Calm hair

Found via Meiko

‘Mega-Mart’s 12 Min Mad Ness’

‘If you show up late, you will be HUMILIATED’

Happy Black Friday.

‘The supper after The Last Supper’

Video for The Pretty Reckless’ Miss Nothing.

Making of video here.

Lust, murder, dessert

Books can ‘have you change your mind when you’re not looking.’

Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Ciarán Hinds, Tim Roth in Peter Greenaway’s The COOK The THIEF His WIFE & Her LOVER. Costumes designed by Jean-Paul Gaultier. From 1989.

Not easily available on DVD – the entire film is viewable in segments on YouTube. Click the above image to watch/jump.

Extremely disturbing, yet brilliant. Reminiscent of a typical holiday dinner with the family.

Royal Extreme

‘The versatility of the female figure functions as guiding light for Royal Extreme’s designs’

Launched earlier this year, Royal Extreme is the first fashion collection by Icelandic designer Una Hlin Kristjansdottir.

Details here. Website here.

Found via Rikki Morehouse

Tonight

Video for Dommin’s Tonight. Directed by Paul Brown and featuring actress Anne Asland.

New OMD

‘It’s classic OMD given a contemporary shot in the arm’

Video for OMD’s If You Want It. From the album History Of Modern, which sports a cover (below) designed by the great Peter Saville.

Ralph Lauren 4D

‘The world’s first 4-dimensional experience featuring 3D imagery, digital sound effects and scents from Ralph Lauren fragrances.’

On November 10, Ralph Lauren celebrated the 10 year anniversary of its website with new media ‘feasts’ at its retail flagships in London (above) and New York (below).

‘Making of’ video here.

Found via Jake Favour

Being a cool fashion blogger

Fashion blogging has created a genre all its own. And if you want to join in, Refinery29 has a great chart for how its done.

Click on the above image/jump to read the whole thing.

Then go see what Tavi or Krystal or Suzanna or Rumi or Erica or Flavia or Carolina or Meg have been up to.

also
Frum Refinery29 for this week: The best outfits for overeating.

Athens Conquistador!

‘Conquistador is the brainchild of the renowned German born, Athens-based Greek fashion photographer and stylist Tassos Sofroniou’

The Conquistador line, ‘inspired by the classic hoodie top, totally reworked.’

Blog here.

Funky Conquistador!

‘He has the looks of Zappa, a Jagger-swagger and is James Brown from the waist down. It’s as if you mixed 70s Bowie with Phoenix and Beck.’ -Mark Palgy of VHS or Beta

Music video for Conquistador’s Fruit Loopy.


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