I live in Chocolate City, Work for NPR, am currently working on an MA in Interior Design, Love my roommate, friends and Kitteh, "Bits." Day to day I find more and more beauty lurking in the oddest spots. Rouge My Knees is an accumulation of notes on what I find whets my curiosity for all things toxic and pretty.
I love sharing my view of the world through the photos and links posted here. 
Jake. Jake Ryan.
I have slipped once again into John Hugh’s fantasy world. Watching Easy-A provoked the sleeping giant desire in me to end up in a god-awful lavender poof ball of a dress and into a ’84 cherry red Porche.
Aside from the obvious, Jake’s appeal has to do with his rugged and slightly preppie attire. His jeans/sweater vest combo is my fave.
Well, who am I kidding…they’re all my fave.
I foresee a John Hughes marathon…
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The Black Swan Theory or “Theory of Black Swan Events” was developed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb to explain 1) the disproportionate role of high-impact, hard-to-predict, and rare events that are beyond the realm of normal expectations in history, science, finance and technology, 2) the non-computability of the probability of the consequential rare events using scientific methods (owing to their very nature of small probabilities) and 3) the psychological biases that make people individually and collectively blind to uncertainty and unaware of the massive role of the rare event in historical affairs. Unlike the earlier philosophical “black swan problem“, the “Black Swan Theory” (capitalized) refers only to unexpected events of large magnitude and consequence and their dominant role in history. Such events, considered extreme outliers, collectively play vastly larger roles than regular occurrences.
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so far my fave thing about this is Laetitia Casta as Brigitte. Otherwise I worry it could be too over the top…
Certainly good eye candy.
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Herb and Dorothy is a fantastic documentary. I’d add it to your list asap. I think I learned quite a bit about how to live life on your own path and focus on your passion(s) (in the case of the Vogels, collecting ART).
They truly dedicated themselves to a source of happiness…and in the end created their very own work of art.
Poetic.
Am I into watching others eat burgers and cakes…or perhaps I just want a bit of my own?
ps. her hair is perfect. so is the color palette.
After I recovered from chatting and meeting one of my girl crushes, Samantha Pleet, I bumped up the priority of Valerie a týden divů on my netflix list and finally watched it. This film popped up onto my radar a little while ago and then sadly ended up at the end of my queue….fitting how it’s resurfaced.
I met Samantha when she joined other designers for a discussion at school [ CCA+D] on green design. Miss Pleet mentioned Valerie and the influence it has had on her work.
I highly recommend the flick if you like dark beautiful creepy lace-y rolled into one.
BTW, SP is super cute and sweet and I am happy to report I picked up a black silk romper that might have ended up on Victoria Legrand…as Samantha is getting Victoria pretty for tour.
Watching the flick has me torn, will my new apt will be painted all stark white with antique splash…or robin’s egg blue.
Both colors will go with a vintage iron bed, vintage screen and lace curtains, so at least it will all come together.
and now that I know there’s a book and it’s availabe in the US…I must have…….
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SOFIA CAPTURES GIRLS SOFT AND PRETTY.
HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS. VULNERABLE AND CURIOUS.
Eva rocks the face off W’s July cover.
Love the sultry richness of the shots. Also really wanting an almost nude/peachy palette for my lips/nails. Read more/See more here.
