oui ou oui?

dree hemingway for house of holland

2011-03-09T23:22:00.000-05:00

i love anna dello russo.

2011-03-05T20:48:00.002-05:00

bc she's awesome.

pugs!

2011-02-17T02:09:00.000-05:00

bc they are cute lil smooshfaces!

so sick!

2011-02-17T02:05:00.000-05:00

in a good way. this mag cover is awesome!

silly dino

2011-02-17T02:02:00.002-05:00

60 degrees today...

2011-02-17T01:59:00.003-05:00

so i'm thinkin'...

let's escape...

2011-02-17T01:58:00.000-05:00

new resolution:

2011-02-17T01:56:00.000-05:00

puppy cuteness!

2011-02-17T01:55:00.000-05:00

are you happy?

2011-02-17T01:53:00.000-05:00

happy new year! 2011! weeeee!

2011-01-02T03:14:00.000-05:00

social science palooza

2010-12-08T01:27:00.001-05:00

social science experiment summaries

fascinating...

r.i.p. john

2010-12-08T00:42:00.001-05:00

8 december, 1980

the tea maker

the history of the beatles in hair:

the hard road?

2010-12-07T23:11:00.002-05:00

bring your own sunshine

2010-12-07T23:10:00.001-05:00

quotable: taylor swift

2010-12-07T00:08:00.000-05:00

"you're lucky enough to be different from everyone else.
don't change to be the same."

hello, kitty.

2010-11-28T11:53:00.000-05:00

sassy b*tch.

2010-11-28T11:49:00.002-05:00

when did ingrid michaelson get so hott???

2010-11-28T11:46:00.000-05:00

crazy sick beatboxing

2010-11-28T11:44:00.001-05:00

it gets better. love, pixar

2010-11-28T11:39:00.003-05:00

more hott.

2010-11-26T22:09:00.002-05:00

just cuz...

my future husband.

2010-11-26T22:08:00.001-05:00

(center. sexonastick.)

modern art by craig damrauer.

2010-11-24T10:31:00.001-05:00

wise cookie. ;)

2010-11-24T10:24:00.000-05:00

fancy footwork.

2010-11-23T13:11:00.000-05:00

quotable: alice neel

2010-11-23T12:29:00.000-05:00

"the minute i sat in front of a canvas i was happy. because it was a world, and i could do what i liked with it."

mind-blowing revelation

2010-11-02T23:49:00.000-04:00

via ubersuper.

quotable: marc chagall

2010-11-02T23:42:00.002-04:00

"in our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art.
it is the color of love."

music! kaskade ft. martina of dragonette "fire in your new shoes"

2010-11-02T23:34:00.000-04:00

forgot to post this ages ago...

hello, november.

2010-11-02T23:21:00.002-04:00

FCKH8!

2010-10-17T18:06:00.002-04:00

music! bobby brown "every little step"

2010-10-07T22:50:00.002-04:00

fantastic song. epic dance moves. wicked amazing outfits.

those clever frenchies...

2010-09-21T01:33:00.001-04:00

"everything on sale here, except love"

from the jean-charles de castelbajac store in paris.

inspiration

2010-09-21T01:01:00.000-04:00

look me in the eyes.

it's ok if you're scared, so am i.

but, we're scared for different reasons...

i'm scared of what i won't become

and you're scared of what i could become.

look at me.

i won't let myself end where i started;

i won't let myself finish where i began.

i know what is within me,

even if you can't see it yet...

look me in the eyes.

i have something more important than courage.

i have patience.

i will become what i know i am.

recessionista dreams really do come true...

2010-09-21T00:38:00.001-04:00

are you ready for this?

tucker for target

christian siriano for payless

mulberry for target

prabal gurung for target

brian atwood for jones apparel

lanvin for h&m

VALENTINO for gap!!!
although this line will apparently only be available in europe... dislike!

OMGGGGGGGGG I AM DYYYYYYING RIGHT NOW!!! better start saving now... i'm sure i'll need one of each. ;)

music! ke$ha "take it off"

2010-09-21T00:19:00.001-04:00

mostly cuz i really wanna have a GLITTER PARTY!!!

and i like her hair.

art! todd james

2010-09-21T00:16:00.001-04:00

"bloody cape" 2010
gouache and graphite on paper

http://www.galeriajavierlopez.com/users/imagenes.aspx?i=i&id=

what would life be without music?

2010-09-19T00:30:00.000-04:00

old chinese proverb...

2010-09-19T00:08:00.001-04:00

if you are in a bookstore and cannot find the book for which you search, you are in the...

music! alphabeat "heat wave"

2010-09-18T23:51:00.000-04:00

OMGGGGG!!!!!!!! WHEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNN will this group be available in the states?
itunes? hello? they're amazing... get with it!

how freaking adorable is joseph gordon-levitt?!

