this blog is a visual notebook of inspirations for a group of bandit bloggers. we post things we see and like. our lives don’t revolve around singular topics and neither does our blog. sorry! nothing is in-or-out of context here. enjoy xx
LA photographer jason lee perry’s images were sold supposedly without the models “consent on the usage” (bad! bad! bad!) countering a lawsuit by the models parents. what happened was, that this was an early test-shoot when model hailey clauson was 15 years old (or rather under 16 like 99.9 % of all models now). she has since become quite a success shooting for gucci and the like. now, sounds like haley’s luxury career didnt quite jive with the cheap t’s sold at corner stores. agent try’s to resolve to no avail. opportunity knocks when “child modeling” becomes topical issue on american TV broadcasted to a “puritan society”, calling the image on this t (in the lawsuit), an “x-rated images of our daughter”!!… (bad! bad! bad people) someone help tell these good parents that modeling isn’t exactly a convent school, maybe you should not be shopping your poor 9 year old daughter around and taking her out of school to sell someones rags! or maybe we should hold parents mental IQ responsible for not attending these shoots? its like “mom. meet olivier zahn, really swell guy” or “dad this is terry richardson, doesnt he look funny?”…. god!!!! do we not take any responsibility? now they want to get paid too for being retarded parents? aaaaargh…. jr, when was jesus coming again? by dd
beautiful magazine. correspondencia is a literary and arts magazine published twice a year in buenos aires. approx 80 pages of images in color and 80 pages of texts in spanish and english. to locate one visit their site. by dd
when picking a mate, just keep in mind… well, the mind. the rest will soon be gone. a couple of specimens demonstrate my point.
swedish actress/pin-up anita ekberg was much like bardot in her days. the story goes that when ekberg met howard hughes, who at the time was producing films, hughes wanted her to change her nose, teeth and name. hughes felt “ekberg” was too difficult to pronounce. she refused to change her name, saying that if she became famous, people would learn to pronounce it, and if she didn’t become famous, it would not matter…. hmmm. promising point but what about the nose and the teeth? regardless, in her later days one does hope that she turned out to be an interesting person one could still love.
orson sure didn’t age much better than anita, but he was indeed more than an interesting man. he had it all, if only he wasn’t the gourmand that he was. a recollection from writer jim harrison’s dinner with orson goes something like this…“orson began by clearing his palate with a half dozen bull shots in quick succession. as we were hungry, the first course was a half-pound of fresh caviar with an iced bottle of stolichnaya. the next course was a wonderful ragu of sweetbreads in pastry covered by a half-quart of black truffle sauce, accompanied by a rare old burgundy. then without a moment’s rest arrived a whole poached atlantic salmon in a sorrel sauce and a white bordeaux…” and that was just 1 out of 3 meals that lead him to where he went. by dd
so it is being said that the recent forensic evidence point to president allende having committed suicide in his last hours at the presidential palace which was under siege by augusto pinochet’s henchmen… well so many years later, and here we are. either way it was an illegal over-throw, of not only an elected leader, but of a great human. by jp
no, unfortunately we are not connected to wikileaks but we did find this letter by the to be president of united states, resigning his seat in order to take on the world… or so he thought. by dd
1- the british jeans company lee cooper: they did the “work” thing but half heartedly and not long enough
2- levi’s did it better and with perfect timing
(above and below) an earlier iteration of go forth with photographer ryan mcginley
3- and then there is always the losers, american eagle outfitters plays catch up, its what b companies do
so the recession came and companies where wondering how to sell their junk when no one needed anything. and that was the silver lining. maybe lets say something worthy? for once? let’s take a stance and not blab about some nonsense as to why this is better than that? or which girl should we use this season?
