So Sylvie

I'm fascinated by creative use of paper lately which lead me to discover artist/designer Isabelle de Borchgrave. Her collection of paper costumes is a feast:

Here is an excerpt from her site:

"The collection of life-size paper costumes travelling throughout the world retraces the history of the last 300 years of fashion. Isabelle collaborated with Rita Brown to create the costumes."

In keeping with the subject of paper, you must see the inspiring film La Science des Rêves (The Science of Sleep), directed by Michel Gondry, with Gael Garcia Bernal and Charlotte Gainsborg. I won't go into the lengthy plot summary that would be required to describe this complex film, but I will note that Gael's character Stéphane does these amazing cardboard creations, and Charlottes character Stephanie creates miniature figures out of wool and wire. The film drags on, much like Gondry's other film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, but there is enough greatness here to make it worth watching; maybe watch it in two segments.

In the June issue of House & Garden (page 172) you will see that Lauri Faggioni was "discovered" by Michel Gondry in her East Village shop Lake, which featured her handmade toys and vintage finds. Much like the characters in Science of Sleep, Gondry showed Lauri how to do stop-motion animation with her animal creations. I would say that the film is loosely based on their relationship.

On the film's website there is a line that reads, "Stop daydreaming about creating waking dream magic and do something about it!"