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Strange Hours: Photography, Memory, and the Lives of Artists, Rebecca Bengal considers the photographers who have defined our relationship to the medium. Through generous essays and interviews, she contemplates photography’s narrative power, from the radical intimacy of Nan Goldin’s New York demimonde to Justine Kurland’s pictures of rebel girls on the open road. Bengal brings us closer to pioneering artists and the personal and political stories surrounding their images. She travels with Alec Soth in Minneapolis, searching for the houses where Prince once lived, and revisits Chauncey Hare’s 1979 protest against the Museum of Modern Art. She speaks with Dawoud Bey about his evocative portraits and explores Diana Markosian’s cinematic take on her family’s immigration to the US. Throughout Strange Hours, Bengal’s prose is attuned to the alchemy of experience, chance, and vision that has always pushed photography’s potential for unforgettable storytelling.
by Zadie Smith
From acclaimed and bestselling novelist Zadie Smith, a kaleidoscopic work of historical fiction set against the legal trial that divided Victorian England, about who gets to tell their story—and who gets to be believed. Based on real historical events, The Fraud is a dazzling novel about truth and fiction, Jamaica and Britain, fraudulence and authenticity and the mystery of “other people.” |
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The Dud Avocadoby Elaine Dungy
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Death Valleyby Neil Baldwin
In Melissa Broder’s astonishingly profound new novel, a woman arrives alone at a Best Western seeking respite from an emptiness that plagues her. She has fled to the California high desert to escape a cloud of sorrow—for both her father in the ICU and a husband whose illness is worsening. What the motel provides, however, is not peace but a path discovered on a nearby hike. |
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Thermal: Saunas, Hot Springs & Bathsby Lindsey Bro
On the cathartic, humanizing effect of bathing rituals. Lindsey has thought her career, embarked on odyssey’s within the realms of bathing culture, exploring the allure and cultural importance of warm pools, saunas, and J hot springs.
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by Hilton Als, Helen Molesworth, David Rimanelli
“Flowers are always working in the service of the passage of time,” writes Helen Molesworth in the opening pages of (Nothing but) Flowers. “In all of the paintings in this book where flowers are depicted, innocently standing in their vases, the minor gestures of gathering, arranging and display can be seen as a verb list dedicated to world-building.” This clothbound volume gathers paintings of flowers by more than 50 artists from Charles Burchfield to Amy Sillman, Joe Brainard to Lisa Yuskavage, who have explored the perennial appeal of this richest and yet simplest of subjects. (Nothing but) Flowers demonstrates the capacity of the humble botanical motif to capture sorrow, stimulate rehabilitation, and guide us through periods of mourning, celebration and rebirth.
Artists include: Gertrude Abercrombie, Marina Adams, Henni Alftan, Ed Baynard, Nell Blaine, Dike Blair, Vern Blosum, Joe Brainard, Cecily Brown, Charles Burchfield, Matt Connors, Andrew Cranston, Ann Craven, Stephanie Crawford, Somaya Critchlow, Verne Dawson, Lois Dodd, Peter Doig, Nicole Eisenman, Ida Ekblad, Minnie Evans, Marley Freeman, Jane Freilicher, Mark Grotjahn, James Harrison, Lubaina Himid, Samuel Hindolo, Reggie Burrows Hodges, Max Jansons, Ernst Yohji Jaeger, Sanya Kantarovsky, Alex Katz, Karen Kilimnik, Zenzaburo Kojima, Matvey Levenstein, Shannon Cartier Lucy, Calvin Marcus, Helen Marden, Jeanette Mundt, Soumya Netrabile, Woody De Othello, Sanou Oumar, Jennifer Packer, Nicolas Party, Hilary Pecis, Richard Pettibone, Elizabeth Peyton, Amy Sillman, Elaine Sturtevant, Tabboo!, Honor Titus, Uman, Susan Jane Walp, Stanley Whitney, Jonas Wood, Matthew Wong, Albert York, Manoucher Yektai and Lisa Yuskavage. |
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by Katy Kelleher
And yet, Kelleher argues that while we have a moral imperative to understand our relationship to desire, we are not evil or weak for desiring beauty. The Ugly History of Beautiful Things opens our eyes to beauty that surrounds us, helps us understand how that beauty came to be, what price was paid and by whom, and how we can most ethically partake in the beauty of the world.
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By Anastasia Miari
Think Stuffed Courgettes from Lesvos, a Cycladic Fourtalia, Corfiot spicy Bourdeto Stew, Ionian pasta dishes, Cretan Dakos salad, Watermelon Cake from Milos.Yiayia maps out the diverse dishes of Greece — far beyond the most commonly-known Moussaka, Greek Salad, and Tzatziki dip – through the fascinating recipes and stories of its Yiayiades.
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Meet the founders of Btween Spaces, Eunjoo Lee and DK Park, a dynamic Brooklyn-based couple with backgrounds in interior design and architecture. Driven by a desire to elevate everyday living, they launched Btween Spaces to offer an approachable range of unique home objects and vintage finds. The duo takes a hands-on approach, designing each piece initially for their own home and crafting prototypes in their Brooklyn studio. Quality is paramount; from design conception to the manufacturing process, they use only the finest raw materials to create pieces that will enhance your living space. The end result is a collection of items that are not just functional, but also artfully designed to enrich your home environment.
We are delighted to feature Btween Spaces' uniquely designed objects in our newly opened Color Shop—a special space where we curate and share items from brands we love, and that we believe make exceptional gifts. The pieces you’ll find here are a reflection of everything we hold dear from our deep-rooted love for color and craftsmanship to our passion for self-care and the art of slow living.
Can you share a little bit about your backgrounds as designers?
Eunjoo: I majored in interior design, and DK studied architecture. Both of us were born and raised in South Korea, and we came to New York to study at Pratt Institute. That’s where we met!
What inspired you to start Btween Spaces, and how would you define its style?
While in the professional design field after school, we weren’t entirely satisfied with the fact that our designs and talents only served a very small number of people. We launched Btween Spaces(BS) as a side project with the desire to reach out to a wider audience with unique, easily accessible, and fun everyday life objects – whether we design and make them ourselves or find them.
We believe that doing Btween Spaces work while still working on architecture/ interior design gives us a nice and healthy balance.
Your candles are handmade and paraffin-free with the scent of natural beeswax honey. Why are these elements important to you?
Thank you for asking this! All of BS’s work is initially designed for our personal use in our own space. These designs are then prototyped and manufactured by us in our Brooklyn studio. Therefore, the quality of raw materials and ingredients is very important from the beginning. We only sell what we use every day and love to share!
You also sell an assortment of vintage furniture, lighting and housewares on your website. Can you share with us about the selection?
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Who or what inspires your designs?
It is so difficult because there are so many.
At the moment, I am in love with Georgia O’Keeffe because I visited her house in Santa Fe New Mexico just a few days ago!
Lina Bo Bardi’s drawings are so beautiful too.
Can you share a current ritual you enjoy practicing?
Eunjoo: Morning walk with coffee
DK: Running
What is something you've loved for a long time?
Eunjoo: Potato
DK: Hats
What is a favorite gift you have received?
Eunjoo: I want to say that the Tetris game console my aunt gave me when I was about six or seven years old. I remember I was extremely happy, since then playing Tetris is still one of my ways of personal meditation.
DK: I think my Danner boots that Eunjoo gave me for our first Christmas 13 years ago are my favorite pair of boots.
What is the best gift you have ever given someone?
Eunjoo: It sounds like the Danner boots. lol
DK: I don’t recall…
What are you currently....
Coveting?
Ha! We wouldn't usually say this, but at the moment, we want to say a brand new car because our 23-year-old car recently gave us some trouble and we are in the process of sorting it out.
Listening?
Eunjoo: Kim Oki
DK: Olivia Dean
Reading?
Eunjoo: Human Acts by Han Kang
DK: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
Dreaming?
Vacation because we have not had one yet this year.
Thank you, Eunjoo and DK!
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A fresh take on classic styles, reimagined with Araks' expert craftsmanship, refined detailing, and unique color pairings. |
Bold contrast piping accentuates the collection’s enduring silhouettes, designed to effortlessly mix and match and double as nonchalant city separates. |
Checkout 19by Claire-Louise Bennett
Checkout 19 is a radical affirmation of the power of the imagination and the magic escape those who master it open to us all.
In a working-class town in a county west of London, a schoolgirl scribbles stories in the back pages of her exercise book, intoxicated by the first sparks of her imagination. As she grows, everything and everyone she encounters become fuel for a burning talent. The large Russian man in the ancient maroon car who careens around the grocery store where she works as a checkout clerk, and slips her a copy of Beyond Good and Evil. The growing heaps of other books in which she loses–and finds–herself. Even the derailing of a friendship, in a devastating violation. The thrill of learning to conjure characters and scenarios in her head is matched by the exhilaration of forging her own way in the world, the two kinds of ingenuity kindling to a brilliant conflagration. |
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Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
“If you’re looking for a book to take on holiday this summer, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo has got all the glitz and glamour to make it a perfect beach read.” —Bustle
Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now? Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband has left her, and her professional life is going nowhere. Regardless of why Evelyn has selected her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career. |
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Astonish Meby Maggie Shipstead
From the bestselling author of Great Circle—for years Joan has been trying to forget her past, to find peace and satisfaction in her role as wife and mother. Few in her drowsy California suburb know her thrilling history: as a young American ballerina in Paris, she fell into a doomed, passionate romance with Soviet dance superstar Arslan Rusakov. After playing a leading role in his celebrated defection, Joan bowed out of the spotlight for good, heartbroken by Arslan and humbled by her own modest career. But when her son turns out to be a ballet prodigy, Joan is pulled back into a world she thought she’d left behind—a world of dangerous secrets, of Arslan, and of longing for what will always be just out of reach.
