Here is the final Save the Date postcard I came up with for Carly and Ed’s nuptuals to take place at a rustic maryland goat farm - hence Ginge on the back there—he was my favorite amongst the group of goats. (Herd? Gaggle? I’m not sure what you call a group of goats.*)

Much more to come!

*Apparently a group of goats is called a trip. How very WASP-y of them.

The other day I was watching Murder, She Wrote (don’t judge) and I saw Angela Lansbury talking to a character wearing this outfit:

And so, with the help of my Facebook friends, including Bryan Byczek of The Exaltation, Murder, She Wore was born—Where my love of fashion and my keen eye for car wrecks in fabric meet. In fact, I might have just written the tag line.

Hop on over to Murder, She Wore and I’ll show you what costume designers convinced actors the world over to appear in, in public no less. There’s a seemingly endless supply of this, folks.

My resolution this year is to post more. Even when it’s as random as a funny logo I did inspired by my friend. Oh Lena. You could inspire a warehouse of jokes.

Happy New Year!

Since I hit so many different men’s fashion blogs and art blogs, I end up desiring a lot more than I can afford (and how) so I’ve categorized my 5 biggest wants for the month here, in hopes publicly stating it will somehow lead to their mysterious appearance in my mailbox. Or I could just buy them. Whatever. On to the wants!

1. Quality of Life
-Brian Ferry’s first photography book. It’s out of stock now, but hopefully there will be a reprinting.

2. Triangle Shirt from A.OK (Oak NYC’s Line) $38.00 
-Everything I want isn’t that expensive. Surprisingly.

3. Opening Ceremony Breannan Loafers $142.00
- Oh so gorgeous. And half price! Well, half of $300.

4. Warby Parker Larkin in Lunar Fade, $95.00
- This is actually something I’m definitely purchasing as soon as I can. It’s like the vintage inspired thick framed glasses i currently own, but with a modern touch. The kind of style I’ve been striving for recently.

5. Fair Isle Socks in red, $25.00
- I’m going on a ski trip in February and these… well, they would look so good on my feeties next to a crackling fire and a marshmallow vodka spiked hot cocoa. Amirite? 

Nothing says Christmas like using the gay f word and Jodie Foster in the same thought.

My friends Carly and Ed are getting married, and as is the custom for close friends and family, I will be doing their invites and other paper goods. They requested that another close friend, and illustrator, Carin Johnson help with the portrait aspect of the process. 

Sketch of Joe, 2010

Since our styles are different I wanted to see if the layering effects and such that I use would work with her drawing style.

I’m thinking it does. So, I’m excited to get cracking on these!

Friends who know me know I have… a tendency to exaggerate. But! Let me just say (without exaggeration) that Melancholia is literally one of the most stunning movies I have ever seen in my entire life.

The first 5 minutes in particular. Sort of slow moving paintings, which is a theme (the theme being slow movement, as well as paintings… Bosch-like but don’t quote me on that…) But the cinematography, the clothing, everything. Superb. 

From the Danish Film Institute:

The idea for the film emerged while he was in treatment for the depression that has haunted him in recent years. A therapist told him a theory that depressives and melancholics act more calmly in violent situations, while “ordinary, happy” people are more apt to panic. Melancholics are ready for it. They already know everything is going to hell.

I saw it on a plane ride, and by the end of the movie the woman next to me was nearly in my lap watching even though she couldn’t hear anything.

And hey, if depression and extinction events that look like Vogue spreads arent enough for you, Alexander Skaarsgard is in it.

And he takes off his pants. :-D

I misses the California weather.

Photo via Hipstamatic

To commemorate this momentous day where I, Joe Lamour ACTUALLY begin record the music I’ve been speaking about since I was 16, I will share my sketch/study/a capella draft for the song My Hawaii. 

San Francisco #1

And they say: when time began we

were floating orbs of light, sun progeny as souls 

yearned to touch, to feel- us free ones willed it so,

and that, my love, became the world we know.

-Me, for a Bjork Songwriting contest.

A flier design* I did the other day. I rather enjoy it. 

*Personal text blurred

So a couple of years ago, I found myself on my FFFFound! looking for stuff to add to my collection, and I came across this image:

And frankly, it was so delightfully absurd that I could not stop laughing. And my friend Jessie and I quoted it perhaps every two hours for the next two weeks. (“What’s up?” “My beard is crazy delicious.”-“What do you want for lunch?” “My beard, crazy delicious.”) I looked up who created it, an artist by the name of Marc Johns.

His schtick is absurd comedic watercolors.

The other day I was perusing his site, and I saw that he had something for sale. An original! I nearly lost my gourd since his drawings sell out seconds after he posts them.

I now welcome Snake Eyes to the Lamour Art Collection. Inventory: two. Hurray!

He even did a little doodle on the recipt. How nifty. 

Click here for “White Womanhood Smells Like Sunshine?” the first TB Roundtable (that I participated in) of the season!