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Don’t Look Now: Nicolas Roeg (1973)

February 26, 2010 by Le Fist

Fractured. This is my favourite piece of cinematography. Hands down. Nicolas Roeg’s 1973 chiller “Don’t Look Now”, starring Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland, is a study in restraint. I like the way the story unfolds gently, gaining momentum towards a creepy climax which, despite its now comedic impact, induces giggles of the nervous kind. The film stays with you for a long time. Its in parts love story, tragedy, murder mystery and horror movie, all this set mostly in Venice! […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: 70's cinema, cinema, don't look now, film stills, julie christie

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The Cut

February 25, 2010 by Le Fist

Not sure who this photo’s by so I can’t give the credit. However, I’ve had it knocking about for a while. There’s just something about it… Kind of seemed like an appropriate choice to follow the previous post_

Categories: love love love • Tags: photography

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The Other Half

February 25, 2010 by Le Fist

I’ve always loved the way this building is reflected on the glass of the pedestrian bridge that crosses a canal in Paddington. It reminds me of the Twin Towers. Morbid, I admit_

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: architecture

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White Noise: Alva Noto Pt/.2

February 25, 2010 by Le Fist

The man himself, Carsten Nicolai_ This is quite possibly the most beautifully designed record ever. As well as his music, Carsten Nicolai/ Noto/ Alva Noto also works as an artist. The two disciplines are two sides of the same coin – one aurally captures the diagramatic nature of sound whilst the other translates sound in the tactile and visual mediums of installation art and sculpture. See also Mikkel Metal, Raadiq, Matthew Herbert_ ——— http://www.carstennicolai.de

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Alva Noto, Carsten Nicolai, electronic, graphic design, music

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Sonic Geometry: Alva Noto Pt/.1

February 25, 2010 by Le Fist

A friend played me a piece from Alva Noto and Riyuichi Sakamoto’s joint album, Insen, the other night. It’s an incredible piece of music that requires a proper sound system to do it justice. The subtle glitches, the forlorn piano loops, the intense bass that’s quiet and menacing at the same time. Its the sort of contemplative piece that was recorded to be heard in the darkest recesses of the night or on one of those grey, rainy days when […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Alva Noto, Carsten Nicolai, colour studies, cymatics, electronic, music, Riyuichi Sakamoto

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Irina Ionesco

Through A Painted Veil: Irina Ionesco, Photographer

February 24, 2010 by Le Fist

Meadham Kirchoff A/W 2011

Categories: fashion etymology, Uncategorized • Tags: black, fashion week, irina ionesco, photography

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http://www.husseinchalayan.com/

February 23, 2010 by Le Fist

A great site. Every collection is in the archive. Swoon_ http://www.husseinchalayan.com http://www.husseinchalayan.com/blog/

Categories: love love love • Tags: hussein chalayan

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The Chalayan Construct, The Kawakubo Curse

February 23, 2010 by Le Fist

There seem to be two designers that have a strong influence over the collections thus far – Hussein Chalayan from his early work and Rei Kawakubo. The Chalayan Construct_ _was evident in the styling and presentation of  the Marios Schwab collection for Halston – the hats may link back to the start of Halston’s career as a milliner but they remind me more of Chalayan’s headpieces. As do the almost medical-looking boots and the set design of the presentation. Jarring […]

Categories: fashion etymology • Tags: comme des garcons, fashion critique, halston, hussein chalayan, marios schwab, meadham kirchoff, Narciso Rodriguez, rodarte

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Master Class: Charles James, Super-Structure continued…

February 22, 2010 by Le Fist

With an architetcural approach being at the forefront of the fashion debate again I thought I’d do a post on Charles James, the late American couturier. Like Christobal Balenciaga and Christian Dior, construction was key to his work which could be likened to feats of sartorial engineering. John Galliano cited James as an inspiration for his recent couture outing for the house of Dior but I found it almost too literal and tenuous at the same time. I see more […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Calvin Klein, charles james, Francisco Costa, Narciso Rodriguez

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Women on Women contd.

February 22, 2010 by Le Fist

More from Judy Dater and Jack Welpott’s book, Women and Other Visions.

