Don’t let that accent over the “e” fool you. We aaaaaalll know what this video by Jesse Rosten is about, and it’s pretty freaking hilarious, if only because it’s so spot-on rendolent of the kind of faux-scientific jargon that beauty product ads blow out their asses on the daily. Why can’t you be perfect? Because [...]
If you, like me, are stuck in the spare bedroom at your parents’ house this weekend, might I suggest a leisurely stroll through the Valentino archives while you wait for that hot chocolate you were promised over an hour ago? In the wake of a series of majorly successful fashion exhibitions and designer retrospectives around [...]
Check out this weirdly-intense preview for the Yohji Yamamoto documentary currently making it’s way through the festival circuit. I’m completely fascinated with anti-fashion fashion designers (Margiela, Rei Kawakubo, et al.) I can’t barely conceive of the restraint and simplicity that has become synonymous with their practice, if only because me own wardrobe is a neurotic [...]
via NYTimes: “Ms. de la Falaise was synonymous with the bohemian Left Bank world of Saint Laurent and with his 1970s-era entourage, whether it touched down for a weekend in Marrakesh or New York. She was lean and radiantly beautiful, with a wedge of curly blond hair and a crackling laugh. Her flair with [...]
One thing about the Rodarte sisters’ maverick status in the fashion world is that it grants them total freedom, a sort of unfuckwithableness that allows them to go as high or low as they want. Their myriad collaborations with artists and art institutions put them just this side of the fashion/art divide, but then they [...]
The much-anticipated “full-figured” issue of Vogue Italia has jut hit newsstands in the US, and it is HOT as all get out. You can view a slide show of the cover editorial here. -christina
Perhaps another blog of cool people hanging around in their cool neighborhoods wearing cool clothes is the last thing you think you need, but wait! Backyard Bill is a long-running and standout example of this emergent type of fashion blogging. There is a clear vision across the sundry characters featured, but each post is a [...]
This Agent Provocateur advert is the only bit of royal wedding commentary I endorse. One, because it’s oblique, and two, because it’s true. -christina
Inge Jacobsen is a talented young artist who grapples with images of women across porn, fashion, and advertising through embroidery, collaging, and cutting. Her choices are restrained and razor-sharp. My favorite pieces are these hand-stitched (actual) Vogue covers…
Because video lookbooks are now the norm, and society is still divided into the cool kids and the lewsers (my spelling, feel free to pass it on) filmmaker Cass Bird made this short film for Sophomore. Featuring Jen Brill, Lesley Arfin, Chlöe Sevigny, Scott Campbell, and several other purveyors of cultural cache engaging in a [...]
From the de Young Museum newsletter: “Balenciaga and Spain examines the profound and enduring influence of Spain on the work of haute couture master Cristóbal Balenciaga. The impact of Spanish culture, history, and traditions is explored through the recurring themes in Balenciaga’s oeuvre and organized in the exhibition in six sections: Spanish Art, Regional Dress, [...]
via HypeBeast: “Stolen Girlfriends Club presents their latest collection, “Untitled”, in the most unanticipated manner. Gone are the runways, front row seating, backstage and media-only invite list. For six minutes New World Supermarket at Victoria Park was taken over by twenty models treating each aisle as a catwalk and the public were the inadvertent guests [...]
You don’t think I meant on the runway did you? The real spectacle of men’s fashion week is always on the streets, and no one captures dudes at the top of their dudely dude-game better than Tommy Ton of Jak&Jil. His streetstyle slideshows for GQ are the closest I’ve ever come to experiencing time-travel (oh [...]
By now you’ve surely heard that after 14 years, John Galliano has been summarily fired from the house of Dior for making antisemetic remarks in a Paris cafe ( I can’t believe I just wrote that sentence). Hell, public radio is even putting their two cents in. ButI have to give it to Thought Catalog [...]
