Filed under: ramblings | Tags: couples, everyday life, jardin, les tuileries, louvre, paris
last weekend i had the fortune of taking a nice and long plane ride over to paris. instead of going to the marc by marc jacobs shop and going to musee d’orsay, i ended up spending an entire day ‘testing’ myself to see how well i could get around by memory. this involved bumping into a chanel/gucci/dior store every narrow street i ventured down and spending quite some time looking at notebooks in galeries lafayette and then i obviously had to end up at colette (my fave!). after getting a smoothie and reading some magazines in a quaint cafe, i found myself sitting in jardin des tuileries and snapped a few pictures of some lovely couples strolling along- just some nonsense really (and a quick thanks to nick from the elixe for this post).
Filed under: parties/events/shows | Tags: bloody beetroots, kid aloha, kill halloween, love thy brother, saint woods, theatre telus
saint woods put on quite a show on halloween night. ive been to my fair share of shows, but have never seen anything so bloody entertaining. during and between acts there were vampire girls making out, fireblowers, beach ball sessions, and oodles of blood being thrown onto the crowd. although i must say, its a shame this all happened at telus theatre and not at sat, my favorite venue. anyhow, if saint woods keep this up, and perhaps lower their prices next time, i see montreal easily welcoming them into our notoriously dirtttty party scene. note: all of my camera equip. has been in repairs for quite some time and unfortunately i totally forgot i have an excellent video camera lying in my room, but anyways i borrowed a digicam off a friend to get some footage for y’all.
Filed under: fashion, runway | Tags: bare foot models, barila, campaign, designer, fashion, montreal, spring summer 10, ss10, water, week
been oh so busy, so im sorry for the slow down on posts. anyhow, as some of you might already know, i covered montreal fashion week and im going to be posting bits and pieces from a feature i already wrote for my college newspaper along with some pictures, starting with BARILA who finished off the show with a campaign for the conservation of water.
-Fortunately by the next day I was awakened by the designers saved as the best for last. Lets just say, ‘Thank god its Friday’ should have been changed to ‘Thank god its Thursday’ for the occasion. Barila had the runway sprinkled with flower petals and out came the leggy models. The look was big hair and thick eyebrows as well as bright lipstick and nails to match. The clothes consisted of a lot of fun and loose jersey fabric. Croptops of this material were paired with high waisted print skirts that fell just below the knees. Not only were the clothes fantastic but I got to see a couple models fall, yes fall (!!!), sort of sadistic on my part. Anyways, the crowd gave their encouragement through applause and the models smartly blended this shoe mishap into the already existing relaxed and happy-go-lucky theme of the collection.
Filed under: art/film/photography, music | Tags: able, grizzly bear, ready, scoop models
image via scoop models
Filed under: fashion, street fashion | Tags: lady gaga, montreal fashion week
The Bloody Beetroots – Theolonius (King Voodoo)
Lady Gaga – Bad Romance (Chew Fu H1N1 Remix)
Britney Spears – 3 (Wolfgang Gartner Extended Mix)
Jay Z – Cant Knock the Hustle (BORRACHO Remix)
Filed under: fashion, interweb | Tags: chains, coco rosa, d.i.y, embellished, floral trim, swarovski, tights, tutorial, vogue korea
its getting colder and colder and our legs can no longer stay bare. fortunately for coco rosa and her diy project, not only are we keeping warm but looking good too. from chains to swarovski crystals to floral trims, her diy embellishments were even featured in vogue korea. coco rosa lays it all out step by step so you too can experiment with your once boring tights. click for the desired tutorial: floral trim, chains and bejeweled tights.
photos via cocorosa
Filed under: fashion, music, street fashion | Tags: devendra banhart, flaming lips, notorious big, w hotel, wunderbar
Flaming Lips- Worm Mountain (ft. MGMT)
Notorious BIG- Party and Bullshit in the USA (Hathbanger Mashup Mix)
Filed under: music | Tags: crooked horizon, hustlin, indie cover, lykke li, rick ross
Filed under: art/film/photography | Tags: artist, george mitchell, illustrations, indie, inspirations, monster, skateoholic, WUW magazine
came across a new magazine about a month ago named WUW in chapters. started looking through it and realized how absolutely fantastic it is. it consists of: illustration/ photography/ typography/ urbanfashion/ graphicdesign/ architecture/ 3D design/ digital design and overall awesomeness. an artist that particularly caught my eye was GEORGE MITCHELL from the uk. he describes himself as an “illustrator, workaholic and skateoholic” , what more could you as for. what i enjoy most about his illustrations are the soft colors and the texture best of all. theres another reason why i like them, but im not sure i can really put it into words, so i wont try (‘je ne sais quoi?’). anyhow since i was stumped for words, i got more of the low-down from george mitchell himself. quite frankly, anyone who answers questions with ‘lurking’ and references to camels and wizards is a friend of mine. plus, the drawrrrring above was made especially for GOLDZMINE !
the process?
Sometimes my work just happens. I’l be drawing away in my sketchbook, on a scrap piece of paper, a toilet wall or a bus seat and i’l think to myself ‘oh that one looks pretty good’. So i take that drawing and finalise it with collaged bits of scanned papers or whatever else i find when im out skating or lurking.
the inspiration?
I think my main inspirations are the things around me at all times that i must take in without knowing. Im always observing people when im out, maybe thats where i get ideas from? I am really inspired by outsider artists, good punk music, good hiphop and lots of other stuff like this massive dog that walks past the skatepark which looks like a camel/wizard.
I started drawing at an early age but i never took it seriously. I used to just draw in my school books and what not. I think i got into drawing from boredom mainly. I used to draw pictures of drugs and weird acid trips when i was twelve even though i’d never done drugs?? Ive still got those pictures somewhere!!
if you were a monster?
If i was a monster I’d look like this haha: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1eFdUSnaQM
Filed under: fashion | Tags: boutique fly, fall, montreal, shopping, student sale
