She wanderlusts

the apartment

shewanderlusts — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:47:27 +0000

Carla and I decided to be partners for a project in our Japanese language class in grade 8. We had spent months learning to read, increasing our vocabulary and trying to nail pronunciation of a language that native-English speakers can’t always wrap their tongues around. So we were excited when our teacher told us we could do a project on anything we wanted that had to do with Japanese culture.

Carla and I decided we were going to make an obi — the beautiful, decorative, wide belt that is tied around the waist on top of the traditional kimono. But we weren’t just going to buy Japanese-looking fabric from the store and tie it around our waists. No. We (well, let’s be honest, Carla) was going to paint an intricate floral design on a piece of fabric that we were going to sew to the exact proportions.

I stood with the blank obi wrapped around my waist while Carla, sitting on the edge of her bathtub, carefully painted a floral design. When she was finished, I had the design tattooed all over my stomach because the paint had soaked through the cheap fabric we’d bought, but the obi looked beautiful.

Later in high school we used to sit in physics class and design dresses — grad dresses, red carpet dresses, wedding dresses. We’d sketch them on scrap paper we were supposed be using for math equations. Most of us were doing it just to have fun and to pass the time. But I always felt that Carla was somehow more serious than we were about these drawings, that this meant something to her.

Here’s a video she and her friends made for their design class at the Emily Carr University of Art + Design in Vancouver.

l i f e

shewanderlusts — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:00:43 +0000

filthy gorgeous, indeed.

Photos by Alex Vadukul.

Print’s not dead

shewanderlusts — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:45:01 +0000

Style.com — the online fashion bible has made its foray into the world of print. They’ve published their first hard-copy edition and I’ve just placed my order! Can’t wait for it to arrive at my office!

in flight.

shewanderlusts — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 10:32:22 +0000

When we climb to 30,000 feet, our perspective looking down at the world becomes that of a deity, and the rules of time and space are altered as we rush over the earth. Read on at Dossier…

tartine

shewanderlusts — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 06:52:29 +0000

growing is forever

shewanderlusts — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:42:10 +0000

It’s been a really long time since I’ve seen something worth posting. This is possibly one of the best things I’ve stumbled upon. Make sure you watch it with HD turned ON.

paradise found

shewanderlusts — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 06:35:46 +0000

via

sunlight over me no matter what i do

shewanderlusts — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 08:31:08 +0000

mini-break

shewanderlusts — Sun, 15 May 2011 17:33:26 +0000

Banyan Tree Al Wadi, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates

April 2011.

where east meets west

shewanderlusts — Thu, 05 May 2011 16:56:21 +0000

a few weeks ago i took a mini-break to istanbul for the weekend. put it on your list.