I have safety pins on the brain as of late. Just trying to come up with something good to embellish.

superstition & (butterf)lies

Images from Damien Hirst's Superstition: series of butterfly mosaic pieces created by applying the butterflies to wet paint. Some of the most awesomely beautiful things I have ever seen. I wish I could find better pictures online (only the cream colored photos are any good), but alas, I cannot, and our scanner is broken, so the book itself (Superstition) is out of the question.

I'd die to have a skirt made out of the third detail shot.

laced tight

Nicole Tran Ba Vang, Untitled 6, 2001

This image has kind of haunted me for a few years due to its use in a poster for an S&M in art exhibition (which I saw at 14). I have two copies of said poster.

eliasson

Work by Olafur Eliasson, half-Iclelandic, Denmark-born, Berlin-based artist.

frankie morello

Yes yes, very nice. Full-length moto trench, harnesses, zippers. The leather jacket in the first look is pretty Balmain-esque, but I'm very attracted to the whole look overall, including the bottoms, which are essentially see-through thermal pajamas. The second look is also quite nice - moto jacket with embellished shoulders, hoodie-dress thing going on over it, half-gloves. Look, it's all very on-trend, maybe a little contrived, but I don't care. I like it, I'd wear it. I'd even wear the hooded trench with the veil attached to it (not pictured).

spring sprang sprung

Helmut Lang sheer pebbled top, Helmut Lang printed top, Alexander Wang cross-back vest (front and back views), VPL hook-and-eye top

Spring styles over at SSense. That A. Wang vest gives me a pang of longing in my stomach every time I see it. It will be mine, oh yes.

mas

Hussein Chalayan dress, Pamela Love talon ring, Delfina Delettrez hands ring, Made Her Think pyramid stud ring, ThreeASFOUR dress, YSL bracelet, Balenciaga heels, Fleet Ilya bag, Rodarte x Kirkwood thigh-high boots, Alexander Wang suede moto jacket, Alexander Wang camera bag, Shanka fossil resin bangle

being broke blows.

brights

YSL tribute heels, Stella McCartney satin clutch, Balenciaga skirt, Proenza Schouler dress, Marni cuff, Lanvin clutch, Dries van Noten clutch, Proenza skirt

I'd probably only wear about half of this: the Proenza, Dries, and Balenciaga. I weep for the Proenza (that dress!). I'm too afraid of leopard print, purple turns me off a little, and the yellow on the clutch is probably a little too bright for me.

black and white prints

Helmut Lang, Alexander Wang, Helmut Lang, Alexander Wang, Helmut Lang, Zero + Maria Cornejo, Balenciaga, Zimmerman

yum

Yukie Deuxpoints necklace, Proenza Schouler PS1 bag, VPL bra, Glynneth B bracelet, Eddie Borgo earrings, Falconiere epaulets, Givenchy studded flats, Ann D. buckle boots, Bijules ring, Fleet Ilya belt, Sigerson Morrison Gladiators, Madison Marcus buckle mini, YSL cuff, Darcy Miro for Unholy Matrimony cuff, Helmut Lang printed tank

I am so into buckles right now, it hurts. That and crazy, geological-looking jewelry. I wonder if the straps on the mini go all the way around, or are just sewn on the front. I'd feel gypped if they were.