Check out these wicked wood pieces:
DATE watch by WeWOOD
LA UNE sunglasses by Waiting for the Sun
Chechen plugs with origami carving by Omerica Organic
Walnut Shellcase for iPad by Vers
Flatpack backpack by The Horse in Motion
by Tara Chang
Why not finish what I started?
Couple months ago I mentioned that Lady Gaga’s first fragrance would smell like blood and semen. Well now I can confirm it!
Lady Gaga has confirmed to Australian radio hosts saying, “I wanted to extract the feeling and the scent of blood and semen from molecular structures, so that’s where that [report] came from.” Gaga goes on to explain, “[Blood and semen] is in the perfume but it doesn’t smell like that-you just get the after feeling of sex from the semen and the blood is primal.”
Now here is where it gets interesting. The “blood” part of her fragrance has actually been taken from her own blood. “It was taken out of my own blood sample so it’s a sense of having me on your skin.” Now it makes sense, anyone can finally have a piece of Gaga with them.
When asked what Gaga thought the fragrance smelled like overall she replied, “the perfume smells like an expensive hooker.” Well where do I sign up for that?
By Salma MoustafaRemember ICQ? that “uh-oh” sound every time a message was received, and then MSN Messenger and MySpace...who would have ever thought that social media would be where it is today. It had started as a means of communication for recreation, and has turned into a necessary part of life in the 21st century.
Due to development of the internet and the increase of social media networks, loved ones are being connected. The terrible earthquake that just recently happened in Japan has separated many families and friends, sending many missing. The U.S. Embassy in Tokyo sent a message to the U.S. citizens in Japan this past Friday, instructing “to continue your efforts to be in contact with your loved one(s) using SMS texting and other social media (e.g., FaceBook, MySpace, Twitter, etc.) that your loved one(s) may use.” As well, the Americans in Japan has been directed to make use of of any other available online services including the Google Person Finder and the Red Cross’s Family Links website in order to make their whereabouts and conditions known.
According to Tweet-o-Meter, less than an hour after the earthquake, the number of tweets from Tokyo topped 1,200 per minute. As well, Facebook created a page to illustrate status updates related to the earthquake. Check out the Facebook stories page for stories of loved ones connecting.
It’s been announced, the first to pose for Louis Vuitton's new Double Exposure campaign is Sam Taylor Wood.
What is the Double Exposure campaign, you may ask...well its a extremely slow process of photographing but captures an essence we’re unable to with todays instant technology. Lauren Milligan of VOGUE tells us “The new imagery project reveals the two sides of a subject's life, photographed using the mercurial collodion process - which requires the sitter to hold a pose for 12 seconds - and filmed with their most personal belongings.”
So why does Sam Taylor Wood get the opportunity to be the first face of the Double Exposure campaign? Well for this process, it is definitely easier to work with someone who has patience.
"I like the difference between this and how speedy everything is today, including the way we take pictures. It's a beautifully slow, arduous and a painstaking process, and I like that," Taylor Wood said of the 19th Century photographic process.
To see a behind the scenes video courtesy of VOUGE TV click here.
The ad campaign was styled by Bay Garnett and photographed by Tom Craig. To see the exclusive pics of the oh-so-old photography process and the special revealing event tonight, check out www.vogue.co.uk tomorrow!
By: Patrick Jason Calara
I cannot believe that I will be graduating soon. No more late nights or doing assignments the night before because I chose to party rather then sit at home and not have a life. But with the finally days of college ending and soon starting a new chapter in my life, as I look back I must say I had quite a few fashion melt downs. Trust me you wouldn’t think a skinny, gay, Asian guy like myself would be wearing baggy jeans, a triple X t-shirts and walking around town thinking I got swag but really I looked like I crapped my pants. Its embarrassing to say but its true! I would have never guessed coming from the city to moving 30 minutes away would make a difference in the way I dressed. With that being said here are my top 5 ghetto-fab trends of Toronto's Far East:
1. The Labels
If the brand has to be by a artist in the Rap/R&B music industry, if its not, then do more reserch!
2.The Baggy Jeans
The bigger, the baggier, the better!
3. The Low Riders
If they weren't past your butt cheeks then you weren't considered "gangsta"!
4. The Airbrush T-Shirt
Everyone has to have a nickname reflecting yourself and end it with the letter Z to sound cool. So if I was skinny would be called BONEZ.
