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ModCloth & Miss Moss

Miss Moss — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:29:43 +0000

i did an awesome little project with Modcloth which is on their blog today. Erin from Calivintage approached me about doing a colour comparisons post for them (lucky gal works for Modcloth you see) and she came up with the best idea to put together some fantasy outfits from their inventory and pair them with paintings. not only that, but they’d actually style my choice outfits and photograph them. WHOA! was my exact reaction. then i actually saw the end result and i might have said something like, “HELLS BELLS!” (probably ruder than that actually, but i try to be a lady on this here blog.)

please go check out the post here to see the details of all the oufits & art – and much thanks goes to ModCloth!

ps: they ship to south africa… wink wink.

Busypants

Miss Moss — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 06:00:00 +0000

finally got my hands on a copy of bossypants yesterday (i had to wait for the ipad kindle edition since the actual book isn’t available in south africa yet. like most good things i anticipate it won’t be for a while.) i got home from work, made myself comfortable on the couch and didn’t move for the next 5 hours. then i got into bed and read some more. according to this fancy contraption i’m 80% through this puppy. can never seem to pace myself with something that is so good. my favourite bit (so far) would have to be where tina talks about her dad don fey. this gem specifically:

Before I was born, my mother took my brother to Greece for the whole summer to visit family. When they were finally coming back, my dad washed and waxed his Chevy convertible, put on his best sharkskin suit, and drove all the way from Philadelphia to New York International Airport to pick them up.

Their flight was due to arrive early in the morning, so Don Fey, who is never late for anything, got to the airport just before dawn. As he popped on his sweet lid and walked across the deserted parking lot toward the terminal, he saw two black gentlemen approaching from far away. He played it cool to hide his apprehension. He was in New York, after all, one of the world’s most dangerous cities if you’re from any other city, and from far away in the dark he couldn’t tell if the guys were airport employees or loiterers.

As they got closer, he noticed they were staring him down, he continued to play it cool. Don Fey had grown up in West Philly, where he lived comfortably as a Caucasian minority. Of course these guys didn’t know that. His heart was beating a little faster as they came within ten feet of each other.

The guys looked at him intently, then one turned to the other and said, “That is one boss, bold, bladed motherfucker.”

consequently i don’t have much to share today. so here’s a little interview i did with amber at her new blog (south african readers will know amber from the mr. price blog.) she gussied it up to another level, seriously.

i can also reveal a nice little colour comparisons project for J.Crew with their fall collection that is up on their blog! i’m quite amazed that so many of these big fashion companies have their official blogs on tumblr… kudos to tumblr. here are a couple of the comparisons that didn’t make the cut, see their blog for the rest.

paintings from top to bottom: Henri Rousseau – Forest Rendezvous / Axel Fridell – Interior with Napoleon / Lovis Corinth – Wilhelmina with a ball / Henri Fantin-Latour – A Large Bouquet of Roses

the house of fake

Miss Moss — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 05:58:52 +0000

maise broadhead is a jewellery designer whose first solo show the house of fake is showing at the sarah myerscough gallery in london. it is an extension of her 2009 series jewellery depicted, in which her pieces are shown in modern day recreations of historical paintings. magnificent would be the right word to use here.

as seen via it's nice that

art on the streets

Miss Moss — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:55:53 +0000

i decided to do another one of these because (a) i love them (b) other people love them and (c) do i need another reason? oh, i haven't posted any art in a while. my favourite thing. that's c.

citizen couture / edgar degas

altamira / annie french

citizen couture / cecilio pla y gallardo

stockholm street style / henri de toulouse-lautrec

sartorialist / jean-baptiste-camille corot

vanessa jackman / seymour joseph guy

stockholm street style / john singer sargent

streethearts / joaquin sorolla y bastida

mr. newton / henri martin

café mode / gustave caillebotte

NAST / odilon redon

hanneli / berthe morisot

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i like my coffee like i like my weekends, neverending

Miss Moss — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 07:35:56 +0000

it’s almost weekend, which means plenty of opportunity to spend hours at a cafe somewhere, drinking coffee (or gin or sangria) and talking crap. yes, let’s!

{click on images for sources}

jenny parsons

Miss Moss — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:46:27 +0000

i wandered into the dorp street gallery in stellenbosch (which is actually no longer in dorp street, but has moved to the corner of church & bird streets) and discovered the work of jenny parsons, an artist from cape town whose fynbos paintings are so beautiful. just love love love the colours…