CELLAR DOOR LOVES..: May 2010

Monday 31 May 2010

Barbie pic of the day 4

Barbie was 50 in march last year. I found this image on the web, I dont think they actualy make these but it would be good if they did. The girl never ages.

Sunday 30 May 2010

Shopping: www.orlakiely.com

Orla Kiely's prints are bold and bright i love the scale and the colour combinations. She does stationary, homeware, clothing and accessories. It has a 60's , 70's air about it that I adore.

shopping: www.supermarketsarah.com

My friend Kaysha told me about this website and I also read an article in the Guardian and Observer guide to vintage and antiques which Jen gave me on friday. I love the layout of the website its genious she has a wall which she displays all the items that she ids selling and you can click on each individual item which is a link to the item description. She sells vintage clothing and objects as well as clothing and art from the young and up and coming. Its all weird and wonderful, well worth a looky see.

Art: www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com

John William Waterhouse is one of my favourite artists I love the pre raphaelite movement and in my opinion he is the best. I love the romance of it and the fact that each picture tells a storey. He often painted pictures based on greek and arthurian mythology. have a look at http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/ to see more.

Music video : Nelly Furtado - Turn Off The Light

I blimin well love this video, and Nelly furtado infact. What I like about this video is the guys dancing in the crinoline skirts. Crinolines were worn by victorian women to give structure to the huge sirts that they wore. I also love the black dress with the bright red under skirt. The dancing is awesome and the colours are bright. The mud dancincing is a bit differnt too. A confession: when I was 18 I copied the plaitted hairstyle for a bit, got quite a few compliments, I cant do it now though as I wrecked my hair from dyeing it too much!!

Art: Alphonse Mucha 2ND POST

I had to put some more of Mucha's pictures up I am just mesmerized by his art. I find it difficult sometimes to explain why I like things. words escape me. There is so much detail in his art work that you can not help but be drawn to it .

Films: Angel-A

This french film is shot in black and white and why not! It makes you concentrate more on the storey. It is set in Paris and what more of a beautiful setting do you need for a romantic drama? The main character owes money to some dangerous men and can not see any way to pay it back in a desparate attempt to kill himself by jumping of a bridge, he sees this tall beauty of a woman jump before him. He jumps into save her and their journey together begins. Its a great film, not a chick flick by any standards, my other half enjoyed this too.

illustration: www.misstigri.fr

I love illustrations wethere they are fashion, graphic or any other kind for that matter. I regularly type random words into google and see what images come up. This is how I found the French site http://www.misstigri.fr/ . The images are outstanding. I love the rich use of colour and how simple the faces are in contrast to the complexity of the patterns used in the clothing and the backgrounds. There are so many imges That I liked have a look at the website!

Barbie pic of the day 3.

I love this one she looks like a coll 70s diva.

Photography : Raymond Morrison www.lucidimages.co.uk

These pictures were taken by Raymond. You can see them on his website along with other work he has done. These are pictures of homeless people. What I find amazing is that not only did he ask to take these pictues but he took time out to sit with them and talk. Some of the storeys are heartwrenching. How many times have you walked past a homeless person and pretended to ignore them? Im guilty of it but i also fell bad about it too. His pictures were used for a campaign by salisbury council to help the homeless. I think the first picture is especially powerful you can see pain in her eyes. Its so sad.