last night Oğuz came home brimming with possibility; excited to share potential wedding spots for our Turkish ceremony (I'm serious - as soon as he walked in the door he sat down and started exploring)....we wandered about starting with Sivas, his birth town & also the birth-town of his father, then we took in a few amazing bridges, exquisite homes and scenic 'everyday/everywhere' spots - as Oğuz likes to refer to them, then eventually, after a brief discussion about how he'd never really visited any Turkish museum...and maybe some riotous laughter, we made our way around to the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations. Located in Ankara, this museum was built with the intention that it only house Hittite relics and it is currently one of the richest museums in the world. I stumbled upon and fell in love with this Lion Statuette.
I also happen to be quietly enamored with these 'Black Magic Heels' by Chie Mihara, featured on anthropologie.com...
these blanched gator-tail cuffs by UNEARTHED...
the Dunhill 'Sidecar' Palladium Alligator Fountain Pen...
&
these rabbit-skin Barn Owl Masks by savagedryad.
By the way, as I type this, my dear friend Suat, is passed-out on my bed next to me...and snoring.
anyways...
I've been obsessing over John Galliano's autumn/winter collection for the past months, admiring his inspirations and vision for both men and women. Galliano used strong Russian and Eastern European themes, but personally I've recognized in his collection, a definitively powerful Turkish presence, also a bit of Bulgarian, Macedonian, Polish and as well. It almost immediately brought to mind glimpses of the quiet magnificence of Theda Bara & the Zigfield Girls - with limbs dripping luxe, gossamer perfectly-tailored chiffon (look at those seams & cuffs), gold and silver adornments spilling over from brows down past shoulders draped with more and more gold, giving a distinctive gypsy feel. ...all highlighting lush, supple lips, intense eyes and incredible shoes featuring, yes, more fur. The attention to traditional embroidery is breathtaking, it's heaviness juxtaposing the delicate swirls of silk fabric used smartly upon hem after hem. The Satyr-themed men's collection was awesome, given my confessed adoration for them and I thought it quite apt considering their reputation for virility. This "Frozen Ukrainian Dolls" menagerie was based loosely on Eastern European lore and was... at moment, a near incarnation of Erte.
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