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Saturday, February 19, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
THE FINAL COVER & ISSUE OF CARINE ROITFELD'S - VOGUE PARIS 2001 - 2011 - SHOT BY MERT AND MARCUS - MARCH 2011
Under Carine Roitfeld (2001-2011)
Roitfeld aimed to restore the magazine's place as a leader in fashion journalism (the magazine "hadn't been so good" since the 1980s, she said) and to [restore] its French identity. Her appointment, which coincided with the ascendance of young designers at several of the most important Paris fashion houses, "brought a youthful energy" to the magazine. By April 2002, she had rid the magazine of foreign staffers, making it "all French for the first time in many years". The magazine also underwent a redesign by the Paris-based design firm M/M. It aimed to make the title appear more hand-crafted and organic, particularly through the use of collage and hand-drawn fonts. Continuity was created through the use of loose theming for each issue, smooth pacing, and visual uniformity in the shopping pages.
The magazine’s aesthetic evolved to resemble Roitfeld's (that is, "svelte, tough, luxurious, and wholeheartedly in love with dangling-cigarette, bare-chested fashion"). Roitfeld has periodically drawn criticism for the magazine's use of sexuality and humor, which she employs to disrupt fashion's conservatism and pretension. Roitfeld's Vogue is unabashedly elitist, "unconcerned with making fashion wearable or accessible to its readers". Models, not actresses promoting movies, appear on its cover. Its party pages focus on the magazine's own staff, particularly Roitfeld and her daughter Julia. Its regular guest-editorships are given to it-girls like Kate Moss, Sofia Coppola, and Charlotte Gainsbourg. According to The Guardian, "what distinguishes French Vogue is its natural assumption that the reader must have heard of these beautiful people already. And if we haven't? The implication is that that's our misfortune, and the editors aren't about to busy themselves helping us out." Advertising revenue rose 60 percent in 2005, resulting in the best year for ad sales since the mid-1980s. On December 17, 2010, Carine announced her departure from Vogue Paris effective January 31, 2011.
MUSIC HEDI SLIMANE - INTRODUCING EMERGING BANDS - 2011
Fiction - Big Things by Albornoz
http://www.myspace.com/fictionlondon
Sam Adams by CHiP KoNG
http://www.myspace.com/samueladamswizzy
Miles Kane - Come Closer by Miles Kane
23 Mars 2011 - Point Ephémère Paris - FR
http://www.myspace.com/mileskanemusic
Esser - Headlock (Midnight Conspiracy Dubstep Remix) by Midnight Conspiracy
http://www.myspace.com/esserhq
The Drums - Let's Go Surfing by downtownmusic
http://www.myspace.com/thedrumsforever
The Heartbreaks - Liar, My Dear by The Heartbreaks
24 Février 2011 - La Maroquinerie Paris - FR
18 Mai 2011 - Les Inrocks Festival Paris - FR
http://www.myspace.com/heartbreaksband
O Children - Ruins by Marty McFly
http://www.myspace.com/ochildren
Hurts - Better Than Love (Lightsoverla remix) by LightsoverLA
http://www.myspace.com/ithurts
Trouble Keeping by Disconcerts
http://www.myspace.com/disconcerts
Egyptian Hip Hop - Rad-Pitt by The Cockpit
http://www.myspace.com/egyptianhiphop
Thursday, February 17, 2011
NICHOLAS GOTTLUND - PHOTOGRAPHER
On the Shoulder of Another
...when you came down off the mountain
and the sun not yet part of the sky
the marker made no shadow
it seemed that distance always
except then...
http://www.nicholasgottlund.com/
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
MUSIC VIVIAN GIRLS - SHARE THE JOY - APRIL 12th
Back in September, we reported that Brooklyn garage-pop outfit Vivian Girls had signed to Polyvinyl and were working on a new album for 2011, Share the Joy. Well, that album now has a release date, April 12. And that's the homespun-looking cover art above.
http://iheartvinyl.polyvinylrecords.com/em/iheardyousay
Monday, February 14, 2011
MUSIC COLETTE SX70 - JEFFERSON HACK - ARTWORK M/M PARIS
Fondateur du magazine Dazed & Confused et Another Magazine, Jefferson Hack est aussi un passionné de musique. A l'invitation de colette il s'est prêté au jeu du selector pour nous offrir une collection de musiques anticonformistes de haute volée qu'il décrit lui même comme "émoustillante, spirituelle, sexuelle, plein d'optimisme avec un brin de mélancolie". SX70, qui emprunte son nom dʼun appareil photo Polaroïd, est une édition limitée à 2000 exemplaires en exclusivité chez colette et sur colette.fr. Le artwork est signé M/M.
http://www.colette.fr
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Cathedral of Provins, In the medieval city,Northern France
Feels good to be so far from paris.
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