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The hottest club this winter has to be fleshy shades of pinks, reds and beiges to counteract the overbearing, over-saturated shades of yellow and orange coming through this season. South African winters are very dizzying as the sky gets bluer and the sun supernovas into yellows so bright they grow macabre but, at the same time, the temperature barely rises above 20. Which I'm sure to all ye Northern Hemisphere kids is a breezy summer day, but my drying valley of bones cannot deal. If it could at least look like winter-- you know, overcast skies, wind, trees without leaves-- I might be able to get into the whole winter vibe, fantasise about layering textures, patterns and what not. Instead I have to deal with what looks like summer on steroids but feels like the depths of my soul.
You'd think this constant summer that's not summer would mean that Scandinavian brand of sadness would go away (you know, the unhappiness behind all our favourite Dutch/German paintings and shades of blue) but the not summer part intensifies it ten fold to a Saharan Sadness that won't go away. It's a lot if misplacement and not knowing how many jerseys to wear. The skies remain a cloudless, terrific shade of blue throughout all this.
Babble aside, you're thinking of a white Christmas, I'm imagining a brown winter filled with grandma motifs (rose patterns, porcelain, plastic covers), 24 hour mood lighting and lots of frumpy, asymmetrical lines.
Nothing matters. Hail Satan.
top: still from
The Virgin Suicides c/o of Google Image search // left and right: stills from
Twin Peaks c/o Google Image Search // stills from
Xxplosive music video by Dope Saint Jude (screencaps)
left:
Teenage Gaze by
Petra Collins // right: my friend, Lukhanyo at Liquidchef's two months ago
top:
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert still (from tumblr) // bottom:
Teenage Gaze by Petra Collins
A.W.A.K.E. Fall 2015 Ready-to-Wear collection (from
style.com)
Teenage Gaze by Petra Collins
The supreme babe, Zipho (
Tony Gum Online)
A Rookie Mag photo set entitled
The Way Home
Babyghost Fall 2015 Ready-to-Wear // pieces from the Central Saint Martins show including that of Samuel Guidong Yang and Matty Bovan (all photos from
style.com)
Bree in
Desperate Housewives, c/o of Google Images
Kirsten Dunst's pelvis, somewhere on Tumblr
Physical Education by Sipho Mpongo and Zipho/Tony, from
Tony Gum
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
(Central Saint Martins show)
From
Zipho's tumblr
Rookie Mag photoset entitled
Twilight Shine
Still from
Heathers.
I love all you dead gay sons. Tell me about your summers and all the vibrant shades you're envisioning this June/July.
