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Say Yes to the Dress

Posted 2011-05-19 20:34:16 | Views: 16,194

Say yes to the dress

The NY Times T Magazine


Horst P. Horst - Vogue 1957

Posted 2011-05-19 15:25:12 | Views: 15,543

Photo by Horst P. Horst

September Vogue 1957

Via: Dovima


The First Underwater Hotel Suite

Posted 2011-05-18 16:10:03 | Views: 23,694

NEW LUXUARY:

SLEEP WITH THE

FISHES

 

At the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island owned by Hilton Hotels, guests can spend the night 5 meters under the Indian Ocean in a private suite. The suite is encased in plexiglass and is accessible by descending a spiral staircase. Needless to say, the suite is quite breathtaking:

The First Underwater Hotel Suite is Here.


Concrete Flags

Posted 2011-05-17 13:24:17 | Views: 15,639

CONCRETE FLAGS

I found these online one night while I fell deep in the rabbit hole known as the lovely internet. These are just really beautiful to look at with their textures and bold appearance.


Beatriz Monteavaro: Date with the Night

Posted 2011-05-17 12:51:14 | Views: 14,918

If you are in Paris this month visit the exhibit “Date with the Night.” The show at Galerie Sultana runs from May 7th through June 4th 2011. The crude works glow in this installation by black light.

 

The works were stirred up by the artist’s fascination with pulp culture, B-movies, and DIY rock as a viable alternative universe to the glumness of the world around us. In the new drawings and sculptures, she weaves a new fantasy scenario that treats the rock band’s touring van as a vehicle for space travel.

Beatriz 

Monteavaro

DATE WITH THE

NIGHT


Somarta in Tokyo 2007

Posted 2011-05-16 13:11:22 | Views: 17,454

TOKYO - SEPTEMBER 03:  A model walks the catwalk in a design by Tamae Hirokawa for SOMARTA of the 2008 Spring Summer Collection during the Japan Fashion Week Tokyo at Tokyo Midtown on September 3, 2007 in Tokyo, Japan.  (Photo by Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images)

SOMARTA

TAMAE

FOR 

Wow, Just look at that makeup. When I saw this I was so inspired. :-)

HIROKAWA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                               


Penelope Cruz in June issue of Vogue

Posted 2011-05-16 11:47:01 | Views: 14,883

 Vogue Cruz

Penélope Cruz Photographed by Mario Testino for the June Issue of Vogue


Jen Stark - "Believer"

Posted 2011-05-13 06:53:34 | Views: 13,901

JEN STARK'S "BELIEVER"

 

This is a hypnotizing video by paper artist Jen Stark. I consider this – a sort of contemporary psychedelic joy ride. Come in it and enjoy.


Kirsty Mitchell via Live Fast Mag

Posted 2011-05-13 06:41:07 | Views: 16,653

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photographer Kirsty Mitchell merged her love for photography with her other passions – fashion design, costume making, art/film history, and the natural beauty of English landscapes – in her haunting and skillfully styled series titled Wonderland. The project started as a tribute to Mitchell’s mother (who had passed away shortly before its inception); and the destined collaboration with makeup and hairstylist Elbie Van Eeden turned the creation of these fairytale characters into a true emotional journey. Mitchell paid particular attention to the landscape, seeking out pockets of flowers that bloom for only a few weeks out of the year. All of the characters in the Wonderland series came to Mitchell in her dreams, and the natural outdoor scenery combined with scavenged props and treasures (they had not budget) made for mystical storybook images. Have a look:

KIRSTY

MITCHELL

Wonderland


Series


El Roy is Damien Vignaux

Posted 2011-05-10 12:14:18 | Views: 17,242

EL ROY

El Roy is Damien Vignaux. This set is splendid.  

Source: Cargo


Yosuka Goda: Wall Drawing

Posted 2011-05-10 07:03:50 | Views: 22,307

 

This is an insane wall drawing that takes up the walls and even the floor. It's like a big monster was created and it will eat your soul. Amazing.

YOSUKA GODA

                                                                                  

WALL DRAWING


Ben Grasso

Posted 2011-05-10 06:35:31 | Views: 24,035

BENGRASSO

 

I've been following Ben's work for the past few years. Most of his paintings look like some force from nature is ripping apart housing. As if a strong tornado is pulling it up into the skies atmosphere.  You can only imagine the destructive beauty of what that could look like. Grasso paints in a surreal reality that doesn’t seem so far fetched. At the same time it gives a sense of his architectural concerns and his bold yet precise brush strokes.  


Lipstick, Pink, Polka dots,Tights

Posted 2011-05-09 15:08:27 | Views: 17,892

Red Carpet Fashion Review: The Met Gala 2011

Posted 2011-05-09 14:24:11 | Views: 14,865

Blake Lively in Chanel (with Karl Lagerfeld)

Daphne Guinness in Alexander McQueen

Red Carpet Fashion Review

: The Met Gala 2011

                                                                                         

                                                                                          

Brooklyn Decker in Michael Kors

Ginnifer Goodwin in Topshop Unique


Emmanuel Perrtoin at his gallery in Paris

Posted 2011-05-04 15:00:26 | Views: 14,592

HANGING WITH GALLERIST EMMANUEL PERROTIN

AT HIS GALLERY IN PARIS