THIS PHOTOGRAPHER //

Erwan Fichou is a young Breton photographer and artist. He likes catching wacky scenes. Sometimes he imagines and create theses situations, sometimes no it is pure reality. Here is an extract of his numerous series:

Crimaster: participants to the french championship of cry cock.

Miradors: staging of urban miradors in the streets of Mexico.

Dogwool: portraits of dogs and their masters; the masters are wearing knitted clothing from their dog hair.

Fétiches: a selection of american fishing flies.

Erwan Fichou est un jeune photographe et artiste Breton. Il aime capturer des scènes loufoques. Parfois, il imagine et crée ces situations, parfois non, c'est la pure réalité. Voici un extrait de ses nombreuses séries:

Crimaster: les participants au championnat de France de cri coq.

Miradors: mise en scène de miradors urbains dans les rues de Mexico.

Dogwool: portraits de chiens et de leurs maîtres, les maîtres portent des vêtements tricotés à partir des poils de leur chien.

Fétiches: une sélection de mouches de pêche américaines.

Photos Erwan Fichou.

By As.

BACK TO BASICS //

I have been thinking for a few years about the daily impact I can have on the environment. Everyone's telling us about different solutions and ways to consume differently and I decided to play along. Sometimes it is as simple as choosing a yogurt in the large size instead of the individual ones. It may also be a choice about the way of transport I use to go to my workplace or even about choosing to consume seasonal fruits and vegetables and encourage local producers rather than buying products that come from the other side of the world. To me, it's a real lifestyle choice in itself. Because sometimes I prefer like everyone else avoiding walking for 5 minutes to find a recycling bin for glass, for example. And yet I will not yield, I do it every week even if it takes me a little time. Then maybe occasionally I'll make an article on my way to consume and about the choices I make everyday.

Today I tested for you soap nuts. And here is an habit you must begin to lose first: the smell of clean laundry. I asked myself how our great mothers did to wash clothes before the consumer society invented detergent. 

First of all we used a household soap for the washing by hand - soap from Marseille. And then, little by little during a year or two, we progressively stopped detergent brands such as LE CHAT or ARIEL which use many perfumes but also a lot of toxic and irritating products. We were still using  industrial laundry at the time but with the ones with more green features and less toxic products. Which means no fragrance. Initially, it is disturbing because brands have succeeded in making us associate clean to an odor and if we do not smell it, we get the impression that the laundry is still dirty. So, after this long time of using an ecological standard detergent, I wanted to go further and went for soap nuts for various reasons. It's been three weeks since I only use soap nuts. I started by washing clothes with stains on such as tablecloths, towels etc.  And all stains were gone. Today I am totally satisfied with this method of washing and I will continue cleaning most of my clothes with these nuts while using occasionally detergent for extreme cases.

In terms of packaging for soap nuts, this one was created by Anne Ouellette who is from Quebec. I found it so beautiful I wanted her work to illustrate my point. 

By M. 

6 MONTHS IN SOUTH AMERICA //

Two years ago, I studied the organisation of illegal settlements in north Lima for my master's memoir.  At the end of the semester I took off, went to an association there to investigate on the field for 3 months. After what I travelled around for another 3 months. It'es been difficult to sum up this whole adventure and I haven't find the right way to put yet. I figured this could be an appropriate place. So I'll post articles, like I would have written them on a travel journal - places by places. I hope you'll enjoy it, this may remind you of previous trips of your own or inspire you to go. 

I must say I've been blessed on this journey. I met such amazing people, spent quality time with friends on the way and got to discover places, colors, smiles, feelings… I'll never forget. 

Thank you all so much for sharing a piece of your world with me. I'll carry it within anywhere I'll go now. 

By B.
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NEW IN //

Last month was my birthday and I have been very lucky to receive many presents from nice people! These friends start to know me very well because all these gift come from stores or designers I love and whom I would like to introduce you, more in details. For now let's go for a New In:

Le mois dernier, c'était mon anniversaire, et j'ai eu la chance de recevoir beaucoup de cadeaux de la part de belles personnes! Ces amis commencent à bien me connaitre car tous ces cadeaux viennent de boutiques ou de créateurs que j'adore et que je voudrais vous présenter, plus en détails. Pour l'instant, contentons nous d'un New In:

1. Light garland / Guirlande lumineuse - La case de cousin Paul 
2. Neon wristband / Bracelet fluo - Atelier 19
3. Poetic necklace / Collier poétique - Mementomori chez Cubik
4. Perfume / Parfum - Odin n°3 chez l'Extrait
5. Handmade pouch / Pochette fait main - Louella

By As.

THIS HOUSE //

 Pictures speak from themselves...

Les photos parlent d'elles mêmes...

Makoto Yamaguchi Design
By M.

CLOSET PURGE //

Changing a dressing from winter to summer is an opportunity to go through a closet purge. I had a very large one last summer eliminating over 200 pieces of clothing in my wardrobe. I am not especially addicted to clothes though I did not change much size since high school. You get the picture - accumulating garments for more than a decade...

I've had the idea of living with less for a while but after those 6 months in south america with under 10 pieces of clothing, I realized I had to make a change going back home. I was reading unechicfille's blog, she was talking about the deadfleurette experience, I recognized myself in it - pretty random story in fact. 

Returning, I was quite excited about this deal. It felt like a fresh start, like cleaning the slate so I relieved the Craken!
Tips to avoid the overwhelming feeling from the task after the break.

Changer son dressing d'hiver pour celui d'été c'est l'occasion idéale de purger les placards. J'ai fait un grand tri l'été dernier en éliminant un peu plus de 200 articles. Je suis pas une accro des sapes, j'ai simplement pas vraiment changé de taille depuis le collège-lycée. Vous visualisez le truc - plus de 10 ans d'accumulation de fringues...
Ca faisait un moment que j'avais en tête l'idée de vivre mieux avec moins et après les 6 mois en amérique latine avec 10 pièces au bas mot je me suis dit que j'allais sauter le pas en rentrant. Je lisais le blog d'unechicfille, elle parlait de l'experience deadfleurette, je me suis vite reconnue dans le délire - bref le début d'une histoire banale entre la purge et moi.
En rentrant j'étais plutôt enthousiaste à l'idée de nettoyer tout ça et de faire le vide. C'était un peu comme repartir à zéro, sur une base nette.
cliquez sur more pour quelques conseils pratiques

WHAT HE WEARS //

I went to Lisbon for a few days to visit my cousin Hugo. He is one of the guys behind the bouddaboysquality company which I'm gonna tell you about very soon as it deserved it's own article. Meanwhile I let you enjoy his handsome surfer style.

Tee : Nike
Shorts : hand cut jeans from Celio
Shoes : Vans
Cap : Boudda Boys Quality

Je suis allée à Lisbonne quelques jours voir mon cousin Hugo. C'est un des créateurs de la compagnie bouddaboysquality dont je vous parlerai très prochainement - ils méritent leur propre article. Et en attendant je vous laisse apprécier son style.


By B.