Dumdeedum, lazy Saturday spent watering plants, cleaning, doing other tasks I’ve otherwise put off… including watching some Say Yes to the Dress, the TLC show that follows brides as they shop for their wedding gear at Kleinfeld in Manhattan. As reality TV goes, it’s not a particularly brilliant show (The Real Housewives of NY has [...]
Posts Tagged ‘black & white photography’
their wedding is better than your wedding
Posted in creativity, fashion, no but seriously, photography, tagged black & white photography, photography, vintage, wedding on May 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Lolita, outfitted
Posted in fashion, tagged black & white photography, fashion, spring 2010, trends, urban outfitters, vintage on February 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What’s up with Urban Outfitters spring ’10 look book being all Lolita? From fetish-ized shots of awkwardly bent little girl legs & their shoes (mimicking the iconic cover of the novel) to the photos of a very lithe young thing, dressed in culottes and frilly 1950s bikini tops, the inspiration is hit-you-over-the-head obvious. In theory [...]
oh august you’re so influential
Posted in art, photography, things to do, tagged august sander, black & white photography, bob dylan, cologne, danziger projects, free free free, galleries, germany, james danziger, milton rogovin, new york, pastiche, richard avedon, the year in pictures on December 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
if you find yourself in manhattan before 17 january, make sure to swing by danziger projects (521 west 26th street). the current exhibition, sander’s children, explores photography by and inspired by august sander, a really fantastic fellow who lived and worked in cologne in the first half of the 20th century. ( august sander / [...]
my dreams do not usually revolve around shoes, but
Posted in art, fashion, photography, shopping, tagged antiquing, black & white photography, boots, diane arbus, ebay, facehunter, moderna museet, piet mondrian, shoes, stockholm, sweden, urban outfitters, vintage on December 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
i had a dream once in which i was wearing the dreamiest pair of flat black lace-up boots. incidentally i went antiquing a few months later and stumbled across the dreamiest pair of (inexpensive!) flat black lace-up boots, and they have been a staple of my day-to-day life ever since. we find shoes like this [...]
if you enjoy:
Posted in art, photography, tagged astronauts, black & white photography, hedi slimane, tattoos on December 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
black & white photography, skinny boys, rock n roll, close-ups, aesthetically pleasing compositions, tattoos, astronauts, an interesting eye for detail, and/or, feeling hip by association, check out hedi slimane’s diary. there are no words, only photos, but they are photos that carry a serious vibe along with them. they feel true (they also feel like [...]
