braces

the best of tommy ton's street style mavens is model hanne gaby odiele with this specific look. i've loved the leather brace for years (was it mcqueen who reinvented it?) and am a huge fan of her new take on it. spotted some at that ossington boutique that has topshop in the back....hmmm

for the new year

this kate moss for topshop blazer and

this versace minidress
and the american apparel crinoline

but instead i'll be wearing a yellow silk dress from a now-closed toronto boutique (with a crinoline from a little danish shop underneath?) for my mad men themed new year party. (because that's what was stopping me from picking up the versace)

picture me

just read about this documentary, made by model sara ziff and her then-boyfriend ole schnell, whom she snuck into anything and everything pertaining to the fashion world so he could surreptitiously film what was going on. unsurprisingly, a lot of what was encountered was the dark side to the supposedly glamourous industry - forced eating disorders and sexual assault seem to be the norm, yet a blind eye is consistently used. as ziff reported, one model spoke of a prominent photographer known for his sexy photos who oh so nonchalantly sexually assaulted her, but decided against being shown in the film at the last minute. who wants to bet it's terry richardson, beloved photographer who has multiple rumours regarding his set etiquette....

http://www.fashionologie.com/Sara-Ziffs-Picture-Me-Documentary-Uncovers-Sexual-Assault-Modeling-World-3271323

carine resigns!

the inimitable carine roitfeld has just announced her resignation from vogue france...apparently she wishes to devote her time to personal projects. who will take charge? bets are on current fashion director emmanuelle alt, who is a major player in the fashion world.

http://www.vogue.fr/mode/news-mode/articles/carine-roitfeld-quitte-vogue-paris/6536

the girl....

...with the dragon tattoo...who played with fire...who kicked the hornet's nest. read the first, am in the middle of the second, and need to get the third. the books and character's are all incredibly addictive, especially of course lisbeth salander, my favourite. stieg larsson obviously felt the same about the character and must have modelled mikael blomkvist after himself - man in his 40s, editor of a magazine, interest in curbing the far right (and the receiver of death threats for this), and a staunch feminist. apparently he was witness to a horrific rape in his youth, and never forgave himself for not stopping it, with these books being a response to it. cut down in his prime by a heart attack (you can't tell me that his line of work and connections had nothing to do with it), he supposedly has a forth book half-written. we shall see what happens with it...

that hair

remember that haircut of selma blair's from a few years ago? rediscovered it when looking through a million old vogues (apparently keeping them all isn't an option)...looks like something lisbeth salander would get...

a man with a strong mustache

first of all, what a wholesome-looking man that moshe safdie is! now that that's out of the way.... my mother had been rambling on about the safdie exhibit at the national gallery, so i finally went to see it. i didn't realize it was so extensive, or perhaps i would have put aside more time for it (had just been through 'it is what it is' and my bag and coat were starting to become quite the nuisance). anyways, everything the man touches is gold, from the expo 67 building complex in montreal (which i must go see) to of course the stunning gallery that housed his exhibition! it was interesting to see just how many of his ideas failed to be realized due to financing struggles, or protests (the student building planned for a university in california). how frustrating. what i like most about his work is how he without fail, incorporates nature and gardens and the surroundings into everything. like how the silhouette of the national gallery echoes the parliament across the river. what moshe did with yad vashem - the holocaust museum in israel - is particularly poignant. apparently the criticisms included 'oh god it's just such a cliché, moving from darkness into the light,' but it's not as if he sat on the mountain and inscribed the phrase in big block letters. i think it was done beautifully.