edit: APRIL (2021)

hey there,

Time to tackle the impossible. To define the feminine, I would go on for hours and probably would barely scratch the surface. Therefore, I ain't gonna do it. It’s definitely a minefield (or perhaps - a meadow of flowers 🌸). AND I am a bit too opinionated to get it right anyway.

But the question is so intriguing!! If you ask me how I explain the feminine - in a heartbeat I would say - it’s you (I think about all my girlfriends, my mom & grandmothers, and clients, girls who love my jewelry). Naked and authentic, dressed in whatever you like. It’s not a short skirt or a flowy dress, it has mostly nothing to do with how you look, but everything - with how you feel. If you are happy, this will reflect in your eyes.

So, after a long real-life based research, one night I sat down to craft this five-piece roadmap of my idea of femininity woven from the the visible and the feel >

> ACCEPT YOUR MASCULINITY. Wear those oversized pants if they give you coziness and confidence. I hope you are with someone who likes you the way your are and is very excited to take them off at the end of the day.

First of all, I should say - I am not a fan of this Eastern European idea of a perfect woman with a perfect make-up, tight skirt and pouty lips. Neither of a Californian stereotypical gal with long hair (love long hair by the way!) wearing a flawy dress and posing for her Instagram in Positano. Actually, I don’t have anything against the perfectly ironed locks, perfect skin, perfect nails, or the shoes coordinated with your bag (how is that feminine, you'd ask me). Yes, I saw all of it. It’s just not that interesting to me.

After years of being criticized for looking “not like everybody” (first time in the fifth grade by my best friend - why don’t you dress like everyone else?) and still doing it in my own way to oblivion, I figured that it starts in your head. What you think and what you do. Then it goes down to your heart - how you feel about everyone around you and how you build your external and internal boundaries. How you act courageously, how you aren't afraid of losing everything and starting again from scratch, and how vulnerable and genuine you are. That’s the main ingredient of my recipe. AND only then your locks and outfits come in. I know it doesn’t make sense, but wait and follow me here.

Less is more. Subtle versus overdone. Not sugary and girly - but heated and melting, not straightforward - or straightforward in a very genuine and a bit confusing way. In January, my friend told me that I had a nice ass (hello!!!? At 41!). I've never worn leggings outside my yoga class before the lockdown. But one day when wearing them, I met my girlfriend and she asked me why I didn't show myself more. Why wouldn’t you wear tight pants, animalistic prints, or at least remove that sweater from your behind? (I usually tie it around for the touch of casual). I was chewing this idea later: my guy can do anything he wants with my behind. Really, I would wear animal print panties for him, if he were into it, or would go gathering berries with my naked ass if he asked me to. But there's no way for the athletic wear to the groceries store where a random person in line at the seafood department would scan me up and down totally spoiling my mood. I just can’t stand it. I love knowing that I can surrender to those I care about, but everyone else is kept away. Is that me hiding? Or me being a control freak?

While growing up in a country of beautiful woman, I also had a lot of them in my family. My dad’s mother was this independent feminist with wavy short hair, chain smoking and driving around, hanging out with artists, knitting with her Virgo OCD neatness, pickling delicious winter squashes, and chasing her husband with a dictionary in a heated argument. My mom’s mom was this typical 60’s American housewife that also worked as a midwife because all women had to work in the ex-Soviet Union. She looked incredibly with her cheekbones and her long hair in a big bun aka ingénue from a black & white movie. She was so gentle that when she yelled at me I was even more happy and excited. My mom is this feisty artistic woman with an incredible logic, huge emotions and grit. Her dad was very intense and put her and her sister in the clay target shooting as kids - what a good idea for little girls!! But who knew my granddad would totally get it. My dad is a mix of masculine and very feminine where he would go fishing for days because it would bring him joy, spend time cooking, and enjoy nature - he moved to the countryside after his retirement where he keeps chickens, bees and obviously goes fishing. So, I was exposed to this variety of archetypes and cherry picked my own personality traits from them all (or was involuntary imprinted with it).

