April 2009
“Everybody’s searching desperately for business model innovation: Detroit,...”
– Umair (via catbird)
I agree wholeheartedly. At a (really fucking awesome) party at a completely amazing house in Williamsburg on Tuesday night, I found myself sitting at the kitchen table with three other women. Like myself, one has a traditional dayjob, the other works in media (specifically...
““Madonna [is] trying to get fashion companies to give Jesus work so he...”
– Jesus Luz Doesn’t Need Madonna’s Help Anymore — The Cut: New York Magazine’s Fashion Blog
Thank you, commenter, for demystifying this complete crock of hooey about Marc Jacobs personally writing a letter in support of a “work permit” for Madonna’s toyboy of the week. ...
WatchThe Boy Least Likely To — When Life Gives Me Lemons, I Make Lemonade
Starring the twee-est little knitted bird. I’m not even apologizing for the fact that I love TBLLT, or this song — or the twee-est little bird. So darling! Here’s hoping I can see them play live again someday?
xoxo c. hotpoint
WatchLittle Boots — New In Town
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“Ballard the writer was a soothsayer who lived long enough to see many of his...”
– Philip Gwyn Jones on J.G. Ballard | Granta Magazine
Fare the well, sir.
xoxo c. hotpoint
Parasol Magazine, Issue One →
San Francisco-based Parasol Magazine, editied and produced by Yasmine Surovec, is a pdf-only magazine dedicated to the intersection of design, art and something called “creative lifestyle,” which, though it kind of makes me feel like I’m in the most loathsome demographic of all time, is actually something something we can endorse. Especially since Parasol plans to focus on...
“The problem with fashion going Back to the Future of 1983 is that for some...”
– Critical Shopper - Topshop - Topshop in Manhattan - NYTimes.com
Yes, we love Cintra Wilson. To a fault. (She’s this charmingly offensive in person as well.) I would quote this entire article if it didn’t defeat the purpose.
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WatchIda Maria — I Like You So Much Better When You’re Naked
I think I’d like to live inside this video; perhaps even inside the whole album. I’d also like Ida Maria’s boots, please.
xoxo c. hotpoint
Maximo Park — Let’s Get Clinical
This...
“There was some tea and biscuits involved in the making of this album; that was...”
– The Quietus | Features | A Quietus Interview | Depeche Mode Interviewed: Universal Truths And Sounds
Have we ever told you how much we love Depeche Mode? I heard “Wrong” coming out of someone’s car window downtown the other day. I really need to take some time and listen to the...
Spartan but sweet crash pad // Great Location!... →
Coming to New York between now and mid-May? Need a place to stay? Let us know. This apartment belongs to our collective employer and it’s vacant for the time being. Accommodations are really, really basic, but it’s safe and clean. Why yes, it’s furnished entirely by IKEA, courtesy Cindy.
ALSO! If you’re travelling to New York at any time, and you’re in a group...
SHOWstudio - Rick Owens Portrait (in Motion!) →
More of Rick Owens being semi-nude and wonderfuly, totally, completely vile. And virulent. And gross. And kind of sexy…for jerky.
More Men in Clothes
It must be Friday because it’s time for Kindling & Tinder A/W pattern sneak preview action. These are resized finished shots of most of the action. For final publication, be prepared for math(!), instructions, dirty details that show construction (and some skin), different angles, the same garment on different models for fit variety, front, back, side, upside down, and embarrassing...
“I am really a slob. It takes a lot of effort for me to look this put together....”
– Isaac Mizrahi Is a Slob — The Cut: New York Magazine’s Fashion Blog
Oh Isaac, we love you. Seriously. I totally feel you here. Dear world: I’m almost 35. I have nothing to prove to anyone. I do not need to party. If I grace a place with my presence, it’s because I...
Diane, A Shaded View on Fashion: Rumor has it that... →
Olivier Theyskens + Schiaparelli. Please let this be true. Please, Baby Jesus. The marriage of this…
and this?!
(That’s Rochas F/W 2005, kids.)
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Blackbird Blog: VALOBRA SOAPS, or this is how men... →
I have soap issues. I like expensive soap I can’t afford the soap I buy. I like men who smell like soap…expensive soap…the kind they can’t afford to buy. While I am a devotee of Claus Porto’s Voga for myself, I really, really like Valobra soaps for the mens. Seeing that Blackbird not only endorses Valobra but actively sells it is pretty awesome. Get some to go...
