Etsy knit


These nubby tights by etsy seller isobelandcleo make me desperate for fall weather.

Scores



Collage from downtown art walk, moccasins from etsy.

Tadanori Yokoo





The train is available on a handkerchief at m-a-p-s.

Patterns


Foyer of Catherine Martin and Baz Luhrmann's home.
She's a genius.

Hubert Duprat




The most amazing thing I've seen in a minute: Caddis fly larvae 
are known to incorporate bits of whatever they can find into their cocoons, 
be it fish bone or bits of leaves. 
Hubert Duprat gave them gold, turquoise, gems and pearls. 
And if you're into Kant (ahem, A.K.), definitely read the accompanying essay in Cabinet.

Rick Owens furniture




Rick Owens furniture at Sebastian + Barquet via dezeen.
Did you know he lives in the former headquarters of the French Socialist Party?

Scores



The P-S volume of a 1922 encyclopedia, random brass objects, tin belt.

I ate . . .

Things I've eaten this week:

(Pic of pork banh mi via Nom Nom)
  1. Buttered brown bread ice cream and Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout beer float,
  2. Headcheese and pate banh mi with jalapeno, cilantro, and pickled carrots and daikon,
  3. Pork taco,
  4. Mongolian BBQ that made me briefly ill,
  5. Everything bagel with lox and onions,
  6. Asian pear and gouda sandwich on texas toast,
  7. Lamb burger with avocado,
  8. Tuna sandwich from Subway (x2),
  9. Lemon blueberry waffle and caramel apple waffle,
  10. Hot and sour tofu and fish soup,
  11. Trader Joe's macaroni and cheese with peas,
  12. Fries,
  13. Goat cheese and caramelized onion salad,
  14. Bacon pizza,
  15. Leftover frozen soup dumplings with black vinegar and ginger.

To Die For





Repost: I have no idea what happened to my original post. It's vanished.
Anyhoo, this is my favorite home tour of all time, from the sadly deceased Budget Living.
The details are perfection, from the fencing sword ashtrays to the rhino trophy to the "Meat is Murder" butcher's block.
A. had a whole stack of them that she was thinking of throwing out, but first we got drunk and looked through them again.

Icon


O. was just talking about Dogtown and Z-boys, and it reminded me that Peggy Oki is a badass.
Photo by James O'Mahoney via WOA.

Raden Saleh


Self portrait of 19th c. Javanese painter Raden Saleh.
Via janitor of lunacy.

Ebay find


Rare Makiko Minagawa for HaaT (collaboration with Issey Miyake).
Buy it now here.