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. 
I’m so in love with this house…most specifically the amazing talent that calls it home. Calling out to me immediately were the dollhouses (I had the same ones I think as a child cluttering up my bedroom) and the bedding made from vintage lingerie. UH_FU_CKING UH_MAH_ZING. VIA the SELBY.
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This spread in Elle Mexico is not alleviating my pains to have rose pink or lavender hair. Nope, not at all. It would be one thing if I was starting out at blonde…however my dark locks are far from moving easily into the pastel spectrum of things.
Maybe I should just throw on a wig and call it a day.
It all started with some Will Cotton paintings, My Little Pony and Mother Monster of course…
GAGA style:
Will Cotton Style:
and MLP, where it all started:
Filed under: cupcakes, flowers and unicorns
Hear Nick Knight wax poetic on minerals, flora and sculpture. The historical and scientific influence on Knight and Alexander McQueen is so refreshing.
Filed under: cupcakes, flowers and unicorns
I’m always moved by the interactive installations from Felix Gonzalez-Torres.
Most recently, and quite fitting for a V-Day post is Portrait of Ross in L.A. :
Felix Gonzalez-Torres produced work of uncompromising beauty and simplicity, transforming the everyday into profound meditations on love and loss. “Untitled” (Portrait of Ross in L.A.) is an allegorical representation of the artist’s partner, Ross Laycock, who died of an AIDS-related illness in 1991. The installation is comprised of 175 pounds of candy, corresponding to Ross’s ideal body weight. Viewers are encouraged to take a piece of candy, and the diminishing amount parallels Ross’s weight loss and suffering prior to his death. Gonzalez-Torres stipulated that the pile should be continuously replenished, thus metaphorically granting perpetual life.
I really Love his Untitled (Golden) (1995) by Felix Gonzalez-Torres, via The Guggenheim Museum
oh that I could have this sculpture designed by Stella McCartney–I am now stuck on the idea of a recessed living room, plush with a lambskin rug, lucite table and this sparkly guy swinging over it. Imagine the party?
the woman is a goddess.
“Lucky Spot” was on loan at the spot which inspired the piece, where else but Belsay Castle in Northumberland…
now featured in her new Las Vegas shoppe.
check out these city guides courtesy of Louis Vuitton.
PARIS {this is why I say if you dare…b/c I watched it and now I’m dying…}
Nueva York
B+E+R+L+I+N
It’s way harsh that I cannot get my arse to NYC to hear Will Cotton speak at ArtTalks tonight.
Looks like I may be able to get my little bum to NYC for Will Cotton after all. If you can too, do not hesitate! GO!
A night at Christie ‘s with Will Cotton supporting the ARTS is the sweetest confection I can think of.
Image: Will Cotton, Consuming Folly, 2010. Oil on linen, 72 x 96 inches. Courtesy the artist and Mary Boone Gallery, New York via AFA.
I just took a fun walk through Payton Turner’s special and magical Greenpoint home via Refinery 29 and now I’m hooked on her illustrated and stickered wallpapers. Each is unique and made to order. Her designs bring back all my Lisa Frank sticker filled days. I’m inspired to try something out myself….
The hand drawn dandelion creatures paper kills me. I can picture it in a formal dining room…with a vintage stuffed Boar’s Head to tie it all together.
To take a peek at her lovely home go here…………………<3<3<3
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