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Red Bird
Mary Oliver's twelfth book of poetry, Red Bird comprises sixty-one poems, the most ever in a single volume of her work. Overflowing with her keen observation of the natural world and her gratitude for its gifts, for the many people she has loved in her seventy years, as well as for her disobedient dog Percy, Red Bird is a quintessential collection of Oliver's finest lyrics. |
Frida Kahlo: The Complete Paintings
This lavish book, edited by Luis-Martín Lozano, contains many rarely seen paintings bolstered by numerous drawings, extensive photographs from her life and reproductions of related works by other artists.
We access the intimacy of Frida's affections and passions through a selection of drawings, pages from her personal diary, letters, and an extensive illustrated biography featuring photos of Frida, Diego, and the Casa Azul, Frida's home and the center of her universe. This large-format XXL book allows readers to admire Frida Kahlo's paintings like never before, including unprecedented detail shots and famous photographs. It presents pieces in private collections and reproduces works that were previously lost or have not been exhibited for more than 80 years, forming the most extensive study of Kahlo's work and life to date. |
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The Creative Act: A Way Of Beingby Rick Ruben “I set out to write a book about what to do to make a great work of art. Instead, it revealed itself to be a book on how to be.” —Rick Rubin
Many famed music producers are known for a particular sound that has its day. Rick Rubin is known for something else: creating a space where artists of all different genres and traditions can home in on who they really are and what they really offer. He has made a practice of helping people transcend their self-imposed expectations in order to reconnect with a state of innocence from which the surprising becomes inevitable. Over the years, as he has thought deeply about where creativity comes from and where it doesn’t, he has learned that being an artist isn’t about your specific output, it’s about your relationship to the world. Creativity has a place in everyone’s life, and everyone can make that place larger. In fact, there are few more important responsibilities.
The Creative Act is a beautiful and generous course of study that illuminates the path of the artist as a road we all can follow. It distills the wisdom gleaned from a lifetime’s work into a luminous reading experience that puts the power to create moments—and lifetimes—of exhilaration and transcendence within closer reach for all of us. |
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Can you share a little about your background, and where you grew up?
Hello there, we are happy to be here! We grew up just south of Portland, Oregon, in a family of five kids. We each have two brothers and two sisters, and we are 2.5 years apart in age (Chelsea is older).
How was creativity cultivated in your childhood?
Our mom gave us a lot of space and confidence to be imaginative, and really applauded our ideas (even if they were questionable); she gave us permission to delight in the things we would make — for better or worse.
When Chelsea was six years old, she really wanted a pair of high heels and our mom said no, so Chelsea made her own out of cardboard, tape, markers, and … wait for it … baby carrots. We both remember only that our mom praised the “carrot heels,” and said nothing when Chelsea discovered that walking on carrots didn’t exactly work as hoped.
The busyness and striving of life can tend to reduce opportunities for and faith in the ability to be creative — we’re grateful for a childhood that afforded space for that, and so glad to be turning back toward it at this point in our lives.
What was your experience of jewelry growing up?
Looking back we laugh because neither of us remember caring very much about or being interested in fine jewelry (or what was offered as “fine jewelry” in the 1980s), but we did always love simple silver pieces and everyday gold jewelry. Our parents wore plain gold wedding bands, and our mom rarely added anything other than her classic yellow gold hoops and a gold locket. During our teens, we took multiple jewelry-making classes where we learned how to solder and fabricate, and we both developed a love for the art and possibilities of jewelry during those years, even though we didn’t pursue jewelry-making in earnest until much later.
We still have some of the pieces we made in those classes, and it’s fun to see how the shapes lightly echo our first George collection. We’ve been drawn to softness and simplicity for a long time.
The brand launched in 2021. What was the path that led two sisters to create a jewelry brand?
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Where does the name George Rings come from?
Our pieces are classic and timeless and we wanted to choose a name that would evoke a sense of familiarity and solidity. 'George' is a family name, and it just felt right. We briefly considered using our own names, but our intention from the beginning was to have our designs worn across genders, and men sometimes limit engagement with brands that lean feminine.
As for adding “Rings” to the name, when designing our collections, we always start with rings. They are the core of our brand, and most of our pendant and earring designs are inspired by the rings we create.
Can you share the concept behind the brand?
In the early stages of George, we wrote that our goal was “to create the most delicious solid gold rings you’ll ever wear.” Our experience with fine jewelry was that it was lightweight and hollow, flat or hard or sharp, and too ornate, which left us feeling unsatisfied and uninspired. The things we put on our bodies every day should be pleasurable and respectful, and oftentimes we’re asked to make a choice between beauty and wearability. We wanted to design the kind of jewelry that doesn’t require compromise.
We also chose really early on to make all of our pieces in 18k yellow gold only. It’s slightly heavier and softer than 14k, maintains its shape better than 22k or 24k, and has the most wonderful warm color — deep and peachy. We love the way it patinas and grows more beautiful with time.
So to reiterate, our concept is to create the most warm, soft, and luxurious 18k gold jewelry anyone has ever felt.
You describe your gold as “private pleasure” gold. What does that mean?
What distinguishes our pieces from all other jewelry is our dedication to simplicity, and our careful attention to curvature and weight. We use a lot of gold in all of our designs because the volume matters when creating jewelry that feels good.
Our calling cards are simple, rounded shapes, softened squares; always solid 18k yellow gold, never hollow.
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Lost wax casting, a metal forming process over 6,000 years old. Why did you choose to go with this methodology?
The two main methods of metal forming are fabrication and casting. There are reasons to use one over the other in various situations but for our designs, casting yields the best results. Fabrication takes many parts (wire, sheets of metal, tubes, solder) to create a whole, whereas cast jewelry is made of one solid piece. The structural integrity produced by casting aligns with our desire to create pieces that will last for generations. Casting also allows for more substantial shapes — it isn’t possible to create the kind of curves, softness, and substance we love using fabrication.
The collection includes pieces made with sustainably grown Columbian emeralds and pink sapphires. What is the difference between a sustainably-grown gem and a mined gem?
When sourcing certain gems, we found that it is often impossible to extract them from the earth without major disruption and damage, and that the conditions for doing so are often very exploitive. So when we discovered that they could be sustainably grown, we were really excited.
A sustainably-grown gem is cultivated rather than mined from the earth. It is identical to a mined gem in every way — molecular structure, refractive index, dispersion, hardness, luster, and appearance. Sustainably-created gems have the same chemical, physical and optical properties as their mined counterparts because they are formed under equivalent conditions. Just as a fir tree in the wild is identical to a fir tree planted and grown in a park, grown gems are identical to mined gems.
We use both mined and sustainably grown gems in our designs, and we’re committed to sourcing beautiful gems from the most ethical supply chains, whether grown or mined.
Who / what are you inspired by?
European architecture (specifically, 19th century doors and windows); Katherine Hepburn; Alessando Michele’s (Gucci) FW 2020 menswear collection; watercolors and woodblock prints; natural materials like soft, worn leather, lovingly aged and oiled wood, cotton velvet, old marble steps; A Pattern Language (architectural book); Kendrick Lamar; Italy in general; 16th century Dutch botanical paintings; and anyone with strong, beautiful hands. Our cover model for our first lookbook was a man who came to wash the studio windows. He had incredible hands, so we asked him to model our rings and it was amazing.
What drives your creativity?
Travel, nature, and art.
If you could have anyone wear your designs, who would it be?
Sting.
Who is the woman you are thinking of when designing?
Ourselves :) |
Not Too Late brings strong climate voices from around the world to address the political, scientific, social, and emotional dimensions of the most urgent issue human beings have ever faced. Accessible, encouraging, and engaging, it's an invitation to everyone to understand the issue more deeply, participate more boldly, and imagine the future more creatively.
In concise, illuminating essays and interviews, Not Too Late features the voices of Indigenous activists, such as Guam-based attorney and writer Julian Aguon; climate scientists, among them Jacquelyn Gill and Edward Carr; artists, such as Marshall Islands poet and activist Kathy Jeñtil-Kijiner; and longtime organizers, including The Tyranny of Oil author Antonia Juhasz and Emergent Strategy author adrienne maree brown.
