Cathy Daley – doll parts


“drawing on persistent cultural images inspired by ballerina tutus, the garb of fairy-tale princesses and barbie doll couture, my work investigates childhood memories of what it means to be female in western culture and explores cultural representation of the feminine and the body. the drawings mine contemporary vocabularies of glamour, fashion, popular culture, cartoons, street signage, hollywood cinema, fairy tales, and mythology, to examine the iconography of the feminine as it exists in the cultural imaginary, personal memory, and fantasy.”
Cathy Daley was born in toronto in 1955. by kl

CATEGORIES: art, lovely

Ask: Fabrice Penot- perfumer/sorcerer- Le labo

my favorite _____ is:
-book: “the trouble of being born” by cioran… which impacted my life as much as “finding nemo” did for zoe, my daughter, when she discovered it last week.
-album: bach, goldberg variations ( glenn gould)
-city: man, NEW YORK CITY… in 1985. at least my idea of it.
-place: my head on jennifer’s belly
-film: once upon a time in america…
-restaurant: real food daily, santa monica…
-hero: in history? diogenes. right now? the iranian people
-smell: pure birchwood… smells like my grandfather’s garage
-artist: banksy… come on, beyond the hype around him, this guy is fucking brilliant
-hotel: ACE hotel in nyc
-peculiarity: ADD. i can’t concentrate more than 6 seconds on 1 single subject at a time… sorry, what was the question again?
-hobby: doing nothing…
-indulgence: spending more time focusing on my hobby
-moment in history: zoe’s birth! ( my daughter)
-prized possession: my super 8 camera
-vacation: big sur
-drink: coconnut water
-way to go: i want to die loved, broke, anosmic, in free fall, with a smile on my face…

CATEGORIES: ask, fashion, fragrance

RECORD COVERS



we miss real records; the physical object, the collectors item, the amazing cover designs and the real scratching dj’s. i guess we are not the only ones!
by kv

CATEGORIES: album covers, music

sparklehorse & dangerous mouse genius blank cd


after radiohead giving away its album for any donation, the greatest move against the musical industry comes from sparklehorse (mark linkous) and nyc producer dangermouse. after recording “dark night of the soul” (featuring david lynch, iggy pop, suzanne vega, julian casablancas from the strokes, wayne coyne from the flaming lips…) EMI decided that they wouldn’t release the record as they’re still pissed off at danger mouse for the grey album that he gave away for free download on his website. the grey album was a record that mixed the beatles’ white album with jay-z’s black album (jay-z’s label was ok, EMI representing the beatles was not). whatever, sparklehorse are selling a blank cd in a book designed by david lynch, and you can download for free the music on their website to burn it on your blank cd! just great! by pp’

CATEGORIES: music, perfect gift

cos magazine




i’m generally not a huge fan of h&m and co but i have to admit that the magazine they did for their high hand brand (cos, not available in the US yet) is very nice, there is a huge influence from fantastic man but whatever, it’s pretty, and on top of that you can download it hi-res! by pp’

CATEGORIES: eye candy, fashion

bobo NYC: for all the bourgeoisie bohemians

the cozy backgarden. Pimms all around!

cool master gabi and the rest of three as four

the fabulous norwegian designer elise øverland along with hope atherton, kate schelter and animee mullins

the lovely kate schelter – designer, photographer, girl about town

not only a great restaurant with a great atmosphere and great people, bobo has a conscience! the food is mostly local, supporting small farmers, and the water filtered from the tap rather than shipped worldwide in heavy bottles. most importantly, the back garden is a hidden treasure and the perfect place for a summer cocktail. by kv

CATEGORIES: backstage, ny places