Karl Lagerfeld isn’t just an iconic fashion designer with a weird diet and little fingerless gloves. He’s also a photographer – mostly of men and modern architecture (both well-constructed).
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Archive for June, 2010
Lagerfeld’s Lens
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
Interview: Siki Im
Monday, June 28th, 2010
Siki Im is becoming a household name. The recipient of this year’s prestigious Ecco Domani Fashion Fund, whose previous winners include Alexander Wang, Patrick Ervell, Rodarte, Proenza Schouler, and Zac Posen, Siki Im has proven his years as senior designer at Karl Lagerfeld and Helmut Lang have finally paid off.
With a second collection under his belt, the German-born architect (Im studied at London’s Oxford School of Architecture) turned menswear designer impresses us with his literary inspirations.
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These Shoes Are Killing Me
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Alex Prager never had formal training as a photographer, but her short film Despair starring Bryce Dallas Howard has us fooled. While the photographer’s select film stills will be featured this fall at MoMA’s New Photography 2010, you can catch her photo exhibition of inspired damsels, Week End, at Michael Hoppen Contemporary gallery in London until July 17th.
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Style Wars
Monday, June 21st, 2010
In a galaxy not so far away, artist John Woo transforms Darth Vader and the Emperor’s Stormtroopers and bounty hunters into a bunch of fashionable (and non-threatening) gents.
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World Cup Fashion
Friday, June 18th, 2010
If watching the World Cup has left you with a constant buzzing in your ears, take a break to indulge in some football coverage vuvuzelas will never be able to touch: Sepp magazine.
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Uffie
Monday, June 14th, 2010
On her single “MCs Can Kiss,” Uffie gets defensive straight from the get-go. “I’m an entertainer, not a lyricist” she rap-sings, atop Mr. Oizo’s hard-hitting, bouncy beats. The 22-year-old resident vixen of Ed Banger Records has received much flack for her bratty party girl antics since her career began in 2004 after she organized a fashion event and booked producer Feadz to spin. The pair started dating (they were linked until 2008), and Uffie wound up supplying vocals to some of Feadz’s tracks, including “Pop the Glock” and “Uffie & Me,” as well as Justice’s “Tthhee Ppaarrttyy,” all of which became dancefloor staples as the Parisian electro scene picked up steam. Ultimately, it matters not that Uffie’s persona overshadows her actual music. Her unique voice is like a futuristic, mutant version of Debbie Harry’s rap on “Rapture” – and it has launched her into full-on muse status.
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Broken Embraces
Friday, June 11th, 2010
Canadian alt-rock collective Broken Social Scene, currently promoting new album Forgiveness Rock Record, are finally set to debut their film project with Hard Core Logo director Bruce McDonald. Screening exclusively at 92YTribeca in New York (today and June 17) and at NXNE in Toronto (June 17), This Movie Is Broken chronicles the band’s July 11, 2009 Harbourfront performance. Though the film is set against the love story of fictional characters Bruno and Caroline, it’s really McDonald’s homage to Toronto.
This Movie Is Broken opens in limited release on June 25 in Vancouver and Toronto.
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Interview: The Cheaper Show
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Just when those yellow “Buy Art Not Cocaine” posters had finally peeled off the warehouses and construction sites of Vancouver, The Cheaper Show is back. Our favourite art show where nothing costs more than $200 returns on June 26th to a 30,000 square foot space, double the size of the last jam-packed event back in 2008. In preparation for finally ditching that dog-eared “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” poster we bought at Imaginus ten years ago in favour of something more wall-worthy, we caught up with event founder Graeme Berglund about Cheaper No. 9.
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Interview: Refinery29
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
“I am a big believer in good shoes, the right lipstick, and generally, anything made in France or Italy pre- ’95,” says Refinery29’s editorial director Christene Barberich. Co-founded by Barberich with Philippe von Borries, Justin Stefano, and Piera Gelardi, Refinery29 is a go-to site for breaking-news fashion stories. The Long Island-born Barberich, a Huffington Post alum who jokingly claims her style resembles that of a 50-year-old lady, caught up with us after a trip to LA to give us a peek into the headquarters of Refinery29.
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