Shaped by the clear-eyed wisdom of editors Rebecca Solnit and Thelma Young Lutunatabua, and enhanced by illustrations by David Solnit, Not Too Late is a guide to take us from climate crisis to climate hope.
by Jonathan Safran Foer
In We Are the Weather, Jonathan Safran Foer explores the central global dilemma of our time in a surprising, deeply personal, and urgent new way. The task of saving the planet will involve a great reckoning with ourselves—with our all-too-human reluctance to sacrifice immediate comfort for the sake of the future. We have, he reveals, turned our planet into a farm for growing animal products, and the consequences are catastrophic. Only collective action will save our home. And it all starts with what we eat—and don’t eat—for breakfast. |
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All We Can Save is an anthology of writings by 60 women at the forefront of the climate movement who are harnessing truth, courage, and solutions to lead humanity forward. Intermixing essays with poetry and art, this book is both a balm and a guide for knowing and holding what has been done to the world, while bolstering our resolve never to give up on each other or our collective future. We must summon truth, courage, and solutions, to turn away from the brink and toward life-giving possibility. Curated by two climate leaders, this book is a collection and celebration of visionaries who are leading us on a path toward all we can save. |
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No Country For Eight-Spot Butterfliesby Julian Aguon
Part memoir, part manifesto, Chamorro climate activist Julian Aguon’s No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies is a collection of essays on resistance, resilience, and collective power in the age of climate disaster; and a call for justice—for everyone, but in particular, for Indigenous peoples. |
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FIBERSHED: GROWING A MOVEMENT OF FARMERS, FASHION ACTIVISTS, AND MAKERS FOR A NEW TEXTILE ECONOMY
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A Bigger Picture
Devastating flooding, deforestation, extinction and starvation. These are the issues that not only threaten in the future, they are a reality. After witnessing some of these issues first-hand, Vanessa Nakate saw how the world’s biggest polluters are asleep at the wheel, ignoring the Global South where the effects of climate injustice are most fiercely felt. |
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The Great Displacement
A human-centered narrative with national scope, The Great Displacement is “a vivid tour of the new human geography just coming into view” (David Wallace-Wells, New York Times bestselling author of The Uninhabitable Earth). From half-drowned Louisiana to fire-scorched California, from the dried-up cotton fields of Arizona to the soaked watersheds of inland North Carolina, people are moving. In the last few decades, the federal government has moved tens of thousands of families away from flood zones, and tens of thousands more have moved of their own accord in the aftermath of natural disasters. Insurance and mortgage markets are already shifting to reflect mounting climate risk, pricing people out of risky areas. |
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by Mikaela Loach We are living in an economic system which pursues profit above all else; harmful, oppressive systems that heavily contribute to the climate crisis, and environmental consequences that have been toned down to the masses. Tackling the climate crisis requires us to visit the roots of poverty, capitalist exploitation, police brutality and legal injustice. Climate justice offers the real possibility of huge leaps towards racial equality and collective liberation as it aims to dismantle the very foundations of these issues. |
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Magazines, newsletters, features and more. Climate and culture, inspired by nature.
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Antonia Bralette and Josephine Panty in Dew
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Tamara Bralette and Tris Panty in Shine
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Kiss My PetalsEnjoy a selection of songs to celebrate springtime. |
Can you share a little about the two of you and where the idea for Complex Creatures comes from?
Tara: Well, for starters, we’re sisters. And in late 2016 I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Naturally, it turned our worlds upside down. As I came through the other side of treatment and was cancer free (yay!) I was on a quest to not get cancer again. Meanwhile, Lisa was automatically considered to be high risk (because sisters) and had some scary biopsies and other breast issues thanks to peri-menopause. As we got deep into how to get ahead of our breast health, we wanted to think about prevention as much as early detection.
We really looked outside the Western paradigm to herbalists, functional medicine, TCM, Ayurveda, you name it—for their time-tested age-old wisdom. Traditional western medicine is great at treating illness, for which we are grateful. AND we really want to change the conversation to holistic breast wellness.
Once we realized there were things we could do to support breast health, our minds were blown by how few products and trusted resources there were out there. We thought about all the things we do to take care of all our other parts—and thought, how is breast care not a thing? So, we decided to make it a thing.
Tell us about the products. What’s the reasoning behind the main ingredients/why are they helpful?
We’re pretty hardcore about what we put in and on our bodies. Our products are formulated with 100% clean, thoughtfully sourced ingredients—wild-crafted, family-farmed, and organic whenever possible. Every herb and botanical offer a targeted benefit. We work closely with our medical advisor, chemist, and herbalist to create the most luxurious and effective products.
Our Deep Reservoir Breast Oil is a highly concentrated blend of herbs and botanicals. Every ingredient has a targeted breast or skin benefit. We created it for daily self-care and to get more intimate and familiar with your breasts. It’s super nourishing and hydrating so it plumps the skin and improves the texture and appearance of fine lines. It’s a beautiful addition to any self-care routine. It goes on smoothly and absorbs without leaving skin feeling greasy or sticky.
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The High Vibe Healing Balm is safe for any skin, especially compromised or delicate. It was developed specifically to support skin during and after radiation therapy and surgery. Tara was hard-pressed to find clean, efficacious products during her own treatment, so this formula was born of a personal need. It’s proving to be a multi-tasking miracle balm.
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Who are these products designed for?
Really anyone with a chest… ! From puberty to PMS to menopause. Our hope is that everyone creates a ritual to give their breasts attention, incorporating regular massage to improve body awareness and connection.
How does self-massage help with breast health? What’s happening in your body when you do this on a regular basis?
Breast massage supports lymphatic flow, which is integral to breast health. Regular, gentle massage can improve breast tissue nutrition, boost blood circulation, flush toxins and excess estrogen, enhance the elasticity of the ligaments, and improve skin tone.
Can you walk us through the best way to self-massage? Apply a dropperful of oil onto your hands or directly onto your chest. Start at the center of your chest and gently massage outward in sweeping circular motions. (Think: arc or rainbow). Spend time on any trouble or sore spots. Lift your arm above your head, using light sweeping motions from the elbow down your arm, across your heart. Cup both breasts and move underneath, working toward the outside. When finished, give them a little fluff or shake, whatever feels comfortable. It’s really about finding what works for you.
After massage, place your hand under your armpit and pump upwards to drain lymph and flush toxins.
Take a few deep breaths. Let go of any negative thoughts or feelings. Thank your breasts. You can watch a how-to from Lisa and Tara @__complexcreatures__ |
Is there a best time of day or month?
Breast massage can be done any time of day or month—whatever works for you. We always say, some attention is better than none. So even if you give each breast 30 seconds of love each day—after the shower, before bed, watching TV, online at the grocery store. Self-check on the other hand is a bit different and more exacting. It’s recommended to do that about a week after your period.
Why do you think breasts and breast health are often overlooked-why are there so few products in the market when you created Complex Creatures?
Lisa: How much time do you have? Ha! There are so many reasons. It’s another casualty of women's health not receiving enough funding or research. The breast is the only organ that does not have its own doctor. It’s folded into gynecology. You only see a “breast doctor” if you need surgery—so most of what’s studied and researched about breasts centers around treating illness, namely cancer or breast surgery. All of which is important, but there’s not nearly enough that goes into understanding the breast, its unique anatomy, and what kinds of preventative measures we can take to keep them healthy. Then there are the cultural and socio-political implications that impact the way we think and talk about breasts. Women are conditioned to feel apart from their breasts. I remember when we first worked together years ago, Araks said she makes lingerie for the individual wearing it—not for others—and that really resonates with us. Complex Creatures is as much about the reclamation of our bodies as it is about anything.
What’s the biggest thing you’ve learned while creating Complex Creatures?
How much most of us don’t know about our breasts!
Are there plans for more products in the future?
Yes! We mean it when we say we want to be the go-to for all things boobs. Stay tuned ;)
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The color that reminds us to feel, to love, and to be alive.
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The Emina Slip in bloom & Beatrice Bralette in nimbus
Camille Claudel
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Dale Bralette & Yahvi Panty in quartz and lotus
The Gaudi House Museum,designed by Gaudi's friend Francesc Berengueri I Mestres.Photo by Amber Tyrrell. |
Beatrice Bralette & Aaron Panty in Thistle and the Willow Bralette & Yahvi Panty in thistle.
By Mary Oliver
Available on iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Google Play, and Vudu.
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On Netflix December 30th.
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Franny Stone has always been the kind of woman who is able to love but unable to stay. Leaving behind everything but her research gear, she arrives in Greenland with a singular purpose: to follow the last Arctic terns in the world on what might be their final migration to Antarctica. Franny talks her way onto a fishing boat, and she and the crew set sail, traveling ever further from shore and safety. But as Franny’s history begins to unspool—a passionate love affair, an absent family, a devastating crime—it becomes clear that she is chasing more than just the birds. When Franny's dark secrets catch up with her, how much is she willing to risk for one more chance at redemption?
Epic and intimate, heartbreaking and galvanizing, Charlotte McConaghy's Migrations is an ode to a disappearing world and a breathtaking page-turner about the possibility of hope against all odds.
by Michelle Zauner
In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humor and heart, she tells of growing up one of the few Asian American kids at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with her mother’s particular, high expectations of her; of a painful adolescence; of treasured months spent in her grandmother’s tiny apartment in Seoul, where she and her mother would bond, late at night, over heaping plates of food. |
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Sheila Heti
Pure Colour is a galaxy of a novel: explosive, celestially bright, huge, and streaked with beauty. It is a contemporary bible, an atlas of feeling, and an absurdly funny guide to the great (and terrible) things about being alive. Sheila Heti is a philosopher of modern experience, and she has reimagined what a book can hold. |
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A Visible Manby Edward Enninful
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Martha Graham: When Dance Became Modernby Neil Baldwin
Time magazine called her “the Dancer of the Century.” Her technique, used by dance companies throughout the world, became the first long-lasting alternative to the idiom of classical ballet. Her pioneering movements—powerful, dynamic, jagged, edgy, forthright—combined with her distinctive system of training, were the epitome of American modernism, performance as art. Her work continued to astonish and inspire for more than sixty years as she choreographed more than 180 works. |
Lemon, Love & Olive Oilby Mina Stone
Author of the cult-favorite Cooking for Artists, Mina Stone, returns with a collection of 80 new recipes inspired by her traditional Greek heritage and her years cooking for some of New York’s most innovative artists.
