charlotte sometimes...

Since I've been listening to Charlotte Gainsbourg's new album IRM quite a bit the past month and a half  I've had Charlotte on the brain and I came across this Vogue Paris Editorial from a few years back that I'd all but forgotten. I thought it was worth revisiting...

 

shot by Craig McDean 
styled by Carine Roitfeld
Vogue Paris Jan 2008
{ via: tfs }

Have a lovely Wednesday!

Charlotte Gainsbourg - Me and Jane Doe

help me get my feet back on the ground

This was one best of my roadtrip finds... A lovely little 70s tea dress I was lucky enough to find on the racks of Feather's in Austin.  I loved the slightly washed out colors and it fit me really well to boot.  'Twas meant to be!

I really agonized (silly) about whether or not to take pictures over the weekend because I'm still feeling so very not great but the amazing weather and lovely sunset coaxed me out of my shell.  And though I started off the mini-shoot with sunglasses on, eventually, I decided it was ok to take them off and get on with the picture taking, already! 

I am also happy to report that I (finally) went to the doctor and got antibiotics which, combined with positive thinking, I will use to make a full recovery in mere hours! watch in amazement! Anyway, wishful thinking never killed anyone...I don't think...

In other news, something dreadful is going on with my camera and it's not focusing as easily as it used to :( It's sick too! The camera in question is a Canon XSI... anyone else experienced issues like this? If so, I'd love your input!

well... that's it for now, loves!  I leave you with my favorite lads singing one of my favorite tunes...

don juan's reckless daughter takes on Austin, TX

Truthfully, I've been back home for a few days but it took a few days to figure out what to post from the Austin portion of the roadtrip aside from millions of band photos. I had a marvelous time in Austin (despite my being sick), it was just as warm and as interesting as I had hoped.  To me it's a hybrid of Seattle, San Francisco and the best things about the American South.  I spent the majority of my time in the South Congress and Downtown areas but there were cool places to see even on the eastside where our awesome rental house was located.  Still, I have to say South Congress was my favorite so... that's the focus of this post.

"The Brit's" band  had a few show's at Home Slice Pizza's music showcase and they had an amazing greenroom for the bands with lots of free pizza, comfy couches and most importantly heaters! It sort of became our home base.

I did a little bit of investigating before heading to Austin and found this very helpful site called "vintage around town guide".  

I had a few places highlighted on the map prior to my visit and it just so happened that the majority of them were on or around South Congress which helped me make the most of only a few days in the city.  I highly recommend that map if you are into vintage and plan to visit Austin in the near future!

Feather's Boutique was great but it was one of the stores I knew about long before this trip. I must say, my first visit was a success... I bought an adorable dress (which will get an outfit post soon) and met the lovely Nikki who works there, handles the blog and also did an Austin City Guide for the Urban Outfitters blog a few weeks back - I may have scared her with my half-missing voice and sniffles but she was oh-so-sweet.  She also let me know that they post pictures of items for sale on the feathers blog and they will ship! so I thought I'd pass that on to you lot. thanks, Nikki!  (interior shot of  feathers via flickr...)

We went to a few more shops along the main drag (vintage or otherwise) and they were all pretty cool but I didn't find much of any thing.  Cream vintage does do in-store alterations which is interesting but there was nothing in the store that worked for me.  Still worth a browse.  Then we ended up in a store that really deserves its very own post, Uncommon Objects...

Probably one of the most unique and coolest (for lack of a better word) store I've been to anywhere. Top five for sure. Uncommon Objects carries mainly antiques, gifts and wonderful knickknacks.  It's not so much that they have the coolest items ever (though they are all pretty darn great), but the way they have them displayed and the sheer quantity of interesting things simply boggles the mind. It's like the blog "the snail and the cyclops" come to life and that could never be a bad thing! Though they do not allow photographs normally, after a brief chat with one of the owners and an exchange of cards I was able to snap a few cheeky shots to share with my lovely readers!

(I bought those feathers and the vintage glass vase they sat in for my room...swoon!)

I could have spent hours (literally) in this store - I'll post a few more pictures on my flickr this week if you care to see more. Thanks to Uncommon Objects for being so great to me! I'll be back someday soon!

