tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40442530706351596412024-02-07T02:13:52.010-08:00Subject EyeSubject Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537949300862604509noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044253070635159641.post-70035197564000534322013-07-07T10:53:00.001-07:002013-07-07T10:53:33.594-07:00Group Therapy
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">If you are an adult who chooses
to live in NYC on purpose, you may find that you stumble on a rough patch (or 2
or 10). Some years ago, I decided that I wanted to outsource some of my angst, so I went for a
therapy intake (I had also tried to go to therapy once before, but ended up
dating the intake therapist for a few years. But that’s another story and unethical
kettle of fish).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I wasn’t sure therapy would
be for me, as I found it hard to complete one of the first tasks, which was to complete
this sentence: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial;">People who live in glass houses should…<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I responded,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-family: Arial;">Make sure they have great home insurance policies?<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-family: Arial;">Well, what type of glass house are we talking about?
Do you mean a glass structure designed by <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.richardmeier.com/www/">Richard Meier</a> </span>or <a href="http://www.calatrava.com/"><span style="color: red;">Santiago Calatrava</span></a>?<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I suppose my answers led Intake
Therapist to place me in a <i>high-functioning</i>
group therapy session. What does high-functioning mean? That we can speak at
least 3 languages, do aerials and bake the perfect soufflé? I agreed to try one
session, which included a garden variety of typical New Yorkers: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial;">1 grossly
overweight and overstressed male Wall Street trader<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial;">3 women who were
battling anorexia and/or bulimia<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial;">1 male with<span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/social-phobia-social-anxiety-disorder/index.shtml"> </a><a href="http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/social-phobia-social-anxiety-disorder/index.shtml">social phobia</a> </span>(which is not the worse thing to be in
NY)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial;">1 fidgety fidgeter
(too much caffeine?)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Very Angry Person (rage disorder)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Clearly I was in the wrong
group. I should have been placed in a group of people who loved architecture,
fashion and refused to answer stupid questions (is there a <a href="http://www.dsm5.org/Pages/Default.aspx"><span style="color: red;">DSM 5</span></a> category for this?) Anyway, this is what I
learned from the first session: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial;">That 2 <i><a href="http://www.tictacusa.com/en/"><span style="color: red;">Tic Tacs</span></a> </i>can
be considered a meal <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial;">That the world
of a Wall Street trader is very stressful, yet the rewards can be great (and
obviously full of calories)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial;">When a very,
very angry person bounces a chair forcefully off a wall, one should be very,
very quiet. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Group Therapist managed to
calm <i>VVV Angry</i> and urged us all to
return for the next week’s session. Since most of us feared for our lives, returning
seemed quite unlikely. Group Therapist assured us that the next week would be
fun, as we would be doing a music exercise. I was curious as to what a
therapeutic music exercise could possibly be, though I suspected it was some
sort of ruse to get us all to show up again. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">As it turned out, the
exercise consisted of us all writing down our names on a piece of paper and
placing them in a hat. We all drew names and we were to choice a song that
reminded us of said name and person. I drew the name of one of the <i>food+eating it challenged</i> women. I chose
a song I knew she would like (<i>American
Girl</i> by <a href="http://www.tompetty.com/"><span style="color: red;">Tom Petty</span></a>), which she did. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">When it came to be my turn,
you can imagine my surprise when I read the lyrics that, in one girl’s mind,
personified me: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial;">Jump down, turn around, pick a bale of cotton<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial;">Jump down, turn around, pick a bale of hay<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Was this some sort of joke,
Miss Anorexia #3? Who was she telling to pick cotton? I could have been in a
French class or at the gym but I found myself in a dreaded group therapy
session being insulted by someone who based her entire existence on laxatives
and a piece of candy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">That was the moment I ended
group therapy. I did learn something about myself, though: I learned that other
people’s glass houses are nothing close in idea to mine. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Sometimes it is difficult is
be concise. I decided to give myself some perimeters that will keep me tethered
to keeping it brief. I’ve written some musings about fashion in the form of Japanese
<a href="http://www.modernhaiku.org/"><span style="color: red;">Haiku</span></a> poems, which uses very few syllables within 3 lines. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">There’s <a href="http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/the-circus-of-fashion/?ref=t-magazine"><span style="color: red;">Suzy Menkes</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"> in the front row maintaining</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><i><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/pages/t-magazine/"><span style="color: red;">New York Times Fashion</span></a></i>-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Any human not in blue jeans<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">is now an icon?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">PUNK is at the <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2013/PUNK"><span style="color: red;">Met</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">and so are some artworks by<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Swap</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Lynn Yaeger, I will<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">trade you Mr. Dishy for<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">(What? She really likes one of my beaus.)</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Lynn Yaeger via <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://thegorgeousdaily.com/">TheGorgeousDaily.com</a></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Hedi Slimane sir, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">your last collection was
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">will sell like hotcakes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">wearing the same <a href="http://www.prada.com/en/gatsby/video?cc=US"><span style="color: red;">Prada</span></a> coat,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Anna Wintour and Marc Jacobs via </span><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">The Independen</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">t.co.uk</span></span></a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Isabella Blow,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Anna Piaggi- both gone<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">the field lies barren.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Punk: (not much) Chaos,
Some Couture</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Not all and yet most<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">who went to the Met Ball
served<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.hellomagazine.com/fashion/gallery/2013050712449/sarah-jessica-parker-met-ball/1/"><span style="color: red;">High School prom</span></a> theme looks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">In her black mesh dress<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Miley Cyrus did me proud<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I used mesh so much.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Madonna and me in Holland in 1983 wearing clothing I designed for us. </span></td></tr>
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<u><span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Inspiration</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">When there’s a stalemate<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I watch <a href="http://www.davidbowie.com/"><span style="color: red;">Bowie</span></a> videos<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Healing style Rx.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">My Perfect Moment with
</span><a href="http://www.vogue.com/voguepedia/Grace_Coddington"><span style="color: red;">Grace Coddington</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Thanks for asking me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">about fabric in Paris-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">glad I could answer. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I was watching a television
show about a couple’s comical travails. Things were going well between me and
the TV show until the lead female character gets engaged. Then it is revealed
that this character has been previously engaged five times! I hate her. I truly
hate her, even if she is fictional.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I’ve never been married. I
think the marriage boat has been set aflame and has permanent sailed away from
me. I’m probably being punished by the marriage Gods for using ‘boat’ as a
wedding metaphor. I resent not getting married. I should be on my second or
third divorce by now. I hate being called a “girlfriend”. At my age, one
doesn’t call a woman a ‘girl’. It is insulting. A girl does not have the life
experience I have. A girl does not have the arsenal of skin care products that
I have. A girl does not let herself only be photographed upside down because it
is her better side. And does the ‘friend’ part of the word mean I’m supposed to
be friendly? These days, chance would be a fine thing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">There needs to be a word for
an attractive older woman who has relatively kept her figure and has perhaps a
slice of her former charming personality left that she lets out for a viewing
on alternate Tuesdays so she may have the chance to meet a nice middle aged man
who will of course come with his baggage checked in at my emotional front desk
and that will mean in his case at least one ex-wife and one or more children
that I will have to love as he does unconditionally even when they introduce me
as Dad’s girlfriend. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I’ve tried using the word
paramour. I like the word paramour (as a word), but it is so <a href="http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/"><span style="color: red;">Elizabethan</span></a>. Actually, it is so Middle English (or <a href="http://www.webpages.ttu.edu/joseppri/oldfrench/langue.html"><span style="color: red;">Old French</span></a>). And it doesn’t really work. It denotes an
illicit type of relationship as well as a being a word used for lover (and
lover is just not a good enough job description). I’m just not up to doing
anything illicit these days. With age comes the ability to <i>not</i> run very fast. And I don’t wear the type of shoes that one can
run in. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I could be called a
courtesan. If I time traveled and lived in the noble court of <a href="http://www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/charles2.htm"><span style="color: red;">King Charles II</span></a>. I don’t know how those gals did it,
those courtesan women. Not only did they have to have sex, they had to be
attractive <i>and</i> well dressed. They
also had to be ready at a moment’s notice to engage in witty conversation about
music, art and be abreast of the latest political news. I can handle the well-
dressed part. For everything else, I would have to hand him a newspaper. And
hopefully there are some escort services listed in the back. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Concubine is not a good word
either. It feels very harem making. I also don’t like the word mistress. Or
whore, slut, hussy, lady of the evening, tramp, trollop, vamp, temptress or
floozy, except for comedy reasons. But I do like enchantress. Enchantress
sounds so magical. I would love it if a man would introduce me as his
enchantress. It sounds so seductive. Like I could hold an audience in sway,
while he pulls rabbits out of a hat.