Growing up in a close-knit Greek American household, Mina Stone learned to cook from her yiayia, who taught her that food doesn’t have to be complicated to be delicious. In this deeply personal cookbook, Stone celebrates her grandmother and the other influences that have shaped her life, career, and culinary tastes and expertise. Lemon, Love & Olive Oil weaves together recipes for more than eighty Mediterranean-style dishes with the stories that inspired them, complemented by illustrations by Urs Fischer, whom Stone first met in 2006, and an introduction by her father, James Stone. |
by Chelsea Hodson
“I had a real romance with this book.” —Miranda July
From graffiti gangs and Grand Theft Auto to sugar daddies, Schopenhauer, and a deadly game of Russian roulette, in these essays, Chelsea Hodson probes her own desires to examine where the physical and the proprietary collide. She asks what our privacy, our intimacy, and our own bodies are worth in the increasingly digital world of liking, linking, and sharing. Hodson’s accumulation within each piece is purposeful, and her prose vivid, clear, and sometimes even shocking, as she explores the wonderful and strange forms of desire. Tonight I’m Someone Else is a fresh, poetic debut from an exciting emerging voice, in which Hodson asks, “How much can a body endure?” And the resounding answer: “Almost everything.” |
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Tell us about your connection with Greece.
My parents were born in Greece (My father is from central Greece and my mom is from the Southern Dodecanese). As a child, I had spent some summers there, really fell in love, and felt at home. So much so, I would cry for entire plane rides when we would have to return to the states. I eventually made a full-time move there in my 20s and now, for the last few years, I've been dividing my time between Greece and the States. |
Elli Beach, Rhodes
This is our city beach in Rhodes. It's positioning at the northernmost point on the island, where the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas meet, makes it quite special. A great spot for people-watching. |
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The beaches of Pelion.
Where the mountains meet the sea. |
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Why do you love photographing the ocean and people at the beach?
I grew up swimming in the Sound of Long Island and spent some influential summers as a child in Greece on Rhodes. I have always felt a connection to the sea. It’s mysterious. It’s never quite clear what you’ll encounter, what lies below the surface and its motion never ceases. And the shorelines in Greece are open to all, so all classes of society collide which is what makes it so interesting to me as well. There is no way to differentiate who you are, where you are from or how much money you make. We are all just swimming together. |
Damári Beach, Leros.
The best beaches are always the hardest to reach. I’ve spent days here alone. The view of those three peaks always captivates me. |
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Plákes, Kastellorizo
An old stone quarry on the coast of this tiny island. It’s the first island that you approach as you come from the Levant to Greece. |
Thank you, Nicholas!You can follow Nicholas @prakas |
Myriam and Ezrain yarrow |
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Germaine & Ullain black |
Heidi One Piecein bondi |
Elias and Ullain pitaya |
Banana Yoshimoto's novels have made her a sensation in Japan and all over the world, and Kitchen, the dazzling English-language debut that is still her best-loved book, is an enchantingly original and deeply affecting book about mothers, love, tragedy, and the power of the kitchen and home in the lives of a pair of free-spirited young women in contemporary Japan. Mikage, the heroine of Kitchen, is an orphan raised by her grandmother, who has passed away. Grieving, she is taken in by her friend Yoichi and his mother (who was once his father), Eriko. As the three of them form an improvised family that soon weathers its own tragic losses, Yoshimoto spins a lovely, evocative tale that recalls early Marguerite Duras. Kitchen and its companion story, "Moonlight Shadow," are elegant tales whose seeming simplicity is the ruse of a writer whose voice echoes in the mind and the soul.
by Isabel Wilkerson
From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America. Wilkerson compares this epic migration to the migrations of other peoples in history. She interviewed more than a thousand people, and gained access to new data and official records, to write this definitive and vividly dramatic account of how these American journeys unfolded, altering our cities, our country, and ourselves. |
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by Moyra Davey
In these essays, the acclaimed artist, photographer, writer, and filmmaker Moyra Davey often begins with a daily encounter – with a photograph, a memory, or a passage from a book – and links that subject to others, drawing fascinating and unlikely connections, until you can almost feel the texture of her thinking. While thinking and writing, she weaves together disparate writers and artists – Mary Wollstonecraft, Jean Genet, Virginia Woolf, Janet Malcolm, Chantal Akerman and Roland Barthes, among many others – in a way that is both elliptical and direct, clearheaded and personal, prismatic and self-examining, layering narratives to reveal the thorny but nourishing relationship between art and life. |
Counterfeitby Kirstin Chen
"At face value, Kirstin Chen’s new novel, “Counterfeit,” is easy to sum up: Ava Wong, a strait-laced Chinese American lawyer, reconnects with her enigmatic college roommate, Winnie, and becomes entangled in a scheme that involves importing counterfeit luxury handbags. When trouble arises, Winnie disappears, leaving Ava to deal with the consequences. Seemingly, what you see is what you get — a con artist story, a pop-feminist caper, a fashionable romp. Fun! Pass the popcorn. Except nothing in this novel is what it seems." – Camille Perri, New York Times Book Review. |
Beautiful World, Where Are Youby Sally Rooney
Alice, a novelist, meets Felix, who works in a warehouse, and asks him if he’d like to travel to Rome with her. In Dublin, her best friend, Eileen, is getting over a break-up, and slips back into flirting with Simon, a man she has known since childhood. |
Green Fireby Francis Mallmann
In Green Fire, explore the flavourful potential of cooking vegetables—caramelized, charred, smoked, and always delicious—using chef Francis Mallmann’s acclaimed live-fire cooking method. Divided seasonally, each of the more than 80 vegetarian dishes will become your main meal and not the side. Enjoy also Mallmann’s impressive seasonings, sauces, and finishings with Argentine influences. Spring artichoke and fava salad, salt-baked beets with lemon confit, and cabbage steaks with a mustard fennel crust are just a few of the stars. And desserts and cocktails are included, too. |
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by Monica Carmella
This stunning guide to edible flowers–conceived by Monica Nelson, the founding creative and photo director of the influential journal Wilder Quarterly, and Adrianna Glaviano, a noted food and lifestyle photographer–is packed with information and features lush original photography. |
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@theslowfactoryA Lab & A School.Human Rights + Environmental JusticeSystem Design & Innovation |
@unwrinklingWhitney Bauck, Journalist |
@rrepairsshopExploring repair, knowledge sharing,and other forms of making do. |
@intersectionalenvironmentalistA climate justice collective radically imagining a more equitable + diverse future of environmentalism. |
@Atmos MagazineClimate and culture, inspired by nature. |
@elizabethclineElizabeth Cline, Author |
@botanicalcolorsAll things natural dyes. |
@nomoreplasticcoA nonprofit organization addressing the issues of microplastic pollution. |
@futureearthA climate club |
@parley.tvA global collaboration network of creators, thinkers and leaders taking action to protect our oceans. |
@climatewordsA lexicon of images and words related to climate change and climate justice movements. |
Gaia Lace T-Shirt |
Photo ~ Pia Riverola |
Robert Altman's3 Women |
A dune houseAtlantic Beach, 1974William Morgan Architects |
Tamara Bralette &Tali Panty |
Georgia O'Keeffe1887 - 1986Pedernal From The Ranch |
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Being inspired is such an integral part of my work. It's kind of the same thing as needing to eat food every day. ~ Araks
Esteban Vicente, 1957 |
Esteban Vicente, 1957 |
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Photo - Jose Luis Hausmann |
Painting by Oamul |
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Irving Penn |
Sonia Delaunay |
Manu Torres |
India Mahdavi |
Etel Ednan |
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The watercolors are made from the finest pigments and all natural medium. Can you share a little more about the selection of materials?We source our pigments from around the world. Our favorite pigment comes from Italy, but we have colors from Germany, France, India, Norway, Austria, and the US. We buy the pigments already in powder form. The technique of mixing watercolors that we use is pure pigment mixed with a stabilized medium of Gum Arabic (Acacia tree sap), honey, and glycerine. We do not add chalks and fillers to the paint, which would dull down and extend the color. Many companies do add fillers to save money, but without them, we are able to make vivid, opaque, rich and bright watercolor paint that you can add water to create translucence. |
Mark Rothko wanted viewers to stand close to his paintings, to be enveloped by their hues, to have a mythic, transcendent experience with his work. How do you experience color?I love that and I completely understand. I often get lost in a color that I’m making- and then can see it all day in different items- “her shirt is venetian pink, his hair is brown ochre”, etc.Do you think color can elevate one’s mood or that it has a magnetism that can alter the feeling of a room or carry an emotional charge?Yes.Are there any particular color pairings that are your favorite?Currently, fluorescent red, rose gold, french ochre, and cornflower blue (I see all colors in shades of my paint now). |
Willow & Yahvi in Sedona |
Shelby & Tia Pajamas in Pacay; Willow Bralette in Sedona; Tali Panty in Jade |
Antonia & Mabel in Quince |
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Antonia Bralette and Isabella Panty in Sapphire |
Beatrice & Aaron in Agat |
Willow Bralette in Storm and Eduardo Boxer in Rose |
Beatrice & Aaron in Storm |
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Antonia Bralette in Jade; Tali Panty in Jade; Tia Boxer in Pacay. |
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Winn Tee in Storm |
Emina Slip in Storm |
Briar Bralette and Bisoux Panty in Paprika |
Last summer we started investigating the use of natural dyes. Not only did they peak our interest for their planet-animal-people friendly qualities but the colors obtained from nature are truly unlike anything you can achieve with synthetic dyes. According to @botanicalcolors, natural dyes have more depth than synthetics because most dye plants have multiple dye sources aka chromophores in them. So even if the main color looks red, there are other colors subtly shaping that — and our eyes can pick that up even if our brain doesn't quite process why.
