Why? Wye!

I took a little trip to my friends family beach house in Wye River on The Great Ocean Road. This beach house is perfect: sea shell pictures on the wall, comfy retro furniture, 1980's board games, Jazz cassette tapes, piles of craft magazines and shelves of old books. It's the perfect place to pour a glass of Muscat and whip some ass at Uno!

Disturbingly Lovely

A few years ago I started reading The Lovely Bones after my mum had recommended it. I had to stop after getting a quarter of the way though because I just couldn't handle it. Simply it was too harrowing and reading alone in my room before bed (and then trying not to think about it when I'm attempting to fall asleep...) was lonely, disturbing and depressing and generally I love being alone reading so I had to stop reading it.


And then they made a movie of the book, are the human race are a bunch of masochists? We must be because I watched it (come on, it's a literary short cut), I watched it all the way through and it was lonely, disturbing and depressing but it was an amazing story. 


I'm considering a second attempt at the book now (masochist). I think, knowing what happens at the end (badies should always get whats comin' at em, boo yah!) I might be able to take it. 2011, year to man up and read The Lovely Bones.

My Own Private Library

I love celebrity a library, it's a secret voyeuristic pleasure. The best celebrity library's are of the uber creative types (remember the Lanvin library post?) because their reading choices offer an insight into their muses and inspiration.


The most recent celebrity library to capture my attention is that of the enigmatic Karl Lagerfeld photographed by Todd Selby of the infamous (and inspirational) The Selby.

Can you image what it would be like to walk into this room? Where would you look first?! Hmm..... delicious.

La la la Lula

Lula is a bi-monthly magazine, which means you have to wait in anticipation for six months for each issue to come out. If Lula wasn’t such a delight I wouldn’t live in such despair!

If you haven’t ever devoured a Lula, then go get one ASAP because it is simply dreamy and bursting with whimsy.

Anyway, on to the pressing topic of Lula, Issue 11…

Guest edited by Laura and Kate Mulleavy, AKA Rodarte, this issue features cover star Charlotte Gainsberg (daughter of Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsberg – how can one woman come from such inspiring stock? Well, she’s Charlotte Gainsberg, a name in her own right) the narrative of this edition is best described by Maria in “These are a few of my favourite things” (we’re talking The Sound of Music in case you were confused).

Laura and Kate have chosen to let us in on their favourite things through interviews, fashion spreads, collages and passion piece articles.

Aside from an ingénue muse and a duo of inspiring design sisters, this issue of Lula includes a feature interview composed by creative darling Miranda July, a magical fashion spread with film lovely Kirsten Dunst, interview with musical maven Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth), discussion with mavericks Even Dando (The Lemonheads) and Juliana Hatfield (Blake Babies) and interview with Sophia Coppola who gosh damn… what adjectives can you use for SOPHIA COPPOLA?!

BUT Lula, is known for her fantastical fashion shoots… which is in no small part due to the fashion panache of Leith Clark who is a master stylist with an eye for peter pan collars, ankle socks, velvet, lace and butterfly hair clips.

Have a look at the website… www.lulamag.com

Summer Reading

After a small hiatus into a mini state of hibernation Ear Marked is back, so what's on the summer syllabus?
In no particular order, the summer curriculum will consist of...


1. The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton
2. To a God Unknown, John Steinbeck
3. On Beauty, Zadie Smith
4. The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton
5. Elle, November (UK)
6. Vogue, December (Aus)
7. Shop Til You Drop, December
8. Lula, Number 11
9. Cast Iron Decoration, E. Graeme Robertson and Joan Robertson

Et Voila! 


Speak soon

Reading with Lanvin

Have a look at this post on The Selby – Jeanne Lanvin’s private library, beautiful!

http://theselby.com/10_20_08_LanvinArchive2/

“That’s the most fun I’ve ever had without laughing…” The conversation continues

A while back I introduced “Conversations with Woody Allen” a biography of sorts that I purchased. So far it’s been a great little book and an easy read. The chapters of the book have been arranged by the time and place of conversations the author has with Woody over the sum 40 years he’s been following Woody’s work.

The way the author has chronicles the conversations is so seamless that you feel like a fly on the wall. He speaks of his wives, the most controversial of which is Soon-Yi (his adopted daughter with Mia Farrow and his now wife). However the most interested part for me so far is the way he describes working with his peers including Diane Keaton.

Woody talks about the many films he starred in with Keaton and her skill and humour as an actress, which isn’t particularly hard to see, what is interested is him describing Keaton in Annie Hall.

Diane played Annie (in Annie Hall) so well; the character and actress are almost one and the same. Woody speaks of the infamous (and widely copied) “Annie Hall” look which came directly from Keaton’s own wardrobe. 

There’s a fantastic passage in the book where Woody speaks on how well most actresses would dress when arriving on set, only to be dressed in a costume that never quite looked as good as they dressed themselves. It was for this reason that Woody asked Diane to dress herself for Annie Hall.

I’m off to watch Annie Hall again…