Archive | February, 2009
· FEATURED, PHOTOGRAPHY ·
Gary Salter PhotographyHis Pictures made me laugh, his style and lighting are great, Gary Salter is a London-based photographer with over 16 years of experience. He specializes mainly in character and lifestyle based productions… Love It !
· CULTURE, HEARSAY, STORE ·
Barbie x ColetteAn other collaboration for the 50th Anniversary of Barbie, This time its Colette with Jeremy Scott Barbie Collection and the “Barbie and Ken” exhibition by Karl Lagerfeld (March 9th-28th). For the occasion, a “Barbie room” will be installed on the first floor and the Lagerfeld picture will be sold on sold as silkscreen prints. So if you are a Fan or collectioner be sure to check it out!
· ARCHITECTURE ·
The $70,000,000 St. Regis PenthouseThe $70,000,000 penthouse is one of the largest and most luxurious properties outside of Manhattan, the Museum Tower Penthouse atop the Five-Star St. Regis Residences in San Francisco, this one-of-a-kind, palatial penthouse features over 20,000 expansive square feet, including 2,900 square feet of terraces – one of the largest personal residences in all of San Francisco [...]
· CELEBRITY, FASHION, PHOTOGRAPHY ·
Penelope & Monica Cruz for MangoDid you know that Penélope Cruz and her sister Monica designs for Mango? If not checked their Mango Collection here. And if you knew about it, then just enjoy the beautiful shots of the stunning Spanish sister in their new advertisement campaign and lookbook shot by fav’ photographers Mert and Marcus…
· RUNWAY ·
Mens AW 09 Runway Recaplove to look through full collections but I always try to edit down to the best looks of each designers season when I am presenting to my readers and for a more efficient reference archive. For full collections we go to the source, Style.com, but here I prefer to highlight the parts that tell the story best. Lucky for me today I checked in with Royal Galliano, a blog dedicated to bringing you the best of the runway…
· ART, FEATURED, ILLUSTRATION ·
Eamo DonnellyAustralian Illustrator Eamo Donnelly work is full of colors and details, inspired by 60′s comics and Japanese Manga, just ad a little Australian touch and you arrive to those Amazingly detailed Illustrations ! Love it !
· ART ·
Lidy Jacobs CollagesThere is Fashion collages and there is Art Collages (there also grade school collages, but this one don’t count) dutch-born Lidy Jacobs is definitely in the Art category – originate from pornographic magazines and sexually loaded print ads. She then carefully selects these [...]
· ART, FEATURED, PHOTOGRAPHY ·
Patrick Rochon – Light Painting MasterPatrick Rochon is a Light Painting Master – his amazingly stylized and visually complex photography is created by using lasers to illuminate his subjects in ways that create an eerie, otherworldly feel in the finished portraits. Patrick has also…
· WEB ·
Never Google AgainI just found the most beautiful search engine that makes Google look like a VHS Player. Check out SearchMe.com it looks just like Bridge for Mac (a program that sorts your files visually).
· CULTURE, MUSIC ·
Song of the Day: [2/26]This is pretty precious electropop from Two Door Cinema Club a brand new band out of the UK. Peppy guitars and uplifting shout-alongs back up the singer’s attempts to encourage his girlfriend to work on their relationship. It makes you wonder why he’s making such an effort for a girl who always gets what she wants anyways. Maybe she doesn’t believe that “something good” can come out of it; or perhaps…
· FASHION, FEATURED, RUNWAY ·
The Teddy Look by Aramand Basi – AW 09Spanish brand Armand Basi, seems to have taken quite a strong inspiration from London’s Teddy Boy look of the 80′s in the creation of the womens aw 09 collection. It is hard to go wrong using the silhouette of the Perfecto Jacket, one of the most timeless pieces in fashion. The collection definitely has a rough/ bad ass edge to it. It has London street fury written all over it.
· ART, CULTURE, HEARSAY ·
Most Expensive Fixie in the WorldThe Aurumania gold bike crystal edition is about $102,418 and is hand built, plated with 24 carat gold and hand-adorned with more than 600 Swarovski crystals. The handlebar grips are hand-sewn, chocolate-brown leather and of course a beautiful molded Brooks leather saddle !The Bike is fully customized, Limited edition of 50 and for this price [...]