I was never praised when little. Only “not good enough” - “you can do better” - “do whatever you want” (when I would annoy everyone with my quiet stubbornness). Never wore pink. For kindergarten graduation ceremony my mom made me this beautiful Liberty print dress in two shades of blue!! I think I only recently realized that I was upset about it being baby blue and navy. I never was told that something is feminine and something is masculine. I was never discouraged pursuing things. My mom would tell me that I didn’t like playing with dolls, until I explained her I hated the particular doll so very much not because I didn’t like it, but because it was given to me after the adenoids operation. I just resented everyone for leaving me at the hospital for a few days and making me suffer that removal, so I took it all out on the poor doll. My mom still keeps it. Instead of toys, I played with fabric leftovers. To my family’s embarrassment, my most exciting moments were inspecting fancy outfits when we went out. Let’s say, to see the Nutcracker: I would quietly but in awe come up to the exquisitely dressed woman to touch her skirt with my tiny fingers.

Each of us has our own idea of the feminine, and it starts in our childhood. Once you accept it and cultivate both of your - feminine and masculine energies within you to be a more mature, confident personality - you become softer and more magnetic, even wearing men’s clothing. I would say, the stronger you feel inside, the more you are willing to be fragile and vulnerable with people to whom you want to show that side of yours. Through your masculine discover your feminine and drop all the prejudices - what is right - or what is pretty. You are incredible just as you are. From inside out.

> PLAY WITH JUXTAPOSITIONS. Avoid the boring, the usual, clichés, popular brands, habits and never ask what everyone thinks. Don’t even read popular fashion magazines. Or make it your own. Femininity is also inspiration, that innately incorporates surprise and creativity. Only pink, pastels, girly and sugary is very flat and boring. It takes the game out of life. You kind of know the rest of the story already. And if you mix in the opposite elements - it heats up. So, I would say - always mix the contradictions to create this amazing sentiment of the unexpected.

Nature and culture. Elements of nature and wilderness mixed into something logic, constructed and architectural. Embroidery on austere garment. Natural light and plants in your aesthetically clean space. Disheveled hair with a strict outfit. Totally bare face framed with clothing of extraordinary quality. Raffia or Bamboo accessories with grey flannel pajama type suit and loafers. A huge branch of a willow tree you found after the storm laying on the ground and now it’s blooming in your bedroom.

Feminine + Masculine. Contemporary women live in a very masculine world. I was surprised that 50% of women never come back to their work after having kids. I think we need to create our own spaces that generate us happiness and let us pay our bills. I assume there are ways to balance this out. To merge those two worlds. To never lose your independence and never become a stressed out robot (it’s called hustling). Someone I know started to bake cookies from home with her little one in her lap and sell it on women working from home app. Inspire yourself and people around you. I remember my friend telling me a story about a stay-at-home mom of two: one day this woman noticed her husband drifting away. When confronted he told her “find something to do.” After a while she started making ceramics, and that somehow brought back magic and happy feeling into her family. You are the sexiest when you are in your element. Don’t settle. Spice it up. Firstly for yourself.

Old and new. Different vintages. Minimal and eclectic. Eastern Asian aesthetics and French style. Create your own universe. Or hire someone to do this for you. I like when it’s personal: when you have your memories framed, your flea market finds your traveling trophies incorporated next to your adolescence relics.

Childish things and the sophisticated (art, furniture, technology). State of the art Bang & Olufsen mixed with your kids' drawings in a white frame on a big format. Or Cy Twombly, if you have the budget. Or a colorful mended sweater paired with Manolos.

Random elements in something deeply familiar. It reveals your personality and this sweet soft confidence - to make non-ordinary combinations. Let’s say, a completely minimal apartment with just one tiny island of color and exuberance at the entrance.

As well as mass products mixed with exclusive - smart with pretty - raw with glamorous.

