JR: Blow Up on Nowness.com. Here’s Matt Black‘s latest film portrait of one of our most important contemporary artists to date, JR, the self-described ‘photograffeur’. Entitled ‘JR:BLOW UP’, we get to hear from JR himself on his road to stardom from his small beginnings of tagging Parisian streets to the camera he found on the […]
Leave It Up To Linda Farrow To Make Football Helmets Chic & Sexy
Check out these hot sunnies created by Linda Farrow for British designer Kokon to Zai, better known as KTZ. These oversized ‘Football Helmet’ style sunglasses with ‘One Piece’ lens shielded behind this intricate + unique stainless steel construction and available in 4 colorways – white, silver, gold + black – these sunglasses don’t need full-on body contact to make […]
Featuring Luxe Details, You Must Take Cover With These Caps
How cool are these caps made with Hermès and Céline silk scarves? Created by Parisian label Géométrik, these limited addition caps can definitely be a great accessory to add to your arsenal of pattern play. As soon as I saw them I immediately thought about Robert Verdi’s customized Vans with his vintage Hermès scarves. Funnny how Hermès has already been in the […]
A Candle Inspired By John Waters Film ‘Cry Baby’?….Sign Me Up!
(photo: Vogue France) Just In Time For Valentine’s Day Too Born from a collaboration between Turkish designer Yazbukey with Cire Trudon, the oldest candle manufacturer, candles will never be the same. Bearing her retro touch from a pink version of the Cire Trudon label to Yazbukey’s signature plexi pout on black glass, you couldn’t have asked for […]
Hopefully it’s not too late for you to experience a more transcendent NYC cab ride by being blessed with the opportunity of seeing this charming short film by Ryan McGinley for the Icelandic band Sigur Rós. Entitled ‘Varúð’ (no. 6, Sigur Rós film experiment), part of an initiative of non-profit Art Production Fund co-founders, Yvonne Force Villareal […]
Love this fashion film for jewelry designer Noemi Klein entitled ‘Epoch 4’. Directed by Céli Lee, this film’s simplicity speaks volumes in first succumbing to literal smoke, as sexy curves against a black backdrop while eventually bowing out, having the jewelry take center stage. Within a 3D man-made organic structure, comprised of shells + scorpions, the jewelry […]
A Peek At The Hermès Scarves By COMME des GARÇONS
(photo: Hermès) The anxiously awaited Comme des Carrés Scarf Collection, is a design collaboration that’s unprecdented, involving two French powerhouses that are polar opposites – the avant-garde COMME des GARÇONS + the 175 year old French luxury goods house Hermès. Set to drop next month, Hermès six scarf designs (carrés) reinterpreted by COMME des GARÇONS designer […]
Fashion Theory Class Now In Session At Riker’s Island
Yes, you read that right – such a class exists and taught by Project Runway Alum Anna Lynett Moss of Chiyome no less. Called ‘Fashion Theory’ through the Prison Education Initiative at the women’s jail on Riker’s Island, of all the classes Moss has taught, this one has proven to be one of the most […]