Picture Me is a documentary by co directors and ex couple Sara Ziff and Ole Schell about the complexities and superficial facade of the modeling world.  But unlike the kazillion of documentaries out there about fashion Picture me is unique because its formed from a grossly personal standpoint.  Organically shot by Schell while dating Ziff during her rise in the fashion world.  As a recent NYU graduate, he compiled years of footage while following her around and documented the world of casting calls, shows, photo shoots and interviews with top models →

Clothing Sale
Milkmade-Venice, CA
07/28/09

Milkmade is celebrating the days of perpetual heat and bathing beauties by marking all of our men’s & women’s spring & summer collections 40% off, including all regular priced clothing by Apolis Activism, Trovata, Operations, Corpus, What Comes Around Goes Around, Vanishing Elephant and more!  →

Vocalist/guitarist, Lissy Trullie embodies the LES rocker chic image. As the face of Chloë  Sevigny’s clothing line, Trullie’s cool swagger and post punk, new wave sound will send you drifting into sweet/melancholy day dreams.  In addition, Trullie was recently chosen to represent fashion designer Max Azria for the Hervé LégerFall 2009 collection. In conjunction with the Leger campaign, filmmaker and photographer Richard Kern directed a video for Trullie’s cover version of “Ready for the Floor.”  Trullie defines the meaning of mystique. In a minimalist fashion, Trullie illuminates against fluorescent back-lights and muffled close-ups. Watch for yourself and enjoy! →

Jun Takahashi, a designer known for his edgy and minimalist style had his first international showing of his menswear collections for his brand, Undercover, which premiered at the 76th edition of Pitti Immagine Uomo’s Spring/Summer 2010 Fashion Show at the beautiful Boboli Gardens in Florence, Italy. Takahashi’s collection consists of casual daily clothes with hidden functionalism and will be made available to consumers in September. His Spring/Summer 2010 line was inspired by German industrial designer Dieter Ram, whose work focuses on the beauty of simplicity and discarding the unnecessary. The show included both women and menswear and showcased more than 688 fashion →

Skateboarding Meets Art
Crewest Gallery- Los Angeles, CA
08/01/09

Crewest Gallery is pleased to announce “Love and Guts” a daring exhibition featuring artwork which reveals a sneak peak into the creative minds of some of the most important pro-skaters and innovators of this important street culture. “Love and Guts” is a platform which explores the innovative and fresh perspective of the artistic skateboarder. The idea behind “Love and Guts” art show was conceived in early 2005 at the Action Sports Retail Tradeshow in San Diego. It eventually became the title for a skater influenced art show focuses around Olsen,  Mountain, and Ngoho. The show has toured throughout the West Coast, New York, Australia, and New Zealand. →

First seen on the feet of Missoni patriarch Tai less than a week ago (according to WWD), could it be that the Italian house known for their unmistakable zig zag patterns has teamed up with quintessential American sneaker company Converse? Indeed it looks as though a deal has been inked that will see Converse manufacturing and distributing a line of men’s All Stars called the “Premium Chuck Hi Missoni”. No doubt the collaboration will cause a stir when it hits shelves for spring/summer 2010, because what could be better than a sneaker that literally goes with everything? Uh, maybe a Missoni sneaker that literally goes with everything.

Musical Tribute to Love and Rockets
Space 15 Twenty – Los Angeles, CA
7/29/09
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To celebrate the release of long time music legends, Love and Rockets, and their new tribute album, The MuseBox and Swing House have put together an official Love and Rockets Tribute show in Los Angeles on July 29th at Space 15 Twenty. Three of the bands paying tribute to the band on the album will be playing alongside artist Shepard Fairey who will be spinning for a rarely witnessed DJ set.  →

Celebrity Will Eat Itself
Carmichael Gallery – West Hollywood, CA
Opening 8/6/09
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Carmichael Gallery is proud to present Celebrity Will Eat Itself, a new series of works on canvas by English painter Guy Denning. This is the artist’s debut US solo exhibition. →

For the past two months ever since Sotomayor’s nomination on May 26 for the Supreme Court position, much of the scrutiny has been on her statement on a Latina judge will reach “better” judgments than white men.

Or more precisely:  “A wise Latina, with the richness of her experience, would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who has not lived that life.” →

Eskimo and Inuit Art
de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
08/28/09

The de Young opens a new permanent exhibition in the Art of the Americas galleries, entitled, Yua, Spirit of the Arctic: Eskimo and Inuit Art from the Collection of Thomas G. Fowler. The word yua means spirit or soul. Its prominence in the title reflects the widely shared Eskimo/Inuit concept that all living things in the natural world, even inanimate objects possess a spirit or a soul that must be honored. →