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With Style: Women at Work (1930′s)

August 18, 2010
by larkabout

Wide pants.

(Dorothea Lange)

Black sheep skin collar.

British pilot Amy Johnson, 1932 (Photo: AP Photo)

Coveralls.

 Escort for Amy Johnson's landing in Sydney, June 4th, 1930 [picture].

Aviatrix style.

(Amy Johnson)

Silk scarves. It’s all about how you wear one.

Amelia Earhart

(Amelia Earhart)

I’ve just been thinking about the handkerchiefs.

Land girl learning to plough , 7 May 1939.

The Land Girls.

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Gardening. (Overalls!)

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The stripes and plaid.

Wool skirts with the inverted kick pleats.

The office.

Cute uniform.

Image:Aug 20 1938 Striking workers from Kress and Newberry stores relaxing on the roof of the Retail Department Store Employees Union headquartersAAD-5429.jpg

-N.

With Style: Women at Work (1920′s)

August 17, 2010
by larkabout

This outfit is amazing. Look at those shoes and the pant width.

I really want to find a nice military skirt this fall/winter. Definitely army green.

Technology! (I like the old headphones.)

(Above images via here.)

Long skirts.

Long skirts and  typewriters.

The Office.

Workwear. Off white, I prefer.

Neckties!

Image:wimmin$fox-theater-1929.jpg

Pin curls and overalls! What a charming combination.

(Don’t forget the red lipsticks!)

-N.

Out of Office

August 13, 2010
by larkabout

Hello.

It’s been a while……              How are you?

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I’m sorry I’ve been absent from the blog for a while.

It’s been a lot for me to think about lately.

There will be some exciting news to share with you when I get back.

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Hope you’re doing well.

-N.

(Photo: Albert Einstein’s office shot by Ralph Morse. 1955.)

Simply Beautiful

August 3, 2010
by larkabout

Wooden Structures Interior Design by Architect Yoshichika Takagi

House K Central Kitchen Design by Architect Yoshichika Takagi

High Ceiling Interior Design by Architect Yoshichika Takagi

Wooden Stairs Design by Architect Yoshichika Takagi

Pitched Roofs Interior Design by Architect Yoshichika Takagi

House K by Yoshichika Takagi (Sapporo, Japan)

-N.

Last Week 4

July 29, 2010
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-N.

Last Week 3

July 27, 2010
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-N.

Last Week 2

July 26, 2010
by larkabout

This is how we usually like to start our day in NYC.

-N.

Last Week 1

July 25, 2010
by larkabout

Hi!

Veronika and I came back from our business trip last night.

1 week in hot NYC.

I feel like I’ve just woken up from an afternoon nap.

-N.

Rocks Off

July 17, 2010
by larkabout

Rocks Off – The Rolling Stones (1972)

Super 8 footage shot by Robert Frank in LA and NY, 1971.

-N.

Summer Colours

July 13, 2010
by larkabout

My last Sunday afternoon was spent pleasantly at a poolside with my good friends, and I was happy to discover Richmond Country Farms on a way home from their house. This place is so charming and unique. The Lower Mainland climate is known for excellent growing conditions for an incredible variety of seasonal fruits and vegetables. Richmond Country Farms grow and sell the fresh produce from across British Columbia at this market (12900 Steveston Highway). Their farm and local, small-scale, family farms cultivate many unusual, heirloom and unique varieties that cannot be found in regular grocery stores.

Every colour, shape and smell of the fruit and vegetables couldn’t be more beautiful in the warm orange sunshine and my basket was quickly filled with lots of summer goodness. The vibrant atmosphere there made my grocery shopping experience very pleasurable.

Visit Richmond Country Farms

-N.

Pool (Puru)

July 5, 2010
by larkabout

Pool (Japan, 2009)

A story of 6 days with 5 people gathered around a small sparkling pool at Chiang Mai in Thailand.

Leaving behind her daughter and her mother four years ago, Kyoko (Satomi Kobayashi) moves to Thailand and begins working at a guesthouse in a customer-less resort outside in Chiang Mai. Just before the graduation of University in Tokyo, her daughter Sayo sets foot on Thailand to visit her mother carrying resentments as heavy as her suitcase. Seeing her mother for the first time in a while, Sayo struggles to come to terms with the sight of her enjoying a life among the strangers. Around this guesthouse (which features the pool), each person faces their reality and accepts it, all while continuing to think of those around them. Emotional experiences with the people living there changes something inside Sayo and such mixed feelings toward her mother.

Quality cinematography by Mineto Tani captures the allure of Northern Thailand with a comfortable balance of light and colours in its natural beauty. Not only this film makes me want to take a vacation, but also inspires me to visit my family that are living far away from me and discover something I don’t know.

-N.

Nap

July 1, 2010
by larkabout

I haven’t been able to blog as often as I’d like to lately.

I’m allowing myself to take a little nap.

Hope I feel refreshed when I wake up.

-N.

Objects

June 24, 2010
by larkabout

BONBON LAMPS, 2010

HIVE LAMP, 2010

NOODLE, 2009

KSILOFON CLOTHING RACK, 2010

M LAMP (MILANO-MORIMONDO-MAURO), 2009

HUG CHAIR, 2008

All by Ana Kras

She’s from Belgrade, Serbia. She draws, takes photographs and designs great furniture.

Read her interview at CASAFIBRA

-N.

Time of the Assassins

June 23, 2010
by larkabout

Charlotte Gainsbourg – Time of the Assassins

I walk in a line
I see where I’m going
I turn inside out
The days that I’ve known
I face to myself
And give up the ghost
I turn in my mind
What time already knows

In the Time Of The Assassins
They say hallelujah
It doesn’t take a miracle to raise a
Heart from the dead

I sift through the ash
I look for a sign
I open the wound
That keeps me in line
The shoulder that turns
The flame that goes out
The chapter I close

In the Time Of The Assassins
They say hallelujah
It doesn’t take a miracle to raise a
Heart from the dead

And can something change
But still feel the same

-N.

Somewhere

June 17, 2010
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by larkabout

Somewhere (2010)

Writer/director Sofia Coppola reunites with the film company with which she made the Academy Award-winning hit “Lost in Translation.” Her new film is an intimate story set in contemporary Los Angeles; Johnny Marco (Stephen Dorff) is a bad-boy actor stumbling through a life of excess at the Chateau Marmont Hotel in Hollywood. With an unexpected visit from his 11-year-old daughter (Elle Fanning), Johnny is forced to look at the questions we must all confront.

I’m looking forward to seeing this film.

-N.