first look: broken embraces

"Broken Embraces"
directed by Pedro Almodovar
Novemver 6, 2009 (limited)

Tease me. Tease me. Tease me.

until the break of dawn

I MUST attend a rooftop party like this.

free to see the world

What would Jean-Louis Trintignant wear? What would Michael Caine circa 1966 wear? What would Alain Delon wear? I kept those guys in mind when I was looking for some new frames, but I settled on a pair that somewhat in the vein of those guys but also very me. They're Perosl's, so maybe I was actually thinking, what would Steve McQueen wear?

"we've got to start the show in ten minutes!"

Backstage at rag & bone F/W 2009
photographed by Eric Ray Davidson
I was about two feet away from this circus. Fashion shows are everything you want them to be--surreal, unreal, and gone in a flash. Congratulations to Marcus and David and everybody at the M. Steele HQ for putting on an amazing show that can be described in three words: off the chain.

the rogue

Tom Tykwer's "The International" isn't perfect, but it's Clive Owen does what he does best--he's a total badass. He looks like the guy you can grab a couple of beers with, but can also wield a gun like he was born to kill. And for one contemplative moment of cinematic synergy, can we imagine what Jean-Pierre Melville could have done with Owen's steely reserve?

two eyes

In a serious of unfortunate events, I have managed to break or chip both of my glasses in the past two weeks. And of course I don't have back up contacts. Needless to say I am on the hunt for some frames. Suggestions? If I could look as cool as this...
Then I'm okay.

blow out the candles

I turned 25 almost two hours ago. My oh my, where does the time go?

dreams do come true

Funny how a movie I saw ten years ago is still as good, if not better upon a recent second viewing. Thanks to a certain benevolent VHS player owner and some friends that really know how to indulge me on my birthday, I watched "The Last Days of Disco" this weekend. A new birthday tradition, perhaps?

the high priest

Rick Owens
Fall/Winter 2009
Doesn't this remind you of "The Matrix" with a little bit of "The Flowers of St. Francis"? An excellent menswear runway debut for Rick Owens.

modelphilia

Tayane Leao
FORD
Fashion Week begins next week and you know what the means? MODEL LOVE!