from my desk

yawn. But! Today was a good day. 

Great swimwear samples. 

Very very cute fleece photo sample for Holiday 11.

Body with volume and back buttons!

 Plus!

Not to brag about how important I am - 

but, we have a new intern. 

pretty stuff

i know. i come and i go as i please. you still like me, right?

work is dominating. but, at least there is pretty stuff to 

look at? 

holiday is coming in and it is looking gooood. 

I am totally obsessed with the emil jacket. 

 and this swim print for spring 12!!

 amazing silks for your enjoyment for Spring 12, 

 giant tents,

 and yummy sleeves.

love to everyone!!

may we share internet quality time together real soon!

bringing it back.

has anyone noticed what the top has become?

I just feel like shirt separates have morphed into the invisible

layers of totally cute jacket/skirt/pant based outfits. 

No one is talking about cute shirts, people!

Shirts are solids for layering or tunics for comfort. How will I 

bring tops back into the limelight?

This is one of those moments where I remind myself that my 

tops are whatever I want them to be and 

whatever whimsey I choose to inflict on poor bystanders. 

So, I say yes to oversized, dolman sleeved, 

printed and embossed silk masterpieces. 

who is with me?

So off I go onto a short voyage. 

with help from the shirt wall and the shirt rack, of course. 

And, I must applaud anyone who puts a picture of 

themselves on their blog because as of late, 

I cannot bring myself to do it. 

Perhaps it is a slow hump that one must get over. 

I am not sure. Thoughts?

are you

this hot?

If you wear a S swim top and S swim bottom... I need you!

I am looking for a hot small to be my fit model 

for Magic in Vegas mid August!

Tell your friends!!

If you are my small... send me a message!

Excitement!!

Check out some of our new lifestyle shots for the 

relaunch of Split girl for Fall 11!!

We were SO lucky to have a fabulous photographer, 

Melanie Franklin, and The gorgeous Anamique.

Tingles! 

Pick up your new Split girl fashions come next summer! whoot!

In the meantime, support the brand by buying some 

swimwear here... or here.

Our swim relaunch will be happening even sooner.. so, 

look for new swimwear early 2011!

All images from Split Girl, shot by Melanie Franklin. 

Thank you so much to Anamique and Melanie for being so

sweet and talented!
And! yummiest sweater inspiration from barefoot and vintage .

glasses time

Oh how we love our plastic glasses. 

We wore them here (sans lenses), 

and constantly give them to all of our friends. 

Fresh glasses colors were at it this weekend...

the new white glasses were a hit in the 

two to forty five age range and really caused a stir

on the street corner(that may have come out wrong).

Anyways, there is a trunk show on Saturday and the glasses will be there! 

Exciting! Working on a tutorial for tomorrow! Dig deep!

Happy Weekend

From our angry book reading rabbit to you..

Happy Easter!

Painting by Sweetie. 

what the cat dragged in

Hmm. Something is amiss here. 

I forgot : it's 'Mustache March', says Sweetie. 

I think that I am being hoodwinked here. 

Of the many looks of the 'Mustachios', 

it would appear that Sweetie resembles the 

third from the left on the top row, who is looking 

a bit sad that his mustache is sparse and possibly 

confused for a bit of dirt. 

Although, he is not even close to as dejected as

the poor fellow below him without mustache. 

Which leads us to conclude that mustache : happiness. 

[print from laurageorge]

At least March is nearly over. 

These mustache crayons can stay!

[from chasedreams]

Mustache for me leads my brain directly to Rooster 

from Annie... take that and analyze it. 

So, my relationship with the mustache, like my relationship

with suspenders and straw hats, is troubled. 

old stuff

Old photos mesmerize me. 

Sweetie turned me on to this amazing 

photo series by Jason Powell titled 'Looking into the Past'

He hunts down the current places of these

old photographs and compares the two. 

Read the interesting descriptions of these photos here. 

This bunny shot is amazing. My obnoxious former self

definitely put a bunny on a leash at one point. 

[All photos from Jason Powell]

Newness!

Yes, I have been dying for someone to 

draw me a crab riding a bike for

sometime now... yes!

Sweetie finally gave into my pleading. 

And, we got some new Vday surprises too!!

art and a yama

While in the fine country of Chile, we were able

to get our own personal tour of the Republica 2110-3010

art exhibit at the Centro Extension Balmaceda

in the equally fabulous Parque Quinta Normal(fabulous in a different

way.. hint: the llama aka Yama and a wide variety of kissing

people/crazy bike vehicles/dangerous playgrounds/etc.)

So we are on the same page here... let's flash back to this. While in

Chile we were able to get a very special showing of art by

the very same artist, Piguan, as well as some other

wonderful French and Chilean artists.

The Chilean Artists, who make up Kiltrv were sweet enough

to walk us through. Such a treat!

Some highlights..

Apparently this box had quite the drama while traveling from

France to Chile. (There is the flyer at the top left.. for more info,

see kiltrv.org)

As I have mentioned many times before, regardless of the

level of artsy fartsy-ness of your activity, it is

extremely hard to look cool/artsy/angst filled when you have revealed

your true self to the world (think human jungle gym - below).

The front room of the gallery space.

Pins in the artist's heart. I feel you!

Amazing shoes. Part of a piece by Nicolas Thomas.

Wall of mixed screen prints. yum.

A beautiful piece by Piguan: a starving mother

and child with ipod and diamonds.

It is most interesting that the the word 'bling' can truly

transcend any language barrier and was used

several times in describing this piece.

The awesome style of Carole Bielicki..

Of course women will bring peace and beauty to this crazy world!

And the Parque Quinta Normal.

These images hardly need description.

Such simple beauty.

And then we hauled ourselves over to Bellavista to see

a remote collection of the same artists.

Even Ava is inspired.

Wrought iron incredible.

More works of Piguan.

Please support these artists! Buy tees from Ambiguous!

Buy tees from Piguan or other Kiltrv artist,

Diego(who is also darling) here. Or, here.

What's it all about

Sweetie sent me this today from Steven Burke,

who has been known to do a few T shirt designs

for Ambiguous.

This truly could be our life story.. I hope we

stop working soon!

So perfect!

Although, these days there is not even

time for dreaming!! Happy weekend!

Buy Ambiguous tees here.

More paddles

Another fun paddle show last night at the X-Large store

in Los Feliz and it was super fun. What really

made the night was watching Marty and Elaine

at the Dresden while eating Prime Rib.

Awesome night!! (check out Marty and Elaine above)

The X-Large space..quad cam style.

This man made me so super happy last night.

He was OWNING the color pink,

OWNING the free beer offering and

seriously moving from one long pose into the next.

All night! (that's conviction)

Although, he was sharing a little too much info

about his pink undergarments. Hotness!

buzz buzz busy bee!

Sorry the blog love has lacked enthusiasm..

busy to work on a new Fall 10 line.

Of course, I am taking inspiration from all

my favorite internet nooks and crannies that I

have and will continue to plug shamelessly.

Can't wait to show off the final product!