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I’m supposed to be married,
or widowed or something other than a girlfriend by now. I guess I could be
called a female companion (no, this sounds like an archaic product, like a
plastic rain scarf). I could be called a female associate that I spend some
time with type of chum. A woman person amongst the things in the world
enchantress consort. I think I’ve just solved my title problem. I hope this
term catches on. If you ever need to greet me, see that you use it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">My passion for <a href="http://www.anarchyinajar.com/menu-and-tasting-notes/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Anarchy in a Jar</span></a> started innocently, with a small jar
of blueberry jam that was given as a gift. While I love blueberries, I am not usually
a fan of blueberry things. Now though, I can happily admit that Anarchy in a
Jar has altered my view. The jam was a perfect combination of berries spiced
with anise seed and juniper, but there was also a surprising addition of rum. This
jam found its way on top of something every day until it was gone. It was so
delicious that I wanted to try all that Anarchy in a Jar had to offer (I’ve
tried many and they all were equally distinctive and ambrosial).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Anarchy in a Jar was created
by Laena McCarthy a few years ago. She started with a small production of jams,
marmalades and chutneys, but the demand for Anarchy in a Jar grew rapidly and has
expanded beyond the borders of Laena’s Brooklyn environ. I sat down with Laena
at <a href="http://www.smorgasburg.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Smorgasburg</span></a> to find out more about the
genesis of her delectable concoctions and what new and imaginative flavors
she’s been cooking up:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">When did you start your company? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I started Anarchy in a Jar
in 2009. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Did your formation of Anarchy in a Jar happen at
the same time that your beau, Ben Flanner, was starting the urban rooftop
organic garden The Brooklyn Grange?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Ben and his former partner
had created the <a href="http://rooftopfarms.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Eagle Street Rooftop Farm</span></a>. Ben
was creating and building <a href="http://www.brooklyngrangefarm.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">The Brooklyn Grange</span></a>
when we met.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">How do you source your ingredients? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I source my ingredients
wherever I can find good, delicious elements. I use responsible farms. I’m
inspired by talking to people. I usually start with a seasonal fruit, like 600
pounds of organic blueberries. I found the most delicious berries grown by a
handsome farmer from Maine (it didn’t hurt that he was handsome). Sometimes <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.grownyc.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">GrowNYC</span></a> </span>is a great source of ingredients. I can suggest
it and they can find it. They are a wonderful resource. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">I adore your logo design and jar! Who came up
with the design?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I did. I just played around
with types of fonts, shapes etc. I knew the type of jar and label I wanted, so
I created it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Are there canners in your family?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I first learned canning from
my Mother. I used to help her can and prepare preserves when I was young. It’s
been fun helping her as an adult too. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">I find your flavor combinations absolutely
dreamy. Do you find yourself dreaming about jam and chutney recipes? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Oh yes!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">A mutual friend gave me a jar of your spinach
pesto. It was the best pesto I’ve ever had, and I make a very good pesto. Would
you mind telling me the secret of your pesto?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">It had very little spinach
in it. It was a ramp pesto. I first had ramps in Italy. I’ve always loved the
flavor of ramps so I thought I’d create my own pesto using them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Your jam and jelly flavors are so inventive. How
have you been inspired by your travels?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I have done a lot of
traveling and I’ve lived in various parts of the world. I lived for a year in
Antarctica. I do love meeting people and cooking with them. A great way to get
to know a place is to experience the food. I also have friends who are
bartenders and they are very helpful with flavor ideas. One of my favorites is
the <a href="http://www.cloverclubny.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Clover Club Bar</span></a> in Carroll Gardens. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">I’m such a savory girl, but I’m so in love with
your jellies and jams. I have a feeling you are a savory girl too. What
attracted you to produce such sweet delicious things?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I eat more savories, but I
do love both sweet and savory. I think I eat more savory things. I love the
perfect combination of sweet, salty and savory. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">You can find stockists, workshop info and Laena
McCarthy’s book aptly titled <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Jam On: The
Craft of Canning Fruit</i> on the ever evolving<a href="http://www.anarchyinajar.com/"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Anarchy in a Jar </span></a>website.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">You would have to have been
deeply removed from your very own head, news media or nature itself (if you
live in the tri-state area) to not know of the wrath of <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/11/01/us/sandy-POD-index.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Hurricane Sandy</span></a>. It’s
been almost one month since the storm pummeled our shores, demolished our
electrical power lines, felled buildings and flooded our homes. There were
people who lost their lives and people who lost all of their belongings. Existence
in this region had to be analyzed, reconsidered, reconfigured and will never be
the same. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I knew I was prepared for
the storm (I finally had a use for all the damn candles that always manage to
find themselves wherever I am). Or so I thought. Nothing could prepare me for the
bright aqua lightning, the aberrant buzzing sound of the circling wind, and
seeing an uprooted large tree fly by my window. I was aware there could be
power outages. I just didn’t think they would last for over a week. I had to
figure out an all-purpose wardrobe: something that was warm, comfortable and
could be waterproof if need be and tolerated if it needed to be worn for many
days. I hadn’t thought about clothing in this way since I was a young Girl
Scout preparing for a camping trip. I did have to entertain myself for longer
than I thought I’d have to. I drew, I wrote and I read; my Kindle became my
best friend. Gone were public transportation, electricity, warm showers and
sarcasm, like so many of the things I took for granted. I came out on the other
side of Sandy inconvenienced and a bit dazed but unscathed. I consider myself
very lucky.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Cement slabs that once supported a boardwalk in Spring Lake,NJ.Photo by Erika Belle. </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The first Sandy related
benefit I attended was at <a href="http://nymag.com/listings/bar/mister-h/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Mister H</span></a> club in the <a href="http://www.mondriansoho.com/en-us/#/home/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Mondrian Hotel</span></a> in Soho. It was
organized by the fashion website <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://stylelikeu.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">StyleLikeU</span></a></i>
and called for donations of much needed household cleaning supplies. I’ve worn
black rubber gloves to nightclubs in my day and as a former bar/club owner,
I’ve carried many a full trash bag out, but it was a first for me to bring
trash bags and packaged gloves into an event (along with giant bottles of bleach,
soap and sponges). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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cleanup has started in earnest, but there is still much work to be done. There
are more many benefits to attend for those in need and for those who have lost
their homes. Please continue to support this recovery in any way that you can
(money, volunteer work, food and clothing donations) I found these sites very
helpful for direction of where and what to donate:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.nyredcross.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">The American Red Cross, NY</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(aid can also be given to NJ & Connecticut chapters)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I recently walked around
much of lower Manhattan with my seminal good friend Kimberly Logan-Hynes.
Kimberly is the Costume Shop Manager of the <a href="http://www.fgo.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Florida Grand Opera</span></a>. She and her lovely daughter Lucy were in Manhattan for a
vacation, but both also had an agenda to complete. Both women wanted to visit
yarn stores, as they love to knit. I always wanted to learn how to knit, but
being a lefty and only finding right handed instructors has kept knitting
something I can only admire from afar. For me, fall and winter are merely an
excuse to wear sweaters. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Kimberly needed to find a specific
shade of blue yarn to complete a project, and I was rather confident that this
would be easy to accomplish here in New York, with so many specialty shops that
cater to artisans of all types. We started our mission at <a href="http://www.habutextiles.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Habu Textiles</span></a>, which is a shop where one can find many varieties
of yarn from Japan, and ended at <a href="http://www.purlsoho.com/purl"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Purl Soho</span></a>, which
once inside I saw yarn of every width and color (almost). There were other
stops in between, but despite our nearly Arthurian ‘yarn quest,’ the desired
shade of blue was a no-show. Kimberly vowed to continue her search elsewhere. Who
knew what a labor of love knitting could be? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Who indeed. As a matter of
fact, my friend Lindsey Degen knows well the passion for knitting. Her <a href="http://lindsaydegen.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Degen</span></a> line is mainly knitwear – though knitwear as
you’ve never seen it before. Her Degen S/S 2013 collection was inspired by the
individuality of ‘street style’ and her desire to move away from the trappings
of technical design into a more liberating ‘do it yourself’ or ‘make it yourself’
ethos. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Lindsey assembled a group of
like-minded designers and artists to help her execute this season’s endeavor.
