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Freja for Doctors without borders

2011-10-01T20:32:00.002+08:00

really really a nice nice girl, cant be beautiful more,
support Freja and Arizona, such a perfect couple!!!!!!

Dries Van Noten SS12 Collection

2011-09-29T18:52:00.002+08:00

Dries Van Noten SS12 Collection

喜歡DVN都已經好幾年, 簡單的cutting, 還有很自然和民族色彩的圖案,
加上很舒服的顏色配搭, 每一件也很希望穿上, 這也是so far最令我賞心悅目的一個show了.

source from vogue.it

Into the Fall

2011-09-07T23:36:00.005+08:00

Judith Bedard by Adrian Nina for SOMA October 2010 Cover

Long Time no posts, 'd like to have new hair cut like this.

https://multiplefashiondisorder.wordpress.com/

Coco Rocha for Zac Posen Resort 2012

2011-06-10T22:46:00.001+08:00

Coco Rocha for Zac Posen Resort 2012
http://www.vogue.com

adore Coco with the elegant looks, impressive lookbook!!
p.s pictures are retouched.

Past - Viktor & Rolf Fall 2007 collection

2011-05-31T23:57:00.000+08:00

I miss this collection so much, miss the creations of the two geniuses ...
images source: http://frillr.com/BackstageViktorRolfFall-Winter2007/index.htm

Color Blocks

2011-05-19T18:10:00.000+08:00

Stella Tennant for Vogue Italia MAy 2011
Photographer: Tim Walker
Stylist: Jacob K

The backstage video can be found in,
http://www.vogue.it/en/magazine/fashion-stories/2011/05/color-blocks-

This is the best styling I have seen recently.

They're wearing Gucci Silk jumpsuit from Spring 2011

2011-05-16T22:20:00.003+08:00

Gucci Spring 2011 silk jumpsuit
from top to bottom, left to right
Freja Beha, Laura Blokhina, Ana R, Stella Tennant, Chanel Iman, Anais Pouliot,
Cindy Crawford, Barbara Palvin, Toni Garrn

This outfit can be carried in sexy and glamour way but when putting on Freja and Stella, it changed to be tough and rock.

你還可愛麼 ﹣ 打錯

2011-05-05T16:02:00.000+08:00

導演：卓韻芝
主演：卓韻芝、Pizza 張燕莊

他是一位小四學生。
她是一位成年女子。
一串錯誤的電話號碼，將他和她正確無誤地串連在一起。

更多《你還可愛麼》短片，在 http://www.lovemore.hk
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有時,我連接電話的勇氣也沒有
我不可愛,很慚愧,對不起.

Tilda Swinton acting for nytimes

2011-05-01T17:49:00.000+08:00

by nytimes.com

Jil Sander Spring 2011 Ad Campaign

2011-04-29T01:26:00.000+08:00

Jil Sander Spring Summer 2011 ad campaign. Daria Strokous by Willy Vanderperre
Pink lips, striped dress, poppy color, white background = Happy summer.

For sure the floral print and the transparent shopping bag are the spots of S/S this year.

Santa Lolla Ad campaigns

2011-04-16T20:33:00.000+08:00

Freja Beha for FAll 2011

Sasha Pivovarova for Spring 2011

Jessica Stam for Fall 2010

http://www.santalolla.com.br/

Sunflower Seeds by Ai WeiWei

2011-04-09T18:42:00.000+08:00

http://gawker.com/#!5661644/how-one-hundred-million-porcelain-sunflower-seeds-are-like-twitter

An exhibition held in London last year,
each seed has been individually sculpted and painted by specialists working in small-scale workshops in the Chinese city of Jingdezhen.

It's no doubt I am addicted to this chinese artist, he expresses his own view through the artworks,
and be brave enough to find out truth of the dark side in his country.

Faye Wong x Céline

2011-04-05T15:12:00.000+08:00

Faye Wong in Céline Pre-fall 2010 and Spring 2011 collection,
She was the cover of Elle China, TaiWan and HK Sep 2010.
http://www.prestigehongkong.com/celebrities/010211.html

香港藝人中,她是少數給我感覺 ...係衫搵佢,唔係佢搵衫的女星.
而且能從她穿的看到她一直到現在的性格轉變 ...
由90年代常穿的MMM,Yohji,Ann Dem,McQueen ...
到近年的Celine, Stella McCartney,Rochas ...
雖然她從來不愛說話,但她卻比其他人更懂得表達自己.
也印證了時裝不只是一塊布和絃耀的工具.

Mood of today

2011-04-04T17:15:00.000+08:00

pink, flower, implicit.

Grey

2011-04-03T23:45:00.000+08:00

I like Grey magazine, the whole styling and mood in every issue,
few text contents but strong meaning from the images.

http://grey-magazine.com

My top5 of FW2011 - Balenciaga

2011-03-24T19:25:00.001+08:00

My top5 of FW2011 - Jil Sander

2011-03-23T22:43:00.002+08:00

My top5 of FW2011 - Givenchy

2011-03-22T23:02:00.002+08:00

My top5 of FW2011 - Dries Van Noten

2011-03-22T01:05:00.000+08:00

About inner child

2011-03-16T22:53:00.001+08:00

這是天空之鏡的一小段,
書還沒看完,但看到想分享的就先分享吧
看到Wini說自己埋下的包伏要爆發出來,然後就哭得死去活來,哭的是她的inner child。
大抵這是真的,在內心深處,永遠有一個不會長大的自己,那也是真正的自己,那個她,永遠在堅守成年人不允許的信念,
很想走出現實,但現實中的成年人(自己/內在家長)卻一直阻止,長久下去,小孩難免會崩潰。
如何平衝兩個自己,很難,要時間和空間,有了之後,就要開始學會愛自己。

“我值得愛,因為上天創造了我,而我積犯的錯誤,並非用來跟我作對。“ - DR.JOSHUA STONE

Celine Fall 2011 collection

2011-03-08T22:48:00.000+08:00

Celine承接Pre-Fall的氣勢,再次膚擄我的心
很出色的說Phoebe Philo,以前給我古板的Celine,被她改造了成現在的cozy classic,不費力的,
一向的招牌長褸,舒服的褲,對不起詞窮了。
很美的Freja和她挾住的包包,如果有能力,大抵第一個要買就是Celine袋,

因為舒服,所以愛, John Galliano被炒了,再見鬼才,但Dior向來都令我不舒服。

Pretty walk

2011-03-08T00:11:00.003+08:00

Behind the scenes - Harry Winston Live the Moment Campaign

2011-03-05T21:35:00.000+08:00

Breathless, speechless, all depressions have been thrown away by her smile.

Santa Lolla

2011-03-03T23:08:00.000+08:00

Santa Lolla Spring 2011 Ad campaign

Perfect!Perfect!Perfect!

Acne Fall 2011 collection

2011-02-21T21:22:00.000+08:00

Acne Fall 2011 collection

a brand from my love place, Stockholm,
the well-known jeans is no longer the signature of the brand,
but the whole line of fashion,
I always love the use of color of Acne, the pink and that baby blue.
and the shoes needless to say are the must have item of london girls,right?

Stella Tennant for Zara Spring 2011 lookbook

2011-02-05T22:42:00.004+08:00

stella is back in 2011, Chanel, Celine, Tom Ford Campaign ...stay young and rock.

Freja Beha for H&M Spring 2011

2011-01-31T20:49:00.000+08:00

Kill you in a second.

Alexander McQueen Pre-fall 2011

2011-01-22T23:32:00.000+08:00

Alexander McQueen Pre-fall 2011

ignore the name of McQueen, the collection is nice.

Hugo Boss F/W 2011

2011-01-21T22:18:00.000+08:00

Freja opened and closed the show, the outfits are pretty match with her,
keep on walk and rock, Freja!!!!!!!!!

Celine Pre-fall 2011

2011-01-11T22:07:00.000+08:00

A very good job and make me feel so excited about the fall collection.
btw Suzie Bird is very pretty!

Tom Ford Spring/Summer 2011 Womenswear

2011-01-02T20:39:00.000+08:00

等了良久了,雖然我不是Tom Ford fan,將來都應該不會 ...

但不得不承認他是有魅力的人 ...

這種人,這個CAST,這個姍姍來遲吊你癮的手段 ...很難有什麼閃失.

Btw最讚對我來說是Karen Elson的Pretty Babies ...

Rolling Stone

2010-12-31T21:45:00.000+08:00

Rolling Stone October 2010 shoot (article #1677)
ph: Theo Wenner
styling: Lester Garcia
source: totalworld.us via tFS

Claire Inc.

2010-12-22T22:16:00.001+08:00

http://claireinc.com/
such a big inspiration, keep checking and create ur own look everyday.

Lily Donaldson for Bazzar January 2011

2010-12-19T11:03:00.000+08:00

Narciso Rodriguez Pre-Fall 2011

2010-12-12T12:08:00.000+08:00

Narciso Rodriguez Pre-Fall 2011
http://www.vogue.com/

knee-length dress is back.

