art of uffie

ok, she's been around for more than five years now, so this isn't exactly au courant....

but i'm suddenly way into uffie:

old school

you guys all know who santigold is, right? she's cool, awesome, talented..... pretty fantastic.

and she was also a classmate of mine, in high school!

for that reason, and the fact that she was a lovely person back then, as well as now, i wanted to share with you her most recent video:

i found the video to be really exciting, and parts of it reminded me of the wedding scene in the movie gift.

do you remember it?

although santi and i weren't close friends in school, she was a lovely girl, and always so inspired by the philadelphia music scene. 

i couldn't possibly be happier to see her enjoying her success. she totally deserves it, 100%!

go, santi, go!

search me....

here's a fashion collaboration of a new kind.

in the 1930's & 40's andré studios provided fashion sketches to scores of new york garment businesses.

somehow, in the course of more recent history, the archives of this long-gone studio had been split between the museum at f.i.t. and the new york public library.

thanks to the power of the internets, the images have all been scanned and reunited online.... and are available to anyone with an internet browser.

one of the most exciting things about this collaboration is that the website itself is fully searchable. just interested in dolman sleeves? pencil skirts? great coats? just type it in.

the sketches themselves are whimsical and romantic. to me, they really recall a different time in the fashion industry- one where the designers were men, the trends and tastes changed much more slowly, and each garment was made with care and quality....

not to mention the fact that most would be made in the united states!

you can check out some of the results of my search for "military" inspired looks, below:

the last one is definitely a favorite of mine.... i can totally see this coat in a current marc by marc jacobs or mulberry collection. the pocket details and extended shoulders are terrific.

you can read more about the project, and check it out here!

for a totally different take on the intersection between fashion and technology, if you're into that sort of discussion, check out garance doré's video on the subject, too....

new yorkers

this video makes me so glad i don't live in nyc anymore and terribly homesick, all at the same time.




ah, the paradox of new york:












my favorite moments?




"you have to go to brooklyn! it's the law!"




"do you smell maple syrup?"




and the look on his face, after he says "aaaaaw, magnolia".

brilliant

italian vogue nails it:

how awesome, ironic, hilarious and nostalgic is that?