real life is elsewhere

it was the best of times

2012-02-02T09:22:00.000-08:00

jake shortall & valeria b. photographed by hayley louisa brown & styled by safiya yekwai for theones2watch.

american pop

2012-02-02T09:05:00.000-08:00

abbey lee kershaw photographed by alasdair mclellan & styled by francesca burns for vogue uk, march 2012.

ads - spring 2012 - 17

2012-02-02T00:04:00.000-08:00

nati nescher photographed by david sims for mcQ, spring/summer 2012.

aymeline valade, marte mei van haaster, othilia simon, aaron vernon, angus low & johannes schulze photographed by steven meisel for lanvin, spring/summer 2012.

bradley soileau & herieth paul photographed by ryan mcginley for edun, spring/summer 2012.

age of aquarius

2012-02-01T19:36:00.000-08:00

marique schimmel photographed by benny horne & styled by katie mossman for harper's bazaar australia, march 2012.

mascho-piro

2012-02-01T19:26:00.000-08:00

members of the mascho-piro tribe photographed through a telescope by spanish explorer diego cortijo

uncontacted mascho-piro indian woman spotted from the air, s.e. peru, 2007

uncontacted mascho-piro indians spotted from the air, s.e.peru, 2007

new images of an uncontacted peruvian tribe, the mascho-piro indians, reveal a small band of people, clad in beads & bands of fabric. for a millenia, they have carved an existence from the peruvian rainforest, untouched by civilization. the photographs were released by advocacy group survival international & are the closest glimpse of the indians ever caught on camera, according to the organization.

the tribe descends from a group that was attacked & displaced in 1894, when rubber baron carlos fermin fitzcarrald encroached on their ancestral lands. now their days of isolation are numbered. illegal loggers are encroaching nearer to their ancestral homeland.

the family in the main photo were chanced upon by diego cortijo, an indigenous peruvian exploring the alto madre de dios river four days on foot from the remote jungle town of puerto maldonado. holding his camera lens against a telescope, he captured one of the most detailed pictures of an uncontacted tribe ever taken.

"first contact" with the outside world can prove fatal for a tribe & usually results in the death of between 50 and 80 % of its members, who have no immunity to diseases common elsewhere. it can also be tragic for those who discover them. weeks ago, a close friend of mr. cortijo - nicolás "shaco" flores - was killed by an arrow on the outskirts of the park while trying to leave gifts of food & clothes.

it's so mind boggling that these indigenous tribes still exist un-touched by technology & the outside world. hopefully they will continue to thrive without our interference.

form follows function

2012-02-01T09:52:00.000-08:00

tatiana chechetova photographed by philip bruederle & styled by ulrike schlüter for s magazine, winter 2011.

chalet béranger

2012-01-31T12:17:00.000-08:00

chalet béranger by noé duchaufour lawrance. st. martin de belleville, french alps.

ads - spring 2012 - 16

2012-01-31T10:07:00.000-08:00

zuzanna bijoch photographed by david sims for alexander mcqueen, spring/summer 2012.

candice swanepoel photographed by daniel jackson for prabal gurung, spring/summer 2012.

bette frank photgraphed by nathaniel goldberg for hermès, spring 2012.

aigue-marine

2012-01-31T09:59:00.000-08:00

barbara palvin photographed by viviane sassen & styled by belen casadevall for numéro #130, february 2012.

year of the dragon

2012-01-30T20:30:00.000-08:00

li zheng, meng lu, quncuo, fan fan, zhang li, wan bao bao, renqingcuomu, yangci, chen hong, xin yuan, liu dan & langsuowangmu photographed by chen man & styled by lucia liu for i-D pre-spring, 2012.
so gorgeous.

splash

2012-01-30T19:51:00.000-08:00

toni garrn photographed by camilla åkrans & styled by franck benhamou for numéro #130, february 2012.

la petite sirene

2012-01-30T19:41:00.000-08:00

lindsey wixson photographed by peter lindbergh & styled by irina marie for numéro #130, february 2012.

hot!

