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Zero-G fashion in Japan

Zero-G fashion in Japan
(01:20) Report
Oct. 5 - Designers take haute-couture to the stars at the Japan Aerospace 2008 show.
Young designers compete for the chance to come up with a real space suit for future space voyagers.
Susan Flory reports.

Child's Play; The Children Of The Damned

The recently opened shop Child of the Jago, in London’s Shoreditch area, is fittingly named after the 1896 novel by Arthur Morrison. It’s no coincidence that Morrison’s book, an account of criminal behavior among unruly youth, is set in the new boutique’s current digs — a few doors down from a pub owned by that other documentation of unruly youth, Vice magazine.






The brain child of the designer Barnzley, Joe Corre (son of the Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren) and Vivienne Westwood, Jago is born with a distinguished pedigree that extends past its punk-rock blood line: Corre, alongside his former partner Serena Rees, founded Agent Provocateur; the 43-year-old Barnzley, who first found favor during London’s late-1980s acid-house boom after printing smiley faces on a range of T-shirts, co-created the club-wear brand Acupuncture (famous for its platform trainers) and later the agitprop street-wear label Zoltar the Magnificent.
Their latest style offspring, Child of the Jago, was imagined as a place to sell off the remnants of Britain’s lost empire. An eclectic mix of antique jewelery, vintage sartorial bibles and even parts of McLaren’s record collection is up for sale. Jago’s Terrorist line is designed in a old subway car on his neighbor’s roof; its wasp logo derives from the pair’s belief that “the creatures are the ultimate terrorist.” (We assume he means the insect and not the blue-blooded variety.) The more tailored pieces range in style from what the shop describes as “Victorian Pimp” to reworked workers’ uniforms done in tweeds, felt and a impossibly expensive found lurex. Recurring house prints are a collage of Victorian pornography and the 17th-century artist William Hogwarth’s “Gin Lane” print, a piece that, according to Barnzley, documents “the degeneration of the working class to the benefit of a corrupt ruling elite, not unlike today’s Britain.” McLaren and Westwood must be proud.

Barnsley is an old friend of mine. I've known him since the 80's. He & I really did some damage back in the day. Running wild around London, Tokyo & NYC.

Always the wind-up artist Barnzley really put his neck on the line here on this one. Never one to back down from a fight and equally capable of setting some shit off! Barnzley's latest endevour might really have him going toe to to with some real heavyweights and get the championship belt he deserves.

We talk to Simon Barnzley Armitage about the new revolution emerging from a little East London shop and what it means to be a Neo-Jihad Dandy.



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THE FRUIT DOES NOT FALL FAR FROM THE TREE

I have not done a feature on a Male Model to look out for as yet because I love women and love to look at them. I have been so intrigued by the latest crop of young beautiful models that I must do a whole post on just young beautiful female model on the horizon.

I have put you in the loop on a couple of girls. I told you about IT GIRL: JOURDAN DUNN here on this site back in Sept 2007 and she is killing them now... In Vogue etc....she is everywhere....I went on about Chanel Iman.

So it's only fair that I check the temperature of some of the fellas for all my female readers. But I have got to share with you a young man that I feel have so much potential it's scary first. He is waaay under the radar right now because he is playing college basketball in his second season. He also plays college tennis. He is currently represented by TURP MODELS USA™ and was discovered by a stylist in the Shibuya section of Tokyo Japan this past summer. He has done a ton of High Fashion catalog work while in Tokyo this past summer. There are plans to bring him to Europe for the shows next season as well as New York Fashion Week.....He is NEXT!!!











Ladies & Gentlemen I introduce to you LONO BRAZIL 3. Yes this is my eldest son. He is more than amazing to me for obvious reasons. I am extremely proud of my dude. But you gotta admit, money is nice with his. His vitals;

Height: 6ft 4in (195 cm)
Weight: 165 (11 Stone
Shoe: 13.5
Waist: 30

THE ART OF FASHION: Fantasy Meets Reality On A Lonely Highway

You are not seeing things nor is this some of my clever Photoshop CS3 graphics. This REAL!!! This the State of Texas. Home of G.W.Bush. This gives a new definition to the term "Outlet Store". But this is not an Outlet Store.....









This luxurious Prada store is situated along a desolate road near Marfa, Texas. Located on the outskirts of Valentine, Texas near Marfa on desolate ranching land with no other visible trace of civilization. It’s the only Prada boutique of its kind, with nothing around for miles and miles.

Take the Van Horn exit on to Highway 90 south towards the town of Marfa. After a 45 minute drive, you'll find this Prada store in the middle of farmland. You might be asking yourself "What we're they thinking".






Is this some type of marketing ploy? Did they really put a Prada boutique in the middle of nowhere. Totally away from civilization. In a place where the nearest resident most likely has no idea who or what Prada represented or for that matter could even afford a $1000 handbag or pair of Prada loafers at $410 a pop!



