Monday, April 26, 2010
The Girl Effect, n.
The powerful social and economic change brought about when girls have the opportunity to participate in their society. Category: N
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Jeremy Laing trunk show tonight at Zainab in LA
Check out Style Section LA's piece on the trunk show....
Yes, we've been in a Canadian mood as of late. At L.A. Fashion Week we caught up with Odilon's Stacey Clark, a British Columbia native now living here whose love of horror flicks inspired a Jil Sander-meets-the apocalypse collection. On Thursday night, one of her compatriots is stopping by Zainab Sumu's chic Melrose boutique for the time-honored trunk show experience. We saw Jeremy Laing a few years ago in a W young designer profile, where he was pushed around by Abercrombie-esque models in white shorts in the accompanying photos. But who's laughing now? Laing, who trained at Alexander McQueen, has made his mark in his exquisitie draping prowess, one that somehow comes off as understated and dynamic at the same time. His fabric choices are always innovative: think perforated suede, gauzy crinkle fabric and jacquard that resembles stucco.
Click HERE for the rest of the article. Thanks Style Section LA!
Monday, April 12, 2010
Thank you....
Eddie, Ezra, Roxy, Rebecca, Julie, Keala, Jane, Clayton & Flavie.........
Thank you from the deepest part of my heart. I can't express it enough.
So much love to you all :)
I don't care if this seems corny to anyone. Its just true!
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Harper's Bazaar: Milla Jovovich in AND_i & Costume Dept
Costume Dept. leggings.Shot here in LA at the end of January, Harper's Bazaar pulled leggings from Los Angeles-based Costume Dept. and avant-garde accessories from Vienna, Austria-based AND_i from our office for fashion Director Kenneth Goh's "Burberry space-age diner waitress" April 2010 cover & 8-page editorial with the lovely actress Milla Jovovich.
The shoot was photographed by Simon Upton for Harper's Bazaar Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Taiwan and Korea editions.
The shoot was photographed by Simon Upton for Harper's Bazaar Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Taiwan and Korea editions.
AND_i headpiece and bracelets.
PAPARAZZI SHOTS:
Kenneth Goh with Milla wearing Costume Dept. leggings.
AND_i headpiece and bracelets.La Divina featured in today's LA Times
Happy Easter to you. Pick up today's copy of the LA Times for the beautiful feature on Maria Callas written by the talented Julie Neigher. Huge thanks to the LA Times, Booth Moore, and Julie Neigher for this wonderful piece! Perfect timing on Easter to feature this beautiful and talented Greek-American icon who won over the hearts of Italy and the world.
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Callie Kitaen
Callie sexing it up on Dario's muscle car behind the Eighth Veil preparing for an 80's music video resurgence. Original paint job & plates. Such California colors....
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Really cute from the Sartorialist
To me, my grandmother, Françoise Gerondeau, is the most elegant and the funniest woman in the world.
In fact, that photo was taken during the Algerian War, in the late fifties. My Grandfather, who is French, had been mobilized. And just before his departure, he told my grandmother (they were dating for a year) that he didn’t love her and that he would never marry her.
But she’s very stubborn, and she asked her brother to take photos of her during their vacations, so that she could send them to my grandfather, and he would fall in love again.
The photo you see can testify.
Isn’t it childish? To me that story defines exactly my grandmother.
That photo must have a great power, since when my grandfather came back, they got married.
I wish I had a picture of my grandfather, he was very alluring and elegant too. I think that my aesthetic taste comes from the observation of my grandparents. Both of them really represent a model to me.
In fact, that photo was taken during the Algerian War, in the late fifties. My Grandfather, who is French, had been mobilized. And just before his departure, he told my grandmother (they were dating for a year) that he didn’t love her and that he would never marry her.
But she’s very stubborn, and she asked her brother to take photos of her during their vacations, so that she could send them to my grandfather, and he would fall in love again.
The photo you see can testify.
Isn’t it childish? To me that story defines exactly my grandmother.
That photo must have a great power, since when my grandfather came back, they got married.
I wish I had a picture of my grandfather, he was very alluring and elegant too. I think that my aesthetic taste comes from the observation of my grandparents. Both of them really represent a model to me.
Monday, March 29, 2010
I am from the north bank of the Appomattox River
Because of this, and because of my appreciation of the old-fashioned letter in the mail, I was rewarded with a surprise today. I was smiling and jumping up and down when I reached inside the old mailbox and pulled out a package from "Snail Mail Eddie."
THANK YOU KIND SIR!
Sunday, March 28, 2010
NY Times T Magazine writes about Maria Callas @ the Italian Cultural Institute
Big thank you to William Van Meter & NY Times T Magazine for this piece on the exhibition I am working on for the Italian Cultural Institute.
In a world where Miley Cyrus is considered a diva, a stroll through “Maria Callas: A Woman, a Voice, a Myth” is a refreshing detour. Now here is a woman who was both talent and tempest.
The exhibition, at Los Angeles’s Italian Cultural Institute, is composed of artifacts from Callas’s life both onstage and off. Standouts include the costume jewelry she wore in her role as Medea — golden chains adorned with archaic totems of bull’s heads and horned gods — and the black velvet Yves Saint Laurent gown from her master class. Also on display is Callas’s correspondence and her personal wardrobe, which was often as dramatic and regal as her opera regalia; she had a penchant for capes and caftans. Read more…
"DUAL" DIRECTED BY ALIA RAZA FOR ODILON
"Dual," a film by Alia Raza, comments on destructive competition with primal, animal-like intimidation as well as cooperative competition for mutual survival in a post-apocalyptic world. Filmed on the San Andreas Fault surrounded by the biological decay of the Salton Sea, artist Annakim Violette plays a character that is the creation of synthetic biology seeking to transinfect and overtake a human played by Alli Cripe. The two battle against and with one another in Odilon's taupe-hued nylon-coated jersey skin suits and stiff hooded shells of translucent nylon-coated spider web organza. The nuclear orange undercoat of a rabbit fur and washed leather jacket grounds the primal human aspect while Odilon's signature ball-bag becomes a weapon. Artist William Lemon III painted the faces of the film's characters to punctuate the cooperation of a new nomadic tribe.
Alia Raza is a filmmaker and artist based in New York and Los Angeles. Raza's work blends cinema and time-based video, dealing with themes that include self-presentation and its related anxieties, and the influence of contemporary culture and consumerism on self-identity. Her work (which has featured performances by Sebastien Andrieu, Devendra Banhart, Christopher Bollen, Jorge Elbrecht, Karen Elson, Patrik Ervell, Sarah Sophie Flicker, Tavi Gevinson, Liz Goldwyn, Kim Gordon, Elizabeth Hart, Damian Kulash, Lykke Li, JenaMalone, Margherita Missoni, Julia Restoin Roitfeld, Chloe Sevigny, Becky Stark, Arden Wohl) has been shown in screenings and events at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, Greene Naftali, Moeller Snow, Renwick Gallery, Scope Art Fair, Kreilling & Dodd, LA>
Monday, March 22, 2010
The ultimate
Fernand Khnopff. 1896. Deutsch: Kunst (Die Zärtlichkeit der Sphinx)
English: The Sphinx, or, The Caresses
Looks a bit Bowie, no?
Looks a bit Bowie, no?
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