There’s a glut of fashion blogs out there, popping up like mushrooms and falling away just as quickly. I’m truly psyched, however, that Etsy super-crafter Yokoo has finally started a personal tumblr of her daily outfits, showcasing her weird/epic/soccer-mom chic style. She just started posting, but she’s already a ray of sunshine on my RSS [...]
I love the sleek, spooky video for Thierry Mugler’s new menswear line, but I’m not sure how I feel about homefries here being the focus of the campaign and current toast of the fashion world: dude clearly blew his student loans on tattoos, and, in the words of Woody Allen, “You can tell a lot [...]
Obsessed with this tumblr that features a heavily updated stream of strange, wonderful, and/or historical fashion pieces not easily found anywhere else. My favorites are the over the top Victorian-era taxidermy accessories, like the creepy ones you see here. Makes you feel okay about that rabbit’s foot keychain. check it out here. -christina
via CoolHunting: “Following a debut issue that was warmly received in the press and beyond in 2010, Pop’Africana, a publication “dedicated to delivering a rejuvenated image of Africans,” is rolling out its next edition with features on the likes of fashion designer Duro Olowu, chef Marcus Samuelsson and model Nina Keita. The New York City-based [...]
Photographer Paul Kwiatkowski has a pretty funny Peg-Bundy-inspired editorial up on Sleek mag online. Click here for the full feature and story.
A cool little behind-the-scenes video with the wardrobe designers for Black Swan – I’m still ambivalent about the movie as a whole, but there’s no denying that the costumes (courtesy of Rodarte) are breathtaking. -christina
Into the Fashion is an incredibly insightful and comprehensive fashion-history blog by the fashion journalist/lecturer Diana Marian Murek – using striking visual comparisons, Murek points out the cyclical nature of fashion trends in a way that is inspirational rather than cynical. “This is the nature of fashion.” she explains “That’s why I call my comparisons [...]
via Queen Sofia Spanish Institute in NY: “This November, Queen Sofía Spanish Institute will present BALENCIAGA: Spanish Master, the first exhibition to consider the impact of Spain’s culture, history and art on one of its greatest twentieth-century sons, the legendary designer Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895-1972). Hailed as “Fashion’s Picasso” by Cecil Beaton, Balenciaga’s innovations transformed the [...]
Aoi Kotsuhiroi is an enigmatic designer/sculptor with a new jewelry line that reflects her dark inspirations. Each piece is a one-off sculpture, and no two are ever alike. The collection is in progress, but you can check out the first of her new pieces here.
Hey, they made a doc about Helvetica – so don’t be surprised that there are many people out there obsessed with Tweed (count me among them). Michael Williams over at ACL did a great post on his favorite fabric, and included this little gem: go to his post to watch parts 2 and 3
There’s a great interview in Paper with recently-appointed NY Times Style Magazine Editor in Chief Sally Singer (who edited the news and features sections of American Vogue for over 10 years). Singer and Paper editor Kim Hastreiter wax philosophic on the politicization of cultural commodities beyond fashion (why is it cool to buy organic shit?), [...]
We all know Lara Stone is all kinds of gorgeous, but my god, have you seen her with eyebrows? See the full editorial from Vogue’s September issue here (via Chic Muse) posted by christina
NY Mag has posted a brief, interesting profile on Daphne Guinness, the professional fashion-plate, sometime designer, heiress to the Irish brewery fortune that bears her name and all around baller-ass eccentric lady who prefers to have the heels professionally removed from her pumps because “I found it inconvenient to have heels at one point…these just [...]
There’s some great original fashion photography going on over at SRC783. Promise there’s a chick in there wearing cool clothes…eventually. click here to see the full post
They did it. Someone actually made sneaker porn.
From Di$count: “These are some of the pages of Ripped: T Shirts From The Underground by Cesar Padilla. He owns Cherry Boutique on Hollywood Boulevard. I don’t know fuck all about this guy, so excuse my ignorance… Padilla has an amazing collection of t-shirts, but he also has an unbelievable collection of other shit.” There [...]
