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- Delaney of Heartbreak Pie is working her way through the Wellington on a Plate festival with a special blog, 17 Days 17 Dates. I’ve been following it keenly - obviously very keenly as last night I dreamed she and I went on a date together with Sean Bean! If only.
- Am reading my way through a zillion pages of Something Changed (which I think is where I found the above image), which means I now have a lot more books on my to-read list, and have learned about Japanese spirit foxes.
- I saw The Future a couple of nights ago and loved it. I’m a big Miranda July fan (this NY Times profile is great) and was a bit fearful it wouldn’t live up to my lofty expectations, but I loved it. It never occured to me she could have such haters, I suppose I can see how someone might dislike her style but I find everything she’s done so honest, humorous, open, and deliciously weird.
I’m really enjoying Dress, memory, a project by writer Lorelai Vashti. Every friday for six months a new dress, photographed by her friend Lee Sandwith, and accompanying memory will appear on the site. It’s really beautiful.

My favourite dress so far (secondhand rose) is above, my favourite memory is Instanbully. You must read it.

I always look forward to seeing the new Ruby collections. I must have missed this lookbook coming out as some of this is already in store, but a nice suprise, especially since it’s only a month to wait for another new collection at their NZFW show.





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Maisy Cousins, good job at being awesome. Blog and flickr, via M Dash.
Even as my tastes move away from fancy-pretty-twee, there’s always a place in my heart for the work of Tim Walker.