RUGS.

February 2, 2010
1950s, Graphics, Home, Interiors, Textiles | Leave a Comment

Rugs. We grew up with you. via LIFE

 

WORD IS OUT.

February 2, 2010
1970s, LGBT, NYC, Now | Leave a Comment

Word is Out : Stories of Some of Our Lives. A portrait of 26 gay and lesbians in 1977. It’s playing at Anthology Film Archive until Friday Feb 4. Mesmerizing, Powerful. What stories, what lives. You must see it.

You love each other. You care. You do little things for each other. And you always want to be together. – Nadine

Thanks to Matt, Carl and Mary for the movie tip!

 

LE PALACE.

February 1, 2010
1980s, Artists, Europe, Fashions, Party | Leave a Comment


Ouamee Schlumberer-Babeanu et Phillipe Warner.


Yves Adrien, Alain Pacadis et ?


Patrice Calmettes ?


Pauline Boyer.


Une créature fellinienne.


Philippe Morillon, Fred Huges et Andy Warhol.


Eva Ionesco, Edwige et Maria Schneider.


La fete se temine…

While searching for portraits of my new icon I stumbled upon this increidble French website that features many a hip picture from the underground Paris nightclub – Le Palace. The party pics are by Michel Saloff Coste and featured in the book Vepres Laquees. See more outlandishness here.

J.J. BUCK.

January 30, 2010
1990s, Europe, Fashions, Women | 1 Comment

My new style icon is Joan Juliet Buck pictured above in Yves St.Laurent. (break out your big floppy satin bow!) She became the editor at French Vogue in 1994 to help ’save the magazine’ which was suffering from low circulation. And she did! I was turned onto Joan Juliet Buck after listening to her recount a frightening ghost story which took place in her first Parisian apartment. (its haunted!)

Charlie Rose interviews Joan Juliet Buck in 2000. (she has the sweetest haircut)

Thanks to MC for showing me the ghost story and
KW for showing me J.J.Bucks incredible ’90s YSL style & C.Rose interview.

GARDEN PARTIES.

January 25, 2010
1960s, Color, Nature, Party, The East, Women | 1 Comment

Elizabeth & Solita are back! with the kitties & plenty of gardens and parties to go ’round. I am revisiting the files of Elizabeth Jenks Clark and enjoying her at-home outdoor lifestyle. via Yale University Beinecke Rare Book Library

 

JOAN JETT.

January 24, 2010
Music, Now, Women | 1 Comment

I’ve been super busy finishing up design for a book on Joan Jett. I was lucky enough to see a screening of The Runaways movie (!!!). Joan Jett was sitting behind me—that was an experience. JOAN JETT book will be available in March, along with the Runaways movie. By the way, Kathleen Hanna wrote the foreward to this book and it’s so rock ‘n roll. But really Kathleen Hanna deserves her own book—hope that comes soon!

 

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