WHY I WILL ALWAYS LOVE LINDA EVANGELISTA -

and by love,

i mean irrationally worship,

to the point that were i to meet her in person, 

i am fairly certain swooning would be involved.

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i think the love started here.

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by here, it was beyond a crush.

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then, there came the full on LURVE.

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perhaps my favorite. cover. ever.

and a major reason she haunted me, as a model.

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i loved when she re-emerged in her forties,

looking like this.

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i loved when the Met chose her as the "face" of it's exhibit on models.

i loved it more when she boycotted the exhibit because they did not honor

azzedine alaia, one of her friends and early supporters.

where did a model learn about loyalty?

that was class AND beauty.

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then came this.

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tim should be worried.

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pretty things worth posting -

hello darlings.

sorry if i've seem a bit distracted recently,

missing posts,

throwing up pics without explanations,

etc.

it's been a transition time here,

i've spent my summer buried under self-inflicted projects,

all of which will be leading up to some unveils over the next few weeks.

all good, all grueling workloads, all with intended results.

in the meantime,

i've neglected feeding you the normal collections of fancies that keep us all hopeful

that the beautiful in life

trumps the ugly.

so,

in no particular order other than that summoned by my slightly wildfire addled mind,

(the fires are raging south of los angeles.  apparently the smog now makes us all slightly sick.  glee.),

pretty things

that made me happy this month:

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an hermes leather custom wrapped leica camera.

mmmm.

leathery.

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the common projects (great little label, babies) 

"naval grey" slip on shoe.

if only it were a color i adored.

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molded and drum dyed leather gloves from christian carol poell.

not christian siriano.

this man is a literal genius,

and he has no catch-phrase or shoes at payless.

there's a reason.

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yes, this tuxedo is covered with photographic imprints of a crowd at a rock concert.

no, i normally do not like pattern.

yes, i must have this.

for the next concert i go to.

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oops.

deerskin drum dyed leather jacket

by christian carol poell.

with built in gloves.

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this dreamy, dreamy, dreamy dress from the givenchy couture.

and for those of you out there saying things like:

"but where does anyone wear these things",

you are missing the point entirely.

you wear these things

ANYWHERE YOU DAMN WELL PLEASE.

because you have to desire something

in order to love it

in order to understand it

in order to enjoy it.

and look, the four stages of relationships:

desire, love, understand, enjoy.

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then you can marry it in this.

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these are just valextra purses.

in the way obama is "just" a president.

or celebrity deaths are "just" the hottest trend right now.

(too soon?  no, i don't think so.)

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matt loewen eating cake.

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a dior joiallerie ring.

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a dior couture model hanging from a balcony.

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a reminder to support the arts.

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an appreciation for the trend in taxidermy headgear.

don't ask.

just enjoy.

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smoke gets in my eyes. and that's pretty rough, not romantic -

for those of you keeping track of things,

the los angeles fires are particularly scary this year.

while most of them occur south or north of the actual city,

they nonetheless affect the whole metropolitan area.

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we woke up three days ago with crushing migraines,

feeling nauseous, listless, and moody.

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and no, it was not because we have no money for the final barney's designer clearance.

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though that didn't help.

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it's apparently because the fires are so huge,

they literally take the air quality in this city to red alert,

and you are advised to not be outside if you don't have to,

don't exercise unless you want your lungs to burn,

and to keep pets indoors.

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not that we don't already keep them inside.  on the couch.

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but this picture might help illustrate it better.

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these were taken from hollywood, of the "station fire" that is raging out of control,

around mid-day,

sunday:

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this is one of four fires around the city.

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cross your fingers.

and hold your breath.

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