STATE OF THE UNION: real life on display

At it again at Anthropologie. Stopped in to check out the new goods...and was impressed with the display. Slightly creepy, with the influence being dead fish- and it had a very two-sided kind of appeal. A sort of "vintage," sunbleached I-don't-care-thrift-store kind of vibe to it.

 But it also appealed to me as a statement piece, with the piles of dead anchovies recently found in Redondo Beach. (check out this ABC news clip here if you don't know what I'm talking about). Have you ever been to the Salton Sea? TOTALLY looks like this, with dead rotting fish bones everywhere.

 always love their details. the fish "bones" are made of zip ties!

Recently I read The Gospel According to Coco Chanel. It was kind of funny, reading about her beginnings with straw boaters, fishermen, and menswear inspirations- then walking into H&M and seeing a textbook translation of these items onto the salesfloor. It was a pretty good read (and fast too); if you're into Chanel, it's worth a quick read.

I love how this emulates a fishing net. such texture!