DREAMER

THOU SHALL NOT TAKE SHIT

DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS

SARAH & I ROAD TRIPPING TO AUSTIN, TX. JUNE 2011. YEE-HAR. - SW

AND MY TOMBSTONE SHALL READ

ITS OFFICIAL; I AM A SLAVE TO SHOES. I CONTINUED TO ABUSE MY CREDIT CARD TODAY. ABOVE, MY NEW CHANEL BALLET FLATS. (AND MY TOMBSTONE SHALL READ: 'SHE DIED POOR, BUT GOD-DAMN SHE HAD AN AMOUNT OF SHOES') - SW

THE LOOK OF LOVE

LOVE THIS RECENT PHOTOGRAPH OF JEN ANISTON & HER NEW BEAU JUSTIN THEROUX. SO NATURAL & HAPPY. LOVE TO LOVE. - SW

OSCAR & THE PIRATES HAT

I WANT TO WEAR BEAUTIFUL RED OSCAR DE LA RENTA & WEAR PIRATE HATS. - SW

DARE TO DO IT, BUDDY

"OH, DARE TO DO IT, BUDDY! TRUST YOUR HEART."

-J.D. SALINGER

ONE OF MY FAVOURITE MOVIES QUOTES...

TOP FIVE THINGS I MISS ABOUT LAURA. ONE; SENSE OF HUMOR. VERY DRY, BUT IT CAN ALSO BE WARM AND FORGIVING. AND SHE'S GOT ONE OF THE BEST ALL TIME LAUGHS IN THE HISTORY OF ALL TIME LAUGHS, SHE LAUGHS WITH HER ENTIRE BODY. TWO; SHE'S GOT CHARACTER. OR AT LEAST SHE HAD CHARACTER BEFORE THE IAN NIGHTMARE. SHE'S LOYAL AND HONEST, AND SHE DOESN'T EVEN TAKE IT OUT ON PEOPLE WHEN SHE'S HAVING A BAD DAY. THAT'S CHARACTER.
I MISS HER SMELL, AND THE WAY SHE TASTES. IT'S A MYSTERY OF HUMAN CHEMISTRY AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, SOME PEOPLE, AS FAR AS THEIR SENSES ARE CONCERNED, JUST FEEL LIKE HOME.
I REALLY DIG HOW SHE WALKS AROUND. IT'S LIKE SHE DOESN'T CARE HOW SHE LOOKS OR WHAT SHE PROJECTS AND IT'S NOT THAT SHE DOESN'T CARE IT'S JUST, SHE'S NOT AFFECTED I GUESS, AND THAT GIVES HER GRACE. AND FIVE; SHE DOES THIS THING IN BED WHEN SHE CAN'T GET TO SLEEP, SHE KINDA HALF MOANS AND THEN RUBS HER FEET TOGETHER AN EQUAL NUMBER OF TIMES... IT JUST KILLS ME. BELIEVE ME, I MEAN, I COULD DO A TOP FIVE THINGS ABOUT HER THAT DRIVE ME CRAZY BUT IT'S JUST YOUR GARDEN VARIETY WOMEN YOU KNOW, SCHIZO STUFF AND THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT GOT ME HERE.

--Rob, High Fidelity

A DAY WITH McQUEEN

“You’ve got to know the rules to break them. That’s what I’m here for, to demolish the rules but to keep the tradition.”

—Alexander McQueen

TODAY I SPENT THE MORNING AT THE MET AT THE ALEXANDER McQUEEN - SAVAGE BEAUTY EXHIBITION. IT ACTUALLY TOOK MY BREATH AWAY. THE MOMENT YOU ENTERED THE EXHIBITION, YOU WERE TRANSPORTED, IN TRUE McQUEEN STYLE, TO A PLACE THAT IS A DARK AS IT IS ROMANTIC & BEAUTIFUL AS IT SAD. BELOW ARE SOME IMAGES & ALSO A VIDEO TAKING YOU THROUGH THE EXHIBITION, NARRATED BY THE EXHIBITION CURATOR, ANDREW BOLTON.

THE EXHIBITION SHOWS WORKS FROM McQUEENS COLLEGE DAYS, THROUGH TO COLLABORATIONS, COUTURE, READY TO WEAR, COSTUMES LADY GAGA MADE FAMOUS, PLASMA SCREENS SHOWING THE MAGIC OF HIS THEATRICAL RUNWAY SHOWS & AN OUT OF THIS WORLD HOLOGRAM OF KATE MOSS.

THIS IS TRULY A MUST SEE FOR ANY FASHION OR ART LOVER.

