Strong Week Links 18

Bay Area-ites: Lisa Says Gah is having a pop-up shop at Ogaard next weekend. I'm excited to see their wares in person! Check out the deets: #oaklandsaysgah

The stories behind non-French French-y brands. 

Tame Impala's new album just came out. I've only listened to it once so far, but it's different and I'm liking it. Looking forward to giving it more listens this summer.

Feeling this lace-up style.

Lena Dunham is launching a newsletter with Jenni Konner, her bff and the showrunner for Girls. It's called Lenny and Dunham says it will be a place “to remember that the internet has the power to take you into quiet places — something we don’t usually use it for.” I'm all for it.

Image of Alice Wiese embroidery via Ogaard

Strong Week Links 1

I've barely had time to catch my breath this week, but when I did, these were a few of the things I was thinking about. 

I'm obsessed with real estate, including (really, mostly) in places I don't live. My sister-in-law recently broke down why Hi Fi in LA is so great, and now I'm adding it to the list of places to fantasize about.

Speaking of my sister-in-law, she's a landscape designer in addition to being a real estate agent, and this past Christmas I got her this book. Now the sequel is coming out in March, with more and stranger plants depicted by contemporary artists, along with this cool planter.

My brother and sister-in-law also turned me on to this show, which I've been meaning to start watching. Now that I know there's a Rachel Comey-centric episode, I want to watch even more.

I was just thinking about how it seems like about time for a new Tame Impala record, and then they released this.

The Fall 2015 Louis Vuitton show made me want to buy this, stat.

I'm still taking in the new redesign of the New York Times magazine, and loving the Letter of Recommendation section for its endorsements of Fleetwood Mac's Tusk and LaCroix Sparkling Water (which I've been wanting to get into since I learned they have this flavor).

I could watch this 1 million times. Crying laughing. Viva goats!

Tune In: Tame Impala

Tame Impala is probably my favorite band from Perth. Their 2010 album Innerspeaker is awesomely atmospheric and listenable the whole way through, and now they've got a new one out, Lonerism. Everyone's all Elephant is the jam, and it has the trippier video,  but I think it's Apocalypse Dreams.

Listening through a cloud of cannabis isn't my thing, but Tame Impala is great driving around on a sunny day tripping on being alone (as the album's title suggests), spacing out, and soaking up fuzzy, vintage guitar sounds.