proust me: melanie crete

I asked Melanie Crete from Dazed & AnOther a selection of Proustian questions. Follow her on Twitter, Tumblr, and AnOther.

1. What is your most marked characteristic?

I speak English with a very strong French accent.

2. What is the quality you most like in a man?

A sense of humour.

3. What is the quality you most like in a woman?

Idem.

4. What do you most value in your friends?

Loyalty

5. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?

A certain lake of confidence

6. What is your favorite occupation?

Thinking that I should not be thinking so much

7. What is your idea of perfect happiness?

To Love and be loved.

8. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?

Loneliness and bitterness.

9. In which country would you like to live?

LA, but it's not a country is it? Anywhere sunny, with the sea nearby.

10. What are your favorite names?

With no particular order: Lou, Jeanne, Marine, Camille, Louis, Jade, Victor

11. What is it that you most dislike?

Fried food and any song by R. Kelly.

12. Which talent would you most like to have?

Be able to dance like Beyonce.

13. How would you like to die?

Peacefully

14. What is your current state of mind?

If we took a holiday, took some time to celebrate...

15. What is your motto?

We can't all do everything.

it's good to feel things

via selfservicemagazine, melaniecrete, maciekkobielski, and tim's iphone

I really want a sheepskin rug. Like in porn.

this cup is empty

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Hi, I got a new haircut. Feels good.

One of my favorite tumblrs is run by Melanie Crete from DAZED and Another Magazine. It's called t h i s / o r / t h a t / ? /

... check it out.

every morning in palm springs

Every morning in Palm Springs, I would get up before everybody else and sit outside on the warm cement driveway. I would put on sunscreen and watch the neighbor's house across the street. The neighbor had young hair and an old face. He wore silver basketball shorts. The first day, I saw him transport a painting. He asked me, "are you going to the festival today?" I nodded. He said, "The Black Keys are playing. They're great. I watch them on the internet."

The second day, I saw him escort a young girl to her car. He waved to me. I waved back. He asked me, "are you going to the festival today?" I nodded. He said, "The Strokes are playing. They're great. I watch them on the internet." Afterwards, I laid on the cement and watched the trees move back and forth in the wind. I fell asleep for a little bit. When I woke up, the car with the young girl had returned. He walked across the street and handed me a bottle of water. "Here, it's going to be hot today."

Palm Springs is a weird place. Nice but weird. I didn't stay for a third day.

the blues

Chiaki Kuriyama in a blue jean jacket.

summer wishlist

1. Haider Ackermann dress
2. Nixon rose gold watch
3. Margiela bracelet
4. Acne bomber jacket
5. Ray Ban Clubmaster sunglasses
6. M/Mink perfume
7. Diptyque Tubereuse candle
8. Theyskens' Theory shoes

This season I'm inspired by sex and the color blue. Slip dresses and MA-1 style bomber jackets just make sense. Last weekend, I kept confusing Tecate cans with red lit candles. So that's been on my mind too.

still life

Wolgang Tillmans

Summer still life.

it wasn't really a beach

via Hedi Slimane Diary

A really nice set by Hedi Slimane.

Yesterday, the sun was out for the first time in weeks (maybe months). I must have text my friend Tim like 20 times to see when he would get off work. I was so excited. We drove to this kind of super touristy beach spot. It wasn't really a beach. More like, a corner with water and sand. But it worked. We ate burgers and looked at the ocean. It was the happiest I had felt in a long time.