sing me to sleep tonight

Well, my dears, Thanksgiving came and went and I left my camera at home unfortunately so my few instagram shots are the only proof I have of the solo* roadtrip with amazing playlists, the veggie-friendly thanksgiving feast, and a much needed hang-out session with my family in Las Vegas.  Truth be told, t'was a quick trip.  I did my best to avoid the post Turkey-day traffic nightmare and headed back to LA with several bags of leftovers in tow for my dearest "Brit" who could not come with this year due to a crazed schedule. 

(*there were also small chihuahuas in the car with me :)

Speaking of crazy schedules - I am completely sleep deprived this week (if you could tell by my eyes!) and the copious episodes of Game of Thrones and Downton Abbey I've watched in the past few days might not be helping. Downton is an emotional roller-coaster this season! I can't take much more!

I'm sorry for the terrible job of photographing my shoes! They are sparkly old favorites purchased in London ages upon ages ago.  I realized I didn't take a close up on my way out the door then quickly  tried to snap one and...well..nobody is perfect.

outfit notes:
dress - freepeople
blouse - can't recall.?
shoes - office 
tights - target

musical notes:

 I love this song

xo djrd

rodarte archives / grey magazine

Editorial posts have been few and far between here as of late... mainly because I had been waiting to be moved by something I'd seen enough to post it and that hadn't happened for ages. When I came upon these almost candid, uber-relaxed but still quite dreamy photos Nan Goldin took of the Rodarte Archives (for Grey Magazine) I knew I would have to share them because I just really loved this work.  It reminds me a cool post-runway after hours girl party. It also rekindled my love for Rodarte.

I'm not that familiar with Grey Magazine but judging from their website I would be a whole lot more inspired to post Editorials if I stopped by more often!



images via fashion gone rogue

welcome to fall

And so we meet again.  I'm slowly but surely giving the old blog a bit of a facelift (just a few little tweaks) so please bear with me if things look a little upside down over the next week or so.  But enough about that...I hope you all had a lovely weekend?  "The Brit" and I spent most of ours doing some decorating and organizing of our little bungalow in the hills.  His parents are coming to the States to spend Christmas with us and that includes coming to our place for a couple of days.  Seeing as though that is about a month away we thought we had better get on top of those projects we'd been putting off. Hang a few pieces of art, buy a rug, and do some painting. Not in this outfit though, I wore this to work on Friday, pre-home improvements...

May I express briefly how ridiculously thrilled I was to finally be able to pull out the knitwear and my over the knee socks, you guys? I almost shed a tear!

Still working my way toward finishing my forthcoming EP in time for January which is when I think it will be ready to share with the world. The songs are basically finished - just some photos, artwork and mastering left to do. I am exceptionally excited to share it with you. 

Don't forget to VOTE!

Just one last friendly reminder for my American readers – PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE VOTE! I did!

 I promise normal non-political content will resume shortly. xDJRD

Update: woo hoo! I love you America xoxo

le cygne noir

As promised here are a couple of iPhone photos of my halloween costume this year! I really wanted to reuse my tutu from last year and this is what I came up with.