Wednesday 29 December 2010

hiroshima min alskade

Hiroshima Mon Amour movie poster

kawakubo+yamamoto

imamekashi---futuristic, up to date---the highest compliment in han dynasty japan, where out of date color kimono, would be ridiculed

iki is elegant chic
fujoshi is girl otaku, nerd, lit. house
fujoshi might work as butler in the butler cafe
must book appointment
butler greets: welcome home, princess

erokawaii i s erotic cute

karasuzoku are the girls who wore black in the late 70s in the style of yamamoto and kawakubo.
i didnt know they were a couple how cool!!!!

they are my favorites plus issey miyaki and junya watanabe

tao for comme des garcons show with handwritten "be inspired always" around the eyes---almost like drown on eyelashes

here is from the same show


what helped was to read the social commentary on what this fashion means.

and then to understand this unnamed fashion that i think of as this mod yamamoto effect, with gareth pugh lingering.
i was thinking: what is the name for this look that i prize . . . back turkish pants, punk hair, flowing scarves, baggy everything . . . sculptural . . . glasses, nerdy and modern and eighties
these cute boys, who are in LA, they are in london, they are creating this androgynous, flowy, all black wonderful thing.
and the flat yamamoto oxford shoes have finally come mainstream the flast few years.
such that heals look very un-imamekashi to me
except wedges, i admit  . . .


the cultural significance of black and assymetrical coverings, which hid the form, was said to be a rejection of the constant objectification of female flesh. that a return to cover, was about a powerful woman, who did not need to exploit herself, or expose herself constantly.

my friend caleb one day said my style looked very issey miyaki.

love too then the large scultptural elements---such that fashion might distort the form, and take it to a place of mystery and the opposite of nature

junya watanabe for comme des garcons

Junya Watanabe Commes des Garcons mou
rei kawakubo
Comme des Garcons : Rei Kawakubo

very happily absorbed in a book at the tate modern bookstore on japan fashion
very inspiring
yamamoto said the samurai spirit is black
the samarai must be willing to throw himself into the nothingness
and that color bores him in a few minutes.

rei kawakubo said that she is over the last ten years, liking black more than ever.

plus so happy: limi feu
interesting the talk of zen and wabi sabi
japan aesthetics
in praise of shadows
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Praise_of_Shadows

Sunday 26 December 2010

gorgeous stockholm airport fashionista

working for acne, on the way to hamburg
he said
"i went to berlin for a weekend and stayed ten years"
gorgeous

Friday 3 December 2010

dubai style

i saw the most beautiful gown today

i am going to have to go to the united arab emirates to get it


it was amazing
hiba

Tuesday 9 November 2010

corsetry and support systems, metallics


i am only here if i am feeling blue . . .
looking at purple.fr
http://www.purple.fr/fashion.php?i=1
yay for juergen teller




bjork spaghetti nero-juergen teller

oh and this how i loved this one too!

love the purple.fr slideshows . . .

keeping everything black and functional and victorian . . .

excited about virtually nothing, not even fashion . . .
except i can't imagine life without my black trenches . . .

ponder anna wintour's fur . . . electrocution aura . . .

and here in oregon function triumphs over form, except that many women have something very dollish .. . going

and i love the boys in their anarchist black . . . a classic northwest punk minimalism that contains thin little black canvas shoes, and really basically nothing.
a t-shirt. black jeans.
oh and the oxford shoes.
the flatness and thin-ness of little black shoes, booties.
and thin-ness.  all the cycling and hiking and well, veganism keeps the look so gaunt.
hanging on to the turkish pants too . . .
sad about the factory riots at H&M's plant in indonesia and the police violence . . .
hope to lose more and more and dematerialize into thin air . . .

and wearing silver jewelry agin as a codex against anorexia and depression.  something about the beauty of it reinstalls some kind of meaning or grace.
silver conducts light and energy, inspires . . .
and i must admit it is depressing that a material shine could give a spiritual renewal.  but i think of it as a feng shui of energy.
that as my life force wanes, metal's conductivity conducts energy and becomes like armor.  strengthening my hungry blood.
and since very early october, i have a vision of a metal corset as a coil . . . of silver . . . something like frida khalo's backbrace
as if that could protect my heart from the things it feels and does not feel . . .
and hold me up aright until a moment when i might sit up without support in a coil of sound.

