Grace Jones - Corporate Cannibal

Grace Jones is back with an upcoming album and her first music video in about 20 years.

I don't really think I love the song (just a little too dark for me), but the video is so quintessentially avante garde that it must be noted.

At 60 years of age, it's pretty kick-ass to see an artist like Grace Jones doing her thing, and not selling out. She's been gone for so long, but if you ask me she's giving everyone in the biz a run for their money.

Madonna should be ashamed...(Hard Candy, scoff).

-S

SYI: My prediction: The irony is that Grace will probably do a special performance of the song at some big Hollywood event sponsored by a real life "Corporate Cannibal".

Grace Jones - Corporate Cannibal

Grace Jones is back with an upcoming album and her first music video in about 20 years.

I don't really think I love the song (just a little too dark for me), but the video is so quintessentially avante garde that it must be noted.

At 60 years of age, it's pretty kick-ass to see an artist like Grace Jones doing her thing, and not selling out. She's been gone for so long, but if you ask me she's giving everyone in the biz a run for their money.

Madonna should be ashamed...(Hard Candy, scoff).

-S

SYI: My prediction: The irony is that Grace will probably do a special performance of the song at some big Hollywood event sponsored by a real life "Corporate Cannibal".

Empty Trash

Untitled, 2008 by Igor Eskinja.

Empty Trash

Untitled, 2008 by Igor Eskinja.

GIVENCHY HOMME 2009

If the GIVENCHY HOMME debut for Spring/Summer 2009 doesn't inspire you, nothing will!

When I saw the pics from the Paris show, It immediatley got me singing "Girls & Boys" by Blur...

"Girls who are boys
Who like boys to be girls
Who do boys like they're girls
Who do girls like they're boys
Always should be someone you really love"

But seriously, The Givenchy Homme show was a standout for many fashionistas (both men and women).

This collection was a first for Riccardo Tisci who has been heading Givenchy's women line for sometime now.

Riccardo Tisci is an unassuming anti-hero who makes heroic, powerful looks that still retain an all-encompassing aura of elegance - a concept absolutely central to the house of Givenchy. Let’s not forget, after all the stop-starts with other previous designers, he is making the label pop. Now, in a hugely significant step, he’s brought his talent to Givenchy menswear, meaning he’s one of the few designers responsible for both women’s AND men’s rtw at an iconic brand, as well as haute couture. - PONYSTEP.COM

“I am not looking to dress men as women,” Tisci continues, “but rather offer them a viable wardrobe that serves them equally well in any situation: classic suits that seem to have come straight from the atelier of a traditional Neapolitan tailor, as well as T-shirts and leather trousers for the weekend.” A wardrobe for men “whose beauty has a hint of menace”. - GIVENCHY.COM

Givenchy comin' back with powa-powa,

-S

GIVENCHY HOMME 2009

If the GIVENCHY HOMME debut for Spring/Summer 2009 doesn't inspire you, nothing will!

When I saw the pics from the Paris show, It immediatley got me singing "Girls & Boys" by Blur...

"Girls who are boys
Who like boys to be girls
Who do boys like they're girls
Who do girls like they're boys
Always should be someone you really love"

But seriously, The Givenchy Homme show was a standout for many fashionistas (both men and women).

This collection was a first for Riccardo Tisci who has been heading Givenchy's women line for sometime now.

Riccardo Tisci is an unassuming anti-hero who makes heroic, powerful looks that still retain an all-encompassing aura of elegance - a concept absolutely central to the house of Givenchy. Let’s not forget, after all the stop-starts with other previous designers, he is making the label pop. Now, in a hugely significant step, he’s brought his talent to Givenchy menswear, meaning he’s one of the few designers responsible for both women’s AND men’s rtw at an iconic brand, as well as haute couture. - PONYSTEP.COM

“I am not looking to dress men as women,” Tisci continues, “but rather offer them a viable wardrobe that serves them equally well in any situation: classic suits that seem to have come straight from the atelier of a traditional Neapolitan tailor, as well as T-shirts and leather trousers for the weekend.” A wardrobe for men “whose beauty has a hint of menace”. - GIVENCHY.COM

Givenchy comin' back with powa-powa,

-S

R. Buckminster Fuller

Article from my favorite new magazine, DOSSIER JOURNAL - dossierjournal.com

Long before Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth", there was R. Buckminster Fuller.


One of the great American visionaries of the twentieth century, R. Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) endeavored to see what he, a single individual, might do to benefit the largest segment of humanity while consuming the minimum of the earth’s resources. Doing “more with less” was Fuller’s credo. He described himself as a “comprehensive anticipatory design scientist,” setting forth to solve the escalating challenges that faced humanity before they became insurmountable.

The Whitney is offering a thorough retrospective of his work with the show Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe. If you're gonna be in NYC sometime before October, I suggest trying to see the show and then imagining the possibilities some combination of the ideas presented might create for your own modern dwelling and living.