October 18th: Art cravings: Victo Ngai

I was fascinated by this illustrator I had the pleasure of discovering on what must be the best blog on earth.

The artist's name is Victo (Victoria) Ngai, she is from Hong Kong but currently resides in and works from New York. Judging from her blog, she is basically living an illustrator's dream, which is getting hired by several newspapers on a regular basis, while selling limited edition prints. I am envious and fascinated at the same time. What a rare and precious opportunity, to make a living from using one's creativity. I imagine it being the most amazing profession of all. Yes, you probably won't get rich from it, but to know that the source to infinite fulfillment and a steady income lies within yourself is, for a rather uncreative person like me, astounding.

If I had some spare cash at the moment, I would definitely invest in one of these prints. They are like an Asian version of my beloved busy Klimt paintings. Lots and lots going on, without getting too crazy. And the colour palette...ugh.... I am all for pale! 
You can acquire some of these prints via this shop. (They are limited edition prints so hurry if you're keen to get your paws on them!)

July 30 - 2: pastels on bleach blondes

Blondes are out. Let's face it. We are not the number one sex objects of the stereotypical man anymore. Brunettes are the new blondes and even though there was only a shift in sexist behaviour and the sexism is still making me ill,  I am quite happy to catch a break. A couple of years ago I went from super bleach blonde to a darker shade for the simple reason that I was craving more respect. A respect society withheld from me solely because of my hair colour. Yes, I was totally considered a dumb blonde and I had enough. Now I am thinking: Why did I give in? And I am planning a comeback :)

BUT since my addiction to pastel dip dye is about to awaken to new life, I am yet to decide wether to go with colour or bleach.

VERSUS

I know most of you will think: Go pastel! ..and since this is a trend that I'll probably only get to enjoy for another season and it is only a matter of time until work will stop tolerating fairy floss hair, it was an easy decision. I actually ordered two tubs of Directions off eBay. Here's the colour chart. Now it's your turn to guess which two I picked!?!

 Hint: One of the colours is SO easy to guess, it's in row two. The other one is in row four (fttb)

July 12: think outside the box

Aldi tights. Because stripes are stripes and that's that. Twice.