setting forth...

alas I missed the lovely areez katki during his brief soujourn to auckland.

he's resumed his european adventure leaving behind some tantalising

images. who would of thought such lovely images could be taken in matamata

and there is a delicious sense of the relief of homecoming,

the perpetual return of a new-zealander to the beach. see here. 

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all images by areez katki, taken from here

balthasar

 

choreography and robert bresson

and performance oh my!

working hard in german class at the moment

"ich werde kuratorin"

"parade"

anne imhof

portikus, frankfurt

july 18 - september 8

in praise of smocks

when I was at primary school in melbourne we had to wear pinafores (or pinnies)

and before the term started my mother and I would visit the neighbourhood fete

to purchase hand-sewn smocks to wear over my uniform during art class.

I still remember the excitement of choosing between the various colourful and cheerful fabrics.

believe it or not this was actually in the late eighties/ early nineties

but ever since then I guess I've been in search of some sort of simple uniform

hence my appetite for collared shirts and scratchy-warm wool.

additionally I am currently attracted to anything smock-like,

functional, simple and well-made...

this shirt no. 2 by once-auckland-now berlin (sigh!) shirtmaker sherie muijs
would be perfect... black, long and linen...

I hope she never stops making them!

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image: shirt no.2 by sherie muijs

égalité, fraternité...

et liberté.

one liberty blouse by miss crabb is finally mine.

in sensible black and altered to fit purrfectly.

now I can start to think about other wonderful colours...

lilac, nude, turquoise...

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dirty beaches, white sand

tsien-tsien yang as performer and director.

saucy self-imaging via the formidable eye of chris doyle

pastel, blown-out super 8

and a polka-dot blouse.

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china blue

 "willow" crown lynn cup & saucer.

a blue blouse, thrifted.

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