spotted at the shonen knife/teengirl fantasy show over the weekend. you can go to smart shanghai either today or tomorrow and see the rest of the photos from that show. check out that tour tshirt! it’s from 2010 and it kinda blew my mind. uhhhh danzig, GNR, cinderella, slayer, billy idol, bachman-turner overdrive (i guess they dropped the ‘overdrive’?), rick springfield? germans have really really bizarre festivals. here’s the full size image if you want to see the full line-up.
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so my friend abe deyo texted me over the weekend and asked me what i was doing on saturday – i said i was mostly free but had some things going on, and i got a message back saying “how would you like to meet john galliano and be backstage at the dior show?” uhhhh, yeah, ok!
so i turn up on saturday and find that dior has set up a massive, half block long building right on top of the bund. crazy! the gig turned out to be 2nd photo assisting roxanne lowit, a lovely lady with the craziest portfolio. the entire experience was total madness, basically like everything you think about fashion in your brain but right there in your face. soooooo… kelis played the afterparty, the personalities in fashion are fantastic and crazy and hilarious, and you can see more on my flickr set HERE.
also, here are some things i learned:
a) the fashion world is way way way crazier than the advertising world (duh).
b) bernard arnault is not “bernard arnault”, but MR ARNAULT, always.
c) john galliano is amazing!
d) you have to rub stuff on a model’s legs before they walk. maybe something to do with the shine, but also because some of them have that gross anorexia hair.
e) everyone associated with dior is really, really tall.
xo
PS. took these photos on my crappy dinky tiny little sony cybershot, i think there’s something wrong with the focus…. wish i had taken more photos!
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goodbye austria, hello london!
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yessssssss, it is valentines day and it’s the first day of the year of the tiger! we arrived in kitzbühel via munich and london a few days ago, but there has been no wifi anywhere, can you imagine? the flight to london was uneventful, mark’s new apartment in west london is amazing, with a crazy view of the parliment and big ben. we flew to munich the next day, and rented a car (they messed up our reservation and so we are tooling around in a fancy BMW X5) and drove the 2 hours to austria. the cabin we’re staying in is very very sweet, and the two days of skiing we’ve done so far have been incredible. i haven’t skiied in a few years, and i took a 2 hour private lesson (with the ridiculously named yet charming BRUNO). still, i’m terrified of going too fast (as usual) and memories of childhood ski trips and bailing super hard are still too fresh in my brain – i like to call my style of skiing more of a ‘controlled slide’ down the mountain.
we’ve been eating pretty much nonstop, (after consulting monocle’s city guide) we stocked up the teeny tiny cabin fridge with amazing fresh produce and meats. also, yesterday, we ate at the the michelin 2 starred rosengarten, ummmmm hello amazing. above are some photos of the food orgies we’ve been having.
1. neng myun at the beijing airport (surprisingly tasty, but a bit too sweet + no self serve mustard and vinegar)
2. mark’s rotisserie chicken + green beans and potatoes, our first meal in london.
3. first breakfast in the cabin, i made open sunny side up + cheese sandwhiches.
4. chili con carne on the mountain for lunch.
5. cheese and meat platter for a post ski snack.
6. we found nice meats at nicholaus fuchs, and i came up with lamb for dinner.
7. sausages + 3 cheese egg scramble for breakfast.
8. amazing (and rich) (and pricey!) dinner courtesy of chef simon taxacher.
another post coming soon! so excited to meet up with collin and kate tonight! wheeeee austria.
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this time of year is always filled with chinese new year celebrations, everyone’s having some kind of party and the weekends are a madhouse of bopping around and indulging in too much. on friday, we dropped by the Nike Year of the Tiger Cortez release party, with a performance by PET CONSPIRACY, a puppet show and more. afterwards, we hit up rodney and natasha’s Central Studios CNY bash and then stumbled over to shelter to see KIDFRESH play bananas. his music was a-maaazing, peep his blog HERE.
on saturday, i went to the jellymon cny dinner, they held it at this amazing private kitchen in XJH, one of the best chinese meals i’ve ever had, and not only was the food fantastic, but the jellymon family are such warm, funny, wonderful people – it’s so great to see a fresh creative agency with young, amazing talent. sitting down to dinner with all of them really made my evening, i’m really looking forward to seeing what great things they come up with in 2010.
also on saturday, john robinson’s house party! i’ve uploaded a flickr set here and that’s about all i’m going to say. if you’re looking for photos from my personal collection of that evening, just email me! rooahhaa.
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heads up, my latest photo gallery is up on smart shanghai. lighting was poor at dream factory, they didn’t come out as nicely as i would have liked but you can still check them HERE. also, hey hey hey how exciting, only ONE WEEK till john & i are in the UK and Austria, skiing up a storm. xo
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had such a great time at BADTASTIC VS BANANAS! we had a bit of a late start but the place was bumpin’ by the time it mattered and thanks so much to everyone who made it out. hurrah badtastic!!
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photos from the ANDREW BIRD show at dream factory. frankly, not one of the best shows I’ve been to, mostly due to the crappy sound situation at dream factory, as well as the general layout of the venue. when that place gets packed, it’s a miserable time, anyone not standing within a couple feet of the stage can’t see anything except for the tall assholes in front of them, which leads to alot of chatter and general sounds of revelry from the back. still, i had a good time, i stood on the wings of the stage for a while and he really is a great performer, as well as an excellent whistler. yay!
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IT’S WEDNESDAY! only two more days till the weekend, only three more days till BADTASTIC VS BANANAS! am very excited about the upcoming andrew bird show, i’ve never seen him live but some friends have told me he’s the most amazing dude ever. also, i kinda want to hang out with him, we both studied music performance in school and so maybe that means we’re soulmates?! ohhhhhhh. there’s a nice MP3MONDAY article on him in today’s smart shanghai.
(speaking of smart shanghai, they’ve posted my MAOLIVE photos in their gallery, go have a look + thanks to the site for their awesome shoutout, guess this means i’m gonna have to update my site more often?)
finally – i was just looking through my flickr page and noticed that i’d never posted the above two images. both are from last weekend, a very random and hilarious saturday evening where we somehow managed to get dragged into a hummer limo birthday party (some friends and i ran into these people at a bar, we don’t actually know them but who can say no to a bunch of screaming foreigners behaving badly?). the other image is from earlier on saturday, our two cats hanging out, high on cat nip.
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