Fashion Moment: Freja Beha Erichsen

2010-12-11T23:25:00.000+08:00

OMG!I just found that Freja's English is much better than before, still sexy voice, more feminine,
She is the best ever, love her till I die.

My top5 of SS11 - Chloe

2010-11-27T22:52:00.000+08:00

Chloe SS11

all about easy, I feel it

My top5 of SS11 - Prada

2010-11-06T12:14:00.001+08:00

Prada SS11

The very first time I feel addictive to its collection,
differ from Gucci, YSL ...less feminine but a more playful luxury brand
the hair and shoes are the spots in this season ...

My Top5 of SS11 - Jil Sander

2010-10-30T23:09:00.001+08:00

Jil Sander SS11

minimal, lovely and happy colors.

vogue.com

My Top5 of SS11 - Yves Saint Laurent

2010-10-20T20:49:00.000+08:00

Yves Saint Laurent SS11

I can't breathe of this collection
fabulous hair, red lips, elegant ruffle dress ...
http://www.vogue.com/

My top5 of SS11 - Celine

2010-10-15T20:42:00.000+08:00

Celine SS11
一看到就覺得很有親切感，這是我現在追求的風格
簡單高貴舒服看上去很SMART很自由
特別喜歡那條長長的ZIP，我對ZIP有些執著
性格影響一切很怕受到束縛所以不能穿很緊身的衣物
很想擁有尾二KARMEN那件黑色LONG LONG ZIP VEST 雙手插袋好有型

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2010-08-05T23:30:00.000+08:00

I move my home ...
anyway ...thank you for your curiousity:)

Best Regards,
sohoiman

無標題

2010-07-28T00:11:00.002+08:00

習慣了在FB裡存在感受其他人和自己在同一空間這是精神上的空虛感作祟
回到自己的空間這裡的自己不知往那兒去
思想的時間少了以往有些隱晦的文字現在寧願跟周公訴說
眼界窄的時候會較多理論發表因為眼裡只有自己相信自己自然什麼也是對的
眼界闊了嘴巴也漸閉上因為眼裡什麼都有錯錯對對再不敢斷言說些什麼
突然想起狄娜一句說話 '無論世界變得多壞也不會改變我的善良'
這刻有些感覺奇女子在世的話我倆應該可以交個朋友
生活雖然仍然平平無奇但生活的態度就可以很精彩
而這一切心中明白可以了

從80後這個詞出現開始有了一個小觀察我感謝媽媽在64事件時懷了我(我是有參與遊行的)
我欣喜我是這個年代如果你/妳也是同類你們會明白的

我喜歡把事情不說清楚解釋是我最討厭的事情
自己的生命從來就沒必要向人交代寫BLOG不是交代是自願的分享
不要用命令式的語氣叫我寫些什麼發表什麼意見我手寫我心不是你心

BTW 這裡出了問題不是關乎膚淺的版面是自己的方向問題迷失了而原地踏步
希望短時間內找到出路有些人其實可以作參考但我還是想靠自己多一點

再BTW看來我個BLACK OBSESSION要轉THEME了

The Chameleon

2010-07-22T23:59:00.000+08:00

Photography by Catherine Conroy
Styling by Jordy Huinder @ Eric Elenbaas
Hair & Makeup by Anita Jolles @ View Agency for Sisley and Redken
Model Dorith Mous @ Ulla Models
Fashion Assistant Ebony Hoorn
Digital Operator Frederick Jensen
Special Thanks to M.E Studio

Story Behind
“I am inspired by the graphic shapes in nature and the chameleon-like traits in us all. Dutch model Dorith and strong sculptural styling provided the perfect canvas to express this idea.” – Catherine Conroy

http://www.theones2watch.com/newwave/2617

It's true ..

2010-07-17T23:17:00.000+08:00

做人獨立什麼好未能撒野惹一點不軌企圖

Vogue Aug - Paris and UK

2010-07-16T23:49:00.000+08:00

left: Vogue Paris Aug 2010
right: Vogue UK Aug 2010

我唔容易迷戀任何野
但當一旦迷上便不會輕易棄掉除非我棄掉自己

http://www.bellazon.com/main/index.php?showtopic=5309&st=3320

一瞬

2010-07-16T00:12:00.000+08:00

「我們的生存，不過是在兩個永恆之間所佔據的無限短的一瞬。」

當參透箇中意義自然把殺父仇人也會一併忘掉
人不需要每刻都有目標也不需要每刻都力求完美
你會發現花一生去追求的夢到頭來其實只是一瞬間的美麗
盡量享受過程和自然的生活例如心無雜念去品嚐早上的咖啡剛買的新鞋子 ...
富或貧老或幼聰明與愚昧其實並無差異當一瞬間完結時便是死人

我已經一直是個比較沒理想但有自己思想的人
踏出社會便看到更多超出想像的荒謬
受不住就會倒下
但當明白大家只是宇宙間一粒微塵便不會再花時間去考究
生活變得健康了一瞬間的生命我大概活糟了0.000000000000000000000001秒
往後的有限秒我會懂得如何令它變得有意義起碼每早醒來我是為了嘆一個靚早餐而不是擔憂該天的工作

Valentino FW2010 Ad Campaign

2010-07-13T21:23:00.000+08:00

Model: Freja Beha
Photographer: David Sim
http://forums.fmd1.com/freja-beha-erichsen-t4158-s5020.html

never expect Freja will appear on Valentino .....
now I realise ...she can be everything

beautiful girl

2010-07-10T22:01:00.000+08:00

very nice Freja drawings!!!!(by denise nestor)
It's time to pick up my pen ...

http://trendland.net/2010/05/20/denise-nestor-illustrations/#more-42334
http://treesforthewoods.blogspot.com/

JCDC FW2010 Collection

2010-07-09T23:19:00.000+08:00

JCDC FW2010 Collection
http://www.jc-de-castelbajac.com/collection/aw_10/

His playful and unique style makes my day!!! glad to work for this brand!!!

Chanel - Haute Couture Fall Winter 2010/2011

2010-07-07T23:09:00.000+08:00

again see the muse of karl ...

Versace FW10 Collection Ad campaign

2010-07-04T21:32:00.000+08:00

Versace FW10 Collection Ad campaign
Photographer: Mario Testino
http://ecstasy-lover.livejournal.com/314398.html#cutid1

Retro Modern

2010-06-29T21:43:00.000+08:00

Vogue China July 2010
Alexa Chung by Patrick Demarchelier
http://www.brusday.com/2010/06/alexa-chung-by-patrick-demarchelier-for-vogue-china/

Max Mara FW2010 Ad Campaign

2010-06-28T20:26:00.000+08:00

Max Mara FW2010 Ad Campaign
frejabeha.blogspot.com

Tom Ford Eyewear FW2010

2010-06-25T17:52:00.002+08:00

Models: Freja Beha Erichsen and Nicholas Hoult
Photographer: Tom Ford
www.tomford.com

scary birds ... dislike:(

Preen Resort 2011 Collection

2010-06-23T00:13:00.001+08:00

Preen Resort 2011
http://www.style.com/fashionshows/complete/2011RST-PREEN

The reason life goes on ..

2010-06-22T22:55:00.003+08:00

"There are good days and bad days.
There are easy ones and there are difficult ones…
I mean, it’s our choice to be pessimistic or optimistic,
and I want to believe I can be optimistic in order to make a change and a positive one,
rather than just sit here and nag and complain and get crazy.
No, that’s not my story…I think changes are OK, changes are part of life.
I think that things that are perfect are dead.
I don’t believe in that sense in perfection, because whenever it’s perfect,
it means that it’s not moving and it’s not going anywhere"

-Alber Elbaz

I want to put on Freja ...ASAP

2010-06-21T18:00:00.000+08:00

by Rick Owens
http://www.luisaviaroma.com/

The Lake

2010-06-20T22:27:00.000+08:00

Photography by Laura Villa Baroncelli & Manuele Geronimi @ Victoria’s Agency
Styling by Giulia Bassi @ Victoria’s Agency
Makeup by Augusto Picerni Victoria’s Agency
Hair by Giuseppe Lorusso @ Victoria’s Agency
Model Milou van Groesen @ Next Milan
Special Thanks to Luisella @ Victoria’s Agency
http://www.theones2watch.com/

Les filles en Vogue (last 10min)

2010-06-18T21:23:00.000+08:00

Freja, Sasha and Natasha ...
love them and Freja is in Guangzhou now!!!!!I'm crazy about this though I'm in HK ...

Fake Freja!

2010-06-16T21:18:00.002+08:00

i am sure this is nothing related to Freja ...
it's a male face ...LOL
how come the administrator can make such mistake ...sosad
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#!/pages/-Freja-Beha-Erichsen/368284707145

Annoyance

2010-06-16T16:22:00.000+08:00

how can I avoid those strangers' comments? Who are they ...
ugly names, ugly messages ...
why i can't see such things in others' blogs ...