Cobbler Chris Coulthrust, in conjunction with <a href="http://www.converse.com/?CSID=62308_kwid/#/home"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Converse</span></a>
sneakers, created the fantastic footwear. The crochet hats were produced by the
milliner Amy Cakes, and Claudia Baethgen designed the denim wear. The melded
and multifarious jewelry design was by the artist Meredith Iszlai and Lindsey
Degen. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Lindsey believes that the
revolution will be <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">craftivised </i>and
she implores us to take action, own our decisions and ‘make it’! And hopefully
we will be able to do this by finding and making it in the colors that we need.
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I asked my friend Monika
Kowalska her inspiration for the Spring/Summer 2013 season. Mona (her nickname)
replied, “Cotton, I really love cotton.” On view this season was a collection
of her wonderful cotton wovens and knitwear. Mona is the designer of clothing
and accessories for her label <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://adetacher.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">A Détacher</span></a></i>, which
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Mona designed for a number
of small clothing companies in Italy before moving to Paris to take the helm of
the design team at <a href="http://www.soniarykiel.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Sonia Rykiel</span></a>. After that, she moved to New York and created <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Détacher</i> in 1998. Her store in Nolita is
a stalwart go-to location filled with beautiful items that are dependably
unique and wearable. Every season I’m excited to see the fruition of Mona’s
creativity. Her singular aesthetic is a magical balance of fashion that is
refreshingly new and instantly timeless. And as always, the collection was expertly styled by Haidee Findlay-Levin, assisted by Caitlyn Leary and Gemma Harben. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">A detail from my favorite jumpsuit. The alpine print was designed by Monika Kowalski & Caitlyn Leary.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Masha in an ecru sweater. The makeup was designed by Miyako Okamoto for Shiseido.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I was always the type of kid
that drew outside the lines in the coloring book. There was more freedom in the
space outside the constraint of borders and edges. I tend to be attracted to
people who not only march to the beat of a different drummer, but who do so unabashedly
and unapologetically. This could absolutely be said of the fashion icon, writer
and muse Anna Piaggi. I was fortunate to see Ms. Piaggi casually walking down a
street in Milan during a Fashion Week years ago. This was such a memorable
thrill for me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I know I’m not alone in my
sadness on hearing that Piaggi had died last week at the age of 81. At <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.vogue.it/en"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Vogue Italia</span></a>,</i> she was an editor of
hundreds of editorial spreads, contributed to many other fashion journals and was
a muse to fashion legends <a href="http://www.vogue.co.uk/spy/biographies/karl-lagerfeld"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Karl Lagerfeld</span></a> and milliner <a href="http://www.stephenjonesmillinery.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Stephen Jones</span></a>. Actively selecting
not only beautiful and historically significant clothing and accessories for
five decades, she honed her distinctive style into a consistent cultivation
that remained fearless and incomparable. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We may not all wish to make
music, dance or create art, but we all must put on clothes. It can sometimes be
done with great discernment. For Anna Piaggi, it was a passion that was akin to
art. She stated that all of the items in her vast wardrobe were purchased with
serious consideration and never out of impulse. She also was a proponent of
dressing stylishly with economy, reinforcing the fact that style is something
individual and singular, on which a price tag cannot be hung. Her expressive
looks may have spoken volumes to some. For me, they felt quietly reassuring even
as they clearly stated, “Be unique”. For Anna Piaggi, everyday dress was a physical
manifestation of well-curated personal chic, elevated to the sublime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">Anna Piaggi at the<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> <a href="http://www.givenchy.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Givenchy</span></a> </span>show in Paris, 2008. Photo by Eric Ryan.<br /></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I was never one to fuss with
my hair. I decided to wear it very short many years ago. Not because I felt
politicized or wanted to make some sort of Afro-centric statement. I believe
the short-cropped style I sport looks good with my head size and facial features,
and hair care can take up quite a bit a time and money. I made a conscious
choice to use my time daily for other exploits: clothing, art, food, daydreaming,
books, skincare, music, and tending to my other various obsessions.
I guess you have to choose your battles.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">It is not a fluke that the
first African-American millionaire in the US was Sarah Breedlove, who was known
as<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> <a href="http://museum.madamewalker.net/video-on-madam-walker/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Madame C.J. Walker</span></a></span>. She earned her great profits by developing hair care
products for women with high melanin content. I guess she figured out that
women would pay anything to make their hair do something it was not meant to
do. Like become straight. I knew after the hot comb experiences of my youth that
I would try to avoid replicating any part of this activity as an adult. I also
made a promise to myself avoid the advanced chemistry class that is the
deployment of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.dailyglow.com/the-top-best-relaxers-for-black-hair.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">‘relaxer’</span></a> </span>on my hair. If I have to be high strung, I’ll be damned
if I let my hair <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">relax</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I did try to wear hair extensions.
Once. I went on a dinner date, and one of the bolder extensions chose to fall
off my head and onto the table, so I was done with that nonsense. I also wore a
wig to a fashion event. Once. I thought I was channeling my inner <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000047/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Sophia Loren</span></a>, but
more than one person told me they were confused by my ‘Church Lady’ look. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">People make the mistake of
thinking that it’s easy to sport a shorter hairstyle. I can tell you it is not.
While it may seem easier because I can “do” my hair in approximately 37 seconds,
it is no picnic to hear the comments my hair seems to provoke. I cannot control
random children from shouting “Mommy, Mommy look, that lady’s bald!” — which I
am <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">not</i>, by the way (<a href="http://www.parenting.org/article/top-5-strategies-managing-childrens-behavior-public"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">the little brat</span></a>).
I also have to find someone who can cut my hair every few weeks. It’s not an easy
task: my hair grows in unusual patterns, much akin to crop circles. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The best person I found who
truly understood how to cut my hair was from <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16218116"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Uzbekistan</span></a>. The first thing he
said to me was, “You have nappy hair’. To which I answered: “That is not the
kind of thing one says to ensure repeat business from me.” But as he clipped I
had to ponder: “There’s nappy hair in Uzbekistan?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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think I’ll change its style any time soon. As long as my head remains
streamlined, so shall my hair remain closely cropped. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">I took this photo of my friend, model <a href="http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/fatou_n'diaye/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Fatou N'Diaye</span></a>. She wears her hair short too.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></div>Subject Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537949300862604509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044253070635159641.post-2593615426439425142012-06-30T13:19:00.002-07:002012-07-05T05:51:02.358-07:00<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 16pt;">The
A-Muse-ing Sue Tilley</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">My friend Sue Tilley called
herself ‘Big Sue’ for as long as I can remember. I first met Sue in NYC in the
early 1980s. I always admired her tenacity and frankness. She was one of a pool
of cool girls around town who had amazing style and presence, which takes more
than just clothing to achieve. It’s one thing to construct an individual and memorable
style, but you also have to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">emote</i>
something else as well (more on this topic in a bit). The French may call it <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">je ne sais quoi</i> but I think the Spanish
term is more apt for what we children of the night had: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">cojones.</i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Sue was the woman who manned
the door at the infamous London club <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Taboo</i>.
