Terry Richardson’s Hand Job for Valentino
Move over George Costanza, there’s a new hand model in town and his name is Terry Richardson. That apparently is the photographer’s tattooed arm, dangling the Rockstud Rouge and Rockstud Noir studded heels and handbags from Valentino’s Fall/Winter 2013-14 accessories collection. Not sure how this sells, but it has our attention. It’s also kind of like Terry [...]
The Avant Garde Diaries Premieres The Cycle Revealed
The Avant/Garde Diaries premieres filmmaker Samantha Casolariʼs filmic interpretation of the Metropolitan Operaʼs Ring Cycle with a live performance by electronic artist Valentin Stip. Casolari is an Italian-born photographer based in Brooklyn. With a background in international affairs, she began her career by shooting human interest editorials and reportage. Unavoidably, the overwhelming cultural nexus that [...]
Isabella Rossellini on Maternal Instinct (The Essence of Femininity?)
If you’re as much of a yuppie millennial as I am (mommy-problems included), then I’m assuming you spent much of yesterday leisurely ignoring the woman that gave you birth by reading the NY Times, drinking skim lattes and watching Isabella Rossellini’s new video series Mammas. If not, don’t tell my my own mama, and let me [...]
How to Piss Off Every New Yorker in 36 Seconds
People who walk slow, don’t know how to swipe their metro cards, and the guy who steps in front of you while you’re hailing a cab to take your cab. These are the NY jerks, or people who clearly don’t know how to live here, who, unfortunately, live here. Watch as Buzzfeed amazingly captures the [...]
Weekend Listening: Italians Do It Better, After Dark 2
For those who fell in love with the seductive, noir disco sounds of Italians Do It Better ... >>
Wu Tang Clan – Execution in Autumn
The Wu Tang Clan is reuniting, and here is a track taken from the personal vaults of RZA. ... >>
Mix of the Day: Tropics – Home & Consonance EP
New out from Tropics, Home & Consonance is a dreamy, synthy, road-tippy jam, sounds li... >>
The Weeknd – Kiss Land
Toronto-band The Weeknd has a brand new track out called ‘Kiss Land’, off thei... >>
Ear Candy: Giorgio Moroder – “The Racer”
Yesterday, we took a glance at Google’s new upgraded music streaming and gaming plan... >>
Mix of the Day – Zebra Katz DRKLNG
Zebra Katz releases a follow-up to their breakout tune Ima Read. The DRKLNG mixtap... >>
The Daily Meow – The Great Catsby
You know what would make The Great Gatsby greater? If the entire cast was replaced with cats. Maybe then, dear Baz Luhrmann, you would be able to do what no other director has yet done — successfully adapt F. Scott Fitzgerald’s literary masterpiece on to the silver screen. Here are a few suggestions, starting with this [...]
“Pretty Vacant”: Assessing The Met’s Flippant Look At Punk Aesthetics
In 2010, The Guardian’s Paul Lester wrote, “Pop was once a home for misfits and weirdos, troublemakers and problem children, anxious, paranoid individuals who skulked on the periphery and instead of clambering desperately towards the mainstream would really rather be “on the run to”, in the immortal words of Howard Devoto, “the outside of everything”. [...]
Staying Soft in a Hard City: ‘One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das’
Don’t get me wrong. Think CONTRA is by no means advocating for a society of flaccid, lobotomized softies. But in a city that rattles relentlessly with the cacophonous thrum of cars, buses and sirens, where being shoved and even yelled at on a packed subway car is commonplace, we all need something every once in [...]
Review: Dessa & Co. Set Union Hall Ablaze
Granted that I only caught the last three songs of electro-rock duo Brick + Mortar’s set, I really shouldn’t judge the band. Let’s do it anyway though, yeah? Driving bass and vocals with a real sense of purpose spilled into a high-energy performance, and made me wish I hadn’t opted to eat beer cheese instead [...]
N°5 Culture Chanel – An Exhibit
Since its inception in 1921, Chanel N°5 has become the world’s most popular fragrance. N°5 CULTURE CHANEL exhibit — now on view at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris through June 5 — is a brilliantly curated look at the history and legacy of this perfume. More than just a nostalgic review, the exhibition highlights how No. 5 [...]
‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ Red Band Cannes Trailer
Director duo the Coen brothers’ most recent film Inside Llewyn Davis follows a week in the life of a young folksinger as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Guitar in tow, huddled against the unforgiving New York winter, he is struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles—some of [...]
Just Comme des Garçons New York Market
STOP EVERYTHING. Comme Des Garçons is having an archival sale for three days, starting today at 10am and through the weekend, and while we know you’ve got a lot on your to-do list, what with Spring art week in the city and Downtown Festival, you must try and squeeze in a visit to this maybe-never-again sale. [...]
All About The Boys
It rained, it poured, but then the sun came out and we found ourselves perusing the streets for stylish NY’ers. It just so happened that gents in frames became a theme, and so, we give you a street style edition that’s All About The Boys. See the full gallery on Hall of Style. Photography by [...]
Insomnia by Dan Crosby
Photographer: Dan Crosby Wardrobe Stylist: Angela Patino Make Up: Sofia Pina Model: Madelene Norde
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Suave Like Sauvé – Sebastian Sauvé
We picked a model’s brain to see if there was anything in there and it turns out that Sebastian Sauvé (Premier London) is more than just a pretty boy. Even if he is the ultimate model-photographer cliche. I mean when you look like this, you have to ride the wave, any which way it goes. [...] >>
The BLVCK SCVLE Theory
A tinge of Soho, a pinch of Fifth Ave, a linger of Rodeo Drive. This physically describes Black Scale NYC, a just-down-the-road yet out of the way menswear destination. On a slate grey cobblestone street in the city that never sleeps, a sliding door entrance opens to a polished all-black-everything ‘man cave’ if you will. [...] >>
Ink Philosophy: Jun Cha
23-year-old L.A. tattoo artist Jun Cha is an amalgam of all things creative. He’s an illustrator, a painter, a photographer, a fashion designer having memorable collaborations with brands like Black Scale and The Hundreds under his belt, and more. It takes skill, time and patience to dip your toes in everything, but most importantly, discipline. [...] >>
Jay Strut
It’s not about who you know. It’s about knowing who you are. And strutting your stuff. That’s kind of what I’ve gathered from Jay Strut, a Toronto-based fashion blogger. We’re still getting used to this term and it’s definition, much to the annoyance of established fashion journalists and editors, who work to keep fashions’ gates [...] >>
Honest to Goodness Mr. Dougie
Honest Ed’s is synonymous with ‘landmark’ for most Toronto residents. They know it’s the spot for the best deals on cheap products, for nearly every facet of your life. Located on Bloor and Bathurst Sts, in the safe, culturally vibrant Annex neighbourhood, the one-of-a-kind retail space lights up like a 1940′s Hollywood movie trailer. Oozing [...] >>
Jason Ierace – Gun For Hire
Finding cool stuff online is like making rapid fire but unrelated connections in your brain – one second you’re thinking about puppies and the next you’re contemplating life on Mars. How does it happen? Random. But interesting. Stream of conscious. Starting out with lord only knows what at this point, I skipped across photographer Jason [...] >>
