POP magazine under dasha zhukova

the cover of the latest POP, launching tomorrow, with 13 year old blogger tavi on the cover

mind you tavi was featured in LOVE magazine already… oooh someone must be pissed

tomorrow is finally the launch-day of the long anticipated first issue of POP under new editor-in-chief dasha zhukova (ex c-model and ex-other half of gazillionaire roman abramovich). filling in katie grands shoes will not be an easy job.dasha zhukova is young and beautiful and has already started a fashion line, opened an art gallery, been appointed editor of pop, and gotten hooked up with a russian oligarch. no wonder people hate her.

a glowing new profile in interview magazine reminds us that there is going to be a lot of loving-her-or-hating-her going around when the first issue of pop with her as editor hits the stands. is she a fierce art and fashion visionary who is a role model for little russian girls? or, is she a horrible money-grubbing slattern who is using her rich boyfriend to finance her hobbies and ride on the coat tails of katie grand?

pop mag itself was originally co-founded in 2000 by ashley heath and editor godess katie grand. pop went trough a lot of drama when in 2008, katie decided to leave, bring with her the creative team to start LOVE magazine instead. well, tomorrow both magazines will be out so let the shelf-battle begin! by kv

CATEGORIES: fashion

berlin bunker, boros collection




Pierre bergé was saying about the collection he put together with the late YSL that it is itself a piece of art, pending on what you buy, what you don’t and what you do with it. so we can say that german collector christian Boros is definitely doing a piece of art out of his collection that include works buy Olafur Eliasson, Elmgreen & Dragset, Sarah Lucas, Tobias Rehberger, Anselm Reyle, and Santiago Sierra by putting everything on view in an old bunker in berlin. prior to its use as a art gallery, it was among other, a night club as only berlin can have, a bunker or a squat… publishing house hatje cantz is releasing a book documenting this pieces of art in a piece of art. by pp’

CATEGORIES: art

Mark Borthwick for Pop

we love mark, not only for his beautiful art and photography, but also for his warm hospitality, his cooking, his candles and his singing. this particular story makes me want to run for the hills and leave the city chaos behind… by kv

CATEGORIES: fashion

cat power: don’t explain

sorry but this had to be here. we’ve already named her the best artist of the decade but this one is the most amazing rendition of this song. the piano melody is so simple, hypnotizing and beautiful. cat is truly a keeper for years to come. by dd

CATEGORIES: clips, music

fender artist series: sonic youth fender jazzmaster quitars



these sonic youth fender jazzmasters are fully stripped down and hot rodded right through the roof. they are the signatures of sonic youth guitarist thurston moore and lee ranaldo who tuned and tweaked their guitars to sound as bad as they did. oddly enough sonic youth has always favored the fender jazzmasters over say telecasters or stratocasters, more commonly used by rock blocks. which makes sense given their distinct sound. now fender was never a favorite of mine, but if at all, these may well be the best ones to get. pitty the black head stock. would have been cooler if it was left in natural. avilable for approx $1,500. by dd

CATEGORIES: audio-electronics, music

hipsters, youngsters and rip-offs

I was surprised that the infamous “september issue” documentary on anna wintour and co was directed by r.j cutler (?) as it seems to be exactly the same concept than the two great documentary that loic prigent did on chanel (lagerfeld) and marc jacobs. It feels to me a little bit as a rip-off. but not as well done as the originals. so for the ones that are interested in this kind of documentaries, i would really suggest the prigent’s ones. here and here. as far as the rip-off, what felt the most surprising to me after watching it is the fact that the vogue us, which is supposed to be a leading publication in the fashion industry (promoting youthful, beauty and taste) is directed by a bunch of old crunchy british ladies that all seem frustrated like hell. and a bunch of “none the less old & ridiculous” guys with the courage of kittens… nice perspectives here. by pp’

CATEGORIES: fashion