dree hemingway for house of holland

inspiration

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. 

intense fashion: louis vuitton f/w 2010

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...

AD LOVE (kinda): at&t

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."

missing mcQ

new york's new sex symbol

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

AD LOVE: van de kamp's frozen fish

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

you ever catch a minced fish???

hahahaha :P

AD LOVE: balenciaga

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

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

AD LOVE: joan collins for alexis bittar

WORK IT, GIRL!!! can you believe this lady is SEVENTY-SIX??? i need the number of her plastic surgeon! i don't look that good at 25! lol! modeling costume jewelry for alexis bittar's latest ad campaign.

AD LOVE: peta

ok, so mostly they are kinda cray-cray, but faux fur will do ya juuuust fine, k? hugs.

AD LOVE: pfizer

so sweet. things are not always as they seem...

pajama jeans??????

COUNT ME IN!!! LOL!

AD LOVE: chris farley & david spade for direct tv

i'm not entirely sure how i feel about this one since chris farley is dead... but i still thought it was worth posting cuz it's kinda interesting.

AD LOVE: jason lewis for charisma bedding

i would not mind cuddling up with him...

behind the scenes vid:

AD LOVE: pantene pro-v thailand

pantene pro-v in thailand doesn't just do a little 30 second spot with hair swooshing all about, they want to inspire you with a mini-movie. interesting... i enjoyed watching it, but i am not going to change my shampoo. would this vid inspire you to buy their product?

AD LOVE: wonderful pistachios

besides the fact that he shouldn't be in any commercials, or even be around anymore (his 15 minutes are totally up...), this commercial is amusing. the tag line is great: "now levi johnston does it with protection." hilar.

AD LOVE: oliver peoples

spectacles company oliver peoples 2010 ad campaign features the always gorgeous shirley manson, from the band garbage, and actor elijah wood, who's actually looking quite fierce here...

i love the riley with the flip-up sunglasses on elijah in the first photo and the dannie on shirley in the fourth. hawt. really craving some new glasses now...

boys don't make passes at girls who wear glasses? ummm... i think they're wrong.

http://www.oliverpeoples.com/index.php/site/detail/announcing_the_2010_campaign/