icon - sam shepard

arizona, 1979

with patti smith, ca. 1971

publicity still from resurrection, 1980

photographed by herb ritts, virginia, 1988

1984

on the set of wim wender's don't come knocking, 2005

with jessica lange, photographed by bruce weber, 1994

with patti smith

photographed by bruce weber, 1994

in terrence malik's days of heaven, 1978

with bob dylan, rolling thunder revue, ca. 1975

photographed by bruce weber, 1994

with patti smith, cowboy mouth, 1971

in homo faber, 1991

with best friend johnny dark

with jessica lange at the opening of the new york film festival

sam shepard at the chelsea hotel photographed by david gahr, 1971

photographed by herb ritts, 1988

because he loves strong women, because he wrote paris, texas (and many other amazing & haunting things) because he was so beautiful in terrence malick's day's of heaven, because, because, because.... he's just so hot. le fucking sigh.

 i went through a frances farmer obsession as a teenager (yes, one of those girls).... when shepard, playing her first husband leif erickson (jeffrey york in the movie), tries to save frances in the film, well, my heart was forever lost to him.

PUNK: chaos to couture - preview

clothes for heroes 

john lydon photographed by ray stevenson, 1976

 junya watanabe fall/winter 2006/2007

d.i.y. bricolage 

gary wilson photograped by roberta bayley, 1977

maison martin margiela spring/summer 2011

d.i.y. graffiti & agitprop 

patti smith photographed by caroline coon, late 1970s 

ann demeulemeester spring/summer 2000

d.i.y. graffit & agitprop 

joe strummer photographed by ray stevenson, 1977  

helmut lang fall/winter 2003-2004

d.i.y. hardware 

joe strummer, 1970s 

riccardo tisci for house of givenchy spring/summer 2008, photographed by glen luchford for vogue italia.

d.i.y. destroy 

sid vicious photographed by dennis morris, 1977  

karl lagerfeld for house of chanel, photographed by david sims for vogue, march 2011

d.i.y. destroy

john lydon photographed by richard young, 1976

 rei kawakubo for comme des garçons photographed by peter lindbergh, 1982

d.i.y. destroy

richard hell photographed by kate simon, late 1970s

hussein chalayan, spring/summer 2003, photographed by eric nehr for dazed & confused

the theme for the met ball gala this year is "PUNK: chaos to couture".  the exhibit will feature approximately 100 original vintage garments from the punk era juxtaposed with their designer counterparts. can't wait! 

take me now baby, here as i am. pull me close, try & understand....

because the night by patti smith.
i'm pretty much obsessed with everything she is wearing in this - especially her rings. j'dore.

boxer

steven sebring: boxer on nowness.com.

patti smith directed by steven sebring for reed krakoff.  soundtrack by jesse paris smith.

the story-tellers, part 28

paul mccartney

bob dylan, desire, 1976

marilyn monroe, nevada, photographed by eve arnold, 1960

patti smith

clint eastwood

audrey hepburn

marcello mastroianni in 8 1/2, 1963

pablo picasso

steve mcqueen, ca. 1960s

i am a camera

the amazing patti smith photographed by anton corbijn for the ny times t style magazine women's, winter 2011.

ms. smith

patti smith wearing dior photographed by steven sebring. ny times article here.