one of Prospero's lines from The Tempest.
This is one of Prospero's lines from The Tempest.
Show us something you wish you had made.
I saw this gorgeous yellow and black wool mantle at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. It's by a French designer, Paul Poiret (1879–1944). I bought a postcard, thinking that one day I might try to copy its deconstructed kimono styling. But I never did. Or at least I haven't yet! More detail about the mantle can be found on the V&A website at this link. And the Metropolitan Museum of Art offers more background about Poiret here and here. (The Met has included some fascinating video animations showing how Poiret manipulated linear fabric into incredible draped and spiralled designs on the mannequins themselves, eschewing the traditional method of shaping garments from cut pattern pieces.)
Issey Miyake springs to mind as a contemporary manifestation of the technique. And in fact there is an Issey Miyake for Vogue jacket (the one on the left) that I've also yet to make that is in much the same spirit!
Issey Miyake springs to mind as a contemporary manifestation of the technique. And in fact there is an Issey Miyake for Vogue jacket (the one on the left) that I've also yet to make that is in much the same spirit!
Show us a musical genius.
Geoffrey Lancaster: Australian pianist, fortepianist, scholar, conductor, teacher, and all-round musical genius.
Video: Show us a video that makes you want to dance.
Fred, Ginger, Cole Porter - what more could you ask for?