2010-09-09T01:21:00.000-04:00

first the sexy three-piece suits in "inception" and now a lady gaga rendition.
iwanttomarryhim.

talkin' 'bout my generation...

2010-09-09T01:18:00.001-04:00

brilliant post from rebekah monson.

There’s been a lot of press about my generation lately. A lot of it questions our values, work and goals. So, here is my admittedly unsolicited opinion of my generation and, more specifically, our work life.

You must understand that we are not starting out with a positive attitude. In our short careers, we already have been laid off or at least afraid that we would be laid off. We have seen our parents downsized and left high and dry by companies that they helped to build. We have been unable to get work after doing “the right things” that we were told would make us successful — school, internships, volunteer work, mentorship, etc. We have gone into high-demand fields like IT only to see those jobs outsourced overseas for pennies on the dollar. We have joined the military, served our country, come home broken and with no opportunity for honest work in the private sector.

The corporate leadership in this country has made it clear to us that no one in our generation is getting a gold watch. We don’t have any delusions about that. Hell, many of us can’t even get insurance or make a living wage now, and no one sees it getting any better. Why would we make a job anything close to a top priority in our lives, when we can have no realistic expectation of having a long-term career to begin with? No one I know in Gen Y (or Gen X for that matter), has any faith whatsoever that any employer will ever give a crap about them as human beings. We accept that we are numbers on a spreadsheet in the current corporate landscape, but we don’t have to like it. We check off your boxes, and we accomplish the goals you lay out. We play nice. But, if there is no benefit to going the extra mile, then why bother?

That said, we are largely financially conservative. Our debt is daunting. We try to save more, we try to live more sustainably. We do not trust Social Security or that our 401Ks will see us through retirement. We are waiting to buy, and avoiding rent by living with our parents. We rely on your help because you offer it. If you didn’t, we’d scrape by somehow. Many of us live at home to help our parents as they struggle with their own low wages and financial trauma. We have no idea how we will ever afford a family or a house or anything on our own when we cannot attain jobs with basic benefits and full-time wages.

We have a lot to be excited about, but less and less of that exists within the current corporate structure. We communicate constantly. We love to collaborate. We are data junkies. Many of us are imbued with entrepreneurial spirit. We strike out. We tinker. We play. None of this is particularly valued in the current corporate environment. But, we value it in ourselves and in each other. We have interesting side projects. (And, we keep them from you so that you won’t fire us.)

We also have a conscience, and we expect it to show up in the workplace. We were raised to be aware of the plights of others and to understand environmental issues. It is important to us to be involved in our communities. Our friendships run deep. Really deep. We view our core friend groups as family, and family is supremely important to us. We give our time and our energy to causes we believe in. We share. We expect our peers and the companies we work for to do the same.

So, we work, and we wait. We are working and waiting for our side projects to become our main projects. We are working and waiting for the right kinds of relationships to solidify in our personal and professional lives. We are working and waiting for you to retire so that there are funds and jobs available into which we can “grow up.” We are working and waiting for a chance to change the establishment to reflect our values. No, we don’t want what you have, just as you didn’t want what your parents had. We don’t want to spend our lives as perpetually burned-out slaves to a company that does not value us. We don’t want to be in bad marriages and isolate ourselves in McMansions. Neither did you when you were our age. Of course those things will happen to some of us, or perhaps most of us. But, right now, we’d rather hope they won’t.

Every generation goes through its turn in the news cycle. And, every generation thinks they’ll do it better. Time will tell. But, there’s one really great thing about coming of age in America in an era when things are generally thought to be pretty bad: It forces an early decision about what’s important in life. No matter how it appears while looking down from 25 years up the corporate ladder, we are decidedly chasing our own ideals, even when things seem hopeless. I’m proud of that. Maybe, if we’re lucky, this experience will pay off when we get the chance to examine our kids in the harsh light of our own age, experience and privilege.

music! pop levi "sugar assault me now" & "a style called crying chic"

2010-08-25T01:44:00.000-04:00

how am i just finding this dude now? the vids are from 2006!

love this vid! so cute and homemade!

who is bunny holiday?!

2010-08-25T01:32:00.000-04:00

and why do i like her so much?

teach me how to bunny:

and, as i suspected, she's been in vids for american apparel too, of whom i am not a fan, but i stiiillll like her... hmmm...

i don't know what to doooooooo!!!! i am torn.

britney by murakami

2010-08-25T01:11:00.000-04:00

britney spears on the cover of POP magazine styled by takashi murakami.
complete with smiling daisies and purikura accents.

is it totally weird...

