Warrior Queen

Please forgive my sporadic half-hearted posts, I've been feeling rather under the weather over the past couple of days.

I happen to come across Mother of London accidently on myspace. Mother of London (based in LA) apparently specialises in Naute Couture, which Mildred von Hildegard (the designer) describes as "... a tactile concoction of aristocracy, machismo, elegance and retro-futurism, all tinged with satirical humor." To me, there's also a slight tribal flavour. Some of her stuff really reminds me of the movie 'Predator' (ace film by the way), especially the first outfit below, this is perhaps because of the tubing and the armour-like qualities of the apparel. I find myself strangely aroused.

Her creations are available for rent for $200 a day with 3 pieces of your own choice, which I think is a really good idea, cos let's face it, it's not like you're gonna wear it on a daily basis or anything, but it's defiantely something that should be tried at least once in a life time, even if you're not gonna own it. She also has an etsy shop for showroom samples for those of you that need this stuff in your life, there's not always stuff there, but it deserves to be in your favourites list just in case you get lucky.

It's just nice to imagine this is what my daughter will look like in 2040 (that's if I ever have a daughter).

The Gothic One

Yes, yes, yes. I'm all over Rodarte's spring/summer 2010 collection. I kind of attempted a Gothic stage in my life which failed quite tragically, I don't know, gothic and freckles just don't seem to work. I think wearing black was as far as I got. The Mulleavy sisters came up with every possible way to destroy the fabrics until they were only barely recognisable, shame it never works out the same for me, I literally end up with rubbish. Also liking the tribal tattoo-ey body make up!

Rodarte ss2010 (courtesy of style.com)