Last week was a doozie and this week has been equally challenging but in the spirit of trying to come from a place of love, here are the things that made me smile last week and this week.
*The boyfriend returned (more on that another time) * Dropping wisdom on the freshmen at Clark * Being invited back to drop knowledge on those kids * Being unemployed was the best vacation ever * Getting a new job (more on that another time too) * Bottomless mimosas with Janice and BG * Going to the Equally Wed Love is Love wedding show where BG and Janice were constantly being mistaken for a lesbian couple * Seeing some of my fave Atlantans @GoGlenCocoBlog, @fashionadostyle, & @CarenWest at the Equally Wed event * With events come goodie bags!!! * Seeing the progress on Gamine's logo, it's going to be AWESOME!! * Being interviewed for a full time big girl job doing pretty much the same thing I do now, blog, but getting paid much more for it (positive thoughts they call and rescue me from retail purgatory soon.) * Getting my copy of Spirit Junkie * Oh and this happened like two weeks ago but I forgot about it...Getting a few texts with photos of me as a kid because my parents lost pretty much all of them during Katrina.
“The pop landscape, not to mention the fashion scene, is always a duller place without Björk.”
Truthfully, the world would be a little less bright without the quirky sounds and styles of this Icelandic performance artist who brought strange to the mainstream long before meat dresses were in vogue.
This pixie-like siren with a voice as distinctive as her look, has been bringing her eccentric style to the masses since she was 11 years old. After fronting various bands since the age of 14 Bjork finally hit the big time as a member of the Sugarcubes, an alternative rock band that gained a cult following in the states and abroad during the late 80’s/early 90’s. Post Sugarcubes, Bjork moved to London to pursue a solo career where she linked up with producer Nellee Hooper and her first super hit “Human Behavior” was born. While “Human Behavior” didn’t get much air time, the video directed by frequent time Bjork collaborator Michel Gondry went into heavy rotation on MTV and that was pretty much history. Several albums and awards later, this singer-songwriter/composer/producer/occasional actress has earned acclaim across several genres and influenced and mentored several struggling recording artists. While her eclectic sound and three octave vocal range have cemented her as one of the greatest voices of all time, according to NPR and MTV, her striking appearance is as distinguishing as her sound.
Who can forget the impish Bjork bopping down the red carpet at the Academy Awards dressed in a swan? Her signature coal black hair framing her face as she baffled every red carpet commentator with her Marjan Pejoski creation. After seeing Gaga carried to the Grammys in an egg, Bjork’s 2001 choice seems tame in comparison. As the answer to “What came first, the mama goose of the egg,” Bjork’s unconventional style has spawned legions of fans and admirers. She’s collaborated with fashion’s favorite rule breakers, Alexander McQueen and Jeremy Scott, and came up with outlandishly amazing creations more for art’s sake than to shock and garner attention from a crowd. Face paint? Yes. Dresses that are more papier-mache art projects than dresses befitting an in the flesh start? Check. Dark hair that adds a certain mystery to her strikingly East-Asian features? Banged and falling around her face or tightly wound in Princess Leia like buns.
While most avant garde, performance artist types from the 90s have fallen into anonymity, Bjork has recently released her 8th album Biophilia, the world’s first “app album” in collaboration with Apple which was partly recorded on iPad. To top 2011 of right, Bjork has also collaborated with the Dirty Projectors on their album Mount Wittenberg Orca, due out in late October.
Whether you are a fan of her quirky fashion sense or phenomenal vocal and musical talents, we can all agree that Bjork is one iconoclastic performer.
It's been a long time so I have a looong list of things to be grateful for!
*new shoes * Jeffrey Fashion Cares * the after party * meeting some ahhmazing bloggers (s/o to the fly miss behind the Fashion Bomb) * getting more compliments in a dress from two falls ago than I get almost ever * hanging with my favorite creatives during FNO * pizza and wine with the gals * Rodney Oliver Banks ya'll * being in the same #FF tweet as Jason Wu * baby groupies * nails done hair done everything did * new art in the house * brunch with BG x 2 * talking it out * the very beginnings of fall * on the spot j-o-b interview * de-cluttered apartment= de-cluttered life * "That was Nancy Grace?" * "Ummm the batteries for the safe are locked in it." * The Weeknd * tapping in to my inner goddess...ps it's Durga so don't push me * getting ready for the BF's return..and boy is it about time * finding my "real" jewelry * window shopping for cars * QUITTING MY J-O-B!!!! On to the next one.
Here are a few sets and such that I put together with the help of my besties Polyvore and Photoshop. Some of these were created from my blood, sweat, and tears (just kidding, I don't bleed blood) others were edited by me as a part of duites over at Gamine. Either way...enjoy!
