KARL LAGERFELD BY TOKIDOKI

I SECRETLY WANT ONE (=

MAESTRO KNOWS

I AM A FAN OF MAESTRO KNOWS EPISODES! HE'S SUCH A POSITIVE AND DOWN TO EARTH PERSON! I LOVE HOW NO EPISODE IS EVER IDENTICAL. SO I'VE SEEN HIS MOST RECENT EPISODES BUT SOMEHOW I'D MISSED HIS 7TH EPISODE: SOUTH AFRICA. THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE EPISODES! HE TAKES A TRIP TO SOUTH AFRICA AND THROUGH HIS MAGICAL LENSE, SHARES THE SOUTH AFRICAN CULTURE. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PART OF THAT EPISODE TO ME, WAS THE LITTLE GIRL THAT COMES OUT DANCING. THE SHOT IS SO CLEAR AND VIVID AND TAKEN FROM THE PERFECT ANGLE THAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU ARE REALLY THERE. PLEASE WATCH!

Maestro Knows - Episode 7 (South Africa) from Maestro Knows on Vimeo.

FUCK THY SYSTEM

SO YESTERDAY I HAD A ROUGH N BUSY DAY. WENT TO DINNER AT RED LOBSTER AND AS I WAS APPROACHING MY CAR IN THE PARKING LOT, I FIND MYSELF TO MY REAR WINDOW BROKEN! EVERYTHING AFTER THAT HAPPENED A LITTLE TOO FAST BUT I REMEMBER COVERING MY MOUTH AND SAYING WHAT THE FUCK! THEY TOOK TWO OF MY PURSES I HAD IN THERE, ALONG WITH MY LICENSE. LUCKILY I HAD TAKEN MY CARDS OUT WITH ME BUT JUST THE THOUGHT OF BEING A VICTIM IS SCARY. THE PEOPLE THAT WERE WITH ME CALLED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE THEM COME TAKE FINGERPRINTS AND FILE A REPORT; UNFORTUNATELY THE DISPATCHER WAS SO RUDE. SHE TOLD US TO GO ONLINE AND DO IT THERE. LIKE, WHAT ABOUT THE FINGERPRINTS?! I KNOW MY INCIDENT WAS NOT AN EMERGENCY ISSUE COMPARED TO KILLINGS AND OTHER MAJOR SHIT, BUT THERE SHOULD BE SOME SORT OF VIGILANCE YOU KNOW. THEREFORE, FUCK THE SYSTEM! AND WE ARE SUPPOSED TO FEEL SAFE?!

DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE BEING HOMELESS?

SPARE PAINT, WHICH IS THE NAME OF THIS VID, IS A TWO-PART SERIES FEATURING SAN FRANCISCO ARTISTS DAVID CHOONG LEE AND BRIAN BARNECLO. THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF THIS VIDEO FEATURES TWO HOMELESS MEN PANHANDLING THE RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. IN THESE VIDEOS, STORIES OF WHAT IT'S LIKE LIVING IN THE STREETS ARE SHARED. I'D SAY DEFINITELY SOMETHING WORTH A WATCH... WAY BETTER THAN THE GARBAGE THAT IS CONSTANTLY SEEN ON TV.

INSIGHT FALL/WINTER 2009

SO LOOKBOOKS KEEP ON DROPPING FROM KNOWN BRANDS TO UPCOMING BRANDS... ALL WITH THE SAME MOTIF, TO SHOW YOU THEIR GOODIES THAT'LL MAKE YOU DROOL OVER. INSIGHT DROPS THEIR BOMB. CHECK THEM OUT.

COMPLEX OCTOBER/NOVEMBER

THIS OCTOBER/NOVEMBER ISSUE WILL BE HOT AND BUSY FOR COMPLEX MAG. THEY WILL BE DROPPING THREE COVERS FOR THEIR FALL ISSUE; IN WHICH ARTWORK OF KAWS AND THE CLIPSE WILL BE FEATURED. BY THE WAY, TILL THE CASKET DROPS WILL BE THE NAME OF THE DUO'S THIRD ALBUM. COMPLEX WILL BE HITTING NEWSSTANDS AND TARGET, WHICH IS WHERE I GET MINE FROM ON OCTOBER 6TH SO BE READY.

SUPERB FALL 2009

LOOKBOOK.
SUPERB IS AN LA BASED BRAND. NEW TO THE GAME AND MAN ARE THEY IN WITH HEAT. THE FIRST DELIVERY WILL BRING GRAPHIC TEES AS WELL SWEATERS.

SURFACE TO AIRXSOLVE SUNDSBO

CAPSULE COLLECTION.
HOW COOL IS THIS!!! JUST A DISPLAY OF A FEW OF MY FAVORITES.

SPACE BEACH

BY BBC/ICE CREAM FALL/WINTER 09

GET THIS PARTY POPPINNNNNNNN!

