_Happy Thanksgiving

_Here's something to inspire your American Indian looks for tonight's dinners.

_RBPMstudio Preview: 'The RIP Luella Show'

_A current piece, very John Waters, who knows what'll happen with it, but I couldn't resist so stay tuned.

_Chanel Wants . . .

_"This is the first issue of 31 RUE CAMBON, the first Chanel magazine which Olivier Zham has Art Directed and designed for Karl Lagerfeld, to be distributed worldwide in all the Chanel stores."

from PurpleDiary.com

_A Wednesday lunchtime pick me up . . .

_I found these shots from Bruce Weber's Iconic 2001 'Chop Suey' the other night - I've never seen the top image before and it totally melts me.

_The Perfect combination . . .

_Harley Weir's faultless imagery with a selection of pieces from Gabriella Marina Gonzalez's stunning final year degree collection.

www.harleyweir.blogspot.com
www.gabriellamarinagonzalez.blogspot.com

FYI: I heart Harley's bed SO MUCH.

_New Raf Website

_Totally stunning archive based website, with full bleed web pages - Got my vote.

_My New Coffee Pot

_a beautiful Feud French coffee pot, thank you Kim, it is a glorious birthday gift xx

_Dulwich Mid-Century Modern Art Fair

_Last Sunday I Travelled with a mate out into the suburbs of LDN to go to the Dulwich Mid-Century Modern Art Fair at The Dulwich college for boys. Between laughing at the names of the students for their Fencing achievements, we had an amazing time, the building is completely classical with a strange and stunning sterile 1960's concrete and glass extension on it, in which the main body of the fair is held. Amazing people, amazing furniture, amazing fun. And a massive thank you to Jacob's Family for such an ace day, oh and especially to Kim, for my stunning new coffee pot belated birthday gift xx

_Boiz and those Shoulders

_I have a bit of a thing for boys with big shoulders, and this MMM look from 'blogesphere superstar' and newly appointed PonyStep door boy Pelayo, www.katelovesme.net, does quite the job - Roll on those menswear shoulders for next season.

A good look man x

_Central

_Loving the centralized i-D logo on the new 'Winter issue' - I just wish they'd done it to all the cover options, ie. Centralized Mclellan and retro Lara porn - Genius.

_Winters Coming

_So with hardcore winter in full flow now, I found/have been sent some lovely looks / objects that will be influencing the darker months of the year - From Felt kilts and shiny nylons, to full black leather and wools, to Old school Raf and new season Givenchy.

Winter is totally the best season for dressing.

_Sea God

_'Poseidon', GQ Style 6 Spring Summer 2008
Photography by Nathaniel Goldberg.
Styling by David Bradshaw
Model: Patrick Petitjean at Success

This shots made me catch my breath at the beauty of the image by Nathaniel Goldberg and the sheer perfection in casting Patrick as the Greek god of the sea. My vote for one of the most mesmerizing male model shoots in recent memory.

_Rude

_I was in DSM the other afternoon and saw a boy working hardcore rude boi (wet look hair, cap, gold chain etc) but in an oversized grey suit with white shirt, and black Reebok classics - it looked SO GOOD, and his angry / cute boy look really topped it off and made my day.

Above images Ben Weller, with styling by Sharmadean Reid.

_An apology to The Times Style

_I am fully aware that your number one 'going down' this week was 'bloggers who don't update everyday', but last week I was away on the coast, and no-where near any internet, so this next week I will strive to inspire you from 'blogging off'. I start with a little something that has inspired the beginning of my week - Cold sea air and signatures in wet sand.

_Inspired

_The Image taking me through this week is this incredible photograph by Catherine Sundqvist, Image: no.9, 2004, From the Miss Wibora Series

_This Weeks Big Gossip

_'Club 21 pulls out of Luella'

Club 21, Luella’s ready-to-wear and accessories licensee, has pulled out of its investment in the London Fashion label.

The closure of one of Luella’s key manufacturing partners Carla Carini is believed to have meant that the British brand could not fulfill its spring 10 orders and Luella is understood to have ceased trading.

Luella Bartley, who set up her label in 1999, is reported to be assessing options about the future of the business, which is believed to generate annual sales of around £9m.

Bartley, a former journalist for British Vogue, burst onto the LFW scene in 2000 with a collection entitled “Daddy, who were the Clash”. She was an instant hit with the buyers and and press and is best known for her feminine collections and for her accessory designs.

Luella has shown at both London Fashion Week and New York Fashion Week. She has also created designs for fashion companies as diverse as New Look and Mulberry.

Image: Holly Hay

_Josh Olins

_Some lovely images from photographer Josh Olins. I remember Josh coming into the offices of Homme+ when I was interning there Four years ago (the bottom two images are actaully from the first shoot I worked on with him), slightly awkward, and keen to shoot with anyone he could. It seems it payed off, Josh's work is now everywhere, from Pop/Love/Homme+/i-D magazines to the main campaigns for Mui Mui and Prada.

_Richard Phibbs

_Richard Phibbs is the most incredible sports based photographer, the images are so raw, and passionate, and I'm sure its no coinsidence that hia images appear with such a sexual tone, from soft 'morning after' lighting, to raw, passionate and sweaty flesh.

Highly recomended is is 'Wrestlers' stories.
Damn fine.