Hats off to Mitra and everyone else who’s been sharing this video. I saw Anger give a talk at the Hammer Museum last year where he just rambled about the Jonas Brothers for an hour, and I remember thinking “Welp, he’s done. That’s too bad.” It’s a delight to be proven wrong by his latest [...]
“Richard Avedon was one of the greatest image-makers of the twentieth century. He revolutionized fashion photography with his imaginative, spirited portrayals of the “good life” showing beautiful women wearing extraordinary clothes in irresistible settings, as well as memorable portrayals that are both elegant and reserved…his vision of the modern American woman, one of wit, individuality, [...]
Visionaire is a tri-annual album of fashion and art published since 1991. Each issue has a theme and collaborators are given unparalleled freedom to push the format of the album – previous issues have been printed on neatly stacked button-down shirts, and recorded as a CD box set. Their latest issue is a book dedicated [...]
Unknown Hipster is a blog by pithy illustrator Jean-Philippe Delhomme that documents his comings and goings amongst the hautes mondes of art and fashion. Completely devoid of photographs, the blog is covered in amazing illustrations in Delhomme’s deft signature style. Needless to say it’s not updated on the daily, but new entries are definitely worth [...]
So the French clothing label/arbiter of cool APC has started a blog. At the moment, it’s a lot of here’s a picture of our store and here’s a picture of a thing in our store, but posts about French publishing house Les Editions de Minuit, and one of an APC lookbook from 1992 hint at [...]
It takes BALLS to make peoples’ jaws drop during fashion week, but Vogue Nippon’s fashion editor-at-large Anna Dello Russo does it on the daily. Kudos to Tommy Ton for diligently documenting her sartorial exploits for us hoi polloi. Now go do some pilates. (image via Jak&Jil)
Look at these gorgeous sweaters from Jil Sander men’s collection for Spring ’11. They remind me of Ray Johnson’s Calm Center. If you’re unfamiliar, check out How to Draw a Bunny immediately. (runway images via Jak&Jil)
“Although they might look they come straight out of Moscot, Adspecs from Adaptive Eyewear are changing the way the world sees. Using a liquid-filled lens, wearers in developing countries can self-adjust using syringes until the prescription is just right for them. The glasses are mass produced and tweaked in the field, making the operation more [...]
Just because the 90′s are back doesn’t mean you should hang onto those pilly old duds from WetSeal. Chloe Sevigny’s capsule resort collection for Opening Ceremony is a sophisticated interpretation of the trend that includes five easy dress silhouettes in iconic prints (leopard, polka dot, etc.), and a collaboration with nineties footwear brand NaNa that [...]
“Selected from the collection of Patrick and Marc Guetta, owners of World of Vintage T-Shirts on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, this book assembles over 650 stone-cold classics of the genre. Drawn primarily from the golden era of the 1970s and 1980s, these vintage T-shirts are not merely nostalgic artifacts; they represent an historical record [...]
“Somerset House is proud to host Maison Martin Margiela ‘20’ The Exhibition, a major exhibition celebrating 20 years of one of contemporary fashion’s most influential and enigmatic designers. This ambitious, multi-layered exhibition captures Margiela’s unique aesthetic and vision, incorporating garments, installations, photography and film. This exhibition was initiated by the Fashion Museum Province of Antwerp [...]
Gordon here has been collecting those god-awful Versace jeans (the ones you only dared each other to try on at the thrift store) for as long as someone can remember. And he looks amazing in them. Click through to see all of Mister Mort’s images. (Viva Versace via Mister Mort)
Did you know that spokeswoman, TopShop designer, pop star, rock-and-roll girlfriend, and future ballet dancer Kate Moss is actually a model? In case you forgot, Moss stars in an absolutely gorgeous editorial shot by Mario Sorrenti and styled by Emmanuelle Alt for the June/July ’10 issue of Vogue Paris. See the full editorial here (via [...]
