An animal is not a plant

Over the last few weeks, I have eaten delicious, locally sourced food - amazing enough for me to blog about. Venison & goose, shot and killed in the woodlands within a few kilometres of home in countryside UK & octopus tentacles in Spain, fresh from the local ocean. The photos below are slightly morbid, and whilst looking through 'meat' images I was a bit horrified by images which flashed up of mass hunting, killing, fishing in commercial settings. Commercial fishing of the oceans for certain fish, will also catch dolphins and other species who will end up discarded and killed for no reason. Slaughter houses are a production line of routine stages, kill, pluck, stun, slash - however kill methods are designed to not stress the animals as this taints the meat, yet the clinical ease of the kill and mass method are ghastly. In conclusion, we should be greatful for the meat we eat & the animals who are sacrificed for our lifebeing (and our enjoyment of taste). I want to try to eat local (slow), 'ethically' produced meat, free range, fed well, lived as well as possible.

Nikerty...

So..I'm a huge fan of Liberty London & Nike (yes, that's right, nike..). They've collab-ed before, but as of 1 April 2011, they have a new collection of Nikes with Liberty prints coming out..Pretty! (Although I'm not big on dunks..)

Beetle, Beetle, Beetle

Oh Lou Rota, a (wo)man after my own heart:

I love beetles & beetle imagery as well as mismatched kitchen crockery - thus I think these plates are amazing..! The artist who did them, Lou Rota, is very much into the 'natural world' and has a strong recyling ethic.  She combines both passions and transforms old discarded plates into unique, modern homewares.

Lou Rota is sold at Liberty & online at various websites..

Linkage: http://www.lourota.com/

Spring! Life! Love!

Hello Kitty x Vans

Love Vans, Love Hello Kitty. The 2 brands making sweet love and sprouting a child? I expected better...I'll probably still buy them..

Double Double Toil & Trouble...Witchy Trending..

Just like polka dots, bold colours and elaine-from-seinfeld type fashion featuring heavily  over the Fashion Week(s) at Paris, NYC & London, so was the Witchy look (of the costumey sense). Or so I noticed anyways...

Lanvin opening

Badgley Mischka

Chanel

Chloe

Lanvin

Meadham Kirchhoff

Paul & Joe

YSL

Stella McCartney

Givenchy

Givenchy

Yeah Willow 

Morticia

The Craft

Sonia Rykiel 2011 - i want to write the clothes poetry and do a little dance

I should basically dedicate my whole blog as an ode to Sonia Rykiel (& daughter Nathalie) and their clothes. French, fun, fancy, colourful, tailored and special are words that spring to mind. Le sigh!

Fall 2011 - Paris Fashion Week

Spring 2011:

For all looks, check out www.elle.com or www.soniarykiel.com

Karen Walker EYES KW♥UV

Karen Walker designs rad sunglasses - solid, unique, androgynous designs. These are pics from 2011 collections all the way back to 2006. Karen Walker pretty much sticks to the same design each year & tweeks a little.

 

www.karenwalker.com