2010-08-25T00:14:00.001-04:00

... that i actually kind of enjoy the way this sounds. i mean, it's kind of like new age-y whale music without those whiny whales! lol.

justin bieber's "u smile" 800 times slowed down.

in a galaxy far, far away...

2010-08-19T00:58:00.001-04:00

About trillion miles away from earth, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope photographed a spectacular and stunning image of a spiral galaxy named NGC 4911 which lies over 320 million ligh-years away from the "Coma Cluster" of about 1,000 galaxies and islands of stars which is likely similar to the Milky Way. Looking at this stunning image forces one to ask: what mysteries and life forms exist there?

One light year is equivalent to 5.9 trillion miles.The galaxy consists of "rich lanes of dusts and gases near its center. NASA Scientists reported that the cluster is one of the densest collections of galaxies in a nearby universe. It was entitled "Island Universe" that shows the "majestic face-on spiral galaxy" in the Northern Constellation Coma Bernices amid a sea of stars.The image combines data from 2006, 2007 and 2009, which is a high resolution copy of the image.The formations seen along the arms of the main galaxy are the result of the nearby galaxy which is passing "perilously close to each other". The galaxy and other spiral near the center of the cluster are being transformed by gravitational tug of their neighbors.

Via NASA/Hubble

404 not found

2010-08-19T00:37:00.003-04:00

404: slang for a stupid or ineffectual person.

didja know that?

sprout watches!

2010-08-19T00:32:00.001-04:00

these are ADOORRRRABLE and also ECO-FRIENDLY!!! a recyclable watch! how much do we love that?!

buy HERE!

notes about sprout's ingredients:

*The small size Sprout™ watch is 80% eco-friendly (by weight) The large size Sprout™ watch is 86% eco-friendly (by weight).
*All Sprout™ watches are in compliance with the CPSIA and are lead and phthalate free. The corn resin we use is in full compliance with the American ASTM D6400 as well as the European EN13432 standards for compostable material.
*The shelf life of corn resin is similar to synthetic plastics. It will not break down during regular wear and use. In a composite environment, corn resin is 99% biodegradable tp carbon dioxide and water within 365 days. Since it’s made from corn, it comes from a renewable resource. Conventional plastics use an estimated 200,000 barrels of oil a day in the United States alone but because corn resin is bio-based, it therefore uses no oil resources in production.
*The majority of cotton is grown with toxic chemicals. Conventional cotton requires the use of enormous amounts of pesticides - 25% of all insecticides and 10% of all pesticides - which have a huge environmental impact. It is one of the most environmentally damaging crops to grow, as about 84 million pounds of pesticides are sprayed on US cotton crops alone in one year. Some of these chemicals are considered to be the most toxic chemicals in the world. Organic cotton is grown using methods and materials that have a low impact on the environment and is grown without the use of toxic pesticides and synthetic fertilizers.
*Bamboo is considered eco-friendly based on its properties as 1) a natural (nonsynthetic) fiber, 2) a quick-growth plant (it's in the grass family) that sequesters greenhouse gases, and 3) a renewable plant that can grow back after its three to five year harvesting period. It largely doesn't need chemicals, pesticides, or fertilizers to grow.
*Most lenses in the medium price range of watches are made from plexiglass, a type of synthetic plastic. Sprout™ lenses are made from Mineral crystal which is a type of glass made from sand. It can technically be recycled.
*Mercury is actually a neurotoxin, which is harmful to both animals and humans. Exposure to even small amounts of mercury over a long period may cause negative health effects including damage to the brain, kidney, lungs and a developing baby. Sprout™ watches use only Mercury Free batteries.
*Sprout™ packaging is made from at least 80% post consumer fibers. It is both recycled and recyclable.
*Enclosed in each box is a grass seed card. Follow the instructions and grow a mini grass garden, right on your desk.

music! n.e.r.d. ft. nelly furtado "hot-n-fun"

2010-08-19T00:16:00.000-04:00

uggghhhhhhhh!!!! my faaaaves. i <3 pharrell BIG TIME.

and that car is ridiculously awesome and i kinda want it... i'm just sayin.

jane austen's fight club

2010-08-19T00:02:00.002-04:00

this one's been making the rounds... totally ridic and yet amazing.

effing anchor babies...

2010-08-19T00:00:00.000-04:00

cartoon by nick anderson via the atlantic wire

i need these on my face right now.

2010-08-16T23:45:00.000-04:00

prada.

amazing.

vocabulary is cool: vomitorium

2010-07-12T23:44:00.001-04:00

–noun, plural -to·ri·a [-tawr-ee-uh, -tohr-]

an opening through which something is ejected ordischarged.

in a theater or stadium, esp. ancient, apassageway leading to and from the seating.

