Forget Coachella. There in the desert, unleashed, raw imagination is at the core of an upcoming gathering lead by renown artists Karen Kimmel, Tanya Aguiñiga, Cathy Callahan of Cathy of California fame, bag designer Clare Vivier and teeming with underwater photography, skateboarding, sneaker customization and smores. […]
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A rose needs 81 hours to grow and thrive. A factoid that I was not aware of regarding my namesake flower. But this bit of horticultural insight inspired the premise of the new short “81 Hours In One Suitcase” directed by pals Aaron Rose and produced Apple Via for the brand 81 hours. […]
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The brisket was delectable and the iced Tecate like gold dust at a jam-packed reception marking the six-week showcase of the mighty talents of Marfa at the Heath flagship in Los Angeles. […]
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Joey Grana of Scout and Richard Wainwright of NEW/FOUND are back this Saturday evening and all day Sunday with their wonderful vintage marketplace, A Current Affair, in the penthouse of downtown’s Cooper Design Space. […]
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Friends at Harper’s Bazaar had their skates on this morning. On the heels of Michel Hazanavicius beating Martin Scorcese at last night’s Academy Awards for Best Director bragging rights for his equally praised “The Artist,” which took the ceremony’s top honor as Best Film of the year, the magazine unveiled just minutes ago a portfolio appearing in the April issue inspired by the film and created in collaboration with Michel. […]
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Life is good for Gary Oldman. As he charms his way through interviews and parties in L.A. this week in the run up to hearing his name announced in the best actor category at this Sunday’s 84th Academy Awards, he also marked the opening of his collaborative photography exhibition with lensman Jack English Thursday night at the Paul Smith flagship on Melrose Avenue. […]
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Part of the pleasure of a road trip is the discovery of delicious places to fill our bellies. On our somewhat-spontaneous adventure to San Francisco this last week (to catch the final hours of the SFMoMa show on elderly design icon Dieter Rams, and, across town, the first days of the nascent star Miss Nora Woods) , we found such a place for lunch after our first night out, in wine country Paso Robles. […]
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…being able to get silly every Valentine’s Day with talented pals such as photographer Ramona Rosales and Nina’s dear “uncles” Joseph Brooks and Garry George, who returned from India with this fab frock which immediately served as the inspiration for this year’s theme. […]
Posted in Art, Design, Love, StyleCONGRATULATIONS to the talented Arianne Phillips for her Academy Award nomination in Costume Design for her beautiful work on W.E.!
This is Ari’s second Oscar nomination, and so well deserved. […]
Posted in Art, Current Affairs, Film, StyleCRAZY HORSE Trailer – Documentary by Frederick Wiseman
With Andy spending his last night faraway in Paris after a freezing weekend navigating Maison et Objet, I thought of the upcoming release by acclaimed documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman on that marvelous Parisienne institution, the Crazy Horse. […]
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Got kids? Today at 1 p.m., I'll be speaking on the positive influence of great design and art on the little ones at the Affordable Art Fair at L.A. Live in downtown. […]
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If you haven't yet, get yourself over to the MOCA Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood to catch the final hours of Hedi Slimane's ode to the Golden State and first solo museum show, California Song. […]
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If the best job in the world is one where it doesn't feel at all like work, then being able to glam it up and cohost a party with truly fabulous pals such as Tracee Ellis Ross, Hutton Wilkinson and Nina Clemente (as we're all pictured above) was a great gig, indeed. […]
There are many truly inspired facets to the city-wide art celebration that is "Pacific Standard Time." One that simply shines is the short film featuring rap icon Ice Cube taking a ride to the Eames House and kicking back inside while he connects the legacy of the influential couple to that of the modern green movement and even the art of mash ups. […]
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In spite of a career as journalist-curator-retailer based on endlessly ferreting the Next Big Thing, I've had an equally consuming passion for the past. What people wore and surrounded themselves in served as a intuitive mnemonic system for me to recall my school history lessons, thanks in large part to growing up with a mother who frequented dusty antique shops and garage sales and filled our family suburban home with stuff a century-plus years old. […]
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A great plug for my second book and upcoming party in this week's The Hollywood Reporter. "Where the Young Turks Go To Drink," is a two-page feature by Alexis Johnson and Degen Penner spotlighting the new wave of hangouts caterting to the entertainment industry's rising power players. […]
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Consider this an open invitation to my first talk/reading and booksigning this Thursday for Fred Hayman – The Extraordinary Difference: The Story of Rodeo Drive, Hollywood Glamour and the Showman Who Sold It All at the downtown campus of the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising. […]
The question over what to masquerade in later this month was resolved with the mail today. A box arrived with a trio of handmade masks I'd recently ordered from Kalon Studios.
This weekend's inaugural Art Platform—Los Angeles, the city's entry in the modern and contemporary art fair circuit, offered the opportunity to see the work of new artists, catch up with pals who were exhibiting…and avail 14-month-old Nina with new stimulation to "ooh" at. […]
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I cringe at talk about the good ol' days, when folks go on about how their generation really rocked the establishment with their bold art and even bolder ways of having a sinfully outrageous time. […]
