she was casually embedding herself into my heart. (visually pleasing me the whole way in a most uncommon fashion.)

no bigs (or BFD if you nasty),
just some more epic and tripped out brilliance from my dear darling gal, chrissie abbott.

(just saying...this might well be my most favorite thing to be featured in of all the fotos+videos i've collaborated on..)

leaving me to wonder...why do some of my favorite sunny special friends have to live on the other side of the atlantic??? it's majorly lametown some days more than others...like today when i'm reminded that my witchy woman collaborator is too far to collaborate with on the daily. i'd like a zipline transporter from london to nyc to lala pronto...k? k!

she birthed another gorgeous scene.

the dear and beautiful mara hoffman created yet another magical collection for fall 2011..there was a lot of dramatic draping and some completely stunning hand braided bustiers that are sure to be hits...as always, the all for the mountain jewelry was a perfect fit for the collection and i'd have to say her talented mystical mama pal, carly margolis, has created quite a number of new favorite pieces to add to my wishlist.
unsurprisingly...my absolute MUST HAVE piece are theses feather print skinny pants..sooooo completely and totally made for a gal like me...(and they're already quite aware that i'll be ordering those in no uncertain way!)

it's been a minute (or many months?) since i've posted any outfits...+since i actually remembered to shoot it this time i figured i'd share:
dad's vintage sailor shirt-phamous faux fur vest-all for the mountain mandala tassel necklace-vintage afghani earrings-risto bimbiloski lightning leggings-mara hoffman stirrup sweater leg jammers-rag+bone boots-marlow sail bag-cutler+gross sunnies

archives: from one moon mama to another, 16 years of faithful endeavoring.

gayatri.
full moon: 1996.
nicole. 1996.
+me on nicoles amazing old volvo. 1996
(in my old vintage levi's+first turquiose)
old thelma+louise shot.
in rachels impala.
2001.
my first fashion shoot with cedez.
(what got me hired at NYLON in 2001)
15..."it was fun!"
end of the year photo one report.
(+still not retiring.)
paris. 1994.
(the first foto i was proud of. )
first self portraits.
1994.
(guess i would've been a teen blogger after all)
hippie halloween.
1994.
+lastly,
just this little picture of one alexander wang (as j.Lo in a missoni onesie)
chelsea gayboy party: 2004.

i've been working on this graduate school application for awhile now. as part of the prep work, i've been looking back through+organizing the archives of the 16 years of my very documented life...
i've got LOADS more where this came from but i figured-given that i blasted this jam with words yesterday-i should probs put up some fotos to balance it out.

hope you like'em..

now back to writing/synthesizing.
xL

she is the muse to my best pop melody.

my dear darling gals at COURT are living the dream...
designing the perfect denim to cover the covetable asses of the world.

we had a meeting about me shooting their lookbook towards the end of summer+started brain storming concepts...but as so often happens scheduling got in the way and our city shoot didn't come to fruition...so as i was gearing up for our western adventures i suggested that they just give us some jeans to go and we'd see if magic could be made. i mean mercedez has been my muse for 12 years, so how could it go wrong?!

we shot from new mexico to the mojave to vegas to big sur...
+while there were plenty of awkward quick changes in the car...the experience was perfection--probably my favorite way to shoot fashion: having a blast--rainbow chasing through parking lots in vegas, smoke bomb experiments, climbing joshua trees in a head dress (not recommended actually), and countless other fortuitous friendly fashionable moments.

COURT jeans are available at COURT SHOP on mulberry...so go get your high waisters, dreamy bells, skinnies and sweetassed awesome on pronto!!

i promise you'll thank me later;)

it seems the skirt fits the fire..

bona drag is having a 2 day sale....(use VEGANDONUT at checkout)
+all i'm saying is that this TEAMO 'long witch skirt" might need to come home to me.

if there was a magic wand, i would have more hours in one day.

marilyn.
october 23.
henry miller library.


here's a screengrab of my favorite (raw scans) so far...
many much more to come.

beso.
xL

p.s. scanning hi re takes forEVER....i'm really wishing that i had a few more scanners to run at the same time....it'd be like doubling down on enlargers in the darkroom...which i used to love doing- for the efficiency.

move with the wind and take a swig.

we've returned from the grande tour ofOten (also referred to as 'out of service').
+i've got 36 rolls of film and countless polaroids to show for it...
yet shockingly or atypically rather, i shot hardly any digital (though i did take a bunch of iPhone shots for twitter +facebook of course)...

you've likely noticed, i've taken a break from my virtual sketchbook-in order to focus on my actual tangible life, grad school applications+the like. so apologies for the lack of updates but c'est la vie..i think it'll be easier to post as this weather continues it's decline into frigidity.

i begin scanning tomorrow morning so stay tuned for studio updates!