L'Artiste

Yesterday i loved meeting Elaine and going to her studio at NYU where she's in her final moments of a masters in fine arts. She dresses like her work, or her work reflects her style, whatever, i like it, the colours, texture - it's a little tough but undeniably feminine. Everything in her studio is sorta washed out, worn in, faded. And everything is gently scented by a giant concrete sculpture she's created. A perfume collector she wanted to create her own, sink large concrete blocks into it for days and then build her piece, which now stands tall gently emitting a beautiful musky scent. So her light filled, sweet smelling studio had me smitten, as did her paint splashed cons, vintage YSL belt (she found it for $2 - eek), worn in leather... and of course her army green, cos as Katy proved last week, i need a little of that right now, and no, i still don't have the perfect parka. Hmmm.