Tues 20th May: PonyTail

Maki Lou Lou's (a regular visitor to our studio) special commissioned cuffs grace the cover of the 1st issue of Ponytail Magazine. In addition to this, there is a spectacular folded paper collar and fur pom pom. The shoot was styled by Rachel Garcia and shot by Jonathan Hallam.

Sun 18th May: Skin & Bones

"Skin & Bones" is the fashion/architecture exhibition on at Somerset house this summer. I confess to ignoring the architectural displays to make room in my brain for processing the amount of mannequins on display. In a similar way to the SuperHero's exhibit (both sharing Chalayan Remote control dresses) this is an excellent opportunity get close to beautiful garments. Its a real treat to spend time inspecting show pieces by Junya Wattanabe, V&R, McQueen, Boudicca................not to mention the whole set up from Chalayan/Tomlinson furniture fashion show which was the most exciting feature for me. For fans of Comme and Yamamoto it is very heavy on these designers so hot-step it down there asap.

NB These images are not from Skin & Bones. Photography is not permitted so Ive included my photo of a V&R piece from the Arnhem Biennial. Also from Arhnem, is this outfit by Yoshikazu Yamagata which I just had to include here for its literal reference to Architecture........................

Monday 19th May: Aurevoir Irredescance

A few of my signature pieces are made using an irredescent foil. I have run out of suppliers as it seems its not being manufactured anymore which has been a relatively tramatic relevation for me. But as a positive send-off, this head piece has just been published in Russian Vogue, shot by Ellen Von Unwerth and styled by Simon Robins.

Saturday 17th May: Photographer's Gallery

To finish off a day at the museums I nipped into the Photographer's Gallery on my way home. I got drawn in by his work in the exhibit on of new Colombian photography. It is a wall of daily updated passport pictures over 7 years by Juan PabloEcheverri. Its fascinating and astounding how much he radically changed his appearance just via his hair and facial hair. When I was at university and photo booths were only £1 I used to regularly do a similar recording of my style evolution. Its a shame I stopped because otherwise I would also have a 7 year catalogue that i reckon would be quite a colourful journey............

Fri 16th May: Shoe Trivia Part 3

There is much admiration for the Pointer shoe advertisments amongst our studio and we just discoverd that the art director is Hannah Draper who is in the next door room to us. Here is a snap of one of her shelves with different Pointer point-of-sale pieces.
Coincidentally Alex Cunningham worked on a Pointer editorial shoot for Amelia's magazine last summer (seen here shot by Annie Collinge). So 2 sides of one wall were working on Pointer projects and we only just made the connection!

Fri 16th May: Shoe Trivia Part 2

Whilst in NYC I met a Columbian artist Jessica Mitrani who has been working on various shoe designs that combine both feet (inc. a towering platform). This is a still from her movie "Mary Jane".

Fri 16th May: Shoe Trivia Part 1

This is a snap from one of my excursions whilst in NYC. I was investigating Balenciaga at Barneys and heard comotion coming from the adjoining shoe department.................and discovered a signing by Christian Louboutin with a line of giddy trust fund fans clutching thier prized heels................having to wait even longer due to the impromtu arrival of queue-jumper Naomi Campbell.............

Additional Tenuous Trivia: The Tim Walker exhibition poster (designed by Wren Studio) features a Vogue editorial image of Lisa Cant as a bunny girl in a red room wearing Christian Louboutin red soled shoes. I was assisting Shona Heath on this fairytale shoot from 2004 which also featured a portrait of the shoe designer himself and Nigella Lawson in a ShoeMakers Elves narrative..........complete with gigantic pile of his shoes which was quite a distraction to prop!

Thurs 15th May: "I love Pictures" at DSM London

Back in London and so much to catch up on........

Here is Andy Hillman's installation at Dover Street Market in conjunction with the store exclusively selling the Tim Walker book "I Love Pictures". The exhibition opened last week at the Design Museum and runs thru till September. Photo courtesy of Andy's assistant Alex Cunningham who designed these fantastic drums which light up at night.

Tue 14th May: Adios my Super Heros

Thee Super Heroes = A beautiful illustraition of Three AsFOUR by Luis Cascante to mark their inclusion in the current Met exhibit.

Tue 13th May: NYC Rainbow Round-Up

The 150th anniversary "Pop" rainbow neon windows at the brand's Louis Vuitton 5th Avenue store:


Literally "The New Museum" which has sprung up as a rather incongruous statement on the roofline of the Bowery I once knew...


