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Thursday, January 31, 2008
Interview with A.P.C. designer Jean Touitou
Taken from Details Magazine Jan/Feb 08
The opinionated A.P.C. Designer on bad art, what makes a good guest, and men who work out too much.
1. We're not living in a very creative era. That's not good or bad; it's just the way it is. I think it's in very bad taste to buy art right now. People should leave it to the hedge-fund owners who want to satisfy their wives. "Hey, I bought a Chinese avant-guarde thing." Good for you.
2. I think it's very important to look sexy at home. I hate it when people say, "I will take this to the countryside because it's not fashionable anymore." I love being well-dressed when nobody's looking at me.
3. At hotels,they always mess up the cleaning. They will do a crease when it's not neccesary. You give them a cotton shirt and they dry clean it. IT smells funny. So you have to rinse it again. So I travel light.
4. If you can tell a man's sexuality by the way he dresses - like a "gay" uniform or a "macho" uniform - that's disgusting.
5. Noways, people work out way too much, and they look like invaders from another planet. A guy who works out two hours a day - focusing on his chest because he thinks it's sexy - you can't dress him, even if you send him to the best designer or stylist in the world. (AMEN!)
6. Finance men have money but no taste. They'll say, "My wife thinks this tie looks good on me." They don't focus on what's beautiful and what's not beautiful - they leave it to women.
7. They rock star who uses a personal stylist to dress him should go to jail. If you're doing rock and roll, you should know how to dress. You shouldn't need to hire anybody.
8. Anybody can be a good guest for dinner. When it gets delicate is after one day. The worst guests are the people who come to your place and in the morning they say. "Okay, what do we do today?"
9. I once wore a pink, ruffled shirt for dinner, and I wish I had never done it. I thought it was funny, but I felt so bad in it I realized I don't have the humor to deal with ugliness.
10. After you're 35, it's difficult to drink unless you're running 10 miles a day. I am not talking one dry martini every Saturday or something. I'm talking three dry martinis a night. And I don't think that's possible - it's too much poisoning. It's not a very sexy way to talk about drinking, but that's the truth.
The opinionated A.P.C. Designer on bad art, what makes a good guest, and men who work out too much.
1. We're not living in a very creative era. That's not good or bad; it's just the way it is. I think it's in very bad taste to buy art right now. People should leave it to the hedge-fund owners who want to satisfy their wives. "Hey, I bought a Chinese avant-guarde thing." Good for you.
2. I think it's very important to look sexy at home. I hate it when people say, "I will take this to the countryside because it's not fashionable anymore." I love being well-dressed when nobody's looking at me.
3. At hotels,they always mess up the cleaning. They will do a crease when it's not neccesary. You give them a cotton shirt and they dry clean it. IT smells funny. So you have to rinse it again. So I travel light.
4. If you can tell a man's sexuality by the way he dresses - like a "gay" uniform or a "macho" uniform - that's disgusting.
5. Noways, people work out way too much, and they look like invaders from another planet. A guy who works out two hours a day - focusing on his chest because he thinks it's sexy - you can't dress him, even if you send him to the best designer or stylist in the world. (AMEN!)
6. Finance men have money but no taste. They'll say, "My wife thinks this tie looks good on me." They don't focus on what's beautiful and what's not beautiful - they leave it to women.
7. They rock star who uses a personal stylist to dress him should go to jail. If you're doing rock and roll, you should know how to dress. You shouldn't need to hire anybody.
8. Anybody can be a good guest for dinner. When it gets delicate is after one day. The worst guests are the people who come to your place and in the morning they say. "Okay, what do we do today?"
9. I once wore a pink, ruffled shirt for dinner, and I wish I had never done it. I thought it was funny, but I felt so bad in it I realized I don't have the humor to deal with ugliness.
10. After you're 35, it's difficult to drink unless you're running 10 miles a day. I am not talking one dry martini every Saturday or something. I'm talking three dry martinis a night. And I don't think that's possible - it's too much poisoning. It's not a very sexy way to talk about drinking, but that's the truth.