要來便來

2010-06-16T00:32:00.000+08:00

生命裡每個階段都出現不同的過客
輕輕的來輕輕的走
有一段時間進入了設計的世界這一刻感覺與它很遠
沒有再畫畫做過的功課再沒有看多一眼
曾經要好的朋友現在一年見不多過4次有些更少
甚至這個日誌我也少了很多心機理會
喜歡的東西都不一定會永恆給我驚喜的 Freja也會有退下來的一刻
人生就是這樣由這些點點滴滴堆砌而成
看得都頗透始終人要向前看期待更多不同的過客出現
總之順其自然吧以前幻想太多結果被現實殘酷所傷害
這刻真的打從心底覺得除了太陽不會從西方升起之外沒有事是沒可能的
by the way 說這些話的我是處於好心情的狀態沒有事在煩擾我的心遲一點就不知道啦 ...

Chadwick Tyler

2010-06-15T22:43:00.000+08:00

Alexander Wang 2007
Photographer: Chadwick Tyler
http://www.chadwicktyler.com/

Lady Gaga SHOWstudio Interview

2010-06-14T17:07:00.000+08:00

LADY GAGA’S SHOW STUDIO INTERVIEW (FULL VIDEO) from phelixcoffee on Vimeo.
Alexander Fury: SHOWstudio.com is a fashion website, first and foremost – Lady Gaga, we have asked you to be the ninth participant in our series of In Camera interviews because, more than any other contemporary musician, your work feels inextricably connected to fashion. What function does fashion serve for you? Do you use it to underline your musical themes, or is it another outlet for a different type of creative expression? – Asked by Alexander Fury, London.

Lady Gaga: It’s all of the above, but I think more important on a cultural level I think music and fashion have always mirror each others as part of a creative context. They cannot be seperate. I need fashion for my music, and I need music for my fashion.

Alexander Fury: You are such an inspiration, from what you wear to how you sing. But where do you get your inspiration from? – Asked by Ricky White , New York, New York. / Laura Bowery, Merseyside / Alexander Gray, Massachusetts / Allie johnson, Columbus, GA / lorna leigh, portsmouth uk / Sunny, France / Tudor, Romania / Marie-Helene, Canada / Alana, Sanatana-AP / Aurie Akers, Arkansas / Tondo, Slovakia, Martin

Lady Gaga: From capital HIM. I think there’s two different kinds of artists. People who need to be plugged into a cultural movement, in music, fashion or the latest fishing techniques. But I think for some of us – and I would perhaps say the same about my friend Nick Knight – it’s a much more innate gift. A much more spiritual experience. We don’t have to be plugged into a particular movement to be part of it. It’s transcendent,, it’s an inspiration that we’re born with. To be perfectly honest, right now my biggest inspirations are my fans. I feel they subconsciously submit their freedom and love and joy into me. It’s almost like we have our own little spiritual connection separate from anything else.

Alexander Fury: Did Rainer Maria Rilke’s theory that artists should not accept criticism help you stay determined when you were starting out? – Asked by Meadhbh Nic Nuadhait, Ireland.

Lady Gaga: Yes. I love Rilke, it’s no secret that I live my life in almost utter submission to him. I think it’s important to be objective about your own work, and it’s important what I’ve learned from Warhol to use the people around you to feed your creativity. If you have an incessant need for validation from an outside place, that’s when criticism can be detrimental and even life-changing. You don’t want the world to dictate your work, you want to be a funnel. In short, I don’t give a fuck what anyone thinks.

Alexander Fury: Do you find it difficult to deal with negative criticism in the media? – Asked by Heather Hunter, Virginia, United States / Jessica Hebert, Lafayette, LA

Lady Gaga: No. It can always be personal, because my work is personal. But you have to believe in yourself and what you’re doing, and almost refuse criticism and negativity. It’s like the wrong organ was given to you in an operation. You’ve got to reject it.

Alexander Fury: Your little monsters know that when you began your career in New York City, the music you were making and playing was sonically very different from the music you make now. What was the shift for you? Why did you decide to start making dance music? – Asked by Perez Hilton, Los Angeles, California.

Lady Gaga: I started out when I was very young, playing classical music when I was four. When I turned eleven that’s when I started to rite pop music, and I wrote jazz, and I got into ragtime. Then I got into sort of folky jam music, Bob Dylan, and then I got into Queen and Bowie. And then disco. It was my intellectual evolution, and my love of music started to change and form. When I was living downtown alone I was able to look into myself and ask myself if I must create music. And I must! And if I must, why. I resigned myself to make the kind of music I wanted to listen to, what I thought was great – what I thought would be groundbreaking where I was living. Indie music was the norm, and pop music was seen to be corporate. And in true Gaga fashion, I decided to make pop music in a town where there was none.

Alexander Fury: Your fans do so much for you, from rallying together to vote you to the top of the charts to holding mass requesting sessions on radio stations. Why do you think so many little monsters care and support you the way that they do? — Asked by Farrah Marie, Santa Barbara, California.

Lady Gaga: I don’t know. I feel so blessed, it’s so unexplainable the love that I feel for my fans and how they treat me. The videos, the notes, the artworks – the other day I spent hours reading through all this and raving about how talented and lovely my fans are. Love is a symbiotic thing, especially when it’s real. Perhaps it’s just very real – I put love into my fans, and they give love to me, and we continue to give love back and forth forever.

Alexander Fury: Traditionally pop stars engage in one-way communication with their fans, but your relationship with your “little monsters” is more like a digital conversation: is this a conscious or instinctual gesture? — Asked by Vikram Alexei Kansara, New York.

Lady Gaga: Instinctual. I am the way I want to be with my fans. We have a very special and honest relationship. It’s almost comical to talk about. Just the other day, I revealed to my fans that my grandpa was sick, and the next day I went to say hello to my fans on Twitter and saw there were all of these lovely messages from them. That has nothing to do with my music or my clothes, that’s just pure friendship. My new album that I’m creating, that is finished pretty music, was written with this new instinctual energy. My fans protect me, it’s now my destiny to protect them.

Alexander Fury: If you were able to travel through time where would you go – backwards or forwards and why? – Asked by John Galliano, Paris.

Lady Gaga: My first instinct is to say to go to the past, because I would love to experience and see all that has influenced and shaped my vocabulary. However, I will decline the past, I would say if I had to choose I would go to the future. The reason is quite selfish: because McQueen used to say, you must never look back, you must always be going forwards. I would go to the future – selfishly – to feed my work and make me a better artist, to crate more forward-thinking, innovative, magical and poetic work, like he did.

Alexander Fury: Your looks are so extreme. Is this a reaction to something? Are you questioning or altering the status quo of women’s style? – Asked by Mario Testino, London.

Lady Gaga: Yes. Yes I am. I am a feminist. I reject wholeheartedly the way we are taught to perceive women. The beauty of women, how a woman should act or behave. Women are strong and fragile. Women are beautiful and ugly. We are soft spoken and loud, all at once. There is something min-controlling about the way we’re taught to view women. My work, both visually and musically, is a rejection of all those things. And most importantly a quest. It’s exciting because all of the avant-garde clothing, and musical style and lyrics that at one time was considered shocking or unacceptable are now trendy. Perhaps we can make women’s rights trendy. Strength, feminism, security, the wisdom of the woman. Let’ make that trendy.

Alexander Fury: What is the process by which you and stylist Nicola Formichetti put together an outfit? – Asked by Jordan, Louisiana.

Lady Gaga: Nicola!! It’s really easy. He’s one of my best friends, and Nicola knows exactly who I am as a musician, an artist and a girl. An the whole Haus of Gaga works together – Matthew has been creating clothes for me for years We have a cigarette and whiskey and look through racks of clothing and then go. It’s organic, there’s now pretense or preconception.

Alexander Fury: What are your favourite and least favourite outfits we created together? – Asked by Nicola Formichetti, London.

Lady Gaga: My favourite? That’s quite a difficult question! One of my favourites was the red McQueen lace archive dress, and the tall red crown for the Video Music Awards. My favourite that we made was the performance outfit that bled on its own – it was such a strong statement about clothing being alive, it lives and breathes. That was incredible. The least favourite… I don’t have one! You’re amazing Nicola, you always nail it. No regrets. We’ve done so much together, it’s difficult to say my favourite and least favourite. It’s like saying I don’t like my arm!

Alexander Fury: Can you describe your style in one word? – Asked by Paulette Wilson, Baltimore, Maryland.

Lady Gaga: Free.

Alexander Fury: What do you like about wearing a hat? – Asked by Philip Treacy, London.

Lady Gaga: It is a nice barrier. The bigger the better. The more interesting and outrageous the better. For me it keeps the devil away. I always like when I have a hat that’s big enough to keep people away at pretentious parties. It’s protection. It’s a sense of home away from home. But what I like about a Philip Treacy hat is that they’re like nobody else’s.