> EMBRACE VULNERABILITY. Don’t be afraid to be yourself. Don’t hide. That’s a waste of time. If you like wearing your old grandma's crochet blouses (I do!), wear them with pride.

Your image is most often constructed to wall you from the world. To protect you. Not to open and invite others to reach out for you. Try to flip it around. I was into Phoebe’s Philo “invisibility” philosophy for the last 10 years. And then one day something clicked, and I rediscovered the bright again (anyway, no one makes that cool mash-up style clothing of hers anymore). Now, if I don’t wear color - I spray flowery perfume to make it warm and inviting (who do I invite?! - my own happiness, of course). And I didn’t wear perfume for the last 10 years. This blank slate gave me time to foster something very strong to lean on inside of me, go through the process of effacing myself, and rediscover this insouciance - a naive childish way of being fragile, genuine and totally not afraid of anything. No expectations (to avoid disappointment), living here and now (because living in the future is painful - it might never happen), enjoying small moments right this minute (because nothing will bring you more joy then what’s under your nose). How do you translate it with your clothes? You just play with details and in a creative, shocking manner, you wake up those around you, and firstly - yourself. I found this fascinating quote that kind of binds it all in one for me: […] when we talk about compassion we talk about being kind. But compassion is not so much about being kind; it’s being creative [enough] to wake a person up. So, here is one more mash-up for you - being open, creative and warm is first of all a spiritual process, but it can bleed into all the facets of your life.

> ALWAYS GIVE FIRST. This goes a long way in business, in life and - in love. The most valuable things you will ever receive will always come from something you planted with your heart years ago and forgot. How do you translate that in your environment? By not clinging onto things. Cherishing experiences and people. Not being frugal with encouragement for those around you, learning how to listen and supporting people. By purging your space and your closet. I will leave this one short, as I think it’s pretty self explanatory 💛.

> LIVE WITH EXCITEMENT. “Hell, YES” mantra. If you feel that you are drowning in your comfortable life - rethink it - and do something crazy interesting (without hurting yourself!). Inspiration is also courage. Excitement can hide in the right shade of color. In a new disruptive brand that translates your values. A plant that will bloom one day but you don’t know yet how. New underwear that you never thought you even try (too slutty). A book that your friend gave you when you complained you haven’t had time for fiction lately. Can excitement be only white - or only black? I feel like most often it has a hint of color?! But where? Walls? Skirt? Lips or nails? Kitchen cupboard pictures? Eye liner? Body wash? Bright bed linen? Or just your own personal warmth in juxtaposition with your tuxedo and perforated loafers. That’s why we named our styling Instagram SO EXCITING. Turn your anxiety into excitement. Define your standards and never back down. It’s OK to feel unhappy and be in pain, that will make you love your life more later. And if it’s hard to go through the darkness - always reach out. You would be surprised how often people feel the same, and what a relief to discover it.

Beautiful things have something special about them. To be precise - all things, people, sounds and views are to be appreciated. But some have more magic than others. Find those for yourself and enjoy. And don’t forget to share it with others - that’s part of the feast.

I remember temporary moving back to Vilnius from Paris years ago. It was October, raining, all the nature was going into this brown mushy substance that I found so incredibly beautiful. I couldn't take my eyes from it. And that’s the most depressing season for Lithuanians. It took me a journey through cultures to truly appreciate melancholic wandering moments of dying plants merging with a dirty sky. When you are marinating in your routines, life becomes boring. Especially it’s not easy when you are overwhelmed with stress. Then I seek tiny ceremonial or artistic expressions in everyday moments. A cup of tea with your friend. Or in front of your laptop. Or in your car while going to an assignment. Soothing time of looking at the city from your rooftop, noticing shades of tins, gutters, weeds germinating through the cracks, birds and chimneys. New millimetres of a plant growing in your kitchen: now I have this small seed that has just sprouted - I don’t remember what it is, but it’s so exciting seeing it get bigger everyday. A photograph of flowers that remind you of your childhood framed in a big format on your wall. Little ribbons on a sleeve of your otherwise very masculine Chanel jacket (I took them off but planning to sew them back on again). Julia Child as inspiration for your Aix-en-Provence recipe folder. Sensual things, moments, music, memories - they have this quality of transporting you out of the ordinary into your imagination where everything is possible. FEEL MORE and translate this into your spaces - looks - and that will shift your state of mind. I think femininity is a metaphor of this sensitive eye that notices and celebrates simple moments. Amplifying the beauty of everyday life.

