To See : New Films

For a few moments last week I watched some movie trailers and added these 3 documentary style films to my see list. Have you seen any good ones lately?

1. Pina
2. Jiro Dreams of Sushi
3. This Is Not A Film 

Music Monday : Ólafur Arnald

Up for Music Monday today is something soft and soothing. Have you heard of Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnald? You may be most familiar with this cool artistic video. (They often have all kinds of creative musical stuff going on in Iceland, eh?) I was wanting some mellow tunes over the weekend and was happy to discover his compositions and am charmed by his Living Room Songs which were filmed in his Reykjavik apartment. I enjoy how he sometimes mixes in strings and electronica with his piano tunes and is experimental. If you like to let your mind unwind to soft piano chords like I do, you'll appreciate his compositions, they are amazing. Let me know what you think...

*Pick up Living Room Songs if you want.

Have a good one.

It is has been raining here nonstop all week long, V is hoping the sun will come out soon so she can wear her new shades we picked up for a couple bucks the other day. Wishing you a really wonderful weekend.

p.s. Have you seen Dominique Falla's string art? It is really exceptional. 

Little Esop

These vintage modern children's looks from Little Esop are fantastic; they look timeless with the perfect amount of mix and matching, fun stripes, and prints. After reading more about Little Esop today I was happily surprised to see that the designer Judy Posey uses organic fabrics and the line is sustainable. I am all for having high quality items that last. My girls are growing like weeds lately and this time around I am working on making better choices so the clothing can be worn down the line again on our littlest one. Little Esop (isn't that name perfect?!) just started selling online here and I just put all of these items on my girl's wish list.

Bramble Workshop

I came across the work of Jessica Pezalla of Bramble Workshop and I am in awe. It is stunning creative installation work and if you love a good window or store display like me you (think Anthropologie kind of type stuff) you will be all over it and want to see more of her work on her website here.

(Photos from Bramble Workshop)

Stylish Simplicity

As much as I like seeing lots of color and pattern on the runways (see posts here and here) and am inspired by pattern for projects, I feel most comfortable wearing blacks and neutrals. Black is pretty much my daily staple. Do you have a color in your closet that you just wear the heck out of? I sometimes want to sport hot pink or a fun floral number but it usually doesn't come off quite right on me. Club Monaco's look book spoke to me, all these looks that have me swooning.

Also according to this site they are going e-commerce on March 26. Cool.

(All photos from Fashion Gone Rogue)

Book Love: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland + Yayoi Kusama

A fabulous illustrated version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with artwork by well-known Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama came out recently from Penguin Books in the UK. It's clever to watch the above little video about the title, which seems to be so illustrative of her polka-dot inspired work. I would love to get my hands on a copy of this title and it looks like it can be preordered here.

If you happen to be in London the nine decades of Yayoi's work is showing at the Tate Modern right now! Anyone seen it?