just to give you an idea of what arrives on my doorstep every week, here is the local paper which is pretty much a 30-page botox ad filled with party snapshots of 90210 folk at events looking rather revolting. every now and again the cover star is some awkward looking dude posing with his girlfriend, in this case its seth rogen. gotta love beverly hills (you know you’ll never fit in, but crikey its hilarious standing back and witnessing it all).
special shout-out of thanks to jesse for my lovely note and bouquet (note: dudes that send flowers earn major karma points)…
“i’ve always been most inspired by the legendary stylists that were working in london in the ’80s and early ’90s like caroline baker who is one of the best stylists ever (the work she did with nova magazine was absolutely brilliant). i absolutely love the work of judy blame, he is one of england’s national style treasures and his stories were out of this world – truly inspiring. and of course ray petri: the buffalo boy look he created in arena and i-D was incredibly influential.” – edward enninful (contributing fashion editor for american and italian vogue, as well as the fashion director of i-D), from a forthcoming article i’m currently working on…
wipeout! my little ol’ article written for the daily beast has attracted quite a mass of attention with links spotted on www.style.com and in style. so for all of the stylists who wouldn’t respond to my emails asking them to be a part of the article, in the words of vivian from pretty woman, i just wanted to say the following: “big mistake. big. huge.”
love learning this: richard estes (born may 14, 1932 in illinois) is an american painter who is best known for his photorealistic paintings consisting of reflective, clean, and inanimate city and geometric landscapes. he is regarded as one of the founders of the international photo-realist movement of the late 1960s, with painters such as ralph goings, chuck close, and duane hanson.
“102-casey wei’s tattoo based on pas de deux (1968) by film-maker norman mclaren (Glasgow 1914-Montreal 1987).” image courtesy of khastoo gallery from the upcoming “dark after dark” show by aurélien froment and ryan gander.
1. upper east side maya inspired by diane keaton’s look in annie hall…
2. rosemary’s baby – read it…
3. satin ribbon for $1.99 a meter worn as a belt…
4. pucci prints (even when they are worn by people with bad posture they still look good)…
5. iconic musician names worn as pins (show people you know what’s up)…
ps. i cannot get enough of this wimbledon boater hat by albertus swanepoel!!!
