‘You’re like Marilyn Monroe,’ Ken (a friend) tells me, which I take as a compliment and say a nervous “Thank You”. Interrupting, he adds, ‘You’re all velvet and Velcro. Men want you because you’re sexy and broken and when it gets too rough they can say “Hey! This toy is broken!” and toss you aside without feeling bad.’
your voice in my head // emma forrest
LOVE, spring/summer 2011
featuring lea t., kate moss, & natalia vodianova
photographed by mert & marcus
featuring lea t., kate moss, & natalia vodianova
photographed by mert & marcus
I have a specific look. Black eyes, hair in my face, high heels.
I’m always pushing. I like that. I’ve always been provocative, but what I’m going to do next is a new way of provocation. I did for many years porno chic. I was the queen of porno chic. And I will do something totally different now.
People sometimes think I’m very cold, but I’m not. I’m a very shy person. When people know me, I’m not cold; I’m quite a nice person. It’s difficult as the editor of a magazine to be totally yourself because you’re a bit frightened. Now I think I go back where I was ten years ago, so I get younger, which is always good. Younger with dreams and younger with energy. Younger with risk, because now it will be my own risk; it won’t be Vogue’s risk. Always I will be a risky woman. I will keep this legend.
People sometimes think I’m very cold, but I’m not. I’m a very shy person. When people know me, I’m not cold; I’m quite a nice person. It’s difficult as the editor of a magazine to be totally yourself because you’re a bit frightened. Now I think I go back where I was ten years ago, so I get younger, which is always good. Younger with dreams and younger with energy. Younger with risk, because now it will be my own risk; it won’t be Vogue’s risk. Always I will be a risky woman. I will keep this legend.
the future of fashion, style.com
photographed by hedi slimane
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yvan x manhattan
Facehunter Takes Manhattan
NOWNESS' Fashion Week Correspondent Stops Traffic to Recruit the Style Elite
Today’s film follows Facehunter creator Yvan Rodic as he roams the streets of New York, bumps into Terry Richardson, and reveals the secret to catching his eye (play hard-to-get). The Swiss-born, London-based Rodic got his start five years ago snapping attendees at art openings in Paris. “I realized I had a collection of portraits and decided to post them online, as I thought there might be interest in real people," says Rodic. His trumpeting of authentic individuality quickly caught on with fashion enthusiasts across the globe, and his site helped to pioneer the street style genre as a blogging business. These days, Facehunter is a regular fixture at fashion week but Rodic also "hunts" in less expected locales such as São Paulo, Oslo and Reykjavik, photographing compelling strangers for his site and his weekly column in UK newspaper the Observer. "With street style you are a flâneur. You meet someone, create a connection, get a special shot and you are the only one," he says, adding, "Fashion week is like speed dating." For the fall 2011 RTW shows, Rodic will be shooting events for NOWNESS in each of the four fashion capitals. First up is New York, and tonight’s launch of Johan Lindeberg’s BLK DNM collection in SoHo; NOWNESS premieres the new brand’s film tomorrow. To see photos from the event, check back here tomorrow and visit our gallery on Facebook.
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(♥_♥) happy valentine's day (♥_♥)
style.com
photographed by tommy ton
photographed by tommy ton
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i’m making a vow right here, right now. to never be afraid to be weird. to never be afraid to be typical. to never be afraid of being honest. to do what terrifies me most and set those fears on fire. to explore the parts of me i’m too shy to expose. i vow to never forget where i have been and to never completely lose sight of where i intend to go. i vow to risk effortlessly and forgive endlessly. to have the courage to preserve in the face of fucking up. to make mistakes, to fail miserably, to never give up. i vow to be who i am amidst all the could-have-beens, should-have-beens, and will-never-be’s. i vow to raise my arms to the stars like my fingers could touch them, to leave my finger prints all over each experience, to keep notebooks and never forget, to turn yellow in the fall and sky-blue in the spring. i vow to live my life finding the right questions instead of spending all my time in search of all the wrong answers. i vow to choose hope to choose words to choose everything that’s always fucked me over before but i kept it because it’s still important, i vow to choose the labyrinth because it’s worth it, to shake all the rules because i can. i vow to never let anyone blind me from who i really am.
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so surreal & beautiful...
nowness.com
Elle Fanning: Rodarte's Muse
The Actress Strikes Fashion Gold in Todd Cole’s The Curve of Forgotten Things
Hollywood’s latest darling, Elle Fanning, goes digging for buried treasure in Todd Cole's new collaboration with Rodarte, The Curve of Forgotten Things, premiering exclusively on NOWNESS today. The film highlights design duo Kate and Laura Mulleavy's spring 2011 collection, which drew inspiration from 1970s northern California, referencing Redwood forests, the gold rush and Asian influences. The Somewhere star pirouettes through the empty rooms of the historic Baldwin House (which sits on an oil field in LA's Baldwin Hills), her outfits magically changing from one room to the next. Shot on a RED camera using Cooke lenses from the 70s, the short's dusty focus references seminal movies of that era, such as Terrence Malick’s Badlands, while Georgia-based indie rockers Deerhunter provide the dreamy soundtrack. As for the title, Cole explains: “It's the title of a Richard Brautigan poem. The poem and the film are about forgotten things—circles and the curve of time.” The film follows on from last spring's intergalactic project that Cole shot with Rodarte and comes at an extraordinary moment for the designers, whose dazzling costume contributions to Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan will form part of their upcoming solo exhibit at MoCA. To find out which Rodarte look Fanning ear-marked for a special occasion, click here.
Hollywood’s latest darling, Elle Fanning, goes digging for buried treasure in Todd Cole's new collaboration with Rodarte, The Curve of Forgotten Things, premiering exclusively on NOWNESS today. The film highlights design duo Kate and Laura Mulleavy's spring 2011 collection, which drew inspiration from 1970s northern California, referencing Redwood forests, the gold rush and Asian influences. The Somewhere star pirouettes through the empty rooms of the historic Baldwin House (which sits on an oil field in LA's Baldwin Hills), her outfits magically changing from one room to the next. Shot on a RED camera using Cooke lenses from the 70s, the short's dusty focus references seminal movies of that era, such as Terrence Malick’s Badlands, while Georgia-based indie rockers Deerhunter provide the dreamy soundtrack. As for the title, Cole explains: “It's the title of a Richard Brautigan poem. The poem and the film are about forgotten things—circles and the curve of time.” The film follows on from last spring's intergalactic project that Cole shot with Rodarte and comes at an extraordinary moment for the designers, whose dazzling costume contributions to Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan will form part of their upcoming solo exhibit at MoCA. To find out which Rodarte look Fanning ear-marked for a special occasion, click here.
google art project
starry night by van gogh (in extreme detail)
googleartproject.com
Google just came out with Art Project, which is basically Google Street View for major museums around the world, allowing you to “walk around” and see the museum. The craziest part is that they made these insanely high resolution pictures of the paintings, allowing you to zoom really far in and see, in great detail, what the brushstrokes of these paintings look like. Probably far closer than you could actually get at the museum.
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Christians joining hands to protect Muslims during their prayers in Cairo
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