2010 Style Inspiration: the Soundtrack for the End of the World

This year I am:

a dark artist, a heavy metal aviator, a soldier of the apocalypse, a valkyrie, she grows herbs for nefarious purposes, speaking German with a rasp.

Exotic, postmodern hedonist, egyptian gypsy with nefertiti’s smile, coffee shop poltergeist, androgenous chic. The girl who starts every sentence with “When I was in Syria …”, a carefully planned wrecking-ball, all legs and long fingers and hair flying, a red Sultana in glamour and rivets, a Norwegian ice queen, a mythology of life and death, Freya of the mosh pit, a natural goddess of words, beloved of monsters, a person who makes a difference, a Paradise Lost romance, gymm and frostbitten luxe, the soundtrack to the end of the world.

A celebration of contradiction, the harbringer of hysteria, the eternal elf of sausage rolls, wilted roses and decaying furniture, the girl who can never clean her desk, neo-everything, edgy feminine with a hint of Pure Fucking Armageddon.

This year I’m wearing:

red and purple and blue and orange and green and brown and black, military jackets and utility pockets, long, multi-layered skirts, esoteric symbols, ravens, multiple belts, gears and mechanisms, ancient materials – leathers, feathers, silks, linens and lace.

Totem animals, scandinavian street style, skinny pants, stompy boots with orange laces, ancient greek epithets, hammers and axes, industrial suspender belts, mismatched socks, vines and overgrown vegetation, steampunk doom metal.

This year I’m going:

on adventures to deserted beaches and abandoned buildings, on great train journeys with my love, into the mosh pit, on salvage trips to second-hand shops and army surplas stores, to dinner and dancing, into my imagination, to create my own dark fairy stories, foraging for berries, sailing on my viking ship, horseriding into Mordor,

This year I’m listening:

to heavy fucking metal.

What’s your Style Inspiration for 2010? I’m not just talking about fashion, I want to know what you’re planning for your life.

Steff