When Daphne was a little girl she used to swim in Salvador Dali's lobster-filled pool.

Daphne Guinness

This image was the beginning of my adoration for the look I described below.

(She was my main inspiration for my fake and reality project.)

For absolutely ages I have had a love/ obsession with tunic/ armour jacket pieces and hot pants. This D&G outfit is an ever so lovely realisation of this look.

LOVE D&G Fall 2009 R-T-W

Bustier dresses with lampshade miniskirts
Brocade
Jewel-studded velvet
Tapestry-print chiffon

I HEART BROCADE

Bejewelled Hare: by Charles Avery
Walking in my mind exhibition at Hayward Gallery

"And suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and the sky was full of what looked like huge bats, all swooping and screeching and diving around the car, which was going about a hundred miles an hour with the top down to Las Vegas..."