Origin:
1595–1605; < L vomitōrius, equiv. to vomi-, var. s. of vomere to vomit + -tōrius -tory¹

from Latin vomitorius, alluding to the path's discharging of the spectators.

lightning strikes thrice?

2010-07-12T22:56:00.001-04:00

Lightning strikes three of the tallest buildings in Chicago at the same time!
from Craig Shimala on Vimeo.

crazy.

music! one night only "say you don't want it"

2010-07-12T22:49:00.001-04:00

terribly catchy and i kind of love emma watson.

shit.

2010-07-12T22:43:00.000-04:00

we're coming up on day EIGHTY-FREAKING-FIVE of the BP oil leak in the gulf of mexico... shit.

intense fashion: dita von teese for jean-paul gaultier

2010-07-12T22:40:00.000-04:00

dita walked the runway for the jean-paul gaultier show during paris haute couture fashion week on wednesday, 7 july. performing a brief striptease, she revealed an extravagant swarovski accented corset designed by gaultier and made by mr. pearl. she tweeted after the show, "that was quite a haute couture moment, cinched to the max by mr. pearl for the jean-paul gaultier show!"

yipes! that is one itty-bitty waist!!!

from the dita von teese newsletter

intense fashion: louis vuitton f/w 2010

2010-07-12T21:36:00.002-04:00

beautiful editorial-style ad campaign from photographer stephen meisel.

love the style. love the female figures- hello cleavage!!!

i would like to wear these dresses daily and be quite the proper lady.

the models are truly divine: karen elson, natalia vodianova and christy turlington.

yes, christy turlington. she STILL looks that freaking amazing...

vid: oktapodi

2010-07-12T21:26:00.001-04:00

2009 oscar nominated animated short film.

AD LOVE (kinda): at&t

2010-07-12T21:18:00.002-04:00

i am *shocked* that at&t would use such a BLATANT christo and jeanne-claude reference for their commercial. it's so obvious, there is actually a disclaimer at the end of the spot.

"the artists christo and jeanne-claude have no direct or indirect affiliation or involvement with at&t."

covetable: slim by cynthia rowley

2010-06-24T10:07:00.000-04:00

can you believe this??? shapewear that's actually SEXY???!!!

way to go, cynthia rowley, it's about damn time someone made these cuter!!!

oddly specific dot com

2010-06-23T13:04:00.001-04:00

new security measures:

"please excuse me while i go sit in a corner and cry."

let me know when it turns green:

"you know, i'll just take the bus..."

not a title:

"not a comment."

bloodsucking fiends:

"finally someone is listening! i've been warning people for years that squirrels are actually small, furry vampires."

cubicle 4 is... occupied:

"so they're totally ok with sex, as long as it's quiet? that's no fun at all!"

my dream car...

2010-06-23T02:24:00.000-04:00

watch this awesome vid about pakistan's truck art.

really neat!

also, i really do want a vintage beetle... the paintings would be a bonus. ;)

vocabulary is cool: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

2010-06-23T02:10:00.003-04:00

pneu⋅mo⋅no⋅ul⋅tra⋅mi⋅cro⋅scop⋅ic⋅sil⋅i⋅co⋅ vol⋅ca⋅no⋅co⋅ni⋅o⋅sis

[noo-muh-noh-uhl-truh-mahy-kruh-skop-ik-sil-i-koh-vol-key-noh-koh-nee-oh-sis, nyoo-]

–noun

an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cites as one of the longest words in the English language.

Origin:

< NL; an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cites as one of the longest words in the English language. see pneumono-, ultramicroscopic , silica, volcano,(pneumono)coniosis

how stinkin cute is this???!!!

2010-06-23T01:57:00.001-04:00

somebody get me this for my birthday, please. ;)

http://www.spitfiregirl.com/products-page/for-her/hearty-cup-saucer1/

music! dj mia moretti and violinist caitlin moe

2010-06-23T01:53:00.001-04:00

sex on a stick. i looooove the electric violin with the dance music.

DJ MIA MORETTI AND CATLIN MOE AT SANTOS PARTY HOUSE from harry beee on Vimeo.

mixtape: RCRD LBL weekend playlist vol. 2

2010-06-23T01:48:00.000-04:00

1. chapel club- five trees (the horrors remix)

2. holy ghost!- say my name

3. boyz noize & erol alkan- lemonade (justin robertson's deadstock 33's remix)

4. yelawolf- good to go (feat. bun b)

5. sleogh bells- tell 'em

6. free energy- hope child

7. best coast- far away

8. blk jks- zol!

