From unpleasant looking things, beauty often emerges… Caviar is the eggs of the sturgeon, a fish only surpassed in looks by the similarly ugly catfish. The eggs have been brined or salted and allowed to mature. Continue reading “Nobody can eat caviar for eight days in a row…” »
E L James’s erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey is the fastest selling book of the year, but is it actually any good? Continue reading “Fifty Shades of Grey and the phenomenon of online publishing.” »
Anybody that really doesn’t like TV has to admit that Jonathan Ames and Jason Schwartzman comedy series Bored to Death starring Jason as Ames—a writer from Brooklyn, who moonlights as an unlicensed private detective; in all his Jewish angst and existential humor was a step above most offerings on HBO and regular TV. This explains obviously its cancellation after three seasons. Continue reading “Bored to Death: an accident on a way to Moonrise.” »
My friend Victoria just finished this piece. She works on the floor of my small library room with her watercolors, she has taken to do her work Aboriginal style she says since coming to Australia. Hoovering over each piece she keeps pouring out portraits and faces that in a way or another tell a story of times gone by. Continue reading “All you need to know…” »
A graduate of La Cambre—the Belgian design school that’s not the Royal Academy of Fine Arts—32-year-old, Brussels-born Anthony Vaccarello approaches his craft differently than his countrymen in Antwerp. “When I’m working, I’m making clothes around the body. I’m more about the draping, and finding the right line,” he explains. “Maybe because I’m half-Italian and half-Belgian, I strive for both a kind of sensuality and a control and construction.” Vaccarello focuses on tailoring and shape, saving that oh-so-important element of seduction for the very end. “It’s sexy because the girl is wearing the dress,” he explains. “It’s not my first goal when I’m making the collection.” Continue reading “The slasher: Anthony Vaccarello” »
In 65 Years of the Cannes Film Festival, Only One Woman Has Been Awarded the Palme D’Or. The 65th Cannes Film Festival is kicking off as we speak, and some 30,000 people gather in the sunny South of France — directors, producers, stars, and the one wishing they were or just simply want to bask in the glamour of it all. Continue reading “Cannes turns 65, as Marilyn looks on…” »
Jessica Watson sailed into the record books and into the hearts of millions that witness her entry into Sydney Harbor two years and 2 days to the date, as she became the youngest person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world. Continue reading “Sails like teen spirit: Jessica Watson” »
I am back from a weekend retreat in Byron Bay…So fashion was not the first thing on my mind. Enveloped by vegetation that dwarfs everything around and meditating and chanting in a Yurt was as far away from Versailles and Chanel resort as you can possibly get…Geographically and other wise. Continue reading “Chanel resort 2013: Un repented elegance in time of social unrest.” »
I have never written about you;
You are like the wind
What can you write about the wind? Continue reading “NEVER” »
Entrepreneurs are a pain in the arse, so full of themselves,’ says entrepreneur Dare Jennings, the founder of Mambo and cult motorcycle brand, Deus ex Machina. He should know. Continue reading “Motorcycle Chic: Deus ex Machina.” »
Vogue magazine, the world’s top arbiter of style to some… Continue reading “The Skinny according to Vogue” »
Courtney Love opened her first art show to the public last night at the Fred Torres Collaborations gallery in New York City after much speculation and critical diffidence from part of a press that loves to see her on her knees or in compromising positions of all sorts especially after she had too much to drink… Continue reading “She’s Not Even Pretty but she can draw.” »
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