the french blog sensation garance doré has officially had enough of shooting random people on the street. maybe it’s a sign that the street-fashion blog phenomenon is winding down? now that brands such as burberry and DKNY have used scott schuman aka the sartorialist to shoot their campaigns, maybe the original charm is gone? the surprises have become predictable, the looks and fashion more and more the same and the endorsements too big.

as told to rebecca voigt in interview magazine’s latest issue:
“i still find people on the street, but i’ve kind of had it with street photography. at first, it was great to see fashion on someone going to work, but now there are so many pictures like that that the magic has been lost a bit. i want to take pictures that tell more of a story. there are still some very talented people who succeed in giving the sensation that each street photo is a story. but i photograph less on the street now.” -garance doré

by kv

olivier zahn and terry richardson, hah ha!

better late than never. terry’s blog is finally up and worth a bookmark. this will give olivier a run for his money, after all, with terry around, it seems like everyone thinks they can take pictures too. granted when you are olivier and have the right people around (as in backstage at chanel) it’s kinda’ hard to miss.

but for all that’s said about terry i have to say what is amazing about his work is not the photograph itself, its the situation and the energy he fabricates with such mastery with everyone and anyone, and that’s what is not easy to copy. otherwise yashikas are a dime-a-dozen. check out terry’s diary here. by cc

imagine what it would be like if some stylist, lets say venetia scott, would just pick up nova and start it up again. that would be cool. by dd

pretty girls for v magazine:
from the anorexic-boyish 13-year-old girls, to wagner’s opera

beautiful girls? no doubt about it. but here in the western civilized world we love to swing from one end of hell to the other. its almost as if we don’t know any shades of gray. it has to be one extreme or the other, otherwise its not show biz. so from the anorexic-boyish 13-year-old girls, selling clothes to 30-year-old women, we skip to wagner’s opera. this new obsession with over-sized women is of course no coincidence. marketers and business’ alike have seen the news too. 67% of americans alone are overfed and overweight. the rest of the consumer world to follow. beer brands, chips companies and candy manufacturers have been pandering to fat men for years. making it seem ok, blessing it and telling them to relax, kick back and crack open a bag of chips while surfing the cable box… and it worked. what kind of guilt ridden mind wouldn’t want to hear the kind-voice of the mr. butterfinger telling him that it’s all o.k… now it’s time to expand and cater to the “women’s grand market”. because boy, talk about guilt ridden!! they’ve been working on that for centuries.

to point out… v magazine taking lead from marie clair (curves ahead) is a first, but it is not the first glossy mag or the first “marketer” to milk this one. i remember the first time i saw such editorial images, years ago, in some euro art pub, my first reaction was “that’s cool, someone had the balls to dis the fashion status quo, i wish i had done that.” but i’m afraid that is not the premise here.

first off i highly doubt if mr. lagerfeld and v mag’s intentions have turned 360º overnight from the blatantly glossy fashion-megaphone of the mainstream, to kindhearted citizens who want to give “over-sized women a voice”. so good intentions, they are not. shock value? im sorry but about 10 years too late. alternative motive? possibly so. in these hard times, fashion is desperate enough to open the gates. butterfinger did it, why not dolce… after all they have the right name!

burlesque star dirty martini; by karl lagerfeld
by terry richardson – no wagner here… i suppose terry prefers metalica
“1- skinny or 2-curvy… one size fits all”… oh really?
so you’re broke and now you’re kissing my mass

its not cool, and its not fun, to glamorize, bless, ok, promote, or justify what is a major health liability in this country. its even worse to make a profit out of it. as much as you/i/media may have disliked the 13 year old boyish girls in fashion, from what i can recall anorexia was never an epidemic wasting away 67% of the public… or did i miss that news flash? seems like we have lost our internal campus or maybe it doesn’t work due to the excess blubber. we argue about what body shape is too skinny and what is too fat?

ask yourself this: have you ever met a waif hippo in the wild? or a gravitationally challenged giraffe standing in line at serengeti-grill? how about an obese lion who cant walk? an anorexic grizzly who turns down a meal? maybe in bronx zoo where people are involved, or maybe a sick one in the wild, but not in nature. that’s because every species has a natural body type, and humans are but a species. look at your ancestors. not 200 or 500 years ago, not the venus of willendorf they showed you in art history 101, but way back before man took things in its own faulty hands. there lies your answer and your form. by Mr.goodbar

** political correctness disclaimer: if you have a medical condition which makes you overweight, please do not take offense. this is not related to you. but if you are overweight because you cant stop eating food, food that others around the world are dying from its lack of, then please be our guest.

kate moss in fendi’s stark black and white fur, not very peta
to remove the skin of an animal but id be happy to remove that skin on kateabove: kate at the fendi party back in 09 – below: w/gossip
what ever beth, someone needs to stand in the way of control…

any how, was looking up fur trying to figure out what company/brand produces the best furs, not as a fashion brand, but more of an “artisan of fur”… any ideas anyone? all you vikings? by jh