"This is the story of a Johnny Rotten, It’s better to burn out than it is to rust, The king is gone but he’s not forgotten"

I'm sick at home, and finding these totally made my day. The second one is called MARC BOLAN ZIGGY STARDUST DAVID BOWIE COSTUME! You can buy them at http://complete-costumes.co.uk/ . (they also have some beautiful costumes for females)

"There's so much shit on the radio, I close my eyes to the music, Right now none of it turns me on"

Here's some Botticelli to you all! Look at "Pallas and the Centaur"! I've always been very interested in Italian Renaissance (it must be my fave historical period, along with the French Revolution), and Sandro Botticelli is one of my favourite artists of the time. Sorry for the crappy quality, but my scanner is not working -> these pics are just found from the internezzz. Click to enlarge, or just buy a great big book of his art. I wish I could just born again as Isabella d'Este...

Also, don't you think this young Josif Stalin is very handsome? He is, right? Nothing wrong with me, right?

Sorry for all this history talk, but it really really inspires me - and there's only 15 weeks till my final exam of history.

"You never really understood me, You never really tried, That cloud, that cloud - Looks like Ireland"

This post is all about Ai Yazawa's comics & drawings. She is one of my favourite comic artists - I know many of you will instantly hate her because she's Japanese, but what does it matter?
Two of her most well known series are NANA and Paradise Kiss. Nana is basically about two very different girls both named Nana, about their lifes & relationships. Nana has also been transformed into animated series and two live action movies - I'm using pics of the comics and the movies.





The other Nana has this cute & classic style, and the other Nana is very punk & bohemian. Ai Yazawa draws real Vivienne Westwood clothes for the punky Nana - is there any other comic artist who would do that?





Other characters have great styles & clothes, too. Shinichi (the blue/silver haired boy) is my favourite!








Yazawa's second well known comic, Paradise Kiss, is also a great source of inspiration (and it's such a grazy & happy series):




In the movies, the punky Nana is played by always so lovely Mika Nakashima. The theme song of the first movie is sang by her:


And well, here's the ending of Paradise Kiss animated series:


The last thing I must say about Ai Yazawa is that she was also the character designer for Courtney Love's comic Princess Ai (meaning that Yazawa DIDN'T draw that comic):



I hope you got some inpirationg from all this lunaticy. You don't have to like comics, or manga, to see how beautifully those outfits are putted together. :)

"You like me, and I like it all, We like dancing and we look divine, You love bands when they're playing hard, You want more and you want it fast"

from top to the bottom: art by Mr. Brainwash, David Bowie touring in... very early 1974?, "Monsoon" by Esao Andrews, knitting art at London, Brian Molko, Princess Julia, Michael Alig & James St. James, Courtney Love's bedroom wall, hippie van, graffiti, a girl with a pumpkin, someone's graduation pic, someone at Blitz club, Bowie fans, Sofi Oksanen and Tarja Halonen - the president of Finland, London gay pride '09.