Moving to the Loced side

EDIT: I think I posted this earlier, but my crappy laptop charger went off, oh well here it goes again, moving on...

Just late last year I decided to stop straightening my hair and I recently did the Big Chop, however I've been in a bit of a dilema, for a few weeks now, I've been wearing my hair all braided and I absolutely love that I dont have to detangle my hair.

Detangling my hair is not a hassel, its just that i'm a wee bit lazy and just cant be bothered, which is when the "Maybe I should loc my hair" idea poped into my head.

Then I start to think what if I get bored and want my afro back, decisions, decisions decisions....
Coming across sites like Le Coil, I love my Locs, Natural beautiful hair and of course Flickr has definitely convinced me to sway towards the loced side.

I guess only time will tell, however as soon as all the information i need and find out where I can find a good Loctician somewhere in London or Bristol (any suggestions...) then I'm pretty sure I'll be getting my hair loced, i'm quite excited.

In the mean time I cant help but stare in admiration at these amazing, lovely and stunning locs.

The painted series

The Painted Series is a project by designer Saskia van Drimmelen, Saskia along side a team of both Dutch and Bulgarian designers and artists create 'a series of garments in progress' all inspired by antique Bulgarian fashion pieces.

All the pieces in this collection are handmade, they include layered and sheer pieces, I like the delicate, feminine and subtle look of this collection.

In September Saskia and her team will be collaborating with Pascale Gatzen's students who study fashion design at the Parsons School of Design, there's more about this on their blog.

Gabriel and Schwan

Gabriel & Schwan is a German accessories label by designers Fenke Schwanand and Alex Gabriel. They have used a variety of different fabrics, materials and a whole lot of bright colours for their SS09 collection.

The collection includes purses/clutch bags with fringes and chain straps, roomy shoulder bags which I think can be used as a knap sack and then my favourite, the knotted necklaces which come in a variety of gorgeous colours which I think are now available online.

Anima Blossom art

I don't own many slogan Tshirts, Ive just never been keen on them which is a bit of a shame as I've recently been coming across a few that I think are just exquisite.

My favourite so far is a collection of T shirts by Kim Won-man, also known as Anima, he is an Illustrator and Graphic designer. He's most recent creations include a collection of Tshirts featuring with illustrated images some of which are inspired by smoke blossom art.

Here are a few of my favourites

Have a look at more of anima's work on his blog

Julia and Ben Leggings

I think you might all agree that one of the best ways to relieve a bad, rainy,

moody day is getting something great through the post.

I just recieverd this Tie Dye Leggings from lovely Julia from Julia and Ben and I'm ever so excited.

Funny face by Laura Liberte

I love masks, I'm not exactly sure why, but I have a bad habit of walking into a fancy dress shop and coming out with a fancy mask with lots of beads and feathers I'll probably never use.

And just when I have decided to come to a conclusion to stop buying masks just because I like the look of them, I came across this decorative masks on Etsy by London based Latvian artist Laura Liberte.

These masks are handmade and painted by Laura.