HOW I WISH I WOULD'VE BEEN HERE... KID CUDI+COMMON IN CHICAGO... LOOK HOW AMPED THE PEOPLE WERE.

Kid Cudi + Common - "Make Her Say" + "The People" + "Resurrection" + "The Corner" Live in Chicago 9-18-9 from Brandon "N2ition" Riley on Vimeo.

LOU DOILLON FOR GIVENCHY BY RICCARDO TISCI VIDEO

YOU GUYS MUST WATCH THIS VIDEO! ALTHOUGH I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT FAMOUS FRENCH ACTRESS LOU DOILLON IS SAYING, I LOVE THE CREATIVITY AND NATURE OF THIS VIDEO. KUDDOS TO HER FOR THIS ONE.

SO AMBITIOUS

BBC "BLUE PRINT 3" T SHIRT
3 SHIRTS WILL BE RELEASED FOR JAY-Z'S "BLUE PRINT 3" ALBUM.

LADIES SPECIAL

THE FEELING OF WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND BEING LOOKED AT WITH UNDRESSING EYES, MAKING YOU FEEL TOUCHED ALTHOUGH NO HAND HAS BEEN LAID ON YOU... THOSE SEXUAL REMARKS NOT EVEN THE OLDER MEN REFRAIN FROM STATING... BEING LOOKED AS AN ITEM AND NOT A HUMAN BEING... BELIEVED TO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO STATE YOUR OPINION... NOT ABLE TO TAKE ACTION IN WHAT YOU BELIEVE... LOOKED AND USED AS A FORM OF PLEASURE AND PLEASURE ONLY... YOUR BODY IS A TEMPLE, NOT A BAR...
IMAGINE NOW LIVING IN A COUNTRY WHERE YOU REALLY HAVE NO SAY... WHAT DO YOU DO? INDIA IS COUNTRY IN WHICH WOMEN SUFFRAGE IS STILL TAKING PLACE. ALTHOUGH MILLIONS OF WOMEN HAVE POURED INTO THE WORK FORCE, THEY HAVE MET WITH DIFFERENT OBSTACLES IN A TRADITION- BOUND, PATRIARCHAL CULTURE. PATRIARCHAL: WHERE THE SUPREMACY OF A MAN; WHETHER IT MAY BE THE FATHER, HUSBAND, OR SON HAS THE POWER TO CONTROL. HAVING THE ABILITY TO GO TO WORK FOR WOMEN IN INDIA IS ONE THING, BUT GETTING TO WORK AND DEALING WITH THE OBSTACLES FACED THERE IS ANOTHER.

THE PROBLEMS OF TAUNTING AND HARASSMENT HAVE BEEN SO PERSISTENT THAT IN RECENT MONTHS THE GOVERNMENT DECIDED TO REMOVE MEN ALTOGETHER FROM CERTAIN TRAINS.

IN A PILOT PROGRAM IN INDIA'S FOUR LARGEST CITIES, EIGHT NEW COMMUTER TRAINS MADE EXCLUSIVE FOR FEMALE PASSENGERS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED; KNOWN AS LADIES SPECIALS. THE COUNTRY'S MOST POWERFUL POLITICIAN, SONIA GANDHI, IS A WOMAN AND SO IS THE PRESIDENT.

WOMEN HAVE ENTERED THE URBAN WORK FORCE SINCE THE EARLY 1990S, INITIALLY AS GOVERNMENT OFFICE WORKERS BUT NOW INCREASINGLY AS EMPLOYEES IN PROFESSIONAL JOBS. THE NUMBER OF WORKING WOMEN HAS DOUBLED IN 15 YEARS.

JUST AS THE NUMBER OF WORKING WOMEN HAS INCREASED, SO HAS THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN. BETWEEN 2003 AND 2007, RAPE CASES ROSE BY MORE THAN 30 PERCENT AND KIDNAPPING OR ABDUCTION CASES ROSE BY MORE THAN 50 PERCENT, WHILE TORTURE AND MOLESTATION ALSO JUMPED SHARPLY.

FOR MANY YEARS, WOMEN TRAVELING BY TRAIN SAT WITH MEN, UNTIL CROWDING AND SECURITY CONCERNS PROMPTED THE RAILROAD TO RESERVE TWO COMPARTMENTS PER TRAIN FOR WOMEN. WITH COMPLAINTS RISING FROM FEMALE PASSENGERS, MAMATA BANERJEE, THE NEW FEMALE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, ANNOUNCED THE EIGHT NEW LADIES SPECIALS TRAINS.

