xmas is upon us and i was looking for two boards for two of my favorite girls in the world, now this may not be a girls dream but i think its pretty close as far as boards get. hirst and supreme have a long standing relationship and these are bound to be limited in their edition at supreme. try, if you can to get one... they are being collected, one of each by avid fans (fans of hirst more than supreme i would guess), saw a friend with 2 and he said its the only two he "didn't" have. good luck. a set is already available on ebay for $1,849.99. by dd
Damien Hirst: skateboard decks for supreme new york
marmot: stockholm down jacket
"i'm sooo in stockholm dude!"
just the name brings me back memories of marvin.... but aside from that a good thing to have if you happen to be in the sierra, alps or new york city and want to keep warm. i just happen to be in one of em and enjoying the new purchase. so far so good. the puff jacket is not much for looks but the tear resistant down-proof fabric and durable vislon zippers is a serious contender in durability and the cold. from this utilitarian brand, known for its down fills, comes this 650 fill goose down (the higher the fill the warmer but also the less puffier - just learned that). the jacket also sports the added zip-off hood with super soft micro fleece internal cuffs. the only bummers are perhaps the zippers that are a bit too loud for my fussy fashion polar bear in my igloo. available for $225 at marmot online store. by zzadidas stansmith: ROBERT HAILLET MAHARISHI
easy does it, get it now but wear it in spring. only fault, if there is one, is the maharishi logo on the back-side... they should have just kept it clean and subtle, the dragon was enough. available at mita $158. by dd
Glen luchford book: published by Steidl
150 pages hardcover and well edited available for $68.00 from steidlville.com by dd
macbook air knock off $260: what will be next?
only a few millimeters thicker than the official air
this is rather hilarious! as if the knock off vuitton and hermés bags weren't enough, our grand financiers and palls in china have made replica macbook airs to flood the market. I mean guys, how are we supposed to pay you back all those trillions of loans if you keep knocking off our stuff?unlike the bags your valuables inside could be erased or lost in an event of failure of its chinese craftsmanship (itself an oxymoron). while we can at times understand why some savvy people would buy a plastic (gum coated canvas) goyard bag for $100 instead of the official over rated $2000+ a mac book air is actually worth its price for its innovation and craftsmanship if not for the support of a great company. as an added bonus on this clone you will note that a classical chinese intro song has replaced the mac start up sound. funny. definitely not a recommended purchase. by cd
bermuda triangle - at the spring projects
if i were in london right now i would be on my way to bermuda triangle. a group exhibition featuring jacob sutton and hana al sayed at the spring projects. this gallery is naturally blurring lines between 'professional creatives' and 'fine art' with a roster including jaime hayon and the like. the exhibition also features work by artist bruce ingram. by kl
Where are you andre?
after his truely inspired launch of benjamin bixby that premiered at barney's new york, in one of the worse times in retail economy, the producer, actor, designer took an unexpected vacation. on our end we can't wait to see him back. of all the newly launched lines by a slew of loser actors, singers and famous-for-no-reasons, andre was breath of fresh air. some one with a real sense of personal style and principle. we hope to see him back in full force. lots of love to the new BB. by xy
forget global warming: earth's north and south pole are shifting
"the magnetic field inside the earth is turning independently at a rate different from that of the earth. during a potential reversal, the magnetic field does not vanish. they just gets more complicated. a south magnetic pole might emerge over africa, for instance, or a north pole over tahiti." you can throw away your compasses now.
this is not the sci-fi film you watched last weekend, its NASA and BBC reporting: "the earth's magnetic field is changing: compass needles in Africa are drifting about 1 degree per decade. this shift has accelerated in the recent years and at this rate there could be a complete reversal of earths poles." what would that mean for it inhabitants? the poles continued to shift during the 20th century, at an average speed of 10 km per year, in recent years accelerating to 40 km per year. at this rate the north pole will exit north america and reach siberia in just a few decades.in case your plan B was to escape using your miles on virgin galactic here's some bad weather reports from mars: "data from NASA's mars global surveyor and odyssey missions revealed that the carbon dioxide "ice caps" near mars' south pole are diminishing for three summers in a row."
the magnetic fields on earth have completely reversed in the past. meaning the north and the south poles swap places. such reversals are recorded in the magnetism of ancient rocks. they come at irregular intervals averaging about 300,000 years; the last one was 780,000 years ago. sounds like its about time?
virgin galactic: invitation to board by richard branson
virgin galactic: invitation to board by richard branson
tickets starting at $200,000 (pillow, blanket, meals and drinks are included)
2001: invitation to get off by stanley kubrick.
