trailer trash - The Hurt Locker

This movie looks absolutely incredible, and is the only film to come out that focuses on what's happening in the war in Iraq right now. If this movie (which opens tomorrow) plays in my area I'm definitely going to check it out. I have a deep fascination with the armed services and after catching Generation Kill last summer I'm ready for more. Thankfully the reviews are stellar [TIME stated it's a "near perfect war film"] so hopefully that will garner it some attention and people will go see it.

The New York Picture Purge Part 1

So I went to New York for a wedding over 2 weeks ago but haven't had a chance to post all the pictures, because of the the Thanksgiving and the madness that was Art Basel (those pics will be up sooner than these were.) So I've decided to just purge all those photos from my phone and share them with you. I apologize in advance for the diluge of pics, I'm a documentarian - which means I had to shoot everything I saw that caught my eye, and have broken it up into a couple different parts

Day 1 of the 2 days I spent at MoMA

Klimt

Klimt

Karl & Klimt

Monet

Mondrian

Mondrian

Van Gogh

Lichetenstein

Warhol

Johns

Pollock

Rothko

Nouvel

Where Don Draper stays when Betty kicks him out.

Mad Men meets The Rat Pack?...The Mad Pack? The Rat Men?

Blusstery Brooklyn Photography or Wobbly Williamsburg camera work

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fashion week favorites - Halston

the first time i ever heard of Halston i was 14 and obsessed with the 70's. i was so fascinated by the era that i went and saw "54," bought the double-disc soundtrack and wished time machines existed so i could dance all night with bianca jagger, andy warhol, truman capote and "the most beautiful man i'd ever seen who would just spin around on his peg leg" according to Tom Ford. Halston just evoked a kind of sexy yet relaxed glamour that was undeniable.

imagine my delight 2 years ago when i heard that "Halston" was once again being resurrected, one of the backers would be Harvey Weinstein and Rachel Zoe woud be consulting. unfortunately things did not work out so great again for Halston, Zoe left/was ousted, their head designer was fired, and there was no real brand identity within the industry let alone the retail market. to drum up some noise and rack up some sales, Harvey dropped a LOT of cash to show the collection at the Museum of Modern Art, and sadly it looks like it may of been a waste. while the collection is very beautiful, it's not terrible exciting. and while i'll always have a special place in my heart for Halston, the clothes for the Spring 2009 collection look like something i wanted to wear when i was 14 and i'm pretty sure i did.

i had a plum tube top from Rampage that was reminicent of this top

... and a cream top from Express that looked just like this

... and i wore something like this to prom my freshman year of high school