Archive | August, 2009
· EDITORIAL ·
LIVE FROM NEW YORK BY MARIO SORRENTI FOR V MAGAZINE FALL 2009‘LIVE FROM NEW YORK’ shoot with Freja Beha and Sasha Pivovarova photographed by Mario Sorrenti and styled by Jane How for V Magazine – Fall 2009.
· DESIGNERS ·
Band of Outsiders 2009 F/W Collection with Jason SchwartzmanBand of Outsiders 2009 Fall/Winter Collection Lookbook was shot by designer Scott Sternberg (who recently tied with Calvin Klein’s Italo Zucchelli as the CFDA’s menswear designer of the year) with a sun drenched iconic Polaroid-aesthetic. Sternberg took indie pin-up boy Jason Schwartzman to Chinatown in LA,
· TECH ·
A Giant Robot in the Streets of Tokyo!Mobile Suit Gundam is a televised anime series, created by Sunrise. Created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Nagoya Broadcasting Network between April 7, 1979 and January 26, 1980, spanning 43 episodes. The series has since gone on to become a symbol of anime worldwide. For the 30th anniversary of the [...]
· MUSIC ·
Song of the Day : [08/31]Cass Mccombs: Prima Donna Cass Mccombs has been in the music biz for a while. To this date, he has released five albums, and is just starting to get the attention he deserves. Mccombs music first got my attention when a friend played me the song “Thats That” of his 2007 release, “Dropping the Writ”. [...]
· EDITORIAL ·
Maria Blaisse: The Visonnary for DazedFor the August issue of Dazed and Confused, photographer Jason Kibbler and stylist Karen Langley, with the help of set designer Gary Card, produced this pretty amazing editorial, inspired by Maria Blaisse work and re-interpreted her sculptural feats – Maria was famous in the 80′s for her revolutionary / futuristic vision. Read her interview on [...]
· EXCLUSIVITY, WEB ·
Fashion Blogs We loveHere is a showcase of some of our favorite Fashion Blogs, the ones we regularly check and read… Refinery 29 : Pipeline [ Built on a custom platform - Based in NY ] The Refinery girls scan the web everyday and write about what’s cool and hip, mostly for the female demo. They review upcoming [...]
· STILL LIFE ·
Christoper Griffith’s Still Life PhotographyChristopher Griffith went from biochemistry to genetics to photography. Did you catch that jump? Life is all about those moments in your life when something deep inside of your gut is telling you to take a completely contrasting path, listening to it, and it becoming your reality. It’s one of those things you can not [...]
· PHOTOGRAPHY ·
Sam Hessamian’s Sexy Sulty Fashion PhotographySexy, sultry, moody, smoky eyes, dark full lips, seedy hotel rooms – this is what Sam Hessamian’s photography is all about. Beautiful women drifting through the dark corners of Paris’s urban architecture, or staring provocatively straight into the camera – smoking, brooding, film noirish – beautiful fashion photography. In Hessamian’s work, elegance and emotions blend [...]
· ILLUSTRATION ·
Pigeons in UniformSamantha Zaza is a self confessed “compulsive sketcher, tea drinker, nomad”. She is also a fantastic graphic artist as her amusing Coup series demonstrates. The series is a selection of colour pencil drawings of pigeons “with Napoleonic complexes”. Zaza moves around between Istanbul and San Fransisco, she blogs and she exhibits her drawings at Studio [...]
· CULTURE ·
Pier 59 vs. Milk Studios For CharityPier 59 vs. Milk — New York’s two powerhouse fashion photography studios — are joining forces to raise money for the athletic development of troubled youth. Pier 59 will be raising money for The Beach Channel Lacrosse Team. Started just 3 years ago, the team consists of a group of girls from a low income area [...]
· EDITORIAL ·
Jessica Stam & Lily Cole in Pop MagazineCheck out this new photoshoot of Jessica Stam and Lily Cole in Pop Magazine. The photographer was Paolo Roversi who specializes in using large format Polaroid film.
· CELEBRITY ·
In Memory of DJ AMCollage from Cobrasnake Famous spinner DJ AM was tragically found dead in his NYC apartment this week. In September of 2008, DJ AM and Barker nearly died while escaping the burning remains of their airplane. The two had planned to perform together for the first time since the crash at an event in Los Angeles [...]