Spin the Black Circle

The website where this photo came from is an absolute nightmare to navigate, but it was worth it. This is My New Favorite Outfit, i.e. the work of Munich-based (fashion and graphic) designer (and illustrator), Corina Gruber (found via NJAL). Kind of makes me think of what the womenswear and red-headed version of Urbandon's fantastic new Black Sun collection would look like...

sublimi feriam sidera vertice

I'm in love with this Urbandon coat, made of a recycled tent (and in my size, I think!). In the next week or so, I will be getting rid of the majority of my clothes (i.e. the ones I don't wear) in an attempt to reduce the amount of things off-gassing in my apartment. Also, it's quite likely that I'll have to be highly selective with buying any new clothes from now on, and am told that used clothing is the safest for people sensitive to chemicals. However, I've never been a fan of used clothing (apart from vintage McQueen and Westwood), but recycled I can do! And, in the likely event that the safest place for me will be a secluded field beside a sea, I'll need a portable tent anyway...

Semper ubi sub ubi

You know you're a nerd when you're so excited to be studying Latin again that you can't actually concentrate on studying Latin. I did, however, manage to get through six chapters of good ol' Wheelock this weekend and notice the gem that is this post's title, which I don't remember reading the first (or second) time around. Granted, that was roughly eight years ago... Anyway, I also managed to catch a post from the uber talented Don of Urbandon, informing the blogosphere that he has decided to create womenswear. And, it was not an April Fools' post! I've already informed him that this particular skirt of his has appeared in my dreams before, and therefore I must have it (amabo te). I will call it 'The Last Skirt I Purchased As a Non-Grad Student'.* Has a nice ring to it, no?

Anyway, the words you need to know for today's Latin lesson are as follows. Please be advised that the grammar is ridiculously incorrect.

- semper = always

- ubi = where

- sub = under

*Provided, of course, that a new mydearthing skirt is not released before September.