Steps to reformulate your feminine:

Answer this - are you worried about something? Is it important? Take steps to get rid of the stress because it steals your radiance. I've lived for years soaking in adrenaline and cortisol to the point of getting so tense and jittery that I felt in someone else’s body and talked to that person as it hasn't been me (Hey, Yurga, the eleventh cup of coffee to finish this up?).
What makes you ecstatic right at this moment when you look in the mirror? Your hair? Your jewelry? Your smile? Your imperfect, crooked teeth?
Are you a slave of your things? Or more of a slave of your own happiness? What makes you happy? For me it’s the feeling that I am not lying to myself.
Is there anyone who inspires you? Can you be that person? Like NOW?

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Yurga

This was a moment with two very cool people: one sunny noon in Los Angeles we sat in a minimal glamorous hotel that just opened, but obviously Billy had already been there and dragged us to discover it, too! How exciting one cup of coffee can be with people you admire, in a space that uplifts you and reminds how large and interesting the world is. Even if it’s still paralyzed with the pandemic. You can see the vase with one pink flower reflecting in my sunglasses.

AND here are the things that excite me right now >

1) Brené Brown on Netflix: about gratitude, courage and, of course - vulnerability. Moved me so much. To live that joyful and wholehearted life you want.
2) Call My Agent! series - French, feisty, sexy! I had such a good time watching them. For a moment I got upset for not living in France anymore. “Turning 40 for an actress is like being 60 for a regular woman or turning 80 for a guy.” Highly recommended. Very funny.
3) Non-stick fry pan for one person. Having too much trouble with the steel one. A pan for one person makes you a real grown-up.
4) Gyokuro: a gentle sweet green tea. Grown in the shade which gives it this lush forest color thanks to the extra chlorophyll and makes it very caffeinated. Really good!
5) Book on Les Chandelles - the most exclusive club échangiste, or swingers’ club, in Paris. Valérie Hervo spills it all out. Delicious.
6) Schwamm drüber! That’s what my friend Lina says to me when I am upset. I finally wrote down the spelling on a post-it and now have it on my kitchen cupboard in the middle of the pink cartoon cats. When I am really upset, I look at those cartoon cats and tell them to go swimming. They laugh at me. And we all laugh together.
7) Liftoff book on Elon Musk. I've never bought into this whole adoration of his persona, but falling for it more and more lately. It feels like he lives as he truly wants to.
8) Rose incense from Nippon Koda - got it for Valentine’s day - and it made my days truly magic. Read about their respect for ingredients and craftsmanship here.
9) A good tip for no-make-up make-up > try lash strengthening & volumizing Chanel mascara primer. Proved (works) and approved! A very cool concept & pretty packaging.
10) Sex diaries by The Cut. Waiting for them every Friday. Anonymous real New Yorkers document their sex life during one week. Love this one’s a lot: it is true, old marrieds do have sex.