She also performed with her friend the provocateur and performance artist <a href="http://www.leighbowery.net/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Leigh Bowery</span></a>. I recall one of their performances at <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Area</i> where they dressed in very ornate
costumes as the King and Queen from a deck of cards. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Sue also worked as a
doorwoman for an East Village night club. Being a door person could be quite glamorous, but it also always
comes in tandem with danger. Sue was involved in a scuffle at the door of this
club and she was shot. She was rather matter of fact about it, calmly telling
me it was merely a job hazard. I met her at the ‘go to store for all your
nightclub needs,’ Patricia Fields. I was looking for…you know, another tube of pink
lipstick. Sue was looking for some foundation to cover the bullet hole scar. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Sue moved back to London and
did something that many parents of artistically inclined children wished we
did: she got a sensible job with benefits and daylight work hours, becoming a
clerk in a government job center, and thus lending her job title to one of the
most famous portraits painted in the last century. Leigh Bowery made the
suggestion to the realist painter <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/22/arts/lucian-freud-adept-portraiture-artist-dies-at-88.html?pagewanted=all"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Lucian Freud</span></a> that his friend Susan might be a
good subject for a painting. A meeting was arranged, and Sue agreed to sit for
Lucian.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was doing by choosing Sue as a subject, as she has an amazing presence that
could not be denied. Lucian Freud only worked with live models, the paintings
took many months to execute (nine!) and Sue had to sit for 8-9 hours each
session, 2 or 3 days a week. She not only had to be physically present, she had
to emote as well. And emote she did. One of the paintings Lucian did of Sue, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/8653726/Lucian-Freud-a-towering-and-uncompromising-figure-in-the-art-world.html?image=2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Benefits Supervisor Sleeping</span></a>, </i>is considered a masterpiece of modern portraiture and in
2008 it was on the auction block garnered the highest price ever for a portrait
painted by a living artist. And what she gave to Lucian Freud remains as
enigmatic as <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Mona Lisa’s</i> smile. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/kate-middleton/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Kate Middleton</span></a> and Sue Tilley at a Lucian Freud exhibition at <a href="http://www.npg.org.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">The National Portrait Gallery</span></a>.</span></td></tr>
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biography of her friend, the performer Leigh Bowery titled <a href="http://www.violetteeditions.com/books/other_publications/Bowery_Life_Times.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Leigh Bowery, The Life and Times of an Icon</span></a>.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Subject Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537949300862604509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044253070635159641.post-80980270209022143472012-06-19T11:54:00.000-07:002012-06-19T12:23:42.044-07:00<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dedicated to Edwige Belmore and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Suzie Carr @ girl_novelist</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Siouxsie Sioux kissed me on
the lips. And yes, when she did this I wasn’t even wearing black. I was wearing
a bilious shade of yellow, truth be told. I’m lucky she didn’t slap me. When
your idol gives you an unsolicited smack on your kisser it can rock your world
or mess with your mind. I believe Siouxsie was just being nice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I’m such a <a href="http://www.myspace.com/siouxsieandthebanshees"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Siouxsie and The Banshees</span></a> fan. But like all music fans, I have some very strong emotions
attached to what I like. I fell in love with the music of The Banshees in the
late 1970s. As soon as I heard the first single <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hong Kong Garden</i> it was love at the first stroke of the vibraphone.
I loved the urgency and the musicality of the songs she and her band produced.
I idolized Siouxsie; she was one of a small handful of women in what became
known as the punk scene. She embodied what it meant to be a strong talented
woman with unique and singular voice. And she was the progenitor of several
modes of fashion; proto-punk and what is known as Goth would not exist
without our Susan J. Ballion. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">She and Banshees drummer
Budgie had formed an ancillary band called <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/creatures/artist.jhtml"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">The Creatures</span></a> in 1981. They were
touring to support their CD <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Anima Animus,</i>
and playing at a club called Spa on Bleecker Street, now defunct. This was on
the cusp of a time when nightclubs were leaving their days of being dark and
spooky (if you need a visual for this, think of the club in the beginning of
the movie <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Hunger</i>), but still the time
when you went out in Manhattan to have fun. What passes for “fun” these days
seems to be about paying to be in the same room with famous or wealthy people and
watching <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">them</i> have fun. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Now back to that kiss: I was
leaving an after-party for The Creatures when Siouxsie walked up to me and
asked me my name. When I told her, she smiled, grabbed my face and gave me a
kiss on my lips. It was not a salacious kiss, people. It was just a gentle
kiss. No, maybe it was just a kiss for her. For me, it was something else. It
was a big deal for me. I have an exercise for you: close your eyes. Go to a
quiet place in your mind (if you are lucky enough to have one). Imagine someone
you have held in high regard for a few decades. Now imagine them giving you a
kiss. Open your eyes. How was that for you? My kiss from Siouxsie felt like
some sort of blessing. Amen. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Promotional photo of Siouxie for her most recent solo CD <i>MantaRay</i>.</span></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Also:Check out this composite of Scottish fashion designer Pam Hogg's work, which includes a collection </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">inspired by and featuring Siouxsie as a model (uploaded by voodoo100 via YouTube).</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I can’t act. I’ve tried. Friends
have asked me to appear in productions and it’s never been a good idea. Oh, I
can throw a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">star fit</i> and I can be all
the degrees of me. I just don’t understand the craft. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">My very good friend <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0225278/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Mo Fischer</span></a> understands the craft. Mo is very learned
in the skill of acting and has been acting on stage and screen for many years. I
got to know Mo when she lived in New York while she was lighting up numerous
stages performing as Mo B. Dick, World Class Entertainer,a rakish yet affable
dude. Well-known as a Drag King performer, Mo was featured as ‘T-Bone’ in the <a href="http://www.dreamlandnews.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">John Waters’</span></a> movie <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0126604/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Pecker</span></a></i>. Always wishing to express fluidity with
gender, Mo performs as a woman as well (of course). She appeared as Irma in the
movie <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hair Burners</i> and she appeared
in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Girl Gang 2000, </i>directed by <a href="http://www.katrinadelmar.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Katrina Del Mar</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">In a new venture, Mo is
reprising her role as Mo B. Dick. She is currently creating ‘webisodes’ in
which she portrays numerous characters, such as Joelle, a diner waitress prone
to giving sage advice, along with Florence, Mo B. Dick’s ex-girlfriend, and
Pedro, who is devoted to Joelle. These ‘webisodes’ do not have a title quite
yet (I suggested <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">As the Mo Turns</i>, but
to find out more about these episodes and view them, please sign up for <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MoBDickDragKing?ref=ts"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Mo B. Dick’s</span></a> fan page on Facebook. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Mo has moved to the Los
Angeles area to be closer to the movie industry. I love it when I get to see Mo
during her East Coast visits. She is also passionate about fashion in a very unassuming
manner. It is an extension of who she is. I always learn fantastic and stylish
fashionable things to do from Mo. Here is my cherished friend Mo Fischer,
lending her expressiveness to Subject Eye. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">What were you thinking?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I had a plan that centered
around the hat. I wanted to be festive, comfortable and warm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Hat:</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> my
hat is a one of a kind. It is a red 45 rpm by Graham Parsons and the Rumors of ‘Soul Shoes b/w White Honey (live)’
produced by <a href="http://nicklowe.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Nick Lowe</span></a>. It has some royal blue
netting and some black, red, and tiger tail feathers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Dress:</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.goodwill.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Goodwill</span></a> </span>find. It was a long dress, but I cut it for a
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.dollyparton.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Dolly Parton</span></a> </span>performance I was doing. I just cut
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Shoes:</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">
blue glitter mules from Betsey Johnson that a friend gave to me. She found them
at a thrift store for 5 dollars.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I listen to Howie Pyro’s pod cast radio show <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Intoxica </i>on<a href="http://www.luxuriamusic.com/"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">LuxuriaMusic.com</span></a>. He plays obscure Rockabilly. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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eras? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Vintage images and clothing.
I reconfigure it into something more than what it is. I love 1950s and 60s
fashion, but I never replicate it perfectly.I mix it up and make it me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Thrift stores and resale
shops. I’ll envision something that I need, like a good black sweater. Then
I’ll find one that is encrusted with Swarovski crystals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I never shop retail. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Do you Rock, shock or think about matching socks?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I rock. But I’ve been known
to shock. I have a strapless and ‘ass-less’ black dress that I wore once to a
party. People were gagging! (laughs) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I’ve got good genes. And I
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Do you think you're sexy?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Yes. I’m<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> <i><a href="http://www.chinesezodiac.com/snake.php">Year of the Snake</a></i>
</span>in Chinese Horoscope. (Note: people born under the <i>Year of the Snake</i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>are
sensual, love new ideas and are innovative in thought and action. They are also
concerned with their appearance and are enigmatic.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">What do you collect? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Are you designer label happy?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">No,
I’m not a label person. I cut them out.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">If you could be reincarnated as a piece of clothing, what would you be?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Something designed<a href="http://bobmackie.com/"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Bob Mackie</span></a> worn by <a href="http://www.cher.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Cher</span></a> or<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> <a href="http://missmitzigaynor.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Mitzi Gaynor</span></a></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Is your skin in? (what is your skin care regimen,
if any?)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I use<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> <a href="http://www.clarinsusa.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Clarins</span></a> </span>Skincar<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">e.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">A night to remember or forget regarding your
clothing:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">A
night to remember: I was singing at the club Squeezebox in NYC. I was wearing a
leopard suit that someone made for me, <a href="http://www.fluevog.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Fluevog</span></a> creepers
and a burgundy shirt. I had my gold tooth in and a high blond pompadour. And in
the audience I saw John Waters! One recent Halloween I went to a party with a
literal Picasso face. My features were askew and painted on; my nose was to the
left and my mouth was to the right. I had lashes only on the bottoms of my eyes
and I wore a black ‘Bob’ style wig with asymmetrical side lengths. I wore a
short black dress with a trompe l’oeil necklace on it. I also wore sexy<a href="http://agent provocateur"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Agent Provocateur</span></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">
</span></i>black bra and panty set and orange fishnet stockings. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Don’t follow fashion. Don’t
wear labels. Use duct tape and safety pins.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Past, current or future
projects? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">My past big project was 'The
International Drag King Tour' that toured throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Presently, I work as a performance artist in LA and NY. I’m always creating
different projects. And in the future, I would love to do a one-person show.
