motel diaries

came for the thrills. you and your wild idea of a life in new york, a life in art - what art and life in new york should be.

everything is terrible when you don’t have to think about money - you sit exalted in your boredom. waiting for a man that’s equally as mad. someone that sees the world (life) (a lifetime) like you. all creative guts and no reservations.

i’m a little too strange for him, too cool and too intoxicated.

there’s a space in between. i’ll always be fascinated with hotels/motels/old and strange places.

night on the sun. melt with me & we’ll go from there.

xx

denim look

full denim look by jordache

dreamy winter coat

Got the winter coat of my dreams last week from Burberry. It’s now on sale here! It’s just divine, and I couldn’t imagine anything more my style. I’m a really big fan of the free people fancy long coats, but this is a step up for me!

I’ve styled it with this older yellow velvet dress I’ve had in my closet for years! I wish I had a link for you guys, I received so many dm’s about it.. the truth is, it was a gift from a brand and I can’t remember! It doesn’t have a tag!

I might sell it on my depop soon, so there’s that!

Anyways, lots of love!

xx,

r.

printed skirt: two ways

One skirt - two ways.

The first look, I styled this skirt by Réalisation Par with a cropped vintage angels sweatshirt by Fiorucci. The newsboy hat I picked up in Beijing in the 798 Art Zone. I also paired it with a Moschino bag and Wildfox boots. I’d wear this look to a lunch, dinner, meeting, etc. It’s a little more polished.

The second is more grungy/street style. I would wear this running around Soho/taking the subway/grabbing coffee/etc. It feels really relaxed paired with the hand-cut vintage tee and oversized recycled leather jacket. There’s more of an ease to this outift.

Which way would you wear it?

xx

cape town + johannesburg, south africa

Here’s a little scrapbook of the last two weeks of my life.

We spent one week in Cape Town, and then kicked off the new year with a week in Johannesburg. I’m really grateful for this time away from my routine, my schedule. New thoughts and ideas emerge when you put yourself in new environments. I’m such a New Yorker, it’s good to let that go once and a while.

Cape Town has probably the most beautiful beaches in the world, (although I have yet to go to Australia!) My only regret is that we didn’t spend more time there. The waves were insane though, I’m so impressed by the bravery of the surfers. I’ve only surfed in Hawaii, and don’t think I’d dare try these South African waves.

We cooked so much food, for Christmas and New Years. It was really nice to live in a house, (i’m so used to city life.) And South African red wine is just to die for! I think it’s my new favorite wine in the world! Although, I’ve never been a huge fan of european wine to begin with. Except for Champagne, what a blessing, what a gift, amen Champagne.

It was cool to shoot photos every day, and take a lot more stuff that’s stripped down + real life. My boyfriend has become quite the photographer in the past year, it was hard for him to put the camera down.

I’ll be traveling again in February, I’ll fill you guys in about locations as soon as I book tickets! For now, it’s back to fashion and new york and preparing for fashion week.

xx

teal butterflies

My most recent piece I finished before the holiday.

My art will be for sale on my depop soon & I’ll be in an art show in Williamsburg on the 15th!

I’ll keep you posted for the details.

<3