kubrick collection available for $169 (2001, dr. strangelove, a clockwork orange are included).
by dd
kubrick collection available for $169 (2001, dr. strangelove, a clockwork orange are included).
by dd
Tavi gevinson: please stay the style rookie that you are baby
tavi and the missoni's
tavi at dinner with hedi slimane sitting opposite
tavi and the original once upon a time style rookie turned hollywood chloe sevignygeez... they just couldn't let the little girl be, they had to take her over and consume her entire being with some gravy. the covers of brit pop wasn't enough. the little girl that we loved who once "sat inside all day wearing awkward jackets and pretty hats. Scattered black petals on Rei Kawakubo's doorsteps and serenaded her in rap. who had no where near 4 million readers. Rather cynical and cute as a drained rat..." seems to be going out a bit now days... we hope shes still happy and smart enough to keep them at an arms length... never forget darling: being distant will always give you a better view of the pray ; ) by dd
tragically hip: nikon pistol grip
not to shoot down hermes or anything... just a pic from our friends at "it's very hip". this image stood out for me, a throw back into the days of john zorn and super 8 but reverse engineered, if you know what I mean. p.s. guns generally suck in our opinion, of course unless they're made by nikon. by dd
leica + hermes: o-la-la
leica has announced a very special limited edition of its classic 35mm rangefinder system camera: the leica M7 edition hermès. these are off course very limited edition and for most of us we will have to do with just this picture. but just so you know, it comes in silver chrome with a choice of toe calfskin leather finishes, either orange and étoupe obviously supplied by hermès. go ahead - drool! by kv
skit + skit
LAMOCA presents a "performance" by artist francesco vezzoli featuring lady gaga. as far as i'm concerned, vezzoli is to art what gaga is to music... so once again, i guess we haven't missed much by not being in LA. by pp'
serge on screen
after the che, frida, johnny cash and so on, it's now serge gainsbourg's life to be on screen. it's been a while since i first heard of this movie, and it eventually hit the screens these days. as you can guess, every serge fan can be skeptical about such a thing, and i recently heard an interview of jane birkin saying she was uncomfortable about it, so i really don't know what to think of it. i'll check it for sure with my repetto's on! by pp'
lady gaga Dissected: why this bad romance with art sucks
first i have to ask myself this: why even bother with a post on lady gaga? well the answer must be the same as george mallory's when asked why he climbed mount Everest? "because it's there." well maybe im giving her too much credit but lady gaga is indeed hard to miss. i suppose that's an achievement by itself these days, to be famous for no particular reason... at least gaga is doing something. even paris hilton 'respects' her (now THAT... means something). but what is this "something"? for me its the holly and the unholly mixture in this calculated cocktail that is scary. the mixture of things i love and the things i passionately hate all mangled into one. almost impossible to decipher. a hotdog made out of culture. it sure has fooled a lot of people but here's why...
calculated bottom-rack pop – candy coated with a shinny facade of top-shop art:
active ingredients: tear off a page from a matthew barney catalog (its ok to be weird, just soften barney a bit so its digestible) + chop some vito acconci (be sure to wash and disinfect all grit) + a dash of warhol (the bit everyone knows about will do fine) + artifically colored dark lyrics (just dark enough - but not too dark) blend with inactive ingredients: blatant commercialism (feel free to put madonna to shame, get 4 brands to sponsor the same video why just 1) + perfect USDA supermarket approved pop vocals (so middle management and cab drivers alike can get into the groove) + emulate michael jacksons moves, again (as best as you can. no need to try hard, no one will know) + grate 5 crates of marketing spin-masters + top with colorless, tasteless, water soluble shinny gelatin.
enjoy. by dd
Barely private: by sante D'Orazio - ed ruscha
was never a 'huge' fan of sante's work, but that said, this book looks rather promising. hand written notes and outtakes fill the 300 pages of this new release. a second volume of photo-diary-scrapbook, covering 1997 to 2008 with an author credit by ed ruscha, including subjects such as: kate moss, naomi campbell, claudia schiffer, diane kruger, tricia helfer, stephanie seymour, liz hurley, jay-z, mickey rourke, angelina jolie, christina aguilera, pam anderson, keith richards, axl rose, damien hirst, julian schnabel and many more. a bargain at $39.99 available at taschen. by kl
french vogue: calendar
looking forward to the 2010 french vogue calendar. meow! photo: terry richardson by xy
Waris Ahluwalia's love letter of a book: to india with love
waris at the pierre hotel in new york for his new book "to india with love"
natalie portman, waris whluwalia
james ivory page from the book to india with love
photographer karen collins, kimberley norcott
aslaug magnusdottir, president of house of waris with ucef hanjani 
my favorite room at the pierre where salvador dali spend days chasing the mocked up clouds
author tina bhojwani, president and CEO of louis vuitton daniel lalonde, designer/author waris ahluwalia and author mortimer signersince the crash of the economy it seems like we are all attending more parties rather than pulling late nighters. that, i assume, is the silver lining in all of this. the good news is that not all parties are just to wine-and-dine new yorks newest most-needy-class. this was waris' week. this shindig, at the newly re-opened pierre hotel (owned previously by the 4 seasons group) had something substantial behind it, an effort to remind us of not only the beauty of india, but to support the victims of mumbai's 2008 terrorist attack.
