I <3 MIKE GIANT.

YES I could go on and on for approximately 59 years about how I wish I was this man, and if you don't know of Mike Giant, I'm telling you, you're missing out. He is the greatest artist of all time ever, ok, so I'm biased as I clearly LOVE his work but if you like bold, black and white lines and tattoo-esque imagery, then this man is for you, he also appropriately is a tattoo artist, which makes sense once you see his work...







Anyways I was just checking out the Rebel8 blog to realise that they had a new drop of goodies for me to oogle over and then get excited by the desperate feeling of need for their new tees.
So I mention Rebel8 because Mike Giant is behind all the prints, hence my intense love of it all.
Anyways on most days if you talk to me I will have 2 dollars on me and 5 cents in my bank account, but I was freshly paid and as per my usual behaviour, an impulse buy was necessary as soon as I spotted this A M A Z I N G tee.


Ok so if I wasn't such a povo I'd actually want this tattooed on me as I love day of the dead skulls and everything cholo related - which pretty much describes alot of what Giant draws - explaining why Mike Giant's work and I mesh so well. LOL
Anywho now I am waiting in sheer excitement/anticipation of that package to arrive and appropriately since I have sent myself into poor-dom once again, i'll be waiting out 2 weeks before I get paid again/can afford to live/go out in public, which works out well as I will probably get the tee in 2 weeks from the US - so at least on the upside, when I emerge from my hermit shell i'll at least be wearing something new...

MO' MONEY MO' PROBLEMS.

PFFT. That's a lie if ever I heard one, right now if I had more money I'd have no problems.
I'd have my roots done, fresh tattoos, a sick bike, killer clothing, a fresh packet of cigarettes.
I see no problems there. But truly I bring mo' up because I've recently been engulfed in the world of facial hair.
Now normally I am not a complainer of such a privilege/honour but this week - and I know why am I saying this but still cannot fathom saying it - I am moustachio-ed out.
Which should explain my lack of blog posts as I have been busy due to assignment doing for graphic design subjects.
This one, of which, I decided to do on the good ol' moustache.
Well really, I always had this idea to make a moustache hanger. SO.. since this assignment was our own choice, I decided to take the opportunity to take advantage of my idea and use it for uni, a perfect excuse to get things made and paid for without using my own money (thankyou parentals for paying for stuff to do with my "education")



Anyways I'm going to associate it with Movember for this assignment as, hey it gives it a purpose (as opposed to my generic love of all things facial hair - which I'm sure the average person just doesn't get).
Anyways I decided to create a giant moustache pillow also, as a promotional in store piece - which I now see I made ridiculously huge, so I guess it double as being a beanbag - minus the beans.


I'm quite happy to add these moustache things to my collection at the end of the assignment, as they all match the initial perspex necklace I made myself when my friend Andrea and I dabbled in the jewellery creation business under the label Lipstick and Bruises.

So really the point of this blog was to update whoever reads this aka. just my two friends Lauren and Ana, as to what I have been up to. Also during the writing of this blog, but mostly the uploading of photos, I realise just how much I love facial hair and looking at all the moustache goodies that I've had to make for myself (TANGENT: excuse me whats with that? hello single men if you ever see this hurry up and grow a moustache and ask me out so I don't have to make myself moustache goodness to enjoy!?!!) that there is never going to be a day that I don't enjoy facial hair.
I will end this blog now with some moustache inspiration for all. Yes. A combination of my two loves; fashion and facial hair.

I WISH I WAS EATEN BY A BEAR.

So it's almost the end of my uni holidays and I need to update this thing.
As a result of being really stuck for ideas this year - appropriately my FINAL year - when I desperately need to be filled to the brim with ideas and amazing design work. I find that I'm completely on the other end.
I'm swimming/lurking/dwelling in the ABYSS. So as a result I have been frequenting too many design blogs or blogs of vintage/random pictures in order to drain some inspiration from them which hopefully will result in me not epically failing this year, but the good thing is as a result I discovered this beauty.

The grizzly bear sleeping bag by Eiko Ishizawa.

I can't imagine anyone not enjoying the novelty of this. At least I know my friend Lauren will enjoy this as much as I did. I personally have never been camping but if I owned this I would find a way to go on camping trips all the time, that or maybe organise sleep overs with friends just to break this baby out. The detail of the face, even the inner gnarly teeth and pink lining, not to mention it perfectly zips up at the mouth is amazing, it makes it look so real, I mean at least at first glance. The death thing is, this isn't for sale ( I know right have a good ol' wah right here) it was just created for an exhibition.
But man, who doesn't wanna pretend they have been eaten by a bear and get to sleep inside its warm stomach all night?

AFTER GROG BLOG. THE FIRST.

Yep. This is it. The first blog.
Already I am excited to share my recent discovery of this man...
Nicholas Kirkwood.
In short. This man is A M A Z I N G.

So I've never been a huge heels fan.
I mean I am to a certain extent but unless they are vintage or studded (another of my loves I will touch on soon enough) then its pretty basic right?
I mean pointed toe, round toe, a heel? Its been seen before. W R O N G.

I was owned when I saw this man's designs. Ok. So no doubt in my mind this dude must have been an ex-design student of some kind.
Maybe even an ex-architecture student. Well that is specifically the field my friend believes he is from.
And she would know, she was one. Needless to say she dropped out, came to study Graphic Design with me, and last year she graduated...and I'm still here. Need I say more?
Ok. Ok. Well this is my last year but I don't want to be a Graphic Designer. I've always wanted to get into Fashion. By get into, I mean study. And since witnessing designs such as these, there is no doubt in my mind that I MUST!

Spring/Summer 09
Autumn/Winter 08

Spring/Summer 08

I know right. They are just so structurally amazing.
As my friend Ana and I would sum up most things we love...

W O W.