Strange Observations

If you stand too close, you turn into a water bottle!

My chandelier makes giant candle shadows on the wall

I love this tacky seafoam woodgrain siding!

And last but not least, an awesome trashcan near my house.

I NEED THESE!

While reading the frou frou fashionista blog (a great source of lingerie inspiration,) I stumbled upon these! If anyone knows how much I love rabbits (I have a pet rabbit) you will understand that, although they are tacky, I need them in my life! You may be seeing them in a photo shoot in the near future....

starting to think about halloween....

I'm loving this rainy fall weather...all I want to do is go pumpkin picking and go on a haunted hayride! Halloween always sneaks up on me and I pretty much end up being a zombie every year (although I make a pretty good zombie,) but this year I'm going to plan out and make an awesome costume. I'm thinking along the lines of vampire bat?? Here is a picture of a bat cape that I made last year for my boyfriend's dog- it's velvet with floral lining and stitched with boning to hold the shape.



And here are some inspirational photos from last year's Harper’s Bazaar UK November ’09. The spread is titled "Mystery in the Moonlight" shot by Michaelangelo di Battista. It's like a nerdy horror dream come true!

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I finally set up a facebook and a twitter page for clare bare (after resisting for two years for no reason!)

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xoxo
Clare

Working On Some New Stuff

Sometimes when I'm working I like to document the fabrics that I use so that I don't forget what they looked like when they're gone. These are some shreds from my serger of two prints that I used to create Tailfeather Bloomers for a wholesale order for Azaleas in NYC.

Extreme closeup of some pleats

Details of a new sketch

And the first sample of many more things to come!

Brooklyn Museum Inspiration

I took a bunch of photos at Brooklyn Museum the other day and found some unexpected inspiration:

scallop edges

Gaudi-like hat

sarcophagus collage

pink/red/black

sharp angles/blocked colors

skyscraper mirror and brush set looking very "vintage futuristic"

GOOD TIMES

New Designs

Hello everyone! I'm so happy to announce that there are a bunch of new things in my store! All of the images were taken by the talented Josh Marx when I was in Nashville for the Naked Without Us event. We had such an amazing time in Nashville- met the friendliest people in the world, ate awesome food, went to some awesome bars, did some vintage shopping, got stuck in a monsoon, and chased tornadoes all the way back to Brooklyn. I'll post some of those photos soon, but for now here are some of my favorite shots: