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weekend distraction: graphic tees

It is rare that there is a graphic tee I would consider wearing. Some I can like on others but it’s not quite my style – the graphic distracts from the play of color and texture, which is so much more compelling to me.

This week, though, I’ve seen a few that have me reconsidering.

First and most seriously under consideration is the Kiss kiss tee from the J Crew Fall ’13 season. Simple text on one of my favorite things: a white shirt. AND words and kisses are two more of my favorite things (you may remember that I love kisses). I am not in the habit of buying expensive t-shirts…or really t-shirts at all, but maybe I will make an exception here.

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Next is this astrology tee from LuckyBrand, which I just happened to see on a hunt for a blazer. I’m not a devotee of astrology but I do like the symbols associated with and the ancient concepts behind it. I am consistently interested in complex symbolic systems but more to the point, the image is cool to me. Also to the point, the cotton they use is incredibly soft and thin.

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weekend distraction: Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett has for me a face both beautiful and interesting, that arresting combo. Or perhaps it is that she is beautiful in an interesting way. No individual element of her face seems remarkable (excepting those cheekbones), yet the whole is so harmonious. I often like faces that seem to me mature, regardless of age. In pictures where she is younger she seems too young for her face, for it’s sweeping lines and elegant hollows, and only in middle age does does it seem to really fit her.

This all started with this first image, in which her hands look so elegant, and her expression melancholy. Then on to her style, which seems to be infallible.

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Yes to all of this. Every bit of it.

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(love this sultry peeping)

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What is she wearing here? Some silk collared dressing gown? I don’t know, but I want it.

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Images via pinterest.

If you’re into this kind of thing, I also love these Cate Blanchett makeup videos by Mary Greenwell, both the natural look and the bold look. It’s liberating to watch her slapdash approach to makeup application, and she chatters away the whole time in this entertaining way.