From New York 12/01/08
The Mind Full permalink
We love Robin Cameron because she’s kind of out there in a “spiritual wanderer” sort of way. Her latest book, The Mind Full, is like getting a free pass to hang out inside her head for awhile.
From Japan 12/01/08
Blackbird Cameras permalink
Clean and mean (and they’re quite a bit cheaper than a Hasselblad). (Via Secret Forts.)
From DC 12/01/08
Avedon at the Corcoran permalink
Richard Avedon: Portraits of Power is now halfway through its four month run at the Corcoran Gallery - you’ve got until just after Inauguration Day to get downtown and check out fifty years worth of the fashion photographer’s most politically-infused work, including the 1998 portrait, above, of singer and activist Patti Smith.
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From Los Angeles 12/01/08
From Philadelphia 12/01/08
Too Young Collection permalink
Whether you wear it under a puffa jacket for winter or over your favorite swimsuit in Miami, these amazing flannel button-down tanks from Too Young Collection are sure to keep you stylish no matter where you wear ‘em. X Jen
From Elsewhere 12/01/08
Left 4 Dead permalink
I wanted to post about this game last week but I’ve been too busy playing the living shit out of this! You have brain starved zombies, survivors, 4-player co-op and 4 on 4 versus. What more do you want?! I mean really, who’s never dreamed of being a pheromone puking zombie that attracts hordes of undead to his victims? When the zombie apocalypse comes, I have only one word of advice: RUN! —Love, Nick
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- > Love, Nick
From New York 11/28/08
Reference Library at Kiosk permalink
Today (aka Black Friday), avoid the crowds looking for holiday toaster-oven deals, and head instead to Kiosk, where Reference Library‘s Andy Beach brings his blog off the screen and into the store. In addition to a collection of classic vintage wares, Beach also commissioned five limited-edition selvedge denim aprons, all up for grabs.
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From London 11/28/08
From Elsewhere 11/28/08
Rainbow Glasses permalink
For those who consider glasses an accessory and not just something you wear when you woke up too late to put your contacts in, Lisbon-based designer Luis Porem has created these hollow, clear-plastic glasses that can be filled with different colors of ink. Just don’t step on them.
From New York 11/26/08
About a Girl: Nilea Alexander permalink
Our latest About A Girl is Nilea Alexander, an Atlanta, Georgia native who sewed her way through college and moved to New York two weeks after she graduated. In New York, Nilea has continued to indulge her love of fashion: She designs her own vintage-inspired collection, Underground Love Story, and runs Nilea P Flea, a booth at the Brooklyn Flea Market where she sells clothing and objects that she picks up on her travels around the city and around the world. Hopefully retro and hopelessly romantic, Nilea sums up her approach to fashion by saying “I live my life with my head jammed in the clouds and I create clothing for those who do, too.” Kudos to that.
From Los Angeles 11/26/08
The Dog Photo Booth permalink
Sharon Montrose get some dogs and sticks ‘em in some photo booths. Best job ever.
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- > Photography
From Elsewhere 11/26/08
Lookin’ Kittie! permalink
Have you ever been clicking through I Can Haz Cheeseburger and thought, “Man, I wish someone would make a rap about all these cat photos!” Done. (Via Discobelle.)
From Paris 11/25/08
Paris Vogue Calendar permalink
With the ending of every year, one of my favorite things to look forward to is the Paris Vogue calendar, which always comes with their December/January issue. The mag is out now and it looks like 2009 will be filled with lots of ladies all done up in Louis Vuitton wares and shot by Terry Richardson. Pair these three together and you can be sure the calendar is out of this world.—X, Jen
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- > Fashion
- > Gnarlitude
- > Magazines
From Australia 11/25/08
Julian Wolkenstein permalink
In Australia-based photographer Julian Wolkenstein’s series of horse portraits, big hair and braided extensions style black stallions as Betty Boop and Milli Vanilli. Strangely, it kind of works.
