star light, star bright

{fig. 1} Risto Bimbiloski lookbook from Risto website {fig. 2} Constellation painting via jokemijn

First star I see tonight, wish I may, wish I might! Wish for Risto Bimbiloski! Those Hubble images printed on silky dresses are just perfection. First seen at Christopher Kane, these prints are here to stay. I love that dress! Mysteries hiding in a nebula, stars twinkling all captured in the fabric.

Have you ever heard the story of Altair and Vega? They are two of the brightest stars in the summer night sky. The Chinese have a folk tale about starcrossed lovers involving these stars. One is a cowherd who falls in love with the daughter of a Goddess who runs away from heaven because it's so boring. The two marry and are happy until her mother the Goddess finds out and comes to take the girl away. Her husband discovers a way to the heavens to find her, but in anger the Goddess uses her hairpin to scratch a river in the sky to separate them forever. This "river" is the Milky Way which separates Altair and Vega. The Chinese celebrate this folk tale with the Qixi or Magpie Festival. It's also known as Chinese Valentine's Day! On that day the magpies take pity on the couple and form a bridge across the sky so they can be reunited one night a year.