one last amuse bouche.

one last dream item for the 2009 wishlist.. this RODARTE sweatshirt is what i would/should like to be breaking throughout this new year...

aiming for aime in O 10.

y mas rodarte schmarte...i say more because i did end up finding a couple of leftover gems from the rodarte go collection...specifically 2 of the navy lace scoopneck t shirts-1 in M, 1 in L..to layer fantastic! as well as the leopard dress, which needs to be taken in, as the last size was a 9+doesn't really fit properly..but it's got major potential!

i've found somebody better than you.

dear lovely lumix,
i'm afraid we've grown apart and i'm going to take this opportunity to thank you for all you've given me. i can't even count all the ways you've helped me grow+taught me to share. but sometimes you don't realize what your missing until you find something new...
so while you've been so good to me, i'm afraid we're just going in different directions+i just don't think we work well together anymore. i'm sorry, this may seem like it came out of left field but i had to come clean-i've been thinking about someone else. i thank you for all the fond memories+i will always have a place on my shelf for you.
besitos,
louise

dear canon G11,
i love you. i can't wait to share our lives together. i know we've just met but i think we've really got somethin here. i can't deny it. we have a lot of learn from each other+i don't expect it to be easy at first-enmeshing our lives as it were, but i have deep faith that we will soon get on the same page. i look forward to sharing my future with you.
with the utmost admiration of your sunflare capabilities,
xlouise

bottom foto by xabi--check out the star flares in the sunglasses-so best.

+thank you thank you thank you mumsa for my new baby!!

dilly dally with a christmas ditty..

spending the day finishing up my present wrapping+card making before bopping out to jersey to hang with the folks.

merry time to all you dear readers!

besos,
xlouise

p.s. see here for to see CANADA's feliz navidad short.

packed it in with a yellow caterpillar+an emerald crinoline**

my jauntsetter write up went up today--see here if you'd like to read some of my ramblings about funtimes on the road.
thanks to the dashing dorothy!!! it was a really fun interview+a super fun fotoshoot...

**one of my favorite questions was edited out...so here it is:

what's one unusual item you've brought back from a trip?
From my most recent trip? A Dead caterpillar, a crazy green crinoline (that I almost had to wear on the plane cause I couldn’t fit it in my bag, a hippy pouch of crystals, merlot colored suede fringe chaps+a wild turkey feather.

EDIT: big sur reportage is up on the jauntsetter blog.

our pockets were full of champagne+our lungs with laughter.

we had such a f-ing blast at my brother+sister-in-law's 5th annual global warming party....so much so that we almost had a forced park slope slumber party...but after a group hike in our party clothes, we managed to pay an off duty taxi a pretty penny to bring us home.
thanks to my dears for making saturday an adventure never to be forgotten.
blizzard'09, you got nothin on any of us...party shoes be damned. (okay-i did trade out my comey leopard pony hair pumps for borrowed boots but cedez+claire hoofed it in their pretty lady shoes-radical chicas indeed.)

any day now.

like the anish kapoor concave mosaic mirror piece i saw at the MET a few weeks ago, these invisible shoes by andreia chaves have endless fotographic potential....

they would fall under the muy bonks territory//but somehow i really could see myself wearing these in o'10??!!

this headache:

titty time tomo:

here are some shrinky dinks angela crafted on ladies night for tomorrows launch of tits 4 totes, cheek-ie's new calendar.

friday: 7-10pm
at FLUKE
169 wythe ave @ n. 6th
(bedford L)

a portion of the proceeds from each calendar will go to benefit the north brooklyn compost project; so by buying brooklyn babes boobs, you'd be helping the local environment!

+newest cheek-ie treasures will be on sale--some of which can be had for 20% off (for this one night only!!).

so basically it's win-win//BooBS-bOObs

three nights ago...we caught a comet out our window*

*i'm not kidding:
at 10:43pm, december 13. 2009.....
RT@besosyfotos: Holy shit. we Just saw a HUGE long-going shooting star from our couch!! #lovenatureinbrooklyn

we were watching a movie+out of my peripheral, i glimpsed movement. IT WAS A SHOOTING STAR...falling towards the city skyline.


now, i love living in the city but from time to time-i miss nature+all her splendor of green+strength...luckily for me-the rail tailed hawk has been flying around my home+the projects-back from it's summer adventures i suppose- almost daily for a few weeks..which makes my morning tea+phone conversations all the more exciting. i'm telling you all of this because i want to be clear: it's getting hella mystical up here.

see above for examples found in last weeks adventures:
an aura picture of the open ocean gals at death by audio, unicorns, dreamcatchers+shrinky dinked wolves at jill's, beverly's wild wiccan robe (i.e. electric feathers) at white lightning+rogan's shindig, jen mankin's covetable cosmo hostess dress+a technicolor dream coat at (my godmothers daughter) cameron goodyear's opening at bird, mercedez's hooded night map quest on grand st., +of course a little bathroom stall poignancy at alligator lounge to really drive the point home (that we're all in this together).

