Leather and Lace

During that hellish end of last term, I should have been writing an essay, then I found these.
I friggin love leather and lace! Even the song by Henley and Nicks.
There's something about the combination of delicate and tough that just really appeals to me :)
I did the same sort of thing in my final garment project first year; I took really nice light linen and made a dress with a really stark, rough metal zipper up the back.

This is one of my favorite shirt/jacket combinations to wear:

One of my ambitions for the future is to find a good looking leather skirt! And make sure I'm in good enough shape to pull it off, haha. I would definitely dip into my savings in order to get a wardrobe item like that.

I'm One of Her Monsters

I Love Gaga

I finally saw the video for Alejandro today while I was vegging after work; it finished and all I could think was "Damn. Sexy."
The scene where she's being thrown around on the bed? Amazing. The flashbacks to it? Even better, how they're flashed through so quickly with just the intense bits. I loved the rocker look at the end, and I loved the red vinyl nun (okay, so my goth-y tendencies are hard to kill).
Machine gun bra? Questionable. Totally black outfit near end? Bit too Mom-ish. Nazi overtones? Not essential to the overall effect, I feel like something less a) overdone and b) historically evil could have done just as well.
Overall, though: Yesssss. Love her.

::ps:: Can't get over how good she is with changing the shape/contours of her face with make up.