LITTLE SWOON

Michelle Jank..creature of creation

she has been adorning the decolletage of women of the world with drama and whimsy 

necklaces laden with sculptural florals,edgy laser cut shapes and darling crystal birds

her collaboration with the Askill brothers (Dan,Lorin and Jordan) on the video installation for her show ‘Suspending Disbelief’ with cinematographer Mandy walker,saw a model suspended in a water studio in Sydney was finally projected onto black perspex above the runway

also lending her artistic visions to ACNE and styling for various fashion ‘bibles’

not apart of the standard ‘fash-pack’,Janks’ talents are quiet yet forward,the lady herself is a striking aesthetic of modern,woodland nymph,mixing romantic detailing through layering,length and her brave expression through the colour wheel

lady Jank..twirl yourself around my world

“An old whore’s diet

gets me going in the morning

ain’t nothing like it

gets me going in the morning…”

love little swoon,

see you Sunday

xo

QUT fashion student collaborative magazine Frock Paper Scissors 2007 wrote an article on me when i was the quintessential door girl and gal about the ‘Valley’

it was a time where i was fearless,fuelled by my youthful independence 

a time where i committed to shedding my natural self,i cut my hair into androgyny all shades of fair blonde and drunkenly scrawled my name on my knuckles in perma marker

i can still relate to this incarnation of myself,sometimes missing my brain from those years 

i laughed so hard when i re-read over my words from that hurried interview that i almost wet my pants..what was i saying?

i feel like reaching inside of this photograph pinching my naive cheek and having a giggle..”ah bless (sigh)”

im relieved to feel more honest in my own skin since then and that i have grown a lot but not lost the sunny side

INSIDE THE WORLD OF THE DOOR BITCH

Written by: Sally Claxton

“I see my role as just being the little lady who sets the tone for the whole evening. I make sure that the experience starts with me outside as a glorified welcome mat…I just want to make people smile and laugh, their comfort is important. Wearing thongs at any time to a cocktail bar makes no sense to me at all. It’s not the beach and it’s also very dangerous with glass. I’d happily never see fluoro and glowsticks again too.

“Dressing is play for me, it’s all about dressing up and having a bit of fun…. a little bit frou-frou. I do think the lovely ladies of the 20’s have inspired me a lot since I was young…but right now I’m influenced by Tinkerbell, Debbie Harry and Chloe Sevigny. For boys I’ve seen a nod to the ‘new romantic’ look being championed by bands like Stature::Statue and the lasses have fun styling like Patience from The Grates…. they have such a fearless individual style and it’s them pulling our city in a new fashion direction.

“I’m always trying to teach people how to treat each other, especially strangers. Being polite counts for a lot with me; remember that we are just people too and I want you to always have the best night possible. Plus, looking gorgeous never hurts.”

“A dreamer is one who can find his way by moonlight,and his punishment is that he sees dawn before the rest of the world”  Oscar Wilde

Lula magazine

each morning i wake brimming with a sense of an impending womanhood

i have begun to feel the universe tingling the tips of my fingers and throwing me into sensory overload

im unsure to where i am travelling but i am comforted by the knowledge its forward with merriment

i am growing refreshingly accepting of life’s process

there is a reflective beauty in the maturing ability of suprising yourself

for the first time i can feel myself melting through the once indestructible self built walls of my minds eye,the same walls that i once ran all with bullish force,all smoke a blazing from my nostrils only to find my horns embellished with pain and splinters

spring time nurtures a luminous heart and sunny sunday disposition through all shades of thought

child-like whimsy wrapping the world in effervescence heightening the ever aware emotional state,prancing and twirling through soundscapes of fancy at times feeling like happiness will explode me into tiny pieces..

sleepy faced saturday evening at home 

curled up like a purring kitten 

completely overwhelmed by whimsy and romance..

‘Les Enfants Du Paradis’..

overflowing orchestral love,

parisian buskers and petite femmes playing on swan carousels

i wish i could live my life in this film

a world where there only are refined ladies and dapper gentleman

living out all shades of flighty and swelling emotion

communicating through the creation of elaborate characters under the safety and artifice of theatre

violently pursuing, without hesitation, the hearts ultimate desire

    directed by Marcel Carne

Harmony and Chloe

match made in ‘indie-heaven’

from young love in the New York undergound scene

she  androgynous,club girl

he  the creator

magic made in film with a young Chloe in his ‘Kids’

they were a dream team

harmony by Juergen Teller

soon to have a longer version of this cut..ah Chloe so cute

new..

where the magic happens

dreaming in a tangle of limbs and breathe

ceiling gazing indulging in spinning thoughts

noisy smoking giggle festivals with friends

silence and ultimate clarity

presently sharing my dreaming place with a dear friend

(and that persistent hair flicking,identity stealing ghost who rustles in the corner as soon as my eyes close)

i miss my solitude in the evenings..the kitchen is my beloved strong,silent type  friend

thoughts of what i will make my new space 

cork boards,swings,snow globes,knitting needles and vanilla

new smells and new sounds

a whole new sense of living through my independence 

antique clutter trinkets and toys collaged walls and dusty lamps

dappled light and cloud days