9. poirier- 90's backyard (wildlife! remix)

10. sia- clap your hands (diplo remix)

11. headman- assassins (shout out out out out remix)

12. william fitzsimmons- so this is goodbye (pink ganter remix)

listen to the playlist HERE

also, if you don't get their daily newsletter, you should. lots of free, interesting music!

my fave: sia

hakuna matata!

2010-06-23T01:01:00.001-04:00

disney's "the lion king" captured a beautiful swahili phrase in a terribly catchy song.

hakuna matata.

it means no worries for the rest of your days.

so chill out man!

swing in some liana vines with your jungle friends.

relax!

i think we forget this too often, so i am reminding you.

read this article if the song doesn't cut it for you, as far as explaining hakuna matata. :)

also, take 4 minutes to watch the clip. you-will-smile.
also, i know everysingleword. just sayin.

must-read: thoughts on homosexuality

2010-06-23T00:46:00.003-04:00

this is old, but i only just found it recently. really amazing letter. if only more ppl thought this way, the world might be a better place...

Sunday, April 30, 2000
By SHARON UNDERWOOD

Many letters have been sent to the Valley News concerning the homosexual menace in Vermont. I am the mother of a gay son and I've taken enough from you good people.
I'm tired of your foolish rhetoric about the "homosexual agenda" and your allegations that accepting homosexuality is the same thing as advocating sex with children. You are cruel and ignorant. You have been robbing me of the joys of motherhood ever since my children were tiny.

My firstborn son started suffering at the hands of the moral little thugs from your moral, upright families from the time he was in the first grade. He was physically and verbally abused from first grade straight through high school because he was perceived to be gay.
He never professed to be gay or had any association with anything gay, but he had the misfortune not to walk or have gestures like the other boys. He was called "fag" incessantly, starting when he was 6.

In high school, while your children were doing what kids that age should be doing, mine labored over a suicide note, drafting and redrafting it to be sure his family knew how much he loved them. My sobbing 17-year-old tore the heart out of me as he choked out that he just couldn't bear to continue living any longer, that he didn't want to be gay and that he couldn't face a life without dignity.

You have the audacity to talk about protecting families and children from the homosexual menace, while you yourselves tear apart families and drive children to despair. I don't know why my son is gay, but I do know that God didn't put him, and millions like him, on this Earth to give you someone to abuse. God gave you brains so that you could think, and it's about time you started doing that.

At the core of all your misguided beliefs is the belief that this could never happen to you, that there is some kind of subculture out there that people have chosen to join. The fact is that if it can happen to my family, it can happen to yours, and you won't get to choose. Whether it is genetic or whether something occurs during a critical time of fetal development, I don't know. I can only tell you with an absolute certainty that it is inborn.

If you want to tout your own morality, you'd best come up with something more substantive than your heterosexuality. You did nothing to earn it; it was given to you. If you disagree, I would be interested in hearing your story, because my own heterosexuality was a blessing I received with no effort whatsoever on my part. It is so woven into the very soul of me that nothing could ever change it. For those of you who reduce sexual orientation to a simple choice, a character issue, a bad habit or something that can be changed by a 10-step program, I'm puzzled. Are you saying that your own sexual orientation is nothing more than something you have chosen, that you could change it at will? If that's not the case, then why would you suggest that someone else can?

A popular theme in your letters is that Vermont has been infiltrated by outsiders. Both sides of my family have lived in Vermont for generations. I am heart and soul a Vermonter, so I'll thank you to stop saying that you are speaking for "true Vermonters."
You invoke the memory of the brave people who have fought on the battlefield for this great country, saying that they didn't give their lives so that the "homosexual agenda" could tear down the principles they died defending. My 83-year-old father fought in some of the most horrific battles of World War II, was wounded and awarded the Purple Heart.
He shakes his head in sadness at the life his grandson has had to live. He says he fought alongside homosexuals in those battles, that they did their part and bothered no one. One of his best friends in the service was gay, and he never knew it until the end, and when he did find out, it mattered not at all. That wasn't the measure of the man.

You religious folk just can't bear the thought that as my son emerges from the hell that was his childhood he might like to find a lifelong companion and have a measure of happiness. It offends your sensibilities that he should request the right to visit that companion in the hospital, to make medical decisions for him or to benefit from tax laws governing inheritance.

How dare he? you say. These outrageous requests would threaten the very existence of your family, would undermine the sanctity of marriage.

You use religion to abdicate your responsibility to be thinking human beings. There are vast numbers of religious people who find your attitudes repugnant. God is not for the privileged majority, and God knows my son has committed no sin.

