tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65154062777436187002024-03-13T15:38:31.556-05:00mondblog(ray)mondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04527007145305526956noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515406277743618700.post-70192583618282031372009-08-19T21:20:00.016-05:002009-09-18T23:19:15.982-05:00VidFlip: I.T POST #5<center><img src="http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x128/iwillpretend/ipttpost.png" /></center><br /><center><br /><object height="422" width="750"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6174842&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=c9ff23&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6174842&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=c9ff23&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="422" width="750"></embed></object><p><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/6174842">I.T. POST #5</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user918053">Raymond Navarro</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</span></p></center><br /><center><!-- HTML Codes by Quackit.com --><br /><div style="overflow: scroll; height: 420px; width: 760px; font-family: Georgia,Garamond,Serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: 26px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><div align="justify"> Nearly "3 years young," I.T Post is a gratis publication curated by photographer Kwannam Chu, helped put together with a team devoted to the power of print in aims to unite young and new talents and offer fashion followers something fresh and exclusive, tells Chu.<br /><br />"My position [as curator] is more like a creative director/editor," says publisher of the <a href="http://wecouldgrowuptogether.blogspot.com/">We Could Grow Up Together</a>. "What I try to do as a curator is create a platform for [individuals sharing] the same vision and aesthetics," he says. And I.T. comes through.<br /><br />Issue #5 makes the most of its dimensions, making a pop page and after page. The opening and closing of the magazine have a series of cohesive graphic images and photos similar to ACNE Paper's introduction and ending but with art/photos solely from contributors. The details in variety, order, layout and even paper type create distinctive definition for I.T's identity and content.<br /><br />The feature editorial photographed by Daniel Sannwald with 3-D art by Ralph Bonilla and stylings by Lotta Aspenberg is one of the more memorable editorials this year by far. You've seen "3-D art" in editorials for titles such as W, Purple and Self-Service for a while now, and somehow Evolution eclipses any recent attempt by the major titles with a slickly woven 30-page ed' that amounts to more than just its elements of photography and design.<br /><br />Looks composed with Junya Watanabe, ACNE, Alexander McQueen pieces by stylist Yi Guo on Siri and Sofi, just as those by Ann Demuelemeester, Raf Simons, and N. Hollywood styled by Lotta Aspenberg in Evolution consistently relate a young, sophisticated, never-too-flashy or over-styled look.<br /><br />First flip through the large-format, glossy, it's hard to ignore I.T's established connection with advertisers less seen in high profile, international magazines. Advertisements and inserts from Alexander McQueen, Tsumori Chisato, Commes des Garçons and Hysteric Glamour are woven seamlessly in and along with content, setting a new standard for both up and coming, and established publications. It's a less obvious, less intrusive placement than say American Vogue SAKS inserts, Man About Town's showcases plus interviews or Vogue Hommes Japan promos along the feature editorials.<br /><br />All in all I.T Post comes recommended for any fashion reading devotee looking for something refreshing, unpretentious and far from the blitz of tired tactics used to keep and attract readers. It is also recommended for those who couldn't give fuck about the fashion, want something for the coffee table or something to get lost in just by looking. With little text, mostly blurbs, copy in I.T is used mostly for identification purposes, leaving all the bullshit out about what's "hot" and why. I.T serves the art up raw and harbors "a place where talents can be who they are", Chu says. So take it or leave it because after all — you couldn't pay a dime for it if you wanted to!<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Global distribution coming soon; expect to pay by then. Clue word on the next issue: FANTASIA. </span><br /><br /><small>This post wouldn't be possible without the help of Samantha at <a href="http://www.searchandsmoke.blogspot.com/">Search and Smoke.</a> </small><br /></div><br /></div></center>(ray)mondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04527007145305526956noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515406277743618700.post-42371148492519261582009-06-20T00:59:00.000-05:002009-06-21T13:26:34.563-05:00VidFlip: Vogue Hommes No. 2<center><img src="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/VHJ.png" /></center><center><br /><object height="422" width="750"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4383566&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=c9ff23&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4383566&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=c9ff23&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="422" width="750"></embed></object><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/4383566">mondblog VidFlip: Vogue Hommes Japan No. 2</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user918053">Raymond Navarro</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</span></center><br /><center><br /><!-- HTML Codes by Quackit.com --><br /><div style="overflow: scroll; height: 420px; width: 749px; font-family: Georgia,Garamond,Serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: 26px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><div align="justify">Vogue Hommes Japan Issue No. I was no disappointment. Finishing the first flip through the premiere issue, you pretty much know it was a must-have and that you’d probably got a new favorite mag in your hands.. that you likely can’t read. The cover was so obviously foreign, so definitely refreshing and Hedi Slimane's photography, Nicola Formichetti's styling and the altogether moment in men's fashion seemed in sync with Ash in “Samurai Fiction.”<br /><br />With last year's American presidential election gaining international attention and the last superpower falling into deeper debt/shit, one could’ve spotted the American trend just as Luis Venegas' decided on an all-American Electric Youth! Issue, Vogue Hommes Japan's staff drafted the The Americas issue's editorial calendar and Raf Simons sent down red, white and blue color-blocked suit.<br /><br />To say the least, the issue is better than good. Department pages make references to designers like Romain Kremer, Bernhard Willhelm and Mihara Yasuhiro, and tell on Gang Gang Dance, Ricardi Tisci and American designers Tim Hamilton, Robert Geller and Patrik Ervell. Shun Watanabe styles the proclaimed "It Boys" Simon Nessman, Matvey Lykov, Jethro Cave along with, of course, one or two very exposed others and the Venetia Scott’s photography and Alister Mackie styling combination steals best editorial with simple, steel portraiture of some numb, resilient Euro-looking youth clad in — what else but — stars and stripes.<br /><br />The "Go West, Young Man" ed' shot by Slimane, styled by Formichetti had its moments with Hood By Air masking and the captures of a brazen bald eagle and limp American flag waving somewhere up above. The main detraction was the modeling; it was — truthfully — awkward, amateur and came with no sense of personality. Some were, in fact, kind-of candid shots but their with all the options they had, why they had to put so many... dull, dead shots must be beyond me. It seemed the number of photos on the 28-page spread also diluted the series and elements just didn't seem to align well enough to leave too grande of an impression.<br /><br />The "Generation Soul The Season 09" casting, though, was, man, so tight. Marcus Lloyd and Saleiu Jalloh from red alongside DNA's Marcel Castenmiller made a harmony in Josh Olins' studio shoot. Other models in the shoot, Shih Han, Ali Mehrabian and VNY's Robert, struck some effortless looks and poses in N.Hoolywood, Raf Simons, KTZ, Commes des Garçons Plus Homme, Damir Doma, Maison Martin Margiela, Number (N)ine and damn.. Patrik Ervell, Marc by Marc, John Lawrence Sullivan, Thom Browne.. I mean, fuck. What’s good? What’s there.<br /><br />The minimal print design associated with many men's magazines isn't too exciting but still not at all offensive. Set designs by <a href="http://garycardiology.blogspot.com/">Gary Card</a>, though, are some of the more striking visual appeals The Americas issue had to offer. The Tim Burton-inspired looking hands cradling designer scents is somewhere at the top of my list for shortest, most memorable editorials featuring zero models.<br /><br />One strange, can’t help but notice promotion made its way as an editorial in Vogue Hommes Japan. My guess is Dior Homme paid for the six-page advertisement/editorial styled by Shun Watanabe and shot by Karim Sadli. The clothes looked better than ever before, and I was surprised to see something mildly hot help in heat up the issue. With sinking sales and dips in advertising, we'll likely be seeing the likes of these promotional editorials in other fashion publications. I still can’t decide if I mind. Guess not too much.