Heinui

Heinui is a Barcelona-based line created by French designer Claire Pignot.  The feminine shapes in quiet watercolor washes for her spring/summer line are super dreamy, and oh, that full-skirted shirtdress. Would be perfect for all of the garden parties set underneath magical lanterns and fairy lights I attend on the regular, don't you agree?

Sarah Burwash

Sarah Burwash's detailed artwork has both a certain storybook charm and also a somewhat sinister intensity. The gradated watercolor washes, the incredible detail - each piece is delicate and yet powerful in its elusive, visual narrative. Raised in a small ski town in British Columbia, she currently resides in Nova Scotia, and contributes to great publications and brands like Kinfolk and Hansel from Basel. Shop her Etsy store here.

High Gloss

So love these playful but still-sleek ceramics from High Gloss! The first would look so gooood with a green plant overflowing over its edges. Sight Unseen posted a great interview piece on High Gloss's creator, Natalie Herrera, over here, and she's got a great inspiration tumblr, too! Check it out.

franco fontana

Photographer Franco Fontana was born in Modena, Italy in 1933 - his first solo show, exhibiting his technicolor landscapes, was held there some years later in 1968. I am so in love and impressed with Fontana's technicolor images - the fantastic array of primary colors found in Italy's natural landscapes - rolling hills against bright blue skies, fields of flowers, a lonesome tree - and his studies of American urban landscapes - the harshly geometric color blocking created by buildings and walls and oh yes, pink rooftops, too. They're so modern! So now! (They remind me so of the color palettes present in Amanda Jasnowski aka @hokaytokay's photographs). See more of Franco Fontana's work here. Happy Friday!

overgrowth

Overgrowth is an collaborative project between photographer Parker Fitzgerald and floral designer Riley Messina. I am so enchanted by the underwater images particularly. They feel to me like old master paintings of bathing gods and goddesses.

"Inspired by a pursuit of beauty, Riley combines classically thoughtful botanical designs with Parker's carefully considered film images in an expression of the multifaceted relationship between humankind and nature. The two artists contrast anonymous portraiture with sweeping landscapes in an attempt to capture both the malleable and untamed aspects of the natural world" (Overgrowth).

Browse the collection here.

charm list // kat george

I met Aussie-babe Kat George about three years ago when I was still living in New York interning with Refinery29. She had just moved to the States from London, and it did not take long for me to form a serious friend crush. Me and a few other interns thought she was just the coolest. And well, she is. GOOD THING, GEORGE. And because Kat is the best, she started organizing weekly intern hangs, and when I packed up my bags for California, we swapped those for Memorial Day Weekend jaunts to Vegas and Palm Springs instead (let's never stop). Kat is one of the most inspiring people I know - she holds a graduate degree in law, is a prolific writer (Thought Catalog, Vice, XOJane, and on and on), is the creator of a new webseries called The Big Gulp, and is the author of Pink Bits, a book that explores bein' a lady in these modern times, sexuality, and more. She also has zero ego, is unapologetic about her girlier proclivities, and is endlessly generous with her good advice and encouragement. She is a friend I feel so stupid lucky to have.

And now, for Kat's CHARM LIST, full of all things fierce and feminine, jus' like the woman herself. Enjoy!

01. Eyeballs // "Maybe it's because I'm Greek that I'm naturally attracted to the whole evil eye thing, but I'm sort of obsessed with eyes right now. This tee combines stripes with eyeballs.... I might need it."

02. Vagina Art // "I have wanted this piece of art ('The Female Anatomy Drawn Entirely from Memory' by Zacq Rosen) for my bathroom for so long. I think it's a really beautiful and interesting interpretation of the female anatomy. A solid symbol for the whizz palace."

03. The Color Pink // "Pink is my favorite color. Sometimes people say things to me like "That's an awful lot of pink shit you have there." And they're right--my purse, sunglasses case, pouch for cosmetics, ear buds--if they make it in pink I own it in pink. I am a 28 year old woman and not ashamed that I love the color of princesses."

04. Leopard Print // "Caitlin Moran, one of my favorite feminists, says leopard print is a neutral, and I subscribe, somewhat zealously, to the same school of thought. Leopard print EVERYTHING, please."

05. Black Ankle Boots // "It's insanely cold in NYC and that means toes need to be toasty, and I want to spend all my dollars on cute boots. Boots on boots on boots. And then some."

06. Surfboard Crewneck Sweatshirt // "Beyoncé. Grindin' on dat wood."

proud mary

Loving the new merchandise over at Proud Mary. I met the Charleston-based beauty behind this cool company, Harper Poe, while in Austin some months back, and was so inspired by her mission to bring sustainable work and development to talented artisans around the globe. Super badass lady. Super lovely creations. Win-win.