Someone made the point that there has been a lot of macho imagery on catwalks this season—the military influence being a case in point—but at Lanvin, I think the “toughness” only highlighted the vulnerability of the boys. (I’ll go on calling them that however much Alber and Lucas insist they’re growing into men.) This simply isn’t a man’s world anymore. And if that isn’t an emotional sticking point for the average male, I don’t know what is.

-Tim Blanks' spot-on (as always) assessment of this past men's FW10 fashion week.

Julie Christie at the premiere of Doctor Zhivago (one of my all-time favorites) in 1965. Found this on lingerie designer Araks Yeramyan's worthwhile blog here.

Obsessed

Grizzly Bear's latest video for "Ready, Able." The technicolor claymation forest awesomeness comes courtesy of artist Allison Schulnik.

The Next Magazine

A step-by-step demo of reading the next generation of Sports Illustrated via an e-reader.
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Heaven, According To Bernhard Willhelm

6) Heaven is…?

BW: What we love:

-Birds flying towards us and then flying away again.

-The moments between moments, when you’re happy.

-Cafes with two guests and a dog.

-Streets made of golden sunlight.

-Meat and dumplings at home.

-The high of sex.

-A lot of money when we earn it, not later when we spend it.

-Art at the moment it’s created.

-Something too expensive that we can afford.

-A certain smile.

-Elephant showers.

-Death, as long as we’re not dying.

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Sunset to Sunrise

"That carnage has left behind an island of misfit toys, trains whose cabooses have square wheels and bird fish who are trying to swim in thin air." -my favorite line from David Carr's recent NYT's piece on the state of media today.

It's dark, but the silver lining is bright:
"Somewhere down in the Flatiron, out in Brooklyn, over in Queens or up in Harlem, cabals of bright young things are watching all the disruption with more than an academic interest. Their tiny netbooks and iPhones, which serve as portals to the cloud, contain more informational firepower than entire newsrooms possessed just two decades ago. And they are ginning content from their audiences in the form of social media or finding ways of making ambient information more useful. They are jaded in the way youth requires, but have the confidence that is a gift of their age as well.

For them, New York is not an island sinking, but one that is rising on a fresh, ferocious wave."

OMG Girlz: Lil Wayne & TI's Daughters Form Pop Group

Saw Baby Carter flex her rap skills in the Lil Wayne doc "The Carter," which is amazing btw. Can't wait for this.

Heaven Can Wait

I want to go to there

Life's A Beach

We Are Handsome -- a collaboration between Indhra Chagoury and Jeremy Somers -- is a fantastic new swimwear line out of Australia. For now the line solely includes a standard one-piece style, which is then printed with an iconic vintage image. Topped off with a pair of Erdem sunglasses: perfection.

The latest specs from BLESS. Pretty badass if you ask me.

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