If we are going to talk about style influences and following your own innate sense of what looks good then we have to talk about The Dresden Dolls and specifically singer Amanda Palmer. I have to be honest I don’t know much about their songs except for a few but I am however a huge fan of their style aesthetic, their own version of punk cabaret. I love theatrics and Amanda and Brian do not dissapoint.

These incredible images were shot by photographer Oleg Micheyev.

I Heart Her Eyebrows!!

                                                                                                                                        you can tell
from the scars on my arms
and cracks in my hips
and the dents in my car
and the blisters on my lips
that i’m not the carefullest of girls

you can tell
from the glass on the floor
and the strings that’re breaking
and i keep on breaking more
and it looks like i am shaking
but it’s just the temperature
and then again
if it were any colder i could disengage
if i were any older i could act my age
but i dont think that youd believe me
it’s
not
the
way
i’m
meant
to
be
it’s just the way the operation made me

and you can tell
from the state of my room
that they let me out too soon
and the pills that i ate
came a couple years too late
and ive got some issues to work through
there i go again
pretending to be you
make-believing
that i have a soul beneath the surface
trying to convince you
it was accidentally on purpose

i am not so serious
this passion is a plagiarism
i might join your century
but only on a rare occasion
i was taken out
before the labor pains set in and now
behold the world’s worst accident
i am the girl anachronism

Here is Girl Anachronism

Here is Coin-Operated Boy

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While straightening up the apartment, I have been listening to this on repeat. A little M.I.A. to help the chores go faster.

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How cute is Zooey Deschanel? Here is an interview from the now defunct Jane Magazine (R.I.P) with their June/July cover girl. I couldn’t help but post it.

She’s seems like so much fun to hang out with!

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**This is our weekly series on stylealchemy, titled Cinema Aesthetic, which explores the importance of wardrobe and set design within film (mostly) but may include music video and television**

This week we’re going to jump into the world of the music video which is essentially a short film set entirely to music.

The Bird and the Bee’s Again and Again video is adorable. There are certain points and shots of the video that are constantly repeated as if on a constant loop, hence playing into the ‘again and again’ theme.

Director, Autumn de Wilde has a certain sensibility that is found throughout her portfolio and she has worked with artists and other creatives including Beck, Rodarte, Miranda July and Rilo Kiley/Jenny Lewis. She was also the photographer on the infamous Zooey Deschanel shoot for issue four of Lula Magazine.

The stylist that you always see associated with Autumn de Wilde is Shirley Kurata who has such a cool sensibility with clothes and aesthetics. The de Wilde and Kurata team work heavily with many indie artists in both the photography and film mediums. Here these two worked their magic on musicians Greg Kurstin and Inara George for “Again and Again.” I’m loving the mod, ’60s styling and the eclectic setting. It’s an entertaining 2:51 minutes well spent.

This dress is out of control!

Here is the video.

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Fact: My love for Radiohead has no bounds. This has been true for some time.

Therefore:  I love In Rainbows.

As a result: I want to take this album behind the bleachers and make out with it, then go carve our initials into a tree.

That is all.

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