Our curiosity in supernatural friendly colors lead us to Isa Rodrigues, the natural dye expert who helped us create the colors of our recently launched plant-dyed organic linen loungewear collection.
Isa is a textile artist and educator from the South of Portugal, currently based in Brooklyn, New York. After receiving her MA in Textile Conservation in 2008, she moved to New York to work and learn from the textile collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 2010, she joined the founding team of the Textile Arts Center, where she still currently works as Co-Executive Director and teaches weaving and surface design. Her work has been exhibited at the Museum of Art and Design and the Cooper Hewitt Museum.
Can you share a little about your background as a textile artist and educator? What was your journey like to where you are now?
I started playing with fibers and textiles when I was a kid, through spending time with my grandmothers who believed in “busy hands”, always. My appreciation for textiles and craft and making with my hands started then. In college, I studied Textile Conservation, where I learned more about all different fiber materials and structures, and also when I started studying natural dyes. I moved to New York after graduation in 2008 for a fellowship at The Met as a textile conservator. I loved the research and material studies, and how it contributed to the understanding of the objects but I missed making. I heard about the Textile Arts Center, sent them an email on a whim, and soon after I was weaving and helping with the kids’ program in exchange. The project had just started, so I joined the founding team in 2010, and have been learning, sharing, and building community with textiles at TAC since then. Working at TAC allowed me to meet so many incredible textile artists of all ages, who inspired me to continue expanding on my textile education and growing as an artist and educator. It’s been a very beautiful, community-supported way of learning.
When did your interest in natural dyes begin and how was that cultivated? I heard about natural dyes for the first time in college. We learned about natural materials used historically for color, but it was approached as something exclusively from the past. Like, we were following historical recipes from the 16th century or analyzing the color spectrum of different dye materials and fiber samples, but not really learning about the ways natural dyeing was still being practiced. When I started working at TAC, I started connecting with other people doing natural dyeing, and I found such a generous community. From there, there was a lot of experimentation, and reading, and failures, and trying again. Around that time, I started working on a special project, Sewing Seeds, that worked to set up natural dye gardens in collaboration with community gardens in Brooklyn, and also organized free workshops on different natural dye techniques. The goal was to promote and create awareness for these natural dye materials already growing in these gardens and try to grow some other plants as well. We were growing indigo and madder, and at some point cotton too. It was the first time I had seen these plants in person, and it felt magical. I met a lot of great people through it, who are still doing incredible things with natural dyes. |
How has your work progressed over the years?
Over the years I’ve become increasingly interested in using natural dyes as a paint for textiles. I like the freedom of being able to apply many colors at once, modulating those colors using the different modifiers (like iron sulfate, or lemon juice), and approach dyeing in a very painterly way. That’s still my favorite way to use natural dyes. From a research perspective, I’m interested in learning about different sources for natural dyes, specific to different regions of the world and cultures.
In your bio, it says that your best ideas come to you in your dreams. Can you share a little bit more about that?
Hahaha, I think a lot of my practice is problem-solving. Or at least that’s how I engage in new projects - how do I get this color, how can I translate this feeling? The part of figuring out how-to-do-it is the most exciting for me, and I'll keep working on it even when I sleep. There have been many times that I fall asleep thinking about an idea or a project and it seeps into my dream world, and in this dream world, I make it happen. When I wake up and remember it, I know it’s going to work.
Do you have a favorite natural dye plant that you’re currently working with?
I enjoy it the most when I can work with dye materials that exist in abundance where I am. Like dyes from food waste, or when I found a huge fallen plum branch on the road, or a student sent me a bag of brazilwood sawdust that a violin maker friend had given her. Like with food, it’s important to me to know where my dyestuff comes from, I appreciate that connection. However, the color palette can get somehow limited when working only with local dye materials. So most times, especially for client work, I also work with purchased historical dye materials like indigo, logwood, and cochineal. In my personal practice, I embrace experimentation and the ephemeral quality of some dyes. But when working with a client I’ll normally work with dyes that have been studied to be more stable to fading and have passed the test of time.
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Do you think natural dyeing will grow commercially, as part of the sustainable fashion movement? It is already! To be honest, it’s not something I’m very involved with, I do exclusively hand-dyeing and in small quantities. Can you talk about the two dye materials used in our upcoming collection - I believe Madder Root and Indigo? What are the processes like to extract the color, any other interesting tidbits? For Araks, I worked with madder roots, indigo, marigold flowers, and cochineal. Each of these materials has its history of use and requires specific procedures to extract the color. For instance, indigo is produced by different plants through a chemical reaction after the plants are harvested. From there the pigment needs to be processed to create a dyeing vat, which involves creating an oxygen-free environment for the indigo to transform into a dye. But extracting the dye from the marigolds is just like making tea, you simply steep the flowers in water. All these techniques are ancestral and have been researched and used by different communities throughout time. |
Can you recommend any dye plants that people can grow at home - either in planters or if they have garden space?
Summer flowers are a great start - marigolds, coreopsis, cosmos, hollyhocks, sunflowers… They’re easy to grow, pretty to look at, and will yield fun vibrant colors.
Can you recommend a simple at-home dye recipe that our audience could try - something they might have in their refrigerator? Do you have advice for people just starting to experiment with natural dyes?
Most people have done some natural dyeing without knowing. Each time you make a tea, or a coffee, or cook anything that makes your water colored, you’re doing a dye extraction. Not all dyes will be permanent once applied into a textile though, but there are some substances called mordants that can strengthen the bond between the dye and the fibers. And some dyes don’t need mordants at all, like onion skins or avocado pits. My advice would be to do some research to start, there’s a lot of great information available - Botanical Colors has a great video series called Feedback Fridays, as well as recipes available for free. And then just experiment!
Would you like to share about any summer classes/workshops at TAC?
We have a full roster of classes at TAC, both remote and in person, and more added every day. After more than a year closed to the public during the pandemic, we are excited to be safely welcoming students into the studio.
Thank you, Isa!
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The summer campaign documents a weekend spent in Joshua Tree National Park. Sasha Frolova, close friend of Courtney Trop and a friend of the brand, captured our summer swim capsule, designed with Courtney, against the rugged and stark beauty of the Southern California desert landscape.
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The Devon One Piece in Carmine |
Araks Yeramyan
The Daphne Bikini Top and Dade Bikini Bottom in Black
“I had a bikini book that sat on top of my coffee table at my office and I always said I was going to use this book as inspiration one day for a little capsule. That’s where the anchor came from. The anchor on one of the swim suits caught my eye and I grew up boating with my father on the river (not glam at all), in Pittsburgh, PA.
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The Daria Bikini Top and Deja Bikini Bottom in Black
Courtney Trop
The Daria Bikini Top and Deja Bikini Bottom in Ciel
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I wanted to design some pieces that felt wearable while actually swimming in the water, diving from cliffs this summer in Italy, or doing any kind of water activities. These are suits you’ll actually want to get wet in!
Courtney Trop |
The Daphne Bikini Top and Dade Bikini Bottom in Carmine
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The Dasha One Piece in Terra |
All photos by Sasha Frolova. Model is Courtney Trop. |
The Tali Panty in Moss & The Wen Bodysuit in Peony |
The Beatrice Bralette in Fluorite and the Bodhi Panty in Dandelion |
The Tamara Bralette in Peony & The Tris Panty in Peony |
The Antonia Bralette & Isabella Panty in Bare
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The Isabella Panty and Mabel Hipster in Geranium
The Antonia Bralette and Isabella Panty in Sol |
The Colette One Piece in Mystic |
The Celia & Camryn Bikini in Rosso |
The Bryce Bralette & Basja Panty in Heron |
The Chiara One Piece in Nappa |
The Beatrice Bralette in Mauve |
The Cadel Slip in Bali and Geranium with the Tris Panty in Cassis. |
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Is there anything you would like to share with us about how you chose to take on this project?
Thank you so much for including me in Araks' Lingerie on Film project. When I think of Araks, I think of her work primarily as a colorist whose medium is lingerie. She works with an intense, vibrant color palette that is immediately recognizable. I was hoping to translate that on film with deeply moody, grainy images.
Can you share a little about your background, where you grew up?