From Hamburg 11/25/08
The George Hotel permalink
In Germany but longing for London? Travel no farther than newly opened The George Hotel. Looks pretty sweet. (Via We Heart Stuff.)
From Elsewhere 11/25/08
Jet Jacket permalink
The first collaboration between graphic design dynamo Kate Moross and Safe clothing creator Rebecca Turbow, the Jet Jacket combines Turbow’s monotone pallet with Moross’ geometric images.
The hand-sewn and screen-printed jackets have been produced in a numbered, limited edition of 50, which makes them a safe bet indeed.
From Berlin 11/24/08
Anne Brenneke “Life After Death” permalink
Hamburg fashion student Anne Brenneke’s graduate collection isn’t another range of T-shirt dresses or drop-crotch pants. Rather, Brenneke spent 18-months using recycled materials to handcraft quilted homages to deceased rap stars such as Biggie Smalls, Easy-E and Big L. The results are stunningly beautiful and original, and on display through December 3 at Kuntsklub. (Via What’s Wrong With the Zoo.)
From Los Angeles 11/21/08
Samantha Pleet at Space 15 Twenty permalink
Tonight, the lovely Miss Pleet hosts a tea-party to celebrate the opening of her pop-up shop at Space 15 Twenty, complete with a performance by Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti. Everyone’s invited, and Samantha is even providing the macaroons.
From New York 11/21/08
UO Interviews: Mr. Brownstone permalink
When we look back at November 2008, we’ll remember it for the unprecedented historical event that took place: This Sunday’s long-awaited release of Guns n’ Roses Chinese Democracy. To celebrate, we bring you an interview—no, not with Axl, he scares us, but—with Mr. Brownstone, the greatest Gn’R tribute band to ever get drunk on stage. Comprised of members of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Boss Tweed, and Takka Takka, Mr. Brownstone appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman this week, and on November 28 will rock the halls—and drink too much all over again—at Irving Plaza. Here, Dave Godowsky, aka Izzy Stradlin, talks ridiculous costumes and how a bad show is better than a good one.
From Berlin 11/21/08
Aids-3D permalink
The more time you waste trying to figure out what Aids-3D is, the less time you’ll have to just enjoy it. We would try to explain it all here, but we really have no clue, either.
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- > Europe
- > Music
- > Performance
- > Photography
From Los Angeles 11/21/08
From Elsewhere 11/21/08
Penguin Fine Books permalink
Once again, Penguin has provoked our intense book lust with this series of beautifully bound hardback books designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith. The set includes The Picture of Dorian Grey, Pride and Prejudice, Madame Bovary, Wuthering Heights, Sense and Sensibility, Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Crime and Punishment, Jane Eyre, Great Expectations, and Cranford. Unfortunately, they’re only available in the U.K. at the moment, so those of us Stateside have to continue to make do with our dog-eared paperbacks.
From New York 11/21/08
Blame it on the Dog permalink
Peter Sutherland‘s collection of photographs, entitled Blame it on the Dog, opens tonight at ATM Gallery. Oh, we will, Peter, we will.
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- > Photography
From Stockholm 11/20/08
Noir et Blanc permalink
Believe it or not, but Noir et Blanc isn’t just black and white.
From Antwerp 11/20/08
Christian Wijnants permalink
Fashion designer Christian Wijnants is known for his knits, and many of his designs are heavily influenced by African folkart. He’s also a teacher at the Royal Academy, and is way cooler than any professor we ever had.
From London 11/20/08
Kling by Kling permalink
With a background in graphic design and illustration, Swede Karola King covers her Kling by Kling collections in multiple patterns of her own creation. Her trippy, mesmerizing looks have been called “Viktor & Rolf on acid,” and it’s a descriptive that she’s happily adopted. From her website to her illustrations and the collection videos she creates, the phrase that keeps coming to mind is “next level shit.”
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- > Europe
- > Fashion
- > Illustration