Peter Pilotto S/S 2013 details

"Netting of embroidered tulle, silk crepe, sporty knit, printed waffle silk, opaque neoprene, silk Mikado, silk muslin, cloqué silk, organza, [...] peplum basques, [...] Snug mermaid skirts, [...] Cross-drapes for dresses with netting inserts." - Peter Pilotto reviewed on vogue.it

Valentino Haute Couture by Deborah Turbeville for Vogue Italia

Models - Maud Welzen, Cora Emmanuel, Josephine Skriver, Montana Cox, Antonina Vasylchenko, Clarice Silva Vitkauskas and more

Seen at Visual Optimism

Surface characteristics: Blumarine

Dazzling as in luster, resonance, or silveriness: a liquid silver foil ablaze in auroral, irradiated, celestial, fluorescent light.

Blumarine Fall Winter 2012-13 collection at vogue.it

Bouba et Sokona Sacko

Screenshots from a video from the early 1990s by Malian guitar/ngoni legend Bouba Sacko. Although there is a better quality video of the same recording, I prefer this version with its acrid, flat blocks of saturated colours and unpredictable hues due to harsh studio lighting. I discovered this song (and it has since been on repeat all morning) after reading about Bouba on World Service. Lemon yellows, Cornflower blues (which shimmer into electric blues and white simultaneously) and vivid reds/pinks on the back-up singers. I like the way each of the band members smile so earnestly whenever they realise a camera is doing a close-up on them. Find myself equally enthralled and mesmerized by the combination of this track and its video.