the book is filled with memories and photographs of contributors like silvia fendi, elizabeth hurley, natalie portman, owen wilson and the like from their past visits to india. owen wilsons photo taken by his mom was one that stood out for me. unfortunately the book, published by respected publisher assouline, was rather disappointing for its lack of attention to detail and their hack-saw compositions. the love put in by waris and the gang somehow did not translate into the assouline's team. that said, i personally bought 2 books and highly recommend a copy as the proceeds will go directly to the victims of the attack. hard cover $49.95
contributors include: Adrien Brody, Kenneth Cole, Silvia Fendi, Diane von Furstenberg, Elizabeth Hurley, Evelyn Lauder, Natalie Portman, Rachel Roy, Owen Wilson, and Matthew Williamson, among others. to learn more mumbai: we got your back. by dd
Nike: easy-breezy tennis V's
white and gery nike velcro tennis classic V
i don't know why but im really into easy-breezy cover-girl mode (sorry j, i'm stealing your line here) and loving these nike tennis-classic Vs in white and grey. the lack of color, and the simple shape accented by the velcro is the easy look i need with comfy jeans and a thick sweater. i know they look like the ones i already have and posted earlier this year, but against everyone's wishes, i still like them new and white. available at mita sneakers ¥ 7,870 (approx $90 USD). by dd
joey roth Semi-audiophile ceramic speakers: for your ipod or computer
made from porcelain, cork, and baltic birch
standard banana plugs (fine- but the pink cables are questionable. surely you can plug some kimber PBG's and hotwire it on your own)
tripath amplifier made of stainless steel sheet metal, with a cast iron base and paulownia volume slider, toggle switch. beautiful!!
no word on the quality of sound since this has not hit the market as of yet, but just from its construction and material it will surely sound better than any consumer end product and it obviously looks great. once we audit this we will post another. in the meantime here's a few specs from the designer/manufacturer joey roth:"the ceramic speakers are made from porcelain, cork, and baltic birch. each material is minimally finished, left to add its natural beauty to the design. the included amplifier is made from stainless steel sheet metal, with a cast iron base and paulownia volume slider. aside from the electronic components, plastic is completely avoided in the system’s construction. typical speakers are designed to play even the most compressed or poorly recorded track. they gloss over the details that give high-resolution music its depth. the ceramic speakers’ custom-made drivers, porcelain and cork enclosures, and tripath amplifier reveal every nuance. they will show the difference between lossless and mp3 files, and will unlock vinyl’s richness." available december 2009 priced under $500 by pp+dd
james chance and the contortions: crazy mother
missed that one!! james brown meets steve lacy, meets mick jagger. james chance live: i can't stand myself. archives. by xy
Nike Stages private reception at Deitch gallery new york
edward kim and our sweet richard chai
zac posen christopher niquet
david selig cecilia dean brian malloy
my favorite piece in the show, tom sachs
tom sachs demonstrating the piece to lance
jose parla and jeffrey deitchthis past friday's opening at the deitch projects was rather involved. it was the follow up to the paris mash-up openning at the galerie emmanuel perrotin that I missed and have been cursing myself ever since. the mixture of sports stars like lance armstrong and fashion gurus like richard chai and the girls from threeasfour made it a fun evening. even mr. andre saraiva poped in for a fag or two.
the work was quite nice but rather oddly curated. i was under the impression that one could get arrested in new york for putting kenny sharf and ed ruscha in one room. but apparently not. aside from that there were some impressive mixture of streeters and heavy hitters. raymond pettibon next to gursky, shepard fairey next to gai guo-qiang... tom sach's bicycle titled "lances tequila bike for girls" was quite an amusement piece and perhaps my favorite. funny and cool. my second favorite piece was eric whites "foyer"... i couldn't help but think of john baldessari's balls!!
it was a good evening which was eventually topped off by sushi, plenty of sake and my favorite... sesame ice cream...
