CATCH UP!

So I know I haven't been very diligent with postings lately (does anybody read this other than me?) but this should bring you up to speed...So Monday was the video shoot for Terry Lynn's' "Jamaican Girls," shot by Director Nabil Elderkin ("Paranoid," and "Champion" by Kayne West, Black Eyed Peas "Like That") and styled by me. It was a bit of a crazy day starting at 8:30 am trying to get in all my showroom pieces and ending at 1:30 am. I styled about 20 extras too, so it was a bit insane. Luckily my friend Jen was there helping with casting and Cyd and the girls stopped by later. Here's a sneak peak----->

Extras covered in neon body paint under the black light for the club scene (...was left spot cleaning some of the rental pieces all the next morning)

Terry in her first look, a chain top which weighed about 10 lbs....(photos courtesy of Worship Worthy)

The next day I came home to a surprise in the mail, my issue of Spurr was in! I flipped through to somewhere in the middle to find the pics I had shot with a contributing editor a month ago. I normally hate how I look in photos but they were actually not half bad!

OLDIES BUT GOODIES...

Perfect music for daydreaming...

WOMEN OF FASHION 6.10.09

 Mensstyle.com presents, 'Women of Fashion'  at the Palace Gate. Hosted by Jaime Pallot, Dirk Standen, Tyler Thoreson, and Kanye West.

 

Me and Cyd

 

  Kanye and Theo 

 Garance

And later at the Cock....

   

ANNI ROSSI = BEAUTIFUL MUSIC

FLORA BY GUCCI

WISH LIST....

Here's another item to add to my wish list, the Margiela shoulder bag in supple lambskin...hmmm, black or nude? (a girl can dream, can't she?...)

I HEART ANNA HIGGIE xoxo

www.annahiggie.com

YVES SAINT LAURENT X BARNEY'S

Amber and I ventured out for the presentation of  Yves Saint Laurent's  'New Vintage' collection yesterday evening at Barney's. Among the guests was the designer himself, Stefano Pilati, as well as Julie Gilhart from Barney's, Joe Zee of Elle, Julia Restoin Roitfeld, daughter of Carine Roitfeld, the French Vogue Editor-in-Chief, and Olivier Zahm of Purple Magazine. There's been a lot of buzz and concern lately about how to respond to the need for more eco-friendly and sustainable fashion. In a recent panel discussion I attended at the Cooper Hewitt Museam, Designer, Rogan, and Scott from Loomstate spoke about their use of less toxic printing methods, utilizing organic fibers and emphasized building relationships with factories that promise safe and ethical work environments. But what I found to be most relevant was the concept of 'slow fashion,' essentially shopping less in an attempt to control the overproduction of the apparel industry. The main perpetrators of this being brands such as H&M, constantly refilling store floors and feeding consumers need to keep up with ever changing trends.  This notion of 'slow fashion' (a term which Rogan jokingly accused of not sounding very 'sexy') forces us to reckon with the idea of buying only the items that we really love and will wear over the span of many seasons, lessening the waste of clothing we toss after only a few wears. Pilato approached the topic by designing a capsule collection utilizing rolls of cotton drill he found in YSL's fabric archive. When I arrived an hour into the presentation, more than half of the collection had already sold! Pilati showed bags and shoes in addition to apparel. Colors consisted of ivory, khaki, pink, and an array of blues and grey.

Notice the dip-dyed, lazer cut jeans...!!!

One of the design details carried throughout much of the collection was lazer cutting. On this piece in particular, Pilati layered silver metallic fabric underneath to create a bit of sheen.

Killer Blazer

Cropped Jacket

Pilati (left) and Gilhart

PRETTY PICTURES...