The deep-thinking author of a letter to the April 12 Valley News who lectures about homosexual sin and tells us about "those of us who have been blessed with the benefits of a religious upbringing" asks: "What ever happened to the idea of striving . . . to be better human beings than we are?"

Indeed, sir, what ever happened to that?

http://www.andrewtobias.com/newcolumns/000504.html

vid: jessica's daily affirmation

2010-06-23T00:43:00.000-04:00

"I CAN DO ANYTHING GOOD! BETTER THAN ANYONE!!!"
not new, but i still love it.

quotable: sophie dahl

2010-06-23T00:40:00.000-04:00

"as long as a curvy girl is held up as an anomaly, the whole thing is being perpetuated. when a curvy girl is no longer being hailed as different, we've made progress. i could talk about it for hours, but if one objects to very thin, unwell girls being used in advertising, then as a consumer, you have to make a first step. we've become a quite apathetic culture. it's all well to just talk about how horrified you are, but unless you do something and write to companies, then nothing really gets done."

-sophie dahl, on the curvy-model movement.

arty laughs

2010-03-10T01:23:00.002-05:00

missing mcQ

2010-03-10T01:22:00.002-05:00

new york's new sex symbol

2010-03-10T01:08:00.001-05:00

New Yorkers have a new sex symbol. The international sign for the power button (the circle with the line thrusting out the top) will grace the wrappers of millions of New York City condoms.

The city's health department distributes 40 million free condoms every year. But the official design was less than stimulating. Enter the Web. An online contest for a special limited edition wrapper brought out the city's more dirty-minded designers and 15,000 people voted on the finalists.

The winning "power-on" logo was thought up by Luis Acosta, a designer from Queens.

"I wanted to associate it with something we see in our daily lives so it wasn't taboo for people," Acosta said. Not that he found the power symbol arousing, or anything. "I like electronics but I don't like them that much."

New York City's health commissioner, Dr. Thomas Farley, unveiled the design in a ceremony featuring the five finalists.

"When I saw [the design], I said this is pure genius," Farley told the crowd. "Everyone recognizes that symbol on their PC. People should use their own power to control their sexual health." And once you see the power-on logo in a sexual context, it does have a dirty vibe to it. That's the beautiful thing about designing a condom wrapper: It makes the most simple image seem erotic.

Runner-up Russell Greenberg put a 19th century top-hat on his wrapper design.

"It seemed like a simpler, more chivalrous time, so I wanted to remind people of the fact that there's good manners involved in sex," he said. And if you picture your favorite little gentleman wearing a jaunty chapeau, then so much the better.

Other entries in the condom contest were more suggestive. There was the image of a manhole. Another wrapper featured a subway train plunging into a dark tunnel.

"I didn't want it to be in you face, you know," explained designer Gene Lambert. After all, there's nothing dirtier than the New York City subway system.

Acosta's power-on design will not be on all of the city's official condoms. But with a limited release of 6 million, it will likely become one of the most recognized logos in New York.

"I get to be part of 4 million people's sex lives," Acosta calculates, noting that many people will grab more than one. But not Acosta. He's married and says he doesn't use condoms anymore.

by Robert Smith/NPR

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124503824

iwanttobeher: dj ruth flowers

2010-03-10T01:00:00.002-05:00

gawd, she's fabulous. when i grow up, i want to be just like her.

actually, i kind of want to be her right now.

Ruth Flowers 69 yrs old DJ CANNES
by recalpasrecal

www.myspace.com/ruthflowers

you should watch this

2010-03-10T00:38:00.000-05:00

for all you science geeks and even for you regular joe shmoes, it's pretty freaking interesting.

water droplet at 2000 frames per second

ok go

2010-03-09T23:58:00.000-05:00

ok, so everyone and their mother has been reposting this vid this week, but it really is amazing, so i'm putting it up too. an amazing rube goldberg tribute. shot in one take, coordinated to music across two stories of a warehouse. pretty freaking awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w

they did one with the purdue marching band too and since i'm an indiana kid and a proud former band geek, i'm posting this one too. it's cute in it's own way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJKythlXAIY

check out more about rube here: www.rubegoldberg.com

quotable: jeff koons

2010-03-09T23:34:00.000-05:00

"when i view the world, i don't think of my own work. i think of my hope that, through art, people can get a sense of the type of invisible fabric that holds us all together, that holds the world together."

spoken word/visual words

2010-03-09T23:28:00.000-05:00

Typography from Ronnie Bruce on Vimeo.

this may only be funny if you went to art school...

2010-03-09T23:25:00.000-05:00

random exhibition title generator

thanks to jon s. :)

how the mighty have fallen...