2012-01-30T09:29:00.000-08:00

anna photographed by david roemer & styled by alexandre bernard for grazia france no. 124, january 2012.

covers

2012-01-30T09:18:00.000-08:00

li zheng photographed by chen man for i-D, pre-spring 2012.

freja beha erichsen photographed by christian brylle for dansk, spring/summer 2012.

anna mouglalis photographed by cédric buchet for 10 magazine, spring 2012.

mirte maas photographed by hugh lippe & styled by gillian wilkins for russh #44, february/march 2012.

surreal or real

2012-01-29T23:32:00.000-08:00

laura kampman photographed by steven meisel & styled be karl templer for vogue italia, february 2012.

sag awards - 2012

2012-01-29T18:57:00.000-08:00

emma stone in custom alexander mcqueen

she was really the only standout for me.

tilda swinton in lanvin

beautiful. a bit boring but beautiful.

zoe saldana in givenchy haute couture

my friend thinks she looks like christmas but i really liked this.

judy greer in valentino

if i was dressing someone for the red carpet i would definitely try to get them in valentino - there are always a few knock out red carpet pieces.

angelina jolie in jenny packham

okay, i don't love, love this....but i LOVE, LOVE her!

natalie portman in giambattista valli

yes, boring but at least she looks pretty - compared to the majority of those who walked the red carpet i thought this was o.k.

diana agron in carolina herrera

i worked with her once & i have to tell you, in person, BEYOND GORGEOUS (and really sweet).

sofia vergara in marchesa

predictable & not my style but she always works it.

diane lane (in david meister) & husband josh brolin

what a beautiful couple. they could both wear garbage bags on the red carpet & still look better than most!

emily blunt (in oscar de la renta) & husband john krasinski

another beautiful couple.

overall i was pretty bored by the red carpet. at least these guys looked like, well, themselves. i'm so tired of actresses wearing something that doesn't suit them or their personalities. i would rather see a train wreck (helena bonham carter, paz de la heurta) being themselves & owning it rather than some cheeseball t.v. actress wearing versace (badly).

pre-fall 2012 - 4

2012-01-29T15:42:00.000-08:00

balmain

balenciaga

kiss of the matador

2012-01-29T15:26:00.000-08:00

bianca balti photographed by giampaolo sgura & styled by anna dello russo for vogue japan, march 2012.

gipsy queen

2012-01-29T09:47:00.000-08:00

monika sawicka photographed by victor demarchelier & styled by melanie huynh for vogue españa, february 2012.

jean-paul goude

2012-01-28T18:25:00.000-08:00

grace jones revised & updated, new york, 1978

wild things, naomi campbell, harper's bazaar, 2009

42nd street, sex shop, 1978

miguel & friends, 1975

estella warren, french elle, 1996

georgette louison kala-lobe, paris, 1984

farida khelfa, paris, 1985

la blanche, grace jones, paris, 1983

carolina beaumont, new york, 1976

bjork, mixte magazine, 2007

béatrice dalle for azzedine alaïa, 1998

grace in a cage, roseland ballroom, new york, 1978

the hughes brothers, new york, 1975

azzedine et farida, 1984

wild things, naomi campbell, harper's bazaar, 2009

four ethnic groups: blacks, watts, 1975

four ethnic groups: gays, new york, 1975

hispanic chic: andy & paloma

imagine that most of this was done pre photoshop. back in the day when one had to be creative and inventive. i miss those days.

mental states

2012-01-28T16:23:00.000-08:00

marte mei van haaster photographed by pierre debusschere & styeld by katie shillingford for dazed & confused, februrary 2012.

wanderlust

2012-01-27T20:50:00.000-08:00

marloes horst photographed by will davidson & styled by jillian davidson for harper's bazaar australia, march 2012. i really wish they would have listed the male model as well....he's amazing whoever he is!

