Posted by leanne on Sunday Mar 21, 2010 Under leanne
11 minutes. And please excuse my tired appearance, I was time traveling earlier that day… (to a future when we don’t eat, wear, or experiment on animals. Aren’t you jealous? It was pretty awesome. ) Then I sat down with the brilliant Andy Stepanian, who edited, produced, and interviewed me for this piece by Sparrow Media. He included some splice-tastic clips from the “Smart Girls are Breezy” Shoot I did with Jon Cancelino.
Hope you like!! and are having a fantastical weekend.
the Bomono in Ivory- super sexy for chilly spring nights. Now Only $145
A giddy warm joy resulting from sweet warmth, sprinklers, and spans of gaw-geous flowers on an otherwise cold Midwestern Day! It’s the Greenhouse Affect. (Here experienced at the Don Hahlbeck Greenhouse in Milwaukee.)
Kinda perfect with shorts, skinny jeans, tights, or a mini.
the Lovely Gray Pea Coat with Vintage Deadstock Buttons from the UK
Now $204 at 45% off for the end of season! Use code "LaunchLove45"
the Ivory Pea is extra pretty for your everyday afternoon frolic through a field of flowers, naturally. you do that, right? yeah me neither. :)
Spring/summer pieces coming next! and ALL PHOTOS by the incredible Milwaukee photographer John Cizmas who made light, glass, dirt, and sprinklers into our extra staff. Check out more at CizmasPhoto.com.
Last night I went to the Chicago showing of the Lemonade Movie, trailer above (See where it’s playing next!) “Don’t be that person looking for a job, be that person doing something interesting,” is the best quote of all, and the director (laid off lemonade maker himself) shared with us after the show some of the more extra special stories about people who did just that and found opportunities that they didn’t asked for- kind of Julie & Julia-esque like anecdotes- one of a photographer who photographed up and down an interstate and ended up being greeted by press at each stop, ending in a book deal, or another who couldn’t find a job in advertising so he decided to build his childhood dream treehouse for fun, and from that the #1 agency on his list heard and offered him a job… (though he made a point to say that it’s in doing what you love that the opportunities follow, not the other way around.) I found familiar so much of what he shared from his own life- that he’s got a lot of blind faith, but how the universe has always laid something out to catch him each time he was running out of ground… it reminds me of my favorite Audrey Hepburn quote:
“How shall I sum up my life? I think I’ve been particularly lucky. Does that have something to do with faith also? I know my mother always used to say, ‘Good things aren’t supposed to just fall in your lap. God is very generous, but he expects you to do your part first.’ So you have to make that effort. But at the end of a bad time or a huge effort, I’ve always had - how shall I say it? - the prize at the end. My whole life shows that.” (Audrey Hepburn)
Ahhh Audrey. Love her. But back to the film… what I found most interesting was that many of the Q&A audience questions sounded strangely like… excuses? “I’m not like those people” “I don’t have the same opportunities” “But what about this hurdle- how do I get over this? (already with the answer-) I can’t” was what I heard over and over… Sure it’s easier to say, “I’m not like them, they’re special with special circumstances, but this can’t happen to me, I’m sure of it,” but who does that help? Isn’t it more magical to say, “How am I like them? How can I make my opportunity? What’s my in? I’m lucky too…” because in the end, whether you see life as an opportunity or a trap, you’re the one who lives that life, no one else. If it means starting small, start small, do it on the side, at night, on the weekends… or go big! take a leap of faith! and have fun. It certainly isn’t easy…there is no step by step process or how to guide… but it’s the adventure of your life, YOUR life. You deserve to see what could happen (and you owe it to us, the world! we want to see too!!) “Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, and power, and magic in it.” (Goethe).
Our Look Book Shoot (for Fall/Winter 2010) ended up at possibly the happiest place on Earth, I mean, at Lula’s Sweet Apothecary in NYC. I still don’t know what that last word means, but I feel that by keeping myself ignorant, it allows me to imagine it means all of the things that I feel are namelessly magical about this place… Quite the cherry on top for this team of hungry chilly vegans after a long weekend of shooting.
the talented & amazing owner Blythe!
Seriously. These two could not be any cuter.
Triple Vision.
Already living in next season's soy knits. (shhh!)
That Joshua, always in a bad mood.
Another cute one of these two. I swear.
Yay!! Can’t wait to show you the real look book when it’s ready… we mayyy have had too much fun making it for you!