I was raised on the nectar that is Nutella and Brötchen and spent my childhood in Frankfurt, Germany. Every Saturday, my family and I would walk to the Zeil (the main promenade) and pick up fresh Dolmas and fish sandwiches followed by a long walk along the Main River. It is my favorite memory of that time. In the early 90s, my family and I moved to Maryland, where I later studied Biology at university followed by Pharmacy school.
What clothes did you like to wear as a child? Was there a particular shop that you loved going to when you were young?
I was often mistaken for a boy and wore oversized tees, baggy shorts, multi-colored, doubled crew socks folded over. I ordered most of my clothing from a military catalogue. A fine, personal fashion moment.
Do you recall a moment or point when you became aware of your interest in fashion and design?
You might call it a happy accident. The exhaust fan in our bathroom caught fire one morning, followed by the collapse of the entire roof. We were on the 6 o'clock morning news wearing bedsheets, another fine fashion moment. We moved into a hotel for a month, then lived in temp housing for a year. It was strenuous and stressful, the five of us in a small, single room that served as both a living and sleeping space, so I escaped into my own world by collecting images of photography and fashion that inspired and strengthened me. As the saying goes, out of the mud grows a lotus!
Previous to opening your store, you were a pharmacist. Can you talk about why / how you transitioned into owning one of the coolest boutiques in California? After graduating, I worked at Kaiser Permanente and then the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda. While I feel lucky to have experienced that line of work, my dreams lied in an imaginative realm and I felt drawn to translating that in the form of a clothing store, full of shapes, color and possibilities. Can you tell us a little more about the beginnings of Anaise? It was very much a fly by the seat of your pants type of beginning, as I had no background in running a business. I approached a few lines that I admired when I started out in 2010 - A Détacher, Rachel Comey, Mociun, Tom Scott - and the on-line store grew steadily, mostly by word of mouth. |
Who is the woman you are thinking about when you are buying?
The collections are centered around an imaginary woman who has a cinematic, romantic way of life in the time period of the 60s-70s.
How would you describe the lines that you carry? Is there a similar theme that runs through them?
I'd say an element of conviction runs throughout. Each of the designers I carry has an individualistic, well-considered and thoughtful perspective and a strong language with which they approach and interpret design.
Outside of fashion, what inspires you?
I'm fascinated by lighting and chair design, music, film – mostly the way in which these subjects elicit emotion and create mood. But equally inspiring are random things I come across on the ground and people with a good sense of humour.
Is there something you'd like to share that's had an influence on your work and creativity?
I am always moved by observing people - strangers and friends - their expressions, movements and gestures in conversation. It is a thing that is mundane yet grand; a fascinating slow dance which feeds my eyes and soul.
Do you have any muses that you continually go back to as inspiration?
Women on the street. Older women, especially.
You started online, opened a brick and mortar, and then went back to online exclusively. Are there any learnings from brick and mortar that you bring to your online store? I miss the one-on-one interactions and relationships that come with a brick and mortar shop. Some of my customers became a second family. Conveying the personal on-line is not as facile, but simple gestures like the wrapping of a package or including a type-written poem with an order is a way to express that care and desire to connect. What's the best piece of advice you've been given? The man is the head, the woman is the neck, and she can turn the head whichever way she wants. |
So many businesses have been fighting to stay open since Covid. What has been your strategy?
Crying under the covers.
In all seriousness, there is no time more important than now to celebrate beauty, hope, and imagination. The limitations and restrictions brought about from the pandemic, as uncomfortable and inconvenient as they may be, will hopefully culminate in a more beautiful, imaginative, and sustainable way of working.
Do you think there's a future for brick and mortar stores?
Brick and mortar stores bring people together. They are hubs of culture, design, art, and community. It is the atmosphere and experience - that feeling of discovery and togetherness - that I think people desire. I believe there will always be a future for brick and mortar shops.
Thank you, Renee!
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What was your childhood like, and were creativity and self-expression cultivated in your adolescence?
I had a very interesting childhood, my dad was involved in some illegal businesses and my mom was a secretary. I went to public school in Pittsburgh, PA and most of my peers in my school didn’t really understand my style. My mom and I used to take trips to NYC in the late ’90s and early 2000s so I could find pieces that would be unique to me. Back then remember, online shopping wasn’t a thing. It was more about catalog shopping, or you had to actually travel to find unique things. Being a teenager is hard, expressing myself through my unique style was a way for me to show up to high school every day and have a strong sense of self. I always styled my friends and lent out my clothing in high school. Pittsburgh was really dark for me, and I never really felt like I belonged. My friends were going to the local mall on the weekends and I was getting dropped off in the city and exploring parts where kids from my high school didn’t hang out. Meeting new people that I didn’t see in school every day was always my main focus. Exploring new areas that I had never seen before in more city areas outside where I went to high school in a more suburban setting. The second I graduated I moved to NYC a month after graduation and never looked back. I didn’t keep in touch barely with anyone from high school or anyone from Pittsburgh, I think I just wanted a fresh start. I grew up in FEET of snow, and after a year in NYC, I decided I didn’t need to be cold ever again and moved west.
Do you recall a moment or point when you became aware of your interest in fashion? When I was three. I wore the same polka dot dress to preschool for a whole week. You would’ve had to sedate me to get it off of me. Ha!
My mom had really good style and was a shopper, so she always dressed me in 80’s style dresses, or all denim. I was a kid in the ’80s and ’90s but Pittsburgh was very far behind so let’s just say a TON of ’80s until I was in high school. I dressed like the Spice Girls a LOT.
Marry a rich man. Where I’m from, women aren’t really working. The man works and the woman has a job to keep busy, or is a stay at home mom. Clearly I did not take that advice and I figured it out on my own! PRAISE! You have to remember everyone in my family still lives in the same township as where they grew up, so this thought process was very common in the ’80s / ‘90s. |
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We see you as a lifestyle influencer, rather than just a fashion influencer. How do you describe what you do, and what are you trying to impart to your audience? That’s funny because I always assume my posts are just geared toward styling and how I put myself together, but I guess over the years I’ve shared more so people digest and want more.
"Putting myself together via style and helping others to feel comfortable and like their best self and like they belong via self-expression has always been my thing, so I would say feeding that concept to my audience along with authenticity."
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Where does the name Always Judging come from? And, are you? Always judging?
I have very strong opinions about style and what I like and don’t like when it comes to fashion. It was intended to be directed on judging clothing and my own personal style what I would wear and what I wouldn’t. AJ has always been my IG handle, even when it was just a personal account with friends, before I started my blog. When I was in search of the name of my blog I just kept the name because I thought it was funny. NO, I AM NOT. Only when it comes to clothing :-)
What do you enjoy most about being a part of the fashion industry?
Becoming a different character every time I get dressed. I didn’t grow up around fancy fashion parties or going to dinners where there were 5 sets of cutlery. When I started receiving invites to these types of events, attending made me feel really out of place and it was hard for me to speak with people who I looked up to that intimidated me. Putting myself together in a certain way and becoming characters via my style helped me walk into a room and feel like I had a strong sense of self. Also, CBD and cannabis help with my nerves and any type of social anxiety. Now I absolutely feel comfortable and I love being in a room full of people that inspire me and have the same interests and love for fashion. Fashion has saved my life in a way, any time I’ve struggled with depression, being involved in this industry has pulled me out.
Can you tell us about a favorite project or collaboration?
Anything with Gucci. I love everything the brand stands for and their ability to bring up people who are misunderstood in some societies and the way they celebrate what could socially in the past, be looked at, as a flaw. Gucci is ahead of the industry in so many ways. As a blogger, brands play with your head sometimes and you never know every season if you’re going to be invited back to a show, or if you’re going to be included in projects that season. When you’re part of the Gucci team, you’re part of the family for good. They are consistent as a brand, and they respect me in our relationship. Any of my projects or shows/events that I’ve been part of would be my answer.
How do you deal with trolls and unnecessary nonsense from people on the internet?
Normally I don’t feed into it or spend too much time thinking about things like this because I know negativity comes from a place of insecurity and unhappiness. Most of the time when someone says something hateful it has nothing to do with me, but more-so them. This is transparent because I know when I’m upset about something I need to look within to figure out where my anger comes from. I used to respond to negative comments, but I recently decided to not put any energy into them because the people who send them don’t truly know me. There’s a lot more to me than what I share on the internet.
We know you love vintage clothes - is there a particular period, piece, designer your hunting for right now? Wearing only Issey Pleats Please lately. LA is casual!!!!! Replika and Scout are two of my fave vintage stores in LA. Ohh also Aralda vintage.
Is there a particular time period in fashion or subculture that you feel a special kinship with stylistically? The EIGHTIES!
Can you describe the outfit that you feel the best in? I prefer two-piece sets. Anything that comes in a set with a top and bottom, it makes life easier, especially right now! My fave thing in my wardrobe in a two-piece Jean Paul Gaultier Cyberbaba Optic Illusion trouser and pants duo from 1996.
What three words would you use to describe your personal style? A little harder, sometimes goth, sometimes I can wear a power suit and come across more refined, but I would really like to focus on the fact that I like to become a character when I get dressed. |
Is there anything you would like to share with us about how you chose to take on this Lingerie On Film? Araks is MY absolute fave undies and I’m not just saying that!!!