Alexander Fury: What do you think hats can do for you that clothes can't? - asked by Stephen Jones, London

Lady Gaga: They protect me in a different way. A social canopy, a hat is a social canopy. I love Stephen Jones too!

Alexander Fury: Is there one observation you have made about the zeitgeist that has gotten the most powerful reaction from people? – Asked by Marcus, Sydney.

Lady Gaga: A few. One being the hair-bow, and the second being Bad Romance at the end of the Alexander McQueen show, and then the clothing in the video, and that show becoming what is sadly now known to be his crescendo. I wish it wasn’t as powerful as it’s become. I wouldn’t say it was necessarily a zeitgeist moment, it’s more destiny.

Alexander Fury: If you could be anyone else for a day who would you trade places with and what you do in their place? – Asked by Jefferson Hack, London.

Lady Gaga: I would be Iman! She’s my friend, I can say that. I’d do whatever Iman does in a day. That’s probably the most selfish answer I could give! What a fabulous woman.

Alexander Fury: Kurt Vonnegut once said that humans have been telling fantastic stories from the beginning of the time, and that the drama found in such stories is something we constantly try to emulate in our own lives. With your music and aesthetic, are you another fantastic story-teller, or are you showing us what real life can be? – Asked by Nabil Azadi, Auckland, New Zealand.

Lady Gaga: Both. I’m telling you a lie in a vicious effort that you will repeat my lie over and over until it becomes true.

Alexander Fury: What would you call the movie about your life? – Asked by Jonas Åkerlund, Sweden.

Lady Gaga: Born This Way.

Alexander Fury: Warhol is such a big influence in your work, and Madonna is as well. How is it having a personal relationship with her now? After all she did know Warhol, and I think we can state he’s your biggest influence. Meeting you for 1 minute was so surreal (you gave me an autograph after a concert.) I can’t even imagine having a personal relationship with someone I adore so much. How do you feel when someone not only so iconic, but also such a big personal influence, is suddenly an accessible person? – Asked by Laurent James, Antwerp, Belgium.

Lady Gaga: Madonna is a wonderful wonderful person. She is so full of the most wonderful freedom and spirit, and is so kind. Working with her has always been very exciting and very fun. We have shared some wonderful honest moments together. She comes to my shows, I’ve asked her questions, she give me advice. It’s been my experience in the industry that I’ve connected on a much deeper level with the more iconic and legendary people that I have admired, and not with any of my contemporaries. The one things the legends all; have in common are that they are the nicest human beings I have ever met. As a segue-way from knowing, and meeting and loving Madonna it has allowed me to meet amazing, wonderful iconic people. By meeting these people, I have discovered myself. My freedom. My security. Myself.

Alexander Fury: Who creates limits? – Asked by Marina Abramovic, New York.

Lady Gaga: We do. We create our own limits. She is a limitless human being! She is so incredible! I went to see her exhibit at MOMA and she is limitless. I look at her, and she is so free. It’s when you are around someone like Marina when you realise she is so boundless.I think we are the ones who create our limits.

Alexander Fury: Name one song when it comes on the radio you sing along to, but you are embarrassed that you like it, so nobody knows? – Asked by Quentin Tarantino, Los Angeles, California.

Lady Gaga: That Taylor Swift song – ‘You Belong To Me’ – I sing it so loud, and I’m so embarrassed! Because I sing it so loud. But it’s a great song!

Alexander Fury: What do you think is the biggest misconception about you? – Asked by Ethan, Fort Worth.

Lady Gaga: That I’m a character. Or that Gaga is separate from Stephanie. We are one and the same, there is no difference. I am exactly who I say I am, and I am exactly who you say I am.

Alexander Fury: Let’s talk about the discrepancy between your private and public lives. Where is the line? When is the precise second when it switches? Do you feel the need to take a deep breath and do the thing, or does it always feel like you’re on stage? – Asked by Hedi Slimane, Paris.

Lady Gaga: There’s two parts to that question. The first part, the discrepancy between private and public life: I believe as an artist, being private in public is at the core of the aesthetic, the message. However, I profusely lie about my personal relationships in an effort to protect that aesthetic and that message. Today people are distracted by unimportant things – like what my diet is, or who I’m fucking. The second part of the question said when is the precise moment when it switches: I would like to be able to say when there’s a dick inside me it switches. But it doesn’t always. I do sometimes feel that I’m on a stage all the time, and I do feel that life is a stage for my art. When I’m dancing, singing, making breakfast. But there is a moment of freedom, when the stage disappears: when I cry. On stage, off stage, alone or with someone. There’s something very honest about that. It has nothing to do with taking off a wig or smearing my lipstick. It doesn’t even have anything to do about whether I have an orgasm. It’s much deeper than that.

Alexander Fury: What did you wear to your prom? – Asked by Surabhi / LoveStruckCow, India.

Lady Gaga: I wore a black carwash dress. It was made out of chiffon, wrapped around like a black tube dress. It was very very shot and had black strips at the bottom, like a carwash. Then it faded into grey. It was great. I think it was $300, it was so expensive.

Alexander Fury: How did your old classmates and teachers react to the fact that you’re now one of the most popular people in the world? – Asked by Korin, Israel.

Lady Gaga: My classmates, I don’t really speak to all of them. My closest girlfriends are wonderful and haven’t changed a bit. As for the school… that has been a bit more of a sad experience. The teachers have been wonderful – the nuns are lovely, and the English teachers and the head of the school were wild feminists and instilled wonderful values in us. The teachers are the best, and the most wonderful, brilliant teachers. They are truly magical. I have nothing bad to say about the school, but I will say I’ve been really sad about some of the things that have happened with my high school, because my sister goes there and my family worked so hard. My parents were not rich, they spent every dollar they had for my sister and I to go to the most wonderful, expensive private school they could afford, to have opportunities they didn’t have. I suppose in an attempt to also say something about religion, as a Catholic school I have been put off by the very un-Catholic way they have responded to my success. It’s not even disappointing, it’s sad. My family gave up many things, so my sister and I could have a wonderful education. There is such a diluted sense of religion and what is right – perhaps the school’s just not what it used to be. It makes me very very sad.

Alexander Fury: You always knew you wanted to be famous. What is the most unexpected part of that – the thing you never accounted for or imagined? – Asked by Ari Emanuel, Los Angeles, California / Jorge, Lisbon

Lady Gaga: The love I feel for my fans, the love that they have given to me. It’s so precious, you can’t even imagine it.

Alexander Fury: How has your fame affected your relationships with your friends and family, if at all? – Asked by Jennifer, New York.

Lady Gaga: It’s hard on people. At one point I was slightly insensitive about it, as I am very unaware of my fame. I had arguments with my parents – it was hard for everyone. I don’t want my parents of my friends to be incessantly asked about me. It’s difficult but we made it through. Part of that as that I started to grow up a little bit and understand how my career has affected the people I love, and be quite objective about it. I’m still very much just an Italian girl from New York who is trying to follow the spotlight. We made it through, it’s good now! Your real friends, the real people that you love are still there.

Alexander Fury: Do you ever wish that you weren’t famous? – Asked by Star, Pittsburgh, PA. / Bryce, Houston, TX

Lady Gaga: I’ve always been famous – just nobody knew about it. Fame is on the inside. I guess you can say ‘The Fame’ is something I’ve always felt and want my fans to feel. Do I wish I wasn’t famous today? No. I do wish sometimes I had more privacy, but there are sacrifices that you make. The trade off is that if I wasn’t famous I wouldn’t have my little monsters and I would never give that up for anything.

Alexander Fury: You are seen as super-ballistic space-age modern but what do you feel about the dress of past centuries as a basis for your costumes? – Asked by Colin McDowell, London.

Lady Gaga: The MTV performance outfit was futuristic but quite romantic. A knowledge of what has been done before is very important. it’s important to know the past – but it’s important to be original. I’m still working on it – if you get one really good original moment in your whole career, you’re solid.

Alexander Fury: What is the craziest outfit you’ve seen worn by one of your monsters at The Monster Ball? – Asked by Jordan Holloway, Morgantown, WV.

Lady Gaga: They’re all so great! They get all dressed up and sometimes it’s so distracting! One of my favourites – which was quite committed – this boy came dressed as Kermit the Frog. I guess he wanted me to think my boyfriend was in the audience, as that’s when I was dating Kermit. He was so committed – it was so hot! There have been so many, they’re all amazing – I couldn’t possibly choose one, they’re all so wonderful! But he really suffered for his moment.

Alexander Fury: What is the one thing that you hope your fans take away from you as a person, and your music? – Asked by Kristin Fritz, Minnesota.

Lady Gaga: I want them to love themselves. If I could for a moment just inspire you to love yourself, that would be worth everything.

Alexander Fury: What is the most obnoxious thing a male fan has ever done or said to you? – Asked by Edison Chen, China.

Lady Gaga: Never obnoxious! I quite enjoy when fans are waiting for a very long time, and then say ‘I have been waiting for ages and I need you to sign seven CD’s and have a photo’ – like ‘I’m a good fan!’ I’ve never really had an obnoxious fan.

