dinsdag 30 maart 2010

Nowhere is Rock 'n Roll


One of the biggest bands of last decennium was by far The Beatles, now the famed director Sam Taylor-Wood made a movie out of the story behind this famous band, Nowhere Boy. It's the autobiographic story about John Lennon, about love, family, music and friendship. He tries to escape from the secrets of his family and finally he finds his way in rock 'n roll.

zaterdag 27 maart 2010

In Bed With McQueen


The dead are stil alive, especially when they were genius and worldbreaking talented. In June Alexander McQueen (aka Gareth Pugh) will release an underwear and sleepwear collection for men. Signature design details include stulls on the waistband of boxers and allover prints of feathers, X-rays and bones. Which he also used extensively in his last men's runway collection in milan last January.

MGMTwo


A second album is always hard, especially when your first album called Oracular Spectacular and sold over a million copies worldwide. But MGMT managed the pressure and belivered another wicked album full of crazy, psychedelic, funny and weird tones and good lyrics. This Sunday they give an intimate and secret concert in Melkweg, where they will play their new album Congratulations.

dinsdag 23 maart 2010

D&G made longevity into legend

In the new issue of VMan Dolce&Gabbana were celebrated because of their milestone 20th anniversary. Because of that they mixed and matched al the clothes of their previous collections together into one phenomenal shoot. Since 1990 the designer duo made the men muscular and wild again, with their rough and forceful clothing.

Thank You Too

Hugo & Joachim made this sweet and lovely giftcards, named Thank You. They meant for giving friends and strangers around you attention and respect. On each card is a quote ending with 'Thank You", like 'YOU INSPIRED ME. THANK YOU' and 'YOU ROCK. THANK YOU'. You can order these funny cards at www.thankyoutoo.org

Viktor & Job


The Dutch-Belgian design studio, studio Job, had a new collaboration with Viktor & Rolf, together they developed the new scenography for the Dutch fashion house. The catwalk and backdrops of their autumn/winter 10/11 collection called 'Glamour
Factory' was totally wrapped in a theatrical and 3-Dform titled 'Industy'. It is cool to see how naturally this architectural scene was absorbed by the glamour of the fashion industry.

Hoerengracht


The Hoerengracht is a gigantic piece of art made by the unknown artists and lovers Edward Kienholz and Nancy Redding Kienholz. The Amsterdam Historic Museum shows in their exhibition these artists for the very first time in the Netherlands. They were inspired by the Red Light District and made the Hoerengracht as their artistic answer.