ads - spring 2012 - 15

2012-01-27T15:39:00.000-08:00

lara stone, joan smalls, matthew terry, toni garrn, myles crosby & arran sly photographed by mert alas & marcus piggott for calvin klein jeans, spring/summer 2012.

natalia vodianova photographed by mert alas & marcus piggott for stella mccartney, spring/summer 2012.

zuzanna bijoch & miles mcmillan photographed by mikael jansson & styled by karl templer for paul & joe, spring/summer 2012.

jeanne damas & martin rocchia for c'n'c costume national, spring/summer 2012.

abbey lee kershaw photographed by sølve sundsbø for flora by gucci, spring/summer 2012.

chloë sevigny photographed by daniel jackson for tomboy, spring/summer 2012.

gisele bundchen & ryan barrett photographed by mert alas & marcus piggott for versace jeans, spring/summer 2012.

no. 21 - pre-fall 2012

2012-01-27T15:22:00.000-08:00

i have to say no. 21 is fast becoming one of my favorites. so many great, wearable pieces. girly without being saccharine...a bit of trend but mostly classic cuts. i like!

ecstasy of the moment

2012-01-27T14:30:00.000-08:00

anja rubik photographed by hedi slimane & styled by mika mizutani for vogue japan, march 2012.

the virgin spring

2012-01-27T14:27:00.000-08:00

saskia de brauw & kinga rajzak photographed by sølve sundsbø & styled by george cortina for vogue japan, march 2012.

r.i.p. eiko ishioka

2012-01-27T11:38:00.000-08:00

bram stoker's dracula

the fall

the cell

grace jones, hurricane tour

bjork, cocoon

the amazingly talented designer eiko ishioka died of pancreatic cancer on saturday in tokyo. she was 73. she earned both an oscar & a grammy for her work.

she trained as a graphic designer & was considered the foremost art director in the world. she won the academy award for costume design in 1992 for bram stoker's dracula, directed by francis ford coppola. if you haven't seen her work in this film it's a must - the costumes are beyond brilliant.

ms. ishioka was closely associated with director tarsem singh, for whom she designed costumes for four films. for the cell, starring jennifer lopez, she designed a headpiece that resembled a cross between a rigid neck brace & a forbidding bird cage. "jennifer asked me if i could make it more comfortable," ms. ishioka told the ottawa citizen in 2000, "but i said, 'no, you're supposed to be tortured'." she also worked on the fall, immortals & mirror, mirror with singh.

on the broadway stage, ms. isioka designed sets & costumes for david henry hwang's 1988 drama m. butterfly, for which she earned 2 tony nominations & more recently, costumes for the musical spider-man: turn off the dark.

she won a grammy in 1986 for her design of mile davis's album "tutu". a must see is her work for japanese boutique stores, parco. they included nude or nearly nude models - a rarity in japan at the time. many of the ads rarely depicted anything sold at parco. she did a GENIUS commercial for them starring faye dunaway peeling & eating a hard-boiled egg.

her other work included designing uniforms & outerwear for the swiss, canadian, japanese & spanish teams a the 2002 winter olympics in salt lake city. she was also the director of costume design at the opening ceremony of the 2008 summer olympics in bejing. she designed costumes for cirque du soleil's "varekai" & was the visual artistic director of the illusionist david copperfield's 1996 broadway show.

she also designed costumes for grace jone's hurricane tour - i saw this show & the costumes were just beyond. she also directed bjork's music video for cocoon.

a sad loss.

noemie goudal

2012-01-27T10:57:00.000-08:00

les amants (cascade)

les amants (filet)

les amants (promenade)

les amants (coulée)

les amants (jetée)

haven her body was

all photographs by noemie goudal

weird silence

2012-01-27T10:33:00.000-08:00

pawel bednarek photographed by ben lamberty & styled by patrick rinkel for fiasco #18.