<br /><br />Well, check out the ‘flip and enjoy. And if someone finds the editorial feature on Raf Simons' Art List, please forward it my way. I'm missing out on so much not with Vogue Hommes Japan not knowing Japanese.<br /><br /></div><br /></div><br /><br /><br /></center>(ray)mondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04527007145305526956noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515406277743618700.post-29297334529380408722009-04-23T23:59:00.005-05:002009-04-24T00:01:21.431-05:00VIDFLIPS COMING SOON<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/VidFlipsCS.png" /><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><br /></div>(ray)mondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04527007145305526956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515406277743618700.post-71870326083284079122009-04-14T17:01:00.010-05:002009-07-04T10:26:00.802-05:00VidFlip: RUSSH #25<center><img src="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/Russsh.png" /></center><br /><br /><center><br /><object height="422" width="750"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4140220&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=c9ff23&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4140220&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=c9ff23&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="422" width="750"></embed></object><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/4140220">mondblog VidFlip: RUSSH #25</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user918053">Raymond Navarro</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</span><br /></center><center><br /><!-- HTML Codes by Quackit.com --><br /><div style="overflow: scroll; height: 420px; width: 700px; font-family: Georgia,Garamond,Serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: 26px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><div align="justify">Heard of Russh? — the Australian monthly publication for young women, cousin to Teen Vogue and Nylon. If it were the cousin of Nylon, references to houses such as Givenchy, Balmain and Rick Owens would definitely make Paris Vogue the influential sexy, single aunt to the down under publication. A good counterpart comparison would be its the "edgier" side of a magazine like the Italian Flair publication.<br /><br />The first issue of Russh I’d ever obtained was in the summer of 2007 in Los Angeles not far from the sidewalk of stars at a newsstand where the pavement was hot, the breeze was cool and trannies on the street hit on you with no shame. What first grabbed me about Russh were the several candid, backstage photos of the girls (then a lot of Lily, Sasha, Tanya, Agyness and so on) throughout the entire magazine. The girls were fresh, the tips were spot on and trendy pulled of well. This in sum with the several Australian brands unbeknownst to an American sure spiced it up.<br /><br />Shopping tips on how to “pinch the look” and numerous shot-outs to its advertisers in this issue filled the issue. Brands like Willow and Kate Sylvester find themselves in several of the editorial shots while also in the thick of the ad pages. The relationship between the content and advertising was a little too obvious in this issue but every magazine has got their loyalties. In a tough time for ad sales, publications have got to give reason to advertisers to hold on tight and ride out the economic ups and downs.<br /><br />Design in the magazine is simplistic, minimalistic. Just about all text is in black ink, headlines in a bold serif'd type giving it a "tabloid"-like look said friend Alexandra felt. No daring or bold designs here — no bad design either.<br /><br />The editorials —highly feminine, pretty girly, you could say — are sexy and quite distinct from editorials in Nylon, Teen Vogue or Seventeen. Strange and sophisticated references in issue #25, like those of Veruschka and Syd Barrett, also help give the publication an identity perceptibly different from other teen ‘zines.<br /><br />The cost of clothing pieces in the “pinch the look” department pages do make one wonder, though. Who at a young age is really affording that $110 Tigerlily zip-up-the-middle one-piece and the $400 silence is golden slashed leather top? It’s a clue the magazines aims for a diverse (yet mostly young) age demographic and for reasons of taste, it can sometimes do a magazine better.<br />The content inside is consistently young and fresh, just like its models and features on designers like Christopher Kane and those at Preen make for a simple, enjoyable read for those outside the young age group. If you happen to dig it, look it for out on newsstands and bookstores, it’s popularity is beginning to spread and with good reason. Just wish I’d known of the Karlie cover last issue — damn.<br /><br /><br /></div><br /></div></center>(ray)mondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04527007145305526956noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515406277743618700.post-48316592395354614982009-04-05T12:04:00.029-05:002009-04-07T11:34:56.633-05:00VidFlip: V Magazine #57<center><img src="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/V57.jpg?" /></center><br /><center><object width="750" height="422"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3994544&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=c9ff23&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3994544&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=c9ff23&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="750" height="422"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/3994544"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">mondblog VidFlip: V Magazine, Issue 57</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> from </span></span><a href="http://vimeo.com/user918053"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Raymond Navarro</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> on </span></span><a href="http://vimeo.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Vimeo</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">.</span></span></center><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:13px;">V's Spring Preview issue takes a step up from its predecessor. In at about the same weight as V56, what makes V57</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:13px;"> dazzle is the delivery of Nick Night's photo shoot with Lily Donaldson held at SHOWstudio. The live photo shoot was</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:13px;"> a thrill to watch as Donaldson struck pose after pose, leap after leap in those highly coveted heels and her Sam (McKnight) styled hair.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:13px;">Visions of Donaldson wearing all Balenciaga, Lanvin, Maison Martin Margiela to that</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:13px;"> sole Jil Sander earring, were ripped and rendered on painted cardboard sheets giving the editorial the</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:13px;"> entrancing and complimentary contrast needed to pull of a great studio shoot. You've got to see it for yourself.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div style="text-align: center;">The biggest bummer of the issue is the one and only new shot of Grace Jones on the inside. Following her cover-</div><div style="text-align: center;">moment on Dazed and Confused last year, I was hoping for a gripping Grace fashion editorial but instead there were</div><div style="text-align: center;"> rehashed file photos such as past promotional shots and album covers. Talk about a disappointment.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Though the strange and cinematic editorial featuring the likes of Abbey Lee, Catherine McNeil, Eniko Mihalik and Andrés</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Velencoso grew on me, after an initial reaction of, What the fuck? I was stirred by the unexampled</div><div style="text-align: center;"> shoot begging me to question why I did or didn't like certain photos; I liked that I was challenged — I concluded</div><div style="text-align: center;">I really was a fan of the Sebastian Faena concept shoot.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks again to V for always bringing a variety of conceptions in glamour, style and grace.</div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>(ray)mondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04527007145305526956noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515406277743618700.post-29130600087219328152009-03-26T00:29:00.019-05:002009-03-26T11:33:39.400-05:00VidFlip: POP, Winter 2009<center><img src="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/PoPpost.png?" /><br /><object width="750" height="422"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3854276&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=c9ff23&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3854276&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=c9ff23&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="750" height="422"></embed></object><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/3854276"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;">mondblog VidFlip: POP Winter '09</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;"> from </span></span><a href="http://vimeo.com/user918053"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;">Raymond Navarro</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;"> on </span></span><a href="http://vimeo.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;">Vimeo</span></span></a></div></center><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:10px;">.