mystical j mascis

There's some scenery i'm missing There's a piece i can't undo Remember when i really blew it Wish i would've thought of you Tell the ammaring Tell a friend Tell the only one around who's going to know Just what to send It's the amma ring It's a smile Saying time to come with me son You'll be gone for quite a while Come on now Drifting's made a big impression Changed the focus changed the goal It's less and less about our reasons It's mmore about losing control Get the ammaring Get a friend Get the only one around whose going to know Just what to send It's the amma ring It's a smile Saying time to come with me son You'll be gone for quite a while Come on now There's the ammaring There you are I don't know too much about it But i know that your a star Come on now

working on some patchwork trousers for this summer, in ahimsa + vintage silk. more soon!

h o m e

I must admit that I didn't even know that raw milk was commercialized up until the point I moved to east sussex, but now its sweet and rich flavour and the beneficial health properties have got me hooked. I only drink it when I'm home, as I know the farm where it comes from, which as well as producing milk and various dairies under the Demeter guidelines, it has a special soothing energy on the soul - and so does its milk.

C o n f e z i o n i C r o s b y

I love Confezioni Crosby and their clever take on female workwear. I also love the fact that in their lookbooks they haven't gone out of their way to 'sex up' an otherwise androgynous collection, (something that some brands do as they feel the pressure of showing an in-your-face type of femininity at all costs), but instead they have chosen to represent the integrity of the garments through an interesting art direction (= great styling and models!)

if you live in LA, please go to this show for me.

adornment as talisman (via)

new l a b e l

MS has a new garment label, woven with organic cotton.

composting

composting in the garden. . .and a sustainable fertiliser

D e l a i n e L e B a s

"I met Delaine in 2005 when I was commissioned to document her first London solo show 'Room'.
Most of her work was intricate and wouldn't be finished until just before the show, so they wanted me to show her working process and the pieces themselves as they developed.

Delaine first phoned me one Sunday as she was up in London with her husband Damian. They came over for a cup of tea at 2 and left at midnight and that set the tone for the rest of the project and our friendship as a whole. There was an immediate ease and understanding between us. 
During the making of "Room" I stayed with them over a period of a few months. Their house is small and crammed with work. The fact that we got on and trusted each other enabled the intimacy of the images as did their sheer generosity with the way they welcomed me into their life.

Delaine is unusual in that she is quietly uninhibited and unselfconscious about her own self image and uncompromising in the way she presents herself and her work to the world. We have become great friends and are continually inspired by working together, I don't think she even notices my camera anymore.
I love working with her because she is so open, so honest and so much fun. She has worked hard and fought against many people's preconceptions to reach the point that she is at now. Her work comes from deep inside her, the 'traffic jam' in her head; it is brave, challenging, unsettling, unapologetic and urges close attention."

Delaine Le Bas by Tara Darby

The Quiet Work of Women

Born in India in 1952 and educated as a physicist, Vandana Shiva started Navdanya in 1987 to challenge the control of seeds by giant corporations like Monsanto. In 1994. with Ralph Nader, Jeremy Rifkin and others, she co-founded the International Forum on Globalization in San Francisco with two goals: 1) expose the multiple effects of economic globalization in order to stimulate debate, and (2) seek to reverse the globalization process by encouraging ideas and activities which revitalize local economies and communities, and ensure long term ecological stability In her 1989 book Staying Alive: Women, Ecology and Development Vandana explains that she became an ecofeminist because today’s ecological disruption and our crisis of survival are rooted ”in the arrogance of the west and those who ape it. This arrogance is grounded in a blindness towards the quiet work and the invisible wealth created by nature and women and those who produce sustenance. “Such work and wealth are ‘invisible’ because they are decentred, local and in harmony with local ecosystems and needs. The more effectively the cycles of life, as essential processes, are maintained, the more invisible they become. Disruption is violent and visible; balance and harmony are experienced, not seen. “With Adam Smith , the wealth created by nature and women’s work was turned invisible. Labor, and especially male labor, became the fund which originally supplies it with all the necessities of life.” “The premium on visibility placed by patriarchical maldevelopment forces the destruction of invisible energies and the work of women and nature, and the creation of spectacular, centralized work and wealth. Such centralization and the uniformity associated with it works further against the diversity and plurality of life. “Work and wealth in accordance with the feminine principle are significant precisely because they are rooted in stability and sustainability. Decentred diversity is the source of nature’s work and women’s productivity; it is the work of ‘insignificant’ plants in creating significant changes which shift the ecological equilibrium in life’s favor. It is the energy of all living things, in all their diversity, and together, the diversity of lives wields tremendous energy. “Women’s work is similarly invisible in providing sustenance and creating wealth for basic needs. Their work in the forest, the field and the river creates sustenance in quiet but essential ways. Every woman in every house in every village of rural India works invisibly to provide the stuff of life to nature and people. “It is this invisible work that is linked to nature and needs, which conserves nature through maintaining ecological cycles, and conserves human life through satisfying the basic needs of food, nutrition and water. It is this essential work that is destroyed and dispensed with by maldevelopment: the maintenance of ecological cycles has no place in a political economy of commodity and cash flows.“ (here)

kore kosmou the other night, with alex tucker and mark wagner performing. this other guy CHRISTOS FANARAS did an amazing set which reminded me of jon hassel, totally got lost in the sounds.

stayed at conny's

the following morning we drove back home via crystal paris.

v i n t a g e

I have a lot of vintage that for some reason or other I am not wearing anymore, even though I love it. I have listed it all here, if you're interested in taking a peak. I have more images of each item, email me with any question or if you'd like to buy or trade.