Style and Inspiration

When I think about Style Icons only a few ladies come to mind:

Kate Moss-her coked out eyes and leopard print coats.

Mary Kate Olson- the bag lady look.

Krystal Simpson- rock and roll 70's inspiration. We are soul mates.

Edie Sedgwick- Again the factory girl look, twiggy eyes, silver and gold, stripes and

leopard print, damaged goods.

Anita Pallenberg- I don't know a lot about her yet but

she is fab. in her fur coats and in Performance.

Penny Lane in Almost Famous- Everything about her.

Pamela Debarres- the flowers in her hair, eternal flower child in lace

Suzanna from Spanish Moss- gothic type of vintage with a Californian charm.

and maybe a little of Lindsay Lohan. Again, I love the trashy coke head look.

But most of the style and inspiration comes from men.

A big part of what I like could be described as Keith Richards meets the Cobra Snake.

Steven Hyde from that 70's Show meets Oscar Wilde.

Gram Parsons meets Julian Casablancas.

Robert Plant meet Steve Aoki.

David Bowie and Iggy Pop.

I love the look of the dandy. The suave man in velvet with long brown hair and pouty big lips- like Mick Jagger or Julian Casablancas.

I love the glam and mystery of Bowie. All the colours and costumes.

I love the country times of Gram Parsons. Nudie suits and navaho patterns. The Southern Californian dream.

I love the pure pleasure of Robert Plant. Flowing shirt busting open to a bare chest.

Oh my, so much inspiration.

Like A Tiger Would

Some songs remind me of my clubbing days, which I hope are not completely over.

Some songs in particular remind me of a certain drug.

When the bass is pumping, the synths are in array, I loose control. Some of these songs just bring back these thoughtless, carnal dance parties.

And it's weird, when listening to these tracks in a full state of mind, I hear new things in the tracks, that I did not notice before.

-"Lollipop"- Lil Wayne

-"Hot N' Cold"- Katy Perry

-"Dangerous"- Kardinal Offishal feat. Akon

-"Let It Rock"- Kevin Rudolf feat. Lil Wayne

-"Buck In Here"- Dj Felli Fell feat. Ludacris, P. Diddy, Akon.

All I can envision, especially in relation to that last track is D-Star and I (My ultimate dance partner) doing round abouts around the club to these songs and having dance offs.

Yeah, let's get Buck in herrreee!

Teenage Day Dream

Oh to be sixteen again. To be the "teenage dream" that Katy Perry describes in this song. Skin tight jeans, lolly pops, and naivete.

When I was sixteen, I locked myself in my room with my guitar and notebook and wrote Avril Lavigne like longing for what I thought was love type of songs. I know some sixteen year olds were more advanced than I was. Take for example that movie Thirteen with Evan Rachel Wood. She was thirteen, out running on Melrose, dropping E and playing the choking game. That's intense for an adult, let alone a thirteen year old.

So the teenage dream myth continues. My teenage sister, who is in the throes of teenage love, has become a serial dater. I am yet again left with the same question I asked when I was sixteen: What is the point of all of this?