We love cats - well some of us do, some prefer dogs or badgers or cars or shoes instead - and we love fashion so why not put the two together?
The following is for anyone who has ever had the idea of dressing up their adored pet and merrily snapping pictures in the hope of a super-cute image.
What we never count on is the seething anger/abject humiliation expressed by those lovely feline eyes...
RPHMGMJ5E7AQ For the cat who has everything, how about a little something from Opening Ceremony?
The first time I discovered Edward Gorey was in a friend's book called The Gashleycrumb Tinies. It's an A-Z of children who meet their fates in a variety of gruesome ways. It's also a disturbing and inspirational style bible.
Afterwards I wore smock dresses, slips and laced up boots for months. I had blue hair, but Gorey's pictures are in black and white, so it was artistic license.
Wikipedia says A-Z or Alphabet books "provide a non-threatening genre in which children engage in a variety of both fiction and non-fiction texts." There is nothing non-threatening about Gorey's take on the genre and this is why he is so fierce.
Here he is:
I believe Q.R.V. is some sort of opiate (Gorey is not for the faint-hearted)
I adore the style of the wispy and frightened (or frightening) characters in his books. If you're a lover of Victoriana, black-and-white, the eerie, the disconsolate and the creeped-out, make Gorey your first stop.
And here is a reminder why bored people are boring (and ultimately...dead):
Definitely feeling the kitty love for some of these stunning Pamela Love pieces:
RPHMGMJ5E7AQ For the cat who has everything, how about a little something from Opening Ceremony?
