Fall '09 - Classics included

Prada Prada Chloe Gucci Gucci

my favorites

lars, fionn, mathias

...

Vincent Freeman: "You want to know how I did it? This is how I did it, Anton. I never saved anything for the swim back."

-- Gattaca (1997)

Failure 

When your best just isn't good enough. 

Procrastination

Hard work often pays off over time, 

but laziness always pays off now. 

Defeat

For every winner, there are dozens of losers. 

Odds are you're one of them.

Mediocrity

It takes a lot less time 

and most people won't notice the difference, 

until it's too late. 

Head over heels... literally

J&J

Christian Louboutin for Rodarte

Studs

What a... stud!

via Jak&Jill

Hermes overload. 

Aquarela - Toquinho

Numa folha qualquer
Eu desenho um sol amarelo
E com cinco ou seis retas
É fácil fazer um castelo
Corro o lápis em torno da mão
E me dou uma luva
E se faço chover
Com dois riscos tenho um guarda chuva
Se um pinguinho de tinta
Cai num pedacinho azul do papel
Num instante imagino
Uma linda gaivota a voar no céu
Vai voando,
Contornando a imensa curva norte sul
Vou com ela viajando
Havaí, Pequim ou Istambul
Pinto um barco a vela,
Branco, navegando,
É tanto céu e mar num beijo azul
Entre as nuvens vem surgindo
Um lindo avião rosa e grená
Tudo em volta colorindo
Com suas luzes a piscar
Basta imaginar e ele está partindo,
Sereno, lindo,
E, se a gente quiser,
Ele vai pousar
Numa folha qualquer
Eu desenho um sol de partida
Com alguns bons amigos
Bebendo de bem com a vida
De uma América a outra
Consigo passar num segundo
Giro um simples compasso
E num círculo eu faço o mundo
Um menino caminha
E caminhando chega num muro
E ali logo em frente
A esperar pela gente o futuro está
E o futuro é uma astronave
Que tentamos pilotar
Não tem tempo nem piedade
Nem tem hora de chegar
Sem pedir licença
Muda nossa vida
E depois convida
A rir ou chorar
Nessa estrada não nos cabe
Conhecer ou ver o que virá
O fim dela ninguém sabe
Bem ao certo onde vai dar
Vamos todos numa linda passarela
De uma aquarela
Que um dia enfim
Descolorirá
Numa folha qualquer
Eu desenho um sol amarelo
(que descolorirá)
E com cinco ou seis retas
É fácil fazer um castelo
(que descolorirá)
Giro um simples compasso
E num círculo eu faço o mundo
(que descolorirá)
Corro o lápis em torno da mão
E me dou uma luva
(que descolorirá) 

'Core Values' - Travel & Luggage

by Annie Leibovitz for Louis Vuitton (2007-08?)

Sir Sean Connery

Keith Richards

Catherine Deneuve

Mikhail Gorbachev

Never a fan of Louis Vuitton bags & accessories... The logo overkill and the fact that you can spot it from miles away, and all the piracy & counterfeit... but always liked its 'core values' - travel & luggage... and its patina & aging process. In this day & age, however, it's rather naive & exhibitionist to carry LV luggage in the airport... (you are asking to be mugged...)

I'm all for understatements (in essence, I try), but a classic is a keeper. 

Desiderata by Max Ehrmann

Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, 

and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible, without surrender, 
be on good terms with all persons. 
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; 
and listen to others, 
even to the dull and the ignorant; 
they too have their story. 
Avoid loud and aggressive persons; 
they are vexatious to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others, 
you may become vain or bitter, 
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. 
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. 
Keep interested in your own career, however humble; 
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs, 
for the world is full of trickery. 
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; 
many persons strive for high ideals, 
and everywhere life is full of heroism. 
Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. 
Neither be cynical about love, 
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, 
it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, 
gracefully surrendering the things of youth. 
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. 
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. 
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline, 
be gentle with yourself. 
You are a child of the universe 
no less than the trees and the stars; 
you have a right to be here. 
And whether or not it is clear to you, 
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God, 
whatever you conceive Him to be. 
And whatever your labors and aspirations, 
in the noisy confusion of life, 
keep peace in your soul. 

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, 
it is still a beautiful world. 
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

John Galliano Autumn/Winter 09.10

Look at the deeper meaning

The hoar-frost crumbles in the sun,

The crisping steam of a train

Melts in the air, while two black birds

Sweep past the window again.

Along the vacant road, a red

Bicycle approaches; I wait

In a thaw of anxiety, for the boy

To leap down at our gate.

He has passed us by; but is it

Relief that starts in my breast?

Or a deeper bruise of knowing that still

She has no rest.

--DH Lawrence 

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Anxiety... the worst feeling other than pity... 

confiança

"It is—or seems to be—a wise sort of thing, to realise that all that happens to a man in this life is only by way of joke, especially his misfortunes, if he have them. And it is also worth bearing in mind, that the joke is passed round pretty liberally & impartially, so that not very many are entitled to fancy that they in particular are getting the worst of it." --The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade by Herman Melville