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March 14th, 2010
Cy Twombly and Jason Wu.
A clip of a Cy Twombly painting.
Pop's Covergirl Abby Lee Kershaw in Jason Wu Fall 2010
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March 11th, 2010
Hedi Slimane on the future of fashion
Anyone interested in fashion should read it
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Extrodinarily interesting.
BY: shala
TAGS: Hedi Slimane, style.com |
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March 10th, 2010
Valleys of Neptune. you gotta be free to ride the breeze
I suppose I must have been on to something
with all that Jimi Hendrix ranting last week.
He has a new album out now.
Well we’ve waited a long time.
A performance artist at Moma, March 9th 2010
BY: shala
TAGS: Jimi Hendrix |
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March 10th, 2010
Like a prayer
Last night at MOMA.
Marina Abramovic sitting in a dress that made me think of blood.
Sitting silent, not a word to be uttered.
For THREE whole months, she will remain like that.
I am fascinated by the idea of being a monk in the city.
I think it’s quite hard to be.
NYC probably being the worst place to be one.
Anyway, this body of work makes me uncomfortable
which means I’ll be thinking about it for a while.
At one point while she sat there, across a very gentle man
I felt like:
I was watching a prayer,
I suppose a communion of sorts
They were both so present with each other
as if the 100 or so of us gawking were not even there…
You can go sit with her too at The Museum of Modern Art.
This exhibition is sponsored in part by LVMH.
A view from above.
Rachel Chandler sits with the artist. Rachel said she felt very nervous.
I really like Rachel's blue head scarf next to Marina's red dress.
I waited in line but not long enough
I bumped into one of my favourite people in the whole wide world, the photographer Taryn Simon who said I looked like one long braid in my Rodarte get up and clear Prada shoes.
Other performance artists on the 6th floor.
Marina sitting with the very gentle man.
Another view from above.
BY: shala
TAGS: Marina Abramovic, Moma |
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March 9th, 2010
say hello to the antifashion crowd. they’re just as lovely
Tuileries Paris, Autumn 09
BY: shala
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March 6th, 2010
It doesn’t get cooler
One kick in the stomach of Obesity - Bam!
BY: shala
TAGS: Michelle Obama |
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March 6th, 2010
Esta Usnavy Maria Marquez
Otherwise know as Esteban Cortezar
A little while back I had dinner with Esteban at Anahi in Paris.
It’s an Argentinian restaurant.
Among the many things we giggled about was the naming of kids
in third world countries.
Usnavy or U.S Navy comes via the US Navy ships spotted around the shores of rural Colombia.
It’s pronounced Usnaby.
Another one? Disnay. (Disney)
Anyway we don’t always speak about fashion.
He also recommended I get the music of the Flamenco singer Falete.
Which I did.
BY: shala
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March 6th, 2010
And behold, there was
Max Kibardin Milano.
Check it out here.
BY: shala
TAGS: Max Kibardin |
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March 5th, 2010
Forget the bad news. let’s make good news
Cecila Cassini at DVF Beverly Hills, March 4th 2010
Cecila Cassini is a dressmaker!
Look
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She wears a dress of her own making on her Singer Sewing Machine
and DVF headband.
and from Cecilia’s blog:
on Monday, January 18, 2010 I wrote a blog called WHAT IS YOUR DREAM ? and after you read and continue reading this post, you will understand why I post it again:
Today I had no school in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr…
I have dreams, too!
I have a dream that there will be no poor children.
I have a dream that all little girls will get to wear dresses if they want to.
I have a dream that all children will be healthy and that all babies will get milk.
I have a dream that all children in Haiti will be okay and that their schools will be rebuilt.
I have a dream that all children will get to learn.
I have a dream that all children will get to pursue their dreams.
What is your dream?
p.s. of course I dream of going back to Paris soon and meeting Karl Lagerfeld! !!!!!
xoxo ciao for now, Cecilia
BY: shala
TAGS: Cecila Cassini |
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March 5th, 2010
“AND THE WIND CRIES MARY” (JIMI HENDRIX)
A girl at Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills March 4th 2010. Art by Damien Hirst.
