THE FRIDA KAHLO LOVES STUFF T SHIRT – The Vampire's Wife

The Frida Kahlo Loves Stuff T Shirt

The Stuff Page has been a project that The Vampire’s Wife started over four years ago. I have always seen The Stuff Page as a way of giving something back, to acknowledge that the things don’t just appear out of nowhere but come from a vast ocean of influence, and that when you wear a Vampire’s Wife dress, you are not putting on just a dress, but rather a composite of all the things we find beautiful in the world. It is an act of loving memory and deep gratitude for all the wonder in the world.

To celebrate the great Frida Kahlo’s birthday—a regular on the Stuff Page—The Vampire’s Wife are dropping exclusively on their website a beautiful limited edition t shirt, designed by the wonderful Eri Wakiyama.

The high-quality t-shirt runs as a limited edition of 100 pieces, each numbered and made in 100% cotton.

AVAILABLE FROM THEVAMPIRESWIFE.COM

TOMORROW TUESDAY 30TH JUNE 2020.
4PM BST

The Frida Kahlo Love Stuff T Shirt

YET WILL THIS PASS, AND PASS SHALL I?

‘A Popular Personage at Home’ was one of two poems Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) wrote about his beloved dog of 13 years, Wessex, who died in 1926, two years before Hardy himself. However, what makes ‘A Popular Personage at Home’ especially notable is that Hardy wrote the poem from the perspective of the dog, allowing ‘Wessex’ to speak for himself. It also hints at the erosion of nature itself! A beautiful poem about a dog.

I GIVE MY WISDOM AND EXPERIENCE TO ANIMALS

‘I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to animals.’ I love this quote from the great Brigitte Bardot and I so admire how she dedicated her ‘second life’ to looking after animals. She also said, ‘Animals have the purity humans have definitely lost!’ A great, great woman.

A FROG LEAPS IN

I’ve been reading a beautiful little book of haiku poems I found at a second hand book dealer in Lewes. Such a gorgeous thing by Matsuō Basho, the poet-master of the Haiku. You can see the pond! You can hear the frog!