...teenage.wasteland...

we've heard the cute quips all before...

from the iconic "live fast die young" (good thing Kat, Lexy and I didn't get the "live fast die pretty" tattoos when we were 15... Well because sadly our fear friend Katrina Sarkissian didn't make it to her 18th birthday... but the main issue is- enough with the "yolo" shit... if you really DO only live once- why the fuck aren't you taking advantage of it? running and busting your ass NOW and you'll be reaching those dreams you proudly proclaimed of yours when you stood up in that kindergarten class... I know I am and I have... And have never stopped since...

just do it- and go with your heart over your head... Always..

Xx bella

...the girls of grunge...

we don't always wash our hair...
we throw on what's usually sitting around with a nonchalance that is confusing to say the least to most...
we pile on more... and just don't take it all as seriously as the squares... we are the girls of grunge...

Xx bella

...current inspiration...

...girly.girls...

I dare say in certain contexts- I am not... A lot of my friends (as if you've noticed- are guys, that say I'm a guy stuck in a hot chicks body)... I hate sitting still for my nails, I hate a day at the "beauty salon" and I cringe at the thought of pink... And girls swirly pastels...
But I still use the inspiration of "girly" and "pretty" and inject my own aesthetic of a dark mood and palette into my art which I interpret... But my aesthetic is just that... It's mine- and if you think I'm a fucking idiot that dresses my clients as I dress myself... well then you are the fucking idiot dear sir or Madame...
But the silk chiffon ripping in the air...
Horses (which I have always loved- (thank you 9th birthday Daddy) I competed professionally with my beautiful Paso Fino Ramon until I was about 15 when I chose to pursue my ballet intensely and aggressively spending summers in New York training and the nights with my feet in ice buckets...)
but that girly side of me still beats true as the juxtaposition that I myself am- exists as the two collide and create the elegantly disheveled gothic ballerina- corpse bride little monster I am (yes as you are all enjoying the thought of the Gothic Ballerina ruling your 2012 currently as you've finally slowly moved on from the Gothic Hippie I stood by for 2011... Corpse Bride... Well you will see the prevalence in the late 2012 collections of the lambs.... This lion is putting it out there now...
Xx bella

...sick.twisted.fuck...

I've been called a sick twisted fuck many a times before... as I've gotten older- it's become more and more of a compliment with my work. My incredibly talented and bad ass friend, the make up monster Sarah Tanno- credited as the queen "face beater" to Lady Gaga (shop talk for a really fucking good make up artist = "she knows how to beat a face", "that bitch beat the SHIT out of that face" etc etc) first told me about Chadwick Tyler last year, as a sick twisted fuck I would drool to work with... Shilshh- you weren't fucking around. Chadwick Tyler... a sick twisted fuck who is right up my alley... he captures this intense honesty of these beaten up strung out models that is just breath taking. I don't really care if you get it or not. If you do, don't thank me... thank my incredibly talented friend Sarah Tanno (Http://www.sarahtanno.com )... Chadwick- from one sick twisted fuck to another... let's go riding through skid row- make the models look like they've been beaten to shit and need their next shot of heroin to see the light of day- and have them dripping in diamonds- while blood is dripping out of their mouths... that just gave me a fashgasm.

Xx bella


proud to be a sick twisted fuck

...get.coked.out...

her name is as striking as she- 


COCO ROCHA

you want more of her from first glimpse. she's a chameleon whom commands your presence at the EXACT moment the photographer's camera clicks. she hits pose after pose after pose- giving SUCH range- each click she  morphs into a new mood- a gasp ::click:: seductress ::click:: demonic ::click:: fury ::click:: it's just breath taking to watch someone whom is so talented just make the whole image come to life the way coco does... she's a new breed that the fashion aficionado can't replicate and can't get enough of. She is definately without a doubt a talent I would love to work with- and can't wait to just absorb every ounce of her being- and just admire how she screams without any words... an artist our Coco is... just look at these amateurs failing to even TOUCH her in comparison...

viva la rocha...

Xx
*bella*