KAWS x Nike AF1
It seems like Kaws is working with Nike to create a new pair of AF1s. All black accented with neon green stitchings, these are definitely gonna get a lot of hype. No words on the release date, but I'll be sure to keep an eye out.
Onisuka Tiger's New Ad
Definitely a tight concept. "City in a Sneaker" represents the creativity of the brand. Based in Japan, Asics captures the image of Tokyo and integrating it into one of their famous sneakers the Onisuka Tiger. "The entire sculpture is a tribute to the vibrant and progressive thinking city of Tokyo which has come to define Onitsuka Tiger as a brand." The sculpture is filled with details like skyscrapers, subway, vending machines, airports, etc.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Monday, January 21, 2008
For you balling art collectors out there
Auction (RED)
Damien Hirst and Bono from the band U2 are putting up an event at Southeby's auction house starting Feb 14th. Auction (RED) is going to be auction out various pieces by artists including Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Murakami Takashi, Banksy, Gursky and Yinka Shonibare. The money raised from the auction will go towards the fighting diseases like Aids, Malaria and Tuberculosis.
The pieces will also be displayed at the Gogasian Gallery starting February 4th in New York. If you think you are a baller you should definitely check it out. The pieces will run from $100,000 to $7,000,000 (not a typo!)
Damien Hirst and Bono from the band U2 are putting up an event at Southeby's auction house starting Feb 14th. Auction (RED) is going to be auction out various pieces by artists including Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Murakami Takashi, Banksy, Gursky and Yinka Shonibare. The money raised from the auction will go towards the fighting diseases like Aids, Malaria and Tuberculosis.
The pieces will also be displayed at the Gogasian Gallery starting February 4th in New York. If you think you are a baller you should definitely check it out. The pieces will run from $100,000 to $7,000,000 (not a typo!)
New Balance MT580J
Limited Edition New Balance...set to release on 9th of February at Mita http://item.rakuten.co.jp/mitasneakers/mi080121-03/
No words on US release, but you should be able to find them at Undefeated soon after Mita releases them.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Blog: The Sartorialist
The Sartorialist goes around the world, taking pictures of fashion, done right, and done extra well..and puts it up on his blog so we can all appreciate how creative people can be with different types and colors of clothing. The Sartorialist captures fashion at its best. And it shows in his gallery.
Documentary: Jon Phenom presents Hay Fam
" Jon Phenom is a self taught clothing designer. He has worked for several action sports brands ranging from Osiris, Ezekiel, to Matix. Currently he is the Creative Director of his own line, Jon Phenom - a full apparel collection noted from the denim capsule collection. In the early months of 2007, Jon decided to begin a project which entailed documenting the lives of various personalities whom he drew inspiration from. The result is HAY FAM, a documentary series that is the first of many to come. For the debut of the HAY FAM project, Jon interviewed Raymond Roker - Founder of URB Magazine, Rickey Kim aka Mr. Kim - Founder/Creative Director of Evil Monito, Rich Confico aka RichOne - Co-founder and Head Designer of the Cr8tive Recreation footwear line, and Josh Madden - NYC based Stylist. This special screening will be held at the Evil Monito Studio in Echo Park."-Evil Monito
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Tech: MacBook AIR
So light and thin. it floats in air like a helium balloon. No Joke.
13.3 inch display with a 1280×800 resolution,60 or 80 gig hard drive, 2 gigs of RAM and a custom built 1.6 GHz or 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 processor. $1799
pic:evilcollector
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
The Hundreds extending outside clothing
Soon to be realeased skate deck. I am interested to see how the line would look when they drop.
Monday, January 14, 2008
Skate: Zoo York x Ghostface Killah
Zoo York x Def Jam x Cornerstone Promotion released an exclusive collaboration that celebrates the recent release of Ghostface Killah’s new album, “The Big Doe Rehab.”
Limited to less than 500 promo-only pieces and slated to release in early February 2008, these collectibles will be available through Zoo York, in-store and online, and Def Jam online.
info/pic:highsnob
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