I’m so fluid with gender. I could become whatever character, either male or
female. That’s my dream. I'm currently writing for my soon to be released 'webisodes'.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Keith Sheaffer, Mo and artist Veronica Cross at my art opening 'That Summer Feeling'.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Whoever you are, you should
have the right to get married. And these two questions should not exist: Is he
out or is he in? Is she out or is she in? And I’m not talking about a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/project-runway"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Project Runway</span></a></i> query. I’m referring to
what is known as ‘the closet’. The closet sounds like and awful place to exist.
I know I hated being locked in a closet when I was a child (child rearing
certainly has changed since my day), but you know I’m not speaking of a literal
<a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/search/?query=closet"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">closet</span></a>. The world can be a dangerous place, and being in a closet may be the
safest place to remain (though how sad that there’s not enough respect and
compassion in the world engineered the reasons for the <a href="http://www.easyclosets.com/?gclid=CPmplMWK9q8CFUdN4AodZHE8FA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">closet</span></a>). But there is
certainly not enough room in most closets for a wedding. Everyone has the right to be married. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Just don't ask me whether someone is straight or gay. Someone recently asked me
this question as the beginning of a conversation about a mutual acquaintance.
This was not a good idea. I find it rather distasteful to inquire whether
someone is gay or straight. I absolutely do not care about anyone’s sexual
preference or proclivity (within the consenting adult arena of behaviors). If
you are looking for the answer because you wish to date a specific person, may
I suggest presenting a ‘calling card’ with your name, phone number and your
most recent <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">DSM IV-Revised</i>
psychological assessment, and then strike up a conversation. I guess I’m a bit
old fashioned. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">But if your date progresses and you both develop to a desire to marry, I am passionate about
the right to marry no matter how your choice of a mate’s genitals are
configured (or not). As you know readers, I have never been married. And yes, I
wish to be. Maybe the desire to be married should be part of a diagnostic tenet
for an aggregate of mental illnesses in the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">DSM
IV- Revised</i>. But it is not as of yet. So whoever you are, if you are
planning future nuptials whether you are gay or straight, I hate you. Well, I
don’t hate you. I’m just envious. Whoever you are I support you, as I expect
you support my vacuous desire to get attention for a day from all my friends
while I march around before them in a fabulous ‘couture for the occasion’
dress. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>Subject Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537949300862604509noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044253070635159641.post-14762598014222809082012-04-12T09:34:00.000-07:002012-04-12T09:36:21.873-07:00<div class="MsoBodyText">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 16pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: x-small;">(For Johnathan Arnold, ErikTLA and Josie Marode)</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">When traveling, I always
try to remember the Girl Scout motto “Be prepared.” (Of course I was a Girl
Scout, couldn’t you tell?) But what does one wear when one is completely
stranded in northern Africa at the base of the Atlas Mountains, between
Marrakech and Ouarzazate, in one hundred degree plus weather?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I can answer this. First,
let me give you the backstory: I was on tour in the mid-1980s with <a href="http://www.madonna.com/" style="color: red;">Madonna</a>. The
last stop of this promotional quick tour brought us to Paris. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">So, it was thrilling for
me to go to Paris for a job. I’ve always loved Paris, and I adored my job,
which was being a back-up dancer and designer for my friend, who was then beginning
her music career. We were booked to stay at the extremely luxurious <a href="http://www.lemeurice.com/" style="color: red;">Hotel Le Meurice</a>. I loved walking around <a href="http://www.shoppingbyparis.com/en/shopping_book/parcours_les_trendys/" style="color: red;">Paris</a> all day in my extreme self-produced
fashions. I spent my per diem for perfume at <a href="http://www.chanel.com/?WT.srch=1" style="color: red;">Chanel</a> and ordered obscure
crustaceans (well, obscure for an American) at <a href="http://www.lacoupole-paris.com/en/" style="color: red;"><i>La Coupole</i></a>. I returned
to my suite and was greeted by the news that we would were extending the tour
and going to Morocco.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Morocco! How exciting and
what a great opportunity. We were going to shoot a promotional video for the
song “Holiday” to be aired on European television. An executive from the French
office of Warner Bros. had come up with an idea that included getting us all to
the oasis town of Ouarzazate, where we’d be driven around on the sand, in a
car, by the winner of the <a href="http://www.f1-grandprixhistory.net/France.html" style="color: red;">French Grand Prix</a><span style="color: red;"> </span>auto race, because we were, um- on a holiday.
It was a simpler time and 1980s music videos really reflect this. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Marrakech was incredible, so
stunningly hot and exotically beautiful. I had never felt anything so hot as
the sun in Morocco beating down on my skin. After a couple of restful days in
this amazing paradise, we were split into two groups, boarded mini buses and
headed south for Ouarzazate. I was grateful that I could remain with my
friends, but not so happy about our travel accommodations. The bus looked as if
it got lent to us from the “Putt-Putt” mini golf course and, true to first
impression, broke down completely as it climbed the first challenging incline. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">This was in the time before
we were all attached to our <a href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/" style="color: red;">iPhones</a> and lap top computers. There was no way to
reach, well, anyone. We were on the side of a mountain with no food and no
communication, although fortunately we did have some water. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"> “American Express won’t help you now, Madonna.” “Fuck you,
Rika” was her reply. I did deserve that response. My comment was rather
callous, considering we were truly stranded somewhere in the Atlas Mountain
range. Our party of three ex-professional dancers, one charming blond
artist-road manager, a couple of French record company employees hired to
accompany an up and coming pop singer were useless in the desert with a broken
down mini bus. I remember seeing part of the engine lying in the middle of the
dirt road. This is never a good sign. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">I took a little walk
along the road. I saw nothing but a glorious and expansive desert, some
extremely thirsty looking shrubbery and amethyst stones. Someone had the plan
that we should hitch a ride on the first vehicle we saw, which numbered none in
3 hours. Finally, a friendly goat trucker stopped and offered to take us as far
as he could. We piled into that musky truck, grateful for a ride anywhere. I
recall thinking that I wasn’t dressed in my best back-of-goat-truck fashion, as
I was wearing shorts. Bare legs felt so wrong. I was not prepared.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Our benevolent driver came
to the end of his journey near remarkable Bedouin camp with a giant tent at its
center. Madonna and I were the only women. But these men were focused on their
respite from hard work and desert travel. They barely noticed us. There was a
large cauldron of goat head soup that we were kindly offered. “Don’t you <i>dare</i> declare you are a vegetarian,
Madonna!” For once she listened to me. We drank tea and marveled at how large
the full orange moon looked as it shone above the dark, seemingly purple sand. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">After navigating scorpions
and bargaining with another trucker to drive us to our destination, we finally
reached Ouarzazate. We were all exhausted, dehydrated and not speaking to each
other. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">The resort was stunning.
It was completely isolated, far from any other building or dwelling. It felt
like … an oasis. But we were all too bitter to enjoy it and opted to just shoot
the video by the pool, which was just like any other pool except it was in the
middle of a desert. We had traveled all that distance just to dance in front of
a pool that could have been at the <a href="http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/nycmq-new-york-marriott-marquis/" style="color: red;">Marriott Marquis</a> in Time Square. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Here I am, along with
Chris Ciccone and Madonna in a promotional video for <i>Holiday</i>. And here is what I
wore in Ouarzazate:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Last week there was an array
of art openings and art fairs in NYC. It’s such a great time to attempt to see
everything. I say attempt, because there are not enough hours in the day (or
space in the mind) to see it all. There’s the<a href="http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/2012Biennial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> Whitney Biennial</span></a>, the <a href="http://www.artdealers.org/artshow.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">ADAA Art Fair</span></a>, The Armory Show (which has gotten so big these days that it must contain
every piece of art on the planet), <a href="https://www.vipartfair.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">VIP</span></a>, Scope, PooL, Volta and<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.fountainartfair.com/"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Fountain Art </span></a></span>Fairs. There’s also the off the beaten path fairs like The Art Boat, The
Outsider Art Chair and The Art Kiosk. OK, I made those up, but the Fountain Art
Fair did start out on a boat. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I love viewing art. I do
like how art can transport you temporarily to another place. Sometimes the
other place is a world I don’t understand, but I like traveling there none-the-less.
