This song is pure magic.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Selector Magazine


Came across this gem of a publication, late as always.
Large format magazine similar in scale to ANP Quarterly.
Issue one (which I think that is all that she wrote so far) features a lot of great work from No Age, Handsome Furs, Jody Rogac and more.
More pages from this trinket over yonder.
Labels:
Paper,
Photography
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Jan Hammer & RapMan

I love this guys keyboard enthusiasm.
Note what is happening in this musical perfection.
Stripes on the keyboard.
Stripes on the shirt.
Amazing contrasting keyboard strap.
O.G.

Speaking of Original Gangsters:
This sweet little pup is the RapMan and comes equipped with rap voice effects.
Labels:
Hunter Gatherer,
Music,
Paper
Friday, November 6, 2009
Halloween Contest: Bjork


Absolutely incredible Iris. This dress was custom made {insert rap song} by new designer
Viktor Luna.
His dresses are gorgeous! He really knows how to drape and shape!
{I really know how to shake and bake!}
GOD.
Gimme a break guys.
At least it's Friday.
Labels:
New Designer
Friday Fix: Toro y Moi
Chaz is special.
I met him at my friend Jay's [congrats on his sweet new gig at Nylon].
He was playing for a small group of us and we had such a rad time.
I was reminded of him yesterday and how much I love what he is doing when Jay swung by and told me he was headed to Canada with him.
If you haven't heard the sounds of Toro y Moi, now is the time.
He was playing for a small group of us and we had such a rad time.
I was reminded of him yesterday and how much I love what he is doing when Jay swung by and told me he was headed to Canada with him.
If you haven't heard the sounds of Toro y Moi, now is the time.
Labels:
Music
Great Little Gifts.
I just got this new line in that is a little edgy and super affordable.
Great gifts for the closed wallet.

This skull necklace is silver toned and hangs really long so it has a nice appeal for men as well.
$52


Brass Bangles. Also come in brass and silver toned studs.
$12 or 2 for $20

Stainless steel cuff.
$40

Delicious.
Labels:
Fall,
in store now,
Jewelry Design
Vintage Post Cards
You know how sometimes you buy a piece of stationary never intending to send it?
Well, Surfing Jesus was that for me. I loved this post card so much I bought the entire stock.
Also a shocker to send.
Love these vintage postcards.
[by the way all you judgers out there: I am still getting used to the SLR, okay?]
Labels:
illustration,
in store now,
Paper
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Photographer: Joshua Hoffine
Wow. Seriously smashing. Combining two of my favorite things into an art-form?
Horror Photographer, Joshua Hoffine is speaking my language.
Not the making little kids cry part, the jungian psychology part.
With one photograph Hoffine plays with some viewer's personal unconscious [things that scared us as children that we have suppressed] but experimenting with the collective unconscious [inherited categories that are recognized by all people] that is primal in us all.
...
"I believe that the fear they are re-experiencing originates from the biological Collective Unconscious. Our fears as children are primal in nature. Fear of the dark, fear of lurking danger, fear of being eaten. I regard my photographs as culturally inflected variations on primal fears that arise from our biological Collective Unconscious. I just use the mechanism of the Personal Unconscious to bring it all back to you."

I spent a good deal of time on his blog
and I am glad I did.
There he pointed out small details in his photographs that at first glance you don't notice at all.
The photo above, Lady Bathory is his modern day take on a 16th century serial killer that bathed in the blood of virgins to keep her "youthful appearance." Here he photographs her in a sort of spa treatment.
On his blog he shows you the process of the shot, and close-ups of things like the skull "claws" on this tub.

As far as the children in his photograph go, they have through the years been primarily his 3 daughters and his niece. He has gotten little commercial work, lots of press, and print sells.
All in all, he doesn't do this for money [although hopefully these will make him a very rich man] he does it because he loves it.


Labels:
Photography
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Halloween Contest: Bootsy Collins
Old Hollywood Styling: Irena Simonova
We had a lot of fun with this shoot.
I ended up doing make-up as well [which I don't normally do] and had a blast.
How rad to have the same wardrobe and make-up person?
I got my kit together, now all I need are some fresh faces to practice on!






Model: Irena Simonova
Photographer: Max Menacher
Stylist: Tiffany Porter
Hair: Denise Jennings
Make-Up: Tiffany Porter
Labels:
My Projects,
Old Hollywood Styling
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Old Hollywood Designer: Sybil Domond
With her Vintage State Of Mind
Sybil Domond's handcrafted designs are show-stoppers.
Using a combination of vintage fabrics, hand sewn beads, feathers, and appliques, these necklaces -or collars, are the perfect
worn high or low, with a fancy dress or a white tank and jeans.
Very new romantic.










[Priced from $140-$175]
Labels:
Fall,
in store now,
Jewelry Designer,
Old Hollywood Designers
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