Archive for February, 2012

Ways of seeing

Sunday, February 26th, 2012

Yara De Nicola’s photographs of fashion week in Milan and Paris for Self Service magazine.

Nijinsky 1912

Saturday, February 11th, 2012













Christian Comte animated stills of Nijinsky taken by Baron Adolph de Meyer. These beguiling short films give a glimpse his genius or are an insult to his memory and his insistence never to be captured on film - depending how you look at it. See more here.

Adolph de Meyer himself was a favorite of Diana Vreeland and Cecil Beaton and features heavily in the former’s wonderful book Allure, the first edition of which I was lucky enough to receive as a Christmas gift from Mr G.

Carré Otis

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

Just loved Carré Otis in the 90s.

In black leather:

And white denim:

The last image, by Michael Roberts, is a personal favorite. I could look at her all day.

A little light reading: Beauty, Disrupted: A Memoir: The Carre Otis Story

Johnson’s at Chelsea Space

Sunday, February 5th, 2012

This is my favorite image from the Johnson’s exhibition at Chelsea Space curated by Mr G.

I like the idea that the clothes at Johnson’s had a strong costume element to them, that Lloyd was interested in revisiting the youth cults of the post-war period - mods, rockers, beatniks - and making their looks contemporary. Unlike Ralph Lauren, another retailer with a line in myth-making, It’s all very exuberant and tongue-in-cheek. It’s the perfect 80s pop scenario - a one-stop-shop for the one-hit-wonder requiring some enduring youth cult appeal and stage worthy flash.

I love this staff member with her big sleeve roll-up, quiff and bola tie. I’m off to go learn me a buckaroo knot.