Alexander Fury: Is there ever a time you feel scared of your monsters? – Asked by Brenda Jam, London.

Lady Gaga: Not often. I would say 99.9 infinity percent, I am not afraid. But every once in a while, there is a very extra-troubled fan that really wants to see or speak to me. I’ve actually before contacted parents and told them I thought their little monster needed some help, and attention, and love. So no, I’m not afraid.

Alexander Fury: What is your favourite monster (literally ‘monster’, not referring to her fans), favourite animal in folklore or mythology, and favourite scary story?
- Asked by Takashi Murakami, Japan.

Lady Gaga: I guess one of my favourite monsters is the Angler Fish – a real monster from my childhood. My favourite from mythology is the unicorn. I love the unicorn. My favourite scary story is the one that I’m going to dream about tomorrow night.

Alexander Fury: Do you believe in God? – Asked by Tatin, Hongkong.

Lady Gaga: Yes. And the Devil.

Alexander Fury: My favorite tattoo of yours is “Tokyo Love”. What will your next tattoo be and where on your body will it be? – Asked by Matthew Williams, London.

Lady Gaga: I don’t know. I want to get one that says ‘Born This Way’ and one that says ‘Free Bitch’, I think. But I’m not quite sure.

Alexander Fury: How did you feel playing face-to-face with Elton John at the 2010 Grammies? – Asked by Raquel Zimmermann, New York / Megan, Glasgow / Whitney, Wilmington NC / Catherine, Perth

Lady Gaga: I felt so happy, and so joyful, and so grateful! You can really see it on my face in that performance that I was just so happy. It was a transition at that point, where I was beginning to build friendships with these people I admire so much. It was like the Berlin Wall falling. I felt a lot freer after that. I felt very free.

Alexander Fury: Who would you love to duet with dead or alive? – Asked by Naomi Campbell, London.

Lady Gaga: With you Naomi! I would have loved to do a duet with Judy Garland. I would have loved to have known her. John Lennon. David Bowie! And Nick Knight, but we do lots of duets together!

Alexander Fury: Is there a song you would not sing? – Asked by Nick Knight, London.

Lady Gaga: Yes. I wouldn’t sing anything hateful, or violent in a hate-producing kind of way. I’m fascinated by war and violence, but I would not sing a hateful song.

Alexander Fury: What thing(s) do you feel you have left to achieve? You worked hard to become this sensation and your face, name, music and performances – right down to the make-up – are iconic and mimicked by other singers. How do you perceive your celebrity presentation and how will you evolve? Where will you be in 5 years? – Asked by Stevie Wilson, Los Angeles

Lady Gaga: I have zero perception of my celebrity presentation. I hope to not be a celebrity, I hope I am perceived as separate from the idea of celebrity. I hope I am perceived as important, and loving, and peaceful, and enigmatic. I hope – even more – that I am perceived as good to my fans. I have so much to achieve, I have achieved my fans but I have artistically so much to say and so much to do. Musically, I’m a garden and not a desert. I am so impossibly not finished. I always want to exist in a separate space – a Gaga space, a Monster space – that is impervious to anything else. A cell wall that cannot be penetrated. A safe haven. I want to be relevant and irrelevant, all at once.

Alexander Fury: Do you agree with the following statement: Women are crazy vaginas? – Asked by Bret Easton Ellis, Los Angeles, California.

Lady Gaga: No. That’s too general. Every vagina feels different.

Alexander Fury: What’s the nerdiest thing you’ve ever done? – Asked by Spencer, Nampa.

Lady Gaga: I am very nerdy every day. I don’t know if I can even find a way to separate one out. Right now the Haus of Gaga and I are in the middle of trying to extract the effect the smell of blood have on people. We really want to know.

Alexander Fury: If you decided to have children what would you call them? – Asked by Kate Moss, London / marécaux céline, belgium / Madison Logan, Beaufort, South Carolina / Liam R. Findlay, Weymouth, England

Lady Gaga: I like Annabelle. I like Lennon, for a girl. I also like Joey, after my father. And Joanne.

Alexander Fury: Who is the most interesting person you have ever met? – Asked by Aline Macedo, Brazil.

Lady Gaga: Probably my grandmothers. I suppose you don’t really meet your grandmothers, but both my grandmothers are so strong, have been through so much, they are the strongest and most irreplaceable women. And so deeply loved by their husbands as well. And my mother as well. The trinity of women in my life. My grandmother Angelina, my grandmother Veronica and my mother Cynthia.

Alexander Fury: Did you miss having a ‘Lady Gaga’ in the 90s, while you were a teenager, to be a fan of and to identify with? – Asked by Raíssa Venticinque, California.

Lady Gaga: No. I suppose I didn’t know what a Lady Gaga was. I always knew it was my destiny to be an entertainer, but I was ready to be the new thing. I admired the women I grew up watching, the pop stars – Britney, Christina, Madonna, Blondie and Patti Smith. And Linda Perry, and 4 Non Blondes. I could go on and on. Around when I was 13 I started to listen to older music, like Zepplin, Queen, Pink Floyd. I was much more obsessed with male rock stars – Bowie in particular.

Alexander Fury: At the Met, Oprah Winfrey called you some kind of spiritual and cultural leader. How do you feel about that, and what do you do to “uphold” that, as in, do you think of yourself as a role model to younger people and kids? – Asked by Stephen Gan, New York.

Lady Gaga: Yes I do. I appreciate so much that Oprah said that, Oprah is so wonderful, and such an inspiration as well. Things change – I didn’t have that much perception of how people viewed me until a point, but then things change. In my next album, I’m much more self aware of my spiritual and leadership qualities, in the way that any artist is a leader. I don’t think that sex and drugs and talking about things openly are wrong or bad, but I think the most terrible thing you can do is be prejudiced. In my career I am most emphatically against prejudice. I guess I would say that it how I lead my fans, through my music in that way. I am okay with that responsibility.

Alexander Fury: What’s one thing even your best friends don’t know about you, until now? – Asked by Javier Peres, Los Angeles, California.

Lady Gaga: Probably how much I really miss you, and how – I hope you know this – but that I would not be where I am today without all of my most wonderful and closest friends.

Alexander Fury: What is your attitude towards collaboration with peers in the pop music scene? Is it an idea which scares, excites, or even interests you? – Asked by Graham Conway, Toronto.

Lady Gaga: At this moment, I don’t want to do any collaborations, especially contemporary ones. I want to stand on my own two feet. This new album is my chance to create what in 20 years will be seen as my iconic moment. That’s what you should always aim at. Today, collaborations are about appealing to a wider market and gaining radio plays and album sales, above artistic integrity. I collaborated with Beyonce because I love her. She is my favourite contemporary pop musician.

Alexander Fury: 2pac vs Biggie? – Asked by Joe ‘3H’ Weinberger, Los Angeles, California.

Lady Gaga: Can I choose both?

Alexander Fury: What question do you want to be asked? What question has no interviewer ever asked you, but you would like to answer? – Asked by Jerre, The Netherlands.

Lady Gaga: How are you? I rarely get asked that!

Alexander Fury: Gaga, I see all these pictures of you getting off a plane in an outfit, a full on head to toe – I want to know how you do it. I cant really picture you in a Virgin sleep suit, but I’m assuming the plane is one place where you can catch up on your sleep – so what happens between the plane and the arrivals lounge? – Asked by Gareth Pugh, London.

Lady Gaga: I sleep in all my glamorous glory!

Alexander Fury: Do you think that the arts can change the future? (for the present that we all seem to be in is certainly not the one I envisaged!) – Asked by Daphne Guinness, London.

Lady Gaga: I do, I do think hat we can change the future with our voices, and with music and with fashion. And I know why she feels that way. I will say so genuinely and authentically Daphne, when I met you, you change my future.

Alexander Fury: I’m wondering to what extent your style has been influenced by Isabella Blow and Daphne Guinness? I detect not merely more high fashion in your look, but more English flamboyance. – Asked by Cathy Horyn, New York.

Lady Gaga: Isabella and Daphne are two genius human beings. Women, Icons, but so much more than that. They are for me a way to look into myself and examine their lives and who they are in an effort to understand myself better. Isabella is an enormous inspiration and so is Daphne, and I cherish their lives. I cherish them both, as if we were cut from he same cloth.

Alexander Fury: You are amazing. Instead of being asked a specific question, is there any specific thing that you would like to say to your fans right now? – Asked by Celeste, Pennsylvania.

Lady Gaga: I would like to say to all my little monsters who I love so much that I cannot imagine my life without you, nor can I imagine my future without you. And I sometimes even question how I survived without you, before you. I will forever passionately only serve you. I love you.

