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heleen db
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#21004 in All , #31 in Odd stuff

Some things, sometimes.

24 mar 11

hiatus

We draw the red velvet curtains, raise our glass to yet another vanishing act. Your body an ode to oblivion. Temporary disappearance, heres to hoping the sea will swallow."Je tadore à légal de la...

12 feb 11 3 people like this

Marvellous millinery

"This autumn, Jones celebrates the 30th anniversary of his House, Stephen Jones Millinery. The MoMu-Fashion Museum marks that anniversary with an exceptional exhibition. It houses the largest col...

05 feb 11

wish youd taste the venom in my kisses

My fingers dig deep, buried in your flesh. This is no lust nor love, this is pure science - the vivisection of your heart. Youre Eros and I am Thanatos. Cant you see well inevitably destroy eachother...

29 jan 11 2 people like this

Grad

Those who follow me on tumblr might have noticed I went on a bit of a post-binge yesterday. I had just discovered the work of Nicole Obidowski and was (still am) absolutely smitten. I love how her lo...

13 jan 11 1 person likes this

I cannot understand why my arm is not a lilac tree

Seeing as exams are rendering me absolutely incapable of writing anything of remote interest, I figured Id better leave you with a bunch of links to visit while I cram subject matter in my brain and ...

08 jan 11 2 people like this

Graveyard of whispers

The day is drowning in the horizon while I roam dark, carpeted alleyways in this abandoned building. Theories and stories, words piled upon eachother, entire towers of Knowledge rising majestically a...

31 dec 10

chthonic

1 2 3 4 5Hecate, also called Agriope (savage face), was the goddess of magic, witchcraft, the night, moon, ghosts and necromancy. Intrinsically ambivalent and polymorphous, she straddles conventional...

26 dec 10

antler

new ring:Jutka&RiskaThe air we breathe is static. Does winter bloom, too?

12 dec 10 1 person likes this

00:00

Note to self: stop falling asleep with fantasies cradled against your chest.

01 dec 10 1 person likes this

Horrid! And gold flushed more

Thursday night was grobing Alice Glass leg, dancing to Joy Division and The Cure at the afterparty, losing both my oversized glitterjumper and my decency while I flicked my hair back and forth, a cra...

27 nov 10 1 person likes this

the descent

I wear early nightfall like a blanket. This darkness is to be revelled in. Hiding from humans, for their glances cause worse injuries than scissors or a concrete wall. Theres blood on the carpet agai...

24 nov 10

tripping

toasting on London and my birthday! :)Pictures from my citytrip to London, 28/10 - 31/10. All photos taken by Sarah Hermans. Theres nothing like sitting by the fire on a cold, cold night and looking ...

19 nov 10

Winter of despair

ph credit"Everything, all that I’ve written, is grey. My life, even my mental life, has been like a drizzly day in which everything is non-occurrence and haziness, empty privilege and forgotten p...

12 nov 10 2 people like this

The anatomy of melancholy

Shes spread accross the bed in a tangled mess of limbs and strands of hair. Vulnerable, delicate like a broken bird. I can see her wings flutter when she sighs and mutters phrases belonging to a drea...

07 nov 10 2 people like this

Victorian mischief

Came home from London with a dress the colour of a hazy sunset and a necklace with the portrait of a poised lady. However, the lovely discoveries (amongst them artist Kitty Valentine, to which the ar...

02 nov 10

stocked

Chloé trousers, maroon jumper from Sessùn, New Look boots, second-hand necklaceThe past two days were dedicated to Antwerps Designer Days, which is the new name for the biannual designers stock sales...

23 oct 10 1 person likes this

On the run

On The Run Jeffrey Campbell F/W 2010 from andrea cruz on Vimeo.Now Im not the kind of girl whos usually drawn to shoes designed by someone who, when you google his brand, has the words ultra-hip in t...

19 oct 10 2 people like this

Reverie

Visions of her beset himwith false and fleeting pleasureWhen dreams are dark and deep.He sees her, runs to hold her;But slipping through his fingers,Lightly departs his treasure,The dream he cannot k...

11 oct 10 2 people like this

im the dark, youre the thunder

Remember this rather verbose post where I talked (or dreamed, more likely) about what I wanted my style for autumn to represent? Well, the inspiration folder on my laptop has been bursting at its sea...

06 oct 10

bonemouth

I walk determined. With the wind in my back and the strands of hair that escaped my carefully tied knot blowing in front of me, almost as if theyre guiding the way. Im going away, temporarily leaving...

26 sep 10

Move pen move

My brains a carousel and its spinning, spinning, spinning. It was a clear, starry sky. Our breath made pale dragons in the air and it made me wonder if perhaps Id blow hard enough, I could return all...

20 sep 10 1 person likes this

ALONE (together?)

Today I experienced my first bit of leaf-crunching of the year. It is almost hard to remember colder weather is on its way whilst being bombarded with flowy, breezy runway looks which seem entirely p...

15 sep 10 1 person likes this

Last of summers glory

I am writing this accompanied by the melody of Autumns first raindrops on the roof. It might not be officially autumn yet (the most melancholic of all seasons, dont you agree?), but I always felt as ...

09 sep 10

Twilight dancing

Within less than a fortnight, this package travelled all the way from Australia to my doorstep. The envelope is made from recycled material, to (I quote) "reduce waste and increase support for ou...

05 sep 10

I bathe in cobweb

Atleast this continuous roar soaring from the depths within is more comforting than the Demons lullabies in the quiet hours. The tightness of my stomach, the polkadots that cloud my vision whenever I...

30 aug 10

Can you feel the wind of Venus on your skin?

Gif animatorMhmm, I fear that Ive been stuck in a bit of a creative rut lately. Most days I prefer dressing-up like imaginary characters from my mind and/or daydreaming about spending my birthday in ...

26 aug 10

Pocahontas came to me in a reverie

My alarm went off at 5 this morning, a scenario so horrid that its more suitable for a dystopian novel than real life. However, I had exciting plans to look forward to: I went to the antique & vi...

22 aug 10

in limbo

Two very old drawings and a fairly recent one, while Im eagerly waiting for life to excite me.I scrutinize the personalities surrounding me, scour them for passion and inevitably return disappointed....

18 aug 10 2 people like this

Water sank our boats

blue shirt: dads old / grey dress and polkadot tights: h&m / boots: New Look / scarf: my mums olddress: Jutka & Riska / red belt and purse: hand-me-downs / ballet flats: Urban Outfittershandd...

12 aug 10 1 person likes this

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