The weather is totally miserable here at the moment which means I'm naturally drawn to checking out the weather and styles overseas, planning looks and outfits for the bright, blossoming summer instead of this bleak Brisbane winter. Blooming Leopold's Spring Summer collection is particularly tickling my fancy, with the warm colours and the rather spectacular… Continue reading Blooming Leopold SS2013
Month: July 2013
Sunday Short: The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night. Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it… Continue reading Sunday Short: The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
Friday Finds
http://youtube.googleapis.com/v/kS4V7PTEdG0&source=uds The trailer for Catching Fire has been released! All together now, let's Kermit flail. - The New Yorker has an excellent post on book covers which is worth a read. Kill Your Darlings also has a good one on discovering YA fiction. - So FilmInk, Australia's premier film magazine, had a pretty massive twitter… Continue reading Friday Finds
As Told by Ginger, Appendicitis and the Nature of Memory
If you celebrated your prime pre-early teen awkward years back in the early noughties like yours truly, you might have run across a show called As Told By Ginger. The series focused on Ginger Foutley, the eldest child of a single mother, who tries to come of age in an American middle school. It was… Continue reading As Told by Ginger, Appendicitis and the Nature of Memory
Sunday Short: Bluebeard by Angela Slatter
She hasn’t tried to sell me to some man with a taste for young flesh. Some women sell their daughters’ virginity for a fortune; the worst of them have the girls sewn up and sold again and again until some man gets wise to the scar tissue. The very, very worst sell their children’s lives… Continue reading Sunday Short: Bluebeard by Angela Slatter
Friday Finds
- Kate Belle has written a really interesting post on the erotic fiction boom over on The Reading Room blog. She particularly talks about the differences in sex scenes written by men and women. - Chuck Wendig's back this week with 25 Things to Know About Your Story's Stakes. Awesome advice. - Meg Cowell's collection… Continue reading Friday Finds
Your Mid-Week Art Break: Sam Wolfe Connelly
Sam Wolfe Connelly's work often times look straight out of some dark, Hitcockian fantasies. It totally works though, and his detailed illustrations often places you in the heart of a tense, voyeuristic narrative. The illustration above, while simple, is pretty sublime. Depending on where you work, a lot of his stuff is NSFW, so that's… Continue reading Your Mid-Week Art Break: Sam Wolfe Connelly
Sunday Short: A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor
Alone with The Misfit, the grandmother found that she had lost her voice. There was not a cloud in the sky nor any sun. There was nothing around her but woods. She wanted to tell him that he must pray. She opened and closed her mouth several times before anything came out. Finally she found… Continue reading Sunday Short: A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor
Your Mid-Week Art Break: Sam Ballardini
Warrior girls with cats are two things that are totally up my alley, so reccing the gorgeous, often-moving artwork of Sam Ballardini was a no brainer. As darkly themed as it is coloured, Ballardini's work is dystopian and surreal. It's pretty special stuff. Check it out over on tumblr.
Robber SS2013 Lookbook
How awesome is the new Spring/Summer lookbook from Robber? Themed around the idea of best friends, the shoot grabbed a bunch of real life BFF's to compliment their collection. I'm really feeling it. You can view the whole shoot on the Robber website.
Sophie Overett 