Dazzle

Dearest Third Cousin,

Pink can be quite an intimidating colour but this editorial featuring Harriet Verney, niece of the one and only Isabella Blow, really caught my imagination. The use of colour in this shoot got me thinking about all the beautiful hologram and mermaid-esque photos I've been hoarding over the past few weeks. Silver, blue/green sequins and hologram are the perfect adornment to any outfit, I really love this kind of dazzle dressed down over a pair of boyfriend jeans, under a leather jacket or with a plain t-shirt.

While Rihanna is doing the hologram trend so right above, so is this remix of Stay. It's been on repeat while putting this post together and it just feels so right for this trend. 

Images from my pinterest

Love,
Sarah
x

Music and Style: Lianne La Havas

Dearest Third Cousin,

Lianne Le Havas’ music is haunting, magical and emotional. Her debut album "Is your love big enough?"  cuts deep but her distinctive voice softens the blow. Her lyrics are raw emotion she has said she wants to “say what you need to say without saying too much” [sic]. There is a restraint to her music, this is not a blatant fuck you but a subtle tale of intense heartbreak, and it is stunningly subtle. It seeps into your consciousness and knocks you out with lyrics like:

 “you broke me, and taught me to truly hate myself” 

-Lost and Found

Not all her songs are as devastating as Lost and Found and Au Cinema has an amazing beat and riff that could be the foundation for an awesome boogie. Its a tale of hope and new beginnings and is a welcome relief from the themes of heartbreak. 

"She's found on the Brooklyn Bridge

And She's Truly at, home

Her step has found a whole new spring"

- Au Cinema

Whats her style like you ask?

AMAZING!!!

Its Basically everything I love, print, high-waist, layering, texture, a little bit bohemian, a lot badass and a good healthy mix of masculine and feminine.

 Does it get any better?

In my opinion:

Not much.

"I adore her fondness for a collar"

-My Third Cousin

If she doesn't win the Mercury Prize this year I will be very sad but the competition is step with other heavyweight competitors such as Richard Hawley, Field Music, Ben Howard,Jessie Ware, Plan B, Django Django and more besides. 

She also plays Dublin's Olympia Theater on March 5th (it's rescheduled from her October 15th date).

Love,

Sarah

x

Images Via:

  Lainne Le Havas Facebook, 

Lianne Le Havas Offical, 

Blog.egocloset.com and 

Muiceyz.co.uk

If you go down to the Woods today...

Dearest Third Cousin,

Today I was seduced into the woods by the two Swedish pipe pipers called First Aid Kit. Lead from the safe comfort of my lodgings we explored themes of lust, loss and legend.

Outfit Details

Hat, Asos

Top, Penneys

Shorts and Belt, Vintage

Oh the bitter winds are coming in and I’m already missing the summer 

Star comes cold but I’ve been told I was born to endure this kind of weather 

When it’s you i find like a ghost in my mind 

I feed it and i gladly wear the crown

-Emmylou

-The Lion's Roar.

Their stunning sophomore album cover and inside artwork was styled by the wondrous Sisters of the Black Moon.


Sit back and let these musical white witches cast a spell on your ears and eyes. 

Image Via : The Blue Walrus

Love,
Your Third Cousin.

Frida Kahlo Music and Fashion muse.

The above collage feels like one of those "spot the difference" games such is the directness of the inspiration. However it is stunning.  Frida Kahlo is one of my favorite visual artists and this shoot captures the essence of her style and leaves you feeling that if she was around today that this what her street style snapshot would look like. 

Sorry I couldn't resist putting in some of the full size images, especially after I read Tobacco and Leather's comparison of these images to Lana Del Ray. I have to say I found this very interesting not just because of the obvious mutual appreciation of a floral head piece but because of the mutual themes of pain, anguish and melancholy in they're respective work. I can imagine Kahlo listening to Del Ray and frankly that is probably one of the biggest compliments I can give her music which for the record (sorry I couldn't resist) has been caressing my ears all Christmas!

 "I paint myself because I am so often alone and because I am the subject I know best."

-Frida Kahlo

Happy New Year,

Sarah

xx

Images via: Fashion gone Rogue

Kings of Leon - Slow Night, So Long

After narrowly missing tickets for their Slane gig, my Third Cousin and I would like to mourn the loss as such please enjoy :D

Peace and Love,

My Third Cousin

xoxo