culture theft

MY INDULGENCE FOR THE DAY - +J SPRING IS IN STORE TODAY

2011-03-23T19:56:00.002-04:00

Jil Sander has always been a favourite...although I respect the work that Raf Simons now does with her namesake line, I am always happy to see her work at Uniqlo....+J spring 2011 comes is in stores today.

IN MEMORY OF

2011-03-23T19:40:00.001-04:00

this was the first time I fell for Elizabeth Taylor

FORGET PRADA BROGUES FOR SPRING...I'M ORDERING T + F

2011-03-23T19:33:00.004-04:00

Love this modern take on classics...so many great colour combinations and you can custom order

MY NEW LAMP? BY MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA

2011-03-19T18:33:00.001-04:00

WHEN IN NYC

2011-03-19T17:48:00.002-04:00

This espresso bar to be located near Grand Central Station in New York was designed by New York studio Nemaworkshop to resemble a library turned on its side.

HERMES RIVE GAUCHE

2011-03-19T17:24:00.002-04:00

WHY I LOVE AESOP SO MUCH.

2011-03-19T17:17:00.002-04:00

DISSECTING DANDIES

2011-03-19T17:03:00.002-04:00

Swedish design studio Form Us With Love have completed the interior for an exhibition celebrating dapper gentlemen at Nordiska Museet in Stockholm, Sweden.

WHEN WILL THE LAMBS STOP CRYING?

2011-03-02T23:39:00.004-05:00

Anyone who has read my blog before knows that I am sucker for paper...some magazines I buy just due to the paper smell they emit (Man about Town)...the paper sheep have invaded times square....I want one as a pet.

Counting Sheep sculptures by Kyu Seok Oh

I'M OVER OVERPRICED DENIM

2011-03-02T23:02:00.004-05:00

It seems everyone and their mom (and dad and housekeeper and busdriver and...) wears jeans that retail for over 300$...and often owning many pairs of them - they don't last any longer and the cut is no better. I'm often stopped by people and asked where I got my great skinny jeans and they all expect answers like APC or HELMUT LANG or ...but my tops favs are

UNIQLO S001 skinny selvidge denim

LEVIS 511 filiforme - classic

or an old standby H&M DRAIN the skinniest of the 3

FAV NYC SPOTS

2011-03-02T22:49:00.005-05:00

Some of my favourite NYC stores.

ATELIER

ODIN

IF

ALTER

PICS FROM MY FLAT

2011-03-02T22:45:00.002-05:00

My bedside table

WESTWOOD WALLPAPER

2011-03-02T22:39:00.006-05:00

I've always lived in flats with a very minimalist/early 20th century design aesthetic ...but thinking it's time for something a little more traditional...well not that traditional...some vivienne wallpaper perhaps.

BESPOKEN

2011-03-02T22:37:00.002-05:00

www.bespokenclothiers.com

MANY MORE REASONS TO LOVE OPENING CEREMONY

2011-02-17T20:48:00.003-05:00

would this be weird in my library?

Opening Ceremony Lego room LA

TOTING MY NEW TOTE

2011-02-16T00:03:00.003-05:00

Although Prada recently brought back camouflage - LLBean has done it better for years...

FIRST SIGNS OF SPRING

2011-02-15T23:59:00.003-05:00

I would love to say that wearing my Hunters is a first sign of spring for me - but to be honest I love them so much I wear them all winter...may be time for new ones - 7 years old and beginning to crack

THEFT OR NEW TWIST

2011-02-15T23:48:00.002-05:00

THE ORIGINAL?

THE NEW TWIST?

WINTER NIGHTS IN A SNOWGLOBE

2011-02-15T23:36:00.003-05:00

Too bad my winter nights aren't filled with Bulgari (NYC 2010)

IN MY BATHROOM _ LANVIN LOVE

2011-02-15T23:30:00.005-05:00

MY BATHROOM 2011

Lanvin never made these prints but they did make a series of Christmas Cards featuring Alber Elbaz sketches...I bought multiple sets of the cards and framed them for my closet friends for Christmas in 2009 - sharing the Lanvin Love.

LANVIN NYC 2010

ALL THINGS AMERICANA _ MORE FROM NYC

2011-02-15T20:36:00.004-05:00

All things Americana permeated many locations in NYC - from Woolrich to Gant to Old bottles and blocks of wood...made me want to put on my buffalo plaid flannel shirt, some hunters and go chop some wood...actually it just made me shop more....

