I covet: androgyny & aphrodisiac dolls by Jason Wu!

Dirty Martini is my homegirl

I always love me some Dirty Martini. I haven't been to Vandam in ages but I love seeing her there or elsewhere. Her energy is infectious and she's one of the most genuine people around...and we studied dance at the same school way way back in the day! I never picked up this issue of V magazine so was thrilled to see this amazing photo online...and an interview as well. Almost a year ago but still worth reading.

Sick photo of Kristin McMenamy by Steven Meisel

Vogue Italia of course!

Steven Meisel - Photographer
Kristen McMenamy - Model
Karl Templer - Fashion Editor/Stylist
Pat McGrath - Makeup Artist
Orlando Pita - Hair Stylist

Inspiration: Lea T

My design for Gay is Okay.

I LOVE: Great Big Hair

Hana Soukupova by Pavel Havlicek for Harper’s Bazaar Mexico December 2010

 

Love @ first gigabyte.......xox

Love @ first gigabyte.......xox, originally uploaded by Verity W.

Tribute to Alexander McQueen by SHOWStudio

merry x-mas

Because life looks just like this

Happy Holidays!!!

This is my holiday design for "Gay is Okay" an ongoing project with Eric Baum. Wishing you all the happiest holidays.

Don't Ask Don't Tell is Repealed

My postcard design for Gay is Okay in response to the repeal of DADT

Carine Roitfeld leaving French Vogue

As if you haven't already heard...I adore her style. It's up there with Kate Moss & Gwen Stefani for me...and I had no idea she was behind the brilliant Gucci ads of the Tom Ford era!

Because Gay IS Okay!

 

I'm really excited because today I joined Eric Baum in the Gay is Okay project. In a response to the bullying and the general homophobia he began putting up postcards online that read "Gay is Okay" as a counteracting measure. Some are funny, some are political and all of them make you think about things a little bit more. From here on out I will be alternating with Eric on the postcard designs and this is my first one. What do you think?

Thoughts on French Vogue, Tom Ford & Kiddie Porn

Yesterday I wandered into a magazine store in the city and saw the December French Vogue and was almost giddy when I realized that it was almost completely devoted to Tom Ford, one of my favorite people in fashion. (I felt similar when I picked up the issue all about Kate Moss!) I also love it because it's an opportunity to practice my french and I appreciated when Tom said he was tired of the Cult of Youth and backed this up with a brilliant and provocative shoot of an older couple.

There was also a shoot he did that was a sort of parody of plastic surgery that I liked okay, but it felt kind of like a rip off of a shoot that Steven Meisel did in Italian Vogue a few years ago...but overall everything related to T.F. in the issue made me happy.

What didn't make me happy –in fact annoyed the shit out of me was a spread in the beginning of the magazine that had little girls dressed like women. Now I might get called too "politically correct" for hating this, but let me be clear: I hate it. And I'm not sure if it's a cultural thing, that in America we have those ridiculous children's pageants where little girls are sexualized without evening being aware and maybe in France they just find it amusing but I find it maddening. It's not even shocking: it's like that rapper guy Vanilla Ice or Howard Stern at his worst. Poor taste to get a reaction. And so I'm doubly annoyed with myself that I am reacting to it. But anyone who can't see the relationship between these kinds of images and kiddie porn and pedophilia are delusional. Or perhaps never knew a young girl who has been sexually abused. In my opinion let's please at least consider puberty before putting make up on kids –even in the name of "fashion" –we can do better than this!

shooting with katy from sugarlaws

While I love finding great looks on the street and at parties in NYC the downside is you have very little control over the environment which makes experimenting kind of difficult. So recently I collaborated with Katy from the blog Sugarlaws and we stopped by two of my favorite stores Eva NYC and Honey in the Rough and dressed her up in some looks which I photographed. Photos from both shoots will be going up on both of our blogs. But I wanted to post a few here in the meantime. The one on the top is from Eva's and is more of an experiment but I like the effect. The one on the bottom is from Honey in the Rough which was really small so I'm happy some of the mirror shots worked out.

Me and George

Lately, I have been learning valuable lessons about friendship and how actions are so much more important than words. George is one of my dear friends that I saw for the first time in months last night when I stopped by his party at Griffin in the Meatpacking area. The party was amazing but more amazing was seeing all of the wonderful people that surrounded him. Living proof that great energy attracts the same! So a word to all of you overworked New Yorkers: make sure you take the time to see those who you love and love you outside of your immediate family! xo k

i can't believe

that I haven't yet posted this month! It's been so crazy busy that I can't keep up with myself much less take the time to thoughtfully write something! Well, I will at least try to put up a photo a day here that inspires or amuses me...just because. These photos can be filed under SERIOUSLY?

I walked into a Strawberry's store in lower manhattan the other day to hear someone on my cell phone and was in shock and awe by the sheer tackiness of the clothes. I haven't been in one of these stores in ages and I always thought of it as similar to Forever 21 but this is true hookerwear - or worse. It is so poorly made and cheap that you wouldn't find it on the floor of a stripclub. In a word: scary.