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BEFORE TODAY by Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti

It doesn’t take much to make me feel stupid. Trying to find the words to describe the debut album of Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti at 4AD is just one of many examples I could give you. To me, ‘Before Today’ sounds like an album that Kevin Barnes could be recording if he loved goth bands more than funk ones. Or like the cold wave genre entering a multicoloured psychedelic stage instead of glazing at it's own depression. Don’t mind my threadbare examples; this is the album that will make it onto every interesting top 10 of the year and you don’t wanna miss it.

WE // R \\ WEARING

I can't resist (probably overpriced) basics-with-a-twist. My wardrobe, full of T by Wang, Oak, Bassike and yes, American Apparel is proof of this; and since in Australia, a new favourite has emerged in the form of Nathan Smith. His selection of supersoft tees, tanks and dresses have sucked me into buying multiples of a number of styles in different colourways. You just can't go wrong with these though! Addictively and endlessly wearable - and not in actual fact, overpriced in the slightlest - Nathan Smith is the way forward for your wardrobe.

WE // R \\ WATCHING

I don’t think any series will treat teenagers the same way that Freaks and Geeks did almost 10 years ago. Although relying on every teen American cliché they could, this series was the closest thing to reality you could get whilst still being something fun and interesting to watch – cause, you know, life is boring. With bands like The Who, The Clash and XTC being either part of episodes or the soundtrack, this 80’s based cult show was short-lived (only 18 episodes), but long enough to enrich the careers of some young actors (i.e. James Franco, Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, Busy Philipps and, erm, Linda Cardellini) and is greatly missed. Can we have a movie about them meeting again in the 00’s?

WE // R \\ GOING

Once, a friend of mine wanted to take me to this 'cheap Chinese restaurant', situated in the heart of Liberdade, a Japanese neighborhood in São Paulo. When we got there the place was packed, but because it looked cheesy and kinda poor, I didn't want to wait it out. It took another friend for me to go back there and fall in love with it. Now, every time the mood for some freshly made noodles (you can watch the chief making the noodle dough through a window) framed in some horribly painted pink walls takes me, I go for Rong He. Did I mention the food is also incredibly generous and cheap?

WE // R \\ READING

The ultimate in peeping tom into other, cooler, more fashionable, richer, quirkier and more-hipster-than-thou lives is Todd Selby's The Selby. Having previously been an internet only voyeur's dream, Todd has just last month released The Selby Is In Your Place, a coffee table tome full of twee drawings, colourful interiors and people showering. Half of the images in the books are favourites from the website and the other is stuff he hasn't published online yet. So go check it out, maybe buy it if you can to make your crappy coffee table in your crappy apartment that little bit cooler with pictures of someone else's cool stuff.

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Word Up, Blair Waldorf fans.

Wednesday // July 01, 2009 at 12:03 // filed under Fashion

Jennifer Behr

Ok, so most of us can only dream about having a wardrobe anywhere near as extensive or expensive as Blair Waldorf on Gossip Girl. But what you can kinda contemplate at least, is her hair-wear.

Enter Jennifer Behr, accessories designer. Blair wears pieces by Jennifer Behr in both seasons 1 and 2 in a number of episodes. According to Behr's website:

Gossip Girl Season #1 The Finale!: Leighton Meester, aka Blair, wears the Patent Orchid Headband in pink patent leather. Woman on the Verge: Blair wears the Victorian Crystal Headwrap in cream and the Bubble Stud Headwrap in cognac.

Gossip Girl Season #2 The Premiere!: Leighton Meester, aka Blair, wears the Double Rosette Headwrap in cream. The Ex-Files: Blair wears the Double Row Crystal Scallop Headwrap. Never Been Marcused: Blair wears the Silk Satin Headwrap in Pink.

Trés Blair, non?

Check a preview of the Fall Collection for 2009 in the gallery below...

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PS All of my posts today are dedicated to Gilberto - you made me feel guilty <3

POSTED BY CHRISTEL ESCOSA

TAGS: Gossip Girl, Jennifer Behr // LINKS: Jennifer Behr

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Oh you sexy thing!

Wednesday // March 25, 2009 at 15:08 // filed under Fashion // Art

If Hedi Slimane is my favorite rock'n'roll art photographer, Terry Richardson is my favorite mistress (I know, I'm a cliché). With super sensual shots in all different contexts he is one of the few who still manage to be himself while working for others. So Terry just did an editorial for Vogue Homme International entitled Autoportraits which shows him playing with this sexy blonde bomb wearing the coolest gold watches in town.

I adore the naughty moments therein, but I adore even more when Terry and the model combine their bodies into one sexy thing.

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Blake, Terry and Leighton

Talking about sexy and Terry, he also did a photospread with the Gossip Girl cast for the American edition of Rolling Stone. So you get to see Blake Lively and Leighton Meester sharing an ice cream, some candies and the bed with all the other GG stars supposedly half naked (there's also a pillow fight but meh...).

"They didn't tell us anything about the concept," Blake Lively says. "We didn't know we'd have any props, but we saw this big fun table - like a kid's birthday party. Um, some of it was a little mature for a kid's birthday party. Some of the ... inflatable items...But it's all been a surprise; it's been really fun."

"He had some hot dogs. I'm worried what's gonna happen with the hot dogs," Badgley said upon arriving at the shoot. "I was thinking the exact same thing!" added Taylor Momsen. "When I saw all the props, I wasn't sure what he was going for, but I'm sure it'll be fun," Ed Westwick completed.

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