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;">It's buh-bye to winter, what's up to spring — I had second thoughts about posting one more winter issue or starting off</span><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">the season with spring, but Katie Grand's last issue at POP should be shared with everyone. It makes for a smooth</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:13px;">transition as the winter issue features spring collections from Junya Watanabe and Giles Deacon.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:13px;">Nevermind the Drew Barrymore cover. (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">I guess</span>?) </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;">Katie Grand gives the Giles' luke-warm SS/09 collection a styling (on Jessica Stam, Magdalena Frackowiak and</span><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:13px;">others) that's had me take a second, third and fourth look at the collection. Paper shirts and paper skirts? I</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:13px;">can almost hear the crunch, the crinkle, and I like it.</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;">I can't not mention the sick job Natasha Vojnovic pulling a Bowie wearing only the Dolce and Gabbana cruise</span><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">collection. Katie Grande does it </span></span><span style="font-style:italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">again</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">. But it's the last time she does it for POP. Grand now moves on as editor-in-</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">chief of the new "edgy," unlike-the-rest Condé Naste publication titled "LOVE." The jump-off icon issue blazes a </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">nude Beth Ditto shot by Mert & Marcus with an art aesthetic certainly relatable to POP. </span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;">But POP isn't going anywhere. “We are working hard on a complete revamp of the magazine to provide a broader</span><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">point of view, focusing also on art, contemporary culture and the globalization of all things Pop related,” the new </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">editor-in-chief Dasha Zhukova told <a href="http://www.wwd.com/media-news/zhukova-named-editor-of-pop-2035768?src=nl/newsAlert/20090227">WWD</a>. And so expect a big turn with the 21st issue of POP as her friend and new </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">artistic director Olympia Scarry will help to "stamp" a re-invented identity to the 8-year old London glossy. Will it be </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">fit or will it just flop — we won't find out for another five months...<br /><br /></span></span></div></div>(ray)mondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04527007145305526956noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515406277743618700.post-73474602816574807112009-03-03T22:22:00.000-06:002009-03-03T23:29:39.946-06:00RAF SIMONS FW0910<center><IMG SRC="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/RAFs.jpg?"></center><BR><BR><BR>(ray)mondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04527007145305526956noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515406277743618700.post-1810241107540870852009-03-02T17:30:00.001-06:002009-03-30T17:35:53.352-05:00VidFlip: 10 MEN, Issue 16<center><img src="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/10MEN2.png?" /></center><br /><center><object width="750" height="422"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3439410&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=c9ff23&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3439410&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=c9ff23&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="750" height="422"></embed></object></center><center><a href="http://vimeo.com/3439410"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">MONDBLOG VidFlip: 10 MEN, Issue 16</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> from </span><a href="http://vimeo.com/user918053"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Raymond Navarro</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> on </span><a href="http://vimeo.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Vimeo</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">.</span></center><br /><center><pre><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><i><a href="http://www.10magazine.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">10 Men</span></a></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> improves issue by issue, keeping design and topics fresh and creative. The publication's updated their</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">web site to include TEN TV, a TEN blog, a showcase of all past covers and, of course, those nasty little rumours they drop. The<br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">cover designs alter slightly about every year, which I like, because the magazine has been evolving, improving at a great pace.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The in-house writings are sometimes a little too much of that cheeky English humor for my friends and I (in America), and while</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">the all-Givenchy editorial is appropos, the all-Prada feature made the styling of the shoot TOO easy; we don't need to see what</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">we saw come off the runway again. We want you to refresh us with looks we might have not imagined. But, feature topics are what</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">you should be on top with if you wish to the happenings around modern menswear. <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:-webkit-monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I'll def be looking forward to issue 17,</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:-webkit-monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">my 10th issue, which has just begun to hit the shelves.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></span></div></span></span></pre></center>(ray)mondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04527007145305526956noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515406277743618700.post-62745017301156425062009-02-20T02:14:00.001-06:002009-03-30T18:24:21.231-05:00VidFlip: Zoo Magazine #21<center><img src="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/ZooMag.png?" /></center><br /><center><object width="750" height="422"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3274720&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=c9ff23&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3274720&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=c9ff23&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="750" height="422"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/3274720"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">VidFlip: Zoo Magazine, #21</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> from </span><a href="http://vimeo.com/user918053"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Raymond Navarro</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> on </span><a href="http://vimeo.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Vimeo</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">.<br /></span></center><br /><pre><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This will be a memorable one.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The issue's so thick it jostled all over the place.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Wearing a dress from the Maison Martin Margiela Artisan collection, Alana Zimmerman<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">gasps at the state of fashion as people grasp on the fact there are certain things people can</div><div style="text-align: center;">and can't afford. Now feel the hangover, people.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Read about the "troubling" signs around the mens and womenswear shows in New York<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">from [again] The New York Times. Guy Trebay's detais in his diary on what he describes as the<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:-webkit-monospace;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"artifical urgency" and the recession's effects on New York Fashion Week </span></span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/fashion/19diary.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&hp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">.</span></span> </span><br /></div></span></span></pre><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>(ray)mondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04527007145305526956noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515406277743618700.post-23897377028194474162009-02-10T10:12:00.002-06:002012-03-25T21:19:05.535-05:00VidFlip: i-D magazine, The Beautiful Issue<center><img src="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/iDmagazine.png?" /></center><br /><center><object width="750" height="422"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3152698&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=c9ff23&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3152698&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=c9ff23&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="750" height="422"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/3152698"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">MONDBLOG VidFlip: i-D, The Beautiful Issue</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> from </span><a href="http://vimeo.com/user918053"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Raymond Navarro</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> on </span><a href="http://vimeo.