I like that looking at art can open up a dialogue for discussion. Whether you
think the work you are viewing is beautiful, worthy of ownership (even as a
fantasy), or just a piece of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">shite</i>,
it’s good to keep the cognitive brain cells active. Remember, it is just an
opinion, unless it is<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> your</i> art. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">A few years ago, I was the
curator of an exhibition that I titled <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Beauty
Nothing More than the Promise of Happiness</i>. The quote is from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">On Love</i> by the 19<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">th</span> century
French writer Stendhal. The book is a bit pithy, but I find in that sentiment a
deceptively simple description of the art viewer’s potential reward. I hope you
can find the time to look at some art and find some enchantment or happiness. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">One of the fantastic paintings by French artist Nicole Eisenman.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">Another painting by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.leokoenig.com/exhibition/view/1796"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Nicole Eisenman</span></a> </span>( Leo Koenig, Inc.)</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">From The Canyons to the Stars' by <a href="http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/joanna_malinowska.htm?section_name=shape_of_things"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Joanna Malinowska</span></a> (Saatchi Gallery).</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">A live performance by the artist <a href="http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/2012Biennial/DawnKasper"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Dawn Kasper</span></a>.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Erika Belle and Brian Batista at The Whitney Biennial preview.</span></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">From Rammellzee-The Equation,The Letter Racers:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Part of the installation by Rammellzee at the <a href="http://www.suzannegeiss.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Suzanne Geiss Company</span></a>.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">I really wanted to buy this drawing, but alas...sigh.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">The "imploding biomorphic imagery" of <a href="http://margaretwithers.com/3/artist.asp?ArtistID=33986&Akey=W9NQYB46"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Margaret Withers</span></a></span>.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I won’t be going to Paris
Fashion Week this season. It is extremely saddening. Life and its sometimes
spirit crushing realities can be sobering. There are many who for some reason love
viewing sports. For me, going to Paris is akin to what it must be like to watch
the Super Bowl if you happen to be a football fan. Except with better clothes
and food. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">When I pack my suitcase for
Paris Fashion Week, I include the clothes I feel I can’t get away with in New
York. Nothing is too colorful, too sheer or too long for Paris. Nothing is too
cumbersome. If it fits into a garment bag, I say, “Allons-y!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I adore watching who gets
seated where and wondering how the famous and powerful never seem bothered by
the blinding brightness from the flash of the 200+ cameras aimed at their
faces. Sitting nearby as high-powered fashion editors burst into tears, overcome
by the beauty before them (as they did at McQueen’s A/W 2006 “Widows of
Culloden” collection and<a href="http://www.yohjiyamamoto.co.jp/"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Yohji Yamamoto</span></a> S/S 1999 “Wedding” collection), is
certainly a sight to see.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">A look from <a href="http://www.alexandermcqueen.com/us/en/shop/Womenswear.aspx?xtor=SEC-6-GOO"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Alexander McQueen</span></a>'s iconic A/W 2006 'Widows of Culloden' collection. Photo by Erika Belle</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Only Lee McQueen would place handmade lace atop reindeer antlers. From 'Widows of Culloden'. Photo by Erika Belle</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">There’s all sorts of
entertainment. You might get to witness grand buffoonery such as<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> <a href="http://www.johngalliano.com/main.asp">John Galliano</a></span>
rolling down the staircase of the Paris Opera after showing his collection (he
gave another performance, not so well received, but you all know about <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">that</i>). You also may witness the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New York Times “</i>On the Street”
photographer Bill Cunningham completely ignoring a parade of French starlets at
the <a href="http://www.isseymiyake.com/en/brands/132_5.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Issey Miyake</span></a> show, his attention focused instead on a young woman entering
the show in a lavender velvet cape.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">No matter which show you attend,
the energy in the room is palpable. Everyone is there to witness something new.
You find yourself squinting and saying things to yourself like “I wonder if
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000366/bio"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Catherine Deneuve</span></a> is going to the after-party too?” I don’t know about you, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">but
it is rare for me to be in a room with Catherine Denueve when she is in the 3rd
dimension.</span></div>
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worth it. When you see the clothes emerging, straight out if the gate, you really
feel a connection. Fashion can very often seem frivolous, but to see it in a grand
production does something to you. It changes your DNA. You may be merely looking
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I find that I can only truly
be at ease within the confines of clean and spare spaces. I find peace of mind
when surrounded by, well, almost nothing. And not only do I love empty spaces,
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I wish I could live in
squalor. It must be so relaxing to not care about colors matching or whether
food hits the wall or the floor when you throw the remains of a meal bits <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">toward</i> the trash can. You and your
lounging filth will live a long and unfettered life. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I also wish I had the gene
that allows you to decorate an abode with abandon. Or the gene that allows one
to easily choose a toothbrush. I have to first ask myself questions like, “can
I really commit to this shade of orange for three months or will these bristles
clash with the striation of color in my bathroom tiles?” I guess I’m pretty
high strung. I do know this. I realize I’m a Paxil cocktail with a chaser of
Valium situation waiting to happen. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I take comfort when
surrounded with examples of basic Euclidian geometric forms. When I recently
attempted to furnish my apartment I found it very difficult. It took me a few
months to see that everything I purchased was based on a square, circle or
rectangle. The<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.marcelwanders.nl/new-pages/living-seaters.html">Marcel</a></i> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.marcelwanders.nl/new-pages/living-seaters.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Wanders</span></a> </span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">couch that I was so proud of
was, to the eye, a perfect gathering of rectangular planes. The spines of books
in the shelves and the <a href="http://pablodesigns.com/ambient/cortina/p01/views.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Pablo Pardo <i>Cortina </i>lamp</span></a>: more rectangles. Plates and bowls: circles and
spheres. The <a href="http://www.warhol.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Warhol</span></a> silkscreen: a perfect
square. Perhaps I’m ready to take over the ‘shapes’ lesson for a kindergarten
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imagination, but it takes a lot of fortitude to maintain this sort of tight
aesthetic discipline. Don’t get me wrong, I love having my things about, I just
don’t want to have to see them at all. I realize that it is wonderful to be
able to have things, but one needs to be wealthy enough to hire architects to
make your things disappear from sight. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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would be great to own a castle and fill it with it with all kinds of art, fine
furnishings and other Regency trappings. Now I know that if you are mega rich,
you may own a copious amount of choice things, but they are never all on
display. The wealthy showcase a beautifully encased and extremely enormous
amount of void. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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some smarts to be able to hire an architect like <a href="http://www.zaha-hadid.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Zaha Hadid</span></a> or <a href="http://www.cz-studio.com/index.php"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Carlos Zapata</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> </span>to design an amazing structure for you to live in so that your
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ready-to-wear presentation was to take place. As we had a talk about everything
under the sun I realized that, considering she was in preparation for her
fashion show, she was rather calm. When asked about not having pre first
collection jitters, she stated that “the show will be great and everything is
under control”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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TELL</i> was held in the West Village on Wednesday, and the tone was set as models
took the stage to the sound of the New York Dolls’<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Personality Crisis.</i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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decided to call her collection <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ask Tell</i>
as a celebration of the repeal of the Clinton-era military policy of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Don’t ask, Don’t tell</i>. She was inspired
by imagery from the military, particularly the WWI Modernist artists that
developed the patterns used for what we now recognize as camouflage. Lindsay
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effort with a group of artisans, including a photographer, architect, milliner
(<a href="http://www.mischalampert.com/10_4_11/HOME.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Mischa Lampert</span></a>), potter, jeweler, and cobbler (that’s right, there are knitted
shoes!) Lindsay wanted to make sure this collaboration was fun, so she and her
united team created something that combined a love of the DIY aesthetic with the
coherence and execution of an established brand. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">The beautiful and talented Lindsay Degen. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Two looks from the Degen collection inspired by WWI 'Dazzle Ships'.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Leggings and Camouflage platform sneakers.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Camo Hunters Hat, Porthole Tee, and Crocheted Nipples.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Sweater details and sneakers designed by Chris Coulthrust.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">A hat by Mischa Lampert and a necklace by <a href="http://www.katelingibbs.com/Katelin_Gibbs/Intro.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Katelin Gibbs</span></a>.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Knitted shoes: A mirthful creation by Lindsay Degen and Chris Coulthrust.</span></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 21px;">Fetal Pig Tuesday:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The clothes you wear can
signal information to others about who you are. Or who you are not. The
following little tale is about some very crossed signals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I was in London on tour
years ago. I was excited to be in one of my favorite cities for work because I would
be able to check out the new stores and clubs and get paid at the same time (in
those days it always felt like I was getting paid to shop and go out at night,
even though, truth be told, I was really being paid to stay put). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">After a brutal day of
sitting in my hotel room waiting to be called for a rehearsal that didn’t
happen, I decided it would be fun to see the sights of London. I wanted to go
to Camden Market’s <a href="http://www.redordead.com/our-story"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Red or Dead</span></a> stall, and stroll
on the King’s Road to see what I could see. I wanted to able to see people walking
around town wearing items from <a href="http://www.leavetheboyalone.com/store/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">BOY</span></a>, and <a href="http://www.viviennewestwood.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Vivienne Westwood’s </span></a>designs from the iconic <a href="http://worldsendshop.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">World’s End</span></a> shop. I did and I was thrilled (I was
easier to please in those days). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Hyped up on my fashion high,
I thought it would be fun to meet some friends and go out dancing. Except, I
didn’t have any friends in London yet. Luckily, some staffers from the record
company were going out and invited me along. It was a chance for me to show off
my NYC finery, including a simple rubber skirt that I’d purchased at <a href="http://www.patriciafield.com/womenswear.aspx"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Patricia Field’s</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">It was later that evening,
while sitting a banquette at a trendy club, that I received the strangest
solicitation of my life. A very nattily dressed woman, a friend of my record
company cohort, turned to me and asked if I’d like to attend <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Fetal Pig Tuesday</i>. Extremely puzzled, I asked the woman
for a bit more information, but she would only say that it was “a secret night,
at a secret club, where I might love to get up to some secret excitement!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">What was it about me that
inspired a perfect stranger to say, “Hey there, would you be interested in
joining me in something so twisted and lurid that there isn’t even a word for
it yet?” Was my rubber skirt sending out signals I did not intend, or speaking
in a kinky volume that was audible to a certain few but not to me? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Maybe <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Fetal Pig Tuesday</i> was some sort of porcine veterinary survey, but I
have a feeling it wasn’t. In any case I did not accept the woman’s invitation.