Words below by: Safiya Sawney
I first heard of Bob Dylan via Jimi Hendrix’s cover of “Along the Watchtower”. Now Hendrix is the kind of musician who simply makes you write whether you want to or not. Thus, after seeing a BBC documentary on the life of Hendrix and having just moved to New York City and sampled the music offerings of the West Village’s Cafe Wha, Terra Blues, Blue Note and Bitter End I felt compelled to capture in writing the gist of the documentary throwing in researched facts of Hendrix’s life where appropriate as if I were on assignment for Rolling Stone or Mojo or Billboard. I typed furiously and edited meticulously this piece on Hendrix which I officially labeled “Alchemy” inspired from a comment by The Who’s Pete Townsend who labeled Hendrix an alchemist at one point in the documentary for the amazing things he did with his restrung, backwards Fender Stratocaster.
Hendrix first and foremost was a guitar player yet at some point he started to sing and both his vocals and guitar playing earned him a spot on “The Experience”. He sold out shows, wooed Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck, impressed the Beatles and opened for Mick and the Stones.
Call me crazy but I’d like to think had it not been for the existence of the man they call Bob Dylan, with his folksy rock and story-telling poetry, a raconteur in his own way, then Hendrix wouldn’t have given us such things as:
Will the wind ever remember
The names it has blown in the past
And with his crutch, it’s old age, and it’s wisdom
It whispers no, this will be the last
And the wind cries Mary
and
I said
Stone free do what i please
Stone free to ride the breeze
Stone free i can’t stay
Got to got to got to get away
Yeah ow!
Tear me loose baby
‘Alchemy’ still sits in a folder on my computer unread, unpublished – mine to keep.
Words by: SAFIYA SAWNEY
BY: shala
TAGS: Bob Dylan, Damien Hirst, Jimi Hendrix |
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March 5th, 2010
“When you’ve got nothing you’ve got nothing to lose” (Bob Dylan)
Hedi Slimane is like a rolling stone
Bob Dylan wrote “Like a rolling stone in 1965″
That song changed the landscape of popular music after the war.
It has been covered by:
Jimi Hendrix
Bob Marley and the Wailers
The Rolling Stones.
Among the many things its about is the
joy of being unshakled,
“when you’ve got nothing you’ve got nothing to lose”
How does it feel?
To be on your own?
A whole biography has been written on the song and it can be bought here.
Or if you can’t afford to, visit your local library, that still works
You can read more of Dylan’s poetry here.
Like a Rolling Stone
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn’t you?
People’d call, say, “Beware doll, you’re bound to fall”
You thought they were all kiddin’ you
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hangin’ out
Now you don’t talk so loud
Now you don’t seem so proud
About having to be scrounging for your next meal.
How does (more…)
BY: shala
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March 5th, 2010
Belle en Dior
Elizabeth Von Gutman in Dior
With PC Valmorbida, Mr.Chow's LA March 4th 2010
Fly to L.A – check
Have extremely important meeting- check
Take in some art- check
Dinner at Mr.Chow’s – check
Fly back to London office -check
Elizabeth Von Gutman: a working girl’s life…
Elizabeth works for the Advertising Agency: The Saturday Group
Modern Day Peggy of Mad Men!
BY: shala
TAGS: Elizabeth Von Gutman |
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March 5th, 2010
Eating Chocolate beneath an Orange sun
Warm hues at Giles Deacon
These were the exact colors of my Primary School uniform.
Needless to say, I like it.
BY: shala
TAGS: Giles Deacon |
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March 5th, 2010
If you want to get out of hell find the stairway to heaven
Long silk dress by Alexandre Vauthier Haute Couture, Silver hand leather belt by Delfina Delettrez, White Maria Capeline by Maison Michel. Model Sessilee Lopez
For more images from this shoot I art-directed, check out the current issue of Lurve Magazine.
The story was inspired by a Yayoi Kusama sculpture of the same name. “Stairway to Heaven”
BY: shala
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March 2nd, 2010
Peace of POP. Limited editon of 200 hard cover copies of POP Magazine exclusive to Gagosian shop
BY: shala
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March 2nd, 2010
Pop is: three women looking in the same direction
Three women revisited.
New women looking in the same direction.
BY: shala
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March 2nd, 2010
I’m not interested in perfect english. dialects are so much more stylish. slash and dash
Three generations of Missoni. Milan Feb.2010
Margarita Missoni’s Polka dots and Jamaican Tuxedo Birthday party
Giovanna Battaglia, Margarita Missoni, Sara Battaglia
BY: shala
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March 1st, 2010
Well we can do it for our own selves thank you very much.
Pop’Africana is an independent magazine based in New York City led by a team of creatives, who pride themselves on delivering
a rejuvenated image of Africa.
Oroma (the editor) is also a blog contributor to Thepop.com.
The two magazines are separate entities and have nothing to do with each other.
We just like each other.