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Vimeo</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">.</span><br /><br /></center><pre><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.i-dmagazine.com/">i-D</a> is onto the track with cover girl Eniko Mihalik gracing 2009's first issue — The Beautiful Issue.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">While the month of January is over, you've got to still have a glance at the fresh-faced models and striking SS09 clothing stuffed inside:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Gareth Pugh, Raf Simons, Chanel, Maison Martin Margiela, Fendi and more more more. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Chuckling, Calvin Klein bearing cover boy Boyd Holbrook and a nude Anne Vyalitsyna make an annual February men's issue<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I hope to be delivering to you soon. So stay tuned — next VidFlip is with the one and only German Zoo Magazine with Alana<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Zimmer on the cover, Ash and Cole on the inside.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span></pre>(ray)mondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04527007145305526956noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515406277743618700.post-90603790570444023882009-02-06T00:17:00.000-06:002009-02-15T01:12:01.441-06:00It's a Make or Break Season, says The New York Times<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/SmallLabels.png?" /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Learn about how McDonald's is helping make Duckie Brown's upcoming fashion show possible from The New York Times..</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><pre><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Eric Wilson's </span></span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/05/fashion/05SMALL.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"The Make or Break Season"</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> article for The Times' spades into how<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">the age of the young designer may be coming to a close due to the recent economic downturn.<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I apologize for bringing up the subject of $$$ and the recession repeatedly — but it's real, people, shit's<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">fucked up all around everyone. I don't really care if what I say sounds cliché. And more people will</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">continue to lose their jobs and no one really knows when it might get better, so watch your money,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">know who you're supporting. It matters.</span></span></div></pre><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>(ray)mondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04527007145305526956noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515406277743618700.post-83695805623850002262009-01-12T22:06:00.000-06:002009-01-14T15:15:04.245-06:00Sale Rec: Boutique Reborn's 50% Off<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.reborn.ws/shop/"><img src="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/RebornSale.png?" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.reborn.ws/shop/">BOUTIQUE REBORN</a><br /></div></span>(ray)mondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04527007145305526956noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515406277743618700.post-72613646945116535842009-01-05T02:11:00.002-06:002009-07-09T14:07:58.688-05:00Meet a Model: Ashley StymestVidflip: Vogue Hommes International<center><img src="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/ASH.png?" /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /><!-- HTML Codes by Quackit.com --><br /><div style="overflow: scroll; height: 420px; width: 880px; font-family: Georgia,Garamond,Serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: 26px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><div align="justify">You're likely to know a thing or two about Ash Stymest of <a href="http://www.models1.co.uk/">MODELS 1</a>. Since in demand by Hedi Slimane himself, Stymest has quickly since then made rounds through big British mags: <a href="http://www.i-dmagazine.com/">i-D</a>, <a href="http://dazeddigital.com/">Dazed and Confused</a> to Arena Homme Plus, Another Man; become cover star of <a href="http://www.electricyouthmag.com/">Electric Youth!</a>, <a href="http://www.voguehommes.jp/">Vogue Hommes Japan</a>'s premiere issue and was one of the first and few males to walk <a href="http://corporate.balenciaga.com/#Id=/Collection/ShowS/S2009">Balenciaga</a> menswear down the runway of the SS09 show. Stymest comes in after the established edgy, tattooed, guy-you-might-know aesthetic worn down by the very-exposed Josh Beech and Cole Mohr. None of that takes away from the Brit's look or skill. I'd almost venture out to say Stymest does a thing or two better than Mohr or Beech but ultimately it's hard to compare any two models when the variables of photographers, creative directors and others on set are taken into consideration. I hate to even lump all these individuals in one post out of my respect for their work but it is undeniable that their appeal to the school-gate fetished menswear scene <a href="http://www.10magazine.com/">10 MEN</a>'S Claudia Croft claims has helped "[relegate] all other aesthetics to cheese-ball status" in the BOYS TO MEN article of issue 16.<br /><br />More is left to be said about these lean, lanky, pale with the promise of youth look on today's runways. Croft claims these "skinny boys" with the "aching romance, unrequited lust and fumbling experience of a teenager" have got their days tallied because they lack "the one thing we all need right now": confidence. The world's muddled politicians, global economic instability in this "post-boom" era call a crave to something "tougher," "more resilient," and "more optimistic," claims Croft. It seems the 10 MEN's office has got a big hankering for the muscle-y men types that I've got nothing against, but what I do have is a problem with Croft's argument.<br /><br />Call it confidence out of naïveté, but its still confidence. Part of Ash's charm, I believe, is the fact he's got a look that LOOKS like he's just been plucked out of southeast London. He skates, he bikes, he plays drums — tell me if that's doesn't carry the confidence of youth people would love to escape to.<br />Maybe I could relate to Ash better than Claudia Croft, therefore like him better, because of my own age and interests.. or maybe she’s more vexed by the "Bambi-eyed boys" donning swimwear as oppose to her "honed hunks" than I really know. But I do know that she’s really making it seem as if the 10 MEN mag crew are the ones you fear leering at you in the gym. <br /><br />For now — check out the interview with model cohort <a href="http://pony-ryder.blogspot.com/2009/01/exclusive-interview-with-fashion-model.html">Tyler Riggs at Pony Ryder</a>, check out the Ash and Eliza Show <a href="http://models.com/oftheminute/?p=4533">Pt. 1</a> and <a href="http://models.com/oftheminute/?p=4578">Pt. 2</a> and enjoy this VidFlip of the premiere issue of Vogue Hommes Japan. It includes photography by Hedi Slimane, Sølve Sundsø, Daniel Sannwald, Nan Goldin, styling by Nicola Formichetti, Shun Watanable and work by many other talents that helped make the premiere issue a must-have. I was (so) lucky enough to get it as a birthday gift. </span></span></div><br /><center><br /><object width="550" height="309"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2724412&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2724412&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="550" height="309"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/2724412">VidFlip: Vogue Hommes Japan, Issue 1</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user918053">Raymond Navarro</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.<br /></div></div><br /></center></center>(ray)mondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04527007145305526956noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515406277743618700.post-57859640760231016922008-12-22T00:20:00.002-06:002009-07-09T14:14:47.817-05:00VidFlip: L'Officiel Hommes, Issue 12<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/LofficielT.png?" /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="550" height="309"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2599717&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2599717&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="550" height="309"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/2599717">L'OFFICIEL HOMMES, Issue 12</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user918053">Raymond Navarro</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">While not totally new, I found L'Officiel's issue 12 to be relevant enough (and certainly good enough) to wrap up the sportswear theme. Most of the magazine comes shot and styled by former Jil Sander designer Milan Vukmirovic, with the exception of the Moto Cross editorial shot by Nick Clements. Some of the visuals tend to be more literal of the sport sense but all inspiring, nonetheless. Enjoy.