Thursday 28 October 2010

voice of the people

purple mag worth noting i guess?
when the fifty dollar mag makes you sure how hip and rich you are and it involves very little actual clothing . . .

which after a glance at fashion.net recently i realize a lot of fashion tycoonery is based on tasteful soft-porn, or ironic and elegant nakedness.

it doesn't bother me especially, so jaded i am by dov charney's plastering of los angeles with underage nakedness for so many years.   but in a tasteful or witty context . . .  and then i wonder of the future, is male beauty as universal?  who will exploit men to the degree they might be lovely nackt?
http://www.purple.fr/fashion.php?i=1

what in the future of the cult of men?  in the future men will be worshipped as gods of beauty, in ways beyone the posturing of the GQ's.  it will be yoji yamamoto and viktor and rolf forever . . . and gareth pugh . . .


i fell in love with olivier zham after one sight of a new york mag pic of him, what a genius!  and then stig harder knew of him.
james oscar said the first edition of purple was shot in his new york apartment.

morte macabre
quiet drops


i love olivier zham's proclaiming himself irrelevant to the future of bloggers . . . too old for point of view . . .
bloggers . . . .
to kill them all!

i care for nothing fashion-wise lately besides worshipping saggy heroin chic and kate moss, and envying hijab and black trenches and leggings and over size tank tops and oversize black t-shirts.

when would a  prada budget come????

and that olivier positions purple as the upscale vice, the upscale charney salaciousness, the voice of the eurobourgeois, and keeps true to juergen teller's laconic poloaroid minimalism.  the kitsch holds force.
i don't know anything about fashion, except i go to it when i am sad and empty and superficial and trying to reconnect with the material world to which i feel disconnected.

existential and hungry
narcissistic and disconnected
better than dead

Sunday 17 October 2010

men who hate women

maybe dov charney should read or see men who hate women (man som hatar qvinnor)
stieg larsson viva

eh and how about gothic cyborg girls?

Thursday 7 October 2010

death from the seventh seal/ dov charney=bulimia

so utterly nauseated by the dov charney story.

"American Apparel is a sexually charged workplace where employees of both genders deal with sexual conduct, speech and images as part of their jobs," Charney's lawyers said in court documents.

at least all my creepy bosses wore clothes!!!!
http://server.finklawfirm.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=71&Itemid=57

if one weren't too shy to leave the house yet, this might make one.  so glad the american apparel empire tumbles

oh but the behemoth is saved from bankruptcy for a while
http://www.stylelist.com/2010/10/05/american-apparel-saved-bankruptcy/

yay for credit!

the anti-sweatshop stance only goes so far when you operate your business like your retailers are sex workers . . .  hurling disgusting epithets at them  . . .

reminding me of the days when my mother explained the ironies of the benneton marketing campaign and asian sweatshop exploitation mixed with high price multi-cultural-marketing embracing clothes
http://www.theearthcenter.com/templates/firefly/archives/ffarchivessweatshops1.html

death says:  dov, you are an idiot and an embarrassment to the fashion industry!  get dressed!


Sunday 26 September 2010

in police brutality land here in portland, oregon, no look is complete without a little black panther


as portland police have murdered several young black men this 2010, look good when they kill you with this nice logo!
sported by felix haynes
felix da boss
documentarian


it's okay to be agorophobic when the marketplace is full of white racist murderers!
copenhagen
climate conference
free humanity
brutality

Saturday 25 September 2010

venus serenades moods of norway's gorgeous stefan dahlqvist in his pink suit


this is about the flirty gorgeous boys of moods of norway and their gorgeous suits, manners, blogs, girlfriends . .  .
if you are addicted to their good vibes check out their amazing 
they are so funny and wonderful
and kudos to their amazing website.

wing-guys alert:  clean up your lads and put them in a moods look!!!!!  give them a cute accent!!!  make them ride a gold tractor!!!!!
adorable rocked out kawaii website too!!!!

marketing director once overheard my chatter, exclaiming brilliant!  i was in the girls room where lots of important conversations happen!!!!

sorting out my adornment made me late for the party . . . but so many sweet suits on the sunset were surely worth it . . .


jazzy 

for moods of norway 
and stefan dahlkvist and meaghan
-joni mitchell style with barry goldberg and nick maybury-

based on the joni and mclaughlin in vikki mordoch's car the night before
nicky spoke of mclauglin's lotus sutra solos
he would be the one to know. nicky that is.
lyrics:

c'est ne pas normal
~~~~~
this might be from a band called venus in nicky's planets---
the music is supposed to sound like strawberry ice cream and butterflies~~~~~
a said to him
you better figure it out
a man with a pink suit
moods of norway song
for stefan dahlkvist

leo in disguise
scorpio's got a moon in sag so he's got a certain kind of style
sagittarius
recession 
keep us from dying
aye aye

ooooo
a certain pink suited man
ordered table service at the roxy (at the darlings show in april)
moods of norway suit
doing what he can 
for the price of oil in norway
meaghan is a natural
meaghan did(n't) understand
a poem about brocade (about josh nyback)

meaghan did(n't) understand
an unfortunate proposition

Saturday 18 September 2010

audrey napoleon





get out of the house facebookers!


sam dewey, eli meschures from "stay skinny LA", tattered jackets, monarchy, varvatos swag, air conditioned smogosphere, theosophy!!!!

no more confetti to throw:
"now you've had your fun under an airconditioned sun
love is a poverty you couldn't sell!"
stay skinny LA is super sag eli's fashion company that made shirts for the coachella.  with a retro appreciation for tobacco the logo uses a cigarette in the LA logo. eli meschures shows off his tattoo/brand logo.  the shirts sold fast.  we talked about recession renegades and silk screen double C's and turkish pants.  his haircut would look good with some turkish pants.
i want sam dewey to catch my main mate gareth pugh, the coolest fashion designer this side of viktor and rolf, and then also my yamamoto/limi feu/rei kawakubo/issey miyaki harujuku inspirations . . .
trouble is the smog is so thick in LA i feel half sick if i'm not in an airconditioned tent

gorgeous sam dewey is going to the fashion school downtown

pretties at the roosavelt.  i loved the fellow's deep cut black tank.  fearless . . .
we were recovering from the thom yorke nirvana moments

getting ready for the darling stillettos at the viper sept 17 2010
 look at nick maybury in his new varvatos boots from the cbgbs party september 11th and his monarchy jacket from the perry farrell scene.  swag rules the lives of the artists.  notice the AIR poster in the background!!!!! bonus points for rock and roll dandies!!!! darkle, beck!  moods people!
donovan was at the NYC party!  i'm freaked  . . .

the theosophy lodge is on vista del mar and it was where jimi hendrix's dealer lived, not the actual jimi.  i spoke there with the lovely ladies and told them of this gorgeous sebastian basso and his planetary art.  here he is holding a piece i gave to terra pasternak:


krotona colony on 2130 vista del mar 

my alisterz.com friends used to live here.  it was their fault i turned into a compulsive blogger!!!! kisses sam, justice, janine!

i was talking to this cool boutique owner at 1616 cahuenga.  it was so rock and roll and the bulletproof radiohead was blasting.  and then starbucks was blasting radiohead too.  thursday night  i was trying to take a picture of this rad guy's stitched jacket.  when thom yorke walked into the frame at the roosavelt where he was djing.  i'm still not over it.  and the picture means the world to me, he walked into the frame like the song "you fell into my arms" except it was just a shot.  and he was getting paparazzied and i wanted to respect it and leave the camera off his beautiful aura! but damage is done. i love the pic and the interchange.  what a hero.


sam dewey shows off her tattoo, a smoke inhalation paradox, that reminds me of a snake eating its own tail. with the sublime victoria mordoch.

Friday 17 September 2010

moods of norway


photo by alex kluft
stylist nick maybury
jacket moods of noway
pants h&m of sweden!
lesportsac-ed like a tourist

oh my gosh cool enough for my own fashion blog!!!!!

Monday 6 September 2010

olivier zham of purple: of bloggers



at the chanel ice show, zham said there will be no change for the environment without a change in the economics.
socialism?
http://www.style.com/video/fashion-shows-by-season/fall-2010-rtw/66311606001/chanel-fall-2010-rtw/71216989001

so pundity he is!  and so good to grasp the postpurple worlds

karl lagerfield for chanel dreams eco-theatre


pardon the fur motif

i love the hair and the medievalisms

and karl looks so saintly.   i love the ties on the women.   they look like dandy karl.    i think he really cares.  it came to him in a dream.   the earth melting.  so sci-fi mod.  and the sinister expressions of all the models.  they look so death in the seventh seal.
music: simple minds: themes for great cities

of torture, or torturing women, there was this
viktor & rolf

Tuesday 17 August 2010

vogue italia oil spill fashion by steven meisel


Vogue Italia - Water and Oil - 1

Vogue Italia - Water and Oil - 2
Vogue Italia - Water and Oil - 3
Vogue Italia - Water and Oil - 4
Vogue Italia - Water and Oil - 5


i wonder who will do the blood splattered electrocutions at the fur farm shoot or the killing floor at the slaughterhouse shoot.  it's time.
i think the oil spill fashion is the beginning and end.
this blog was born as the oil rocked the earth, born in sorrow& anguish.

Monday 9 August 2010

Friday 6 August 2010

anna wintour

almost in tears over the september issue. more later. it's beautiful. i never saw the devil wears prada, but got the feeling it would be the zoolander meets gossip girl meets sex in the city. but maybe i should see it.

with grace coddington


the galliano in the september issue was sublime. and the beautiful ladytron.
i go to fashion when i am very sad.