dark side of the moon

2012-01-27T10:21:00.000-08:00

rogier bosschaart photographed by will davidson & styled by benjamin bruno for man about town, fall/winter 2011.

marni for h&m

2012-01-27T10:08:00.000-08:00

imogen poots for marni for h&m, spring/summer 2012.

i saw this collection in person & it is pretty amazing.

casa dos cubos

2012-01-26T22:47:00.000-08:00

casa dos cubos by EMBAIXADA arquitectura. praceta alves redol, tomar, portugal.

love in the afternoon

2012-01-26T17:32:00.000-08:00

lara stone & aaron eckhart photographed by peter lindbergh & styled by grace coddington for vogue us, february 2012.
ok....two things. number one, aaron eckhart is still so damn handsome & sexy! number two....i'm not sure why they plopped that dark wig on lara's head. it just looks off. plus aaron is pale & the boy playing her son is blonde. hmmm. i much prefer her blonde.

some like it hot

2012-01-26T15:53:00.000-08:00

annabella barber photographed by jamie nelson & styled by hanni pontani for madame germany, february 2012.

camille ma belle

2012-01-26T09:49:00.000-08:00

camille rowe photographed by matt jones & styled by alberto zanoletti for elle italia, january 2012.

additional images from elle españa

tropical romance

2012-01-26T09:16:00.000-08:00

anna schilling photographed by james meakin & styled by priyanka kapadia for vogue india, january 2012.

lily bouquet

2012-01-26T09:13:00.000-08:00

lily cole photographed by anthony maule & styled by ekaterina mukhina for vogue russia, january 2012.
she looks scared shitless by the cat!

christina

2012-01-25T20:18:00.000-08:00

christina ricci photographed by gregroy harris with creative direction by stevie dance for oyster #97, february/march 2012.

my secret playroom

2012-01-25T16:27:00.000-08:00

mitchell smith photographed by man tsang & styled by anson lau for MR style hong kong.

the angel of cicero

2012-01-25T16:23:00.000-08:00

inguna butane photographed by federico de angelis & styled by donatella musco for mojeh, january/february 2012.

valentino - haute couture spring/summer 2012 - paris

2012-01-25T16:01:00.000-08:00

i feel pretty, oh so pretty....

if anyone is curious as to what a good gift for me would be.....look no further! swoon.

jean paul gaultier - haute couture spring/summer 2012 - paris

2012-01-25T13:20:00.000-08:00

gaultier's ode to amy winehouse.

elie saab - haute couture spring/summer 2012 - paris

2012-01-25T10:47:00.000-08:00

sometimes a girl just wants to look pretty!

about a boy

2012-01-25T10:01:00.000-08:00

mickey crawford photographed by mikael jansson & styled by karl templer for interview, february 2012.

belleville-bamako

2012-01-25T09:50:00.000-08:00

egle tvirbutaite photographed by marcin tyszka & styled by alexandra elbim for l'officiel, february 2012.

apuntes del natural

2012-01-24T11:37:00.000-08:00

kasia struss photographed by nico & styled by juan cebrian for harper's bazaar españa, february 2012.

west urbano

2012-01-24T11:30:00.000-08:00

hanna wahmer photographed by johan sandberg & styled by monika kropfitsch for marie claire italia, february 2012.

givenchy - haute couture spring/summer 2012 - paris

2012-01-24T11:21:00.000-08:00

the house of dj pil marques

2012-01-23T23:00:00.000-08:00

the house of dj pil marques by studio guilherme torres. são paulo, brazil.
i thought i had collections! wow. i wish i still had the 2 keane paintings that hung in our hallway until i left home for california at 16.....the things you want to forget are the things you eventually want to remember. can you imagine being his cleaner! oh la la.....

bouchra jarrar - haute couture spring/summer 2012 - paris

2012-01-23T20:58:00.000-08:00

really rather well done.