5. The Belt
Just when you thought that the airbrushed T-shirts weren't enough you had to have a matching belt again with the same nickname.
If you thought this was it, trust me it ain't! These are just the basics to fit in.And what I find sad is that kids actually still thing it's so fashionable, even adults wear this in the upper east side (Laugh out loud). Thank God, I don't dress like that now!
By: Patrick Jason Calara
My favourite thing to do, is fall in love with simplicity. Simple beauty, simple style and a simple look go a long way. Minimalism brings out a certain something that other styles of clothing do not. When simple pieces of clothing are put together, there’s just something refreshing about it. A person is not so hidden behind the clothing, after all, the man should make the clothes, and the clothes don’t make the man. It’s all about the way you wear the clothes. A simple camel tone trench coat matched with plain black leather leggings paired with a cream button up shirt, with cute shoes added (of course), is such a simple look but it can really compliment someone, of an shape or size.
by Joseph FabianMany fashionistas worldwide cannot afford wearing designer label clothing because of the price. That’s why a lot of designers collaborate with retailers for a more affordable clothing collection. The recent pairing of designer Matthew Williamson and retailer giant Macy’s aims to rejuvenate and to target younger customers to shop in the said department store.
"The most important thing is finding designers that best represent what the trends are of the moment," Macy's Inc. executive vice president of fashion and new business, Molly Langenstein, told WWD. "This spring, the Seventies prints and colours are strong influences, and Matthew exudes those. He is tremendous at pops of strong colour and he does dynamic prints reminiscent of the Seventies and the disco era."
This is not Williamson’s first time designing clothes for a budget price. He already had collaboration with H&M back in 2009 on a vibrant fast fashion capsule collection. "The collection aims to capture the essence of the mainline brand, with a focus on effortless glamour, dynamic prints, loosely structured silhouettes, and pops of strong colour," says Williamson.
Matthew Williamson’s capsule collection with Macy’s will consist of a 30-piece '70s-inspired bohemian line range that will include evening and daywear and that will feature embellished dresses, playsuits, blouses, leather jackets and printed scarves. Prices start at $50 to $300.
As we all know, Macy’s has collaborated with well-known designers from the past such as Kinder Aggugini. Keep an eye out for the next big name in the Macy’s collaboration line, Chanel designer, Karl Lagerfeld.
Williamson’s collection will launch on April 13 in 225 stores and on Macys.com.
by Tara Chang
The Daily Mail has reported that Al-Qaeda has launched a glossy magazine called Al-Shamikha meaning The Majestic Woman that “mixes beauty and fashion tips with advice on suicide bombings.”
The 31-page cosmo dubbed ‘Jihab Cosmo’ reportedly contains interviews with martyrs’ wives, advice for single ladies on ‘marrying a mujahideen’ and a beauty column that instructs women to stay indoors with their faces covered to keep a clear complexion.
The editorial explains that the goal of the magazine is to educate women about their religion and their role. It says “Because women constitute half of the population–and one might even say that they are the population since they give birth to the next generation–the enemies of Islam are bent on preventing the Muslim woman from knowing the truth about her religion and her role, since they know all too well what would happen if women entered the field of jihad…The nation of Islam needs women who know the truth about their religion and about the battle and its dimensions and know what is expected of them.”
The magazine is being distributed online by Al-Qaeda media.
Photo courtesy of The Daily Mail UK
By Salma Moustafa
by Tara ChangYou may know Kelly as Whitney Ports mentor and employer at People’s Revolution on the reality show The City but it seems Kelly Cutrone has been bit by the designing bug.
Kelly Cutrone of PR company People’s Revolution has teamed up with fashion investor Chris Burch to launch their new clothing line, The Electric Love Army. The new collection will be a combination of “sexy, fun and affordable” pieces for young women. The price will range from $30 - $300 and appeal to the socially conscious woman. The Electric Love Army has been inspired by women such as Joan Jett, Cher, Katy Perry and Debbie Harry.
It makes sense that Cutrone would start designing her own line, after all, she does have many years of experience branding and marketing for big named brands such as Longchamp, Vivienne Westwood and Jeremy Scott. With Kelly’s experience and notoriety, you can guarantee the launch will get better press coverage than most clothing launches.
Stay tuned, The Electric Love Army will be launching next year.