The moral of this is: You are what you’re wearing says you are. And even if
that isn’t true, you may be perceived that way. <o:p></o:p></span></div>Subject Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537949300862604509noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044253070635159641.post-32245383941289507542012-01-14T14:20:00.000-08:002012-01-14T14:31:41.185-08:00<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 16pt;">23 Things You Are Not Allowed To Do In
Store Dressing Rooms<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Working in the high-end
fashion business can be fun. But it can also be quite a demanding job. Not only
do you have to show up each morning on time and look completely flawless and
fantastic, you also have to be nice to random people who may approach you. Being perpetually friendly would seem to make this job quite difficult in my opinion. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Another not so nice part of
this job is witnessing what occurs in the dressing rooms. As a service to this
industry, here are...</span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">23 Things You Are Not Allowed To Do In
Store Dressing Rooms</span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Stealing merchandise,
switching price tags, and having sex are well-known dressing room no-nos. But
I’ve devised this list of amendments as a courtesy to help you remember what
else not to do:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">1.</span>
Do not pee on the floor. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">2.</span>
Do not eat a meal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">3.</span>
Do not leave used or dirty tissues on the floor. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">4.
</span>Do not breast feed your…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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child<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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or an adult<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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or leave breast milk splattered on the furnishings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">5.</span></span>
Do not talk loudly in any language for any duration of time on your cell phone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">6.</span>
Do not open your medium-sized expensive briefcase filled with cocaine and do a
line.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">7.</span>
Do not insert or remove your vaginal expander (whether you are transitioning
genders or not).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">8.</span>
Do not have sex with the sales staff.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> 9.</span>
Do not crack the mirror (it’s rumored to be bad luck, y’know!)</span><br />
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Do not defecate and then smear it on the walls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">11.</span> Do not count fake money given to<a href="http://www.robertaflack.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> you</span></a> by a true or false sovereign from a real or imagined country with the intention of using it to pay for your desired merchandise.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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12.</span>
Do not vomit in the wastebasket.
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">13.</span>
Do not permanently remove buttons, zippers, collars or epaulettes, even if you
think they are ugly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">14.
</span>Do not mainline drugs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">15.</span>
Do not take psychotropic medications, unless you are willing to share them with
the staff, including the door personnel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">16.</span>
Do not knit, or crotchet, or tat (even if you know what the latter is). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">17.</span>
Do not come out of the dressing room nude, or wearing only sheer black fishnet
<a href="http://www.gucci.com/us/home?cm_mmc=PF_US-_-1-US+-+Gucci+ALONE-_-Google-_-Brand&cm_mmca1=gucci&mkw=gucci&pcrid=6246202106&pmt=e&mkwid=scls8NNO2&utm_source=google&utm_medium=ppc&utm_campaign=1-us-gucci_alone&utm_term=gucci"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Gucci </span></a>underwear (if you are male).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">18.</span>
Do not leave messages for cute sales staff on unpaid merchandise using
lipstick.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">19.</span>
Do not attempt to take clothing in the dressing room if you suffer from <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/body-dysmorphic-disorder/DS00559"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Body Dysmorphic Disorder</span></a></span>. The sales staff know that you not a size 2. Or 4. Or 6, or even a
size 8. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">20.</span>
Do not forget your weapon, leaving the sales staff to deal with its disposal.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">21.</span>
Do not forget to use body moisturizer before trying on clothing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">22.</span>
Do not use the wrong kind of body moisturizer before trying on clothing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">23.</span>
Do not offer the staff alcohol. They do not want alcohol (refer to #15).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Subject Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537949300862604509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044253070635159641.post-88688263259456450242012-01-06T09:12:00.000-08:002012-01-06T09:54:20.679-08:00<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 16pt;">Subject Eye Presents: My, My, My Lila
Delilah!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">A stylish woman with a
fantastic name, Lila Delilah, created her in-the-know website <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://madisonavespy.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Madison Avenue Spy</span></a></i>
(madisonavespy.blogspot.com) in 2008. Lila has lived for most of her life in
NYC and wrote about a myriad of topics including business and retail for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Wall Street Journal</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">The New Yorker</span></a></i>,
and<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.smartmoney.com/">Smart Money</a></i>
</span>before taking a respite to start a family. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Soon enough Lila, who
describes herself as a Type A- personality in the land of Type A’s, found that
she missed writing and, inspired by her love of fashion, she decided to put pen
to paper (or fingertips to keyboard) again. At its launch, the focus of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Madison Avenue Spy</i> was the businesses,
sales and events in the environs of Madison Ave, but it has since grown to
include a much larger area. If you want to know what’s happening on the Upper
Eastside and beyond, this is the site for you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Madison Avenue Spy</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial;"> is insightful and helpful. It’s like having a best friend who has all
the info about great bargains for name brand merchandise and where and when to
make the best attempt to acquire it. This week you can find out the up to the
minute stats regarding discounted merchandise at Scoop, Marc Jacobs, and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.manoloblahnik.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Manolo Blahnik</span></a> </span>shoes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I truly enjoyed my interview
with Lila Delilah. She was like a calming restorative tonic we all need and has
the bluest eyes I’ve ever seen. I feel that her interview was such a gift. I
hope you’ll feel the same way too. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">What were you thinking?</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I wasn’t thinking much,
except ‘food!’ (Lila and I met for some extremely delicious cake at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.ladymconfections.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Lady M</span></a> </span>Confections)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Jacket: <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.devikroell.com/home.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Devi Kroell</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Shirt: blue silk blouse from
<a href="http://www.zara.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/home/us/en/zara-us-W2011-s"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Zara</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Necklace: J.Crew</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Handbag: <a href="http://www.celine.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Celine</span></a> (if
not always, then usually I carry a bag from Celine)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Boots: Triple zipper boot by
Sigerson Morrison.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Nail polish: Limited edition
Chanel polish in ‘Peridot’</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">My favorite music right is Top
50 dance music. I love jazz music. I’ve been listening to <a href="http://www.esperanzaspalding.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Esperanza Spalding</span></a>. I also end up listening to a lot
of my kids’ overly engineered Disney music (laughs). </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></div>
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eras?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">I can’t tell you how many
people have inspired me! So many women inspire me. I love to watch women in the
shoe salon at <a href="http://www.bergdorfgoodman.com/store/catalog/templates/silo.jhtml?itemId=cat200648"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Bergdorf Goodman</span></a>. I could sit
there and watch them for hours.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">I’m still learning. I
experiment with buying things I want vs. buying the things I need.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">I will not wear Uggs, Crocs,
Juicy Couture or mindless trends. I don’t mind mass marketed items, but there
needs to be some sort of aesthetic discernment. There needs to be a standard in
place.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Having children makes you
lose your figure, but then you have to get it back slowly. I don’t obsess. I
tend to do what I need to do when it’s needed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">I collect, but not in the
traditional sense of collecting. I like things that are pretty diverse. I just
try to buy wisely. I hate feeling forced to buy anything. I have some <a href="http://www.ysl.com/en_US/shop-products/Women"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Yves Saint Laurent</span></a> that I bought at an outlet. I felt
like I was saving them. I felt that these items needed to be rescued (laughs). </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">There is something I want,
but I’m going to keep this to myself. The idea needs to be contained. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Are you designer label happy? </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Not at all. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Is your skin in? (What is your skin care regimen,
if any?)</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Whatever beauty products
that get sent to my work, I’ll try. I’m not a beauty products ‘high maintenance’
woman. I did have to buy a $50 lipstick once. Just to see what the hype was
about. I was really mad at it, but now we are good friends. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">If you could be reincarnated as a piece of
clothing, what would you be?</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">A coat. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">A night to remember/forget regarding your clothing…</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">It was a night to remember.
