8.05.2009
8.04.2009
inspiration today: vintage magazine covers
wish they would do covers like this again. Magazines are so stale these days with rolling calendars of the same photoshopped celebrity faces - and not even well-photoshopped either. I would love to stroll passed a magazine stand sometime next month and instead of seeing Keira Hathaway Johansson or whoever on September's Vogue, I would die to see a vivid gouache painting of a model in a Dior Couture gown or a satirical cartoon of a department store salesman begging a customer to buy the new collections. But as that is never to be I guess I'll just have to enjoy the beautiful illustrations on some of these old covers instead and be thankful that we at least still have The New Yorker... I especially love A.H. Fish's whimsical social commentaries:
Issue: February 1921
Artist: A.H. Fish
Description: A woman grows visibly annoyed with her husband, who refuses to put down his newspaper at the dinner table.
Issue: January 1921
Artist: A.H. Fish
Description: A woman, at home leafing through a catalog of automobiles, calls up a man, maybe her husband, to discuss her potential purchase.
Issue: January 1923
Artist: A.H. Fish
Description: Curled in a chair, a woman comes to tears over a stack of bills while her well-dressed husband nonchalantly has a smoke.
Issue: January 1922
Artist: A.H. Fish
Description: Stranded under a full moon, a motorist is defeated by a flat tire while his date waits in the car.
Issue: April 1928
Artist: Marion Wildman
Issue: July 15, 1935
Artist: Cecil Beaton
Issue: June 15, 1935
Artist: Jean Pages
Issue: October 23, 1989
Artist: Lee Lorenz
Issue: March 18, 1939
Artist: Barbara Shermund
Covers available for purshase at Condenaststore.com and Thenewyorkerstore.com.
8.03.2009
8.02.2009
calling william claxton fans
does anyone know more about this photo? I was flipping through an old Vogue -- September 2000 to be exact -- and found the photo above a news blurb about a traveling photography exhibit called "Framed: A Photo Retrospective" that apparently featured pix of Audrey Hepburn, Andy Warhol, and Catherine Deneuve in their favorite shades. This photo below was a part of the exhibit and, according to the article, was shot by William Claxton. I am kind of obsessed with it and am pretty much hating myself for not being cultured enough in the eleventh grade to have known about this show -- would have loved it. Aaanyywaay... just been searching the internet looking for a better version of the photo, and figured that since it was a William Claxton it would be viral. But, not so much. If anyone knows more, like if it has a name or if it was ever published in a book, I would really appreciate it!
7.30.2009
inspiration: sartorial videos
enjoying the stories behind some great New York street styles:
Hudson Square
The Brooklyn Flea
Prince & Mott
Madison & 67th
7.25.2009
inspiration today: stitch drawing
Was searching for cool illustrations online recently. One blog lead me to another and what I stumbled upon is a very interesting art form. Rosie James is a textile artist who uses a sewing machine as her drawing tool. Now, being a former fashion design student myself, I've definitely dabbled on a Bernina or two and broken more needles than I care to admit. So, to me, Ms. James' work is definitely an impressive feat:
7.23.2009
tout terriblement
A documentary to be released on DVD in November. WWD describes the film, narrated by the late Saint Laurent, as "a frank portrait of the designer recounting the ups and the downs." Did Yves have any regrets? Yes. "Not to have invented the jean." The Le Smoking wasn't enough?
7.22.2009
inspiration today: a pop of color
caught up on some of my blog reading today. Learned about a brand from the Netherlands called "Lew" on Style Bubble and was so captivated by these pictures from their site that I had to repost them. Love the palette of "sherbet-y colors," as she calls them, and the silly jumping-on-the-mattress vibe. Reminds me of when I used to have sleepovers with my friends and we'd sort of dare each other to jump from a higher and higher step on the staircase into a pile of beanbag chairs down below. Not sure why...
the Sartorialist in print!
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