COOLHUNTING

2011-02-15T20:28:00.002-05:00

WHERE I WANT TO BUY MY FRAGRANCES:

GREAT USE OF PEGBOARDS IN MODULAR STORE DESIGN

EMPIRE STATE OF MIND MADE OF PAPER

2011-02-15T20:20:00.004-05:00

Finally got around to updating my blog with pics from my week in NYC for NADI...paper, paper,paper everywhere....from Chelsea Market to Bergdorfs

Paper outfits were featured on Pucci mannequins for one of their industry soirees...the detail was beautiful

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Every blog focused on the beautiful Bergdorfs women's windows for Holiday but the men's windows feautured carefully crafted animals completely made out of paper - simply beautiful

IT'S JUST A LITTLE CRUSH

2010-04-13T00:47:00.003-04:00

I recently stumbled upon Crush fanzine....created by a french based photographer and an american based creative director, these pages are filled with exquisite photos and styling sure to satisfy any-ones craving...

http://www.crushfanzine.com/Site/issues.html

IF YOU DON'T KNOW THESE GUYS...YOU SHOULD

2010-04-13T00:21:00.005-04:00

chandelier creative has been creating great ads and events for years...from groundbreaking campaigns like FUCK THE RECESSION that used (without permission) Jackie Collins as it's spokesmodel

to planning events for fashion week....

....makes me want a gold picnic table

and even clever ads for club monaco (who knew club could still be clever?)

LET THE COVETING CONTINUE

2010-04-12T23:52:00.000-04:00

ONE MORE REASON YOU SHOULD BE READING MONOCLE

2010-04-12T23:08:00.005-04:00

There are many reasons to be reading Tyler Brule's brainchild MONOCLE magazine...so many in fact, that I won't bother listing any of them and besides if you knew better you would already be reading it.... monocle has teamed up with CDG for a fragrance (yes, the world needs more CDG it seems)...the scent is subtle yet recognizable - I can almost promise no other man around you will smell this good - if they do, befriend them...it will be worth it

NUF SAID

2010-04-12T23:07:00.001-04:00

hedi continues to impress....

YES, NORMALLY I ONLY EVER BUY BLACK

2010-04-12T22:50:00.005-04:00

Anyone who knows me (or rather, knows me but not that well) knows that I only ever buy black...but here is one of the (many)exceptions...and for only $3200 I'm sure you wanted it too

available from partners + spade - one of my favourite nyc art spaces...check out their relaunched website.

DECONSTRUCTING MCQUEEN

2010-02-11T19:03:00.001-05:00

ANGELIC KATE

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SPLATTERED SHALOM

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LONG LIVE MCQUEEN

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LANVIN LOVE (windows)

2010-02-10T22:58:00.001-05:00

FASHION FILM NOIR

2010-02-10T22:32:00.003-05:00

Mareunrol Detective

this is an amazing take on 50s film noir with a fashion twist. It was created by Latvian designer Mareunrol.

ONE MAN'S TRASH IS MARC JACOBS TREASURE

2010-02-10T22:21:00.002-05:00

well, well, well, well, well (yes, that many) look who just took hobo chic to a whole new level. Marc Jacobs, the master at mixing street fashion with high fashion has just introduced the raindrop besace (retail 1960$, and no I didn't mean to write $19.60)... so may mock it but they probably love Coach.

FOR THE LOVE OF CARDBOARD

2010-02-10T22:04:00.005-05:00

for the past couple of years I have developed a strange love for cardboard....maybe it is due to the proliferation of the use of cardboard in pop-up shops...or maybe it's reminds me of my art school days when one had to be creative (ie cheap) with materials....here is an example of cardboard being used for a store interior(permanent)....by burnt toast design...and the cardboard dog may just be the perfect pet

NOCLEVERTITLE

2010-02-10T21:54:00.002-05:00

D3 contest winner (remi bouhaniche) for young designers at IMM Cologne 2010

LOOKING LIKE YOU'RE GETTING IT ON THE REGULAR

2010-02-10T18:15:00.006-05:00

commonwealth utilities is a recently launched mens' wear line by Richard Christensen and Anthony Keegan...past shows have received rave reviews for their champagne and oreo approach to mens' fashion... definitely check out their website for videos of the collection and 'men we love'....the line is carried by Holt Renfrew in Toronto and SAKS in NYC

Christiansen was mentored by Oliverio Toscani at his Fabrica art and design school (Toscani is the man behind all the controversial united colors of benetton ads)....Christiansen is also well known for his FUCK the recession campaign

THIS IS RAD

2010-02-10T18:06:00.001-05:00

you can now shop rad by rad hourani online

TAKING YOU FRONT ROW TO NY FASHION WEEK

2010-02-10T17:46:00.006-05:00

after all the hubbub of paris fashion week going live online, new york is following suit....many shows will be streaming online but here are a few not to be missed :

· Alexander Wang: 5pm on Saturday, February 13 on showstudio

· Marc Jacobs: 8pm on Monday, February 15 on MarcJacobs.com

· Rodarte: 12pm on Tuesday, February 16 on SHOWStudio

H&M THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS?

