ysl at the de young

today, this drizzly san francisco day, i went to the de young museum in golden gate park with mom to view the yves saint laurent show. it was remarkable! there were clothes from all decades, my favorite being the 60s, all colors and fabrics. the last fashion retrospective i went to was vivienne westwood's, also there at the de young. being able to see art evolve is incredible, its history really, you can see what politics/religon/movements were going on when the piece was conceived blah blah blah.... ysl's collection included a few of his sketches, with swatches. there were outfits i recognized, little celebrities in their own right, with names included on the placard below of who ordered it. one of my favorites was a fitted velvet tuxedo with a frilly blouse, which was ordered by francoise hardy. the lighting was awesome, a cool blue fluorescent glow throughout. no cameras allowed inside the ysl part, so i'm including pictures of a book i bought at the museum store...

my contraband: a postcard, a coloring book of ysl's sketches, a blank notebook, and assouline's yves saint laurent

fancy friday

i've kept this photo in a folder with other images i've found on the internet, to look back on for inspiration and what not. the funny thing is that i stumbled apon it while looking for a fuller brush, from the fuller brush company. they are hands down the best hair brushes. or were rather, i dont know how they hold up in todays market. but i remember the fuller brush man coming to our door ever so often when i was little, in his pullover sweater and briefcase...
anyway back to the photo, i dont know if this was an old fuller brush advertisement but i love the dress, the jungle-like setting, the saturated colors, and the fact shes sitting next to the 'wishing palm'...

p.s.

proof the election must have been taking over the media: i had no idea kate moss cut her hair (wicked cool).

Warhol also in SF

Speaking of exhibits, I saw pole banners on the way to work for the Jewish Museum. Looks like they are going to show and exhibit called Warhol's Jews. Weird name but apparently he did a series called Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century.

This might be my fav

Check out the next Target collabo with Thakoon. The last one above is my favorite. I think he's bringing some more flavor to these ongoing projects huh. Looks like som cool Batik prints. Anywho I can't wait. Looks like its coming sometime in Dec.

yves at the de young

i know its only thursday, but i cant WAIT for the weekend. its been an anxiety-riddled week, month for that matter, so my mom and i are going to take in the yves saint laurent show at the de young! i'm so excited, i'll definitely dress up for the occasion, my sketchbook at the ready...hopefully they allow photography (no flash obviously), if not maybe i can sneak a shot or two with my phone...
my favorites are his rive guache peices, so romantic, but i can only imagine what else is awaiting me. the luxurious fabrics! the miraculous draping! it will be looooovely....

if only

if money were no object, i think i could come up with more than a few reasons for needing this bag. chloe boudior chain bag $1360....

Ms Klum

Man I must admit I didn't really like her at first. But she is so awesome. I love seeing her and her beautiful family. Sorry for the late Halloween post I just saw this.

Might I add

It's the Norma Kamali for Walmart sweater I ordered for 18 bucks plus 97 cent shipping!

what she wore

on top of wearing a relieved-shes-not-moving-to-canada grin, cheryln wore a patriotic outfit too. she looks beautiful...

Yes we can!

Last night as I watched the results of the presidential election, tears streamed down my face as I stood in aww holding our 1 year old daughter. It's a new day. So many thoughts ran through my mind. So many newscasts and coverage of the election kept saying its not about race and kept discussing how he won. For me its simple, he represents us. America and all its diversity. As a daughter of an immigrant mother and my father's mother, my grandmother, who was in America and went back to China because their was nothing to offer her only to come back. And her mother (my great-grandmother) who came to America and was held in internment camps at Angel Island just for the color of her skin. This truly means a lot to me and that my daughter will grow up knowing she can do anything she wants.

Now this is not to say I don't also back the issues Obama says he addressed such as healthcare and more importantly, to me, education and childcare. Man, I can go on and on. Yesterday was truly the most important day of my life right next to the birth of my child. I can honestly say I am proud to be American and feel a sense of pride I have never felt before.

Bush St is SF renamed Obama St

Our presidents

IMGS: poplicks

november 4th!

among other things, politics provokes art and design with intriguing results. this election in particular! so i thought i would try my hand at some political art myself. being that i voted via mail, i wanted to wear a sticker that honored the absentee...i also wore my new cloche. i grew rather fond of my pilot hat on halloween, and i came across this at urban outfitters. the new store on fillmore & chestnut is awesome, not just because its only women's, but the merchandise is displayed so nicely. and their clothing all seemed very 1920s-influenced, hence the hat...

stormy weather musings

it is raining hard, and its times like these i like to curl up with a good movie (last night it was suddenly last summer with the exquisite elizabeth taylor and katherine hepburn). i also take time to tidy my apartment, re-decorate, and work on crafty projects. on that note, my cousin sent me this article about brigid berlin on the new york social diary, who was andy warhol's best friend for decades, and has a penchant for needlework and pugs. shes quite eccentric, and surprisingly conservative, considering. AND her apartment is amazing! it made me want to swipe all my doors with bright red paint, and coat my floors with colorful print rugs. and get down with some kitch...

brigid with andy; brigid nowsnuff box collectionshe designed and needlpoint-ed the rose rug herselfchildhood portrait with sister Richie on the right

costumes

i was amelia earhart for halloween, and paul was a white trash roadie. i like to think for a motley crue reunion tour, or something tight like that. our pumpkins are still going strong...