We want summer



I've been brave this week end and resisted going to the beach
and stuff myself with the traditional Sunday paella.

Instead I sat at my table and finished
the summer cards samples for Le Bon Marché in Paris.



with the help of a few gods, I gradually made

a Vestiaire d'été (summer wardrobe)






the buyer said "we want happiness, we want summer,

we want couleurs primaires"

I worked while watching one of my favorite classic movies

Le Mépris (Contempt) by Jean-Luc Godard...

You know, French avant-garde.

Location : Capri island and the incredible villa Malaparte

Actors : Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance

and Fritz Lang being himself

There's a movie inside the movie,
Fritz Lang is making a movie on the Iliad

the colors are just what I need

thanks for the inspiration

may the gods help with the order





ps : sorry for the bad photos of the movie but I still don't know how to capture an image directly from the computer. If someone could enlighten me on this, I would be most grateful.

Comments

shelley said…
Lala

Thank you for visiting my blog. Do you have an Apple Mac? If you have I can help you. Command+Shift+3 will capture your whole screen and Command+Shift+4 will allow you to only select the area you need and you will get an Acrobat file on your desktop which you can resave as a JPEG file.

Shelley
Di Overton said…
Thanks for stopping by Designers Block. I love your work.
I use Faststone Capture 6.0 at http://www.faststone.org it's about $19 for a lifetime but well worth it as you can capture still or moving images, frame, edge resize endless stuff and just with a click and drag.
l'air du temps said…
ahhh summer time. i love the images of a summer wardrobe. here in nyc the shops have begun to pretty up their windows with springtime fashion... summer's next. good wishes for the project your working on...
rochambeau said…
Hi Lala,
Your work looks wonderful!! What an honor to sell your pretty summer cards at Le Bon Marche!!

Like you, I adore Elsa Schiparelli!! She is one of my hero's and inspirations. A few years ago I went to her exhibition in Philadelphia. I stayed for three hours utterly enthralled!!

Hope all in well in you Castle today!

xo
Constance
Susan Tuttle said…
I just adore these cards - so unique! The warm sun against the white background of the photos looks so warm! Even though it is officially Spring in Maine, it certainly doesn't feel like it. I am longing for warm!

Lovely post!

Susan
Yoli said…
Holà Lala, que bellas tarjetas mujer!

Vos hicistes esas? Que talentosa eres.
Karen Cole said…
Hi Lala,

These are gorgeous!!!

I've just returned from 3 weeks away. The last week in Mexico. Someday to Spain.

May I add you to my link list?
Unknown said…
such great work!
Unknown said…
another intersting post, tks for sharing :)
Your cards are fantastic....I love them. Are they reproduced somewhere else once you make the first one, or is what you make yourself what gets sold....true originals? That's a lot of work! But fun work, I would imagine, and they are truly gorgeous.

I must check out that movie....and how on earth did Jack Palance get in with that group of actors? I recently red "Greene on Capri" by Shirley Hazzard and Malaparte was mentioned in it. How I'd love to see Capri someday! Maybe I can "tour" it via "Le Mepris."
Anonymous said…
Love your cards! Great job.

Paz
paris parfait said…
Wonderful cards you've created! Can't wait to see them in Bon Marche! xo

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