"...Or it was just a flagstone wall

with a flaw in the stone, an understandinG cavity

for burning young men with smooth dreams—

the true circumstance is gone, the true

circumstances about us all then

are gone. But when I kissed her, all water,

she would close her eyes, and they into somewhere

would disappear. Whether she was there

or not, I remember her, clearly, and she moves

around the room, sometimes, until I sleep..." 

-excerpt from "Seniors," by Albert Ríos

Go on and find what you deserve.

South-of-the-border tourist glamour calls for over-shadowed lids to protect eyes from high-noon sun, welcomed sand between the toes of fiercely stilettoed feet, glistening skin damp from blocks of buttery leather and eyelet suede, and bursts of untamed color to offset the prep to your khaki. - "Keep it Short"/British Vogue, June 2010/Constance Jablonski shot by Regan Cameron

Truth number 2: It's wise to prepare for a never-ending summer.

 

Truth number 1: Cowgirls have more fun.

This must be the place - Isabelle McNally/Julia Restoin Roitfeld/Erin Wasson/Alessandra Torresani/Chase Cohl/Alexander Wang - The Selby

"The wall is high, the black barn,

The babe in my arms in her swaddling clothes

And I know soon that the sky will split

And the planets will shift,

Balls of jade will drop and existence will stop.

Little sister, the sky is falling, I don't mind, I don't mind.

Little sister, the fates are calling on you...

Your soul was like a network of spittle,

Like glass balls movin' in like cold streams of logic,

And I prayed as the lightning attacked

That something will make it go crack, something will make it go crack,

Something will make it go crack, something will make it go crack." 

 -Patti Smith, "Kimberly"  

Brigitte Bardot and Jane Birkin/Jak & Jil Blog/Bec & Bridge A/W 10/11 lookbook/Tania O. by Jonathan Segrade, 160g, May/June 2010/Daria Werbowy by Nico, Harper's Bazaar Espana, May 2010/Masha Novoselova by Rennio Maifredi, Marie Claire Italia, May 2010