My Hair Is Being Pulled By The Stars Again

"I'm restless. Things are calling me away. My hair is being pulled by the stars again."

One of my favorite quotes from one of my favorite writers, Anaïs Nin from "A Journal of Love": The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1934-1937

This has felt like a really good start to the year and to a new Quaintrelle. This is our first collection in a while but I wanted to focus solely on this quote rather than come out with a plethora of shirts with different quotes. Quaintrelle has always been just me working on everything on my own, and I've had limited resources so I really didn't expect to continue with it, but to be honest, I love this little brand, and seeing it die isn't really something I want to do. This collection means a lot to me for a few reasons, first being that this quote has always felt really important to me. I've loved it ever since I first read it and I knew that one day I would want it to be a part of Quaintrelle. Another reason is that I've actually felt motivated and inspired to keep going with this brand and I think this collection shows that. I've been able to play with graphic design again, I used ai as a tool this time, which has been really great for someone who is just trying to make art out of their little bedroom with no money or backers or a team, just a dream. But even though i did use ai, I still used my Photoshop and graphic skills and implemented that in this image in ways that I had not before and it was really fun. I was studying graphic design when I found out I was pregnant 14 years ago and I wasn't able to graduate but it has always been something that I've loved to do.

With this collection I used a lot of my skills that were collecting dust and I made something I really love. The collection features 3 different t-shirts with the quote "My Hair Is Being Pulled By The Stars Again" , in onyx, antique and blush. Both the antique and blush t-shirts and dyed by hand, both colors I created myself using a concoction of RIT dyes. These shirts used to be tea stained when the brand first came about around 2015, but as much as I loved this process and the look of it, I don't think it is something that was or will be very popular since tea staining tends to be unpredictable, the colors may differ, there tends to be blotchiness, so I switched to RIT dye a few years back and the consistency has been a lot better.

I've chosen these 3 colors, because these are actually the 3 colors that rule my life. Onyx, the blackest black, for obvious reasons, I'm a goth girl at heart, my hair is dyed the blackest shade of black I could find and I almost exclusively only wear black; Antique is a faded creamy color that is meant to resemble the pages of an old dusty book, I will rarely use white for anything, it's too harsh, it's too clean, but a nice creamy antique is just perfect; and the color Blush, despite my all black wardrobe, my jet black hair, how dark I wear my makeup, and the music I listen to, pink is and always will be my favorite favorite favorite color, but specifically? a dusty rose blush pink, and this color is just that.

You can shop this collection in my new Quaintrelle shop: https://www.quaintrelleshop.com/

౨ৎ Jocelyne De Lioncourt