"The pop tragedy that has been Sarah Palin's gloriously entertaining fortnight in the limelight will no doubt be compared by lesser scribes to the crash'n'burn trajectories of Buddy Holly or Mama Cass. They do the story a disservice. It took Jesus Christ 33 years to be born in a blaze of media hype, have an entire nation hanging on his every word, and then be crucified in front of a jeering mob. It took Sarah Palin just two incredible weeks, making her not only more rock'n'roll than Jesus, but more rock'n'roll than rock'n'roll itself."
In fashion-related news we have a very rough critical appraisal of the Givenchy show at Paris Fashion Week, from Cathy Horin at NYT. Which is good, I never liked those bastards anyway. The fact that they are selling discount wallets for 50 Bahraini Dinars (ard $150) at shady looking outlets in forlorn corners of Seef Mall, hawked by Egyptian sales assistants that don't speak English, is proof in the pudding really... how far you have fallen, I predict Givenchy will be the next Pierre Cardin."I don’t think the explanation for last night’s rambling Givenchy show is that Riccardo Tisci just has too many ideas and doesn’t know how to “focus.” I’m beginning to wonder if he has any ideas at least that are original...
There was not much design value in the clothes, and some things showed surprisingly little finesse..."
I agree with the lack of finesse comment. I mean if you look at each of the pictures I've posted here, you can see what he's trying to do but I can see these clothes stretched onto 15 year old Marias at whatever shitholes they are passing off for clubs now at Crown Entertainment Centre. Granted, Givenchy will probably still appeal to the nouveau riche crowd, particularly loaded Russians that need to flaunt their recently liposuctioned legs and whatnot. And none of this is a good thing.
Robin Derrick is a creative director at British Vogue and is also a photographer. His latest work, dealing with cut flower arrangements is pretty cool. Although minimalist in a way, his combination of colourful, chaotic-yet-systematic flowers arranged over a black canvas, I personally find quite visually powerful.According to Wallpaper* online:
"The post-production phase on each image took around 100 hours, and it shows. Up to 15 original transparencies were shot and then combined, in part, to elicit the sharpest elements for the final print."
and it shows.
Labels: art, fashion, photography, US Elections 2008
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