LIPSTiCK TrACeZ

A curator friend recommended I check out Black Market.  Here is a link to their store Connor Harrington, Chloe Early, Ian Francis and Evan Hecox are a few artists they represent.    Affordable editions from really good emerging artists.   Beautiful pieces and some as reasonable as $55.00    This is a great place to get started if you are interested in collecting art.  I have a few of Cleon Peterson's pieces and I love some of these other artists.   The images in order are by: Ian Francis, Chloe Early and Conner Harrington.... read more

When I lived in NY in the late eighties I would see her around the East Village.   She was hugely popular in Germany where I grew up, but has remained fairly quiet the last twenty years.    I got back into her a few weeks ago and rediscovered what a talent and style icon she truly is.    Nina Hagen (first record 1978) was one of the first female punk singers to embrace African music, Opera and crazy downtown style.  Beautiful and kooky and a combo of punk and disco you don't see so much anymore.   In concert she would Spout off Wagnerian lyrics in German and then bang her head on the wall and start rapping, she was a... read more

ONE NIGHT ONLY Mark Verabioff and Flora Wiegmann @ Eighth VeilFriday, July 10th (One night only) @ 9pmEIGHTH VEIL7174 Sunset Blvd. (@ Formosa)Los Angeles, CA 90046A limited edition poster created by the artist will be available on the occasion of the performance.... read more

Los Angeles hosted the dwell on Design 09 convention last weekend and there were some amazing pieces.  Amongst my favorites were Log Bowls by Loyal Loot Collective.  Using log cut offs, acrylic paint, and a water based gloss finish these bowls are handmade from different varieties of locally reclaimed trees.  Reclaimed is defined on their site as "fallen or cut down due to infrastructure, re-landscaping, droughts, or stormy weather."  Frickin' rad, they are using parts of the environment that would otherwise be trashed and they are saving someone from having to clean it all up and haul it to a dump or compost somewhere too.They come in many vibrant colors and vary in height, with a dimension of 2 - 10 inches.  Design is by Doha Chebib for CABIN.  I really like the lighter aqua blue one.  Seriously, what an awesome way to eat corn flakes. By Trina Calderon... read more

By far the highlight on our trip to Paris was this; seeing The New Order magazine display inside the world's most influencial store, colette Paris!! Continuously pinching ourselves every time we walked past the store for the duration of Paris Fashion Week, we did take some inside shots of the displays. As you may know, this issue we have two covers; worlds biggest graffiti artist KAWS and pop artist Murakami. Selling exclusively at colette throughout Fashion Week, they sold out!... read more

I just became a fan, on the social network world of Facebook, of one of our biggest fashion designers in New Zealand, Karen Walker. Seems everybody is jumping on the self-promote wagon in these hard times....On her home page I found some recent backstage shots of her new season titled 'She's Cracked'. Looking crazy-cool, the designer has combined the beauty of comfort and functionality mixed with an effortless 'cool' and style. See images below.... read more

Fashion and travel have always gone hand in hand.    Now you can rock some seriously slick luggage while enroute to your next fashionation.   McQueen has designed an ultra-cool line of luggage for Samsonite Black Label that will make everyone want to travel in style.     Not exactly low key, but pretty just the same.Available at samsoniteblacklabel.comPost By: Ashley Schaffner... read more

Join DC in the release of legendary skate photographer Mike Blabac's first book "Blabac Photo: The Art of Skateboard Photography," on July 2nd. ... read more

If you miss the little stonehendge pillars and witty bantry of David St Hubbins, Derek Smalls and Nigel Tufnell, nows your chance to revisit the classic. "This is Spinal Tap".   Even after the glam and glitz of the 80's heavy metal scene died down, Spinal Tap remained a must see film and an infamous name. Now, two decades later, they're at it again. The band has reunited and released a follow-up album titled "Back From the Dead". The album includes some classic tunes plus some new ones, an hour long dvd, and a rockin' diorama that you can assemble and put on display on your mantle! The album is available on Amazon and Itunes, as well as hmv and play.com. ... read more

Truth is always stranger than fiction.   The unlikely pairing of artists Barney and Peyton at a brunch in the middle of nowhere seems just their style.     Art lovers got up at 6am to venture to a mystery location to see the performance and drawings.    Delivered out of the sea by the Deste foundation the island space (Greece) used to be an old slaughterhouse. (Hence the mutton seems fitting).   Exhibit running through Sept. 30.  The Deste foundation is the Center for Contemporary Art in Athens Greece.      If you are in Greece.   ... read more