</span><br /><br /></div>(ray)mondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04527007145305526956noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515406277743618700.post-2747568560031630632008-12-17T01:09:00.000-06:002008-12-17T12:23:53.204-06:00Shopping is a Sport<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/SportswearShop.jpg?" /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Check out the pieces — buy one, some or none.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">More importantly, become inspired.<br /><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/sportswearshopping1.jpg?" /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13;">Complex Geometries Sad Rainbow Sweatshirt, </span></span><a href="http://complexgeometries.myshopify.com/products/sad-rainbow-sweatshirt-1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13;">$139</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13;"> @ CG webstore</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Marjan Pejoski leggings, </span></span><a href="http://www.kronkron.com/index.php?acao=itemDetail&type=women&brand=29&item=827"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">29,500kr</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> (Icelandic) @ Kron Kron<br /><br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/sportswearshopping2.jpg?" /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Balenciaga knit dress, </span></span><a href="http://www.brownsfashion.com/product/fashion/womens/dresses/93882.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">£440</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> @ Browns Fashion<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Henrik Vibskov drop crotch jersey sweatpants, </span></span><a href="http://www.reborn.ws/shop/HenrikVibskov/hvfw08005/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">$249</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> @ Boutique Reborn<br /><br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/sportswearshopping3.jpg?" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Football leggings, </span></span><a href="http://www.judirosenny.com/product_info.php?products_id=450"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">$62</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> @ The Good, The Bad & The Ugly<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">YMC wrestling boot tennis shoes, </span></span><a href="http://www.gargyle.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=724&cPath=3_15"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">$60</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> @ Gargyle<br /><br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/sportswearshopping4.jpg?" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Bless baseball cap with attached scarf/hood, </span></span><a href="http://www.reborn.ws/shop/Bless/blfw08001/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">$499</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> @ Boutique Reborn<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Kokon To Zai embroidered track pants, </span></span><a href="http://www.farfetch.com/shopping/men/lab/kokon-to-zai/clothing/item10008938.aspx"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">$289</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> @ Farfetch<br /><br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/sportswearshopping5.jpg?" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Miu Miu sequined bomber jacket, </span></span><a href="http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/37115"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">$3,135</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> @ Net-A-Porter<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Miu Miu over the knee socks, </span></span><a href="http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/37126#"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">$289</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> @ Net-A-Porter</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/sportswearshopping6.jpg?" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Fad-3 shirt, </span></span><a href="http://www.alley-company.jp/onlineshop/100_142.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">¥15,750</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> @ Alley Company<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Antipodium hole-in-one bodysuit, </span></span><a href="http://www.mycatwalk.com.au/fashion/antipodium/hole-in-one-bodysuit/antipodium3.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">$139</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> @ MyCatwalk<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">La March Merveille green jeans, </span></span><a href="http://www.alley-company.jp/onlineshop/10_331.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">¥15,000</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> @ Alley Company</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div>(ray)mondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04527007145305526956noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515406277743618700.post-29689692874694211732008-12-13T14:18:00.000-06:002008-12-13T18:54:59.134-06:00Where Sports Meets Fashion<center><img src="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/sportswear.jpg?" /></center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The blatant sportswear influence in Miuccia Prada's Miu Miu FW0809 collection — color-blocked jumpsuits, long-sleeve netted onesies and track jackets worn with cone-shaped heels and bright skullcaps — made some mixed reactions amongst friends and peers in the "fashion community," but I knew Miuccia's athletic expression in the hardly wearable clothes would serve as inspiration to me and many others.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The influence in design and function of sport is actually quite pragmatic and refreshing, two elements I'd believe to be necessary for selling clothes at a time when 1) economy's in the dump and 2) retail sales are down, way down. And while maybe none of the aforementioned designers' collections are exactly<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"wearable," looks from designers like Raf Simons sleek, slim silhouettes for men, Balenciaga's austere, architectural forms and Undercover's spacey, tailored outerwear could be, has been, styled in sporty fashion in magazines. The look is more than believable, it's a reality. A sexy one at that.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And thank be to independent designers like Romain Kremer and Louis Goldin who on their own have integrated the aesthetics of sport making the surreal sleek linebacker-chic a reality on the runway. In them lies fashion's actual optimism; their exploratory trips on what's possible and "impossible" makes dreams played out in editorials and from your closets onto the streets.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Maybe you buy this, maybe you don't, but this is the first set of three posts dedicated to you finding an inspiration, or at least appreciation, for what's sporty in fashion. On the next update, find store items — new, vintage, slightly pricey and those comparatively cheap — from a list of international shipping stores.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There's so much to look to!<br /></div></span></span>(ray)mondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04527007145305526956noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515406277743618700.post-40064005746433837092008-11-13T11:23:00.001-06:002008-11-13T23:54:23.229-06:00About Complex Geometries Video, plus interview with designer Clayton Evans<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/CGwh.jpg?" /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><object height="338" width="601"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2239575&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=c9ff23&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2239575&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=c9ff23&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="338" width="601"></embed></object><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/2239575">About a Label: Complex Geometries</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user918053">Raymond Navarro</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</span><br /><br /></div><pre><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span><span style="font-size:100%;">Light, easy to move designs with versatility in mind stay quite well defines the Complex Geometries aesthetic.<br />The collection “inspired by the culture of mobility, exploring the pragmatics and aesthetics of travel” has pieces<br />ranging from draped, dyed tees and dresses to scarfed-tops and hooded jackets. They’ve just recently put up<br />their SS09 collection up on their <a href="http://complexgeometries.com/">website</a>, so you can check it out for yourself. Photos accompanied with a short<br />video by <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/user788446">Jason Last</a> featuring the soon-to-come collection shows off the springwear pretty damn well. With the<br />help of friendly Adam DeKeyser at CG, I was able to get some questions to the designer Clayton Evans about the<br />FW0809 collection, his latest SS09 collection and the direction of Complex Geometries.