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Jeff Koons
I recently was invited along to the MCA opening celebration for the Jeff Koons exhibit in Chicago by some friends who were members of the museum.
It was the usual crowd of wealthier white women in daring dresses, gaggles of slightly pudgy gay men who believed themselves to be art critics, smaller couplings of gay men [...]
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Tags: art, drunken ramblings, Jeff Koons, MCA
new Tom Ford ads
I’m slowly getting back into the blogging thing, because with all this extra time on my hands for the summer I might as well voice my opinion to anyone who will listen right?
So, I thought the picture to my right might be a good start. If you haven’t heard already, this is one of the [...]
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Tags: ad, fashion, Tom Ford
two new videos
this is hadouken!’s new video for “Leap of Faith.”
I have mixed feelings about it. It reminds me too much of a more mainstream Linkin Park-esque vibe that I don’t necessarily appreciate. It also has a heavy metal influence in the beginning that doesn’t really mesh well either and the nu-rave elements are somewhat lost in [...]
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Tags: , hadouken!, last days, leap of faith, music, shinichi osawa
Jun Baker – Chicago
I was lucky enough to be invited to a new store opening for the sole woman who introduced Comme de Garcon to the Chicago area in the 80s.
It was a cute little store bathed in white that showcased a distinct collection of items produced by an array of local designers as well as those who [...]
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Tags: age, chicago, getting old, jun baker
twista feat. pharrell
i’ve never been a fan of mainstream hip hop.
i always perferred something with more of a strong lyrical message like common’s older stuff or even lupe fiasco’s last album. though i loved N.E.R.D. back in the day, when Pharrell used to wear the tube socks with stripes up to his knees. it was because those [...]
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Tags: , Dave LaChapelle, Give it up, hip-hop, N.E.R.D, Pharell, Twista
lost luxury luster
I picked up this book last time I was at the B&N.
I’m about a third of the way through but am already impressed with much of the information she was able to uncover.
At one point, she discusses how brand image is not only maintained through advertising but also through the way information is released to [...]
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pink flamingos
The first John Waters film I saw was Hairspray.
I don’t even remember where or when, but I remember Tracy in her pink cockroach dress dancing through civil disobedience to promote equal rights. Noble cause and campy protocol.
Ever since then, I’ve been a fan. And finally yesterday I followed through with what a certain [...]
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fashion to me has always been a love-hate relationship. i perfer to view it as a series of functional art pieces and am willing to pay “obscene amounts of money” ala pretty woman on items that i view as high design and luxury quality.
however, my genetic legacy refuses to acknowledge that a pair of shoes could fetch over [...]
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bangles
So in my never-ending quest to procure items that will physically complete images, I have recently acquired a few Tibetan bracelets similar to the one on the left. The one on the left is considerably more expensive than the ones I bought on Saturday since I can’t imagine spending a few hundred dollars to satiate [...]
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uniqlo capsule collection
I went by uniqlo in Soho yesterday on my way to the japanese market to check out the remnants of the Alexander Plokhov & Robert Geller collection (aka Cloak) that was available to the public for the first time yesterday.
Cloak was always one of my favorite brands to check out during Fashion week month. They always had these [...]
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