Serge Leblon

Breathtaking

From the moment the press stills leaked, I knew this dress would be legendary...

"If the '30s costumes in "Atonement" look a little too good to be true to the period, Jacqueline Durran has done her job well. A far cry from a stuffy period drama, "Atonement," based on Ian McEwan's novel, opens on a singularly sweltering summer day in 1935..."
'Atonement': The Past Made New -LA Times

Czech Mate

One of my favorite editorials
shot by Michael Thompson

Lanvin Pre-Fall 2008

After a couple of mediocre seasons (yes, I said it) churning out beautifully constructed but ultimately awkward silhouettes, futurist high-tech fabrics, and a couple of regrettable shiny pantsuits, Alber Elbaz has reinstated the classically elegant and luxurious femininity he so exquisitely executed in earlier Lanvin collections. This may just be the most beautiful pre-Fall collection in the history of pre-Fall collections!
view entire collection

Meanwhile, In Florence...

George Herms, Adam Kimmel, & Dan Colen with
Purple magazine's Olivier Zahm.
"Adam Kimmel is a model of efficiency. On a single evening during Pitti Uomo in Florence, the New York designer previewed his Fall collection for the fashion press; devised a lookbook with his photog brother, Alexei Hay, featuring a who's who of the New York art scene; and, finally, sat down with friends (Zoe Cassavetes, Olivier Zahm) and family (Mom, Grandma) for a banquet at the prestigious Istituto d'Arte in his honor. "Yeah, it looks like I got my stuff together," joked the 28-year-old. "But really all I can take credit for is the clothes. For the rest, I have to acknowledge the folks that came out here with me."
'Big Night' -Style

Purple magazine's Olivier Zahm with Camille Bidault-Waddington
& Michael Amzalag.

Current Inspiration: 70's Fashion

"Opening Act"
W Magazine
shot by Claudia Knoepfel
dressed by Kate Mossman
more

The Science of Sleep

"...dreams are never exact "replays" of a conscious experience - something discovered in earlier work by the Stickgold lab, and confirmed by our findings. Instead, we take real-life events as a source for our fantasies: nearly half of those who took our survey rated their dreams as only vaguely, or not at all, similar to the waking events that had influenced them..."
The Science of Dreams - Telegraph

The New Romantics

I'm still dwelling on this lovely ed from Teen Vogue:

Narciso Rodriguez Pre-Fall '08

"Narrow-waist, flaring-hem jackets worn with ankle-cropped trousers echoed some of Rodriguez's Spring looks; new to the mix was a cropped bolero that topped a twill shirt and slim pants. The fluffy, chin-grazing collars on a pair of double-face cashmere coats added a feminine note to the proceedings, as did the short, simple, and sweet cocktail dresses, the best of which fluttered to the knees from an empire waist..."

Has Global Warming Stopped?

"The fact is that the global temperature of 2007 is statistically the same as 2006 as well as every year since 2001. Global warming has, temporarily or permanently, ceased. Temperatures across the world are not increasing as they should according to the fundamental theory behind global warming – the greenhouse effect. Something else is happening and it is vital that we find out what or else we may spend hundreds of billions of pounds needlessly..."
Has Global Warming Stopped? - New Statesman

Sack, Back, and Crack : Hitchens' Journey of Self-Improvement

"The male version of the wax is officially called a sunga, which is the name for the Brazilian boys’ bikini. I regret to inform you that the colloquial term for the business is “sack, back, and crack.” I went into a cubicle which contained two vats of ominously molten wax and was instructed to call out when I had disrobed and covered my midsection with a small towel. Then in came Janea Padilha, the actual creator of the procedure. She whipped away the exiguous drapery and, instead of emitting the gasp or whistle that I had expected, asked briskly if I wanted any “shaping.” Excuse me? What was the idea? A heart shape or some tiger stripes, perhaps, on the landing strip? I disdained anything so feminine and coolly asked her to sunga away..."
On the Limits of Self-Improvement, Part II