There were so many great eateries in Austin too.  Sadly, I wasn't in the biggest eating mood but it all looked and smelled delicious. We passed by the Hey Cupcake Airstream about ten times and I was really tempted, that and I have a huge thing for Airstream trailers and if I were to live in one someday I will basically have made it in my book! However, I did eat or had friends eat and enjoy the following places:  Home Slice (mentioned above), South Congress Cafe, Crepes Mille, Güero´s Taco Bar & Jovita's (Mexican). There were also lots of great coffee shops which both surprised me and made me miss living in Seattle another great coffee town.

As I mentioned, I have SO MANY band photos and I will post them on my flickr as well but not here because this is already an EPIC POST. But here is a shot of the lead singer (aka Doll) from Doll & the Kicks (UK) that I took because her outfit was stellar and she was very sweet.

and, finally, the one shot of me from pretty much the whole weekend.  I don't like being photographed when I'm sick (for obvious reasons!) but thanks to Miss Kristin for your help with this one! sorry if I was a pain!

Ok, I'm sure your bored by this point and I need a break anyhow! I highly recommend visiting Austin and I'm excited for Andrea who will be moving there soon!  Thanks to all the wonderful people we met! We'll be back...

(first pic of night skyline & store front pics from flickr the rest by me)

{Excuse the mess}

I'm working on updating the look of Don Juan's Reckless Daughter but it's proving slightly more challenging than I thought! give it a day or two and everything should fall into place!

Of course, I am open to suggestions! just comment or email me.

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Have a great weekend.

PS: you might also send me well-wishes - this is day 7 of loss of voice / cough from hell madness. I'm ready to be well again!

~ reckless daughter

strike a Poésy

I adore Clemence Poésy and she is so rarely in Magazine editorials that I always get overexcited when I hear or see that she's in a new one. This one is from April 2010 Vogue UK and all I can say is her hair is incredible!

"Strike a Pose"
Model: Clemence Poésy
Photographer: Kai Z Feng
Styling: Pippa Holt

intermission (aka: bad blogger alert!)

Hi Kids! I am terribly sorry for the severe lack of posting during "roadtirp week". This may be the longest ever gap in two years!  I didn't have as much time as I had expected for computing AND now...I'm really sick with a cough/bad throat thing which is really lame but I still had a great time.  Now I'm home in bed and I'm literally working on a real post as we speak but I couldn't stand anymore of a gap! see you soon!

I am here...

Hello from the road and apologies for the gap between posts!  It's been a fun and exhausting time so far and very little down time for blogging but I was able to snap a photo an hour throughout  most of day two (i.e.: yesterday) of the trip. Starting in Santa Fe, New Mexico. enjoy!

8:30am - at the hotel...

9:30am - coffee & food

10:30am - antiques

11:30am - adorable 60s "petal outfit" which was sadly a tiny bit too small! (It hurts a little)

12:30am - exploring with Kristin, my co-pilot on this part of the journey...

1:30am - such a colorful place! (details: vintage dress)

 2:30pm - french food! in Santa Fe? who knew!

3:30pm - on the road again...

4:30pm -  Ft. Sumner, NM...apparently "They have the Kid" (as in Billy the Kid died here)

5:30pm - roadside castle

7:00pm - a Texas sunset

8:00pm - can you see me?

9:30pm - still on the road

Alas, dear friends, this is where the story ends (aka the camera dies).  We made it to Abilene, TX and now where off again. Austin or Bust!

xxdjrd

not them again!

Yes, I know. Sorry to be a she & him fansite this past week but I've got almost no time today to work on the outfit post I had planned (I leave in 2days. yikes!) AND I'm going to see the band tonight so I thought I'd share that you can stream She & Him vol.2 in it's entirety today via NPR! The album isn't out until the 23rd so it's a nice little sneak peak...



I'll report back with a real post ASAP and I'll be sure to take notes for you all on what Miss Deschanel is wearing  ;) Meanwhile, here are two really low quality iphone pics of two outfits I wish I would have purchased at Urban over the weekend (non-buyers remorse) - but I decided to save the $$ for purchases on my trip! (the hat/tights/shoes are mine) - also, please excuse the weird facial expressions. I don't have an explanation for them.

later gators!

Update** just so you know, I risked my well being to get these (they are super anti-camera at this particular venue) -  and I was only able to snap a couple but I had to share my ninja photography..

~djrd