continuing love: gail sorronda

so i just posted about gail knowing completely that i would follow up with a retrospective-esque post of my favorite designs from her previous collections.

the styling, the photography, all of the different shapes she utilizes...i just dieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee for all of it. i love it i love her i love it.

autumn/winter 06 -- "the velvet hour"



s/s 07 -- "riders on the storm"


i love how the model is positioned like a mannequin, but yet she's also "riding" a mannequin's platform like a surfer would ride waves. can't you feel the wind blowing through the photos?

s/s 08 -- "bird of prey"


the hair...OH, the hair. and the proportions of the clothing. what a beautiful, delicious visionary.

s/s 09 -- "seventeen crushes crushed into one"

the set for this shoot is spectacular. it's like, back alley surburbia.

f/w 09 -- "ha ha battles"


ms. sorronda, the wonder herself:
like, normal people don't look like that, right? she's too stunning for words.

sigh. i feel revitalized, folks. it's been a hard week and a half, hence my lack of blogging. and in the interim, i've been looking for things that are seriously inspiring. fabulous fashion photos crop up everyday...it's necessary and expected. but after looking through gail's lookbooks, i feel like i've gotten the fix i've been desperately looking for.

good times are on the horizon...summer is here! i've already enjoyed many glasses of wine on outdoor patios, and i'm looking forward to shopping, rollerblading the lake shore path, and tomorrow's beach day. jack and i praised the gloriousness of summer this afternoon as we sunbathed on an outdoor patio at chipotle (after consuming the best veggie burrito bowls either of us had ever had). i'm really excited about the switch of seasons. goodness is everywhere, but it's all what you make of it.

xoxo...here's hoping there's lots of sun in your upcoming days (except for you barbsy baby...you wear that sun hat).

new love: gail sorronda

she was recently featured on the sartorialist, and then on susie bubble's blog, and i have fallen utterly in love with gail sorronda. i've been looking at her collections, and i'm pretty sure she designs for me, and only me.

the fact that she doesn't know me is not a big deal.

the flirtiness, the whimsicality, the mixing of textures and shapes, and its glorious raven palate combine to create a collection and point of view that is so inspired, so different and so utterly chic it kills. i would give up my right to have children to own her entire collection, as i am confident that i would feel so perfectly fabulous everyday, that nothing else would really matter. this short, yet poetic interview with ms sorronda is filled with ethereal descriptions of her point-of-view and musings about her designs.

"Gail Sorronda is an emotive label on a non-linear path. It’s a voyeuristic alter-ego sometimes echoing other times deflecting."

"‘Invasive exotics’ was inspired by a foreign environment. A ritual like exotic birds dancing. The rare and dominant species are introduced in an awkward embrace. The love spreads and takes over like an invasive exotic."

i'll also say, that after scott schuman posted images from a trip to australia, and seeing that gail made her start at australia's fashion week...i'm developing a serious love for australian fash. i feel like there must be something about the down under lifestyle that inspires some serious insousciance and a terribly fun, lighthearted perspective for everything. i'd never thought much about it before, but i'd really like to visit. or at least hope that scott schuman visits again soon.

these images are from her spring/summer 10 collection, "invasive exotics."












oh, and gail also has a blog...fall in love with her, too. we can share.