2010-02-10T17:24:00.010-05:00

Somewhere between IKEA and Alice and Wonderland we find H&M's new home showroom....the installations were designed by UXUS as a way to promote the new line.

CINDY AND GAGA MAKE MAGIC FOR MAC

2010-02-10T16:32:00.004-05:00

MAC AIDS fund/viva glam have announced their new spokesmodel(s) for 2010...lady gaga and cyndi lauper... a match that is sure to create buzz when the campaign is released

PILFERING FROM THE PAST FOR THE PRESENT

2010-02-10T16:03:00.005-05:00

during poor economic times in the not-so-distant past designers would create miniatures of their collections instead of full size garments...artist andrew yang has created miniatures of some of the significant collections of spring 2010...reproducing intricate details of the designers collections

comme des garcons

chanel

proenza schuler

ann demeulemeester and givenchy

lanvin

SIZE STILL MATTERS

2010-02-10T02:56:00.005-05:00

V magazine's latest is called the size issue - where they set themselves the goal of showing models of a variety of sizes (stolen idea from an up-and-coming designer's runway show) but there is a hitch - we get to see many women of many different sizes (0-16) but all the men are shirtless with ripped abs...has the pendulum finally swung the other way -

VIVA LA REVOLUCION

2010-02-10T02:52:00.002-05:00

I am not going to tell you that military is huge for spring because that shouldn't matter - an army jacket is as classic as a black leather jacket or a dark denim jacket...you should own already if you don't..and no need to go all high -fashion - hit a vintage store or APC - you want it to look authentic

HELMUT LANG x LOUIS VUITTON

2010-02-10T02:28:00.003-05:00

re-found this when I was going through some old tears - LV stealing from HL stealing from Grand Master Flash...doin' it, doin' it, doin' it well

DO WE NEED MORE PUFFA?

2010-02-10T01:26:00.000-05:00

as you will soon discover I love all things CDG (comme des garcons)...CDG has collaborated with everyone who is anyone and they show no sign of stopping (mostly because it is a huge commercial success for anyone who teams with CGD). This time around CDG and MONCLER are teaming up to introduce CDG MONCLER 365...I'm just hoping it includes more than the puffa jackets

COIF

2010-02-10T01:05:00.000-05:00

Many people asked me where I got my inspiration for my hair...including Barb Atkins HR fashion director (she wondered how I had the same hair as all the models in milan before anyone knew about it)..it's simple - culture theft....this was published in w magazine months before Milan Fashion week

A SUPERSTAR STOLEN TOO SOON?

2010-02-10T01:01:00.000-05:00

Todd Haynes' (of Far From Heaven fame) first movie - pissed of the makers of Barbie and the Carpenter family...kinda interesting, kinda creepy - whole lotta thieving

LOST + STOLEN

2010-02-09T23:58:00.002-05:00

found these on the floor of my local pub during a hangover brunch....took them home of course... every home needs a little bit of kitsch and besides they are just plain fun

STEALING TIME (AND SOME BEATS) WITH NAOMI

2010-02-09T23:27:00.000-05:00

I will always love that Naomi and Steven (Klein) turned community services into the fashion spread The Naomi Diaries

WHAT TYPE ARE YOU?

2010-02-09T23:13:00.000-05:00

the culture thieving continues as usual at pentagram (brilliantly, of course) with their freudian-esque analysis of typeface based on personality....comes complete with a therapist to guide you through the process...check it out

THIS IS HOW W(e) DOES IT

2010-02-09T23:10:00.000-05:00

the design director at w magazine, Edward Leida, walks us through how he pilfers from culture to create design

BLACK IS THE NEW BLACK?

2010-02-09T22:55:00.000-05:00

french vogue created quite the stir this past year when they did a photo shoot that featured blackface (white models painted black a la minstrel show)...at the same time Tyra Banks made no waves when she did her version of blackface on her show ANTM by painting models mixed races other than their own...so who gets to play with race? who gets to re-appropriate it? and who doesn't? is this a new example of racism or imperialism? who owns which races?

COMME UN OURSON?

2010-02-09T22:32:00.000-05:00

japanese iconic toy manufacturer medicon toys has released many versions of the Bearbrick...this one is a collaboration with CDG black but look for a new WESC release to celebrate their tenth anniversary....

ORIENTALISM? DOES IT MATTER? IT'S BEAUTIFUL

2010-02-09T22:20:00.001-05:00

our dear friend miuccia prada found inspiration in asian culture for spring 2010