thankin' lucky stars.

tonight+tomo

it's gonna be a bitchin jew fest at circa now this eve with lovely goods from my gals samantha pleet+carlen altman...see bev's write up on VICE here..

then tomo, i will be setting up the vintage goods at the holirave sale chez sarah kuhn+dave shull.
come by for art works+jewelry+vintage+home baked goods.

see you soon here or there!
xL

esta noche

starting with white lightning+samma=two of my favorite nyc treasures+ending with my sweet gals in open ocean at death by audio.
hasta la pasta amigos.

today is sundaze holidaze:

i'm sure you're getting stated on your gift buying, right? well, here's the perfect place to start..
a bunch of nice gals+a couple of rad dudes will be joining forces this sunday to have a sale for the holidaze presented by co op 87..

as per refinery29's suggestion:

Co-op 87 Holidaze Sale

What: Brooklyn's Co-op 87 is hosting "A Sale for the Holidaze" this weekend featuring local designers and artists. Peruse goods from Rotter+Friends, Lewis, Mociun, Dirty Librarian Chains, Cheek-ie, Spokevisuals , and others—including a selection of vintage from Pamela Love, Jill bradshaw, Louise Sturges, and Alison Lewis.

When: Sunday, December 6, from noon to 5 p.m.

Where: Co-op 87, 87 Guernsey St, (between Nassau and Norman avenues); Brooklyn.

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we'll be there all day, so stop by for some radical goodies for you or yours.

besosyfotos.

xolouise

windshield wipers slapping time, i was holding bobby's hand in mine, we sang every song that driver knew....

me+bobby mcgee used to be one of my all time favorite jams (circa '94-'95).. i had a picture on my high school bedroom wall for the duration+janis, today, remains one of my top style icons..very few gals have had the guts+the matching je ne sais quoi to pull off her furry-feathered-bejangled-pattern clash heavy look, of which i am so very fond.

anyway you shake the tambourine, janis was full on. she sang hard, she drank harder, and she cloaked herself as my bohemian dream....this post is an homage to her+an amalgam of what i think she'd get down with today..(+okay also it's the start of my christmas dream list:)

leopard fur evening bag-big enough for a flask, joints, ciggies, +a harmonica. (ebay)
this samma necklace would be great alone or with layers of other jangles. (gargyle)
hot to trot.this little 3.1 phillip lim dress is perfect for casually lounging, bobby mcgee kareoke, + yet would suit up perfectly for a holiday fiesta. (la garconne)

hippy kate is always gonna make me glad.
erica weiner's silver labyrinth necklace looks like something you could have picked up at woodstock but is fetching enough to go uptown.
baroness elsa is on my winter reading list. she was one of the most important ladies in the dada movement. (it's said that she may have gifted duchamp his fountain--changing the course of art history for evermore.) seems a gal i should get familiar with.

mystical bejeweled+enamel vintage snake ring...need i say more. (ebay)
hansel of basel rock socks...i think these would be great with a buckle bootie.

far out sunflare pic (annie hoogendoorn)when i grow up...i want to have this much turquiose in my life.
i think philip lim might have been looking at some haight ashbury imagery when he designed this last year. i'm not so keen on the little tie fronts but the silvery color+kinky fur is on point. (la garconne)

lady lightning's homestyle installation.
i've been on the hunt for a middle finger ring for my right hand for awhile now+this one is perfect! it's like the chanel one i used to think i wanted as an engagement ring. (ebay)
-ahh, the pirate boots. on the wishlist again...but i think janis would've gotten helluv pumped on some vivienne westwood.
i wish both my fur hats hadn't gotten rained on+ruined.
these edie earrings are what i've been searching for ages..(bona drag)
asymetrical armed sweater dress. yes please, yigal azrouel. (bird)
can't remember where i found this image but i enjoy it immensely.
surface to air booties... would disguise muddy toes+fair well with feathers. (gargyle)
everyone should have a panther ring. non? (ebay)
cute face+skirt capelet=a door bell
here's an option for not going bra-less..some of us, hippy or not, can't pull that off. (kiki de montparnasse)
i love the unexpected blue chain on these erica weiner necklaces.
also on the winter list is the alice echols bio on janis. apprarently it is a pretty well written document of her short but full on life.

this shearling rika tanya vest is far far out of range but it sure is lush. (la garconne)

some hypnotic happy socks to add a little flare to the doldrums of winter dressing. (gargyle)
vivienne westwood mary janes. comfortable+radical-two of my favorite words make these a necessity for one day, some day.
this might very well be my top pick for a fur vest-as it is reversible+longer than the others, which means more versatile+thus wearble. so fuck you opening ceremony, your prices are a real drag.(la garconne)

anyhoo-i hope you enjoyed the round up...i'm going to go get righteous+listen to some greatest hits...
xL