Emma Hardstaff - False Impressions Autumn/Winter 2013

My collection has developed from an exploration of fabric manipulation; playing with scale and volume to affect and distort the silhouette of my garments. - Emma Hardstaff

Psyco Nacirema (American Backwards :o)

Last week me and a friend after school decided to visit the Pace Gallery to go see the new exhibition created by heartthrob James Franco. I had seen photos of some of the pieces of work in the exhibition but stupidly did not look on the website where there are more accurate photographs of the exhibition in its entirety. In a way I'm glad we went because it is work made by JAMES FRANCO and it was interesting as a haunted house/ entrapment piece if you will; but perhaps we were not deep enough to understand the deep conceptual idea of red paint being splattered on dildos and rubber ducks...

MIU MIU S/S 2013 ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN

     

Pussy Riot, A Punk Prayer

    

Volvo Art Session 2013 Opening Show

 

Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Band- Southbank Centre

(IWASTHERE)

 

Last Friday I went to see Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Band. Yoko opened Meltdown 2013 (which she’s curating) with a blistering, thrilling, cutting-edge music-as-art set, which not so much pushed boundaries as ignored them. It's fair enough to say that everyone there was completely enthralled by the whole atmosphere starting before she even came on with moving bottoms on screen. Ono pulled some cool shapes when the mood took her and informed us, perhaps improbably, that “I feel I know you”. Her son was also there in the band and did an Eric Clapton guitar solo with his ultra cool girlfriend Charlotte Kemp Muhl Playing the bass, Japanese musician and producer Cornelius also was playing. Amoung some of the songs she played there was Walking On Thin Ice, a swish reggaefied backbeat; she duetted with Peaches on Yes I’m A Witch and unleashed the hounds on Don’t Worry Kyoko (Mummy’s Only Looking For Her Hand In The Snow). It was truly an amazing experience.

Don Jon

   

The Wolf of Wall Street

    

Much Ado About Nothing

   

Lucky Lips :*

LOUIS VUITTON mini OOH LALA

Girls in swimsuits sip from a water fountain in New York, July 1948. Photograph by B. Anthony Stewart, National Geographic

PRADA CANDY L'EAU

Lea Seydoux stars with Peter Gadiot and Rodolphe Pauly, who play two guys eager to win the affections of the lady sort of echoing the French classic Jules and Jim.

The Directors...

Wes Anderon and Roman Coppola

The Songs...
‘Il est 5 heures’ – Jacques Dutronc

‘Le temps de la rentrée’ – France Gall (I love her)

‘L’Idole ‘- Jacques Dutronc

Monster...

my love for Céline shoes will be forever eternal...

Becoming Picasso: Paris 1901, The Courtauld Gallery

This exhibition showcases paintings Picasso produced at the age of 19. There's a strong influence from other artists and the sudden suicide of his friend in a Parisian cafe. You can see the progression through that year of his style and how he developed his techniques. The works at the beginning of his Blue Period almost made me cry I found them so moving. I strongly recommend a visit. It's only two rooms but it is a very beautiful experience.

 "“The Courtauld Gallery has excelled itself by mounting a tight, compelling, and beautifully installed exhibition, full of first-class works of art borrowed from important institutions around the world. Don’t miss it." The Telegraph

"The most exuberant, magnificently focused selection of early Picassos that I have encountered" The Financial Times

 "“The Courtauld Gallery, which has brought us a succession of tightly focused small exhibitions in recent years, has come up with another real stunner." The Independent

Steve Buscemi/ Grimes/ Vampire Weekend

American Express, in partnership with VEVO and YouTube, announced at the beginning of the month that Vampire Weekend, and award-winning actor, director and producer Steve Buscemi, have been selected to kick-off the fourth year in its popular live stream music series, “American Express Unstaged.” I know what I'll be watching 9pm tonight. There's viral a video where Grimes appears in a park where he tries to convince her to have Brunch with him and Vampire Weekend.

Sofia Coppola

and her upcoming movie...

not too sure what I think about it :s...

Shades of Pink

I think pink is such an underrated colour. When contrasted against oranges or blues hot pink can be nicer than red and leave more of a statement.

MBFWA 2013 Street Style: Fuji Fun Edition

In the continuing saga of two girls living in different [countries] making one collection is CoMoYoKo. Partners’, Irene van der Vleuten (Holland) and Sophie Wyatt (Germany), Spring 1999 collection included jackets that were red and reversible with cotton on one side and wool on the other.

collaged portrait with producer Katarina Gyu

the new h&m icons

Why my love for Winona Ryder is so vast...

Winona Ryder in high-school

“I was wearing an old Salvation Army shop boy’s suit. As I went to the bathroom I heard people saying, ‘Hey, faggot’. They slammed my head into a locker. I fell to the ground and they started to kick the shit out of me. I had to have stitches. The school kicked me out, not the bullies.

“Years later, I went to a coffee shop and I ran into one of the girls who’d kicked me, and she said, ‘Winona, Winona, can I have your autograph?’ And I said, ‘Do you remember me? Remember in seventh grade you beat up that kid?’ And she said, ‘Kind of’. And I said, ‘That was me. Go fuck yourself.’”