2010-03-09T23:22:00.000-05:00

oh d'angelo... really?

you can't get a lady??? you gotta pay a prostitute??? really?

D'Angelo has hit a low note.

The 34-year-old R&B singer -- best known for his critically-praised 1995 debut Brown Sugar -- was arrested around 2:30 a.m. Saturday after allegedly offering an undercover policewoman $40 for oral sex in New York City's West Village neighborhood. The New York Post reports he also had $12,000 stashed in his SUV.

In a statement, D'Angelo (real name: Michael Archer) says he will plead not guilty.

Vowing to fight the charge, he said he hopes the public will "allow the American justice system to resolve the matter before jumping to any conclusions."

http://www.usmagazine.com/celebritynews/news/singer-arrested-for-soliciting-prostitute-201083

AD LOVE: van de kamp's frozen fish

2010-03-09T23:18:00.000-05:00

what is this minced? you feed me minced???

you ever catch a minced fish???

hahahaha :P

valentine funny

2010-02-14T23:55:00.001-05:00

stolen off of someone's facebook. :D

vid: john mayer's racist penis

2010-02-14T23:47:00.000-05:00

hahaha wow...

in response to this interview in playboy.

vid: robert pattinson is bothered by valentine's day

2010-02-14T23:43:00.003-05:00

hehehehe oh jimmy fallon, you silly goose.

vid: failblog valentine's special

2010-02-14T23:42:00.000-05:00

maaaannnnnn...

gays can get married, as long as one is a boy and one is a girl

2010-02-14T18:11:00.000-05:00

tell me how a marriage between two strangers of the opposite sex is a good thing for the "holy sacrament of marriage", bc that's legal and a marriage between two committed women with a family is illegal...

TOTALLY BOGUS! EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL!!!

corduroy skirts are a sin

2010-02-12T00:50:00.001-05:00

ha! gotta love the gays for their keen fashion sense. ;)

water bottles!

2010-02-12T00:48:00.000-05:00

remember to bring along your own reusable, refillable water bottle when you're out and about ppl. it's very simple and a truly effective way to help the environment by helping to keep extra waste out of landfills!

you don't want to live surrounded by TRASH do you?

on top of that, it's soooooo much cheaper, and cuter if you get a pretty bottle.

jersey shore at fashion week???

2010-02-12T00:39:00.000-05:00

so not fair... i need to be on some crap reality show, then i could be front row at fashion week...

from ny post's page six:

Simon Doonan is psyched to see the "Jersey Shore" cast at the fashion shows. "The thing that's so fabulous about them is their complete and utter lack of pretension. That is a much needed ingredient of Fashion Week," the Barneys creative ddirector said. "It would be fun to see JWoww wearing Alexander Wang, or doing a Rodarte thing," he said."Snooki could do a Proenza Schouler something something. I could see Ronnie [Ortiz-Magro] wearing John Bartlett, having a super-butch look. And it would be really fun to put Mike 'The Situation' in a Thom Brown suit, but the short pants would probably get stuck on his calves." Doonan and partner Jonathan Adler ran into Paul "DJ Pauly D" DelVecchio and Vinnie Giordano at the Knicks Bowl charity event at Chelsea Piers the other night.

actually jealous of these ppl... >>>

charitable: to haiti with love

2010-02-12T00:32:00.001-05:00

http://www.cfda.com/fashion-for-haiti/

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charitable: campbell's adDRESS your heart

2010-02-12T00:30:00.000-05:00

just go to this site

www.campbellsaddressyourheart.com

click and campbell's will donate $1 to the american heart association's
go red for women movement. up to $625,000! just a click!

easiest and cheapest donation you'll ever make. do it. thx.

vid: "straight up"-acoustic

2010-02-12T00:26:00.000-05:00

amaaaaazing rendition of paula abdul's "straight up" on american idol.

mixtape: songs designers should use on the runway this week

2010-02-11T23:47:00.001-05:00

from steff yotka @ fashionista

1. Mogwai – Like Herod

If a designer is going for major impact, this is the song. While it starts out understated and quiet, the crescendo is so dramatic that the first time I heard it my heart literally stopped. I only wish there were Rodarte dresses walking during it…. Kate and Laura, think about it.

2. Radiohead – These Are My Twisted Words

Runway music is about having the newest, coolest song, and what’s cooler than Radiohead’s most recent playing behind your collection? “These Are My Twisted Words” is so new, it’s not even on an album yet. Alex Wang, Radiohead’s edgiest tunes are sure to enhance your Wall Street-inspired collection. And even better, you can download the song for free by clicking the above link.

