Helmo

Helmo, aka Thomas Couderc and Clement Vauchez, is a French graphic design duo based in Montreuil near Paris. They met in 1997 while studying in Besancon and founded Helmo in 2007. The work shown here is from their Pronomade(s) project. Love their depiction of both urban and natural environments with a playful, trompe l'oeil twist. Enjoy!

All photos courtesy of Helmo

Françoise Dorléac

If the name doesn't look familiar to you, I'm sure you know her sister, Catherine Deneuve. Françoise Dorléac was an actress, like her younger sister and they also starred together in the musical Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (picture above). You can see she was absolutely beautiful, a perfect example of the famous French elegance.

ÜBerlin

ÜBerlin is a great new song off R.E.M.'s 15th album Collapse into now. I've been a huge fan of R.E.M. for such a long time, so I can't help but get excited every time they come out with new material. For this album they are also releasing accompanying videos for each new song, like the video above which is directed by Sam Taylor-Wood and stars a dancing Aaron Johnson.

Enjoy!

This is not porn

Anthony Perkins and Audrey Hepburn trying to get a fawn drunk?

This is not porn is a site that collects rare photos of famous people. I just spent a lot of time going through the archives, and I'm sure you'll get hooked as well. It was so difficult to choose what pictures to post here, so if you like these ones (which I'm sure you'll do), go over there and check the rest out.

Stenciled hair

Found this picture on the Nylon blog and all I can say is wow. It's from the Betsey Johnson Valentine-themed runway show and it's one of the coolest things I've seen lately. Feel like I'm stuck in a hair rut these days and in desperate need of some inspiration. Stencil on your hair. Love it.

Put on your new pants and move out to France.

Just a quick post, my current favourite song to let you know I beat the cold and to thank you for all your wishes which definitely sped up my recovery.

Until next time,

xoxo

My good luck charm

I'm nursing a cold these days, so you can guess I'm feeling pretty miserable, hence the lack of posts. However, despite being in this pathetic state, Tatty Devine still managed to cheer me up! My lovely, lovely horseshoe ring came this morning and I haven't taken it off since. Isn't it the cutest? Hope it brings me luck and helps me get rid of this stupid cold. But maybe I'm asking too much from a piece of jewellery.

Off to sneeze.