Images Amy Troost Words Susan Locht Style Editor James Worthington DeMolet Model Rie Rasmussen at One Management
Hollywood siren and couture model Rie Rasmussen has spent the last few years more-or-less off the radar, but now she’s back, and once again poised to stun everyone watching. But this time, Rasmussen isn’t just under the spotlight: she’s directing it. Human Zoo, a feature film she wrote, directed, and starred in, is making waves at festivals around the world.
Amongst the bright lights and hot starlets of Hollywood, it’s easy for promising young actors to lose their way. But talented and charismatic rising talents Ezra Miller, Carter Jenkins, and Charlie Bewley won’t let burgeoning fame distract them from their silver screen dreams.
Issue 20 of The Block features a photo shoot by ioulex of costumes designed by Christian Joy, or CJ (as she’d rather be called). The interview accompanying the shoot covers a lot of ground, from CJ’s past in fashion retail to her ascent to indie fashion It Girl while costuming the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Karen O. We talked so much, in fact, that we couldn’t include everything in the magazine.
Meet CFCF, AKA Mike Silver. By now you may have heard his lush disco-textured debut album Continent; if not, you’re missing out on a lot of time you could be spending lying on your duvet thinking about twinkling stars, raindrops sliding down panes of glass, and people running slow-mo through sun-dappled meadows. (It’s dreamy stuff.) But before CFCF was making his spacey, atmospheric electronic music, the 21-year-old Montrealer was remixing other people (including Sally Shapiro, The Presets, HEALTH, The Teenagers, and Hearts Revolution). That’s why, for our Fame Issue, The Block asked CFCF to create a custom mix tape. Check it out, and just try to keep a grip on reality.
ARTIST ANDREW YANG’S DOLLS MODEL LOOKS FROM S/S 2010
Images Dan Forbes Doll Maker Andrew Yang Concept James Worthington DeMolet
Prop Stylist Thom Driver Photo Assistants Sam Zide & Drew Kelly Retouching Gal Potashnik
You don’t need thousands of dollars and big-name directors to make a hot music video when you’ve got a hundred bucks and a Macbook – if you’re M.I.A., anyway. Check out this dreamy made-at-home video for her brand new track “There’s Space For Ol Dat I See (Space Odyssey),” which M.I.A. dropped via her Twitter account. Her new album is out sometime in Summer 2010, and we can’t wait.
The Force is strong with this one: the Star Wars legacy has lasted over four decades, with incarnations of the franchise from stop-motion series Robot Chicken to the formation of Jediism (no joke, it’s a faith based and dedicated to the practice and philosophies of a Jedi knight). This month ushers in the most coveted Star Wars item yet: adidas Originals x Star Wars sneakers.