Can you share a story about shooting your rolls? We just went into lockdown in LA, so I basically shot the entire thing in my house with my partner, just trying to make use of the modest space we have in LA in our home. The backyard is the bonus of this house though, so we had a lot to work with!
Working on my CBD brand Hi Stevie, taking mushrooms, trying to stay afloat mentally and physically. DOING A TON OF HOT YOGA. My yoga instructor is still offering privates so that has really kept me going. |
Stevie sounds very exciting and fun, what's the story?
Cannabis has been in my family for a very long time. I decided I wanted to start a brand, something thoughtful to offer to my followers that felt somewhat proactive alongside wellness. My career as a fashion blogger is very important to me and I never thought of myself as a designer so I wanted to do something different that didn’t compete with my fashion career, something that would even complement it. In fashion we don’t get much sleep during fashion month, things are last minute and seem stressful sometimes, there’s a lot of socializing-social anxiety, traveling, etc…. To be able to function in this industry, I smoke cannabis and take CBD. This was the perfect idea to also help everyone else, not just me! I felt there was a huge gap since I’ve spent the last 3 years mainly in Europe, but my home base is Los Angeles-where Cannabis and CBD are HUGE. I wanted to start talking about the benefits of CBD in these other places and specifically in the fashion industry.
Why a CBD company?
I’ve been openly smoking cannabis and taking CBD on my IG for YEARS, so my followers know this is something that is authentic and I know a lot about this industry, I’m not just selling something random just for the pure idea of starting a business and making money. Money is a HUGE driver for me with Stevie, only because I need it to launch other products, and build this world of wellness for people.
What was launching a new company in the beginning of a pandemic like?
Seems like a time when we need all the help we can get with our overfraught minds. There have been pro’s and con’s to launching in 2020. A positive is the fact that I have way more time to properly focus on building a brand and CBD promotes a healthier lifestyle and a healthy body and mind-exactly what we need right now! Cons are the fact that it’s hard to produce, have shoots, etc…
CBD is such a large market now, what's special about Stevie? This is interesting because I don’t think we have any competitors and I also don’t really pay attention to anything anyone else is doing because I like to just keep the branding and product close to my heart and home and do things I think work for myself, not based on what anyone else is doing. As far as competitors go, there are a few other brands with good products but when it comes to branding nothing has specifically stuck out to me that I’ve seen. People are honestly still weird about cannabis and CBD so I wanted to brand something that felt more like what we’ve seen in beauty and skincare but also a product that truly worked well, and something I would actually want to personally take above anything else. This is why I personally don’t think I have any competitors because I made my own perfect CBD that works for me! Now if you ask someone else I’m sure out of all the CBD users in the world, everyone will have different opinions and different brands they like. Like you said, it’s a large market! Another side note is, we are asking our community for advice on every product we launch. Feedback and giving the Stevie community what they want, and listening is very important for us. |
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Could you give some tips on what to look for and what to steer clear of when shopping CBD products? Personally, organic carrier oil-organic MCT oil, something that is derived from coconuts, not palm leaves, 3rd party lab-tested. Research that the CBD is coming from a trusted source- research the company, look at reviews…. Trial and error honestly right now are very effective. CBD is still new, it’s only been around for a little in the grand scheme of time. You really need to try things and figure out what works well with your body. Oh lastly- I don’t like artificial flavoring. Ours is natural.
Pre-rolls, Body Salve, Edibles, Candle, Bath bomb. We’re opening a Stevie Pop-up for the holidays at Platform in Culver City. |
Any fun inside recommendations? Or safe outside recommendations? Hiking, micro-dosing mushrooms in a park :-).
Dream collaborator - dead or alive? Westwood.
What is something you've loved for a long time? Westwood.
What is something you would love to learn? French
What's the best piece of advice you've been given? Don’t force anything on anyone.
Can you share a favorite quotation, lyric, or line from a book or song that has stuck with you? I have no fear I have only love. Fleetwood Mac, Gypsy.
What is something that you feel is overrated? Underrated? Being unhappy. Focusing on yourself and being happy!!
Is there anything you could recommend to us? Yoga!
What are you terrible at but love to do anyway? Sing.. lol
Can you tell us a joke? No but my favorite SNL skit is the one where they all get abducted by aliens with Ryan Gosling.
Hidden talent? I can see any movie and tell you everything the actors have ever been in even if it was 60 years ago and they were a baby.
Can you fill in the blank? - Beauty is... in the way you carry yourself!
Thank you, Courtney!
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We are very excited to begin a new series that introduces you to the people involved in creating Araks pieces. To launch the series, meet Wanda, our patternmaker. Wanda holds the very key role of bringing our sketches to life each season.
How would you describe what you do?
I have spent thirty plus years in the intimate apparel industry. I do a lot of patternmaking now but technically I am an intimate apparel designer. I have corporate clients and clients like Araks where I take on more of a technical design role. Then I have my smaller clients that I design products for, directly from their ideas.
My last corporate job was Maidenform, where I was the Design Director. I have also worked as a designer for Lilyette, Vanity Fair, and Playtex. I started freelancing about 7 years ago. If you need patterns, I make patterns. If you need designs, I design.
I started in the garment industry as a sample maker, way back as a young girl. I sewed and came all the way up through the ranks from sewing to patternmaking to designing. Now I call on all those skills to get the job done and survive.
How did you become interested in fashion?
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I was thinking about the last bra that you made for us, the Willow. It has been a huge success, customers love it. It was a very hard style though. It took about a year to develop and several times we almost gave up on it. Can you talk about the challenges of working on this style?
That bra was hard for three particular reasons. One, it’s a wire-free frame. It’s hard enough to make a bra supportive even with a wire frame but much harder to do it with no wire to control what the fabric is doing. Two, the bra is made of silk and cotton fabric. The silk alone is enough to make you want to cut your head off. When you add the silk to the wire-free frame, it’s like wow, now how do I make this work? Third, you always have to add in the brand image. The Araks brand is sort of almost minimalist in its construction detail. The styles take a lot of work, but they don’t look like a lot of work.
You also work on swimwear. Is that a new category for you?
No, our motto was always if you could make lingerie, you could make a swimsuit. Araks styles do seem to challenge that. They are very unique and look minimal, but there’s a lot of work in them. The difficult things are the styles with crisscrossing straps, asymmetrical silhouettes, and cut-outs. Those things are fantastic looking in the end but are a patternmaking nightmare. I can imagine that they are very hard to sew as well.
What do you find to be the most rewarding part of your work?
The part I like best is when I have individual women come to me because they can’t find a bra that works for them. The look and joy on their face when they get a bra that fits is just the best. I am able to experience that a bit when we do fit events in stores where you work with individual women. It’s very satisfying when they tell you “this is wonderful, I’ve never had anything that fit me so well.” I can’t get that all the time, but that is the best part.
I also found training the junior designers at my previous jobs very rewarding. The woman who took me under her wing when I started out told me that I had to teach others. She said that the more you teach, the better you get at what you do. There’s room in this industry for all of us. The generation above me was very protective of their skill set, they would never teach. You got along any way you could. A lot of people have shared with me along the way, and now I share as I go. |
What do you love outside of this work?
My other love is music. I studied music early on in grammar school. I played clarinet and looked forward to being in high school and playing in the marching band. When I went to the vocational school they didn’t have music, so I had to choose, and I chose fashion and sewing. I continued to play music at my local high school on the weekends, but I never got to actually march in the band.
Five years ago I picked up piano lessons and now I have a baby grand in my living room and I sit there and I play. One day I will be retired and I will play the piano and it will sound beautiful. And it only needs to sound beautiful to me.
I also knit and crochet while I’m watching television. I do a lot of different crafts. I embroider and I’ve made some jewelry. I was kind of an introvert as a young girl, so anything I could do inside the house and be safe, I did it. I was told that I wasn’t outgoing enough to be in the fashion industry and I wasn’t accepted at FIT the first time I applied because I was really too shy to talk to the people in the interviews. I had to force myself to talk and carry myself as if I was not afraid.
We’ve learned so much from you and feel incredibly lucky to have found someone who is such an expert. What is the next generation going to do?
I don’t know - I’m trying to find someone now to pass the buck to. I don’t have one family member that is interested in learning this craft.
We want everyone that we partner with to enjoy the process because we feel that it comes through in the product. So, thank you!
Yes, it does.
Tamara Bralette & Tris Panty in Fuchsia |
Tamara Bralette in Lemon with Aaron Panties in Brown & Posey |
with Zelda Skirt in Coco |
Pearl Slip in Dove |
Zeva Top in Hyacinth and Tris Panty in Lemon |
Myriam Bikini Top & Mallory Hipster in Amertine |
Quinn Bikini Top and Ulla Bottom in Ajoite |
Yasmine Dress Midnight |
Protective Face Mask in Chiara White and the Tilly Top in Coco
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First off, congratulations on becoming a mother! Can you talk about the ways you’ve changed, even though this is all brand new?
I know it sounds cliche but I didn’t know the vastness of my heart. All I want to do is stare at Maddalena and make her giggle. But there’s also an intense desire to do everything in my power to make the world a better one for her.
You shot our summer collection with your husband/photographer Gabriel Hernandez. What was that like?
