The Nike Awaken

 

The Winged Victory of Samothrace
circa 220-185 BC
Samothrace
Parian marble for the statue and gray Rhodian marble for the boat and base
total H. 5.57 m
Paris, Musée du Louvre

 

She is also known as the Nike, in which Nike brand of shoes was named after.

 

 

I will see this sculpture before I die.

She resides in The Louvre in Paris, I hear she is mighty at nine feet tall and that's not counting the base. I've always felt inspired by this piece as a symbol for strength in femininity. So today she is my inspiration behind this outfit of the day.

 

When I wear a dress I too feel strong and feminine at the same time. I feel its my armor. I feel beautiful, inviting and strong. I feel like my insecurities that may linger from time to time vanquished. There is a reason why this sculpture stands for victory. It has inspired me to feel victorious within my own skin.  

I have sculpted in various mediums myself but have never touched marble, and the movement in her dress , simply amazes me. The skill and talent to carve out something made of stone but to make it look so delicate and flowing as if it is alive is just part of the magic that art can bring. That juxtaposition between hard surface but soft to look at is exactly the mind blowing.

 I think it can be paralleled to how I feel empowered as a woman. I believe every woman can have a soft side and a strong side and I think both can exist equally.

 

So thank you Nike for being that visual representation of that feeling. This dress also made the flow of the fabric become the essence of soft, but today I felt incredibly strong in it.

 

 

 

Outfit Details: Dress/ JCpenny

Shoes: Sanuk/ DSW

 

P.S. These shoes are extremely comfortable, my friend Melissa got me hooked on them. They have a Yoga Matt bottom and the wrap of the sandal is cloth. the most comfortable flip flops I've ever owned. Fins them here

 

How do your cloths make you feel empowered?-FairFawn

Friday Favorites #6

Mary Blair was artist who was known for producing art and animation for The Walt Disney Company.  She created concept art for a lot of their films and character art as well for Disney exhibitions and theme parks.

 

She was a Woman that worked in a male-dominated field. She created the concept art to many of our favorite Disney movies like Cinderella and Peter Pan.

 

My Favorites that I'm lusting for are actual dresses made by Pin Up Girl Clothing, and skirts are made with Mary Blair prints. They teamed up with the Mary Blair estate to create beautiful pieces that holler back to yesteryear, and I love it!  My favorite of the of the collection is defiantly Aurora Dress in Mary Blair Train Border Print.

 

 

 

 It even comes in a Skirt version too!

 

 

Check out more from this wonderful collection known as The Magic of Mary Blair  Collection on Pin Up Girl Clothing.

 

Don't you love it when two of your favorite things combine? Mine well it's art and fashion!-FairFawn

 

Garden Growth

                                                  This dress is absolutely darling!

Sometimes a dress comes into your life and it gives you comfort, style and is actually flattering.

 This dress had me at hello. It is a Voodoo Vixen dress and it goes by the name of Tilly.

 I wore it for my family dinner for my wedding and I was feeling amazing.  I felt beautiful in it and that in my opinion is a reason to own this dress.

I also got a lot of head turning and actually got a few compliments from strangers when I wore this. Compliments are always a plus but feeling confident is a must.

Look at this print!

 

Oh and a shoe close up of course.

 

 

Outfit Details: 

Dress: Voodoo Vixen Tilly dress

Cardigan: Old Navy/ Similar

Shoes: Clarks/ Simlar

Petticoat: Hell Bunny/ Modcloth Va Va Voluminous Petticoat in short

 

What is your most confident attire?-FairFawn

 

 

 

 

Freezing that Frame

So Things have begun to wind down from all the excitement of my wedding and I'm adjusting to my new surroundings.

 

 

Here is me on my new balcony, not the greatest view however I'm conveniently located to many great things so I'm excited about that, you'll see more in up coming posts.

                                                    so excited that yes I dance, ha!

or maybe because I've been reunited with my full wardrobe

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                                                      The skirt is by Alice Moon.

 

Here are my darling Poetic License shoes, missed them.

 

This shirt I got a few years back and Anthropologie, It has these cute lil empty frames which means fresh canvas to come what may and that's how I feel. I have a new transition in life and I'm going to embrace it. So Ca ser ra!

 

 

Outfit Details

Shirt: Little Yellow Button/ Anthropologie(older)look a like

Skirt: Alice Moon/ Modcloth

Shoes: Poetic License / Modcloth (similar)

 

What's your motto to change?-FairFawn

 

Dynamism of a Dog

One of my favorite paintings when I was a little girl was Dynamism of A Dog on a Leash (1912) by Giacomo Balla, it resides in the Albright Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo New York.

 This Futurism painting depicts the wonderful movement of dogs, and I've been a animal lover since I got my beloved Vizsla; Sparky at the tender age of 5 , there is very rarely a dog I don't automatically love. Don't get me wrong I love a good kitty or two .......or three. There is defiantly something with in my soul that turns to sunshine jelly and gets all melty by the time I see a dog.
I mean I even have this hanging in my house to honor my sweet son !!!!!!

Painting below by Tyler Adams

                             

I will call all dogs puppies. Giant Great Danes, Boxers, even 10 year old Maltese's. Even my 8 year old basset hound fur baby is still a puppy in my eyes. He is the cutest isn't he?

Little known fact my pup has been published in an art project called Project Dog by Kira Stackhouse. 

Balla's painting was the first art that had a dog as the subject matter that I'd ever seen so it is imbedded in my soul because lets face it I'm a dog lover and the influence came to me at a young age. Being that I'm a dog lover its only natural that, yes I've got an inspired out fit for celebrating that trait within myself.

 

This dress is a Bernie Dexter and is a fit and flare circle skirt swing dress.

Oh look its my moms little pup!!!! She's a Jack Russell Terrier and is soooo cute!

 

I mean  come one you didn't expect me to not have a dog in this post right?

 Outfit details:

 Dress: Bernie Dexter Paris Dress in perfect pooch print   
 Sweater: Mossimo / Target

Petticoat: Hell Bunny /Modcloth


How's your puppy?-Fairfawn

Baroque China

The days draw closer to my wedding and the stress levels are high, I feel like I could break.

 

Lets be real thou I think everyone goes through this moment in time if they choose to get married where the time of getting everything in order feels like a ticking time bomb.

                                     

I recently just moved to a new state so throw that on top of a wedding, KA-BOOOOOMMMM!

 

I'm looking forward to it just being a few days before and really being in the set mind of it playing itself out so the planning part gets set aside and I can take a step back and relax and enjoy the big day

 

 

Since I've been on edge lately and feeling like fragile fine china, This dress was a perfect fit.

This dress is a Bernie Dexter dress and I got it a while back when it was on Modcloth.

 

It has a print that is a cross between old Baroque wall paper and fine china.

 

 

I don't normally wear white, ironically I will be wearing a lot soon, but there was something about this dress that I loved. Bernie Dexter has another dress in this print in a different style on her website this cut and style in this print is discontinued.

 

WAIT!!!!!WHAT!!!!! ---------A Puppy Break!

 Ha ha see I can still find humor even thou I'm stressed. 

 

Outfit Details:

 

Dress: Bernie Dexter (Similar)(another similar one)

Similar shoes and sweater

 

-Fairfawn