</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br />Tell us about the inspiration behind the collection.</span><br />The theme for fall was “Sex of the Ancients”. To be honest, the title came first</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> and we TRIED to<br />figure out what it meant. So we pulled in all sorts of elements relating to sex and gender in the past.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >There seemed to bit an element of bondage and "binding" along with<br />traditional Japanese costumesilhouettes;is this fair to say? </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The binding and bondage elements are related to the sexual theme, in probably </span><span style="font-family:arial;">the most literal way.<br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">The Japanese elements are more removed from their origin, referencing other</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> styles that<br />reference Japanese silhouettes. Kind of like the game “Broken Telephone” where you whisper<br />something to the person next to you and they pass </span><span style="font-family:arial;">it down the line until the final message has nothing to<br />do with the original.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >It seems you've got a much larger collection this coming spring. How has the<br />process of making a collectionbecome more efficient over the last couple years?</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Well, it definitely gets easier as the style because more and more defined. And having a great team helps<br />things to get done faster (and better and more creatively). We also reissued a dozen of the strongest unisex t-shirt<br />styles from previous collections. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Are there any prospects of CG expanding the line to include — to say, shoes,</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> underwear or denim?</span> </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Shoes, yes. Very soon, we hope. That's always a problem when we come to the</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> end of the collection and realize<br />that we just can't find the footwear that adds</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> the "write" [or right] punctuation to the statement.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> There's often denim<br />in the collection, but I don't think we'd ever do a “denim collection” per se. When we use denim, its for a specific reason,<br />not just to</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> fit into a defined market. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">And underwear, its possible. I'm more interested in the way people use their clothing<br />to communicate, and underwear doesn't really communicate much except </span><span style="font-family:arial;">in intimate circumstances. If we were exploring<br />that kind of communication in</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> a collection, we'd try a few pieces, but not just as a way to pump up sales</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >There's a much-flattering juxtaposition between pieces the SS09 collection involving<br />fabrics,fits and color. What can you tell about the fabrics used? </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We try to balance every element in a collection. So, for every smooth and shiny surface, we try to have<br />a soft and rumpled one to contrast. There are garment</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> dyed cotton jerseys, PU coated linens, washed<br />silks and shiny nylons. </span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Are there any traditions when it comes to the ethic of Complex Geometries design? </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Lots of playing around. When we make a sample, we try it on every way we possibly can. Its that kind of experimentation<br />that leads to new ideas. </span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Is there anything you could tell us about the audience(s) you try to reach? Is there a person,<br />or persons, CG has in mind when designing?</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">No, not really. Diversity is what we aspire to. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >How much direct response to you get about your clothing and designs from buyers? Have there been any notable<br />compliments and/or clues recently that what you're doing is "right" — "with-it," yet still forward?</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Sales certainly are the most notable compliments. You know you're doing something right when fashionable consumers are still<br />excitedto buy the same styles season after season.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> It was new enough to catch their attention and strong enough to maintain it.</span></span><br /></pre></div>(ray)mondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04527007145305526956noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515406277743618700.post-76562884350488992072008-10-30T15:40:00.000-05:002008-11-01T04:41:17.966-05:00Store Spotlight: Ashtray (w/ Interview!)<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/Ashtray1.jpg?" /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><center><pre><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">ASHTRAY, a clothing store based in Orebro, Sweden, blends independent designers<br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">with larger brands to get a electic and “rousing” collection. The store’s goal is to<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">“create a venue for people with a genuine interest in clothes,” which I believe they’ve<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">already accomplished.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">ASHTRAY carries some of the latest, most praise-worthy collections from Swedish designers<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">and has aspirations of carrying more international brands in the seasons to come. If<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">shipping costs ever strained your thoughts on purchases from abroad, ASHTRAY offers<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">free shipping worldwide and is tax-free to EU customers. Unheard of if you ask me.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The team at ASHTRAY was cool enough to reply to a few questions via e-mail so be<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">sure to at least check ‘em out at <a href="http://www.ashtray.se/">ashtray.se</a>.</div></span></span></pre></center><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b>How many people make the ASHTRAY family and how long has it been around?</b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We are four persons behind ASHTRAY. We started up with two when we started up the</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">store November 2007. Our online shop was released in February 2008.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>What's been the most positive aspect of change at Ashtray since opening?</b><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">When we first opened up our online shop, the majority of our customers were from<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Denmark and Sweden. Today, people from all over the world shop at ASHTRAY,<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">which is very positive.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Tell some thing about your customers.</b><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">While most of our customers are aware of designers’ background, some shop here<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">pretty much because they like to buy good-looking clothes. It is the shoppers who<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">are interested in knowing the "story" behind the clothes really inspire us.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Who in the fashion industry might you all find particularly inspiring?</b><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There are a few names out there. Besides our labels, there are brands like BLESS,<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Giuliano Fujiwara, Number Nine, Rick Owens, Damir Doma and Patrik Soderstam<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">(to name a few.)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Does the store have any projects in the work? Any parties or collaborations?</b><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yes, we’re working on some projects right now but we can’t reveal any details at<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">this stage. We’ve done collaboration with art galleries, agencies and some<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">designers in the past, which we hope to see more of in the future. The store is<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">just a small part of the ASHTRAY company.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Your store “editorial” shoot was executed pretty well. Tell us about that.</b><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The editorial was a fun project that we did the last second with some of our<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">friends, actually. We plan to shoot some new photos soon, which will be up in December.