Train to Newcastle for the wonderful Evolution Weekend, as always it promises to be an incredible weekend. Not biased or awt, but they are the friendliest people without a doubt ;P True Romance for the journey, and all I could think about was; Patricia Arquette; you’re so cool…

I know these pictures are shocking, but it’s a taster. Get this film down from the shelf and watch it again. She is exactly what this summer should be.

So… the weather isn’t looking so good, it’s cold and promising rain… but it’s dry right now so i’m off to Evolution Emerging, if you’re about, see you down there! Wooo!

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…For Scarlett Hearts! More goodies have flooded through the door, we can’t see whats inside the candy striped paper, but we are dying to find out!! Thanks so much Scarlett Hearts for donating beauties for our goody bag! We heart you.

How about these illustrations for some Egon Schelile/Toulouse - Lautrec inspired beauty? These beautifully sugestive images are by the wonderful Talking Muffin; The Art Of Yao Xiao. Will we every get over our vintage crush…? Hopefully not!

The lovely Yao Xiao by Rachel Noel Fox

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Biba’s Tea Party has sent us some amazing goodies to add to the ‘Ballad Of Lola-Bacon’ launch party goodybags.

We have received some beautifully fanciful printed paper chains from the paper goods design company.

All of Biba’s Tea Party products are made using recycled paper or FSC certified paper, which means they are pretty but do not contribute to the damage of the rainforest!

We are very envious of the lucky ‘ultimate goodybag winner’ who will receive these!

Thank you Biba’s Tea Party!

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Our package from Junk Jewels has arrived and we are over the moon with the goodies they have sent!

But you will all have to wait until the party to see what jewels hide beneath the pretty packaging!

Thank you Junk Jewels!

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Smitten Kittens over this Sanaa Hamid shoot, Escapism. We are suckers for the golden age of cinema and doesn’t this just scream (well, mouth) Lillian Gish? Ummm yes!! Once again, we’ve probably given you far too many images to take in, but you try chosing between this lot!

Sanaa has been on Ballad before of course, you remember these shoots we’ve previously swooned over. We love this girl, and we predict this won’t be the last time we all cross paths. Wooo!

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SIX

KEVIN MOROSKY

THE ORANGE DOT GALLERY

Curated by P.C. Williams

EXHIBITION RUNS FROM 9 - 30 JUNE

Is the six degrees of separation theory the key to making this world a better place?

“Yes, maybe, I’d like to think so,” says Kevin Morosky. “The idea that we are so closely connected is one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever heard. I love the idea that we are all equal, we just have different lives.” Once we remind ourselves of this, how can the world not be perceived and feel like it’s a better place?

“I myself do float between different circles,” continues Morosky, “but I have never looked at these circles as dynamics that separate us, more as clogs that turn the circle closest to it. These relationships and their differences can give birth to motivation and spark a personal journey to a new existence. We all need each other in one way or another.”

Morosky is a point and shoot photographer working on 35-mm, in the realm of documentary and reportage. He has most recently been working with a range of artists, from musicians such as Jack Penate, Ghostpoet, Marques Toliver and Jessie Wares, to sculptor Andrew Logan, playwright Polly Sternham, and actresses Mischa Barton,Billie Piper and Ashley Madekwe.

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Bubble gum POP, is probably the best way to describe these stunners. How bright, how cheery and how happy does these images make you feel? The stylist Safiya Yekwai submitted these electric and vibrant images to our Brand New Art We Heart section and we strongly encourage you to head over to her website to check the rest of her work out. Oh by the way, don’t you wish you could wear these headpieces every day?

Photography is by the talented Justine Louise

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We recently did a post about the gorgeous Lingerie company, Hanky Panky!! They were so kind to send me and Claire two pairs of pants each!!! Lucky girls aren’t we? Thank you so much Rachael, we love them!!

Kathryn O’Neill is currently one of our faves!! A makeup artist with beautiful skills, especially with vintage looks, and has recently been featured in Ballad Of Lola-Bacon along side the wonderful Lucia O’Connor-McCarthy, who im sure you will agree is one of the most amazing photographers we have come across!! Perfect team right?

The above two images are by the amazing duo Kathryn and Lucia and is featured in the current issue of Ballad Of…