Zara June 2010 Lookbook

2010-06-13T00:07:00.004+08:00

Zara June 2010 Lookbook
http://www.sunrainey.com/zara-june-2010-lookbook.html

Frida Gustavsson

2010-06-12T23:50:00.000+08:00

Vogue Japan May 2010
Model: Frida Gustavsson
http://community.livejournal.com/modelcouture/1298642.html

FTV Model Talks - Liu Wen fall 2010

2010-06-11T21:50:00.000+08:00

I can't understand what she said but she is really a hard-working and lovely girl ..

Letter to Jane issue01 ( ipad version)

2010-06-11T21:05:00.000+08:00

Letter to Jane Magazine for iPad from Tim Moore on Vimeo.

Industrie Magazine Issue 01

2010-06-02T16:16:00.001+08:00

Industrie Magazine — Issue 01 from Saturday on Vimeo.
http://industriemagazine.com/

VNFOLD - ESPRIT DU TEMPS

2010-05-30T00:05:00.002+08:00

VNFOLD ISSUE 02 - ESPRIT DU TEMPS from VNFOLD on Vimeo.
Video: Zahara Gallardo zaharagallardo.com
Music: David Terranova
Photographer: Julia Soler juliasoler.com
Fashin Stylist: Angela Esteban Librero aestebanlibrero.com
Art Direction/Props: Zahara Gallardo & Lucia Martinez
Model: Lauren Brown @ Elite Models NYC
Make up: Fumiaki Nakagawa for MAC cosmetics
Hair: Nelson Vercher for Redken / Rita Hazan salon NY
Photo assistant: Emma Hopson
Sylist Assistant: Carolyn Brennan

vnfold.com

Lounge

2010-05-29T18:30:00.001+08:00

http://en.item.rakuten.com/nanaple/awgt015/

Valentino - Diane Birch

2010-05-26T17:33:00.003+08:00

Diane Birch - Valentino (Official Music Video) + Behind the screen
amazing!!!!!!!!!watch them together, how come it can be so perfect ...

Kate Spade Big Apple Bon Shopper

2010-05-26T01:49:00.000+08:00

give me one!!
http://couture.zappos.com/n/p/dp/60278251/c/2133.html

Karen Elson Sings "Cruel Summer"

2010-05-25T23:15:00.000+08:00

The model-turned-musician and wife of Jack White releases her album, The Ghost Who Walks, this week.

Rei Kawakubo

2010-05-24T22:26:00.000+08:00

All Clothes by Comme des Garcons spring/summer 2010 collection; Underwear by Spanx
Photography: Lina Scheynius
Styling: Cathy Edwards
Hair: Lyndell Mansfield at CLM using Bumble and Bumble
Make-up: Kelly Cornwell at Premier using Clarins
Models: Ranya and Karolin at Supreme
Styling assistants: Paul Wagenblast, Hollie Lacayo
Hair assistant: Roxane Attard

"The main pillar of my activity is making clothes, but this can never be the perfect and only vehicle of expression. I am always thinking of the total idea, and the context of everything. Fashion alone is so far from being the whole story. It seems that with fashion, as with art, things are getting easier in one sense, but at the same time it is getting harder to be stimulated about things or excite people. Without that impetus of creation, progress is not possible. All kinds of ways of expression are spreading out all over the place, information is overflowing, and it’s harder and harder to be excited about anything. In order to be stimulated or moved in the future, we probably have to go into space and look at our world from there.

What do I think is an unyielding spirit? It would be wonderful if everyone had it in equal measure. But it’s impossible. This defiant mentality can also be called the fight against absurdity and injustice and the power (authority) that thrives around it (that is rampant). One cannot fight the battle without freedom. I think the best way to fight that battle, which equals the unyielding spirit, is in the realm of creation. That’s exactly why freedom and the spirit of defiance is the source (fountainhead) of my energy."

Rei Kawakubo
http://www.anothermag.com/exclusives/rei-kawakubo

Flea Market in Tokyo

2010-05-24T00:45:00.001+08:00

I wish I was there
http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/

Thank God on Sunday

2010-05-23T17:04:00.000+08:00

The Future Of Fashion - An interview of Alber Elbaz

2010-05-20T17:32:00.001+08:00

I’ve been asking everyone this question, but I’m particularly interested in your perspective as a designer. What role does a fashion show still play in delivering your message?
It’s almost like asking someone what is the role of a table if you want to serve dinner. Of course you can have some dinner in bed and you can have it also on a plate and just on the floor, but I think that when you put it on the table, it’s the most pragmatic. There are certain things that I guess are essential and this is one of them.

There’s been a lot of talk about doing shows on film, but it sounds like the live experience and a live audience are still very important to you.
Maybe I’m kind of an old fashioned guy, I don’t know. I think that if you want to pass emotion you have to write a letter. Emotions do not pass in SMS or in e-mail. I think that you have to be there, you have to feel it…I know that now with Facebook, some people tell me, “Oh, I have 700 friends.” Another person tells me, “I have 3,000 friends.” And I tell them I have only two friends. So now who has more friends? They do or I do? And how do you actually value it, by number or quality? I believe that we have to go forward and I believe that we have to go with change, but there are certain things that are beautiful to leave as they are. And fashion is not always about what’s new, it’s also about what’s good. And I think if you need to see what’s good, you have to be there.

Perhaps I shouldn’t have been, but I’ve been surprised by how passionate people are about this. Buyers, critics, designers, they all still feel that, despite the overscheduling, live fashion shows are important.
I think the problem is that we all feel we have too many of those. I think this is the major problem that we are all feeling and experiencing. And I always say that doing a collection is almost like writing a book or making a movie, and I don’t know any other industry that can produce six movies a year by the same director. That’s the thing. You cannot write six books a year. You cannot produce six movies. You can’t do six collections a year. And I think this is actually what is making fashion be the way it is today. I know a lot of people complain that there is not enough change and that fashion in the past was much more creative than today, and I think a big part of this phenomenon is that we don’t have the time to think, we don’t have the time to project, we don’t have the time to digest. I’m not talking about, like, “Oh, we need to travel for inspiration,” because I do in fact believe that the best traveling you do is from your couch while you eat potato chips. But I think we just need the time to think and to look at it again and to have another perspective.

When I go out sometimes to this kind of fashion event and I see other designers, I see that one of them has a pain in the back and the other one has a migraine and the third one is exhausted, because we are going through this process that is endless. And I think that today editors are feeling the same way, because they have to travel the world season after season and just see and write the reviews in a taxi where they don’t have the time to think about it. Whatever you see today is maybe not what you really feel tomorrow. You just have to see and shoot. And I think buyers are going through the same thing, because there was a time when they used to be staying also in the store, not just looking at computers and numbers. When you go to the doctor, you don’t want the doctor to look only at the computer, you want the doctor to look at you. And I think the buyers used to be also on the floor, looking at the customer, seeing the merchandise and how it works on the floor or doesn’t. And today they are just traveling from one collection to another, from a pre-collection in New York to a pre-collection in Paris, and it’s endless. And I do feel there is this kind of extreme fatigue that everyone is talking about and there is a need for a change.

I hear everything you’re saying, but do you really think it’s possible that there could be a change?
I think it’s possible. The only way it will be possible is if we all work together…Somehow if we do work together with the magazines and with the stores, we can make changes. I would be totally pessimistic if I did not believe in change. We are in an industry that is the industry of change. I mean, we are changing from season to season, but we cannot change the system? We cannot change the formula? No, I think we can. It’s a matter of time, it’s a matter of initiative and courage, for that one person to reunite all of us and say, you know what, let’s do it differently, let’s go back to enjoying fashion. Almost every designer I know says, “Alber, this is the only thing I know how to do.” I feel myself I’m pretty clumsy. I don’t know how to do computers. I don’t drive. If I didn’t know how to do fashion, I think I would be homeless. So the fact is that I do know how to do it and I do love it. I just want to enjoy it a little bit more.

What’s the balance between refining the signature of the house each season and doing something new? It seems to me there’s tremendous pressure now to do something completely new every time.
You know I [said to] my partner a few months ago, “I have a question.” He said, “What is it?” I said, “Do you think we’re still cool.” And he said, “Alber, we were never cool.” And you know what? I prefer being relevant to being cool, because if you’re cool, you’re also cold the next day. So it’s more about being relevant. The one thing that always scares me is to be like the Miss America of the moment, because next year there is a new Miss America.

You worked for Geoffrey Beene for a number of years. Could a designer like that, who worked a little bit outside the system, refining his signatures, exist today?
I think a good designer can exist everywhere and anywhere and all the time. It’s all about being good, and I think that our job basically is to make women and men look good. That’s all. It’s a job. I’m not coming in the morning and trying to be hype and cool and to go to parties to promote myself. If someone invites me to a party and I end up going, it’s not because I’m trying to do PR for my clothes. I want to go and enjoy myself and I want to have great food and I want to have good company. That’s what I’m looking for in those parties. I’m not looking for promotion for a dress because the dress can promote herself. So working also for all these years with Geoffrey Beene and working with Yves Saint Laurent, I had two of the best designers of the twentieth century that were my teachers, my mentors. And what I learned from both of them is that it’s not just about being cool, it’s about coming to work day after day. You come in the morning and you stay late at night and you come weekends and you work. You just come to work. It’s a job. It’s a major job to help men and women look beautiful.