A flashing floor in the West Side Gentlemen's Club at the launch of Doug Aitken's new photography book "99cent Dreams"

Mon 12th April: NYC Interiors III - Chez Angela & GABi

Mon 12th April: Olafur Eliasson Part 2

Monday 12th April: Deitch Opening - Mihaw in the light show

Monday 12th April: Deitch Opening

"Absolutely Venomous Accurately Fallacious (Naturally Delicious)" is the name of the new project by AVAF at the riverfront Deitch Gallery in Long Island City. It is a colour crazy constructed landscape with artists collaborating in sculpture and murals. The opening night held an interactive "demolition" disco with lightshows, projections and performances. It was truly insane in the best possible taste (according to my culmitative cosmic taste that is!) and has given more urgency to my dreams of going to Rio for the carnival............

Sat 10 April: NYC Interiors Part 2 - Chez ADi

Sat 10 April: Olafur Eliasson Part 1

Sat 10 April: 125th birthday

To celebrate its 125th birthday, the Chelsea Hotel is having an exhibition of inhouse photography this weekend. There are portraits from previous residents and guests including Charles James (personal highlight), Patti Smith, Warhol, Grace Jones etc......Each photo is accompanied by a letter of the photographer explaining their history/connection to the hotel with memories noted to extend the atmosphere of the images...........

Sat 10 April: Colour at the MOMA

My luck is in because the exhibition at the MOMA at the moment is "Colour". Yipee!!!! Here is just the floor of the entrance ...........

Sat 10 April: All things shiny at the MET

Three AsFOUR have a piece in the new SuperHero exhibition at the Met museum which was unvieled this week. It is an outstanding show and a fantastic chance to get close and inspect such exquisite garments. It really is the best of the best of incredible creativity in the industry and Im so glad that this is being celebrated. Unfortuneatly photography is not permitted so here is a picture from where I went afterwards................. to get a good blast of sunlight straight into the rettina from the reflections of these Jeff Koons sculptures on the Met's roof garden.

Sat 10 April: Keith Haring Mural

Whilst walking Luna we checked out the new Mural dedicated to Keith Haring on Houston and The Bowery. He first painted this piece in 1982 and it has been recreated in memory of his 50th birthday to celebrate the talent that is missed by the downtown art community.........(and globally) ...........

Sat 10 April: Liberty Print Nike

Dropping off my lookbook at Opening Ceremony I bumped into Brit-now- NYC resident Emma Reeves who took me to the launch of the new Nike Liberty Print Collaboration at the store.

Monday 5th April: Paper Magazine HQ NYC

Angela took me to meet Kim Hastreiter at the new midtown home of Paper Magazine. Here she is in her office which is a treasure trove of colourful paraphernalia and research. The 2 editors famous for their distinctive spectacle frames, are immortalised in these fun portraits on the reception area walls.

Monday 5th April: Milk The Weasel, Pull The Rug, NYC

The catacombs of The Sculpture Center were taken over by the work of "Director of Behaviour" Michael Portnoy. Sculptures and performances which felt a little like a casino from another planet, where the currency is strictly "Squirrel Dollars" and participation was encouraged or you were evacuated under order.

Monday 5th April: Silver Cage NYC

Sunday 27th April: Ponystep Launch

On New Years Eve Richard Mortimer closed the doors to Boombox and has since been devising his new magazine project entitled ponystep.com. Last night M.A.C hosted the launch, in line with its ongoing support of Mortimer's events and crowds that merge music, fashion and makeup. Here is Matthew who had undergone a M.A.C magic wand for the event with other friends of Gareth Pugh who started spinning the night's soundtrack.

Sunday 27th April: 7 Deadly Sins

Vanni was delayed flying in from Milan so unfortuneatly for him but fortuisully for me .......... I joined Anna for the last London performance of "7 Deadly Sins" by The Tiger Lillies. She 1st took me to see them in 2005, so I have had a few years to digest and grow to love thier witty poetic lyrics on themes of beastiality, rape, murder, terminal illness,............. all things we should not laugh at but somehow they manage to reduce you to tears of laughter and extreme cheek ache.

In this new show I was mesmerised by the eerie sounds from the doublebass player transfering his bow over to a musical saw on a few tunes. And equally captivated to watch him conjure and manipulate the atmostphere playing his Theremin. Here you can see Martyn's beautifully decorated green accordion (complete with name inlay), custom-made by Fantini of Italy.

"Cult London 3 piece The Tiger Lillies play a twisted fusion of pre-war Berlin cabaret and avant garde music hall in deranged anarchic gypsy style.. .................................The Trio are fronted by singer Martyn Jacques who trained himself as an opera singer with a castrati style voice of heartbreaking beauty"

Saturday26th April: Quant Dissertation

Im at home and have remembered to dig out my mum's project on Mary Quant from 1967 (have wanted to blog this for some time). It includes original magazine tears, cosmetic boxes, swing tags, labels, knitting patterns,and stationary. "It is her regard for practicability which I most admire and the fact that she puts great thought into her designing. She has not only created a 'look' but a way of life as well". Now I just have to dig a bit deeper to find some pictures of my mum at the time to see what she means!............. I think white lipstick is going to crop up! (sorry these photos are back to front)