Archive for January, 2009

 

Gentlemen, For the Win

January 31st, 2009

Not too long ago, the runway images for this year’s collections starting pouring into my inbox, and quite frankly, I hated everything.  Every men’s line that I saw reminded me of all the things one should never wear.  It was as if the designers were trying to just reach so far out there, and not [...]

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Mysterons

January 31st, 2009

I have no idea what this is, or where it came from, but I know that I LOVE it. Edited to add:   Our lovely readers and one lovely writer have let me know that this ensemble is none other than Rick Owens.  There’s leettle tiny text up in that top right corner, but my [...]

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Medieval Times

January 30th, 2009

This entire entry probably has to do with sitting around the house too much reading the boyfriend’s S.M Stirling collection, or maybe it’s just Beyonce’s armored glove, but it seems to me that I’m seeing a lot of King Arthur’s influence in fashion lately.  Although it hasn’t gone as medieval on us all as it [...]

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Street of Crocodiles

January 30th, 2009

  The Brothers Quay have been around since the early 80′s, and for some reason, most people have no idea who they are.  Start your education with their Phantom Museums Collection, a two disk set that covers nearly 30 years of their career as stop animators.   No, they did not make those Tool videos.

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Coppelia Pique’s Lace Stilettos to End the World

January 30th, 2009

I love Andy Julia. This French photographer’s images are dreamy, soft and painfully sexy. It’s no surprise we put one of his beautiful images on Coilhouse Magazine‘s premiere issue and included an editorial of his early work. He continues to steal my breath with his website’s gallery updates and today Nadya Lev showed me something [...]

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