Memories...

I was such a teenage girl in my youth...

Theses New Puritans

These New Puritans video, directed by Daniel Askill. Totally in love with the Jordan Askill helmet.

Talented family...

Gary Card for Swatch!

My most dear friend and set designer extraordinaire Mr Gary Card was banging on about designing these watches for Swatch aaaages ago. Anyway, they've finally actually released the damn things. Aren't they lovely!

I think they're not available as yet, but when they are, i suggest you go and purchase every single one of em.

Kaye Donachie

I've been slightly obsessed with the work of Glaswegian born painter Kaye Donachie of late.

Sort of reminds me of Ryan McGinley's photography in a way. A strange ethereal beauty about them, that somehow captures a spirit of youth, perhaps a spirit thats now gone forever.

Anyway, needless to say, I was rather excited to learn that she has a new exhibition opening at the ever wonderful Maureen Paley gallery in London on the 27th Feb.

The first time I'm seriously considering purchasing artwork...

Way too excited.

Vannessa Bruno SS10 Film

I love that film is getting more and more attention as a valid medium in fashion. It's done appallingly badly rather a lot. With a few exceptions. This being a rather stunning example of it going spectacularly well. Plus, Lou Doillon, what's not to love...

GOLD

WOW.

Phew...

It's been a busy month...

Shot the Ben Sherman SS10 Campaign with the very lovely Anya Ziourova and Nagi Sakai, who's work can be seen here and here.

Then shot off to Bologna (hell hole, never go.) for the Aglini SS10 campaign with the equally delightful Van Mossevelde +N team

Then popped off to Vegas for the All Saints SS10 Campaign, strip clubs and limos were involved, say no more...

Amongst this managed to get to Milan and Paris (for the real job) to work on Costume National and MiharaYasuhiro and in between the two, shot for Vogue Hommes Japan with the ever delightful James D Kelly, Tank with Damien Blottiere, Hanna Ter Maulen with Malcolm Pate, and the Cruise shops campaign with Julia Kennedy.

Somehow I even managed to move house (again) amongst all this...

What's even better, is that somewhere between Milan and Paris, my camera went 'missing' so there's not one single picture of any of this...

FUCK.

Cosmic Dust

Calvin Kleins Landing page was looking particularly attractive today, turns out its all about Cosmic Dust, an installation/film by the French multi-media artist Hedi Farjani.

Nice to see some massive corporate backing going to some good places.

Anyway, besides the film, I love the landing page layout... This is probably the first and last time I'll say that Calvin Klein is truly having a calming effect on me.

HOLY MOUNTAIN

So there's this mountain in Borneo or the Phillapenes or something, everyone thinks its really really really lucky if you go and put a crucifix on the mountain. Makes your prayers come true. The works.

People travel from all over to come and put a crucifix on it and pray.

Totally amazing!!!

Love the difference in them, amazing, grand, huge ones, to some pencils tied together.

Love Love Love.

Miwa Yanagi

Obsessed.

Make up, make up, never ever break up.

I don't know who did this, what for, why, nothing. Not a thing....

But you can't help but love a Lichetenstein come to life! Apparently whoever did it, did it with MAC Products though. If that kind of thing interests you...

Mr Mappelthorpe

So a few weeks ago, the Mappelthorpe exhibition opened at the Alison Jacques Gallery on Berners St in London. PATTI FUCKING SMITH PLAYED.

The lovely Miss Lennard called me to tell me, I was working, I jumped in a cab. To cut a long story short, I missed it by about 30 seconds.

Anyway, the point being I went back on saturday (also my birthday incidentally, I'm old...)

Its well worth a visit, very beautiful. The exhibition also has a room dedicated entirely to his collage and paintings.

Before visiting the gallery I also went to Bob Bob Ricard for lunch, I HIGHLY reccomend it! Wonderfully camp and kitsch, the waiters all wear pink velvet double breasted tuxedos, and theres a button in each and every booth "press for champagne" also in the very same shade of flamingo! Brilliant!

Go and book online now.

Jalou J'adore!

Phones, whatever.

Great ad though...

Sort Of Coal

Aren't the Japanese clever? Who else would think to purify nasty London air, water and indeed your fridge with COAL! Coal I tell you! Apparently its white coal, but it looks pretty black to me...

Anyway, some people thought it would be a good idea to sell it in raw form (looks awesome) for ridiculous sums of money. You can even buy coal jewellery (looks like hippy shit), to purify your soul or something. Whatever.

I kinda want this: (I'm a sucker)

Though I am a little sceptical I must admit, this being the nearest to a scientific explaination that they seem to be offering up:

The purifying ability of White Charcoal is a natural phenomenon known and used in Japan for several centuries.The concept of White Charcoal products is both holistic and scientific. Sort of Coal is proud to introduce White Charcoal designed for purifying water, air and the body
- enriching the daily life.

Whatevs. Looks pretty.

If you're retarded like me and actually wanna buy this crap, you can do that here.

Archives are awesome.

Firstly, I want this helmet. Secondly, i want this dudes stuff.

So excited I could fucking die.

Go and watch the trailer and be as excited as me.

Good grief! Graduates!

You can always count on Scandinavians for a good ol' bit of conceptial folksy nuttiness. Anne Sofie Madsen has just graduated from the Danish Design School. Its not the end product that I'm loving, but the transition from sketch to product.

Anyway, here's her press release...

Tiki-Mania-Maori
In traditional Maori art the most dominant, mythical motif is the “avianised man” or “bird-woman”. The most important visual art forms are plaiting, relief carving and tattoo.
My idea in this collection was to combine (and confront) this with classic, European clothing - in order to express the contrasts and borders between what we see as primitive/civilianized, exotic/classic and barbaric/elegant.
My idea was not to create bird suits or folk costumes and I decided not to use feathers in the garments and to “translate” the traditional materials of the Maori. I used shoelaces instead of flax strips and exchanged tattooed skin with leather applied on invisible tulle.

Things I've been liking of late...

I have no idea who did this...

Jim Hodges' installation work. ( I want someone to make me a necklace that looks like the web, open to offers...)

Katie Grinnans' installation work. Im obsessed. She really needs to get herself over here and show in London. Folksy, esoteric, loveliness.

Again, I have no idea who did this. ( I really must begin putting things in folders whilst im researching...)

Anyway, the sun is shining for once, and I'm going for a beer. Delicious.

Ryan McGinley for Missoni

Kinda fuckin' cool.