Like there ever was a difference, I will paint my face with lipstick

"To what a degree the same past can leave different marks-and especially admit of different interpretations."
Sigh. Birthdays.Someone asked me how it feels to be a quarter of a century. Halfway to fifty, he prodded? But, I said, isn't 25 halfway to thirty?

1/2 way to somewhere

 56 hours into being 25, though, I don't feel like more of an adult, or an even-slightly complete human being. Maybe, though, more of a woman. This is the year I will absorb all that there is to appreciate about being a woman. I will embrace...life...love...laughter...lipstick?

Sheerly ripping off Dalmation steez?

1940's Vogue

 Lipstick and polka-dots- combined, enough to inspire this graciously, gratefully 25-year-old ex-girl to finally post after 4 long months of living in the moment. But looking to the past never hurt, either. (That's not looking BACK, by the way. Different baseball game.)
"The distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion."


S.

Exhibit A- Woman

Saturate

Seven decades flew by while we waited in line

In the twilight, of these white nights

Calvin Klein Collection SS11

                  

Calvin Klein Collection SS 2011

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Carte blanche, blank slate ...  monochromatic pales and shades of white took over the runway and my deepest dreams.  I keep being drawn to the lightest, brightest... whitest. Especially, the purely gorgeous white in  Calvin Klein's spring 2011 collection lately (above). On vaca, I found some amazing sheer button-up blouses at CK, including this white raw silk one, below.

Inpired...Bianca Jagger with daughter Jade in 70's

Gisele covers French Vogue April2011

There have never been so many ways to wear white. Ahhh. Makes me want the sunshine to hurry up, or at the very least, a free trip to the Riviera. 

 "These dreams, under my pillow, in the twilight, of these white nights"- Oh Land.

S.

You are all over my rainbow

Little is as jawdroppingly brilliant as a rainbow. But, then Spring comes...And it's arguable.
A blend of the beauty of Spring's intensity- and the intensity of  rainbow-hued colour-blocking- melt my winter soul. 

Gucci Spring 2011

Dior Fall 2010

Gucci S/S2011 Ad Campaign

gucci continues to colour my world for fall 2011

never too many colours

Dior F/2010

Vogue rainbow fiesta-March 2011. 

Dior did it extravagantly for fall 2010, then Gucci luxuriously spun the trend for Spring 2011. Now, Designers are keeping it up for fall 2011, like Gucci once again- this time in richer, ,deeper jewel hues.

Winter soul officially thawed,
S.

Emerald City

Lucky Charms

Nothin' but a G thing baby ... G-R-E-E-N to be precise. Green is timeless. Just look at the sumptuous emerald and forest shades of this wool/silk/fox fur cape and butter-soft leather riding boots given to me by my beloved and beautiful maternal grandmother a few years ago. Both from sixties-era, exquisitely made, and just my size, they'll never go out of style. Quality and truly timeless beauty never do.

Envy's shade

Louboutin Garibaldis

"You see I've forgotten, if they're green, or they're blue ...but anyway, the thing is, what I really mean ... yours are the sweetest eyes, I've ever seen."
S.

You're so, far away

I am out of the country on vacation -- posting will resume next week...
In the meantime, I'm shopping...so I will have lots to show you.

Basking in sunlight,
S.

Sun pours down like honey

Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river You can hear the boats go by
You can spend the night beside her And you know that she's half crazy
But that's why you want to be there And she feeds you tea and oranges
That come all the way from China And just when you mean to tell her
That you have no love to give her Then she gets you on her wavelength
And she lets the river answer That you've always been her lover
And you want to travel with her And you want to travel blind
And you know that she will trust you For you've touched her perfect body with your mind.

And Jesus was a sailor When he walked upon the water
And he spent a long time watching From his lonely wooden tower
And when he knew for certain Only drowning men could see him
He said "All men will be sailors then Until the sea shall free them"
But he himself was broken Long before the sky would open
Forsaken, almost human He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone
And you want to travel with him And you want to travel blind
And you think maybe you'll trust him For he's touched your perfect body with his mind.

Now Suzanne takes your hand And she leads you to the river
She is wearing rags and feathers From Salvation Army counters
And the sun pours down like honey On our lady of the harbour
And she shows you where to look Among the garbage and the flowers
There are heroes in the seaweed There are children in the morning
They are leaning out for love And they will lean that way forever
While Suzanne holds the mirror And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind And you know that you can trust her
For she's touched your perfect body with her mind.

the end!
S.

The last day of our acquaintance

With B at Rick's Cafe, Negril, Jamaica 

Montego Bay Jamaica- view from our balcony

 May 24th, 2009...This Bob Marley tee I got last month at Rock Candy Boutique on Prince Street reminds me of the last day I spent with my best friend and cousin B when we were in Jamaica.

One Love tee for $29.99 at Rock Candy Boutique

Nothing wrong with reminiscing on a cold January day about feeling so free under the sun, and nothing compares to a little Bob to take me right back to that day.

Blumarine SS2010, cotton cropped sweater $435, blumarine.com

 Louboutin designed these just for drinking  Jamaican rum, perhaps. Christian Louboutins- $865.  

Ms. Jay-Z in a Mr. Marley tank

Listening to this and wearing my one love tee, missing B.
S.