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Sunday, February 20, 2011

GUS VAN SANT - NEW PAINTINGS - FEBRUARY 26 - APRIL 9 2011 - GAGOSIAN GALLERY

James FRANCO/Gus VAN SANT "Unfinished"

Daily screenings 10AM 12PM 2PM 4PM

http://www.gagosian.com/

Saturday, February 19, 2011

PROENZA SCHOULER F/W 2011 AT MBFW NEW YORK

Once upon a time, not all that long ago, there was one thing you could be sure of at a Proenza Schouler show, and that thing was cool. Now, there are two things: cool and craft. Last season, designers Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez obsessed over Japanese shibori dyeing techniques and the process of making guipure lace. For Fall, inspired by a road trip they took to Santa Fe, where they were hipped to the beauty of Native American blankets, they hit the computer to design their own prints. And if that doesn't sound crafty, wait till you hear what happened next. "Then we exploded them and we pixelated them," McCollough said backstage, pointing out the geometric embroideries of a long-sleeved jacquard sheath and the hand-painted panne velvet of other dresses.

http://www.proenzaschouler.com/

SHOW PACKAGE IMG MODELS - NYC - F/W 2011 - DESIGN M/M PARIS

For Fall/Winter 2011, IMG MODELS combines forces with the visionary art and design firm M/M (PARIS). The collaboration results in a unique box-set profiling the modes available for this show season.

http://www.mmparis.com/

http://models.com/oftheminute/?p=27490

COMPILATION LYLYBYE - ELECTRIC LIGHT SELECTED BY LYLYBYE - 2011

Electric Light by music lylybye

Friday, February 18, 2011

THE STROKES - ANGLES - RYAN McGINLEY - 2011

http://www.thestrokes.com/

A photo from the Stroke’s upcoming album, “Angles” by Ryan McGinley

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.