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Monthly Archives: March 2009

want it! not.

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Shepard Fairey’s Studio Number One has done the artwork for the Saks Fifth Avenue Spring 2009 WANT IT! marketing campaign. It’s very much in the Fairey propaganda style – an interesting approach from a luxury retailer like Saks. Done this way, the campaign doesn’t look very luxe. The graphics are bold, no shame, in your [...]

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best face forward

Monday, March 30, 2009

Dermalogica is hoping to appeal to the tweens with a new skincare line featuring California pics and craaaazy product names.   The new line – Clean Start was developed with the help of a 20-member council of boyz and girlz ages 12 to 20.  Oh, the awkwardness…
Seriously though, we love how this product line is [...]

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natural beauty, shmatural beauty

Saturday, March 28, 2009

NYT T magazine’s blog has a cool model-morphoses tool that shows you the before and after makeup transformations of models at the fashion shows. Pull the slider over their faces to see their bare faces and the after makeup faces. In some cases, they go from natural beauty to scary not-so- beauty. guess [...]

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Valentino: The last emperor

Friday, March 27, 2009

 
“What do women want? They want to be beautiful.” – Valentino
The obsession with fashion continues with Matt Tyrnauer’s documentary portrait of Valentino that opened March 18 in NY at Film Forum. WWD reported yesterday that its the highest-grossing documentary debut of 2009, making it one of the top Film Forum premiers.  An homage to the [...]

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Beauty is in Retro-grade

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Old is making a mainstream comeback in the beauty biz, whether is the ancient elixirs of the Pharaohs or getting that perfect 50’s pinup ‘do, the beauty industry seems to be harking back to the good old days.  And why not, with sales dropping at record pace, we all might just need a little familiarity [...]

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dip it in leather

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Natalia Brilli’s S/S accessories 09 collection … i covet. i covet. these everyday items – from headphones to a skateboard to a rolex watch – look as though dipped in a vat of black, glossy leather. look closer and you’ll see sunglasses embossed on the outside of a sunglass case, a wallet with credit cards [...]

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Audrey Tautou, Bond no. 9, burgers, etc.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

potpourri for $600, Alex.  this week, we’ve combed the headlines and are giving you a little taste of everything because we just can’t make up our minds.  in fact, we can’t even decide if we want to throw in a pu-pu platter reference.  guess we just did.  ok…here goes:
Ok, so we were obsessed with Amelie [...]

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Wanted: 1 house for 1 euro

Monday, March 23, 2009

 
Yes, there’s nothing wrong with your eyes. 1 euro. For a house. In Italy… sort of.
It’s quite brilliant actually. Vittoria Sgarbi, the controversial (former art critic and onetime anarchist) mayor of Salemi, Italy (pop. 11,436) has launched Progetto Terremoto – Project Earthquake – to revitalize the cultural stature and historic center of the town where many [...]

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moodwall, anyone?

Friday, March 20, 2009

If you’re looking for some legit uppage on the mood front, jet to Amsterdam asap and check out the Moodwall. 
The Moodwall is a 24 meter long, interactive light installation in a pedestrian tunnel in Bijlmer. Built out of 2500 led lamps behind a semi-transparent wall, the Moodwall responds to people passing by with moving lights [...]

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OMG It’s MJB and Her BFF! with Joey Silvestera

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Hola. MJB here. Welcome to my weekly video posts where I talk to my BFFs. That said, I couldn’t be in the same video as my BFF Joey Silvestera of blackstones salon (super cool owner and hair stylist extraordinnaire – see below video)  this week but I did want to say hi, so here’s my [...]

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