Even though spring is approaching Karl Lagerfeld sent an autumn chill through the Grand Palais, during his fall-winter collection show. It was a deliberate contrast to the spring-summer colors that have been gracing the runways throughout fashion week. The collection was shown among huge lumps of coal, crushed slack and mammoth bursts of steam. Lagerfeld sent darker, looser looks down a wooden boardwalk the length of a venue carpeted with volcanic dust.
The collection was very dark and dramatic with a hint of masculinity. The show opened with a glittering black cape over a red Chanel cardigan, followed by looks built around skinny distressed jeans or loose trousers with checkered cuffs. Most of the bags were of the chain-strapped flap variety. The models wore kitten heels and doc marten boots instead of previous season’s sky-high footwear. This new Chanel silhouette is predicted to appeal to a younger audience.
The clothes were, within the context of Paris fashion week, practical, almost anti-frivolous. Karl Lagerfeld stated, "I felt there had been far too much color around, for several seasons. But look around, most of us dress in black. Huh?" and claimed, “It's not black, it's the new gray, with a new anthracite”. Leave it to Lagerfeld to make gloom appear chic.
By Salma Moustafa
by: Joseph Fabian
The nephew of Ralph Lauren and an actor of The Young and the Restless, Greg Lauren has just launched his first collection “Ironic Military” for men and women. The 41-year-old artist turned designer hardly set out to capitalize on the family name. The clothing collection explores themes of identity and iconography. His design is an extension and a modern evolution of Lauren’s paintings and paper sculptures. Lauren’s 2010 exhibition that he presented in New York City and Los Angeles titled “Alteration,” he learned to sew cutting life-size tuxedos and three-piece suits out of paper which the construction of iconic menswear garment explored heroic imagery.
Greg Lauren is recorded as saying in a recent interview, "I grew up learning about the most beautiful, classic pieces of clothing, and appreciating the iconic people that wore them... Clothing is the way people express themselves."
From the pieces out of vintage duffel bags and army tent from World War II, Greg Lauren created some of the pieces from his collection such as a canvas tuxedo jacket with a crushed silk lapel and the testosterone-heavy military jacket tie with ribbons at the wrist. Other clothing styles include blazers, tuxedo jackets and field jackets, in both men’s and women’s silhouettes. His clothing may appear faded and distressed, but rest assured this worn/washed-out look is deliberate and sophisticated.
As the collection relies on vintage styles and fabrics, everything is hand-sewn by Lauren and a group of artisan sewers he is assembled in his Los Angeles studio-turned-production facility.
“Every single piece goes through my hands at some point. I want the fingerprint of a human being on the clothing. It’s exhausting, but we’re having a blast doing it,” said Lauren. Which can be shown with the high-end prices range from $1,875 for a jacket made from old Army tents to $3,125 for a washed and destroyed cashmere tuxedo jacket with silk lapels.
Being a nephew of Ralph Lauren, he has inherited his uncle’s talent with the fashion industry. However, Greg Lauren has a distinct design and ideas of his artwork that differentiate from his uncle.
The rumour mill is in overdrive and the twittersphere is aflutter with word that Givenchy creative director Riccardo Tisci is heading to the House of Dior.
Harper’s Bazaar and Style.com editor-at-large Derek Blasberg tweeted this late Tuesday night: “I was just told backstage at the @KatyPerry concert (of all places!) that Riccardo Tisci is CONFIRMED at Dior. I leave #PFW for a second...”
Tisci and Dior have yet to come out with an official comment. The French fashion house has been looking for a new creative director since it gave John Galliano the boot last week after scandal erupted involving anti-semitic slurs and an internet video.
The latest news come midway through Paris Fashion Week. It has editors, bloggers, and fashion lovers weighing, with mixed reviews, all over the internet. I’ve been a huge fan of Tisci’s since the Italian designer took over at Givenchy in 2005, except for this season. His stunning Japanese robot-inspired couture collection couldn’t make up for the eyesores seen at Givency’s men’s and women’s ready-to-wear collections. Rottweiler and panther prints? Seriously!?
If the rumour is true, I’m excited to see what comes out of the House of Dior... as long as Tisci keeps the animals out of it.
Here are some shots of Tisci's offerings at Givenchy this season (courtesy Style.com):
Givenchy Ready-to-wear Fall 2011
