Posts with tag andy warhol

We could kind of say that we caught it with Kristen's post on this drool-worthy ring, but really, we almost missed the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Bestey Johnson fashion label.

Betsey and her business partner and CEO Chantal Bacon had a big bash last Friday to celebrate their long and successful collaboration, which officially started on Betsey's birthday, August 10, 1978.

She and Madonna pretty much defined style in the 80s and her signature look is just as fun and popular today as it was 30 years ago, with embellished skulls, ruffles and bright colors. To celebrate her anniversary and because of popular demand (the best reason, right?) this fall will see the release of the Betsey Johnson Vintage Collection.

We love to test out new fragrances. Especially, when their smell good juices reside in beautiful bottles that we can place on our counter tops after we're through covering our clothes with their mist.

So we're swooning over the new Bond No. 9 Andy Warhol Lexington Avenue fragrance not only because we're almost sure it'll smell as good as the brand's other scents, but also because the bottle is nothing short of beautiful with its whimsical design. The bright-colored pumps on the bottle were inspired by sketches Andy did in his early twenties.

The new scent was named after one of Andy Warhol's first New York apartments at 242 Lexington Avenue in Manhattan's Murray Hill neighborhood. Andy Warhol Lexington Avenue is being described as "floral-woody chypre" and will hit select stores next month, when Andy would have turned 80.

As usual, this Bond No. 9 fragrance doesn't go for cheap: a 100-ml. bottle for $195, and a 50-ml. size for $135. But Andy never did anything cheap, no?

[via WWD]

Fabien Baron isn't part of this piece, but Charlie Rose is savvy to explore the super-hyped relaunch. Can these editors bring Interview back by conjuring Warhol? Or is it destined to be just another glossy magazine, filled with famous folks?

For fans, there's hardly an art director in the world with Baron's cache. His affiliation with a print magazine is like David Beckham going to Los Angeles. On the other hand, Interview Magazine hasn't been amazing for a while.

It's true the vintage Interview Magazine had an amazing way of portraying stars, fashion and art that was unlike other publications. Every page, even the ads, had the possibility of opening a new world or style. But even with the all star lineup of talent as editors, the magazine has a serious challenge to reflect newness and relevancy rather than recreate greatest hits.

Photography and image production in the digital world are different arts than Warhol knew as a film and video photographer. Today's photography is much more dependent on composition rather than light for starters. But, more importantly, the production and reproduction of imagery that Warhol pioneered has become so much more accessible.

If anyone can be a star, Interview was about the the brightest. These days, there's so many more stars: The editors are stars, the subjects are stars, the photographers are stars and the designers are stars.

Last night I partied like the Warhol muse that I think I am at Fred Segal in Santa Monica. The event celebrated Fred Segal's new pop-up store, which exclusively carries the collection by Damien Hirst in collaboration with the Warhol Factory and Levi's.

The scene was not your typical fashion-event-going crowd; it was very (very) hipster -- lots of grungy boys and girls wearing hoodies, sneakers and jeans (which of course was fitting considering the collection was based on those pieces). DJ's were spinning, drinks were being mixed, and photographers were snapping away -- Warhol would have been proud.

The collection itself was pretty darn cool too! Amazing skull bedazzled jeans, skull printed short-shorts, tee shirts, and one of my favorite pieces were the shiny leather jackets. In fact, I liked the jacket so much that I got one of the hipsters to model it for me.

Check out the store at Fred Segal in Santa Monica on Broadway and 4th Street (420 Broadway).

There are fashion icons and then are my fashion icons -- Edie is mine. This fascinating little lady turned the 1960's upside down with her dynamically different sense of style.

Being surrounded by the arts her entire life as an art student and then later by being Andy Warhol's muse, made her style unlike anyone else's at the time. Her 15 minutes of fame were 15 minutes well spent as far as the fashion industry was concerned.

Known for wearing shoulder sweeping earrings, black tights, leotards, extreme eye makeup and short bleached blond hair -- within minutes of being on the scene every girl was dressing just like her.

Sienna Miller played Edie Sedgwick in the movie 'Factory Girl' and reintroduced some 60's elements into our wardrobes today. To snag Edie's look isn't challenging and is a heck of a lot of fun.

Edie Sedgwick Closet Staples:

• Shoulder sweeping earrings
• Short bleached blond hair
• Tons of eye makeup
• Black tights
• Leopard print furs

No, "Tumultous Assembly" is not the newest fashion craze amoung young hipsters. It's the title of a major exhibit going on right now in LA.

Currently at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles (and running through January 7 of next year) is the tribute to Italy's hippest young rebels since Brutus and Cassius -- that's right, the Italian Futurists.

Arguably the early twentieth century's answer to Andy Warhol and the Factory (minus Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground), the Futurists had their hot moment between 1909 and 1920. Their manifesto? To destroy tradition so that new traditions may arise.

As the saying goes, those who remember the past are condemned to repeat it. But how about those who remember the Futurists?