We started shooting three weeks after Maddalena was born and continued off and on between feeds and cries until she was three months. It was wonderfully intimate having my husband document my changing postpartum body in Araks’ radiant colors and fabrics. I think we tend to give women’s pregnant bodies attention but often fail to celebrate the beauty of the body right after childbirth.
Can you tell us about your upbringing and background? What was your childhood like, and how were creativity and self-expression cultivated in your adolescence? I grew up in Austin, Texas and had super thick bifocals from age one. Everything was either completely blurry or super magnified so I was always seeing the world in form and color. I was always crouched down on the ground staring at something up close. |
Can you share a memory from your childhood, something that was creatively impactful?
My big sister dragged me to Donald Judd’s Chinati Foundation in Marfa when I was nine and it first opened to the public. I’d never seen anything like it and was changed. Afterward, I started gathering industrial trash from the neighborhood construction sites and making collages. I knew I wanted to be a maker.
You have a very impressive list of clients including Sies Marjan, Rosetta Getty, Edun, Creatures of the Wind, Prabal Gurung, and Calvin Klein, amongst others. What has been your favorite design job, and can you tell us a bit about it?
I really enjoyed designing shoes for Sies Marjan. It got me out of my minimalist comfort zone and into color play and irreverent psychedelic curves. Now at ECCO I’m loving learning about and incorporating innovative comfort technology.
Can you share a sketch or photograph (or two, or three) of your most favorite designs?
What shoes did you like to wear as a child?
It was all jellies all the time. Then dragon embroidered mary janes and cream Converse with orchestra friend’s scribbling all over them.
You are a classically trained cellist. What was your introduction to music?
My dad played the double bass at Oberlin in the 60s and my older brother followed suit. Every morning we would load up my brother’s bass down the middle of our tiny VW bug and we’d all squish to the side to get to school.
Why the cello? Do you play other instruments? My older sis played the cello and I looked up to her and got a mini three-quarter size. No, but my friend Michael got me a pickup for my cello when I was in college and I started playing a bit in bands and recording so the cello kind of transformed from an analog classical instrument into something electric and more raw. |
What is it about music and/or sound that drew you to it?
I have the same feeling when I pick up my cello as I do with anything creative that’s truly for myself- the outside world melts away just a little bit and I feel present and calm.
You created a Spotify playlist for us. Can you introduce the mix?
Just some chill tunes for summer, everything from dub to folk.
How are you staying creative and/or expressing your creativity during this time?
In my backyard! I’m trying my hand at urban gardening, playing with colors and textures through plants and pots and squished mulberries from our neighbor's tree.
What are the silver linings you see, if any, at this time? It was a hyper baby bubble. |
What have you been wearing since March?
While everyone was living in pajama pants I was obsessed with denim since my pregnancy starved me of it for a while. On top some form of a tank and on bottom Adidas pool slides.
Describe your style in three words?
Loungy, understated, nineties
Can you tell us about some of your muses through the years?
In high school, it started with french new wave actresses, then on to Jane Fonda in Klute, Rolling Stones girlfriends, and Sissy Spacek. And Willie Nelson, always Willie Nelson.
Can you describe the outfit that you feel the best in? Can you tell us why it makes you feel so good?
I have a 90s floral tunic and pants set I got at the Rose Bowl around the time I met Gabriel. It’s light and flowy and makes me feel free. I can feel the Californian sun and the thrill of new love when I wear it.
What was the last thing you purchased that brought you real pleasure? Oysters fresh off the boat.
Favorite Decade? 1970s
Hidden Talent? Inability to close things: cabinets, jars, toothpaste etc.
What is something you've loved for a long time? My mom
What is something you would love to learn? All the constellations.
Can you share a favorite quotation, lyric, or line from a book or song that has stuck with you?
Forget your perfect offering
There’s a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in
-Leonard Cohen
What is something that you feel is overrated? Underrated?
Overrated: Pancakes
Underrated: Waffles
Can you tell us a joke?
Q: How does a farmer mend his pants?
A: Cabbage patches!
Please fill in the blank? - Beauty is... wandering
Thank you, Emily!
Follow Emily @emilymadd
Listen to her playlist.
All photography by Gabriel Hernandez @islandneartahiti
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With a mix of inspiring quotes and art, You Are a Dream is a visual meditation for the creative mind that challenges you to go beyond your comfort zone by bringing full awareness to your creative work and your life. Part of a four-volume series with themes around creativity, embracing your creative gift, and exploring, the book has a small quote on the left page to reflect upon, and an illustration on the right page.
Zadie Smith | Intimations
Deeply personal and powerfully moving, a short and timely series of reflective essays by one of the most clear-sighted and essential writers of our time.
Written during the early months of lockdown, Intimations explores ideas and questions prompted by an unprecedented situation. What does it mean to submit to a new reality--or to resist it? How do we compare relative sufferings? What is the relationship between time and work? In our isolation, what do other people mean to us? How do we think about them? What is the ratio of contempt to compassion in a crisis? When an unfamiliar world arrives, what does it reveal about the world that came before it?
Suffused with a profound intimacy and tenderness in response to these extraordinary times, Intimations is a slim, suggestive volume with a wide scope, in which Zadie Smith clears a generous space for thought, open enough for each reader to reflect on what has happened--and what should come next.
Aminatou Sow & Ann Friedman | Big Friendship
Two friends, Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman, tell the story of their equally messy and life-affirming Big Friendship in this honest and hilarious book that chronicles their first decade in one another’s lives. As the hosts of the hit podcast Call Your Girlfriend, they’ve become known for frank and intimate conversations. In this book, they bring that energy to their own friendship—its joys and its pitfalls.
Aminatou and Ann define Big Friendship as a strong, significant bond that transcends life phases, geographical locations, and emotional shifts. And they should know: the two have had moments of charmed bliss and deep frustration, of profound connection and gut-wrenching alienation. They have weathered life-threatening health scares, getting fired from their dream jobs, and one unfortunate Thanksgiving dinner eaten in a car in a parking lot in Rancho Cucamonga. Through interviews with friends and experts, they have come to understand that their struggles are not unique. And that the most important part of a Big Friendship is making the decision to invest in one another again and again.
An inspiring and entertaining testament to the power of society’s most underappreciated relationship, Big Friendship will invite you to think about how your own bonds are formed, challenged, and preserved. It is a call to value your friendships in all of their complexity. Actively choose them. And, sometimes, fight for them.
Toni Morrison | The Source Of Self-Regard
Here is Toni Morrison in her own words: a rich gathering of her most important essays and speeches, spanning four decades. These pages give us her searing prayer for the dead of 9/11, her Nobel lecture on the power of language, her searching meditation on Martin Luther King Jr., her heart-wrenching eulogy for James Baldwin. She looks deeply into the fault lines of culture and freedom: the foreigner, female empowerment, the press, money, “black matter(s),” human rights, the artist in society, the Afro-American presence in American literature. And she turns her incisive critical eye to her own work (The Bluest Eye, Sula, Tar Baby, Jazz, Beloved, Paradise) and that of others. An essential collection from an essential writer, The Source of Self-Regard shines with the literary elegance, intellectual prowess, spiritual depth, and moral compass that have made Toni Morrison our most cherished and enduring voice.
James Nestor | Breath: The New Science of A Lost Art
There is nothing more essential to our health and well-being than breathing: take air in, let it out, repeat 25,000 times a day. Yet, as a species, humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly, with grave consequences.
Modern research is showing us that making even slight adjustments to the way we inhale and exhale can jump-start athletic performance, rejuvenate internal organs, halt snoring, allergies, asthma, and autoimmune disease, and even straighten scoliotic spines. None of this should be possible, and yet it is.
Drawing on thousands of years of medical texts and recent cutting-edge studies in pulmonology, psychology, biochemistry, and human physiology, Breath turns the conventional wisdom of what we thought we knew about our most basic biological function on its head.
Nestor was also recently interviewed by Terry Gross for Fresh Air, You can listen here.
Leo Lionni | Little Blue And Little Yellow
For kids and adults.
First published in 1959, Little Blue and Little Yellow are best friends, but one day they can’t find each other. When they finally do, they give each other such a big hug that they turn green! How they find their true colors again concludes a wonderfully satisfying story told with colorful pieces of torn paper and very few words.
Alissa Wagner & Sabrina DeSousa | Dimes Times: Emotional Eating
A cookbook from one of our favorite downtown eateries.
Dimes, the all-day Chinatown restaurant known for serving vibrant, healthy plates to a devout following of patrons has grown to include a deli and market as well as design objects and apothecary products since its opening in 2013. Now, the all-encompassing brand expands with its debut cookbook.
The collection of recipes, derived from the Dimes menu, is organized by time of day and state of mind, from 8AM, Determined and 4PM, Curious through 11PM, Afterhours. The 8x8 book is inspired by Bruno Munari, medicine folklore and conversations overheard in the neighborhood and features interactive food faces and shapely rhymes that encourage readers to get creative with their meals.
Dimes Times: Emotional Eating features photography by Mary Manning alongside text by Alissa Wagner and Toniann Fernandez, and was designed by Erin Knutson and Sabrina De Sousa. Sandwiched between two clocks that recall the Dimes logo, Dimes Times: Emotional Eating is a compendium of tasty go-to's for the mind and body at any hour.