Fangtasia Lust: November 2009

Thursday 26 November 2009

Wednesday 25 November 2009

Rubbish Magazine has made 4 box sets of finger puppets from each fashion capital:

New York:
André Leon Talley
Zac Posen
Donna Karen
Hamish Bowles
Ralph Lauren

Paris:
John Galliano
Karl Lagerfeld
Sonia Rykiel
Jean Paul Gaultier
Alber Elbaz

Milan:
Donatella Versace
Giorgio Armani
Miuccia Prada
Viktor & Rolf
Anna Piaggi

London:
Giles Deacon
Vivienne Westwood
Paul Smith
Luella
Christopher Kane

credit: CocoPerez

Pin-Up Girls

Tattoo

I have 6 tattos "midnight forever" on my feet, a star behind my ear, diamond skys and vampire teeth on my arm and y name in my mouth.

Tuesday 24 November 2009

edie and holly

Has anyone else noticed the parallels between Edie and the Holly Golightly character in Breakfast At Tiffany's? The film is mentioned in Factory Girl, though only superficially. I think many aspects of the character reflect Edie, for example:

-Holly is raised on a farm and runs away due to family conflicts.
-Holly becomes a street smart New York socialite/society girl.
-Holly is an extroverted free spirit who runs away from personal issues and refuses to be 'put in a cage'.
-Holly is considered shocking and somewhat vulgar for her time but has an innocent sweetness that charms everyone around her.
-Despite Holly's glamorous image, her lack of paid employment means she rarely has money and mostly gets by on charming rich friends into giving her cash.
-The book comments on the shifting position of mid-century art into the consumer culture, Holly's self-constructed persona being the major symbol.
-The death of Holly's brother affects her deeply and causes her to live faster and run away from personal issues even more.
-Holly considers all the rich men she escorts "rats"; Edie says she wouldn't marry for money because all the rich men she knows are "pigs".
-Holly is arrested for being paid to send coded messages to a drug dealer; Edie was also arrested for dealing drugs.
-Holly is suggested to be a part-time prostitute in the book; Edie prostituted herself to a biker gang.
-Holly inspired a an author of fiction; Edie inspired numerous songwriters.
-Horses are a reoccurring motif in the book, symbolising Holly's untamed rejection of social convention, as they were in Edie's life.
-Holly says you can always tell what kind of a person a man thinks you are by the earrings he gives you, Edie said someone could assess her psychological condition by her earrings (okay that was a random one)
-Holly runs away at the end of the book to find her new home, leaving the ending ambiguous, similar to Edie's own ending.