_Witchcraft

_I'm sure I've blogged parts of this Sims 'W' shoot before, but I stumbled across it again the other day and I forget how much it completely melts me - pure genius, and envokes memories of such good times.

_Frida

_I've spent the last week watching 'Frida', the Oscar nominated, biographical movie that chronicles the life that Frida Kahlo shared unflinchingly and openly with Diego Rivera, as the young couple took the art world by storm. From her complex and enduring relationship with her mentor and husband to her illicit and controversial affair with Leon Trotsky, to her provocative and romantic entanglements with women, Frida Kahlo lived a bold and uncompromising life as a political, artistic, and sexual revolutionary. Apart from the strange Ugly Betty - esque 'paintings to real life' visuals, I heavilly reccomend this movie.

_Love

_I wasn't really a fan of the 'under 21' theme from the 2nd issue of Love magazine (contrived and predictable), but as always I was loving the work of Mr Mclellan, and this great little editorial with Pixie Geldoph, never more has she looked more like her mom, and never more has her sister been green with envy.

Stun ning.

_Cult of Boy

_On the boy theme a lovely video still shot backstage a Paris SS10 fashion week by young photograhper Brett Lloyd.

_Testosterone

_An ace little video from a few years back by Toyin, Styling Burberry against Kim Jones by Nicola Formichetti. Ace, and totally hot.

_Inspired

_Today this old, old, Bruce Weber image is taking my day by storm, it just stunning and taking my afternoon forward, in completely the right direction.

_Even if its raining . . .

_I crave this beautiful city!
Well, watch out NYC, if current plans play through, I'll be with y'all by the end of the month xx

_MJ X Kaws

_This months Interview magazine is off the Scale, stay tuned for more, but this is the starting point, and what a place to start! For a 1988 re-printed Interview feature with Michael himself, with imagery updated by Kaws - I'm lost for words.

_Pretty Boys

_Upon walking to work this morning, I was told by my housemate that I'm particually good at spotting cute boys, so when I got home tonight, I did a bit of an internet prowl for all of your pleasure, and here we are, everything from Bruce Weber boys to Hedi Slimane boys, enjoy . . .

_Jean Prouve

_I love this image from the Jean Prouve collection, So simple and pure, to combine this with a fashion stroy of the interior it came from would be heaven, think 'the Wintour' as Editor of H&G USA, with her 'Fashion X Interiors palette shoots' circa 1992.

_Seydou Keita

_In October 1997, the Gagosian Art Gallery in New York introduced a new photographer to its fashionable clientele. Manhattan was a long way from Bamako in Mali where, in the 1950s and early 1960s, Seydou Keita served a different kind of market. By the 90s he was long retired, but in his day he had been a studio photographer of national renown.

"Seydou Keita was the place to go if you wanted to have a beautiful image of yourself. That was the studio to go for the local bourgeoisie and even for the middle class who wanted to grow in the social level." (N'Gone Fall, Curator)

Keita's studio had a ready a supply of desirable props for clients to pose with as if they were their own.

"Bicycles, mopeds, cars, the props went from small to medium to large. Vespas were average but a car was luxury. And it didn't just stop at one he had lots, so people thought he was well-off and for the time he was." (Lancina Keita, brother of Seydou Keita)

Seydou Keita would have remained a strictly local hero if three of his photographs hadn't turned up in a show of African art in New York, in 1991. The pictures were attributed to the world's most prolific photographer 'Unknown'. On seeing the exhibition, Andre Magnin, a Parisian curator, set off for Mali immediately with photocopies from the photos from the catalogue as his only lead. By asking around he managed to track the 'unknown' photographer down.

"So I went to Seydou Keita and introduced myself and I showed him the photocopies and he said they're mine and he was astounded that someone would come so far for this. So I explained to him that we were putting together a collection and were interested, amongst other things, in photography". (Andre Magnin, Curator)

Magnin left Mali trusted with some of Keita's negatives hoping to find a new audience for his work in the West. With Magnin as a guide around the art market Keita's photos, some now blown up to 80 times their original size, migrated from the living room walls of Bamako to the gallery walls of the Cartier Foundation, in Paris, and the Gagosian, in New York.

"There were 2000 people at that opening at the Gagosian, it was a huge success everybody was there and knocked out by those photographs and they congratulated Keita on his work and Keita was extremely proud."(Andre Magnin, Curator)

He was also becoming extremely rich. His photographs were now selling for up to $16,000 a piece. He was even commissioned to shoot a fashion story for top American style magazine Harper's Bazaar.

_Mulberry X Apple

_Mulberry, the iconic British lifestyle brand that has established a world-wide loyal following for their highly coveted leather goods, is set to bring the ‘Brit-cool’ image it has garnered to the equally iconic and innovative brand of Apple.

Come November, Mulberry will unveil its first collaboration with the power house of technology to release a collection of nine pieces that will house various Apple products including the MacBook, MacBook Pro, the iPhone and the iPod Touch.

These luxurious pieces will possess the quality and superior craftsmanship that Mulberry is renowned for and will preserve details of the classic Mulberry icons such as the Bayswater for Women and the Brynmore for Men allowing the exterior to resemble these classic beloved pieces. Deciding to develop the collection was easy, Creative Director of Mulberry (and devoted Mac user) Emma Hill says "Mulberry have a legacy of craftsmanship and I'm thrilled to launch our first luxury collection for a whole host of Apple products".