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Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement, is a great metaphor for personal style, I think. You take natural ingredients and mold them into the desired configuration with the help of scaffolding, highlighting and obscuring different elements as you go, seeking balance and harmony. The end result is a unique, purposeful silhouette, natural yet unnatural, tailored to the flowers themselves as well as the environment.
Also I find them a compelling use of space, when I like them.
If you are into women’s fashion, this site is so interesting to browse.
Different women† showcasing their favorite clothes and accessories, posing in various outfits and attitudes (usually in their homes).
I am fascinated by tiny details of the lives of others, and so am often curious to see how people arrange their living spaces, how they organize their belongings, how they display their treasures. A combination of images come together to narrate a style, and of course the items you choose to own can be telling. I like the idea of doing this myself. It would be a good exercise, just choosing the items I would want to share, and deciding for myself what some of my favorite options are.
†Mostly the kind of women who have a lot of clothes and quite nice houses, I guess not surprisingly. I like the idea of seeing a more normal subset represented, though (i.e. people who don’t own houses or designer clothes, but nonetheless have a purposeful and personal style), and don’t think I would find that any less interesting at all. I’d like to see the closets of men¥, too.
____¥ _The Closets of Men_ would be a great title, no?
*Unfortunately it is not possible to link to individual posts, they all come up as the same url.
I got the idea for this weekend inspiration series from Garance Doré’s site, the layout and content of which I really admire. It’s basically an excuse to post anything I think beautiful or interesting.
[Which I am supposed to be doing on tumblr, but I only just started it, so I keep forgetting it exists.]
Check out these upcycled necktie accents by buffalo blue designs.
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buffalo blue designs
buffalo blue designs
buffalo blue designs
buffalo blue designs
How neat? These strike me as wonderfully versatile in that way statement pieces can sometimes be. They can be as voluminous and colorful as your tie supply allows.
I am absolutely inspired to try to make one of these, and have been collecting ties.
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