Russian "fashion" company Kira Plastinina goes bankrupt eventhough her father spent 80 million to set up stores in the US.I'm sorry but the shit was sub- par uglayyy and not cheap. It is really no wonder to me that this brand failed. With H&M, Zara, and Forever 21 producing cheap trendy clothes that are wearable it is really hard to compete in this market with tacky stuff. Here is the article from Bloomberg news by Bob von Voris. Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) -- KP Fashion Co., the company set up by the father of 16-year-old Russian fashion designer Kira Plastinina to sell her clothes in the U.S., filed for bankruptcy seven months after opening its first store. Los Angeles-based KP Fashion... read more
Still trying to get my paws on that SUPREME sweater. I was really surprised to see Jun from UNDERCOVER to create those motorcycle jackets. Folkwear. I dig it.... read more
Scientists have discovered a new forest with never seen before species living there all on Google Earth! It was one of the few places on the planet that remained unmapped and unexplored. Who would have though putting satelites around our globe would lead to an untouched rain forest in the middle of the desert!!!! So now Mozambique's Mount Mabu has been unravelled for the world to see. With new types of snakes and chameleon lizards, this mountain has become the camp ground to the worlds biggest scientists....More info here.... read more
MTV debuts it's new show "the City" starring blond bimbo Whitney Port from vacuous hit, "the Hills". Basically Gossip Girl lite. If it is anything as boring and stupid as the Hills it will be a big hit.No- I won't be watching it, but I'm sure the tabloids will keep me informed as the plots thicken. I look forward to seeing a bunch of no name stars go from frumpy to fabulous as they hire stylists, have their boobs,noses and teeth done as the seasons continue. . (stick to GG if you want juicy dialogue, hot teens, and trendy fashion. Art maven, Yvonne Force Vallereal and stylist, Eric Damen are the creative visual masters behind Gossip Girl... read more
The German condom manufacturer has designed these crazy sexy shopping bags.source: random good stuff... read more
I never grow tired of the politically stirring and profoundly beautiful serigraphs created by artist and Nun, Sister Corita Kent. Looking toward a new year filled with immense challenges, a humbled economy and infrastructure, it is a time to search not only for inner inspiration, but the inspiration of the many great minds that came before us. Sister Corita's rules for her art students at Immaculate Heart College in LA took her and anyone lucky enough to be touched by her creative vision on an artistic and spiritual ride. In the turning of a New Year, I encourage us all to feel fully the discomfort of our time and use that energy to energize and transform our future, Sister Corita's... read more
Why do a fashion show when you have the internet? Why get models when uber-model Shalom Harlow can model every piece in the collection? View this virtual masterpiece. Shalom had to walk each piece in the show and then it was put together in post. In this tech savvy age will with the recession loud and clear will other brands follow suit?... read more
In an era where J Edgar Hoover ran the FBI, our government dealt with a very real public relations issue in that a large populous of Americans sympathized and even glamourized certain outlaws, notably Bonnie & Clyde. This was of course a time of much cynicism towards our government by its citizens. A time when good people were basically destroyed losing their homes and savings to the banks, massive unemployment, and to top it off, folks could not legally forget their sorrows in a cocktail. Prohibition was the icing on the cake which left many in our country seeing police and officials as a joke. (The government seeming a joke and out of touch with its citizens, people losing their homes, etc...... hmm, sound familiar? ;) And then you have Bonnie & Clyde--young, stylish, and robbing banks. Perversely symbolizing a sort of freedom. Renegades out on the open road opposing the out of touch law men and oppressive government. What do you think would have been the case in the past year if we would have had ourselves a modern version of these notoriously stylish young outlaws? I think they'd be on the cover of every paper in this country, as well as Us Weekly, Ok!, In Touch, and People Magazine and seen on PerezHilton.com. There would be people employed to know or at least speculate on what brand of shoes our modern Bonnie was wearing and who made this... read more
Just in case, in the huge and confusing world of the internet, you have missed the joys of Ashley Macomber's art, here's a link to her website.And an interesting interview where she talks about her relationship with TV, including a love of Twin Peaks, Six Feet Under, and the Mighty Boosh. (<3!)And a couple of her paintings:She captures the flow of fur with so few lines, and the expressions are way intense for two dimensions. This painting's a good example of the value of efficience in art.She evokes the mysticism of nature and creation, and you can see the connection to David Lynch and Alan Ball through the impending feeling that something dark lurks beneath the surface. On that note, David Lynch's latest tunes have been haunting my abode, especially the song Ghost of Love that he wrote for Inland Empire and recently rereleased on Itunes along with a B side Imaginary Girl. It's worth the $1.98 : )In the spirit of George Sand: "My profession is to be free."... read more
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