and so was working in beverly hills . . . daily a pilgrimage to a blood diamond paradise . . for the true nihilists . . .
so much talk of fur though, it is so sad. despite that darkness that is so heavy, i can never imagine surrounding my body with so much blood and pain!
i envy them their callous brutality.
i'd rather die.
maybe they'd make a coat of me.

to be so narcissistic as so to think.

it makes me think of stig harder of fashion.net. i have to write about him sometime. he was fascinating.

Saturday 31 July 2010

prada fairies

remember prada summer 2008 fairy land flowers and the vine petal flowering shoes


roses

Thursday 15 July 2010

gareth pugh sculpture 08 cube heads!

trashicist

IMG_2134
i love her, think of her often, her medievalisms, occult studies, wedge shoes.
she is getting tons of work and attention and has a suitably jaded attitude about blogging. gareth pugh lover. victoriana.

christian_41
http://obsessivewardrobechangedisorder.blogspot.com/2010/01/i-close-my-eyes-and-i-drift-away-into.html

Wednesday 14 July 2010

lagerfield gold lion+BP oil mashup+DJ audrey napoleon

it seems other people are freaking out about the amazing soundtrack too
knight moves
chilly gonzales
gorgeous music!

or try the nicely filmed censored music version!



lovely piano overdub so original music is missing.
and try it with a very nice soundtrack to hide the actual soundtrack for gnarly copyright-freak blockers!!!
sad but concentrate on how quiet and elegant----

today made a song about how the karl lagerfield gold lion has a similar magnetic pull and a parallelism with the BP oil spill.

as i was singing i thought of how they are like two poles of the globe, paris, the grand palais with the magnificent grandiose lion, and the gulf of mexico, with all its amazing symbolism, the earth vomiting noxious hatred for our irresponsible custodianship of the earth and everything is drenched in the blood of chevron's nigeria oil war, the iraq oil wars, the ptsd of soldiers, the torched houses, the gassed civilians, white phosphorus.

the world cries for the oil and the earth, but what about the human beings plowed under the earth for this oil-blood-greed?
vampires, all . . .


this blog was born a few days from the spill. i think there was a tremor in the earth---of fear, indignation, outrage, solitude, terror . . .


and hey you know who is gorgeous is audrey napoleon who spins Avalon in hollywood!

tech stuff! robot talk! high neck t-shirts! she has great fashion! and she was so nice when i told her . . .

Sunday 11 July 2010

a slow journey through cancer to leo

seriously. not that i ever cared too much for chanel. new york times is all over this amazing lion---chanel was leo---and i am sick for this cheesy piano +disco soundtrack at the end---check the gorgeous architecture of the grand palais
and the remake of pseudo couture seventies---and the gold and shimmer

the crimson is grand

the lion appeared in a dream . . .
NYT is anxious to point out how lovely that "new media" will have the word out fast! oh yes we will! how lovely!! karl is the ultimat primate, with so many lovely ladies.
the artist coordinated 50 sculptors to craft the pieces of the lion on a steel frame. the lion surely beats the tour d'eiffel, but i worry it has been disassembled already?????
what is the golden lion's fate?
who made that cute music?

yohji yamamoto at barney's window los angeles


yohji swings the gothic cardinal look.  with all my black scarves lately i was going for a cross between a francis bacon painting, death from the seventh seal, and this cassock concept, or the sleeping beauty witch, my ultimate fashion heroine.

 check thisRoman Style Cassock
Ministerial Robe - Black Cassocki love the drapey effect!!!


today thinking more like gothic fey pixie.  oh and limi feu, salut! and rei kawakubo


and check this her protege junya the hair looks like a remedios varo painting or like the recent dior
  Junya Watanabe 


la llamada
Remedios Varo (1961)”La Llamada” Óleo sobre masonite

dior heaven (i get it the girls are flowers hence the cellophane headress)--this made it in to my collage book too---exciting---and heart surrealism and dada forever

Christian Dior Couture Fall 2010

lion at the chanel show

thrilling new man-lion is going into my elaborate new two-sided collage with motifs from a book from japan as francophilic and with lots of glass and turquoise, and lots of hokusai and the horrors and glam makeup and herbs and petals


chanel 09 fall

amazing lagerfield talks about a certain discipline in response to a question over the ecclesiastical tone---i love the severity of the high neckline and the low V-necklines (see fall 09 prada!) and the crisp monochrome---also the deadly bright orange hair

Thursday 8 July 2010

Monday 5 July 2010

rick owen

james oscar explained i would like rick owen. so late i am but yes.
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/06/25/t-magazine/1247468126713/now-screening-rick-owens.html

not even everything but yes, overall

Friday 2 July 2010

inferno: strindberg, bergman red book: jung

thinking of august strindberg, for whatever reason, the scorpio full moon that was, alchemy, an inferno, strindberg and helium, and the mysitcism of the nick maybury aura reminding me of occult things in shadows

Henrik Ibsen kept a portrait of the younger writer above his desk, and is said to have remarked, "I cannot write a line without that madman standing and staring down at me with those mad eyes."


to read inferno again . . .
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/29935/29935-h/29935-h.htm
maybe in swedish why not?


and of carl jung (the artist and poet)