Am I a snob for not liking Coach because it's too suburban? Because if so, I shall continue to turn my nose up at their offerings.
As for Vogue, I really hope this makeover is actually a makeover and not Anna Wintour's no doubt lazy definition of a makeover. I've been reading a few Italian fashion magazines lately (just to practice while I'm not at school), and I don't know if they seem special because the content is in a different language, or if the content is genuinely better, but Vogue needs to catch up. Desperately.
Unpredictability in Vogue means reading hints about 'being different' and 'shaking things up' and 'maybe no more jumping, who knows?' and opening the new issue and seeing the same old jumping blondies in dated layouts and rich ladies writing about their sad, sad botox/pedicure/facials.
Isn't diamond one of the hardest substances in the world? One would think that diamond dust would tear your corneas to shreds if it got in your eyes. Is she going for that whole Madonna-weeping-tears-of-blood effect?
@MizJenkins: You're only really in trouble if you coat your entire body with diamond dust. They had to vacuum it out of Tobias' lungs on Arrested Development.
This 'new circle of models,' they'll all be varying shades of caramel, right, with long flowing hair and button noses? And the fresh young photographers will have great ideas for them like 'Bend your arms forward to make your clavicles stick out more' and 'Can you pretend you're slumped on the floor, dead?'
@lilbobbytables is a la-di-da feminist: I think I want the American Flag and $ one. Since they are ONLY available in Marc by Marc Jacobs stores and I do not think I live near one, I may end up with a knock off. Unless these babies sell online. Do they sell online?
Those Lily ads border on adorable. What's holding me back harkens to the LiLo Marilyn thing. As I am over the emulations Audrey in her Breakfast at Tiffany's look.
@Penny: "5:55"--Air wrote all the songs on that album, right? (Look at us, Penny dear, dating ourselves by calling these things "albums.." Ha!) Very charming Euro muzak, but I still think "Lemon Incest" is Mme. Gainsbourg's finest pop music moment yet.
@BlondeGoddess: Really! The Balenciaga campaign should dovetail nicely with her role of grief-stricken mom and homicidal wife in the latest Larsie von Trier flick. According to some Cannes fest-related crap I read, the MPAA is demanding that von Trier re-cut the film, because as is, they won't even release it with an NC-17 rating.. Knowing how mule-ish von Trier is about final cut (and good for him), this might actually mean the film will never land in U.S. theaters.. =(
@snugbug: What happened to freedom of speech (or similar)? People are old enough to make their own choices to see a movie or not without the MPAA censoring. Crap.
Thanks for reminding me of this guy.. Is he still in the shmata trade? A real artist, IMHO. I was so moved by one of his pieces back in 2000--an overcoat he crafted out of the cover of a mattress on which his friend/neighbor Quentin Crisp had ailed and died. A poetic gesture wrought in fabric--although I can see whyit might've sent consumers + critics screaming into the woods.
@Diziet_Sma: She's just modeling for the campaign though, it's not 'stupidly named perfume' BY Charlotte Gainsbourg. I think that's what Watson was getting at. I could be totally wrong though.
@Diziet_Sma: Ah...yes....but...argh. Charlotte's a MUSE! She and Nicholas have a really close relationship and he's often talked about how much she inspires him. Whatever, I love her, I will defend anything she does, let's face it!
"The people I chose to run my new store in London are nice. I cannot work with bitches, I can't, I can't."
You and me both, buddy...though is he saying they're untalented? I don't think talent and non-bitchery are mutually exclusive. It's kind of a destructive mental construct to have.
Nicolas Ghesquière picked the intolerably cool Charlotte Gainsbourg to advertise Balenciaga's perfume.
This makes me happy. I am going to go on a mission to find these ads and make a scrapbook. And also do my best to not think of Anti Christ during said mission.
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As for Vogue, I really hope this makeover is actually a makeover and not Anna Wintour's no doubt lazy definition of a makeover. I've been reading a few Italian fashion magazines lately (just to practice while I'm not at school), and I don't know if they seem special because the content is in a different language, or if the content is genuinely better, but Vogue needs to catch up. Desperately.
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Reed Krakoff, though, is a genius. I may not be their market any longer, but it's wide-reaching. I have a lot of respect for him.
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Gotcha! Let's see what happens next month!
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@MizJenkins: You're only really in trouble if you coat your entire body with diamond dust. They had to vacuum it out of Tobias' lungs on Arrested Development.
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Okay, phew.
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Bets on how much difference it'll make to the rest of the free world?
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True story.
She could shill for anything (except Wal-Mart) and I would still love her.
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Is calling albums "albums" dated?? So retro!
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Thanks for reminding me of this guy.. Is he still in the shmata trade? A real artist, IMHO. I was so moved by one of his pieces back in 2000--an overcoat he crafted out of the cover of a mattress on which his friend/neighbor Quentin Crisp had ailed and died. A poetic gesture wrought in fabric--although I can see whyit might've sent consumers + critics screaming into the woods.
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"Ahh, the SMELL of it!" Remember that one?
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You and me both, buddy...though is he saying they're untalented? I don't think talent and non-bitchery are mutually exclusive. It's kind of a destructive mental construct to have.
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This makes me happy. I am going to go on a mission to find these ads and make a scrapbook. And also do my best to not think of Anti Christ during said mission.
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