German photographer Thomas Wrede’s image of Italy.
Martin Scorsese writes at length about one of my favorite films, Antonioni’s L’Avventura for This Recording.
Thomas Hooper is part of the P.J.S. Exhibitions Presents “Metanoia”
- A Collection of Works by Renowned NYC Based Artists - July 15.
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From the Style.com review of Givenchy’s (my favorite) Fall 2010 Couture collection:
“Even the baboon fur that was attached to a swallowtailed knit jacket was spookily bleached.”
Wow. Apparently not illegal in France?
Brutal Beauty: Von Kottwitz « Vevant
Colleen Nika interviewed me last week about Von Kottwitz for new destination site Vevant. Check out the piece, which includes preview stills from a new film we’re working on….
“Though she’s wisely cautious, she’s not counting out all expansionist plans. “I did a film already,” she says, referring to the Meridian film, a concept piece that accompanied her Fall 2010 collection premiere in February. It’s a portrait of a woman’s intimacy with jewelry, a celebration of decoration, ritual, and the creation of personal totems. Though Von Kottwitz might be conceived to be stark, cold, and utilitarian, on the wearer’s hands (or neck), Stotler’s vision can reverberate with a humane individualism. “By using vintage footage of my mother adoringly filmed by my father intercut with new images of a modern, intimate ‘boyfriend experience,’ I sought to show the way jewelry can become a very personal element between a woman and her lover, as both the last thing she puts on when going to meet him and the final thing she takes off in private.” Stotler explains.”
I’m not really a Ryan McGinley fan, but I have to say, this video is kind of great.
From The Nowness (who should hire me):
“Shot with a Phantom camera (capable of capturing video at over 1000 frames per second), Entrance Romance sees the all-American beauty (since 2002 the face of Estée Lauder) cheerfully turning a can of WD-40 into a flame thrower, passionately kissing a dog and smiling serenely as a bowl of goldfish smashes over her head.”
I’ve always loved you and I always will.
From Style.com:
“F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote that there are no second acts in American lives. That may be—but there are in Austrian art pieces. Case in point: Helmut Lang, who swore off the design game to make art a few years back, repurposed the found mahogany eagle that used to decorate his Soho shop into Three (pictured), his largest sculpture to date. Lang split the original eagle into three and coated it with tar; it now represents, according to the artist (or whoever’s writing his press releases), “the emasculation of the creative spirit in a global marketplace.” Soon, Londoners will be able to get up close and personal with that emasculation—Acne has acquired the piece for its first London shop, which opens just down the block from Dover Street Market in Mayfair later this month.”
Another shot from Vanessa Jackman, featuring the Coil necklace, reblogged by a site called Wasted Talent: A Fashion + Lifestyle Blog (not sure what they’re getting at with the name, but thanks for the mention!)