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Are there any prospects of an ASHTRAY clothing line?</b><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">No.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Are there any magazines you have placed around the store\?</b><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We have Livraison mag and fanzines from Cederteg Publishing. There are also some<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">magazines in our ground store, which we unfortunately don’t display, online but we’ll<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">probably extend our magazine selection next season, online and in-store.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>What new lines have you picked up? What’s coming in the future?</b><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our latest received designers lines are HEDERUS, The Local Firm and So Last Season.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We’re in fact the only retailer chosen to distribute So Last Season. In the future we hope<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">to offer more international designers.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>And what's the most surprising place you've ever had to ship an item?</b><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It was to Macau, which is a special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Macau is located 65 kilometers west of Hong Kong and is commonly known as<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">“Asia’s Las Vegas.” We had never heard of Macau before that, and had to “Google” it to get<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">to know where it was located.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The item shipped was an A Bug Collection tee, whose shipping costs matched the tee cost.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Not a good bargain for us, but it was a fun surprise to have a customer from Macau — a place<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">that we didn’t know existed.<br /></div></span></span><p></p><br /><br /><center><img src="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/Ashtray2.jpg?"></center><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">photographer: emma arvida byström<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">stylist: ylva fred<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">make-up: fanny sandberg<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">models:<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">rasmus/</span></span><span style="font-style:italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">kid of tomorrow</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">, eddie/</span></span><span style="font-style:italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">kid of tomorrow</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">, olivia/</span></span><span style="font-style:italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">mikas</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">, david , miranda, einar</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:10px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:10px;"><br /></span></div>(ray)mondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04527007145305526956noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515406277743618700.post-13118240742949584052008-10-29T17:20:00.000-05:002008-10-29T17:52:27.584-05:00Bblessing 1-Day Halloween Sale, 30th of October<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img style="font-family: arial;" src="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/BblessingHallowSale.jpg" /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Best sale I've seen around — 30% off Bblessing's entire winter collection this Thursday, October 30, in-store only. From 1 to 10pm, find Raf Simons, Patrik Ervell, Rag & Bone, Surface to Air, the in-house Bblessing brand and more at great discounts at Bblessing's 181 Orchard St. (NYC) location.<br />Can't make it? Shop the collection (without the discount, sadly) at <a href="http://www.bblessing.com/">bblessing.com</a>.<br /><br /><br /></span></span></div>(ray)mondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04527007145305526956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515406277743618700.post-52332807466805176072008-10-23T15:52:00.000-05:002008-10-24T18:47:41.053-05:00VidFlip: 10 MEN<center><img src="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/10MEN%20VidFlip.jpg?" /><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><center><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3cxOi6gVCXQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></center></object><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">WATCH THE HI-QUALITY VIDEO HERE (</span></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cxOi6gVCXQ%20&fmt=18"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">HERE</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">)</span></span></center><center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></center><center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></center>(ray)mondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04527007145305526956noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515406277743618700.post-54822495975451214122008-10-21T00:02:00.000-05:002008-10-21T00:37:57.872-05:00Shapes & Forms<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/FitForm.jpg?" /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">From hats, belts, skirts and coats… Shoes, vests, pants...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">and did </span></span><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">you</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span style="font-style:italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">see <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; ">those Louis Vuitton curved hairpieces?</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style:italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; ">Every piece of clothing has taken new and odd shapes this fall/winter season.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style:italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; ">The truth is, the aspect in design for these striking, sometimes odd,</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">garments is always 'round; it’s just fun to focus on the scores of forms,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">figures and silhouettes here and now.<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">And les’ not forget, one of the main forms for the fall was the “nude”</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">body itself. Bodysuits and comparable tight-figured silhouettes</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">ruled both the men and women’s runways for the current season.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">You can’t not find a field to play in all the choices of sexy, playful,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">exaggerative or structured forms all out there.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>(ray)mondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04527007145305526956noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515406277743618700.post-52611974658905785182008-10-05T23:54:00.001-05:002008-10-06T22:47:33.457-05:00Meet a Model: Flo Gennaro<center><img src="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/MeetFlo.jpg?" /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Flo Gennaro's is everywhere she should be before people start dropping her name like its Alyona or Iekeliene. The </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.suprememanagement.com/being/?p=784">Supreme Model Management</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> star has got some South American brand name deals under her belt, and also a new cover shot on Qvest. She was shot for TopShop alongside Iekeliene Stange and Egle Tvirbutaite by Emma Summerton earlier this year and her photos have made their way into fashion mags </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Amica</i><span style="font-family:arial;"> and </span><i style="font-family: arial;">V</i><span style="font-family:arial;">.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Don't get us started on the number of big shows she's walked within the past year (Louis Vuitton, Lanvin, Louise Goldin, Ann Demeulemeester...) because you'll feel you should've seen this rising star coming long before. (</span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.vmagazine.com/blog.php?n=2687">She's been on V's radar for a while!</a><span style="font-family:arial;">)<br />Find her photos on style.com: <a href="http://www.style.com/peopleparties/modelsearch/person4415">here</a>.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iDaD9XXex8w&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iDaD9XXex8w&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /></span></span><br /><br /></center>(ray)mondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04527007145305526956noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515406277743618700.post-35285044648466887972008-10-03T01:00:00.000-05:002008-10-03T01:19:27.015-05:00M-M-MMMargiela<center><br /><img src="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/MMMargiela1.jpg?" /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">A fellow fashion follower expressed about the this year’s <a href="http://www.maisonmartinmargiela.com/">Maison Martin Margiela</a> fall collection with two words and one grimaced face: “It’s ugly,” she said. And while you could argue it is… “ugly,” its disputable that this same ugliness is just the right ugly we need in fashion. The designs are conceptual, dramatic, unforgettable and undeniably fresh — is that not what makes most collections successful?