Geoff McFetridge, The Westest, Half Gallery, New York 2010
via Head of Crayon
Oct 28, 2010
Oct 25, 2010
Oct 24, 2010
I fell in love with this gentle cologne today.
Oct 22, 2010
Alexander Wang Bruna Flat Chukka Boot
look at that sharp and clean shape. Only by looking at these shoes, I even feel obligated to wear a crispy white cotton shirt and a pair of slick wool pants with them.
available at Opening Ceremony
Oct 21, 2010
Oct 19, 2010
Alexander Kern for Stone Island
Client: Stone Island (F/W 2010)
Model: Alexander Kern
Stylist: Simon Foxton
Photographer: Nick Grifith
via SMC Model Management
Daul Kim's Video Diary
Daul Kim was a top fashion model who tragically took her own life at the age of 20.
This is a short video she did for New York Magazine. I thought I'd post it because it's all this world has left of her really -- aside from her blog and sadly her last post, "Say Hi to Forever" followed by the song "I Go Deep" by Jim Rivers.
She was regularly featured in magazines such as British Vogue, i-D and Dazed & Confused, and modeled for top designers such as: Karl Lagerfeld, Vivienne Westwood, Chanel and Alexander McQueen and Christopher Kane.
Kim was discovered hanged in her apartment in Paris on 19 November 2009. Kim had suffered from depression and frustration for a long time, and had voiced her frustrations in her own weblog and in her paintings. As far back as 2007 she had left often violent posts of self angst related to self-mutilation and suicide and, exhausted in April 2007, had posted “I am going to smash my face… My life as daul was so miserable and lonely. Please join my loneliness in another world. I love you all. Daul.” She then added. “KIDDING. I'm fine. Just tired.” She had also described suffering from insomnia and had admitted that she liked to torture herself. In October 2009 during New York Fashion Week she left a post on her blog describing herself as “mad depressed and overworked.” She became the ninth South Korean celebrity to commit suicide in 2009.
At least from this video we can learn a little bit of how she lived.
Video and Text from Current
Oct 18, 2010
Oct 17, 2010
Sperry Top Sider x Band Of Outsiders
As a sucker for grey wool (for seersucker, too,) I certainly cannot help but adore these pair of deck shoes.
Available at TresBienShop
Oct 16, 2010
Oct 15, 2010
Oct 14, 2010
Oct 12, 2010
N.E.R.D New Album Cover
Just close your eyes let me hypnotize you.
I can make your storm feel sky blue.
Girl when you're lost you know I'll find you.
If I'm not beside you I'm inside you.
Oct 11, 2010
Oct 10, 2010
Jacques Magazine
Jacques Magazine
Brooklyn, NY
We’re America’s only new luxury erotic magazine; a modern reimagining of the classic men’s magazines of yesteryear. We celebrate a return to the origins of the pulp title; offering edgy opinion, arousing interviews and fiery fiction blended with unparalleled pictorials illustrating the real beauty of real women.
The editorial philosophy of Jacques is simple; to provide an alternative to the vapid men’s magazines of today. We speak directly to an audience that’s currently not catered for – smart, educated and discerning. We speak with our readers, not at them.
Every quarter, each new issue of Jacques offers the following:
Two extended pictorial sets; featuring genuinely gorgeous girls who are as smart as they are sexy. Our pictorials are shot exclusively on film, never retouched and never airbrushed – meaning the manufactured mannequins featured in other men’s magazines simply can’t compete.
An edgy editorial; exploring contemporary issues many magazines steer clear of. We write for grown-ups – no political punditry or polarizing pleasantries here. Just real issues, real facts and expert opinion.
An intimate interview; you won’t find sycophantic scribblings about the celebrity du jour within our pages. Instead, Jacques embraces the bold, the brilliant and the bizarre, in a series of probing interviews that ask the questions others wouldn’t dare.
Exhilarating erotica; follow today’s most talented writers as they take us on a sensual journey into a world of perverse possibilities - shocking, surprising, sexy - and always unexpected.
Plus much, much more; a quarterly taste of forbidden fruit with Peach Fuzz, a lingering kiss from our Lips of the Month, scintillating essays on sexuality, literature, film and fashion and plenty of surprises in each and every issue.
Oct 9, 2010
Monocle Article on Style: What Happens After Neo-Conservatism?
Monocle Magazine
Issue 37. October 2010
P.143
What Happens After Neo-Conservatism?
Trends
By Tom Morris
Who saw it coming? Teenagers in brogues, rock stars in three-piece tweed suits, even young artists wearing deck shoes. Bow ties, Chelsea boots, cardigans - everyone's dressing like Dad.
Was it when Junya Watanabe sent his boys down the runway in gingham blazers and seersucker, or when the late Alexander McQueen dressed models in chambray shirts that we knew even the avant-garde was taking a traditional turn? When Thom Browne, an ex-Ralph Lauren creative, was hailed as the most progressive addition to the New York scene - before being recruited by preppy outfitters Brooks Brothers for its Black Fleece collection in 2007 - it was clear fashion was smartening up its act.
But Who drove the style, and was it a sign of the times? With every corner of the job market looking shaky, people wanted to feel more worthy when they hit the office. Similarly, the recession made consumers more discerning; they expected more for their money.
Luxury brands have had to justify their position. Suddenly we saw them replacing baggy celebrities in ad campaigns with images of craftsmen hand-stitching luggage together in artisanal workshops. "Made in England", "Made in Italy" and "Made in the USA" became honest descriptors, with the consumer seeking the reliability and quality those hallmarks stand for. Fashion went back to basics and with the renaissance of preppy heritage brands came the stiffening of its upper lip.
So what happens next? Dress-down Fridays certainly seem outdated. Known for being ahead of the game, the most contemporary thing Apple could do next is get Steve Jobs to get out of knitwear.
Oct 7, 2010
Kanye West Performs "Runaway" on SNL
Never was much of a romantic
I could never take the intimacy
And I know it did damage
‘Cause the look in your eyes is killin’ me
I’m guessin’ you’re at an advantage
‘Cause you could blame me for everything
And I don’t know how I’ma manage
If one day you just up and leave
And I always find, yeah, I always find somethin’ wrong
You been puttin’ up wit’ my shit just way too long
I’m so gifted at findin’ what I don’t like the most
So I think it’s time for us to have a toast
Let’s have a toast for the douchebags!
Let’s have a toast for the assholes!
Let’s have a toast for the scumbags
Every one of them that I know
Let’s have a toast for the jerkoffs
That’ll never take work off
Baby, I got a plan
Run away fast as you can
Oct 5, 2010
Oct 4, 2010
Sacrament of the Last Supper
Salvador Dali
Sacrament of the Last Supper (1955)
Oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
내셔널 갤러리 동관 엘리베이터 출입구 옆 어두운 구석 한 켠에 걸려있는 달리의 최후의 성찬식은 그야 말로 어둠속에서도 빛을 발하는 (환한 옐로우의 사용 때문인지는 모르겠지만) 대작. 멀리 서 있던 사람들이 홀린 듯 끌려가듯 발길을 옮기게 만드는 대단한 디테일(포도주가 담긴 유리잔과 그림자만 보더라도 알 수 있듯)과 흡인력이 있는 "마성의" 작품.
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