Last winter, or summer, who even knows anymore, Leanna (@guvmanian) and I styled some looks and walked around LA to shoot em. Hope you enjoy the pics :)
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XOXOX IX,
Sideara.
I set out on an endeavor in like 2014 to make a toy collection and even got to the point of ordering hundreds of eyes, but the person I was working on them with disappeared along with all the eyes (no hard feelings, I think there was something heavy going on) and I lost my drive for the project. Maybe one day I'll pick it back up? Anyway, here's some fucking toys!! I love character work so much and am totally inspired by old toys. There are new toys included in here as well and I'll do my best to credit the artists. Sorry in advance for any low quality photos!
This guy reminds me of mean 12 year olds
This one is by Yoshimasa Tsuchiya
Wow
@@@ all the cool instagram makeup girls to cover this look
The watermark on this one is for an etsy store that is sadly closed now - mama deer looks kinda evil
I really love this one, the spots are a perfect detail
Incredible
I'm sure some of these are famous characters that I'm not aware of
I believe this one is by Yuji Nishimura
The credit on this one is "Max Toy Kaiju Negora & Konatsu Mini Negora (Calico version)"
I love him!!! This one's on ebay listed as "T9G x Shoko Nakazawa Koraters Rangeron Neon - Sofubi Sofvi Kaiju". Wanna buy it for $115? Click here
This one is an old soviet toy piano!
I think Brittany would like this one
This one is credited as "Customized Tigan Figure (Bullmark/Yamanaya) painted by ILANENA"
The faces on this one are kind of scary but I absolutely love how they're inlaid and the petals are bangs!!
This one is perfect
This one's def gonna kill you in the middle of the night
This cutie came from this website
I want to get into more character work!!! V inspiring. I hope you enjoyed.
Keep fighting for what's right.
Looking to help out?? Two of my amazing friends in LA created a database of black trans women/queer femmes to donate to. Please scroll through and help out!!! They took a lot of time to compile this database and it is pretty amazing. Community support on an individual level is powerful and beautiful. Join the movement!!!
So much love,
Sideara
Some different images that are floating around in my feed and head and pushing me towards creating another collection:
Beginning to compile images that inspire me like this, without discretion, as I start to narrow down and figure out the inspiration and purpose for my next collection! I'd really like to figure out a cohesive specific place to go as opposed to the kind of scattered experimentation that usually guides what I make - this new process may not work well for me but there's only one way to find out!
Hope you're all staying safe!
Big love,
Sideara
IBRAHIM KAMARA
i-D’s Fashion Editor at Large
Frequently utilizing a-typical fabrics, materials, and mixing utilitarian objects with high fashion pieces in addition to accessories and custom details for each look, Ib’s style is recognizable, bold, unique, and surprisingly refreshing amongst a fashion world that feels as though it’s stretched itself to the limits of “already been done”.
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XO
All of these homes are created by architectural design team Nitin Barchha & Disney Davis at The White Room.
Organic House
The Garden Room
This one’s my fav!!
So incredible!!! Hope you enjoyed :-)
x
I found a Mercy Corps link that seems like a good one -
https://www.mercycorps.org/donate/urgent-families-facing-famine-yemen
None of my 10% charities are currently towards the crisis in Yemen so a direct donation is the best route! They accept paypal so they make it easy!! (Unfortunately donations below $5 are not accepted - if you’d like to order something from me and donate to Yemen instead of one of the causes I have listed, let me know in the order notes and I’ll personally cover the difference).
While browsing through Instagram one day I came across the account of a guy I knew-ish in LA, a very chic man who I loosely associate with large fancy expensive hats and other such things. His name is Sebastian Hull and he had posted on his account a photo of a Yemeni goat herder who gave me heart palpitations. I had to dive deep into google and learn more about Yemeni fashion.
Jewish bride from Sana'a, Yemen
“Because the wedding ceremony lasts for three days, the bride will change three different outfits. Beforehand, during the cleansing and beauty treatments, the brides have to wear traditional green dresses; the next day, as they attend the hair dressers, they wear a red dress with gold strings. Every time they are in public, they need to wear different gold veils and gold jewelry. They have to wear as many as possible (must be really heavy!), actually, they have to wear every single piece of gold jewelry they possess. On their wedding day, the brides from Yemen usually wear gold and white veils and a marvelous and spectacular headpiece.”
“Tribal female headdress in traditional Yemeni style, ca. 1920s. Silver with carnelian stone insets and black fabric.”
Guy on the left is wearing a headpiece full of real flowers
“Antique Yemeni silver kohl boxes, traditionally worn on Djambiya (Dagger) Belt. Yemen.”
- Sideara
I was lucky enough to shoot this angel in human form a few weeks back. Bass is a model, actor, and bibliophile. We live really close to each other and DO NOT HANG OUT ENOUGH! Now I’m moving, c’est la vie. His warm playful personality shines through in these tuff photos.
BASS IS WEARING SHOP SIDEARA EARRINGS FROM THE COMEBACK COLLECTION.
XXOOOOO
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