It is actually the work of Scandinavian artists Elmgreen & Dragset. The two have created a monument to minimalism with their latest project, Prada Marfa.with the support of New York 's Art Production Fund and Ballroom Marfa, and will never be open to customers. Rather, it will be left to the elements, providing the unlikely fate of desolation and entropy for the fashion powerhouse. According to the Art Production Fund, Prada has been extremely cooperative with the project, offering assistance with every detail from its Pantones and logo to furniture and interior design. The sun-dried boutique will be stocked with a fresh array of the Fall 2005 line, dating the time capsule for any anthropologists or archaeologists who happen to be passing in the distant future.

IT GIRL: Damaris Lewis Next Up To Bat...

No she is not African. Nor is she mixed with Chinese....SHE A BLACK GIRL!!!

She is from the BK! Coney Island to be exact. She goes to LaGuardia High School. And she is about to blow. Bethann, I'm telling you. You need to come on with it! Your hard work and all the advocating is about to pay off.

We told you to look out for Chanel Iman when she was a tender 15. I'm telling you now. This young daughter has got it. LOOK AT THAT FACE!!!

Signed with Elite NY & Success Models


Height: 59.5

Bust: 33

Waist: 24

Hips: 34

Shoe: 9

Hair: Dark Brown

Eyes: Brown




LB2

AND NOW THIS!!!

YSL DEAD AT 71.....

Yves Saint Laurent died Sunday at age 71 after a long illness. He had battled mental illness and drug addiction throughout his life.

The fashion giant was one of the most famous designers of the last century, along with Coco Chanel, Christian Dior and Paul Poiret.

Although he retired from haute couture in 2002, after 40 years of designing, YSL continues to dominate, and his clothing is still worn by trend-setting actresses and valued by fashion collectors.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF KATOUCHA 1960-2008

I LOVE YOU KATOUCHA. GOD BLESS YOUR SOUL MY QUEEN. VOUS ÊTES À MON COEUR TOUJOURS


Katoucha Niane (30 December 1960 in Conakry, Guinea – 2 February 2008 in Paris, France) was a French supermodel—one of the world's first to have come from Africa. Nicknamed "The Peul Princess" (in reference to her ethnic Fula background), she worked, and later wrote, under the single name "Katoucha". She was the daughter of author, playwright and historian Djibril Tamsir Niane. She had three children.


As a child, Katoucha's family was forced into exile after her father came into conflict with Guinean President Sekou Toure. Living with an uncle in Mali, she rejoined her family in Dakar at age twelve. There she lived with the family of her paternal uncle, whose wife was private secretary to President of Senegal Léopold Sédar Senghor.[1] After marrying her husband at age seventeen and giving birth to her first child, they emigrated to France.
It was there, in the 1980s, that she began modelling first for Thierry Mugler, then Paco Rabanne and Christian Lacroix, and became known as Yves Saint Laurent's "muse."[2] She remained one of the best known models in France, and an icon in Guinea. Recently she worked as host of the French language television program Top Model.

Niane stopped modeling in 1994 to focus on activism. She had been an outspoken activist against female circumcision, a rite performed in some African nations. Following her success as a model, she started the organization KPLCE - Katoucha pour la lutte contre l’excision (English: Katoucha for the battle against female circumcision). Niane herself was circumcised at age 9. In 2007, she published a book about her personal circumcision experience, "Dans ma chair" (Eng: "In My Flesh"), in France.

Katoucha lived in a houseboat on the Seine, near the Alexander III bridge in Paris. On February 1, 2008, she returned to her houseboat from a party. This was the last time she was reportedly seen alive. On February 4, 2008, police opened a missing persons case for her. Her purse was found untouched outside the door to her boat. Police believed that no foul play was involved, and that she was likely intoxicated and fell into the Seine.[3]
Her body was found in the Seine River on February 28, 2008. The 47 year old model is believed to have died from an accidental drowning.


SHE WAS ALSO MY DEAR FRIEND. I will cherish her memory forever....

KATOUCHA HAS GONE MISSING!!!

If you have heard or know anything, please contact the French Authorities.


