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March 15th, 2010
she had that look that no woman, however histrionically proficient, can successfully counterfeit. she looked like she was having a good time. (Fitzgerald)
Umiko at the Delirious Bar St.Lucia, having a good time.
The quote is from the short story “Bernice bobs her hair” by F.Scott Fitzgerald.
I was first interested in Umiko’s belted high waisted pants.
Then this sort of banana girl cotton top.
Then I saw her dancing, really enjoying herself.
Wow!
So the book of short stories should be at your local library
or bookstore. I got mine on kindle.
I was having a good time too.
I sometimes think that the world must think I am perpetually bored.
Me sitting at the bar staring into space.
That’s what it looks like.
But I’m actually having the time of my life.
I’ve always liked looking.
In that I find I have a good time too.
Another woman having a good time.
Bernice from the story bobs her hair.
In the 1920’s this was no free gesture.
For a woman to bob her hair then, took audacity.
You know in the same way that Bukowski says,
“to do a dangerous thing with style…”
A woman bobbing her hair was exactly that.
Imagine that.
I find something very stylish about the woman above.
Considering what she was dealing with,
whom she was speaking to…
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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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here.
Extrodinarily interesting.
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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.
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March 6th, 2010
And behold, there was
Max Kibardin Milano.
Check it out here.
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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
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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!
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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.
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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
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March 1st, 2010
Ode to tavi
New York Time's Stefano Tonchi, Pop's Editor in chief Dasha Zhukova, and Tavi at the Prada Book party in Beverly Hills
“Can you explain to me why you put Tavi on the cover? I mean what’s all the fuss about?”
A friend asked me this last fall when the issue came out. Where do I start? ok:
Because when I introduced Tavi to Richard Prince at the Pop Launch party, not only did she know who he was,
she’d already modeled a homework assignment on one of his nurse paintings,
“This is like one of the moments where I feel I’ll never wash my hands again” she said.
She was equally blown over by Gwen Stefani.
A little girl that passionate about art, that I’ve had the chance to work with – I know exactly what i’ll give her for Christmas.
And I don’t normally do Christmas gifts.
I asked her father for her mailing address. We were sitting at Rodarte’s spring show.
He bent over to her to tell her the good news.
He turned around to me with a smile, ” she says to tell you she loves Richter”
Ok so she can one up me like that. Lovely I love Richter too.a
She seems to be aware of quite a lot of what’s going on in popular culture. Not just who Paris Hilton is but
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February 28th, 2010
all dressed up and nowhere to go
At club Killer Plastic last night
This is a story to tell in your blog..
Just like that!
I can’t believe it..
This is Italy! (Delfina Pinardi)
You’ll never believe what happened.
I took a taxi
He didn’t speak English
I don’t speak Italian
He took me to via Palestro in Monza
I missed the party. (Vogue.it launch party)
Over an hour in the car…
But then as I was about to leave
I met Ben outside.
Can you imagine and I don’t know what he looks like
We had dinner
I met Franc Sozzani.
(the photo and the story have nothing to do with each other.
I was invited to a party and missed it because my taxi took me
very very far away from where I wanted to go. Delfina Pinardi is
a stylist from Milan who wanted to know how things went in Milan
the piece above is my response to her.)
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February 27th, 2010
Tolula Adeyemi makes me smile actually she makes me beam!
Her smile is just infectious.
So because of that I was always curious as to who she was.
I found a video of her on Vogue black, and I’ve looked at it
several times because just listening to her and watching her
makes me happy.
You can watch her too here
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February 27th, 2010
She goes as far as she wants, as fast as she wants… the girl on the motorcycle.
Sessilee Lopez sits on Richard Prince's "Iron Horse"
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February 26th, 2010
Joan Smalls, Nefertiti… Same thing.
Joan Smalls at Prada last night.
Nefertiti on Prada walls a few years ago.
Joan Smalls was born in Puerto-Rico
Joan Smalls can be booked at IMG here.
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February 26th, 2010
I feel naked without my Revlon Red Lipstick. (oops forgot it in NY)
Who said feathers are only for the night? This woman here wears it early a.m at Michael Kors FW10.
” A very dangerous mouth” as Pat McGrath put it, referring to Prada’s spring 2010 vixen.
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February 24th, 2010
Vogue Black
Chanel Iman Michael Kors SS2010
Franca Sozzani is the Editor of Vogue Italia.
Vogue Italia has only this week launched a website.
Who knew?
I always thought it existed before.
Ms. Sozzani seems dedicated to featuring black models in her magazine.
Naomi Campbell in her POP interview last fall, commended Ms.Sozzani on her [bravery.]
I say bravery since it seems like the industry fears using more than a certain number of black models at any given time.
In July 2008 she did four different Vogue Covers with four black models: Naomi Campbell, Jourdun Dunn, Sessilee Lopez and Liya Kebede.
On the Vogue.it website is a whole section called Vogue Black that features black models, writers, actors, singers ect.
Some of the talent featured so far are: Jamaican model Sedene Blake, Tolula Adeyemi,Grace Jones and the Brooklyn based writer Colson Whitehead who by the way just got nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Prize.
Anyway take a peek at Vogue Black
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here on the Vogue Italia website.
You will also like Vogue Curvy.
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February 23rd, 2010
Glass ceiling? What glass ceiling? Don’t you know it’s broken and the pieces are all across the Prada floor. Gentlemen, mind your step.
Crystal chandelier dress: Prada
To read about some of the women who have gone through the roof check out the current issue of POP.
Condolezza Rice
Louise Bourgoeois
Joan Burnstein
and
Dr.Sarah Churchwell
to name a few.
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February 18th, 2010
I’d like to know who fact checks at the NY Post.
I few posts down, I quoted Marc Jacobs. That quote was taken from the N.Y Post which was quoted from style.com.
The little problem is that it wasn’t Marc Jacobs who said the deal about celebrities at his show it was Marc Jacobs President
Robert Duffy. How could the NY Post not get that right?
It’s not the first time I’ve caught them in a false report either, or the second time for that matter…
A dress by Marc by Marc
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February 16th, 2010
Yesterday at Miumiu…
All of these dresses are one of a kind pieces found only at Miu Miu 57th street.
Which means you’ll never walk into another soul, ever, ever wearing the same thing.
I imagine it would also be too difficult to replicate.
That said these are dresses for the confident and fun loving woman.
Go ahead knock yourself out.
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February 15th, 2010
Hats off to Band of Outsiders.
Red lipstick, full eyebrows and a hat. Simple and elegant
A young woman at the Band of Outsiders presentation Feb.13th 2010
