got 'em

luella x ghost world ('08 throwback)

My thirteen year old self sought a great deal of salvation in Enid Coleslaw - impulsive, cynical, weird, bitter, critical, confused and self-doubting.  She was probably my first style icon, both in the Daniel Clowes graphic novel and the Terry Zwigoff film.

Growing up in Glasgow, I didn't know much about Daniel Clowes, just that this mystical male cartoonist seemed to completely understand myself and outsider teenage girls everywhere.  I recently found out that he is based in Oakland, California. full circle or what.

Oakland Museum of California has an exhibition running from April 14th to August 12th 2012 entitled "Modern Cartoonist: the Art of Daniel Clowes" - on the first Sunday of the month, admission to the museum is free "totally bitchin'"  

pendleton perfection

Pendleton is a real diamond in the rough for me - the rough being the endless selection of weird shit I find in US stores.

A bright, graphic beacon of hope amongst black, brown, 'playing it safe', more black, and denim.

I've been beyond obsessed with Pendleton wool blanket jackets for a while now, I love their rich history but also the fact that the graphic designs look timeless.

Haven't been able to find the perfect one in a Women's size yet.
until then;

Ken Nagahara

      

This is my good friend, the Oakland-based Japanese skate and motorcycle photographer, Ken Nagahara.  

His newest exhibition 'Cost to Coast'/'Coast to Coast' is travelling throughout mainland Europe this Summer.

Cost to Coast is a chronicle of the 27 day motorcycle trip from Oakland to Brooklyn and back again that Ken and friends Max Schaaf and Chris Lindig undertook in Summer 2010 

Although it has been previously exhibited in the US and Japan, this is the first time that Naga's work has reached Europe and is quickly gaining attention.

If yawl are anywhere near Germany/Italy/The Netherlands, you should check it out.

If not, then why not check out kennagahara.com

(Pop Power)

(Vogue France, April 2012) - 

                                 Hannah Holman modelling,

Elissa Cannelle Castelbou styling, Simon Burstall photographing