Lady Kerouac's little secrets : Ulysses by Franz Ferdinand-The song,the outfit, the photoshooting

Ulysses by Franz Ferdinand- the song, the outfit and the morning in Pireaus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31sZ9xZr_Ew

“The sea, the snotgreen sea, the scrotumtightening sea” is what I saw when I stepped out from the train station in Pireaus the greatest port of Greece. A place where tradition has not faded. Old cafes, genuine people drinking some wine early in the noon while singing rempetika songs with the company of a bouzouki. As Homer wrote :

"It is the wine that leads me on

the wild wine

that sets the wisest man to sing

at the top of his lungs,

laugh like a fool – it drives the

man to dancing... it even

tempts him to blurt out stories

better never told.”

You can hear the sound of the boats' horns while leaving for an island, calling your name to follow. And you feel like Nora Bernacle when “she would follow, her dream of love, the dictates of her heart that told her he was her all in all, the only man in all the world for her for love was the master guide. Come what might she would be wild, untrammelled, free.” (J. Joyce, Ulysses). This place is so magical that can give you the right boost to go for your dreams, to find your home but you have to:

"Keep Ithaka always in your mind.

Arriving there is what you are destined for.

But do not hurry the journey at all.

Better if it lasts for years,

so you are old by the time you reach the island,

wealthy with all you have gained on the way,

not expecting Ithaka to make you rich.” (K. Kavafis, Ithaka)

Because in the end all of us is Ulysses and our journey towards home is cruel and difficult, treacherous like revenge but you can trick your Cyclops, cover your ears to your sirens, leave Kalypso and don’t succumb to the temptation of forgetting where you have to go...to whom, because the lotus eatears will try to dazzle you.

The dress is made by Venetia Ioakim a talented greek designer where you can see her collections in the tab above. She’s fabulous both as a designer and as a person. We spent the whole evening together listening to amazing music like Allah Las. She is a designer that gets inspired also by music. The photos were taken by my sister Emily while I was in Greece for a few days. So I give you some sunshine and a proposal for DIY...The whole idea was to capture the 60s style of the video and combine it with the meaning of Ulysses. Hope that we made it. What is certain is the fact that I wouldn't have made it without the help of the people I mentioned above! Thank you and see you soon

xx Lady K.