Wednesday, November 17, 2010

my husband's holy day, when timothy johnson was born, when everything began for me . . .

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people rarely understand when i tell them 
that tim was not the man i asked for,
but rather,
the man i deserved.
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i was twenty one when we met,
and i had a list of requirements,
things i "needed" in a man,
things i thought would keep me content.
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as you can imagine, the list was not working out.
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and tim was everything i did not think i wanted.
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he is kind.
he is patient.
he is loyal.
he puts me, at times, before himself.
he is funny (ok,that was on the list)
but in a completely different way than i am.
he is right brained (BIG TIME)
whereas i am left,
yet he has the greatest sensitivity to color and space,
and the finest taste in design i have ever encountered.
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i'm drifting.
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today is his birthday,
the day he was born and somehow,
found his way out of that tiny michigan city
to chicago,
to a club called shelter,
to me.
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and he saw through the long hair and the club kid,
and drove me around that snowy city in his big gray car,
and waited for me to settle into
understanding
of what love
could be.
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larger than a list.
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longer than my imagination.
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enduring,
without reasons.
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when he was put here,
i know it wasn't just for me.
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it just feels like that.
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

LANDIS & CO at the American Music Awards . . .

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in the fun but random category,
a friend recently asked my team to do a series of "red carpet makeover" segments 
for the AMA's.
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so we called in our crew,
borrowed Church boutique on santa monica for a day,
brought in the models,
and took four girls from everyday
to pop star/r&b queen/gaga/red carpet ready.
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it was a particularly crazy,
unscripted,
off the cuff pile of glamour
crossed with how-to's,
and having just seen the first cut,
i'm really happy with it.
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the promos start running soon,
and we'll be at the red carpet on sunday,
introducing and talking during the pre-show . . .
so get ready to tune in.
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fashion, apparently, IS funny.
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jo, at work on my favorite model, me.
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there's a method to the madness.
and it's pink feathers.
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luckily,
tim showed up at the end of the day to take me back home.
in my head gear.
for my own safety.
and my ego's.
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Monday, November 15, 2010

pretty things worth posting - october/november 2010

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you know the drill,
in no particular order,
some lovely things to ponder.
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moments from the lanvin sp11 runway,
where it was less about the innovation,
more about the movement,
and the moment:
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and the SHOES.
i know the models found them painful,
i know gwyneth griped about them on the red carpet
(even though she should suck it up if she gets to wear things right from runway
weeks after.  goop, my ass . . .)
they are insanely lovely creations:
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then, a motorcycle.
this is for tim.
it is not a batman prop.
it is actually a one off vintage cycle,
found in a shed in germany.
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david gandy and doutzen krouse.
genetically gifted.
hate.
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and love.
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the interior of the dries van noten store in paris,
laquered red when he found it,
he preserved the exquisite walls and added his own touches,
as only the mix-maestro can:
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flemish/kuba/sixties pop?  oui.
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some of jo strettell's favorite looks from the spring runways,
make-up edition:
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the new, very limited edition,
marc berthier designed hermes watch in titanium.
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and an old mcqueen ad.
further proof of the master's mastery of perception:
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scary and tender,
much as i imagine the man himself.
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