Ange and I were talking design a couple weeks ago and realized that we were both moth obsessed! We decided it would be fun if we each explored this in a duo of blog posts, and here is the first installment:
As a fibre gal I definitely have a love/hate relationship with moths. On the one hand they produce silk, but they also eat wool! Not to mention the whole 'flying insect' thing, which is a bit of a drag. However, their washed out colour, nocturnal ways, and suicidal attraction to light all prove there is something very magical and poetic about them.
Stay tuned for Ange's post later this week!
Enjoy!
Tara Lee
L to R: Top: 1. Alexander McQueen F/W 2006 2. Lady Grey Tim Walker
for Vogue Italia, March 2010 3. jacket illustration by Coralie
Bickford-Smith for Penguin
Second: 1. unknown 2. etsy 3. Ben Toms for Dazed
& Confused, June 2012. Styling by Robbie Spencer
Third: 1. MothEaten Light by Eleanor-Jayne Browne 2. edited image of La Cigale by Jules Joseph Lefebvre 3. unknown
Bottom: 1. While you were Sleeping Su Blackwell, 2004 2. The Moth Fairy Amelia Jane Murray, 1800s
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