Here's what the French media has written: Paris police seek missing model, former Saint Laurent muse
PARIS (AFP) — French police were searching Friday for a Guinean former catwalk model, one time muse of the couture giant Yves Saint Laurent, a week after she vanished from her Paris houseboat.
Nicknamed the "black princess", the 47-year-old Katoucha went missing from her home on a central stretch of the River Seine Friday night, according to relatives who reported her missing on Monday.
The mother-of-three disappeared after being dropped off near her home from a party and her handbag was later recovered nearby.
Investigators are exploring all lines of inquiry, including a fatal accident or suicide, and divers trawled the Seine in vain for her body this week.
Born in Conakry, Katoucha worked with the greatest couture stars at the height of her career in the 1980s including Saint Laurent who "loved her enormously", according to Dominique Deroche, head of PR for the designer.
"She was exactly like an Yves Saint Laurent drawing, a proud head on a long neck, very slim but with strong shoulders, made for haute couture."
"She looked magnificent on the catwalk and often wore very powerful outfits -- like a cubist navy blue dress with doves around the neckline."
Katoucha left the catwalk for good in 1994, but in recent years she made headlines as an outspoken campaigner against female circumcision, launching a foundation against the practice.
"Today at the age of 47, I want a woman's combat and I have chosen the battle against excision," she said in a recent interview.
Excised at the age of nine, in her home country Guinea, Katoucha recounted the ordeal in a recent book entitled "In My Flesh".
The daughter of the writer and historian Djibril Tamsir Niane, Katoucha spent an idyllic childhood in Conakry.
"I grew up surrounded byu hibiscus and ylang-ylang flowers. I used to get drunk on the richest perfumes and saw myself as a perfumer or a model," she wrote in the book.
But then her life changed forever.
"We lived in Conakry, life was sweet, then one day mother said we were going to the cinema. And I found myself the victim of a horror movie.
"An unimaginable trauma, that I had never managed to talk about, until I found love and wrote 'In my flesh'," she said.
She said she saw her career as a top model, first with the designer Thierry Mugler, as a form of "revenge" for the horror of excision.
"I embodied the most arrogant and admired kind of feminity, I who was supposed to be diminished."






GOD BLESS HER SOUL
Lono Brazil~

FASHION IS MY PASSION:DISCO UNUSUAL SOCIAL CLUB T-SHIRTS

Model:Lono Brazil lll

KNOCK IT OFF! Things We Like That Are Inspired By Things We Like.

I KNOW ROLEX IS MAAAD!!!




This is A TOY WATCH. No seriously, that's the name of this brand. The company, TOY WATCH manufactures Rolex inspired watches for a fraction of the price. Think SWATCH. This is not really a knock-off. It is a quality plastic watch that is as stylish as it is affordable. They range from $125 -$1500.

In the fall of 2006, Milan-based designer and wristwatch aficionado Marco Mavilla designed the first TOYWATCH. A lightweight, oversized plastic watch, inspired by high design timepieces, TOYWATCH is unexpected, arresting and irreverent. Under the direction of fine-watch collector and TOYWATCH USA CEO, Randy Gordon, TOYWATCH was brought to the USA in the summer of 2006. An anti-luxury statement in a luxury obsessed culture, TOYWATCH has become the "it" wristwatch and the "must-have" item among style influentials and tastemakers. The brand ignited a firestorm in the fashion, design and accessories industries and has been heralded as a sensation by the press. Fall of 2007 will welcome the first ever, freestanding TOYWATCH store - if you find yourself at Via Montenapoleone in Milan, come check out ToyWatch.

TOYWATCH watches are available at www.toywatchusa.com, and in more than 300 fine stores, including Barney's, Henri Bendel, Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Bloomingdales.

GET YOURS NOW!!!
Get a few of them. Switch 'em up with your outfits. At this price you can't go wrong, Cause they are sooo right!


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LIVING JUST ENOUGH FOR THE CITY:Trends In Urban Dwellings

The Convertible Bed Just Got An Upgrade.
BED-UP!



A retractable bed, a mobile mezzanine a bed arranged with the
Practical ceiling and design, it offers a true space saving in space
and a maximum of comfort.

Modern living and urban dwelling is no longer subject to crammed quarters. Our major cities globally are offering smaller spaces for larger prices. Not to be discouraged, those of us that have live/work loft/apts and love city living have to be inventive to maximize our spaces.

One French design company has a great invention as they have upgraded the convertible bed & made is very chic and stylish. It's called BED-UP!





Bedup is adapted to your height under ceiling. Out of standard of 2m20
with 2m80, technically possible until 3m40. Rangé with the ceiling,
bedup occupies only 35 cm, which makes under vis-a-vis with 2m15 for a
height under ceiling (HSP) of 2m50.

This I'm sure will solve many of our space issues. They are gonna make a killing in Japan! This is Brilliant!. But the great thing is that it is ultra modern. It turns a studio Apt into a creative workspace in the day. And a modern comfortable living space at night.

This product is being produced in France at the moment by a firm called DECADRAGES.
In a few words DECADRAGES is a workshop of invention and
creation in the area of furnishing, the design and the installation
of space. We conceptualize pieces of furniture for the private
sector as well as for the professionals.

Check out the website(It's in French) But you can get the idea.

http://www.decadrages.com/fra/BEDUP/

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TOMORROW TODAY: And Other Evidence That The Future Is Here.

SKY BAR......FOR REALZ!!!!!!!!
Hotel In The Sky!! Or Pimp My Blimp!!
This is the most ridiculos, most over the top, EXXXXTRAA thing I have seen since the movie "Red Planet". But this is not a movie. This is for real!!







Zeppelins seem to be the latest craze these days as another design company has come up with a flying blimp that houses a hotel with luxury suites for 60. Called the Manned Cloud, this concept by French designer Jean Marie Massaud, whose company, Massaud Studio partnered ONERA, France’s National Aerospace Research Center, for this project. Its creator claims that the giant airship is capable of flying at 280 km/h, which means that its passengers would be able to circle the Earth in 3 days.

Incredible!

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