<br /><br />Designer Martin Margiela preps us with a vision we’d probably start getting used to now, so 15 years down the line we’re comfortable with idea of wigs on our shoulders, body conscious nude bodysuits and plastic-bag bathing suits, because it’ll probably take that long for the mainstream to get pick up the fashion concepts. Today’s ragged and unfinished works can find trail sources of inspiration to 80s Margiela collections; who knows, we might owe the inspiration behind body conscious, architecturally protective wear of the future to today’s Margiela collections. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This Monday marked the 20th anniversary of the Margiela house, started up by the then 31-year old, former Jean Paul Gaultier assistant, Belgian designer of the Antwerp 6 Martin Margiela — that doesn’t mean there’s any planned celebration, though. In fact, there’s been a lot of recent chatter about Margiela actually planning his leave of the house. The New York Times article, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/fashion/shows/02MARGIELA.html?ref=style">"Fashion's Invisible Man,"</a> delves into the elusive Mr. Margiela’s actual role at MMM and troubles with creative control. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Shop MMM men and womenswear at </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.brownsfashion.com/pages/search/search.asp?txtSearch=maison&submitflag=true&ctgry=Browns&x=0&y=0&serial=08100324927253118">Browns</a><span style="font-family:arial;">, </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.net-a-porter.com/Shop/Designers/Maison_Martin_Margiela/All">Net-A-Porter</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> and </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.thecorner.com/MAISON_MARTIN_MARGIELA/corner/tskay/7B4C1203/mm/50/gender/U/toll/A#">The Corner</a><span style="font-family:arial;">.</span></span><br /><br /><img src="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/MMMargiela2.jpg?" /><br /><br /><br /></center>(ray)mondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04527007145305526956noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515406277743618700.post-3151105817238214562008-09-30T21:23:00.000-05:002008-09-30T23:20:10.940-05:00Let's Trip/Shop!<center><img src="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/5ShopStop_1.jpg" /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">New seasons, new shipments and a few newly introduced stores.<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:13px;">North, South, Western or Eastern hemisphere?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:13px;">Noooo mattterrrr, we got you covered with finding all the right designers, labels and brands everywhere.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><img src="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/5ShopStopStore1.jpg?" /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Dunderdon</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Vendela flannel jacket</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.pixiemarket.com/store/vendelaflanneljacket-p-412.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">$219</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Nicholas Morley</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Last Tribe skirt</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.pixiemarket.com/store/lasttribeskirt-p-379.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">$233</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Orphan</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">light denim Jodhpurs</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.pixiemarket.com/store/lightdenimjodhpur-p-419.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">$189</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span><br /><br /><img src="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/5ShopStopStore2.jpg?" /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">M</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">a</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">rjan Pejoski</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">black leather studded jacket</span> </span></span><a href="http://www.kronkron.com/index.php?acao=itemDetail&type=women&brand=29&item=818"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">123,900 Kr</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Eley Kishimoto</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">zoom-plaid mohair coat</span> </span></span><a href="http://www.kronkron.com/index.php?acao=itemDetail&type=women&brand=11&item=1029"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">93,900 Kr</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Siv Støldal</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> "High Visibility" reflective cardigan</span> </span></span><a href="http://www.kronkron.com/index.php?acao=itemDetail&type=men&brand=22&item=866"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">16,900 Kr</span></span></a><br /><br /><br /><img src="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/5ShopStopStore3_1.jpg?" /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Jil Sander</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">marble hooded jacket</span> </span></span><a href="http://www.oki-ni.com/invt/js0024wht"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">£779</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Rick owens</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">leather funnel jacket</span> </span></span><a href="http://www.oki-ni.com/invt/ro0027mlk"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">£1525</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Satyenkumar</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">contrast shirt</span> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.oki-ni.com/invt/syn0001blu">£195</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span></center><center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Bernhard Willhelm</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">for Linda Farrow facemask sunglasses </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.oki-ni.com/invt/lf0029gol">£75</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> <br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Maison Martin Margiela</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">sci-fi sunglasses </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.oki-ni.com/invt/mm0088blk">£275</a></span></span></span></center><center><br /><br /><img src="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/5ShopStopStore4.jpg?" /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Kornerd</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">button boatneck jumper</span> </span></span><a href="http://www.mintshop.com.au/male/product_info.php/manufacturers_id/48/products_id/594"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">AUD$220</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Maise</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">black 'Texas' dress</span> </span></span><a href="http://www.mintshop.com.au/female/p-Online_Fashion/texas-dress-black_77_653.php"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">AUD$310</span></span></a><br /><br /><br /><img src="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/5ShopStopStore5.jpg?" /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">A</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">pril 77</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Torpedo 'Apollo Program' shirt </span></span></span><a href="http://www.arknets.co.jp/modules/arknets_shop/kaimono.php?id=15701&sid=3&bid=124&cid=18"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">¥10,500</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">John Lawrence Sullivan</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">glossy coated denim jeans</span> </span></span><a href="http://www.arknets.co.jp/modules/arknets_shop/kaimono.php?id=12274&sid=3&bid=51&cid=2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">¥33,600</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Cheap Monday</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">'Sport' denim track pants </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.arknets.co.jp/modules/arknets_shop/kaimono.php?id=12945&sid=3&bid=125&cid=724">¥8,400</a></span></span><br /></center><center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></center><center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></center><center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></center>(ray)mondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04527007145305526956noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6515406277743618700.post-62684433556203738282008-09-18T23:44:00.000-05:002008-09-19T16:00:55.844-05:00VidFlip Episode IV: V Man<div style="text-align: left;"><img src="https://webspace.utexas.edu/ran247/VMan1.jpg?" /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1zefLQ9DXUo&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1zefLQ9DXUo&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">VMAN goes quarterly with their 11th issue this fall. 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