Mary Katrantzou x Topshop

I hate being so predictable by missing shopping at Topshop, but I really bloody do. 

Especially when they have excellent collaborations like the newest one, with printmaker of the moment; Mary Katrantzou.

Katrantzou - who shies away from the patterns she creates, choosing to wear only a palette of black - is releasing her Topshop SS12 collection on February 17th.  It features prints that, "are intricate and dazzle in paradisical shades" and is inspired by her AW11 mainline range.

I keep trying to be over florals but I always come back to them.  I particularly like this busy sort of style, enhanced by the unexpected clashing of different colours.

Guess I'll have to bust out the gladiola patterns as soon as Spring arrives. 

Images: Topshop

JAPAN

What do you do when you live in South Korea and you're randomly given a three week hiatus from work? Book a trip to Japan, of course.  You know from previous posts like this and this that I've been wanting to go to the island next door for a long time, and in less than two weeks I'll finally be soaking up the crazy culture of Tokyo.  I'm already envisioning myself walking down the infamous Shibuya Crossing, eating dinner in trendy Ebisu, and shopping for cute shit in Harajuku.

Does anyone have any Tokyo tips for me?

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Scout and Catalogue

Blondies in double exposure shots are a sure fire way to get me interested in your clothes.  Well done Scout and Catalogue, I want to buy everything and be an etherealdreamfairy like this girl. 

Thanks to Thank You Ok for the introduction.

Images: Scout and Catalogue

M.I.A Exclusive!

I've loved M.I.A ever since some hot Australians played Paper Planes to me on a surfing holiday in Biarritz one summer (good vibez) and now she's baaaaack to receive more of my adoration with her recently released song Bad Girls.

The video is premiering today on Noisey, VICE's new music channel on YouTube and right here:

For more videos, music news and exclusives you can subscribe to Noisey.  Do it, do it, do it.

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Cats, Snowboarding

Artec have meshed my newfound love of snowboarding with my old school love of cats to create this immensely pleasing contraption that I need in my life right now.  Just in time for playing here this weekend:

Images: Artec and Tororo.

Vietnam

Freaky looking monkeys chained to trees, fish squished together in a tank, epic landscapes, an elephant in an ethnic minority village, a stunning waterfall, and me.

Vietnam has it all.

Life Mission: Complete

FINALLY GOT ME SOME SPECTRAL SPECTACLES.