I’m pleased that my earlier faves - Danielle, Becky, and Viktor - are still on, and making clothes I like! Fallene is stumbling, and seems too flighty for this competition. Not decided on Cecilia yet.

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Originally posted by deathpixie at Signal Boost: Return of the DDoS
For those wanting to know more about the recent DDoS attacks, yes, it looks like it was the Russian government trying to shut down the dissidents again.

As I said last time, while it's frustrating not to have access, LJ is a lot more than a social network platform. From the article:

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And yes, I’m super-excited! Lifetime released the portfolios of its 20 (!) designers. There’s also Facebook “Like” button, which only teaches us that being named Gunnar Deatherage will win every popularity contest.

Since I am a nerd, I did look at the portfolios though. So here are some designs that struck me as interesting. At this point, it’s ( Read more... )

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Been super busy, what's with teaching two summer classes, and more travel than I care to contemplate. Anyway, in the middle of this I was cleaning out the closets, and found this coat:


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Shadow Puppet dance, filmed at “Rus to Russia” exhibit, Kolomenskoe, Moscow, June 2011.

Mirrored from ekaterinasedia.com.

In Kolomenskoe, there is currently an amazing exhibit of hand-made porcelain dolls depicting Russian royalty and other historical figures. The costumes are to die for, and all of this came from a doll museum, Anastasia Chizhova’s Gallery. Full set is here; below is just a little teaser.


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