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Lensman RankinJust off a long day at Milk Studios in Hollywood onset for Harpers Bazaar. Cant talk yet about who we shot--and I interviewed--for the October "Age" issue. But reclined on the...
Just caught an ad-free run of "Shampoo," Warren Beattys 1975 classic, on TCM. As well as starring in the film, Beatty gets producing credits. And according to Peter Biskinds recent bio, he ...
Morally disturbing and diabolically hilarious is "The Lieutenant of Inishmore," the black comedy in carnage about the twisted nature of terrorism, torture and cat fancy by Irish playwright ...
In the Pink in Issey Miyake SwimOur pals at Resurrection Vintage in L.A. and N.Y.C. make us haute in so many ways... (And my last shopathon there is among them.) We especially love the creative and i...
Two things we LOVE: When our customers are as excited about one of our finds as we are; and when they share with us how theyve integrated the object into their own lives.A+R pal Eduardo Makine just s...
These Boots n Heels are Made for Cooking: Designer Calleen Cordero and chef Nina Clemente in the back of the mobile kitchen behind Calleens shop."They really are comfortable to cook in," vo...
Lisa Bush of Mona Moore in leather shorts and those killer Rodarte heelsIts a battle between hot spots on opposite sides of the coast, per fashion industry bible WWD, which showcased a smattering of ...
Michael Schmidt and Lisa Edelstein in front of the designers tableauA truly fantastic evening last night at the Pasadena Museum of California Art, celebrating this years Design Biennial. The house wa...
Able, She Is: My lovely assistant, Brandee-Nicole AbleAt last count it was 50. Fifty hours spent at the Pasadena Museum of California Art over the last week, overseeing installations, doing the insta...
Fergie soars in this custom Michael Schmidt ensembleGreat start to the week thanks to Booth Moores feature in Sundays Image section of the Los Angeles Times on the California Design Biennial at the P...
"Image" in Recline: An "Image" mannequin takes a break in Bobs office.With only a week and some change in the run-up to the opening night bash for the California Biennial, my duti...
Praça Cantão, Communidade da Santa Marta, Rio de JaneiroIn what is the surely the ultimate antidote to beige stucco blight that is spreading through the Southwest U.S. like a cancer, th...
To my lifelong love, Happy 234th birthday. Through ups and downs, you still rock the stars and stripes like no one else.
A+R does Dwell on DesignWeve scarcely recovered from a slamming weekend at the Dwell on Design show at the L.A. Convention Center. But theres plenty of euphoria in all our exhaustion.For the third ye...
End of Day 2 of Dwell on Design at downtown L.A.s Convention Center, and were absolutely toast. Some 18,000 visitors were expected this weekend, and I wouldnt be surprised if we chatted to most of th...
Hello Folks, Sorry its been so long in between entries, but Andy and Ive been neck deep in projects. Intense projects. Fun projects. Cuckoo projects. These last months have been a swirl of people and...
Cast A Side: Two ways to rock the charm.Christopher Glancy, culture photographer and one half of the provocative jewelry line Cast of Vices, sent us over these two contrasting interpretations of his ...
Mirror in the Bathroom: Inside our room at the Mercer NYCFor all the traveling we’ve managed to weave into our lives, not too many hotels exist where we muse, “We could live here.” ...
Lara Stone for Calvin Klein CollectionThe only thing getting in between the world and their Calvins this fall is the delectable Dutch girl, Lara Stone. Perhaps timed to Monday nights annual awards-a-...
Workers do their own thing with these harlequin futsals.The World Cup is only three days away from kicking off, and soccer fever has spread even to my old stomping ground WWD, which is using the colo...
Once Upon a Time: Mikhail Baryshnikov before the late Merce Cunningham.Monday evening cant come soon enough: Mikhail Baryshnikov will join the equally legendary Merce Cunningham Dance Company for a o...
The "Woody" shelving system--in high or low--by Danish maker Hay.We were thrilled to find ourselves this week in Rita Konigs T Magazine column "Inside Out," following her Californ...
By way of The New York Times obit, we learn how Tobias Wong died. Like McQueen, we can only hope whatever demons drove him to this are now silenced. R.I.P.
Tobias WongA sad day in design. Word just out that Tobias Wong died Sunday morning. He was only 35. No one seems to know why or how. And we keep wanting to believe this is just one more sensational p...
In the Flesh: Dita Von Teese, Paris, January 30, 2010Yo Dona, the popular style magazine in Spain, finally hit newsstands this weekend with the cover feature on Dita Von Teese--and featuring Ruven Af...
It was inevitable. Death always is, especially when its hastened by cancer. Still, I am stopped in my tracks at the news that Dennis Hoppers body and mind succumbed this morning in hi Venice home to ...
The Second Coming of Shawn StussyIn some ways, having the store has been like Facebook: Its provided a forum to reunite with folks we havent seen in ages. The context sometimes means it takes a momen...
Not even time to get dressed up these days!So much to share! But am neck deep in a project that wraps up today. Postings begin again this weekend, so please return...much to tell you from recent adve...
SHFT founders Lauren Gropper, Adrien Griener and Peter GlatzerAs hopeful as we can be that the catastrophe down in the Gulf of Mexico will change the way the world or, at least, Americans will think ...
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