Wag the Birth Control

Turning up the heat in the culture wars, The White House is attempting to distract voters from its own failure to improve the economy. Could work.

My print column is up.

Tim Miller: Artiste

Villanova University cancelled a week-long workshop by a gay performance artist named Tim Miller who apparently makes his living going from university to university ranting about how tough it is to be gay in America. His "art" includes simulated sex acts, nudity, descriptions of youthful masturbation and playing his father's sperm as he "f---ed" his mother.

As a member of ACT-UP, a gay and virulently anti-Catholic protest group, he organized and engaged in various acts of civil disobedience that led to numerous arrests of which he remains very proud.

As part of his act, he calls the politicians who took away his NEA grant back in the 1990s, certain "f--- ed up, right-wing senators and congress people in Washington." How dare they.

I had never heard of Tim Miller until this "controversy," which he attributes to "homophobia," blah, blah, blah.

But after reading about him, I watched this video of one of his artistic performances. It's called Glory Box. Check it out. See what you think. Did Villanova make the right decision?



More in my print column tomorrow. But let's face it, for a militantly gay performance artiste there is no such thing as bad publicity.

Pink + Blue Vintage Travel Fashion Inspiration

Yesterday's post had me dreaming of a getaway and I don't know about you but I'm so ready for a vaca! Plus I know many of you are starting to think about your honeymoon! SO here is some pretty inspiration for your travels in a super sweet pink + blue. Aaaah...let's close our eyes and dream ;) Enjoy!

Details:
Zimmermann short jumpsuit, $71
Tory burch sandals, $195
All Aboard Kate spade handbag, $78
Isla Tag luggage, $175
Pan Am FOSSIL travel luggage, $45
Yves Saint Laurent clutch handbag, £510
Maison Martin Margiela leather tag-s iphone case, $245


xo

Marni for H&M inspired necklace DIY

Marni for H&M on Vogue Russia

Another H&M designer collaboration wll hit the stores on 8th of March. It's the turn of Marni a sophisticated luxury italian brand. H&M abandons the big names of the fashion industry known by the masses and chooses an intellectual fashion house. We could say that H&M goes radical chic in fact it also picks Sofia Coppola to direct the tv commercial. Marni is known for prints and patterns with a vintage feel and for big statement jewels. The collection designed for H&M has Marni written all over it. It's tribal, vintage and also bohemian and bauhaus. The full lookbook has been disclosed only a few days ago.
See the full Marni for H&M lookbook here. Will you queue outside H&M stores?

Now let's get back to today's diy project. I think that  jewelry is the best part of  this Marni collection.   Every piece looks like a 70's jewel and it's either in wood or in plastic. The plastic leaves necklace you see above are my favorites.  I can make a similar one with just a lighter and an empty bottle. See how I made it.

H&M continua la sua collaborazione con i grandi brand e l'8 marzo sarà il turno di Marni. H&M abbandona i grandi nomi del fashion industry conosciuti dal grande pubblico e sceglie invece un brand di nicchia e più intellettuale. Potremmo dire che quella del colosso svedese sia una scelta radical chic sottolineata anche dal nome di Sofia Coppola scelta per la regia dello spot. Marni è conosciuto per le sue stampe dal sapore vintage e i grandi gioielli e la collezione disegnata per H&M rispetta il dna della maison. Si potrebbe definire una collezione dal sapore vintage con influenze tribali,  sia bohemien che bauhaus. Il lookbook completo è stato svelato da poco, cliccate qui per vederlo. La collezione sarà disponibile solo in negozi selezionati. Che dite? Farete la fila fuori?

Ma torniamo alla collana diy di oggi. A mio parere i gioielli sono la parte migliore di questa collaborazione. Sono tutti molto vistosi  in legno o in plastica, in particolare la collana in foglie arancioni qui in alto è la mia preferita. Possiamo realizzarne una simile con una bottiglia in plastica e un accendino. Vediamo come.

A colored bottle

I didn't care what was inside the bottle, I picked this orange juice only for the color of the bottle (is it weird?).

By the way get a plastic bottle. 

Scegliete una bottiglia di plastica

empty it and cut it

vuotatela e tagliatela

Cut out a leaf shape and get a lighter

Ritagliate una foglia e prendete un accendino

Now this is the fun part: warm up the plastic leaf with the lighter. Keep it a little far from it. You'll see the plastic leaf bend and become tridimensional. It will look much more like a real leaf. These 3d leaves will add volume to the statament necklace.

Ecco la parte divertente: scaldate la foglia con l'accendino mantenendolo ad una certa distanza. Vedrete la plastica piegarsi e assumere un aspetto tridimensionale che servirà a dare volume alla collana. In più otterrete una foglia molto realistica.

here's the first leaf
ecco come appare la prima foglia

Cut the bottle in pieces
Ora ritagliate tutta la bottiglia

Curl all the pieces
e piegate tutte le foglie

Insert one leaf after another
Infilatele una dietro l'altra in un filo

these are three layers 
qui in alto tre strati sovrapposti di foglie

I then added a couple of beads and then I finished the necklace with  thread and crochet using the romanian macramè technique I used in the Stella MCartney diy dress.

Ho aggiunto un paio di perline ed ho ultimato la collana con  filo e l'uncinetto realizzando la fettuccia rumena che già ho utilizzato nel vestito diy di Stella MCartney.

Travel Theme Wedding Inspiration + Lela New York's Luxury Wedding Save-the-Dates

Sources via Pinterest

Today we are featuring a travel theme wedding inspiration board + Lela New York's Save-the-dates in a travel theme. This theme has become incredibly popular with most couples traveling together more and more and having destination weddings. I just love it! It works for so many different types of weddings. What do you think? Will you have a travel themed wedding or a destination wedding?

Enjoy!

Test Tube Burger?

Scientists say the first laboratory meat made from bovine stem cells will be ready for consumption by October.

Well, it sounds like a more humane way of getting meat than from a slaughterhouse. But will it be as tasty?

Who's Your Daddy?