inside the eyelids of my mind.

To view more of Rogers' work, you may venture here or here.

credits: collage by R. Coco, starring the Gish sisters; all photographs by Ellen Rogers; all text by Rebecca Emily Darling.

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a voyage far away.

photo credits - 1) unknown, from cloudslikeshadows 2) Lila Lee, circa the 1920's, from Vanda Vintage 3) Carole Lombard, circa the 1920's, from Shop Lovely 4) a flapper and her doll, circa the 1920's, from Miss Moss

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to live upon a pedestal, inside a gilded frame.

'Like a Painting'Vogue Italia February 2005model - Lily Colephotographer - Miles Aldridge

pc - Noir Facade blog.

I so love this phantasmagorical editorial... from the lighting, to the styling, to the story, to the selection of Lily Cole as model... it is a work of absolute wonder! I first spotted a photo from the set on my dear friend Rodellee's pinterest. Pinterest, if you have not yet discovered it, is a phenomenal new bookmarking site, that allows you to group your 'pins' onto separate 'pin boards.' I highly suggest that you take a peek at the site, and if you decide to join, my user name is Rebecca Emily Darling, and you may follow my own pinboards here. I hope you're all having a lovely weekend, and that these photographs inspire you as much as they have me!! xxoxoxoxo
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s + m

collage by yours truly, r. coco; photographs by the immaculate Ellen von Unwerth

there's rue for you, and...

this is what my nightmares look like (in my dreams):

photographer: MICHAELA KNÍŽOVÁ

And on a related, if mood-killing, note, we will be adding more and more Spring garments to the shop in the upcoming weeks. For s/s 2010 you can expect lots of easy-breezy cotton dresses from the 30's through to the 90's, as well as lots of Ophelia-esque Edwardian cotton whites. And of course, some extra-special dressy evening gems for proms and premiers. It is going to be a beautiful Spring!

xxo, R. Coco

wherein we spilt some noir upon the drunken boat.

This weekend past, as previously alluded to, we staged a little champagne-brunch photo shoot gathering at our studio in Downtown Los Angeles. While much of the day was spent attempting to detangle The Mystery of the Lights (we're still working those out)and drinking, we did manage to get some items photographed for the shop, as well as have a generally wonderouslovely time. We were thrilled to meet two wonderful l'il ladies we'd been previously acquainted with only through Twitter and blogs, Rodellee of Adore Vintage and T'ai Rising-Moore of Awkward Beauty. (They're both wildly talented and fabulous, so do make doubly-triply sure to check out their websites.) Our new model, JJ, and a couple of our other friends were present as well, and we all fell madcappedly in love whilst supping upon miniature croissants and sipping mimosas with fresh berries mixed therein. T'ai was kind enough to take the lovely little snapshots above, which offer a teensy peek into our sunshiney Rococoland world. (I am so especially proud of my bookcase at the mo'!)

After all but the beautiful JJ and I remained, we continued to get far beyond madcappedly drunk, and decided to play around with the lights some more. A few images from the result of this liquor and noir combo can be witnessed below... we think perhaps photo shoots and drunkenness are not such a bad mix... or at least make for some fun the next day when you say to yourself, Where did these come from? whilst looking at your camera. What do you think?

Hmm... now it would seem in keeping with this post to send you off into the world to drink and be merry but... would it be bad to promote drunkenness to you all? Perhaps I shall tell you to... seek out some revelry or to create your own today... whatever that means to you ;) NEVER DRIVE DRUNK. There, that's my good deed. xxo!

♥ r. coco