giambattista valli - haute couture spring/summer 2012 - paris

2012-01-23T19:50:00.000-08:00

i say this everytime but it's true - while i'm not the customer for giambattisti valli i have to say it's always absolutely gorgeous. now, having said that i'm not the customer.....that white gown is MINE! well if i were a globe trotting socialite with a ton of inherited money that white gown would be MINE!

ads - spring 2012 - 14

2012-01-23T12:41:00.000-08:00

zuzanna bijoch & rj rogenski photographed by david sims for trussardi 1911, spring/summer 2012.

aymeline valade & angus low photographed by steven meisel for lanvin eyewear, spring/summer 2012.

karlie kloss photographed by craig mcdean for oscar de la renta, spring/summer 2012.

alana zimmer photographed by inez van lamsweerde & vinoodh matadin for ports 1961, spring/summer 2012.

jason wu for target

2012-01-23T10:45:00.001-08:00

meow.

nowhere but sajima

2012-01-23T10:27:00.000-08:00

nowhere but sajima by yasutaka yoshimura architects.

nowhere but sajima is a vacation time share located about an hour from tokyo. the residence is adjacent to the ocean & mt. fuji can be seen from the shore. built on a plot of reclaimed land, the building occupies a triangular block, one corner of which is taken up by a spiral staircase that traverses all three floors.

town chic

2012-01-23T09:59:00.000-08:00

chanel iman, tina & nana photographed by michael roberts & styled by monica pillosio for l'officiel paris, february 2012.

sexy noir

2012-01-23T09:12:00.000-08:00

ragnhild jevne photographed by david roemer & styled by valentina di pinto for glamour italia, january 2012.

les filles de la nouvelle vague

2012-01-22T20:49:00.000-08:00

catherine deneuve by jerry schatzberg, 1965

brigitte bardot

claudia cardinale

marianne faithfull, 1967

penelope tree

anna karina, 1961

monica vitti

sylvie vartan

pattie boyd

twiggy

jane birkin

julie christie

ursula andress

jean seberg

anita ekberg, 1961

jean shrimpton

sharon tate

romy schneider, 1964

veruschka, 1966

anouk aimee

tina aumont

edie sedgwick, 1966

metal

2012-01-22T13:08:00.000-08:00

ilse de boer & louis simonon photographed by emma tempest & styled by verity parker for metal #26, winter 2011-2012.

dances with wolves

2012-01-22T12:37:00.000-08:00

laetitia casta photographed by cathleen naundorf for vs. magazine, winter 2011.

a gentleman's agreement

2012-01-22T10:31:00.000-08:00

freddie stoker, josh mclellan & fara bodgar photographed by stefan heinrichs & styled by david st. john-james for port #4, winter 2011.

anna lundgaard

2012-01-21T19:36:00.000-08:00

anna lundgaard photographed by robert nethery for vogue italia.

ads - spring 2012 - 13

2012-01-21T15:55:00.000-08:00

emily didonato & wouter peelen photographed by david sims & styled by beat bolliger for trussardi jeans, spring/summer 2012.

the profile picture of wouter is smokin' hot.

karmen pedaru & kate king photographed by glen luchford for chloé, spring/summer 2012.

lara stone photographed by mert alas & marcus piggott for calvin klein collection, spring/summer 2012.

covers

2012-01-21T15:52:00.000-08:00

juliane grüner photographed by aiken jolly & styled by anders sølvsten thomsen with art by catherine raben davidsen for dansk, spring/summer 2012.

kasia struss for vogue korea, february 2012.

eva herzigova photographed by steve hiett for soon international #17, spring 2012.

audrey tautou photographed by joe mcgorty for glass, winter 2011.

martha graham/imogen cunningham

2012-01-20T20:14:00.000-08:00

martha graham photographed by imogen cunningham, 1931

summer house

2012-01-19T20:10:00.000-08:00

summer house skatoy by filter arkitekter as. skåtøy, norway.
cabin fever!