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.