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“He Wears It” by John Woo

Catherine — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:09:45 +0000

“He Wears It” — Star Wars x Fashion illustrations by John Woo of “wooszoo”

Spring Festival at the Japanese Botanical Gardens

Catherine — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:50:43 +0000

On Saturday, my boyfriend and I visited the Japanese gardens at the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens for the annual Harumatsuri, or Spring Festival! The weather was perfect – sunny and cloudless, accented with a nice breeze! The flora was beautiful, and we had so much fun watching the martial arts and bamboo flute demonstrations!

The koi fish were MASSIVE! I’m assuming the visitors keep them well-fed.

And the giant Zen Garden:

Yann Tiersen in Concert

Catherine — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 05:26:14 +0000

On Thursday, I had the opportunity to see Yann Tiersen (of Amélie soundtrack fame) perform live in Dallas at the Granada Theater. As expected, the performance was magical. To many peoples’ disappointment, he only played two songs off of the Amélie soundtrack, but personally I enjoyed the rest of his music, having fallen in love with all of it (including but not limited to Amélie) back in high school. My sister Lulu took over 500 pictures, and while I wish I could share all of them, there is no way that doing so could replicate the experience.

The show opened up with Denton locals Sleep Whale, a two-man band specializing in ambient tracks.

Then Yann Tiersen came on:

His keyboardist/sound mixer had a star quality, though all of his supporting musicians were talented.

Yann Tiersen performed a violin solo from Amélie, during which he SHREDDED his violin bow.

If you ever get the opportunity to see him live, I would highly recommend it.

Things I Love Thursday

Catherine — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:30:50 +0000

✖ A nearly-completed semester, with possibility of all A’s ✖ Woodchuck’s apple cider ✖ Mistybliss leaving a comment on one of my photos (I blushed in real life!) ✖ Rudisill Art’s ink figure studies ✖ Gemma Correll ✖ Venture Bros. (though S4 needs more Brock) ✖ Wisteria rustic French-countryside-esque furniture ✖ The hilarity of Harry Potter quotes when changing “wand” to “willy” Facebook Group ✖ Dropsnap.JP ✖ Bold Chex Mix ✖ my $8 Target engineer boots that have saved the bottom of my jeans during rainy days this semester ✖ Preston Blair’s animation book ✖ Your Career in Animation by David B. Levy ✖ My sister’s new Miu Miu’s (yet to arrive) ✖ “Funny Bunny” by the Pillows (Anything by the Pillows for that matter) ✖ My hand-knit scarf, which keeps me fairly warm in our -2C° weather ✖ What type of Moleskinneur are you? by Coretoons ✖ Nights at the bars with pats on the back

Ancient Japanese screen paintings; Ike Taiga’s “First Visit to the Red Cliffs” featured above

The way the cold makes Momo’s ears extra-static-y, my boyfriend squishing my baby

Jours de France

Catherine — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:25:44 +0000

One of my favorite people from LA, Hana, bought me this old magazine a few years ago while she was in France. It was so thoughtful, considering Catherine Deneuve (French actress, YSL muse) is one of my top style icons! Here are some scans from it. I love the advertisements – they are so telling of how women during this era were considered to be little more than housewives! So interesting! And I love some of the fashion poses.

L’oreal Ad

Another ad, “Just as she likes it… a sweater washed with SOLILAINE”

A space helmet

What an elegant mother!

“Not a trace of grease!” (You can even wipe your clean white gloves on it!)

And my favorite editorial:

(If I had a husband who posed like this I would have to wonder..)

Grr baby!

American boots for men.

Kelly Thompson – Illustrator

Catherine — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:49:53 +0000

I love the New Zealander Kelly Thompson’s illustration. The subtle color palette, the soft modulated linework, the minimal shading, and texture of her pencils all lend to creating beautiful, feminine imagery that is not only sexy, but intelligent as well.

You can find more of her illustration and fashion photography at www.kellythompson.co.nz.