A Little Hanky Panky

Len, female, xv, let me sleep, for i will reward you with sweet stories

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Ray-Ban Sunglasses

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Ray-Ban Sunglasses

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La Joie de Vivre - 1934 (The Joy of Living)

[thenameslen]

a floaty swirly soaring black and white animation to end on

[theepitomeofquiet]

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can i find this top in h&m or the budget equivalent please?

[browngurl]

[thecolorblockcurator]

Don’t Kiss Me I’m in Training, 1927, Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore

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introduce one of my colleagues to claude and marcel and their amazing war resistance

[24hoursinthelifeofawoman]

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all things black and white

[chanelbagsandcigarettedrags]

[shesnake]

Kim Tae-ri for Dazed Korea, December 2018

[thenameslen]

im in the mood for fashion. everything about this shot makes me nostalgic for berlin. i was there in spring but now i want to return!

and i love a good autumnal coat.

[thenameslen]

today im working on a fashion designer competition. and its making me think of my mum who is just considering retiring. cleaning schools is hard fucking work and she deserves a break. shes been working since she was 16 and shes approaching 70 now. she hates the idea of sitting around the house with nothing to do and i cant help but think of all the skills she has. like once at school i promised the girls that i would make us amazing costumes for a production then returned home and had a meltdown. me and my bloody big mouth. so what does mum do? she finds spare material in her box of magic tidbits and made around 10 beautiful LINED hooded capes. in her youth she used to buy vogue patterns and make herself pencil skirts and pleated trousers. ive been saying for far too long that im going to learn how to sew properly. my gorgeous inspirational friend michael has just taken the plunge and signed up to a course. i think its well overdue for me too. especially as mums gifted me her old sewing machine.

i want to imagine a retirement for my mum where shes working in the costume department of an amateur theatre in brum. just two shows a year, nothing stressful. paid enough to feel less dependent on the state pension. meeting new people and thinking on her feet when someones costume inevitably rips. when i worked in italy, we had this horrendous day on a film set once. it was 40 degrees heat during a wartime set piece that involved huge heavy russian winter costumes and horses. an officers jacket split somehow during the billionth take and the head Kostumier sewed that mofo up in less than a minute. she was like a demon on the sewing machine. i love that kind of quick thinking and absolute belief in what your hands can do.

another thing that made me think of my mama was this documentary about chanel or dior or some other french house. obviously a lot of the film focused on the new creative head designer and this 14 year old waifer thin model who had been freshly discovered for their grand launch. but you also got to see behind the scenes. the middle aged women round the back who sew every piece by hand, cut the material, interpret beautiful designs and make them reality. i could imagine my mum as one of those seamstresses. quietly getting on with it, finding workarounds for particularly difficult bits of the pattern.

sewing is going on my 2020 list. just need to lug the sewing machine from brum to brixton.

[thecolorblockcurator]

Toyin Ojih Odutola

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[aliceinwondercloset]

giambattista valli - fw18 couture

[woshibai]

“ Insomnia” by Woshibai

[thenameslen]

“You do not have to be good.

You do not have to walk on your knees

for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.

You only have to let the soft animal of your body

love what it loves.”

— mary oliver, “wild geese”

[leah-cultice]

Radhika Nair by Ina Lekiewicz for Vogue Ukraine January 2019

[thenameslen]

i dreamt of a fringed white dress and veil and gloves. i was dancing on a float at notting hill, winding to soca, so fast you couldnt see my body, just the white fringe flying through the air

[mothurs]

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Dashaun Wesley #Hands4Tenz

Dashaun wesley #Hands4TENz is a 60 second digital series with ballroom’s Legends, Statement & Stars that illustrates the art of Hand Performance. 🎵 Imperial ...