+ visual board for April:

My dream spring outfit. Would wear it with sneakers, as always, and an oversized performance fabric raincoat. This would be perfect for a picnic in Luxembourg gardens, to sit on the raincoat and pretend that you are a flower while chewing a jambon-beurre sandwich. Or with black heeled boots and North Face parka. From Gabriela Hearst fall 2021 collection. Gabriela is also the new Chloé designer, of course, a poster woman for sustainability in fashion (this collection was made with 40% of deadstock fabrics). Crocheted flowers were inspired by paintings of this German mystic, philosopher and Benedictine abbess, Hildegard that lived and had visions in the 12th Century. MOREOVER - those crocheted flowers were interpreted by Gabriela’s 12 years old daughter!! // photo: Gabriela Hirst

Worried, almost no make-up, men’s t-shirt but so pretty: Joanna Kulig. My mom always wears make-up. She is a very pretty woman. But for me she is the most beautiful when just with a touch of mascara, blush and tiny bit pink on her lips. I can’t talk her into trying “no make-up” make-up. That would show her soft and gentle side. She is walled-up and not willing to undress. Maybe one day. It would be magic. Don’t be afraid of showing your bare face. // photo: Martyna Galla.

Acid-treated absinthe colored mushroom glass lamp from Gio Ponti. Perfect detail from 1947 straight into your white crispy masculine bedroom with washed linen off-white curtains and a quiet vase of fragrant irises (+ lots of candles!). // photo: Mutual Art.

Dream kitchen with a backyard where you can have fun with your family and friends. And bake all those flower cookies for summer solstice. // photo: XYZ

By Lithuanian Visvaldas Morkevicius. Reminds me of my childhood. With those sloppy Soviet sidewalks and bushes of Rosa Rubiginosa.

Akhmadullina: Russian designer on her wedding day. She usually wears either fairy-tale, minimal traditional Slavic inspired dresses or men’s tuxedos. I learned about face tapping as an anti age face treatment from her. This is a pretty and unorthodox nuptial moment!!

Maria Gimbutas - born in Lithuania in 1921, fled the war first to Austria, then to Germany - and in the 50s relocated to the United States, where she had a successful academic career as an archaeomytologist. Bernard Wailes commented to NYT that most of Gimbutas' peers believe her to be “immensely knowledgeable but not very good in critical analysis. […] He said that most archaeologists consider her to be an eccentric.” So, was she delusional about all those ancient matriarchal civilizations or just a victim of midcentury sexism? Accordingly to her, in Old Europe (between 7000B.C. & 3000B.C.), the focus of religion encompassed birth, nurturing, growth, death, and regeneration, as well as crop cultivation and the raising of animals. The people of this era pondered untamed natural forces, as well as wild plant and animal cycles, and they worshiped goddesses, or a goddess, in many forms. Gimbutas found images of females that she understood to be goddesses […] especially goddesses sharing form with birds and snakes. In these images she saw a goddess of birth, death and regeneration, which was honored by Neolithic European people. Thus, supporting a peaceful and woman-centered society.” In one of her books, Maria talks about Sheela na gig, [that] with her round eyes and large vulva [..] is none other than the ancient frog or toad goddess, the birth giver and regeneratrix inherited from the Neolithic.

Chloé spring 1998 by Stella McCartney: half child half sage kind of bliss. Photographer: Perry Ogden. Model: Aurelie Claudel & Lucie de la Falaise. Simple, sexy 90’s dress version. Wear it with sneakers or Margiela tibi ballerinas and a big black masculine jacket. A staple in your closet.

Same dress on Naomi Campbell!! And here is another gem > first Stella show for Chloé (full length) featuring her parents, and all the nineties supermodels looking like lambs. Imagine living in the countryside & coming to London for drinks and some heavy flirting. Don’t forget that bright pink - purple lip color.

Zita’s dog > my favorite little face that stares at you especially when you eat something.

Picture by Alice Waters. Wild strawberries: mine and yours - a childhood moment.

No need to elaborate. IN LOVE. You can borrow the idea of a huge print enveloping an all white outfit or a chocolate linen jumpsuit.

A little detail that makes the whole difference. Imagine wearing this coat on something very simple and silky. With flat masculine shoes.

The flawless illustration of masculine and feminine together: this neat coat and a peaking avalanche of soft buttery yellow.

