top: fashion photographers sean and seng for pop magazine summer spring 2013; bottom: mila munis by photographer ruven afanador by nk

this clip has only been seen by 12 million people, and i wasn’t one of them until now, but i love it.  i wish i was there, up there, if not then under the sea… canadian astronaut, chris hadfield, was up there and he has been tweeting everything from how to make a sandwich in space to pictures of earth from strait of dover to london-town. this is his farewell piece on his way back to earth, a cover of bowie’s space oddity in zero g. i wonder what i would have done if i was up there… probably a version of planet claire with pp! by dd

o.k. a bit of an exaggeration since it’s only 84 seconds long, but still… nice poster boys. here’s uh‘s post on starshift with model hilary rhoda filmed by santiago and mauricio. by dd

the power is in your hands in starshift, a film by our friends the dynamic duo santiago and mauricio. inspired by 8-bit video games and their dad’s all time favorite film, kubrick’s 2001: a space odyssey, the siblings created the interchangeable shorts featuring a helmeted hilary rhoda in four striking looks. her custom made, high-tech headpieces were added in post-production. “we wanted to explore beauty through a playful lens by creating conceptual helmets that would encase facial creations,” says santiago. “they’re a metaphor that makeup can be a shield to combat everyday life with.” and hell, do i need a shield to fend off everyday life… by uh