My friend Zach’s work is always lovely.  Just stopped by his site to look for new works, and found this, which I love.

I received an email last week from Leigh at Elroy with photos of their eco-friendly line.  The full collection is constructed from only sustainable and socially responsible fabrics such as organic cotton, handwoven bamboo, hemp and tencel.

So this past weekend we went to the Salton Sea with some friends to go camping, and we paid a visit to Salvation Mountain, which is just past Niland in Slab City.  Here are a few photos of this incredibly dedicated ongoing art piece by Leonard Knight (age 77).  Regardless of your religious persuasion, this is a lovely and committed piece of folk art.  We were able to meet Leonard and hear him a song that he wrote a long time ago called “Flower-tree and You”.   Seth made a recording which you should give a listen to.  If you ever are feeling like a road trip to the California desert, you should definitely make a stop by Salvation Mountain and explore.

I love the jewelry from Dehoff’s most recent collection… and the fun, photographic florals.

So, do you think it trumps this one in the cuteness department?

“In the Animal Sweater pattern, 180 animal shaped logos are set free… the pattern suggests a new way to experience the commercial imagery.”

Also loving Karl’s work for Cheap Monday and Wknd.

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 You may remember me posting this a few weeks ago:

Here is the outcome of this collaboration, which I promised I would document and finally have!  You could say I’ve documented their documentation…

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This is something I’ve meant to document for a while.  Our extremely talented friend River Jukes-Hudson (at Way Shape Form) sent this zine to us around Christmas time.  It’s a documentation of the “accidental poetry” of 21 women on a Russian singles website who are seeking friendship/marriage with foreign men.   It was fascinating to read, and is beautifully composed.  Excellent idea River (and Renée)…

There are few people who can pull off an outfit like Tilda Swinton.  She rarely does any wrong in my book (though she gets a lot of flack from the Fug girls).  She has such an unearthly beauty that even creations like this seem perfectly suited to her.  I’ve featured the sculptural knits of Sandra Backlund before, and on Tilda they seem even more fantastical and beautiful than ever before.

(from the beautiful photos of Craig McDean in the most recent issue of Another Magazine)

So of course today I’m much more optimistic about the collections for fall.  That was after seeing Doo.ri (kind of loving the sequined lace tights), Proenza Schouler, the textures at Vivienne Tam, 3.1 Philip Lim, and a few others.  I’m including Juan Carlos Obando in my pick of looks because the man is just so sweet.  When I worked in buying, JC used to call personally to try to schedule appointments and was so nice and charming.  I wish him all the success in the world.  Same for Jeff Halmos of Shipley and Halmos (formerly of Trovata) for the same reasons… total sweetie.

1. & 2. Doo.ri  3. J. Mendel  4. Juan Carlos Obando  5. Proenza Schouler 6. Vivienne Tam  7. & 8. 3.1 Philip Lim