♥ my paper heart.

aside from this fantastic eighties movie starring kim cattrall,

i have never really had any desire to be a mannequin –

until i saw these images from nikki salk & amy flurry's

paper cut project.

from now through february 5th, the glamorously dressed mannequins at

the world famous mini.department store/ boutique, jeffrey

will be festooned with playful paper wigs so over the top

and fabulous that were they not in new york & atlanta,

i would have risked paper cuts and cuffs to get my hands on!

i was fortunate enough to ask one of the creators, nikki salk

(read her blog here: the fashion gatherer), about how she was able

to fashion a material as simple as paper into creations

with such dynamic movement and different shapes:

in reply, she said,

"i have been working with paper for six years now.

the movement comes from the way paper is cut. shaped. manipulated and glued.

it involves patience, a tiny bit of elbow grease,

and some magic that only i can add!"

to see more of her magical paper work,

check out nikki's website, charta aeterna (eternal paper),

where her one of a kind pieces range from $700 – $1200.