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Wear purple today.

Pictured, model Abbey Lee Kershaw.

Found via Little Indie Blood

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‘100 percent animal friendly and the Lady Gaga-inspired piece can be yours for a mere $55.’

Snag your own Meat-Lace here.

Found via Fashion Indie

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‘Are you alright there, love?’

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, shot by Greg Williams for British lingerie phenom Agent Provocateur.

I really love Provocateur’s use of classic typography – with a smidgen of 1970s floof. And humor. It’s a bit beyond what competitor Victoria’s Secret tends to do.

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‘Terry is very much about sex’ –Tom Ford

Photographer Terry Richardson is largely considered to be the next Helmut Newton.

Pictured, shots for Tom Ford’s Spring 2008 campaign. More here.

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Simple Minds performs their 1985 Breakfust Club hit Don’t You (Forget About Me). Live in Rotterdam, 1997.

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Video for The Cars’ You Might Think. From 1984.

Early award-winning animation by ‘computer graphics’ pioneer Charlex. Video details here.

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‘A surreal commercial for Viva Vena. A collaboration between LT and Co and the broadcast design studio Gretel. Music by Copilot.’

Found via Ashley Simko

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A Gap logo suggestion from Great Britain by designer Guy Mayger.

Found via Steve Matteson

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‘Fox News: Your source for hyper-partisan bullshit.
CNN: If you’re watching this your flight’s been canceled
MSNBC: Lean forward???’

I’m just wondering – as far as these desperate acts of branding are going – how much of the Kool Aid are they drinking at NBC?

Next thing you know, NBC’s gonna cancel all its good shows and put Jay Leno on in prime time.

Again.

Found via Laura Serra

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‘From his Reality Tour’

Here’s the entire concert. Love this album.

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In 2008, punk rocker turned fashion designer Keenan Duffty did his own interpretation of David Bowie – for Target – leading to an incredible, understated, sophisticated line.

Starting with Bowie’s Thin White Duke persona, Duffty’s collection featured tuxedo jackets, thin ties, skinny jeans, shirts with lyrics and lightening bolts, pea coats and more. Peppered throughout were tiny details, hidden buttons and subtle edging that amped things up a bit (see video below). It all were complemented with some alpaca clothing accessories, which by the way you can get for you at that link.

Target’s rollout was a bit spotty – not all stores carried the complete line. Tho this did give things an exclusive edge. And unfortunately, final construction wasn’t always great (it appeared to be the same tailors as Target’s Merona line) – but for 25 bucks for a well designed shirt, one should be willing to sew a few buttons back on.

An interesting follow up happened the next year, as Duffty came up with additional looks as part of his already established Target England’s Dreaming brand. It was cool to watch Duffty go from worn punk to a whole other level in a short amount of time.

I still have (and wear) clothes from the collection (I also love blacks and grays). David Bowie was always about good fashion just outside the mainstream – with Duffty the musician/designer – it was a great mix.

David Bowie: TVC 15

Street photo via Harley Sears

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