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: jack welpott, judy dater, photography

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Louise Wilson

Fussy Finished: Generation 2010 Have Spoken

February 22, 2010 by Le Fist

A v.long post, I must warn. But this needs to be said_ That Louise Wilson gets about a bit, doesn’t she? She keeps cropping up in Sunday supplements and magazine articles, pushing her brand of tuition and guidance every which way. Straight-talking Louise knows a thing or two. Louise knows best and don’t we know it! The Harder They Come: Louise Wilson I’ve sort of fallen out of love with fashion a bit. Fashion, to me, has become unfashionable. The […]

Categories: love love love • Tags: architecture, central saint martins, fashion, fashion critique, louise wilson, stanton williams

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Two Girls Walking

February 20, 2010 by Le Fist

Is it just me or is there a definite sense of spring in the air…? OK, let’s not get carried away but the trees have started budding and the sunlight seems just that bit brighter. Wishful thinking perhaps but its got to end sometime! I thought this Alaia image of two girls walking away in the snow was befitting_

Categories: different seasons • Tags: azzedine alaia, black and white, fashion, photography

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Dinner With Tolstoi

February 19, 2010 by Le Fist

Just had a lovely supper with an old friend in a restaurant in the Emilia Romagna region in Italy. A novel way of presenting a menu – literature classics. I got Tolstoi and she got Shakespeare. The grilled scamorza cheese with honey was very good. As was the swordfish. V. delicate. I also liked the way the wine glasses were placed on the table, lying atop a napkin. Post dinner we bumped into La Boda, a local transvestite of a […]

Categories: random • Tags: food, italy

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Women on Women 1: Judy Dater & Jack Welpott

February 18, 2010 by Le Fist

Currently loving this rare find: Women and Other Visions – Judy Dater & Jack Welpott [1975]. Amazing photographs. Will post more pics later._

Categories: love love love, rare books • Tags: jack welpott, judy dater, photography

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More from the Lazy Blogger: Brand Beckham, etc.

February 17, 2010 by Le Fist

Queen Vic, on the cover of a magazinnnne Soz. I’m away from my desk at the moment, so to speak. Some thoughts on New York fashion week_ Victoria Beckham: Top marks. Classy. Really loving me a bit of VB. Really great clothes. Very smart lady. Loved the fact that she let the buyers in on what she’d wearing to the Oscars. I wonder what the best-selling dress will be? Marc Jacobs: Been gagging for Mr Jacobs to go back to […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: fashion critique

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Harold + Maude (1971): Hal Ashby

February 13, 2010 by Le Fist

H & M but not as we know it_ Bread & Butter, Gin & Tonic, First & Class – some pairings are just perfect. No reason for concern or to doubt their companionship. Harold and Maude is one partnership that just shouldn’t work. I remember the first time I saw it, recoiling at the idea of a teenager having sex with a 79 year old woman. It made The Graduate seem like child’s play, haha. At the same time the […]

Categories: simply lovely, Uncategorized • Tags: cinema, harold and maude

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-philia

February 13, 2010 by Le Fist

Speaking of “gerontophilia”, I came across this website that lists all the “-philias”: http://www.word.info. An interesting read… chrematistophilia, chrematistophily: A sexual perversion in which the necessary condition is that the relationship with the partner be on a monetary basis: the partner must charge the “client” or otherwise force him or her to pay for sex, or must “rob” or “blackmail” him or her.The term is sometimes broadened to include sellers as well as clients, e.g. “compulsive” hustlers, prostitutes, and sexual blackmailers […]

Categories: random • Tags: languages, words

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1 Metre

February 13, 2010 by Le Fist

More randomness_

Categories: random • Tags: slogans, typography

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English Broken: Ms. Marianne Faithfull

February 13, 2010 by Le Fist

Would you like me to seduce you? Miss Faithfull came on my iPod this morning – it was on shuffle – and I thought to myself, Oooh, hello! If I was a lady of a certain age I would like to be a little bit like Marrianne Faithfull. That husky voice is so damn sexy. All she needs to do is talk, let alone sing. And “Broken English”. Bloody great record. She’s up there with La Rampling as one of […]

Categories: muses • Tags: marianne faithfull, music

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Keep Off The Grass!

February 12, 2010 by Le Fist

A rather obvious trail of thought between the previous post and this. Grass. Farm machinery. Yada, yada, yada. Took them last year outside a knitwear factory I was visiting in Italy_

Categories: random, travel • Tags: colour studies

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