SAINT LAURENT SPRING SUMMER 14

Hedi Slimane, now THAT's the stuff I wanna see!

Band of Outsiders x Frank Ocean

Kindof in love with this Frank Ocean campaign that Band of Outsiders is teasing out on their tumblr. Lovely, simple images, featuring great clothes & a kickass artist. Plus, things cant get much prettier when you've got filters & polaroids in the mix. I'm a sucker for all this hipster sh*t.

Hedi Slimane for Saint Laurent - FA'13

Dammit, Hedi. This is the first time Hedi Slimane's disappointed me. What da fuq is this ratty tatty 70's thrift store girly shit? The only thing that looks remotely Slimane is his whole disaffected youth thing. But I prefer when he goes more punk rocker androgynous, not this hoodrat crap. Oh well. I'm loyal, so I'll stand by Hedi Slimane & look forward to seeing what else he brings to Saint Laurent. Hopefully he'll go back to what he does best: tailoring.

Here are the few pieces from the line that I liked. Obviously only the jackets.

David Bowie - The Stars (Are Out Tonight)

Holy androgyny! Love that Bowie's back. And Tilda in the same video? This video was made for me.

Closets I'd Raid: Tasya Van Ree

Love photographer/artist Tasya Van Ree's rocker/Keith Richards-esque style. Definition of "badass never goes out of style". Simple, ratty, edgy. Also, this chick now has Tumblr: www.tasyavanree.tumblr.com

Closets I'd Raid: Ameline Valade

Azealia Banks - Harlem Shake

Head bangin', Harlem shakin'.

Beach House - "Wild"

Cameo by Emily Hope. Love her work.

D E N A - Cash, Diamond Rings, Swimming Pools

Radiohead - 'Nude'

Don't get any big ideas
They're not gonna happen

You paint yourself white
And fill up with noise
But there'll be something missing

Now that you've found it, it's gone
Now that you feel it, you don't
You've gone off the rails

So don't get any big ideas
They're not gonna happen

Lana Del Rey - Ride

I've got a war in my mind
So, I just ride

Annie Leibovitz: Cast of Les Miserables

God I love Annie Leibovitz. Here's her shots of the Les Mis cast. I prefer the studio photos -- they remind me of Old Master paintings. And the menswear? YES. Normally wouldn't be giving the Anne Hathaway photos much love, but I've got to respect her for her Batman performance. (I think I'm finally over associating her with that Princess Diaries movie, thank god.)

Me, in a nutshell.

Calvin Harris: "Sweet Nothing" (ft. Florence Welch)

And it's not enough
To tell me that you care
When we both know that words are empty air
You give me nothing

Closets I'd Raid: Kanye West (Paris Fashion Week)

Digging Kanye's getup (and his Elspeth 2012 MADFACE) at Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2013. Can't go wrong with a clean pair of AJ1's (or Dunks?), great tux blazer & gold chain (love dem gold chainnzz).

The xx - Chained

We used to be closer than this.

Closets I'd raid: BLK DNM

Facebook x Wieden

Wide awake at 4am (I'm a bit of an insomniac these days), I was very excited to read AdAge's article announcing that Wieden+Kennedy landed the Facebook account, and that they just released a new spot in celebration of FB hitting 1B users. I love Facebook. And I generally love WK's work, & I personally believe WK is the best ad agency in the world (..but what do I know?). To top it off, I LOVE LOVE LOVE Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (director of the new FB ad), who also directed Nike's "Write The Future" soccer spot for the World Cup, as well as one of my favorite ads of all-time, P&G's Mom/"Best Job" Olympics spot. Needless to say, I had very high-hopes for Facebook's first commercial.

And then I watched it. And laughed. And asked, WTF?! I mean, the spot is beautifully shot. But seriously. Chairs are like Facebook? And doorbells? You just know there's going to be an SNL skit comparing FB to Twinkies, urinals, and tape dispensers because they, too, are inanimate objects that bring people together. Is FB trying to target old, senile people who don't have FB accounts & who spend most of their days sitting in chairs? I just don't understand how this ad is supposed to encourage people are aren't on FB to sign up. Or maybe that's not the objective of this spot. 

Since it's useless to bitch about something & not come up with any suggestions of your own, I guess if it were up to me, I'd focus more on humanizing the gigantic algorithm machine that is Facebook, or show the ways in which Facebook connects its users — ideally both. Show people who aren't on FB that the network isn't just some scary, cold, heartless network (and do so in a way that spares us analogies just begging to be mocked). Or take more of a Google approach, which features the different functionalities that enables friends & families to connect (though maybe WK/FB had to stay away from this approach because Google already did it..who the F knows). 

I do find it interesting to think about how FB can persuade people who don't have accounts. Who are those people? Are they not on FB due to moral reasons, governmental restrictions (e.g. China), economic circumstances (lack of money/access to technology), etc etc? Which of those people are FB going after? Or does FB even care about the non-users, and are instead trying to target current users and maintain the community, who are being bombarded by a gajillion other social networks popping up all over the place? Or does FB care more about targeting brands (e.g. sources of potential advertising revenue)? 

Anyway, supercool that W+K won the Facebook account. Jealous of everyone who's working on that — such an awesome challenge. Not pleased with the latest spot. It's not terrible, I just expected more from this dream team partnership. Looking forward to see what else they come out with. 

Here's the spot:

Hedi Slimane for Yves Saint Laurent SS13

Hedi's baaAAaack! Finally, after taking a design hiatus to pursue his photography, he's back making drool-worthy swag. His latest womenswear seems very witch-meets-Mask-of-Zorro. (Clearly I don't know what the f*ck I'm talking about when it comes to fashion. But I know what I like when I see it.) Loving the jackets, cigarette pants, sheer blouses, & the black white black black black.