A tribute, the gaga icon of style: Alexander McQueen will live on.

It makes me so sad whenever I hear about a suicide. A life is precious, no matter whose it is.  Most recently the fashion icon and designer Alexander McQueen found hanging in his apartment in London, February 11th, 2010.

I was first acquainted with such a horrible (first hand) experience when I was sixteen. One of my summer camp friends, the sweetest funniest guy in the world, decided to take his own life. An experience I don't care to recollect and the largest funeral I have ever been to in my life, to date.  It is something that stays with you forever.  I can only imagine how all of Alexander's friends, family, and the many people whose lives he touched during his own short lived one.

It is difficult to see the positive in such a dreary situation as this, however I will at least make mention to the fact that the McQueen did leave a legend behind him and a huge fan base that will long remember and love him. As we all know Sarah Jessica Parker was a massive fan.

along with Victoria Beckham, Rihanna, Nicole Kidman, Drew Barrymore and of course Lady Gaga.

  Sarah was often seen in his lovely fantastical creations as perhaps Lady Gaga was his personal muse and recently used his work in her latest video "Bad Romance".

He is as synonymous as Louboutin & Manolo Blanik was to Sex and the City.  I hope the latest movie this summer pays a tribute to his work.  He will be missed.

Back to the classics... thanks for the inspiration Audrey!

I'm not sure what it is but I wouldn't call it the "February Blues" just yet. That usually comes towards the end of the month right around the time of my birthday and the really bitchin bad ass weather! I shouldn't really complain since we have barely seen snow and there have been some lovely sunny days in between the grey. But it's still winter and let's face it we eat heavier comfort foods, feel the need to sleep much more and generally dread having to go most places when we don't have to. (Or at least that's how I've often feel about winter).  At the end of the day, I just haven't been banging out my posts like I thought I would.  I have been super busy  preoccupied as of late with quite a few projects (not to mention going back to the classics Audrey Hepburn & Jane Eyre who have provided a litte inspiration of their own) and just haven't felt the pressing need to say anything to the world blogosphere (just yet).  I do however have in my possession many lovely pictures of the food I've been cooking over the last couple months.  So! I do have material that I have been working on... and let me tell you, that part was quite exciting (as well as the eating). Somehow I know the next step isn't just to 'load them up on the wagon' so-to-speak, but to put some thought in to what the hell it was all about (the gluttony).  So, perhaps it's not that I've "lost that lovin' feelin'" but rather that I've neglected my little blog-wagon just long enough for it to be "out of sight, out of mind".  I will make a special effort to get my ass in gear and keep on, keepin on. Hope the neglect is not a sign of the times, no matter how busy I am. The world of blogging, still has a place near to my heart... even if it echo's back only to me. :) I just need a little boost to reclaim myself.  "People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone". Audrey Hepburn