November 2009
17 posts
Who Wants To Be An Illionaire?
This label is from Australia. This label is pretty damn cool. This label has a pretty damn cool-looking site. This label has crazy lookbook shots for Winter ‘09. I think one of the main reasons I like this label is because it’s called Illionaire. Yeah. It’s ill. * Photos property of Illionaire and are used solely for commentary purposes
Happy (American) Thanksgiving!
This goes out to my family (who are all celebrating in sunny Southern California right now), friends and readers who call the US of A home! Happy, happy, happy Thanksgiving, y’all! My NorCal buddy Simon wrote a heartful thanks on his Facebook today that I’m going to share with you: Simon is: “Thankful for physical and emotional freedom, friends, family, house, techno, bass music,...
Earley Afternoon.
I got the chance to check out the new Lululemon Lab that opened up in town a few months ago, where the designers working there don’t just stick to sketching typical yogawear silhouettes. Instead, they take inspiration from runways, magazines, art and design to come up with fashion-forward pieces that are just as suited for going to drinks as for going to Bikram’s. When I checked out...
Dace Spring 2010.
Labels have been getting really creative lately when showing their latest collections, many opting to shoot short videos with models frolicking in their wares. Victoria Beckham had her models on swings in Notting Hill, Halston had Hemingway (as in Dree) running across town in long yellow dress and now local line Dace shot a 30-second short in the bohemian spirit of a chic Parisian girl. Video...
The End of Music.
This article pretty much recaps a recent conversation I had with the fella on the current state of music. An interesting NY Times Op-Ed read by musician, Glenn Branca.
Giddy-up.
Remember a few posts back, when I was drooling over a shot of Dree Hemingway in thigh-high, stir-up socks? Turns out that Mara Hoffman does a great colored pair and River’s Edge Dancewear does an amazing black pair. Now to figure out how to get Dree’s visage… * Photos property of Bonadrag and River’s Edge Dancewear and are used solely for commentary purposes
My Space (Ring).
Ever since being green became the new black, the number of established brands and upstart ones touting their eco-friendliness by way of textiles, production and practice continues to rise. Of course, it’s fantastic that these clothing brands are down for prolonging our planet’s life — and then there’s Alex and Ani, a stateside jewellery line from Carolyn Rafaelian that uses...
Happy Friday!
I love beautiful cinematography saturated in color within a slightly twisted film.
Hence my infatuation with
The Fall:
The Cell:
plus…
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus:
And now Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland.
Happy Friday!
xo
Haute Hippie
Rest In Peace, Daul Kim.
I write this with the heaviest of hearts and in a teary blur of sadness. A few posts ago, I blogged about one of my favorite models: the Seoul-born Daul Kim. This morning, my girlfriend Candy S. called to tell me that Daul had been found dead in Paris at the age of 20. Though it has yet to be confirmed, sources report she committed suicide. Her blog I Like To Fork Myself was a regular weekly read...
ASOS.
I have discovered the sartorial wonders of ASOS. Yeah yeah, perhaps I’m a tad behind on this online fashion retailer — at least behind the Europeans — but it’s never, ever too late when it has to do with new clothes! The prices are way affordable, and the designs are heavily nfluenced by recent runways. It’s like H&M on design steroids. So when are they opening a...
Concrete Creation.
The amount of creative and aesthetic genius bottled in the minds of designers — and not just sartorial ones — always leaves me speechless and immensely envious of such talent. Check out these perfume bottles with concrete tops, by Hamburg designer Alexa Lixfield. The three-scent collection is called Fragrance (I love the simplicity and frankness of the name, too), each one coming with...
From Dree to Shining Dree.
There’s just something about her. Dree Hemingway, the modeling world’s newest obsession, is not the latest it-girl because of hard-partying ways, stints in rehab, tabloid appearances or general wild behavior. Instead, Hemingway — the great granddaughter of Ernest and daughter of Mariel — comes from very enviable literary and thespian pedigree and has a classically-trained...
Happy Friday!
Wow, wow, wow. Lady Gaga is the first non-model I’ve seen wearing those out-of-this-water-world crazy Alexander McQueen, twelve-inch heels from his Spring 2010 collection. And Gaga’s video for “Bad Romance”? Oh, the white latex. The contact lenses that make her look like a Japanese anime. The weird crowns. The silver mesh manicure. The bejewelled headpiece.The air-suspended...
Favorite Things.
Hi kids, It’s time for another one of those posts, a visual collection of all things that have caught my eye in the past week but didn’t have time to individually post about. Voila! Saw these lace-up boot/heel/sandal things at Forever 21 the other day. Ran around like mad trying to find them in size 6, only to discover this lone size 8 was the only pair left. But they say a picture is...
Pants Party.
Generally, pants are not something I throw on the daily. No, no. I don’t mean “no pants” as in Lady Gaga-style, it’s just jeans, leggings or dresses are the usual go-to pour moi. Most pants I’ve come across in my sartorial lifetime are much too uptight for my liking, making me feel more Bartleby than Balenciaga. French label The Kooples, however, have a stellar pair...
Short Cuts.
The likelihood of me getting rid of my long hair is fairly negatory. But should I one day — in a crazy, maniacal moment — decide to chop-chop it off, the result better look like the ‘do on Harmony, pictured on the left below. She’s very Leigh Lezark. With bangs. * Photos property of The Kooples and are used solely for commentary purposes
Snapshots.
I’m feeling like sunshine and rainbows today — who wouldn’t be with the gorgeous weather on this November day?! I also feel like sharing a few snapshots I’ve culled since my last post, things that have in some way inspired me (or made me smile). Olivier Zahm of Purple magazine has the most adorable daughter ever, named Asia. She’ll be a heartbreaker. And beyond...
