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diane

i am serious...and don't call me shirley.

About Me

scarf & accessory designer lulette.com ....kiddie accessory designer, b'gosh!
graduated from university of cincinnati's design school in 2003....lived in nyc, seattle, LA....
nostalgia junkie...people watcher...kitsch wrangler...whatever.

My Interests

pugs, french bulldogs, art history, religious architecture, design theory, advertising history,burlesque, rock n roll!,owls, crafting, feminism,diane arbus,richard kern, activism, vintage halloween ephemera, gender politics, sock monkeys, s'mores, manitoba's, finding beauty in the mundane, cigarettes, fighting off my warholian tendencies, knitting, louise brooks, liquid eyeliner, harold lloyd, wondering how edward scissorhands could use the bathroom.

I'd like to meet:

friends in nyc. rock n roll ladies. whatnot.

Music:

the stranglers, dressy bessy, the sonics, stereolab, autolux, jesus & mary chain, my bloody valentine, the softies, the casinos, sonic youth, the spinanes, velocity girl, xtc, the wedding present, bikini kill, le tigre, yo la tengo, sleater-kinney, lush,darlene love, a tribe called quest, ann sexton, the pastels, rosemary clooney, the raincoats, sam cooke, the magnetic fields, april march, pil, the modern lovers, the stone roses, the geraldine fibbers, the organ, versus, madder rose, the delgados, the greenhornes, camera obscura, the vaselines, francoise hardy, pussy galore, the shangri-las, the bristols, wussy

Movies:

pandora's box (german silent w/louise brooks), mommie dearest, the lion in winter, amelie, daisies, swamp thing (such 'special' effects and costuming)!, waiting for guffman, spinal tap, heathers,edward scissorhands, before sunrise/before sunset, airplane!, grindhouse

Television:

GILMORE GIRLS! carnivale, all the law and orders....pretty much anything on TLC, get smart, national geographic, PBS (antiques roadshow)!, strangers with candy....ooh and especially history channel specials on the popes/vatican

Books:

secrets of the flesh (colette bio), anything by dorothy allison, twelfth night, how-to crafty books, anything sedaris, anything by jeanette winterson and im a big fan of horrible gossip rags

Heroes:

vivienne westwood, louise brooks,amy sedaris, anyone who has survived a jewish mother, my marvelous friends

My Blog

sock monkeys

for those of you who dont know, i collect sock monkeys...and now, some ebay monkey finds and what i would name them:frank and eunicefritzknucklesmork...
Posted by diane on Thu, 22 May 2008 08:55:00 PST

john derian

6 east 2nd st - nyc, ny(on the walk home from work, of course! so dangerous...)i covet every plate/platter/tray in this shop, especially these:...
Posted by diane on Wed, 21 May 2008 12:55:00 PST

martin margiela interview

Work is STILL dead! I cannot believe it&so&an article/interview from DANSK magazine with perhaps my greatest fashion hero...ignore the weird grammar- the mag isn't from this side of the pond... ART I...
Posted by diane on Fri, 09 May 2008 02:32:00 PST

pauline trigere

since work will likely be dead for the rest of the day, i'm going to blog MORE!!pauline in 1950i'm going to start writing little blurbs about some of my favorite designers, past and present...today, i...
Posted by diane on Fri, 09 May 2008 11:55:00 PST

some accessory favorites of fall 08...

its a bit slow at work today again, so i'm posting some of my favorite accessories from the fall 08 collections: anna sui balenciagachanel (stockings!)comme des garconsdries van notenhermeshussein cha...
Posted by diane on Fri, 09 May 2008 10:15:00 PST

shoe fetish

"oooooh, precious, precious, precious!"...
Posted by diane on Wed, 07 May 2008 10:34:00 PST

what every woman needs...

  obviously. count on judith leiber for something this ludicrous and slightly necessary. this is making me hungry......
Posted by diane on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:02:00 PST

mini top hat

so i saw this amazing goth lolita mini top hat at tarina tarantino...and decided to create my own take on it....behold:...
Posted by diane on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 09:20:00 PST

new lulette blog

hey all....i started a blog for lulette at http://www.lulettescarves.blogspot.com you should check it out. yes. oh, and happy halloween!...
Posted by diane on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:29:00 PST

i <3 modern rock woxy.com scarves!

CHECK EM OUT over at woxy.com!...
Posted by diane on Tue, 04 Oct 2005 09:14:00 PST