From the monthly archives:

March 2010

SNAKES ARE THE NEW BLACK

by hurricanevanessa on March 31, 2010

Poor models.
Not only can they not eat chocolate cheesecake, but in 2010, they have to work with snakes.
This shoot for of Edita Vilkeviciute for Vogue Espana, was shot by David Vasiljevic and styled by Barbara Baumel and co-starred Gnasher The Python.
(No, I don’t really know what the snake’s name is.)

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WHO IS CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN’S MOST ARDENT CUSTOMER?

by hurricanevanessa on March 31, 2010

New York Magazine reports that, in a sole-destroying (apologies) year for luxury brands, one upmarket shoe label bucked the trend.
Christian Loubutin boasts to Vanity fair that he saw growth well into the double digits in 2009, selling 340 000 pairs of his trademark red-soled shoes.
To whom does he owe his success?
Patricia Field, the stylist for [...]

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BETH DITTO ON THE COVER OF PAPER MAGAZINE

by hurricanevanessa on March 31, 2010

Firstly, just an aside:
A party political broadcast for the Magazine Industry, if you like.
Humour me.
Where would the internet be without magazines?
Trawl blogs ‘n websites, for just half a second, and attempt to ignore the degree that “the digital now/digital future” feeds off the content of it’s paper-based sister.
Maybe the print industry (or, let’s just call [...]

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WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS COVER?

by hurricanevanessa on March 31, 2010

I’d say nothing at all.
Mwa Jill looks joyful, gorgeous, real.
But The New York Post’s Page 6 reports: “Jill Scott is unhappy with her Essence cover. The voluptuous singer told Editor in Chief Angela Burt-Murray the “bosomy” (?) image was “unflattering” at the “Why Did I Get Married Too” premiere. “We love the May cover, and [...]

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BUT IS IT ART? THE LAMBORGHINI LIFT

by hurricanevanessa on March 31, 2010

Me?
I crave a simpler life.
And I don’t dream of viewing, for every waking minute,  the inevitable, f*****g Mama Car, which lurks, shark-like, in my future.
But, there are playas who dream of a Playboy hutch, complete with Lamborghini lift, direct to the lounge.
A conversation starter!
As demonstrated here, in the  Tokyo-based, Takuya Tsuchida-designed KRE House.
The client’s instructions [...]

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QUICK QUIZ FOR MAMAS: WHO ARE THESE TWO HANDSOME DEVILS?

by hurricanevanessa on March 31, 2010

Humanised Timon and Pumba.
One seen, never forgotten, I fear.
Oh well, Hakuna Matata, etc.
By nandomendonssa, via The Daily What.

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LIKEABLE LUCKY SPERM OF THE DAY: ELETRA WEIDERMANN

by hurricanevanessa on March 31, 2010

Her Mama is Isabella Rossellini, Granny and Grand Pa are Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini, and she is a …sigh, model, as all Lucky Sperm seem to be.
She is, obviously, absolutely beautiful.
With that gene pool, of course she is.
Daddy is Johnathon Weideremann, a Microsoft Design manager who used to be a model, and the rest [...]

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MOORE DEMI COVERS

by hurricanevanessa on March 30, 2010

Can you remember the last Demi Moore movie you saw?
Me neither.
But, in her new career as jobbing cover girl of glossy magazines, she’s ..everywhere.
Harper’s, W, now here, on ELLE UK.
Looking pretty.

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WHAT’S HOT AT BEIJING FASHION WEEK. GOOD, BAD AND WTF?!

by hurricanevanessa on March 29, 2010

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ARE YOU READY FOR HAIRY UNDERWEAR?

by hurricanevanessa on March 29, 2010

Who on earth would go for knickers like these?
And where on earth would you go to find them?
They’re designed by Tärähtäneet Ämmät, a Finnish Art duo, with a sense of humour.
The Hairy Underwear not only includes these lovely pubic panties, but also hairy-chested tank tops and hairy leggings.
In Finland, where the winters are long and [...]

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