How pretty are those: little flowery cookies from Alma?! And here is the recipe for Swedish summer solstice cookies (June!), if you’d like to make them yourself. // photo: Alma Kitchen

Angela Farmer - an eccentric yoga teacher who invented yoga mat in the 80’s. How beautiful this woman is. Her boyfriend Victor Van Kooten on the feminine: “it is easy to think that the feminine aspect belongs to a woman, just because a woman has a stronger feminine side. Shiva tells us all, that without Shakti, this feminine energy, he is powerless. For a long time yoga was only practiced by men in India, for without the senses turned inward towards one's own receptive and feminine side meditation cannot develop.” // photo: Angela Farmer website

I was looking for raffia shoes for my client before this New Years, and now they are everywhere. Not sure how I would wear them. Maybe with a sheer Zimmerman dress with a huge black overcoat, or this awesome jumpsuit that is on sale now. I assume these mules should squeak, so sorry if they really do. At least, nice to look at!! // photo: Bottega Veneta.

Creative genius Lucia Pica. Chanel got another meaning when she took their creative director’s position. Her first product was the most amazing EROS eye pencil in this weird seductive red. It makes your eyes look instantaneously more alive and intense. That’s my to go tool, and then I always look at the new things she comes up with. Incredibly inspiring. Here Lucia Pica explains her last year collection around pink color (that she rediscovered) and gives some insights on how she sees femininity. // photo: Angelo Pennetta.

Having my annual mammography last year. Into this powdery rose color so very much. Parachute has similar color bed linen.

Brazilian sparkling wine! Making the news recently. Who’d like to try it with me?! This DM Brut is 60% Chardonnay and 40% Pinot Noir, matured for 12 months without added sulfites. Cheekily named for “Dom Maria,” a figurehead imagined by the brand’s founders to convey openness and inclusivity (”Dom” is a title typically bestowed upon men and Maria is one of the most common female names in Portuguese), DM is produced in the méthode traditionnelle.

The earliest people were serious artists > “hailed as the Sistine Chapel of the ancients, archaeologists have found tens of thousands of paintings of animals and humans created up to 12,500 years ago across cliffs that stretch across nearly eight miles (almost 13km) in Colombia. Their date is based partly on their depictions of now-extinct ice age animals, such as the mastodon, a prehistoric relative of the elephant […], the palaeolama, an extinct camelid, as well as giant sloths and ice age horses. These animals were all seen and painted by some of the very first humans ever to reach the Amazon. Paintings are also giving clues about what this very spot might have looked like: more savannah-like” and not the Amazonian rainforest we know now. Read the whole article in The Guardian and watch this. Also, take the inspiration for your living room wall (not all - just one), and breathe in this warm shade of ochre.

Really well fitting minimal swimsuits from Matteau. Just the right amount of shape and a perfect nothingness. The newest collection has coral color in it!!

Cy Twombly: childish chaos, masculine unfinished spacious compositions - but so feminine as a result. Very sexy. Just a perfect juxtaposition of different themes.

A perfect lipstick: tiny bit of tint, translucency and just the right creaminess. Lips are not sticky, not too much of emphasis, works as a chapstick + anti-age treatment at the same time! Win - win - win. AND I kind of like this new category of theirs: nutricosmetics, wondering what’s that!

Above could be your sumptuous apartment entrance! Just imagine that the rest of your home is white and minimal. How pretty would be to have a color and texture island where you could linger with the last glass of wine before your friends leave.

Tina Fey is my queen (OK, Amy Poehler, too). Thus automatically her space with chaotically piled stuff is an inspiration. Validation for my own chaotic post-its, piles of papers, sparse manila folders with more post-its on them. Just embrace your wild messy ways of functioning.

A perfect mix of feminine and masculine. Zara’s héritière Marta Ortega chose this as her wedding gown. // photo: Peter Lindbergh (!!).

New horizons for t-shirt lovers - Nili Lotan white washed cotton boyfriend Brady tee. Or find the vintage in the thrift shop, it will just need to be bleached five times to achieve this snow white shade.

