hahahaha

hahahaha

from here.

Yet, I feel like you'd have to be really tacky to ever actually wear this. We'll see.

been broke a thousand times

been broke a thousand times

To make up for the inanity of the last post (but how could you resist such amazing lyrics???), I'm following up with what is running contention for my favorite song of all time - I can't ever imagine getting sick of it. This is the song I would want at my wedding (ha!). From the opening piano chords with the orchestral build-up (and the drums! AND SAX!)... The call and response (darling, I'll... wait for you!)... And Ron Isley's voice is so plaintive! How could you do anything but fall in love with someone who sings like that? It's heartbreaking but so so so good.
Put it on repeat and just dance. I certainly am.

PS. Rod Stewart doesn't even COMPARE.

some are worthwhile and some are so-so

some are worthwhile and some are so-so

winter wonders

winter wonders

I'm kinda sorta obsessed with these hats from beardhead.com
They're hardly flattering but so quirky and funny (though those two adjectives are looking more and more like detriments nowadays). Plus, they look incredibly warm. Still, I feel like it takes the right guy to pull off something like this (it certainly isn't this man) ... But who knows? YOU could be that guy.

edit:
Looks like I'm not the only one feeling for these fur traps. Whilst perusing the Selby today, I happened upon a photo stuck in the inspiration board for Lucas Ossendrijver, the designer for Lanvin's menswear. Look familiar? Come winter, expect the beardheads to make it BIG.

live forever

live forever

Okay, I know, I know... Everything I talk about either comes from the New York Times, New York Magazine, or other assorted NYC related publications. Still, how genius are these pastel portraits of cast members from MTV's "The Hills" by Karin Bubaš?

I don't really watch "The Hills" (though I will cop up to being a minor fan of "The City", it's prettier sister) but I've seen enough to recognize most of the cast members and to familiarize myself with Lauren's crying jags (as hilariously portrayed by Karin). Through Karin's lens, they become soapy, touchingly funny, and a little heartbreaking. As Joshua David Stein writes, "Chalk pastels are the soft focus of the art world — the Lifetime channel on paper — and for the characters of the notoriously high-definition, supersaturated “The Hills,” the medium is humanizing."

Part of the appeal may stem from my obsession with celebrity portraits. One of my favorite artists is painter Elizabeth Peyton, who has gained a lot of street and fashion cred within the last several years. Peyton's paintings are saturated, whimsical, and melancholy. There's a strong sense of character in her pieces - she focuses on her subjects which, more often than not, tend to be celebrities. Perhaps her most famous series of paintings are the ones she's done of Kurt Cobain, which are admittedly naively touching in a velvet painting sort of way.

Michelle Obama

Mad King Ludwig II

Kurt Cobain.

She started out doing portraits of historical figures such as Napoleon and Mad King Ludwig, which was how I found out about her (minor obsession). What really impresses me is that while most celebrity portraits are either distantly ironic or just tacky (though there's not necessarily any thing wrong with either). With Peyton, however, you can sense the genuine love and care that she feels towards each of her subjects. She only paints people with whom she feels a genuine accord. I can't comment on how good of a painter she is, but each painting emotes such an intense mood that it's hard not to get involved.

Jarvis Cocker and Liam Gallagher

Kurt