Archive | March, 2010
· EXCLUSIVITY, TRENDS ·
Shopping Guide : Girl Next DoorGet Abbey Lee’s “girl next door” look. Abbey Lee wears Kain Pocket Tank from ShopBop $56.00, Reiss Soixsie Denim Zip skirt from Asos $128.21, See By Chloe Piped Flat Sandal from Asos $316.24, and Acqua di Parma ‘Colonia Assoluta’ Eau de Cologne Natural Spray from Nordstroms $83.00. Special thanks to Saki Hashimoto and Joy Mattar!
· CULTURE, FASHION, FEATURED, HEARSAY ·
Erdem Wins British Fashion Council Fashion FundIt was just announced that Erdem has won the prestigious British Fashion Council Award Fashion Fund, granting the designer £200,000 and access to director level mentors across the industry. Erdem was one of 8 nominees chosen for this award, including Angel Jackson, Christopher Kane, Clements Ribiero, F Tautz, Marios Schwab, Nicolas Kirkwood, and Richard Nicoll. [...]
· PHOTOGRAPHY ·
Carlos Nunez PhotographyI just stumbled over the “sexy-fashion” portfolio of Carlos Nunez. A Los Angeles based photographer, who shoots Los Angeles hipster chics. Nothing too extraordinairy here, but I like his lighting, his retouching, his model choices and the styling is pretty good as well (when there is a stylist).
· FASHION ·
David James – Out of Print!Art Director David James and his company have been behind the images portrayed of a horizon of celebrities, fashion houses, publishers and musicians for over a decade now. According to his website, this is the first and only time his work that his body of work has been shown back to back in chronological order. [...]
· MUSIC ·
Erykah Badu : Window SeatErykah Badu’s sixth album New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh) was released yesterday and one of the instant stand outs is the message laden and immediately controversial “Window Seat.” The song in it’s self is smooth, easy, soulful, and insightful. The majority of the controversy stems from the accompanying music video. The music [...]
· BOOK & MAG, VIDEO, WEB ·
VnFold MagazineWe have always been big fans of magazines, on and offline, recognized or underground, we love them all! But especially when its comes to these small independent, dark, high fashion-erotica-black&white magazines like VNFOLD. With a great layout and some opulent editorials.
· FASHION, FOOD ·
My Sweet Flowerbomb: Perfume CakeViktor & Rolf just celebrated the five years of their Flowerbomb perfume during a beautiful evening diner this month at the Hotel Meurice which unveiled a deliciously inspired dessert. Created by Yannick Alleno and Camille Lesecq (respectively chef and pastry chef at the Meurice), here is My Sweet Flowerbomb.
· ILLUSTRATION ·
Hanna Viktorsson IllustrationsSwedish fashion and typography Illustrator Hanna Viktorsson has a very interesting style. With great skills, Viktorsson combines details with simple lines while focusing on the eyes, which give the impression that her characters are alive and looking at you.
· FEATURED, PHOTOGRAPHY ·
Jim Fiscus PhotographyJim Fiscus has some great photographs in his portfolio. He is the official Dexter photographer and shoots celebrities and Athletes, but here I really wanted to focus on these shots, which for some reason are pretty inspiring to me…
· GRAPHIC DESIGN ·
The Beauty of InfographicsHow does one graphically represent numbers, information and statistic? With an infographic of course! ” A picture is worth a thousand words” and some graphic designers really think outside of the box to arrive to some great, and innovative graph designs. Here is the proof:
· MUSIC ·
A-Trak x Drake : Loonies To BlowWhat happens when you get a remix comprised of a beat from Frenchman David Guetta, vocals from Canada’s latest musical export Drake that start out with the phrase “I am on a 24hr champagne diet” , all mixed and put together by fellow Canadian DJ and producer A Trak for his new mix album? The [...]
· ADVERTISING ·
Evian “Live Young” TshirtsEveryone who saw it, remembers it, the Evian Commercial with the babies doing some amazing tricks with their roller skates - So now the same French ad agency : BETC Euro RSCG created these cool (and super cute) t-shirts for the billboards and print ads in Europe.