This pink Chanel ensemble reminds me of my grandmothers’ nightgowns (they were in peach though). I loved trying them on. Wear this pinkish ruffle thing on a simple white t-shirt + jeans (you know the drill by now!! a white t-shirt and jeans are the golden ratio of any closet).

I always take those little ribbons off my underwear. But the rest is really awesome and kind of vulnerable, isn’t it?! 😝 // photo: Elle

My new friend!! I assume it’s going to be a sequoia I brought back from my trip 6 years ago in the form of a cone. It was sitting in a little curiosity plate next to my crystal ball. After sprouting - it grew 7 centimeters just in two days!! It will be my chapter of Gargantua and Pantagruel stories, and I already know I am making a bonsai out of her / him (?!) Should I keep its gender neutral? Here is a cool video of a guy hunting for old neglected trees to make bonsai from them, and if you are willing to follow my steps - here is the kit to grow a bonsai from a seed.

HERETIC PARFUM > You have to try it! Caption of this image: “Clean beauty has never been so DIRTY”. LA based Douglas Little makes 100% naturally derived, non-gendered fragrances that are synthetics free, vegan, and never tested on animals. And the whole packaging - marketing experience is brilliant. Who else quotes Frank Zappa on the last page of their beauty product brochure?!

This is my new favorite perfume place. I haven’t been wearing perfume for years, because of all those chemicals in it, and because regular perfumes became way too overpowering for me after eliminating them. Once in a blue moon I would spray some weird stuff from CDG or roll on my wrists with these natural Tata Harper oils. But HERETIC is a revelation! Douglas is co-creating scents with Gwyneth Paltrow (also clean ones), & I loved the ones I tried. So far, my favorite here is DIRTY VIOLET. Their discovery sets are awesome gifts and you can easily customize your own scent by layering them. Fragrance doesn't stay long, but that’s the beauty of natural perfume. Just a hint of it. A hint of you. // photos: Heretic Parfum

My dad with his grandmother. He has a lot of softness and femininity in him, you can see it here.

Berry robe is my best friend at 6:45am when I wake up but still want to go back to bed for the first fifteen minutes. Then I talk to my robe - and we convince each other to go brew that cacao. // photo: Parachute.

When the sexiest girl in New York - Mary Frey (also a wife of Mario Sorrenti ) joined Tom Sachs and two more dudes to form Satan Ceramics (in 2014?) I almost fainted from excitement. This resulted in random imperfect intriguing objects > primitive - fun - funny. On my Christmas list for a decade now. Watch this Satan Ceramics tattooing party with all of them. They are just like an extracurricular high school bunch having fun. By Googling Mary yesterday I found these amazing images (below) > she was the face of Jil Sander 2020 fall ad campaign!! // above photo: Tom Sachs

Mary Frey for Jil Sander fall 2020 > if someone still has questions about juxtapositions, masculine energy in the feminine and all the other self-expression forms of your true self. Photographed by her husband Mario Sorrenti.

Mary Frey for Jil Sander > glowing with her radiance while lying on the cracked asphalt sprouting with weeds.

Mary Frey for Jil Sander > disheveled New Yorker in the wild.

Aya’s Iwata venture Craftlab is the Paris based craftsmanship wonderland: the authentic Japanese ceramics by various artists, tainted with natural pigments.

Super fragile, androgynous in her sartorial choices and politicly incorrect from early days Charlotte Gainsbourg. PLUS always disheveled. Which is pretty cool. So many juxtapositions. // photo: Chris Colls - The Guardian, she wears Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello.

Some old-Céline goodness. Just imagine it with lingerie underneath. // photo: old Céline website.

There is something very soothing and gentle about merengues for me. I love how they melt in your mouth. Sharp and crispy but so easy to mess up. Send me your merengue making secrets!! I am still failing.

Sharp and simple. The rest is up to you. Do you have things to say? If you do, then this is for you.

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The perfect breakfast. From half baked little genius - Tieghan. She says you can never overdo this toast on the cinnamon!!

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