[MUSIC] REX THE DOG

Rex the Dog (real name: Jake Williams) makes energetic electrohouse. His debut album was released in August 2008 by Cooperative Music. He has also remixed tracks by The Knife, Depeche Mode, Client, Mylo, The Prodigy, Röyksopp and Soulwax.

More information can be found at www.rexthedog.net.

cool guys! info from last.fm

[FASHION] RICK OWENS SS11

All images from dazed & confused online. First picture from rickowens.eu x

[SALE] ZAMBESI

30 - 50% OFF EVERYTHING!! BAAAAAAAAARGAIN. I was lucky enough to snap up some cool shorts and last seasons anorak at 50% off in the VIP sale!! Cool stuff. GA-A GA-A

[OBSESSION] GAGA

What more can I say?

[ART] janet cardiff

Janet Cardiff
Born: 1957, Brussels, Ontario, Canada
Lives and works: Berlin, Germany, and Grindrod, British Columbia, Canada

The Missing Voice 2001 for Artangel - download audio files

[FILM] Alejandro Jodorowski's The Holy Mountain

It is hard to define and explain Alejandro Jodorowski's 1973 cult classic 'THE HOLY MOUNTAIN'. The Holy Mountain is a extreme view of the sensitised concepts of life and has to be seen to be experienced. Highly recommended - alas not everyone's type of film.

Give up your pleasure, your pain, your friends, your lovers, your life, your past, what you desire. You will know nothingness, it is the only reality.

[MUSIC] battles

Battles is an American experimental rock group, founded in 2003 in New York City. The band's current line-up comprises guitarists Ian Williams (formerly of Don Caballero) and Dave Konopka(formerly of Lynx), drummer John Stanier (formerly of Helmet), and Tyondai Braxton (son ofavant-garde composer Anthony Braxton), who plays keyboard and guitar and creates live voice samples.

Check out their wicked album MIRRORED

these guys are hitting it big now!

[FASHION] DAMIR DOMA

//INTRODUCING: DAMIR DOMA

//DAMIR DOMA is a high-fashion and luxury brand founded in 2006 by the designer Damir Doma and the Paper Rain Group. In a very short period of time DAMIR DOMA has become an established name among the great luxury brands in Paris, and the collections are available in leading fashion boutiques worldwide.

Damir Doma’s collections seem lit by a soft, melancholic quest for fluidity. Inspired by identity’s multiple expressions and the link with the fragile, ephemeral quality of the body, he creates pieces that explore interpretations of contemporary masculinity.

The Croatian-born designer grew up in Germany and studied fashion in Munich and Berlin, where he graduated in 2004 with magna cum laude for the best collection. The young designer then went to Antwerp, where he worked for Raf Simons and Dirk Schoenberger. It was his time spent at Raf Simons in particular that broadened and shaped Doma’s perception of fashion and the arts. Under Simon’s mentorship, the creation of his personal aesthetics was kindled; leading him to infuse soulfulness and sensitivity into his work.

In 2006 Damir Doma started working on his own collection. After joining Paper Rain in 2007, he made a promising debut during the paris fashion week, where he presented his first menswear collection in June of that year. A strong following has ensued since, which has translated in commercial success in leading fashion boutiques around the world.

In October of 2009, the first collection of SILENT was introduced. This collection, created by Doma, offers a line of accessible basic mens- and womens garments and accessories, suited to a high-fashion aesthetic. His collections to date, with layered sheer fabrics, and draped silhouettes, veer towards a thoughtful and complex sensibility.

The latest AW10/11 menswear collection showed us beautifully draped silhouettes of raw cotton, flawing cashmere, and washed leathers in multiple shades of brown, grey and black. In March 2010, DAMIR DOMA presented its long anticipated first womenswear collection during the fashion week in Paris.

