alexander wang for starbucks. wtf/barf/give me a break

So,
Starbucks is collaborating with Alexander Wang to
create t-shirts.



I had such a strong reaction to this,
something akin to nausea.
I'm not sure if I'm even aptly able to explain it.
I'll tell you what my very next thought was though.



Have you seen this movie?
Made by the same dude as Office Space and Extract,
it shows a world 500 years in the future,
where only the dumbest have procreated.
Brands rule the world,
water has been culled in public perception as "the stuff in toilets",
replaced with a big name sugary electrolyte drink.
And clothing (which is the point of this reference),
is nothing but wearable advertisements.



I love Alexander Wang, totally a brilliant designer,
but I don't get this.
I can't even seem to see any indication that this is a charity based move.
This reeks of trying.
Which is lame, sure,
but it's mostly the corporatey corporate-ness of Starbucks,
trying to find 'cool way' for advertisement and exposure
that just pisses me off.

just like us.

aaaaand
Diane Von Furstenberg
needed a beer.


whadda lady!

(via the cut blog)

the glory of bikes

I feel like this post might be a bit of a mind dump.
The last two days I've been obsessed with all things bicycles including really cool events, fashion videos, amazing old school bicycle models (called 'Guv'nor'!), etc etc.
I feel like there is just so much I've seen, and impressed on me,
that I don't really have a way to formulate it..
so I think I'm just going to show you what I've seen (and loved!).

Pashley Bicycles out of the UK.

Droooooool.

Now, picture yourself with the above bike,
riding through the parks of London,
all dressed in tweed,
with fellow cool folks such as yourself.
Et voila, you've got
Tweed Run.



again, kind of, drooool. :)



then i saw this video,
and loved, loved, loved it!
the soundtrack especially reminded me of some 80's movie..flight of the navigator maybe?



Joanna Goddard has this wicked collection of girls in skirts on bikes,
as part of a protest to a girl being chastised by the police for wearing a skirt while biking.

OK I'll call it there.
So you can see how my mind has been occupado for the last couple days.
I'm totally obsessed.
The bike theft gods were not so sweet to me last time around,
but I feel like my heart is now ready to love again.
Maybe this weekend?
Yippeeee!

clean it up!

Saw this last night on Joanna Goddard's website,
and ended up going back to look at it, like, three times.
Swiss artist Ursus Wehrli takes everyday scenes and reassembles them in total organization.
Check out his new book
(which I can't find for purchase anywhere)
The Art of the Clean Up.







And, as you can tell,
I've been away!
Far, far away.
To the land of home.

So here we go, back to routine, back to the grind.
Of which is as (kind of) nice to come back to as leaving for vacation.
Maybe? Almost?

via Franca

I know, I know,
horoscopes, horoscopes..
I do believe myself heavily in being a stereotypical Pieces,
a lady of the water.
But these daily, weekly prediction things, meh.

That said,
I just read this weeks predictions via Franca Sozzani of Vogue Italia
(the very best Vogue, truly),
and it left me smiling and smiling.
So much so, that I'm making it a bit of a mantra and prayer this week
as I head to a much anticipated, and much needed trip back to the lotus homeland.

August 22-28th.
Pisces

"A nice trip gives you a good week
as you are invited by people who impress you quite a bit.
You see that you expect more of yourself
and that people recognize your efforts at being at your top.
You resolve some complex, your skin, your weight,
the way you dress by treating the problem
in a very radical way instead of complaining about it,
you fix it.
You get along well with positive people
and it has a good effect on you.
Keep progressing!"

Amen!

Adding to the coat hunt...



This coat by Miu Miu reminds me of 1950's British School girl,
and all the charm that goes along with it, sigh.

rodarte for opening ceremony

Holy crap..
three of my favorite things all combined.
Rodarte for Opening Ceremony..
shot by
Autumn DeWilde.*
Perfection doesn't get any better defined.




*Autumn DeWilde is the crazy talented photographer who shot the gorgeous Elliot Smith book a couple years ago. And come November she'll have an equally gorgeous book out on Beck. Check out her blog for snippets of Beck, Rodarte, Elijah Wood, Zooey...and other crazy creative friends that pop up. She's absolutely one of my favorite artists.