The Yves Saint Laurent job didn’t end that happily for you, and you’ve been at other fashion houses before you had this wonderful run at Lanvin. Is there anything you’ve learned from your past experiences?
From every place or everything you do, you learn what to do and also you learn what not to do…I would not change anything if you would ask me. I would still go through the experience I went through. I learned a lot from it. I went through a certain experience that wasn’t easy, but guess what? Nothing is easy anyway, so I’m fine with that.

You’re very involved in fabric research, using new fabrics. Is that an area where developments in technology have made things more interesting than in the past?
When I started at Lanvin eight years ago, I remember going to Lyons and asking to see some of the fabrics, and I saw these amazing, amazing failles and duchesse satins, but they were very rigid…So I asked the owner if he could maybe stonewash them or do some different treatment to make them less [rigid], and he told me that I’m actually destroying his industry, that I’m not respecting the tradition. But at the same time he did take a few yards of fabric and made a try, and I made the piece. And a few months later, when he saw the order, he didn’t accuse me of destroying the industry; he was actually thanking me for keeping the industry alive.

By the same token some companies tell you, “Oh my God, this is such a modern fabric.” And I’m for modernity, I’m feeling more like someone who works in a laboratory than an atelier, so I say, “OK, let me see what a modern fabric is.” But if that modern fabric cannot be cut because the fabric is so nervous, if the fibers are so sharp that you cannot cut it and you have to sew a paper on every piece of fabric, this is not modern…The whole idea is to find this kind of harmony between newness and tradition, between yesterday and today. It’s not just about being modern and high-tech and going forward. In order to go forward you have to have some base, you have to come from somewhere.

You know, we do fabrics four times a year. We finish the show on Friday, and I am in the showroom on Saturday and Sunday, and Monday morning I start with the fabrics, because it takes the fabric manufacturer about two to three months to deliver. So in order for me to have them ready for my new pre-collection, I have to do it the day after the show. And you know what? The last thing I want to do the day after the show is to look at fabrics, but I have to do it.

Everyone I’ve spoken to says the designer has the hardest job.
I think so. And Miss America.

Presumably you have to have a successful accessories business to survive these days.
Definitely. But you have to have everything successful. You know, we are an independent company, so we’re not part of a group. We’re not in this luxury [conglomerate] where we can say, “Daddy, help us and move us forward.” We have to produce in order to have a salary for the people who work for us. This is the pressure I feel season after season when I sketch. When I have this one week I take to sketch, I sit in my apartment and I try to sketch, and all I think about is the people that are working there, that I have to do a good job in order for them to have a salary. And that’s a huge pressure, season after season. And in a way I think that a big part of my work is for the people who work with me. These are the people who are realizing my dream. These are the people who are there in good days and bad days. And I feel sometimes like a conductor with a troupe, but sometimes I feel like the pianist, and sometimes I’m also the piano. But this is what the designer’s life is all about.

You’re not shielded from the commercial side? You look at the sales figures.
I check the sales every morning, every morning, every morning. It’s not that I work on commission and I want to see how much I’m going to get tonight. It’s not about that. But I need to know if I’m doing something right. When I came back to fashion after thinking that I’m going to [give it up] after Saint Laurent, I decided at the time that I’m only going to work with people I love and I only want to do things I love. Because in my past, some of the pieces that I thought were the worst turned out to be the best sellers. And these are those moments that you ask yourself, “Are you losing it, Alber? Or is it bizarre that everything you hate is a best seller?” So I decided that I’m not going to do it anymore. I’m only going to do clothes that I love and I’m going to do that with people that I enjoy working with. And that changed in a way the strategy of my way of working at Lanvin. I worked it differently. I made it differently. And I think that for me commercial is not a bad word. Commercial is not the word that has to be said only by CEOs. It has to be something that is maybe the essence of design, because design has some sort of art in it and creation, but it’s also some object that you have to use. There is also this pragmatic end to it. It has be something that you kind of dream about but also think about, so in a way it has to come from your heart and your brain at the same time. You know, a dress without a zipper, even if it’s gorgeous, if there is no zip, you cannot get in.

Lanvin’s collaboration with [Swedish denim company] Acne was well received. Would you consider a collaboration with one of the fast-fashion retailers?
Not for the moment. I haven’t thought of it.

Is there anything luxury fashion can learn from fast fashion?
The interesting thing is that luxury houses, a lot of the time, are companies that have this heritage. And the high street companies are almost working like start-ups. The one thing I find quite fascinating is that in art, in music, all this, if you, God forbid, copy a line from a book or you use some sort of ideas from a video clip of a musician, you are going to be sued for the rest of your life. In fashion I have the feeling that everything goes, that everybody can take it and use it like it’s theirs. And sometimes I have to tell you that I sit and work in the studio days and nights and weekends on an idea, and then a week or a month or two months after the show I see it everywhere, and I don’t know if I have to be happy about it or sad. I guess I decided not to look and wear, like, thick sunglasses in purple and red, so when people ask me, did you see, I say I don’t speak English.

You don’t tweet or blog yourself. In general, have those new forms of expression affected fashion in a good or bad way?
I think it’s part of life. You cannot critique it. It’s not about me sitting here and complaining about things. It’s not. I see it and it’s great…It’s part of this generation. It’s almost like asking if all these reality shows like American Idol are good or bad. Of course there is a great element there. It brings the dream to a part of society that could never have it…At the same time, I feel that the star system is not the reality, so even if you call it a reality show, in a way it’s not at all the reality. Because it’s not overnight that you become a singer. It’s not overnight that you become a star fashion designer. It’s a lot of time, of devotion, of hard work. You know, you can buy silicone, you can buy plastic, you can buy surgery. The only thing you cannot buy is muscles, because in order to have muscles you have to work hard, devote your life to it. This is the one thing that people still cannot buy. I think also in our own métier, it’s not about finishing school and starting your own business, running to become the new thing. I think you have to give the time to learn, to understand, to do some work, and then you move forward.

Talking about instant successes, have you followed the rise of the fashion bloggers?
I have to tell you, I love bloggers. And I’m not telling you that because I’m [trying to] bribe them. Every morning I wake up and I see the blogs. There is something very innocent. There is something very honest. You can say, OK, they didn’t have the experience of seeing things. But again it’s another medium. That’s their opinion and it’s interesting to see how politically incorrect they are. Of course, when they say, “Oh my God, I love it,” I’m extremely happy. And when they say, “Oh my God, it’s a piece of shit,” I hate it…We are living in an instant society, so everything has to be quick and everything has to be big and everything has to be now. And I think this is also a reflection of society, so it’s not something that we can sit and judge and say, well, I think it’s right or I think it’s wrong. It’s the reflection, the mirror of our society, and [the same applies] to what we are doing. We are being accused that some models are anorexic, but we as fashion designers cannot be blamed, because you know, when I talk to women around the world, rich and poor and young and old and intellectual and not, what they want to be is skinny. You ask them, what is your dream? It’s to be skinny. That’s all they want, so this is something that’s happening in the world. And you know what? Me, as a designer that is not exactly skinny, all I want is comfortable clothes. All I want is beautiful. I mean, I like gray hair, I love wrinkles. But this is me. That’s why our logo is the mother and the daughter. I always feel that I have the ability or I have the luxury to design for younger and for older and for skinnier and less skinny. I feel more versatile about it.

Do you think that our obsession with beauty and celebrity might change?
I think it’s two different things. There is an obsession with beauty, and if there’s an obsession with beauty, I want to be there, because I’m obsessed with beauty, but beauty in my own eye…But now when you talk about celebrity, that’s another issue. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t read all those celebrity magazines on airplanes. I mean, everyone I know does that, so we’re all fascinated with that. It’s kind of like the dream of the twenty-first or the twentieth century…But there I have another issue. I feel that some celebrities think that because they are famous, they can do fashion. Imagine if I want to be now a dancer. Trust me, I can’t. I can’t jump. I can’t even limp from one point to another. I feel that there is this kind of confusion. Everybody wants to do everything, everybody needs to do everything, and everybody feels that he can. And I’m still feeling that a dancer should dance and a chef should cook and a singer should sing and a designer of clothes should do clothes. Because the moment we try to do everything for ourselves, we’re becoming very mediocre in what we do, and we don’t go to extremes and we don’t touch excellence. And I prefer to touch excellence.

How important is it for a celebrity to wear one of your dresses, from a business point of view?
Listen, it’s great. Also, it’s a very narcissistic issue. It’s almost like a good review. You wake up in the morning the day after the show, you’re half dead, and there is someone somewhere who likes your work, and you’re like, oh my God, so I’m not that bad. When you see a celebrity that looks good wearing your clothes? To tell you that it doesn’t affect me, I would be a liar. Of course it’s good, and when they look great, it’s fabulous, and when they don’t, then you want to kill yourself…But we never went into the system of celebrities, of turning it into a business and paying people to wear our clothes. I always told our PR department, don’t you ever call people and ask them to come. Let’s wait and see who wants to come to us.

