we like karl though!

mr lagerfeld’s private library (and studio) in the back of his own book store. (photo: oliver zahm)

on one of our previous email we were bitching about karl lagerfeld’s ability as an ad campaign maker, thought, there is at least one thing that i really admire about him… it’s his love for books illustrated through his private library as well as the book shop he owned in paris “7L” which feature the finest photography books from steidl among others. (mr lagerfeld is publishing some books with them too). a man with such a love for books cannot be entirely bad! by pp

CATEGORIES: eye candy, musings

barbie-lagerfeld

things are getting kinky at mattel!


this maybe as cool as barbie gets. but its still barbie (except now at colette), and i’m not sure how i would feel about my girls playing with such loaded toys. loaded that is, with many things, including controversy from its inception back in 1956 as ruth handler the founder of mattel, discovered its protege (a voluptuous german doll, based on a tart heroine of a tabloid comic strip named bild-lilli) in the streets of lucerne-switzerland. i mean buying a barbie these days must be like handing an M16 to your son… which is probably a normal act if you are hunter thompson or happen to live in either one of the two larger US states: texas or kabul.

now for the record barbies design was perhaps more of a little boys dream (or more accurately a demented adult by the name of jack ryan-who held the patents on the doll and its design) rather than a girls dream… I should know since i acquired one at the “innocent” age of 6 after my 2 sisters abandoned theirs and left for boarding school in england. I wasted no time in discarding all of her unnecessary clothes (they weren’t karl’s back then) and spend months studying its anatomy. it was a puzzling experience as i have yet to meet anyone, outside of an LA hospital, that remotely resembles her.

tomorrow started advice: skip the barbie and buy a chinchilla pet. long story but another one of my childhood ordeals ; ) by bb

CATEGORIES: eye candy

Dom perignon – karl Lagerfeld

I have been saying this since its launch but might as well put some digital ink to it now. This was perhaps the worst advert ever. what makes it so bad, is not just what it is, because there are more horrific work out there, but that it’s for an amazing product with a great history and lineage, and created by a man who is actually one of fashion worlds smarter men (I know that is not saying much, but without bias he is an interesting man). what could be more cliche and mindless advert than a naked girl in a tub with a bottle of champagne? I suppose a naked girl and an over-sized “magnum” bottle of champagne. for good measures the flower pot in the back tops it all off… and if anyone ever figures out how they poured that glass of champagne please do let us know as the bottle is still corked! It’s really sad to see such a great brand succumb to such pandering, and then run-with-it, just because Lagerfeld did it! I wear his suits and I wish he would just stick to that and give up his dabbling. I mean if an intern had come up with that idea he would have been fired let alone Karl. by dd

CATEGORIES: musings

best artist of the decade

we were talking today about the best artist of the past decade… or hell the past 25 years, and we had a hard time coming up with anything. between brittany, sean-puff-combs-diddy-john-king (love it when people acquire so many names, like they really deserve more than one), timberlake, and the like we had a very tough time selecting a worthy loser. goldfrapp, radiohead, gonzales, and stangold came to mind but none got the necessary votes. we settles on cat power. a) she only needs one name and a short one at that, b) last name rocks, c) her music has vigor. we haven’t settled on her 100% but shes right up there. by dd

CATEGORIES: music

Tom, where did you get your inspiration from?

tom ford campaign visual for tom ford


dolce & gabanna visual with shannon click by steven klein

on the post about Tom ford below, every shot seems to be inspired from another, not that it’s a problem, but i was not expecting him to be such a borrower… (you can find the “uncovered” version of steven klein shot on his site but its not really worth it). by pp’

CATEGORIES: musings

Tom ford goes public



so many brands are about… aaaah sex! at least tom doesn’t apologize for it. I have to give him that. when i first saw the tom ford ads for his first fragrance I thought to myself, it must have been such a release for tom to finally do whatever he wanted after so many years of pandering to gucci’s prudent conservative values of preservation and mindful spending! ever since the vatican took major control of gucci group in 2001, placing archbishop timothy dolan as co-creative director, the company began to expand on its ongoing message of chastity and self preservation. but deep inside, tom knew his calling. he left and the rest is history. I for one am rather anxious to see what tom’s next campaign will be like… perhaps he will dodge the next chapter and finally get to the point. I mean what is the purpose of all these women in these ads after all? maybe he still has a few share holders pulling on the… what do you call that, a string? by dd

CATEGORIES: musings