stream of consciousness / gleaning of knowledge

google: 500 Days of Summer > zooey deschanel > franny & zooey > JD Salinger > Glass Family > Zachary Martin “Zooey” Glass – He is characteristically misanthropic which he attributes to Seymour and Buddy’s imposition of their college-age infatuation with Eastern mysticism on himself and Franny as children > misanthropy > *action* pulling my copies of Franny & Zooey and The Catcher In The Rye off shelf + place within easy reach for re-reading

D * s c o v e r y

Have you stumbled upon a blog which you had never seen before (or seen linked up elsewhere) which, at first sight, makes you sit up a bit straighter, lean in a little closer and scroll just a bit faster?

I was recently clicking around on a Livejournal community called In My Bag and this stunning Chloe bag (and the whole color and composition of the picture) caught my eye. Her blog is equally pretty in content and is one of those that somehow convey a certain warmth.

All pictures from Pinkdaze

I think back and try to recall what on earth I did with all my time a few years back when I was 20. The girlies these days start so young and seem to have endless creativity and resourcefulness and a very inspiring businesses booming all over the internet. Just look at these clutches from StrutMyLatte:-

Some nice things

Andrea Joseph’s illustrations are amazing – almost photo-like precision. Absolute talent and effort. I never fail to be inspired by her work.

These interiors are a little bit hotel-esque in style, but I love the clean, plush, white, white, white feel of it.

Kyurii dot com

I’m not exactly a big fan of the local online-shop scene which is largely dominated by livejournal chicas selling similar-ish stuff whilst pursuing some form of tertiary education. Kyurii is, however, an exception. Perhaps because they’re not entirely based here. I’ve been clicking back there since they started on blogspot and now expanded into a .com. I can only describe them as being evergreen. Authenticity of style definitely springs from within

All photos

Found: a new love

J a m i e W e a r s B l a c k

Some of my favouritest images from around the www

Cherry Blossom Girl’s shoes

Lily French’s cosmetics stuff

Not only is Krisatomic talented

She has the nicest stuff and receives the most enviable presents!

A Well-Cut Suit

Did you know that:-

The most important quality of a good suit is a jacket that has a full canvas layer between the fabric and lining

Cheaper suits have a lining that is fused or glued to the fabric. A more affordable option is half-canvas, where the designer only uses a layer in the more visible top portion of the jacket, but full canvas is best.

Cheaper suits have a lining that is fused or glued to the fabric. A more affordable option is half-canvas, where the designer only uses a layer in the more visible top portion of the jacket, but full canvas is best.

To test if the jacket is full-canvas, pinch the layers of fabric between the button holes. If you feel three layers it is full canvas, two layers is half canvas and one layer means the lining is fused or glued.

Also look under the collar of the jacket for a felt lining.

Bits of trivia which come through my RSS fed google reader

Inspiration is hard to come by, or are we simply being fussy about it?

Lulu and Your Mum is a blog I recently found and added to my google reader. Totally agree with this recent post, couldn’t have been more spot-on.

“I think one of the reasons I had been very depressed for the last few months was because I had been meeting very little people that excited me… about anything. In a period of 2-3 weeks I had gone out multiple times and met 0 people I liked, and 1 person that I actually quite hated. So in fact, I was accumulating negative friends. Awesome.”

She’s cool.

The je ne sais qua factor

Came across this stunning Flickr set belonging to one Lily French. This girl’s definitely got the je ne sais qua.