IT'S AN UGLY BUSINESS

FASHION INDUSTRY; DON'T WE ALL WANT TO BE PART OF IT? WHETHER IT IS BEING A MARKETER, STYLIST, MERCHANDISER, EVEN A DESIGNER; ANYTHING RELATED TO FASHION, A LOT OF US WANT TO JOIN IT...BUT WHY?... PERHAPS FOR THE MONEY, THE FAME, RECOGNITION, THE PARTYING?... OR BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT HUNGER FOR INDIVIDUALITY THAT WE WANT TO PROVE TO THE REST?

EITHER WAY, WHATEVER ANGLE THIS INDUSTRY IS VIEWED UPON, IT IS UGLY. OF COURSE THERE IS THE GLAMOUR, THE EXCLUSIVE PARTIES, THE BEAUTIFUL FABRICS AND PROPS; BUT HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE UGLY SIDE? SWEATSHOPS, USE OF ANIMAL FUR, UNDERPAID EMPLOYEES, UNHEALTHY MODELS, AND THE LIST GOES ON. THIS IS A TOUCHY SUBJECT THAT MANY WANT TO STAY AWAY FROM, ESPECIALLY IF TRYING TO BE IN THE INDUSTRY, WE ARE A NATION IN WHICH WE TRY TO NUMB OURSELVES FROM REALITY; BUT NOT HERE.

ALTHOUGH I WILL NOT GO IN DEPTH WITH THIS GLOBAL ISSUE, AND I SAY GLOBAL BECAUSE THIS IS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE WORLD; I JUST WANT TO POINT SOMETHING OUT, SOMETHING THAT IS RELEVANT TO ME AND SOMETHING I GO BY IN PUSHING MYSELF TO MAKE MY LIFE THE WAY I WANT IT: DO YOUR JOB FOR THE LOVE YOU HOLD FOR IT, NOT FOR THE FAME; FAME WILL CREEP UP ON YOU THE SAME WAY IT WILL CREEP OUT... IF YOU HAVE LOVE IN DESIGNING AND SEWING, DO IT AND THROW IT OUT AT THE WORLD TO SHOWCASE YOUR INDIVIDUALITY AND ORIGINALITY, GRATIFICATION WILL ARRIVE AT ITS GIVEN TIME.

WHAT INSPIRES YOU?

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT INSPIRES YOU TO DO SOMETHING OR TO INITIATE SOMETHING? MUSIC IS MY DRIVE AND INSPIRATION. IT'S AMAZING HOW LYRICS CAN PAINT A VIVID PICTURE AND TAKE YOU PLACES YOU'VE NEVER BEEN BEFORE, ALL THIS WITH THE POWER OF STRONG AND GOOD USE OF DICTION. OF COURSE THERE IS MUSIC OUT THERE THAT DOES NOTHING BUT DEGRADE WOMEN AND IS PLAN GARBAGE, BUT THERE IS ALSO GOOD STUFF WORTH HEARING. WHEN I GET THE CHANCE, I GO TO A QUIET PLACE, PUT MY EAR PHONES ON, PUMP UP THE VOLUME, AND TRAIL OFF TO A WORLD MY IMAGINATION IS ONLY ABLE TO. MUSIC IS MY INSPIRATION, WHAT'S YOURS?

CASSETTE PLAYA SPRING/SUMMER 2010

CASSETTE PLAYA'S COLLECTION IS OVERFLOWING WITH OVER THE TOP PRINTS, PATTERNS, AND COLORS. CASSETTE PLAYA'S SILHOUETTE IS BOTH CLASSIC AND FASHION FORWARD WHICH GIVES A DIFFERENT CONCEPT TO THE SCENE.

BAPE BAPE BAAAAAAAAPE!

A BATHING APE TIGER VARSITY SERIES.
I BELIEVE IT'S ANYWHERE FROM $500-$900.. SO GO FOR IT IF YOU WANT TO GET YOUR TIGER ON.

ANGELS

DIRTY MONEY FEAT NOTORIOUS BIG. SUCH AN OBSCURE YET VIVID VIDEO. I WAS WATCHING THE VIDEO AND I HAD GOOSEBUMPS. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THE VIDEO ITSELF, THE CONCEPT, OR HEARING BIG ON THE TRACK; EITHER WAY, IT'S DEFINITE WORTH A WATCH.

CHANEL CRUISE SHOW 2010

THIS IS WHY I LOOK UP TO CHANEL AS DESPITE THE FAME THAT IT ALREADY BEHOLDS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I VIEWED THIS VIDEO AND EVERY TIME I SAW IT I COULDN'T HELP BUT WATCHING IT WITHOUT BLINKING. THE SETTING, THE CLIMATE, THE MODELS, THE MUSIC, THE COLLECTION ARE SO INSPIRATIONAL AND BREATHTAKING.

MARC BY MARC JACOBS DECK!!!

SO THIS IS KIND OF WEIRD; MARC JACOBS IS PRETTY OUT THERE; BUT A DECK?! WHERE DID THIS COME FROM? WHICH BY THE WAY; THEY ARE PRETTY GRAPHIC.