Black*Eiffel spotted these sweet old cartography maps, so carefully made by Harold Fisk in 1944! They portray the alluvial valley of the lower Mississippi River, and the ribbons of color are the banks of the river at various times in history. Very interesting, and very very pretty. See the whole set at Radical Cartography!
May, 2009
maps are beautiful
May 31st, 2009 / Posted by fpgirl / Permalink
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new boys
May 31st, 2009 / Posted by fpgirl / PermalinkThe latest issue of Dazed has a cool piece on some of the newest models who walked the London catwalks this year. The pictures remind me of the work by Daniel Newman that I posted here a while back.
Check out Dazed or Men’s Rag for more!
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dance piano
May 30th, 2009 / Posted by fpgirl / PermalinkThis video is really fun! I’ve seen these giant pianos for dancing before, but I’ve sure never seen anyone playing it with such skill! These folks do a little routine and play Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor on it! Sweet!
- Fiona says:
Warm nostalgic flashback to watching Big when I was ten…
- Amy says:
SUPER COOL
- hayley says:
that was so awesome! i can’t even imagine how long it must have taken to learn all of that. thanks for sharing!
xx,
-hayley
gunbarrelbutterfly.blogspot.com
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Featured Reviewer – Brittaney!
May 30th, 2009 / Posted by fpgirl / PermalinkMeet our friend Brittaney! (And her fiancé Adam!)
Brittaney resides in Bellingham, Washington, and is one of the star item reviewers on our website! She reviews using the nickname mushroommoon, and is a total Free People girl, who loves to create and be outside!
She writes: I appreciate dark, earthy, grungy clothing with a fine feminine touch.
To our delight, Brittaney agreed to do a mini-interview with us and tell us a little more about herself! Read on…
So, what do you do for a living?
I am currently attending Western Washington University for a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Studio Art.
What do you like to do for fun?
When I’m not doing homework, I paint, cycle with my fiance Adam, roll around on the bed with our corgi Morton, obsessively read Marx, and garden. :)
What music do you enjoy?
My favorite bands are Joy Division, New Order, Talking Heads, Neil Young, Can, and Nick Drake!
Who is your style star?
David Byrne and Siouxsie Sioux!
What inspires you?
Working on a project in studio with filthy hands and filthy clothes…
Describe your style in 3 words.
grunge, flowers, earthy
Name 3 wardrobe essentials for summer!
Flip Flops, flowers in my hair, and mismatched, bright accessories!
Some final thoughts to share?
I only shop at the local Food Co-op. I buy organic, grow my own food, and I never eat factory farmed meat. Environmentalism is very important to me.
Yay! Thank you for sharing all this with us Brittaney! It’s been a pleasure!
If you would like to see all of Brittaney’s (a.k.a. mushroommoon’s) FP clothing reviews, click here! She has some helpful feedback!
Thanks again Brittaney!
xo
- Marita says:
you grow your own food and wear D&G. my hero.
- mushroommoon says:
I love you guys!
- Anonymous says:
ahhhh, WHY didn’t I buy that coat in the first picture when I had the chance? It looks so beautiful :o(
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underwater
May 29th, 2009 / Posted by fpgirl / Permalink
These images by Alinka Echeverría are just amazing! They are from a series of photos and video that she has done called Lightness of Being, which features, as you can see, stunning shots of synchronized swimmers underwater. I really love that the waterline is at the bottom of the picture – it gives a whole different perspective than one usually sees in underwater photos. Awesome! If you have a moment you should totally go to her site and watch the video – it is like the pictures, only even better – just incredible!
Via You Might Like This.
- MArianne Clancy says:
I love this posting of the synch swimmers and reading on and on fell in love with the diversity of your posts and the cleverness of those who work at FP. My daughter who is 17 just bought a little bikini from you guys and after not giving up after it was too small, like the three bears story it came yesterday and fits “just right” so she is happy to both wear the clothing and now I will send her this link. She is a great etsy artist and I am including her url if you like. She designed the cover of the lit mag for her high school, see it on her store”the brain”! I am going to check back often for your posts as they are so cool, love the horses and cookies and wel.. my daughter loves your clothing and so do I. We moved to Sedona from APtos CA where the aptos shoe co first introduced your line to Rita, now she is a life long fan and always checks the site to see what is new. here is her unusual art store
Animalgam
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5503205
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homepage candids
May 29th, 2009 / Posted by fpgirl / Permalink
These two pictures are some candids taken at a shoot we did for next week’s freepeople.com homepage. In the second picture they were trying to avoid getting her tights in the shot so she just pulled them below her knees. Looks more like she couldn’t wait for the bathroom!
And this is some fun our graphic designer Lizzie made a while back and we just held onto becuase it is amazing!
Love ‘em!