right at the start levi’s came out with their “work” campaign. i remember seeing the first ones and thinking ok, nice pictures, and hey for once a call to action for a nation so pumped up on its own ego where if you actually worked for a living you had to feel bad. after all everyone in the US jets around in private planes with their teacup dogs, and shops, right? or at least thats what has become the new american nightmare. unlike kennedy who asked the nation to work, george bush advised us to shop and lounge around. this was of course perfect for levi’s who used both! originally made for work clothes, levis really needed to sell, and be relevant again in the sea of designer jeans. they did well. i especially like the black daddy and his son, as it broke the stereo types created by hits like “if you need to be with me, you need a J, O, B” or something to that extent as if having a job was not common in “those circles” (that song by the way, unfortunately, is being played out and about once again, like it wasn’t bad enough the first time around). it also addressed the notion that black daddy’s don’t really take care of their families… well hell they do, if you buy them some levi’s. so well done mr. strauss! you make good solid products, just please layoff your newer, “distressed” and “flimsy” jeans that either look like someone peed in them or feel like you’re wearing a t-shirt instead of a jeans. and do continue your collaboration with filson, i bought the oil finished jacket in moleskin and love it, its a natural marriage.
filson levi’s moleskin oil finished jacket
so that brings us to american eagle outfitters. the losers are like vultures… always around to take a good cut and nibble on it beyond distinction. we the people, has very little to do with the american constitution or the people of united states. the bunch in the picture come across as a crowd of obnoxious degenerates you’d want to avoid with a ten foot pole. that said id give em a D- for doing a little bit of homework adding in the token “cr-asian”, one black girl, and hey is that a hispanic i see there? you couldn’t generate a worse-er campaign through a mechanical machine than this. to make it worse they add the tag line “live in AE jeans” like that’s what you want to really hear? Yeh we the people like to be told what the fuck to wear by some lame b jeans maker. i trust they will be looking for a new agency… or maybe the brilliant marketing dir. think this is “just fab”. by xy
joycelyn elders, was the 15th U.S. surgeon general from sept 1993 to december 1994 when she was fired for making a remark about masturbation being a part of human sexuality. on my readings i came upon this funny anecdote about the conservative nature of the US and its puritan and hypocritical nature. ironically the president that was insulted by this remark, was not a born-again christian of sorts, but one cowed to show his ” US moral values”…
“in 1994, joycelyn elders was invited to speak at a united nations conference on AIDS. she was asked whether it would be appropriate to promote masturbation as a means of preventing young people from engaging in riskier forms of sexual activity, and she replied, “i think that it is part of human sexuality, and perhaps it should be taught.” this remark caused great controversy and resulted in elders losing the support of the white house. white house chief of staff leon panetta remarked, “there have been too many areas where the president does not agree with her views. this is just one too many.” elders was fired as a result of the controversy by the US president, bill clinton (who just happened to be getting a blow job in the oval office).
one more reason to frown upon those who expect their politicians to be “moral” examples. it’s like expecting to own a pet that never shits. its a nice idea but it will never happen… i’ll be back with an op-ed on dominique strauss-khan. by dd
i haven’t even been going there lately but am i the only one sick of “purple diary” and seeing that stupid “emporio armani” ad appear on that blog every other 4 posts? i mean god, i know olivier’s got to eat but how desperate can he be? it looks as if they put 2 year old’s in-charge of advertising. “yes sir. i’ll plaster your ad up my friends ass”… if i even liked armani id be hating them now. this is a sure way to turn off your fans and build new enemies… the frequency alone makes giorgio seem like a bloated horse-fly chasing your shit-stained bike in tulum! and as for purple blog, lets face it, all it had going was candid “soft porn” pictures of purple models (sandwiched between olivier’s desperate cry-for-help to be accepted as mr. cool) which has lately been replaced with soft porn pictures of olivier and his new boyfriend terry. may i recommend we remove purple from our “check out” list please? by ar
not really sure what is the real use for this book beside vehicule for dreaming but it’s surely one of the nicest things i’ve seen in bookstores for a long time. it’s from judith schalansky and the subtitle is “fifty islands i never set foot in and never will”, love it! the lay out is absolutely dope and this book makes me want to be a sailor. by pp.
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