Cherry Bombs

This weekend I went to the annual Sakura Matsuri Cherry Blossom Festival at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. There were a bunch of activities (origami and Taiko drumming workshops to anime stand-up comedy) but I kept to the flowers mostly. I could sit under the trees for hours, which I did. I'm trying to enjoy these beautiful blossoms here in Brooklyn for as long as I can before they disappear as fast as they came. I wore an Asos crop top, vintage kimono-like button up, River Island skirt and Zara sandals. 

I hope everyone had a great weekend!

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Broccoli City Fest

My apologies for being MIA for the past week! I took an impromptu trip to Washington, DC this weekend to go to the Broccoli City Festival dubbed by Complex as the 'biggest urban Earth Day celebration ever'. The Los Angeles based organic lifestyle brand Broccoli City itself is all about promoting healthy lifestyles and sustainability to communities who may not otherwise have access to such information. The headliner was Big Krit, one of my favorite artists, so I couldn't miss it. I really didn't get many outfit pictures unfortunately. It was one of those days where theres so much going on and so many people that you spend most of your time socializing than taking actual pictures. Not that that's a bad thing, I like making memories not just capturing them. The event was held at the Navy yard, with cups filled with broccoli stalks as centerpieces for the tables covering the fairgrounds. Green twist? Between the music, vintage clothing vendors, group yoga lessons, and food carts I'd say it was a solid good time. I wore an Asos long sleeve crop top, body chain, American Apparel riding pants, and Dr. Martins. 

Custom t-shirts and artwork by Julian Starks. I definitely want to do a feature his Pill Collection project in the near future.

 The crowd was definitely eclectic, which made made everything that much more interesting.

Beautiful pencil drawing of one of the events host's, Va$hti.

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Pusher Love Girl

Please excuse me while I daydream about spring date night outfits. I've been bitten...

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Secret Garden

 I'm having one of those days where I feel like being incognito. Torrential rain decided to interrupt our two blissful days of sunshine here in NY last night. I got caught in it walking home from the subway yesterday wearing a chiffon blouse and sandals - needless to say I looked crazy. So today I'm laying low, hanging around my hood and running errands.  

I find a lot of exotic looking plants in my garden. The light plum looks so pretty against the teal metal.

 I'm wearing a turban made of fabric I found around my house, flea market shades, Asos crop top, American Apparel corduroy skirt and Zara sandals. 

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Gravity & Grace

This past Saturday I was dragged to the Brooklyn Museum with my two french gal pals to check out the featured exhibit Gravity and Grace: Monumental Works by El Anatsui. Being that I hadn't planned on visiting the museum that day (I try to stay away from the weekend tourist crowds) I wasn't fully prepared for what I walked into. Pure, raw, unfiltered BEAUTY.

 After being immobilized with the sheer grandeur of it all, I began to wonder what exactly the glimmering alien cloth before me was made of. When I moved closer the pieces started to distinguish themselves from one another, and I realized it wasn't cloth at all; colored tin and aluminum banged and twisted into shape, strung together with pieces of copper wire. I couldn't be...could it? Trust me, it was. Mesmerizing mosaics of silver and gold and blue, red and yellow and black. Some of them hung in a manner so ethereal you would have thought they grew straight out of the wall like vines or moss. Shimmering gold and silver tapestries hung here and there, folding naturally to create a sparkling walls of water. It was magnificent. So who is this genius El Anatsui anyway. After doing a little research reading the museum pamphlet, I find out that is actually not a Latin American art school student, but a dashing 68 year old Ghanaian sculptor and professor recognized as one of the leading artists of our time.

 

Needless to say, my weekend was full of inspiration, and El Anatsui is officially one of my favorite artists. Apparently he taught at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and also lives in Nigeria as well. Is it wishful thinking that I may one day be able to meet him face-to-face? My dad teaches in Nigeria as well after all, so its not completely unreachable. I urge anyone who is in the NY area to go and experience this exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum. You wont be the least bit disappointed. I'm curious to know what you guys think of the Brooklyn museum compared to the MET: Better or worse? 

 

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*All photos were taken by me using my iPhone 4S