Beauty. Fashion. Design. Inspiration.: 2008

Monday, October 20, 2008

{plant a tree}

Erik wears kilt by Vivienne Westwood Man; t-shirt by Gap; hooded sweatshirt by Russell Athletic; boots by Caterpillar; hat from Edie's Hat Shop.

Source: Dazed Digital

Friday, October 17, 2008

Ashtray is a clothing store based in Orebro, Sweden with an online shop featuring worldwide shipping.

The concept is, by blending small designers with larger brands, to get a fun and rousing mix of clothes. The goal is, by offering a selection with the best of Scandinavian fashion to international avant-garde, to create a venue for people with a genuine interest in clothes.

For Autumn/Winter 2008, Ashtray represents brands like Carin Wester, Julia Hederus, Henrik Vibskov, Julian Red, Nakkna, WKND, Daniel Palillo, Permanent Vacation, Our Legacy, Richard Lindqvist, So Last Season, The Local Firm, Cederteg Publishing and Livraison.

Source: Ashtray - Sweden

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

{there's only one sun}

"There's only one sun, but it travels the world every day.
This sun is all mine and I won't give it away!"
- Marina Tsvetaeva.

Wong Kar Wai reprises his futuristic mood from "2046" and waives a spy story of lust and betrayal to advertise Aurea HD Flat TV with Ambilight, the new LCD technology by Philips.

The film has been produced by Anonymous Content and Jet Tone Films and written by Wong Kar Wai developing a concept by DDB Agency.

Director of Photography: Philippe Le Sourd.
Editing and Production Design: William Chang Suk Ping.
Art Direction: Alfred Yau Wai Ming.
Special Effects: Bruce Law Lai Yin.
Cast: Amélie Duare is Agent 006,
Gianpaolo Lupori is The Light and Stefan Morawietz is the senior agent.
Soundtrack: "Long Journey" by Shigeru Umebayashi;
"Siboney" by Ernesto Lecuona, as sung by Connie Francis.

Source: Philips Aurea,
Advertising Pawn, and No Fat Clips

Friday, August 8, 2008

{homme et femme - french new wave}

Alain Delon in Plein Soleil, 1960.

Brigitte Bardot in La Vérité, 1960.

"The New Wave was a freedom of expression, a new fashion of acting, and a great reform on the level of make-up. I was part of a new generation that refused to wear the two inches of pancake base paint and hair pieces that were still standard equipment for actors. Suddenly, you saw actors who looked natural, like they had just gotten out of bed."
- Françoise Brion.

The French New Wave is one of the most significant film movements in the history of the cinema. During the late 1950s and early 1960s, the New Wave rejuvenated France's already prestigious cinema and energized the international art cinema as well as film criticism and theory, reminding many contemporary observers of Italian neorealism's impact right after World War II. The New Wave dramatically changed filmmaking inside and outside France by encouraging new styles, themes, and modes of production throughout the world.

Source: Material Interest - Crime Doesn't Pay
and UW Press - A History of the French New Wave Cinema

{willy wonka - "the amazing chocolatier"}

"Everything in this room is eatable, even I'm eatable! But that is called "cannibalism", my dear children, and is in fact frowned upon in most societies." - Willy Wonka.

[Costume Design: Gabriella Pescucci.]

Source: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

{life is a book of poems}

"There is not a particle of life that does not carry poetry within it."

- Gustave Flaubert.

"The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass, it becomes mysterious... indescribably magnificent world in itself." - Henry Miller.

Source: Daily Poetics