The AW10/11 women's collection featured voluminous coats in perfect balance with fitted jackets and jerseys with draped necklines in a muted colour palette of mixed greys, dirty green, chocolate and midnight blue. Paradoxically, with his quiet quest for a fleeting serenity and his creations of subtle and layered looks, Doma somehow seeks tranquility through a kind of gentle transgression.//

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[FASHION] Ann Demeulemeester AW 10/11

I have a picture of Ann which has been my desktop background

for ages now. Possibly my favorite designer, she continues the

dark side of Nom*d but just giving it that more of an edge and

international feel.

Am I starting to notice a high collared neck trend for this winter?

But not like turtle neck, a wide, quite round collar?

Very excited to have these up.

PS in love with the model in the first pic on the far left

[images: dazed and confused]

[MUSIC] The Eastern

Fantastic local band:

The Eastern from Lyttelton Harbour

Fantastic country music

[I know the party has been]

[FASHION] Rick Owens Menswear AW 10/11

Nice boots, cool gloves, androgynous models

[images: dazed and confused]

[BEAUTY] sukin

Really is amazing skin care. I'm using the Facial Scrub, Toner, Cream Cleanser,

and Night lotion = stunning.

I often find it hard to know what to trust, but this stuff is fantastic, and very

unabrasive. My skin has NEVER been better. Very nourishing stuff. Nice and

buttery.

Works well with my Aesop stuff too and cheaper. $9 each for toner, cleanser and

scrub, night lotion $18. Fantastic stuff.

A MAGAZINE CURATED BY maison martin margiela

Desperate I am, apparently these are out of stock.

If anyone has one to sell to me please email me!!!!!!

x

Nom*D Turncoats WINTER 10

TURNCOATS / NOM*D WINTER 2010

We used to be good children. And then we grew up and we ran away.....

For Winter 2010, NOM*d presents... Turncoats, a journey from innocence to experience,

with a few lessons in non-conformity along the way.

They started out as paragons of virtue. Modest pinafores and sober suiting are

rendered in a God-fearing palette of black, khaki, and virginal white. Bibs and

aprons are key shapes for young pilgrims, with the military accents and reworked

tailoring that are the hallmarks of NOM*d.

But good children must grow up, and at the heart of Turncoats is the adolescent rite

of passage that leaves no little girl (or boy) unchanged.

Tie dyed velvet and brazen flashes of silver remind us that there's more to life than

hoping for Heaven. Worldly delights are referenced in accents of leather and velvet,

adding an unexpected sensuality to garments worked in wool jersey, sweatshirting

and flowing rayon.

The conflict between conformity and self expression is embodied in leather pieces

that literally cage the body, a witty play on the possibility of throwing off what shackles

may bind you.

The journey this season is towards self-knowledge, and just as knowledge transforms

us, so too vintage fabrics and traditional shirting are reworked into dresses

and tailoring as the old becomes the new.

This is a wardrobe for visionaries, brave enough to find their own path. Being yourself doesn't

necessarily mean being alone in

this world. Some of these children grow up, and make their way back home.

Their rites of passage enacted, in a blaze of blues and purples, the Turncoats take

their place in a confident new world.

Aesop

Aesop launched in 1987, offering botanically based skin, hair and body products for men and women.

They have signature stores in London, Paris, Zurich, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taipei, as well as throughout Australia.

Since their beginning, they have not wavered from our intention to create a range of superlative products. They remain committed to including the highest-quality plant-based ingredients, and make judicious use of non-botanical elements such as anti-oxidants, once we are confident research has proven them safe and effective. The exquisite scents for which Aesop products are renowned are an incidental treat.

Aesop values all human endeavours undertaken with intellectual rigour, vision, and a nod to the whimsical. They make every product with the same attention to detail that we believe should be applied to life at large, taking into consideration the needs of your skin, the specifics of your environment, and the constraints on your time.

They advocate the use of our products as part of a balanced life that includes a healthy diet, sensible exercise, and a regular intake of good books.