Water Work

We humans come from aqueous beginnings. Both as tiny pre-babies in the contained sea of the womb and as a submerged primordial life force that grew gills and then fins and then feet after the big bang (that is if you believe in that crazy evolution stuff). Some designers and artists want to get you a little closer to all that wetness. My friend Rahul ("in the know") Sharma tipped me off to the new Robyn video today and it makes a star of liquid fashion. Visual artist Lucy McRae designed the tubular water wear, which is a nice accent to the hot and heavy couple.

Robyn 'Indestructible' Official Video

Robyn | Myspace Music Videos

Lucy McRae's work is fantastic, but she's not the only one looking to make your wardrobe all wet. The designer/artist Charlie Bucket won a Vimeo award earlier this year for the musical video he made of his woven tube textile prototype draining and filling with colored water. Totally deserving of the praise, in my humble opinion.

Fluid Sculpture from Charlie Bucket on Vimeo.

Hypnotic, no?

You Feel So Good Upon My Lips...

My friend Rahul Sharma is the blogger behind Rahul Owns Your Soul. He's the most amazing miner of cultural excellence from the sludge of the mainstream and he's deemed this newish ditty from Basement Jaxx one of his songs of the summer.



I couldn't agree with him more, and I can't stop rocking out to this song. Now that we finally have sunshine in our lives again (did you know average rainfall for the month of June is 3" and we had 10"!) this song is a sweet, bright ode to love and not a reminder of weather patterns. Makes me want a Ronald Wigman raindrop tee...

(Click it to get it.)