45. STURDY MECHANICS AND DELICATE ANATOMIES

 There are no words to explain how immensely talented jewelry designer Olga Noronha is. I have nothing but praise for her.

She is a power house of creativity, hard work, inspiration, and to top it all off she is as sugar sweet and courteous as can be.

We first met over a year ago when she needed a model to showcase her Incarcerated Bodies piece at the Au Contraire catwalk show for second year BA Jewelry Design students at Central Saint Martins.
Since that day I couldn't help but keep up with her work, the elegant yet raw, striking yet tasteful pieces that reinvent the modern day definition of jewelry and how we wear it.

For more on Ms. Noronha, visit Fashion Thinkers, an interview with Olga (in Portugese).

44. TAKE NO PRISONERS

I've made it my mission today to watch every single GAGAVISION video out there.

But Gaga's not the first self proclaimed obsession I've had, just the latest. Lets review:

 2009 LADY GAGA

I remember it was one of these images in The London Paper that started this whole thing.

2007/2008 EDIE SEDGWICK

Despite what the critics had to say, I absolutely loved Factory Girl. I cut my hair, did the makeup, danced the dance. With my admiration for the 60's and Warhol, my obsession with Edie was just inevitable. 

 2006 DAVID LACHAPELLE

This man is the reason I got into photography.

2002 NATALIE PORTMAN

The way I feel about the Star Wars Saga is a story all on it's own, but no doubt it spawned a weekness for Natalie.

2000 SAILOR MOON

Meatball hair, learning Japanese, importing comic books, designing a website, making up my own characters. Absolutely full blown obsession.

43. SERENITY

If you're like me and appreciate the intricacies of what goes on in the minds of those who produce gorgeously serene artwork, then check out one of my best friends' blog screamprofanity - Design Inspirations and Much Much More.

Frequently Updated, she uncovers artists that appeal to the girly girl inside of you, with a soft spot for fashion, watercolours and illustration.