3. Pomegranates – Thunder Meadow

Happy, pop-y, catchy: These are all adjectives that could be used to describe at least 85% of the songs you’ll hear at a fashion show. That’s why “Thunder Meadow” is so perfect for a fun show like Charlotte Ronson or The Blonds. Not to mention it will be incredibly hard to get out of your head.

4. So Percussion – White

Experimental percussion might not be on top of everyone’s play list, but New York quartet So Percussion makes symphonies out of staplers, marimbas, and toy pianos that are captivating and beautiful. “White” evokes the heavenly aura that Marc Jacobs usually goes for with its Brian Eno arranged music.

5. Sonic Youth – Antenna

Speaking of Marc Jacobs, his favorite’s new album “The Eternal” is full of tracks worthy of the runway. From its release, “Antenna” stood out from the rest with its rises and falls; the perfect beat to play alongside Natasha’s stomping stride.

6. Charlotte Gainsbourg – Dandelion

Charlotte Gainsbourg is a fashion darling. Fresh off of her Balenciaga ads, we think her song “Dandelion” is just the tune to play on Balenciaga’s runway. It exudes chic like no other song, and is bound to be immediately loved by editors and models alike.

7. Alphabeat – Boyfriend

Boyfriend is just another song following the happy, popular formula, but we think Alphabeat could be the new MGMT for FW10. Alphabeat has the groove, kitsch, and joy to make it on all the major runways. And it’s fun to sing along to, meaning it’ll have all the models dancing backstage.

8. Yann Tiersen - Comptine d'une autre été: L'après-midi

Just about everyone will agree that Amelie is an incredible film. There’s no denying that Yann Tiersen’s soundtrack helped make the movie the enchanting, captivating work of art it is. “Comptine d’un autre été: L’après-midi” is a beautiful piano song that would bring out the best of Dior, John Galliano, or Lanvin. Basically any Parisian label.

9. Animal Collective – Fireworks

There’s always some Animal Collective at the cool kids’ shows in New York, but we’d love to hear more. The sound gets the audience’s attention, but it’s not distracting enough to take away form the clothes. And while Merriweather Post Pavillion is AC’s newest album, “Fireworks” will always be our favorite AC song.

10. The Sword – Freya

This one holds a special place in our hearts. Sure, there are plenty of songs that share a name with a famous model, but no song, nor any model, is quite as intense, headbanging, or truly metal as The Sword’s “Freya” or Freja Beha Erichsen herself. This song made the list because we’re all hoping that some designer catches on and switches to “Freya” right as the other Freja walks the runway. We think she’s deserving of a theme song, no?

vid: seniors do MJ

2010-02-11T22:40:00.002-05:00

brilliant. apparently they are thinking about doing a lady gaga song next.

RIP lee alexander mcqueen

2010-02-11T22:38:00.000-05:00

devastating news in the fashion world... alexander mcqueen committed suicide only days after his beloved mother's death. his fashion show that was scheduled for today was cancelled and i'm wondering what will become of his line for target.

Alexandra Shulman, editor of [British] Vogue, said: 'Lee McQueen influenced a whole generation of designers. His brilliant imagination knew no bounds as he conjured up collection after collection of extraordinary designs.

'At one level, he was a master of the fantastic, creating astounding fashion shows that mixed design, technology and performance and on another he was a modern-day genius whose gothic aesthetic was adopted by women the world over. His death is the hugest loss to anyone who knew him and for very many who didn't.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1250249/Alexander-McQueen-commits-suicide.html

AD LOVE: balenciaga

2010-02-10T22:58:00.000-05:00

Balenciaga’s just released their first fragrance in twelve years, Balenciaga Paris.
The scent, which is powdery, light, and perfect for someone who doesn’t want to smell like they’re wearing perfume, launches at Bergdorf Goodman on the 15th.
We expect Charlotte Gainsbourg’s Steven Meisel-shot campaign to pop up everywhere this spring, but for now, you can watch Nicolas Ghesquière talk about his process. The bottle, which will remain the same when they roll out new scents, is inspired by the classic Balenciaga silhouette. Ghesquière imagines a woman setting it down amongst her things to create an Irving Penn-like still life and he chose Charlotte for her “oddity…and bizarre beauty.”

Images of the original Balenciaga boutique on Avenue George V pop up in the video, as well as the original perfume bottle (one of which I happened to find in Beirut over the holidays — now I know it’s from 1947) and the rest of Ghesquière’s inspiration.
If you ever though fragrance was an afterthought, this should change your mind.

http://wp.fashionista.com/2010/02/nicolas-ghesquiere-on-balenciagas-new-fragrance-paris/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fashionistacom+%28Fashionista%29

AD LOVE: snickers

2010-02-10T22:53:00.000-05:00

snickers is killin it with the commercials right now. hilarious.