Author:Jauretsi | Posted: March 30th, 2009 | Filed under:Music |
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First it was Prince, then Puffy… Is it me? Or is it a bit creepy when certain artists get so big, that they make inflated big decisions like changing their name overnight. I can understand Prince’s name-change due to the fact it was some sort of solution with a record label battle. Puff’s name-change (to P.Diddy) was also a bit odd but it wasn’t so drastic so the ripple effects were few.
Enter Kanye West — who is now announcing he expects to be addressed as “Martin Louis the King Jr”. You have to have cojones to name yourself after one of the most important Civil Rights leaders. On top of that, to mash-it up with the name of Luxury brand (Louis Vuitton)?
Anyway, you can’t make this type of behavior up. See the video he filmed in Paris for yourself.
(This is the reason friends don’t let friends post videos impulsively).
J
Crystal Moselle is a cool chick. She is also a filmmaker, documentarian, and works for amazing commercial clients like Adidas. Here, Crystal directed a little video lookbook that shows the new season of Jewelry designed by Bijules. The Music is a lovely and trippy ride by a band called Lucky Dragons. Check out the tricked out nails too!
Author:Jauretsi | Posted: March 23rd, 2009 | Filed under:Film |
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“Entertaining and even poignant… capture(s) the swan song of haute couture’s most long-standing icon.”
– Natasha Senjanovic, The Hollywood Reporter
The Valentino documentary premiered last Friday in New York’s Film Forum. It is written and directed by Matt Tyrnauer, a longtime Vanity Fair Editor/Writer. The film followed the couture icon for 2 years — in Paris, Rome, London, NY, Gstaad, and aboard Valentino’s yacht. We see intimate moments of his relationship with partner, Giancarlo Giammetti, and see him address a tumultuous time when he was asked about his retirement. Matt’s camera captures Valentino’s love, life, and work from an insiders point of view.
“(An ) affecting, disturbing and hilarious portrait of a till-death-do-us-part relationship.”
– Lee Marshall, Screen International
“Seems at first like pure escapist fun… But the film’s potent, bittersweet undertow makes it one for the ages. It reveals one of the past century’s most elegantly lived lives – and a world that is slipping away even as the camera roll.”
– David Colman, The New York Times Style Magazine
“The luxe, rara avis world of the Italian couturier and fashion designer… fused with wit and self-deprecating humor. With great style and editing, the film captures the deep-ted relationship of two men, one a business genius and one a dressmaker who swept through the sixties on the hems of his delicate, feminine suits and fine evening dresses, favorites of Jackie O and Elizabeth Taylor. (Tyrnauer) took a difficult subject – a fashion brand and its founders – and told the story of how fashion as art has to bend to the winds of commerce and modernity.”
– André Leon Talley, Vogue
