March 2010
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WatchRodarte’s short film, featuring Chinese actress Maggie Cheung.
Quite soothing and 10 kinds of beautiful.
Enjoy and happy sunday.
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marvie lab.
My dear friend Ambie, just put me onto a new designer based in Italy, whose work totally to speaks me. Mariavittori Sargentini’s line Marvie Lab, incorporates simple, effortless cuts. Sargentini designs collections, referred to as “projects,” each with a distinct concept. In one of her projects titled S+M+L, she takes components of the classic suit and manipulates it so that...
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shadows and struggles.
My friend Dom reminded of the illustrious, spirited art of Kara Walker.
Walker is an African-American artist whose work reflects the culture and struggles of African-Americans through black and white silhouetted images. She injects themes of race, power and identity in an enchanting way, evoking a feeling of mystique while strongly impacting the viewer with powerful, and sometimes haunting,...
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paris collections a/w2010: Rick, Lanvin,...
Breaking away from the usual monotone aesthetic, Rick Owens broadened his horizons, sprinkling color here and there and breaking up the palate through pattern-work. Those who were surprised to see the color orange sprout out of no where, should delve into his archives, and take a look at past seasons. He started with color. Yet, those earlier collections, pre...
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a return to the primitive.
(dazed and confused)
Scholar Mariana Torgovnick, writes on the subject of primitivism and its cultural, and social connotations. In her book Gone Primitive: Savage Intellects, Modern Lives she lays an interesting discourse on primitivism as being this generalized idea that distances the “native” from the “civilized” and yet while there is an obvious distinction...