what does a pretty boy look like: pierre clementi

m+m was having a laugh today when i said something about a pretty boy or something to that extent. she said, “what is a pretty boy?” well, i guess you can call pierre clementi one… at least when he was young. not unlike belmondo and delon, clementi grew old to look rather “dirty” but in his youth he was the quintessential pretty boy, at least to me…if you want to see him at his peak watch bernardo bertolucci’s film the double… or the conformist, where he has a much smaller role. the double is by far a better piece for clementi and his character.  by dd

CATEGORIES: fashion blokes: men of style, must see films

Dior’s Secret Garden at the Versailles: Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin

as always an amazingly beautiful yet completely nonsensical film by inez and vinoodh, at château de versailles. as with all young directors, there are simply too many shots in the same film, a good portion of which should have stayed in the edit suite drive. also if i may  interject here, having 20 models actually could suck, they should have stuck with daria  strokous throughout the shooting, and saved the budget for an after party. all that said, we love inez & vinoodh and have loved them since day one so please continue, we promise to suffer through the good and enjoy the bad. by dd

CATEGORIES: clips, fashion

if you don’t look good…

vidal sassoon, the first/most famous hairstylist, passed today from leukemia. he was known for his wash-n-go cuts, that freed the liberated women from extensive daily preparations. a fashion trend that actually and effectively responded to the politics of the time. that will be hard to replicate. pretty much impossible.


by kl

CATEGORIES: fashion

rumor has it… sunday matinees are back??

early this year village voice rumored about the new owners of the CBGB brand/estate (purchased from lisa kristal burgman, the daughter of late founder hilly kristal) are planning a 4/5 day music/conference/film festival for july in NYC and are currently looking for a location to open a reincarnation of CBs. today the rumors were furthered with articles on the matter by nytimes.com and rollingstone.com. at first glance this might seem like a ploy to profit on the name and merch that i’m sure will go along with the festival but going by the new investors words

 

“We’re never going to recreate that moment in time… We’re trying to continue the idea of supporting live music, making a lot of noise and being a part of New York City. The festival is one way we can do it. Eventually the club will be another way we can do it.”

 

of tim hayes, this might be a new venue that many of us have been waiting for. the festival promises to bring an array of live music from central park  summerstage to gramercy ballroom and across to the new knitting factory over in brooklyn with acts such as cro-mags,  guided by voices, the hold steady’s craig finn, new york dolls’ david johansen and a personal favorite sick of it all.

although i was not there during the hay days of the early shows by blondie, ramones, sonic youth or even during the hardcore sunday matinees in the 80’s and early 90’s, i was blessed to have CBs apart of my life spending the better half of my teenage years and beyond (until its closing in 2006) going to shows, hanging out and even play on the stage there.  a few stand out shows for me were the gorilla biscuits reunion or the last sunday matinee seeing sick of it all, agnostic front and madball on that ghetto stage together!

if you are actually still reading the longest post i think i’ve done to date, i’d love for anyone to share a memory they might have had at the good ol CBGB’s in the comments! by jr

CATEGORIES: music, other places

BAUHAUS – ART AS LIFE

Erich Consemüller, Lis Beyer or Ise Gropius sitting on the B3 club chair by Marcel Breuer and wearing a mask by Oskar Schlemmer and dress fabric by Beyer, c.1927

on view at the barbican in the current show, bauhaus art as life. by pp.

CATEGORIES: art

HELMUT LANG SHOW IN NEW YORK

cult fashion designer turned great artist, helmut lang shows his new work in nyc. it feels pretty good that it is in a townhouse rather than another white cube gallery. 24 Washington Square North, New York. ok, this one looks like something else… by pp.

CATEGORIES: art

pucker up

jack nicholson, candice bergen and art garfunkel, presumably on the set of ‘carnal knowledge’ …looks like they were really living up to the title. by sv

CATEGORIES: musings