A TRUE CREATIVE GENIUS. MAY HE BE IN A PLACE THAT IS AS BEAUTIFUL AS THE DREAMS HE CREATED. - SW

[ABOVE] ME AT THE MET. SKIRT (DRESS); SASS + BIDE, TOP; MADEWELL, BAG; CHANEL, SANDELS; MICHAEL KORS, BELT; VINTAGE.

[ABOVE] THE ROMANTIC MIND
[ABOVE] ROMANTIC NATIONALISM
[ABOVE[ ROMANTIC EXOTICISM
[ABOVE] ROMANTIC PRIMITIVISM
[ABOVE] ROMANTIC NATURALISM
[ABOVE] ROMANTIC GOTHIC & CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

"There's no way back for me now....I am going to take you on journeys you've never dreamed were possible"

--Alexander McQueen

*PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE MET MUSEUM

PATRICK DEMPSEY...STOP CALLING ME. OR NOT.

WHAT IS NOT TO LOVE (LUST) ABOUT PATRICK DEMPSEY. I MEAN, I REALLY HAVE NO WORDS. THE MAN IS BEYOND DIVINE. AND HE'S A DOCTOR...McDREAMY MUCH. - SW

CREATIVE FRIENDS

LATE NIGHT DINNER IN NYC TO CELEBRATE THE BIRTHDAY OF 'MY NEW YORK MENAGERIE' BLOG CREATOR & DEAR FRIEND, JANE YOUNG. IF YOU ARE NYC BOUND & WANT TO KNOW THE BEST PLACES THAT ARE NEW YORK'S BEST KEPT SECRETS (NO LONELY PLANET RECOMMENDATIONS HERE!) . BE SURE TO CHECK THIS BEAUTIFUL BLOG BEFORE JET-SETTING! - SW

DEAR NOAH..

INSPIRED BY, ERTE...

FRENCH ARTIST, ERTE'S WORK IS MESMERIZING. SO ELEGANT & FEMININE, BUT WITH A POWERFUL STANCE. I AM TRULY CAPTIVATING BY THESE BEAUTIFUL WORKS OF ART. - SW

THERE IS ONLY ONE CHANEL...

[ABOVE] LONDON LAMP POSTS

LEGEND HAS IT THAT THE SECOND DUKE OF WESTMINSTER, HUGH RICHARD ARTHUR GROSVENOR, WAS SO LOVE-STRUCK BY MADEMOISELLE 'COCO' CHANEL BACK IN THE LATE TWENTIES AFTER THEY MET AT A PARTY IN MONTE CARLO IN 1925, THAT HE ORDERED ALL THE LAMPPOSTS IN WESTMINSTER TO BE ADORNED WITH HER INITIALS, ALONGSIDE AN ORNATE W - THE DUKE'S CREST. POOR OLD HUGH WAS LEFT HEARTBROKEN WHEN, DESPITE HIS EXTRAVAGANT GESTURE, CHANEL TURNED HIS PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE DOWN SAYING: "THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL DUCHESSES OF WESTMINSTER, THERE IS ONLY ONE CHANEL". THAT TOLD HIM....... SIGH. - SW

CHANEL CUP CAKES TRES CHIC...

DISNEY TRICKED ME.

TO LIVE A CREATIVE LIFE...

WHEN I GROW UP

I WANT TO BE STEVIE NICKS. - SW

TEAL STILETTO BOOTS

YOU HAD ME AT, TEAL STILETTO BOOTS. - SW

ROAD CALLED LIFE...

“AS WE DRIVE ALONG THIS ROAD CALLED LIFE, OCCASIONALLY A GAL WILL FIND HERSELF A LITTLE LOST. AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, I GUESS SHE HAS TO LET GO OF THE COULDA, SHOULDA, WOULDA, BUCKLE UP AND JUST KEEP GOING.”

- CARRIE BRADSHAW

ME + MJ

A FRIEND WILL BAIL YOU OUT OF JAIL, BUT A TRUE FRIEND WILL BE SITTING IN THE CELL BESIDE YOU SAYING 'SHIT, WE REALLY SCREWED UP. BUT DAMN, IT WAS FUN!' - ABOVE, ME + MY PARTNER IN CRIME FOR 16 YEARS, MJY. - SW

TITANIC v LOVE BOAT

'ONE WOMAN'S TITANIC IS ANOTHER WOMAN'S LOVE BOAT'

- CARRIE BRADSHAW

SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL

IMAGES FROM LACHLAN BAILY.... THE MAN IS GENIUS.