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poster by: the cricket club of new york. by kl
musings
i don’t know anymore
i don’t know what to think about the polanski case anymore! do you? by pp
more ysl – robert polidori – 55 rue de babylone
i’m never tired of mister saint laurent’s estate. the new paradis magazine is out and features a never seen series of photos taken by robert polidori of the furniture moving from the 55 rue de babylone address to go to the grand palais for the famous auction. pretty moving to see the closing of a chapter. to end on a brighter note, this paradis magazine issue also features a very nice series from mario sorrenti that we can’t post here unfortunately… by pp’
more black and blue than purple: Olivier Zahm
such a ladies man you are… grrrr!
and your poor girlfriend…
and by the way who posts a picture of themselves like this on their blog?
there is something about french cheese i learned when i lived in paris… just cause it stinks it doesn’t mean it’s good. as much as olivier aspires to be like serge, zahm is more in line with the late belmondo and aged delon than anywhere near gainsbourg. but one can always keep trying. as terry advised me once, “rock out with your cock out”. now just for the record, we have nothing against purple the magazine, we do like it, we have the very first issues when it was in a smaller format and not plastered with nudies. in terms of publication we even like the more recent ones, but some things have to be said about a man in a position of power who uses it shamelessly… which by the way brings to mind, that short italian prime minister, is that berlusconi? by dd
yves saint laurent again! villa mabrouka – tangier
we said that we would be done with yves’ but it seems that it’s a never ending posting.
so last but not least, here is the tangier villa of misters saint laurent and bergé…
less crowded and hot than marrakesh, with a direct view on the gibraltar detroit, tangier is definetly the ultimate place to be for the warm african summers… images let you imagine what it could have been… photos by the great ivan terestchenko by pp’
US bills: to carry added value
90% of U.S. bills carry traces of cocaine!
bills turned up positive for cocaine in these percentages:
100%: Detroit, Michigan
100%: Boston, Massachusetts
100%: Orlando, Florida
100%: Miami, Florida
100%: Los Angeles, California
88%: Toronto, Canada
77%: Salt Lake City, Utah
75%: Brasilia, Brazil
20%: Tokyo, Japan
20%: Beijing, China
00%: Zhuzhou, China
** new york city percentages were omitted as the results came in at an unreasonable 127%
spend eternity on top of marilyn monroe
“spend eternity directly above marilyn monroe” or otherwise above the hollywood sex symbol, reads the ad placed on ebay. bidding opened at $500,000 just a one-up on hugh hefner who had bought the spot “next to” monroe in 1992. the seller will be “vacating” the remains of her husband “to make room for a new resident” at LA’s exclusive westwood village cemetery (housing what remains of dean martin, roy orbison, and truman capote), this also happens to be the place where the memorial services for my father were held – of course, with eric satie, playing in the background.
now why would you say, a widow in beverly hills, would move the remains of her ex-husband? well she hoped to make enough money to pay off the $1.6m mortgage on her mansion. “I can’t be more honest than that,” she said. “I want to leave it free and clear for my kids.”ok the last bit seems fair, but her own husband was placed face down in his crypt on top of the actress, in keeping with his dying wish… now hes gonna be one pissed-off corpse!
the seller, elsie poncher, says her husband’s remains will be moved over “one spot” into the crypt intended for her (now probably next to hefners), while she will be cremated when the time comes… I suppose Mr. poncher made the eternal mistake by facing monroe below instead of his wife, who was left, and was to be buried to the left… perhaps he got what he deserved after all. by uh
ultimate yves
after all the posts we’ve done previously on the various YSL personals belonging or interiors, i guess this book is the ultimate thing to have to get the ride of our obsession about Yves. the book is not out yet, but you can order it already on amazon. pictures are by the amazing ivan terestchenko, design by the none-the-less amazing peter saville and foreword by mr pierre bergé. i can’t wait. by pp’
cool one
here’s your secret QR code… if you have an iphone or blackberry with a QR reader then great… you’re in business, if not the software is under $2… download it at Quickmark. by dd
What horse : The Slovenian Lipizzaner
(pardon the most annoying announcer) but very interesting history explaining the purpose of these silly moves with the Lipizzaner stallions. they are especially interesting when you consider yourself for a moment, as a soldier, in the old times when a sword, a horse, and your skill were all you had to go to the battle. sort of like my heroes, the Samarias. no night vision goggles, smart bombs, F-18’s, or helicopter cover.
“The Lipizzaner breed is a very compact and muscular breed, with very powerful hindquarters. These magnificent white horses were named after a tiny Slovenian village and stud farm called Lipica only a stone’s throw from the Adriatic coast. Most Lipizzans measure between 15 and 16 hands high. They exhibit a long head, the jaw is rather pronounced, the ears small, the eyes large and the nostrils are flared. Most always, they are gray. Like all gray horses, they have black skin, dark eyes and as an adult, a white hair coat. They are generally associated with the Spanish Riding School, home of the World Famous “Lipizzaner Stallions”. Today, though found in many nations throughout Europe and North America, the breed is relatively rare, with only about 3,000 horses registered worldwide. The number of foals born each year is small, and breeders take extreme care to preserve the purity of the breed. Lipizzan horses tend to mature slowly. However, they live and are active longer than many other breeds, with horses performing the difficult exercises of the Spanish Riding School well into their 20’s and living into their 30’s.” by dd
sorry last commercial post : this time economist does henry kissinger
sorry but I always loved this ad. brilliant really… even thought I do hate kissinger and I could surely talk about a few things with him… vietnam to start off with. by dd
1980 blue lagoon: Brooke Shields
so beautiful. and those eyebrows, to die for… i must have been 2 when I first saw ‘the blue lagoon’ and I can’t recall what was more emotional… how much i hated the curly, happy go lucky Mr. beige, or how much of a crush I had on brooke shields, but in either case it was a great love story in my head. I eventually met brooke at a cafe in soho over breakfast, many many years later. it was nothing like what i thought, but that’s life. and now look, my child hood crush is selling medical treatment that promotes eye lash growth for women with “incompetent lashes”. why my love? by uh