All in all, are you feeling optimistic or pessimistic right now?
Definitely optimistic. Definitely optimistic. But maybe you caught me on a good evening. Maybe if you called me tomorrow I would tell you that, Dirk, it is the worst day, I am so pessimistic. There are days when I’m feeling very pessimistic, I have to be honest. There are good days and bad days. There are easy ones and there are difficult ones…I mean, it’s our choice to be pessimistic or optimistic, and I want to believe I can be optimistic in order to make a change and a positive one, rather than just sit here and nag and complain and get crazy. No, that’s not my story…I think changes are OK, changes are part of life. I think that things that are perfect are dead. I don’t believe in that sense in perfection, because whenever it’s perfect, it means that it’s not moving and it’s not going anywhere. The fact that you wake up the day after the show and you look at all you have done the day before and you’re like, oh my God, this was bad—this is the one thing that drives you to start a new day and to start all over again. Because if you think that it’s all great, you’ll be maybe in the Bahamas with a martini or whatever.

It’s very rare that you get a bad review.
Oh, don’t worry, Dirk, I get my share.

I have to ask you this. I’m sure you’ve seen all the rumors that you were taking over for Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel…
Oh, let’s not even go there. Let’s not even go there. It didn’t happen. It’s not happening. I mean, I respect Karl and I love his work and think he is doing a fabulous job, and I adore him as a person and as a designer. He’s there and I’m at Lanvin and this is it. You see, this is the bad thing about the newness, this kind of industry of rumors.

Fair enough. Is there anything we didn’t cover that you’d like to talk about?
Let’s talk about Barbara Walters.

worth to read once, a beautiful man with beautiful thought
http://www.style.com/stylefile/2010/05/the-future-of-fashion-part-six-alber-elbaz/

Stubbs & Wootton

2010-05-18T22:31:00.002+08:00

http://www.stubbsandwootton.com/

unknown

2010-05-18T01:41:00.000+08:00

1st time to see this pic, tell me it's come from which magazine if u know
http://frejabehalove.tumblr.com/

Military style

2010-05-15T23:29:00.003+08:00

Vogue March 2010
Modesl: Lily Donaldson, Isabeli Fontana, Liya Kebede, Sasha Pivovarova
Photographer: Mario Testino
http://ecstasy-lover.livejournal.com/288933.html#cutid1

煩惱

2010-05-13T22:31:00.000+08:00

人一生中總會遇上千奇百樣, 大大小小的煩惱
有些人比較樂觀, 所以煩惱似比別人少; 有些人較悲觀, 看上來便會愁上加愁
有人愛把一切掩飾; 有人卻需要找人傾訴
有些煩惱是自找, 有些能用錢解決, 有些可以用時間沖淡, 有些每天像鬧鐘般定時響起
煩惱各有不同, 面對的態度亦各有不同, 有時想別人明白自己, 但問問自己, 又明白別人多少?
當處身這個煩惱中, 我們有藉口去逃避別的煩惱, 也一下子把所有人當作透明, 這就是自私
而當自己能抽身出來, 想想別人的時候, 一下子又為自己加起重擔, 這樣做又何苦?
雖然各方面也有不順的地方, 但到頭來發現, 最大的煩惱莫過於自己的心魔
沮喪過後又裝堅強, 看化過後又再抱怨, 安慰別人過後又替自己哀傷
根本, 我活的並不是自己的生命
我只是一個被天使和魔鬼任意擺佈的軀殼
也許有人會說這什麼都不是, 這是精神分裂, 或是神經衰弱
但這種煩惱外的煩惱真的不是味兒

表面看來我永遠長不大但自己深深感覺到有些東西已一去不返例如再也不會想笑就笑空閒就真的很空閒

Remember Now by Karl Lagerfeld

2010-05-12T13:46:00.001+08:00

a short movie for Chanel Cruise 2011
i have waited for so long ...Freja, Abbey, Heidi, Leigh ...
no expectation of the content ...just want to see the fab clothes and girls ...

Dieppa Restrepo

2010-05-12T00:30:00.000+08:00

http://diepparestrepo.com/

Look they have faces

2010-05-08T03:19:00.000+08:00

Celine Bag ss2010
wahahaha~so funny they are~
http://trendland.net/2010/05/05/celines-handbag-luggage-collection-for-ss-2010/

Blue Denim!

2010-05-07T16:21:00.001+08:00

http://www.lumas.com/

http://www.style.com/

http://shop.acnestudios.com/
i find a good friend for black~

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2010-05-02T23:45:00.000+08:00

百忙中要打幾隻字記錄下這刻對自己的感覺
人真的沒有完美生得靚可能心地差有錢可能身體差
聰明人多數懶到死唔係兜圈讚自己真心覺得我可以做到好多能力之上的事
但因為天性懶得過份很多事都完成不來甚至只得空想沒有付諸實行
家人已經放棄我他們最清楚我的惰性是無藥可救
如果你有幸窺探我的生活相信再良善的人都會忍不住出手
我真心佩服那些事事盡心盡力不會老在趕死線做事條條理理的人
這是天生的還是家教?
只要一天不徹底改變我也很難活在idealife裡 ...

Vogue Paris Collection Fall 2010

2010-05-01T21:21:00.000+08:00

I'm glad to see Freja ...but why on this cover? really strange ...
this is a book about Paris collection ...lol

I give myself a smile ...on last day of April

2010-04-30T21:27:00.000+08:00

though I didn't do anything big, but I know wt I m doing, I m satisfied with them.
I don't care wt others think of me, but I know somebodies realise my intention, they respect me, thank you!!
I believe myself can achieve much more than I expect ...
I do believe ...
I m pleased today ...because I discover more of myself ...I should love myself more

Tilda Swinton by Glen Luchford

2010-04-29T20:15:00.000+08:00

Academy Award winning actress Tilda Swinton is filmed by Glen Luchford and styled by Katy England for an exclusive Dazed Digital film

《金融刺客卷一之世界貨幣》黃洋達、蘇勇鵬 - 現已發售

2010-04-28T01:13:00.000+08:00

08年金融海嘯席捲全球，小股民置身其中，最身同感受的只是荷包大縮水，至於全球金融體系背後究竟如何運作，牽一髮何以動全身，交了沉重的學費，亦不見得能夠摸清背後因由。
《金融刺客》就嘗試通過描寫金融刺客之間的鬥智角力，各自運用虛張聲勢、精密而又迂迴的策略攻守，勾劃出金融危機背後的連動，包括如何去炒作「商品」的價值，再炮製一場又一場的「股災」，如果將主角玩弄的把戲拿來回顧、對照現實，肯定獲益良多。小說妙在穿插大家熟悉的史實：97年泰銖被狙擊、08年北京叫停港股直通車、冰島財務危機，亦虛亦實更易投入；加上結局的鋪排頗有心思，未到最後一刻，雙方對壘的形勢可以反轉再反轉，即使文筆尚有改進空間，但作為香港罕有的「金融小說」，實在值得支持。
出版社：天行者
售價：HK$78

為人為到底送佛送到西
雖然連我自己都未買亦唔見會睇得明但一場表兄妹要支持下
請各位食少餐飯去換一個發達的機會好抵:)

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2010-04-26T17:24:00.000+08:00

it is fucking poor
you cannot see
i mean it

marc's models

2010-04-26T02:41:00.000+08:00

Photographer Chadwick Tyler shoots all the Marc by Marc Jacobs models for Another Magazine
http://www.anothermag.com/exclusives/marcs-models

Tough Ballerina

2010-04-24T00:45:00.002+08:00

Interview magazine april 2010
Model: Freja Beha
Photographer: Craid McDean
http://frejabeha.blogspot.com/

The most most beautiful ed of Freja I would say ..............

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2010-04-23T13:59:00.000+08:00

沮喪失望無奈壓力
全都因為我在乎
它們是屬於我的

最後一星期沉著氣完成

Float through life

2010-04-20T13:24:00.000+08:00

Colors of Cuba by Micheal Eastman

2010-04-19T22:08:00.001+08:00

Where renown photographer Michael Eastman’s work usually glorifies the nostalgic facades inexorably destroyed in the name of modernization and progress, his Cuba series portrays the decrepitating walls of a place in which progress has been arrested. A place where the present lives in an evidently historical past.
http://cyanatrendland.com/2010/04/12/colors-of-cuba-by-micheal-eastman/

Freja Beha on FTV first face F/W 2010

2010-04-18T22:30:00.003+08:00

Freja Beha F/W 2010 from T Dot on Vimeo.

yoyo~i finally find out the video with sound la~~~
enjoy~

Bottega Veneta vs Issey Miyake

2010-04-18T01:57:00.000+08:00

just saw the BV one and immediately think of the right one