March 09, 2014
Chanel Fall/Winter 2014-2015 Ready-to-Wear
I wanted the Coco Choco sign: "Bit of bad news for those of you relentlessly combing eBay hoping to score one of those Chanel 'Mademoiselle Privé' doormats (wait, I wasn’t the only one, right?): Chanel looters weren’t allowed to keep those goods."
Parité: Karl Lagerfeld says he likes fashion to be "part of daily life, and not something cut away from life." It looks like his trip to cool, relaxed, and comfortable took a long detour through Cara Delevingne's closet.
Why Netflix would have ruined True Detective
"If HBO released the episodes of True Detective all at once, as Netflix regularly does, this show would get half the attention it currently draws."
All these worlds are yours
"If Europa's ocean is proven to exist, it would possess more than twice as much water as Earth."
March 08, 2014
Towers of Svaneti
"Svans -- a subgroup of Georgians, who speak their own unwritten Svan language, practice blood revenge and sing complicated polyphonic vocal songs -- were the traditional gatekeepers of mountain passes, and since the time immemorial have been hardy survivors, the archetypal highland warriors. Every household in Svaneti is a true fortress."
Stephen King’s Reading List for Writers
“If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
March 07, 2014
Carthage: The Roman Holocaust (2004)
"It was a fine spring morning when Armageddon began."
"Carthage was Rome's equal, rival and almost her conqueror. In 146 BC Roman General Scipio destroyed the city of Carthage so painstakingly and utterly that not a single building was left standing. What did the Romans so fear about the Carthaginians that in the end they would be prompted to the most terrible acts of reprisal in the ancient world? A new archaeological dig by Dr. Richard Miles of Cambridge University, penetrates the burned layer of the Roman holocaust and uncovers fresh evidence."
On the surface, this seems like good news
"Is Sony's The Last of Us movie a good idea?"
That’s the problem though. These game work great as games, but stripped of its “game-ness,” The Last of Us may turn into just another post-apocalyptic sci-fi zombie movie.
Encouraging: Sam Raimi is producing the film.
Naughty Dog related: "Earlier this week we had to confirm the regrettable news that Amy Hennig has left Naughty Dog."
Plot device
"The worst thing that ever happened to the collective Screenwriters of the World was the invention of the cellphone. Seinfeld may still hold up pretty great for you today ('90s fashion is timeless, y'all), but think about that show from the perspective of someone who's 12 or 13 now. Half the "conflicts" in that (or virtually any '90s) sitcom could have been solved via a few hundred bucks worth of iPhone."
Bear McCreary with Katee Sackhoff - All Along the Watchtower
The album version:
March 06, 2014
Louis Vuitton Desert Philosophies with Matthias Schoenaerts
On Acting and Experience
On the Actor and the Character
On Travel and Discovery
March 05, 2014
Louis Vuitton | Fall Winter 2014/2015 Full Fashion Show
Louis Vuitton | Fall Winter 2014/2015 by Nicolas Ghesquière.
Digital fashion
"Silicon Valley may be the historical mecca of the tech startup, but when it comes to the world of fashion technology, London has positioned itself to be the center of everything digital fashion."
Take Burberry, for example.
The Adele Dazeem Name Generator
What's your Travoltified name?
Hat tip to Mr. Proctor.
March 04, 2014
Giorgio Armani Privé - One Night Only in Paris Runway Show Spring/Summer 2014 Haute Couture
The only proper couture show of the season. Paul Poiret lives.
Rance 1795 - Le Vainqueur
"Francois Rance created Le Vainqueur for his client, Napoleon Bonaparte, drawing inspiration from the Mediterranean atmospheres which were so dear to Napoleon and to Franois himself."
Vogue - Tom Ford's Inspiring Advice to Designers at the Fashion Fund Awards Ceremony
"As the speaker at the 2013 awards ceremony for the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, we hear Tom Ford share his inspiring words of advice to young designers trying to gain notoriety in the industry."
"Almost like editing your closet."
March 03, 2014
March 01, 2014
Wes Anderson - Hotel Chevalier (2010)
NSFW (mostly naked Natalie Portman)
An army marches on its stomach
I like the look of the cassoulet with duck confit in the French army ration pack.
Pal Zileri Spring Summer 2014
"The Spring-Summer season is bedecked in refined lightness comprising vintage overtones, poetic pursuit of colour and impeccably stylish style."