show is on display through november 21. don't miss it. other works included pieces by: jules de balincourt, KAWS, richard prince, christopher wool, aaron young, futura, and others. all artwork on display, available for purchase, with proceeds directly benefiting the lance armstrong foundation for cancer. by dd
house of waris spring/summer 2010 collection exhibit at phillips de pury
love conquers all at phillips de pury
the gentle, and extremely soft bearded, waris ahluwalia founder of house of waris
the marvelous aslaug magnusdottir, president of house of waris with james laforce on the left.(next to rem koolhaas, james wins the best lastname of the decade)
fashion photographer karen collins and ceft and company's creative director ucef hanjani with kimberly norcott at house of waris event at phillips de pury
the beautifully exotic diamond encrusted claw-ring by house of waris
display book and inspirations by photographer andrew zuckerman
diamond, gold and onyx earrings by house of waris
last wednesday evening we walked passed the sam haskins show and the new yorker magazines guest-list to enter an intimate showing of house of waris' ss-2010 collection at phillips de pury auction house. the event was an antithesis to the jane hotel fashion week dance-in. this time the gathering was ubber exlusive and the pieces guarded by more security than guests. the location of course added to the aura of waris and his exclusive collection, each piece handmade and magically blessed. waris' signature orange-and-gold tent was set up and champagne was conveniently at hand. by uhserene infinity : photos by Baron George Hoyningen-Huene
you can sense that he had the title 'baron' in the subdued confidence of these compositions by Baron George Hoyningen-Huene. i may take on the title myself. by kl
quote of the day
fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
-oscar wilde
forget recycling: world population growth
it's a topic no one wants to deal with, but we all have to, eventually. recycling, saving whales, forests, carbon foot print, organic, oil, water, jesus, micheal jackson... nothing will help unless this is addressed in some way. Ooouch! by xy
Jaguar XJ6: going from bad to worse
the good, the bad and the ugly. the evolution of the XJ6 in what appears to be from 60's through the 80's. by dd
mysterious for the season : Brigitte Fontaine : tanka 2
beautifully enchanting by avant garde singer bridgette fontaine. by kl
chez cartier
a beautiful sneak at cartier paris headquarters's secret room where designers are coming up with new things. thanks to the great mister terestchenko.
"In a little room next to the workshop itself, there is a library full of books and magazines on botanic and wild life to support the inspiration of the designers.
Some of them are very common publications but handy enough to study the general anatomy of a panther, a giraffe, a turtle etc...
There are also some rare books. First, the project is sculpted in a piece of wax in different variations, sometimes painted to imitate the gems.
After a long process and final approval, the model in wax, turned into precious stones, is simply tucked away in a chocolate box, a Godiva chocolat box to be precise.
by pp' + иван терещенко
my twisted meditation for the day : by hunter s. thompson
Hunter S. Thompson fax excerpts:"Dear Holly,
Okay, you lazy bitch, I'm getting tired of this waterhead fuckaround that you're doing with The Rum Diary.
We are not even spinning our wheels aggresivly. It's like the whole Project got turned over to Zombies who live in cardboard boxes under the Hollywood Freeway... I seem to be the only person who's doing anything about getting this movie Made. I have rounded up Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Brad Pitt, Nick Nolte & a fine screenwriter from England, named Michael Thomas, who is a very smart boy & has so far been a pleasure to talk to & conspire with...
So there's yr. fucking Script & all you have to do now is act like a Professional & Pay him. What the hell do you think Making a Movie is all about? Nobody needs to hear any more of that Gibberish about yr. New Mercedes & yr. Ski Trips & how Hopelessly Broke the Shooting Gallery is.... If you're that fucking Poor you should get out of the Movie Business. It is no place for Amateurs & Dilletants who don't want to do anything but "take lunch" & Waste serious people's Time." …
reading this makes me want to be more like hunter… raw, true, unforgiving. only hunter can pull this off. can you imagine someone receiving a letter like this, today? you can read the full transcript here. by kl
punk attitude: must see film
SUICIDE: better late than never
i've been listening to nothing but 'alan vega' and 'suicide' for the past few days (with gratitude to hd) and i can't help but be so so impressed by their work, 30+ years later. i hear so many future bands in their body of work its quite amazing how influential they were. searching, i found this clip, worth sharing. i think maybe great music can only exist when you have no audience in mind... and even then it can still fail. i suppose that goes for everything that ends up being truly special. by dd
fondly remembering
does anyone recognize this place? if so, i'm sure we've crossed paths in one way or another. i wonder if this rugged hidden beauty is the same or has the glacier melted and the ocean turned purple? by kl
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