It was the opening gala for the Gianni <a href="http://www.versace.com/en"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Versace</span></a>
exhibition at The Costume Institute/The Metropolitan Museum of Art. I was 19
and I snuck into the VIP laden dinner. I even spent time speaking with
Donatella Versace! Sting preformed. It was an amazing event; I wore a Romeo
Gigli dress that had a deep ‘V’ opening to my navel. I just fell into this
night. I was photographed standing behind Donatella made it into <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The New York Post</i> on Page Six.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Don’t spend so much time
worrying. Don’t be <a href="http://www.mdguidelines.com/neurotic-disorders"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">neurotic</span></a>. It is a complete waste of time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Past/Current projects/Future projects?</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I’m evaluating if I have
time to launch a sister site for Madison Avenue Spy. It will be different, but
it will be a compliment to MAS. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">*Note: I’m one lucky girl! A
year ago, I was asked to do an interview for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Madison Avenue Spy</i>. It was such a pleasure to do. Check it out: <a href="http://madisonavespy.blogspot.com/search?q=Erika+Belle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><i>Retail Therapy-</i> Erika Belle</span></a>.</span></div>
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<br /></div>Subject Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537949300862604509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044253070635159641.post-41517420528553605012011-12-29T10:11:00.000-08:002012-01-04T13:11:46.637-08:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 21px;">Katy Moran: Paintings</span><br />
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of Katy Moran in London in 2006 at Stuart Shave’s then East End gallery <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.modernartinc.com/view.html?id=1,3,22"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Modern Art</span></a></i>.
I was instantly drawn into her painterly and extremely beautiful works. I could
see that Ms. Moran particularly loved paintings and the sensation of painting. In
her work, one can view a specific yet nonrepresentational survey of
neoclassical and post-neoclassical painting. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Ms. Moran employs varying degrees
of figuration in her paintings. One might see the specific palette <a href="http://www.eugenedelacroix.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Eugene Delacroix</span></a> used in his <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Odalisque, </i>but with Moran there is no reclining woman. You may see
the colors and movement of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Wave</i>
by <a href="http://www.gustavecourbet.org/home-11-24-1-0.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Gustave Courbet</span></a>, but you certainly will not
see any water. Ms. Moran uses her signature brushstrokes to evoke elements of
something finite, but leaves it to the viewer’s subjective eye to determine
what that finite thing precisely is. Which is not to say she uses distortion,
like <a href="http://www.francis-bacon.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Francis Bacon</span></a>, for example; she deploys a similar
methodical technique with a judicious use of color.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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feel somehow quite familiar while remaining rigorously unconfined. There are no
bathers or gleaners or decorous damsels running toward a storm-swept abyss, but
there is a powerful, deeply palpable presence that is universal for us all. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Even though sometimes I can be
difficult, my friends wish the best for me. They have lent me their couch,
dried my tears and have traversed county lines to attend performances or
exhibitions. They are good people and have the best intentions, which I shall
admit here are sometimes just not good enough.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">One well-intentioned friend
(let’s call him John) who has listened to my tales of woe over the years
noticed that I was working too hard and had also been single for a long time.
He was did a great job of bolstering my ego by telling me true and positive
things like, “You are quite good at sewing buttons on coats.” For some reason
John decided to play matchmaker: He had a friend he thought I should meet. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">And yes, I did tell John
that this was a bad idea. I did say no to this fix-up plan. John did what many
of my friends do. He simply ignored me and spoke with his friend who thought we
would be more comfortable meeting at a party surrounded by other mutual
friends. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I already didn’t like this
“Mr. Plan a party around meeting me and all my glory” high maintenance man. He
was already, in my opinion, trying to control me. But John was so keen for us
to meet that he agreed to host the party and provide the food, which meant that
I had to purchase the drinks, and the glasses to serve them in. Oh and invite <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">my</i> friends, a feat that makes <a href="http://www.history.com/topics/d-day"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">D-Day</span></a> seem
like a walk in the park. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">In the end, my mystery date
stood me up at a party I didn’t want or need, his no-show witnessed by a room
full of hungry friends. John decided it was time to prepare some food. In his
small LES apartment he opened some <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10016534"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">durian</span></a>, also known as “stinky fruit.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I have nothing against
stinky fruit. I know it’s revered in certain parts of the world. But I don’t
like it. I’d never seen John eat or serve it previously and, needless to say,
his choice of party food did not go over well in that cramped, steam-heated
room. At that final straw, my audience bolted. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">John and I are still good
friends and I did appreciate his gesture of kindness. But even the best-laid plans
should include a <a href="http://www.serenabass.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">good caterer</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p>Some suggestions for dinnerware: <a href="http://www.broadwaypanhandler.com/broadway/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Broadway Panhandler</span></a>, <a href="http://www.surlatable.com/category/CAT-5786/Housewares"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Sur La Table</span></a> and <a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/categories/series/07699/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Ikea</span></a>. </o:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">For food: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.deandeluca.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Dean and Deluca</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"> (they ship!) </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Everything’s been done before they say, but there’s
still so much about Africa to be explored.</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"> –
Nigerian designer Amaka Osakwe of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.maki-oh.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Maki Oh</span></a></i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.helenjennings.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Helen Jennings</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">, editor of <a href="http://www.arisemagazine.net/fashionbeauty"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Arise</span></a> Magazine,<span style="color: red;"> </span>has
a new book, entitled <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">African Fashion</i>, that is certain to
spark some intrepid explorations. This survey of the myriad of styles and
inspirations is as diverse and vibrant as the cultures of the continent itself.
The book is filled with an exciting and beautiful array of African fashion
designers, models and artists. It is long overdue.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">It’s worth noting that the
visionary designers Yves Saint Laurent and Azzedine Alaïa were both born in
Africa. Lamine Kouyaté’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.xulybet.com/go.php"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Xuly Bët</span></a> </i>and model <a href="http://www.alekwek.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Alex Wek’s</span></a> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Wek 1933</i> brands are also
familiar. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New African Fashion</i>
introduces designers who may not be household names today, but hopefully will
be soon. With a forward by artist and writer Iké Udé of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.arudemag.com/">Arude</a> </span>Magazine, insightful text and stunning photography, this is a
book to be owned by any lover of style. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tanzanian socialite, writer & beauty </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://afripopmag.com/afripop-profiles/get-to-know/african-social-media-network-afripop-socialite-kate-bomz/" style="color: red;">Kate Bomz</a>!</span></td></tr>
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<br /></div>Subject Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537949300862604509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044253070635159641.post-58635670045284902532011-11-29T15:20:00.001-08:002011-11-30T08:47:36.804-08:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 21px;">Viva ‘Vivre Sa Vie’!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Sometimes one needs a movie
to function as a one-stop aesthetic Quick-Mart. Jean-Luc Godard’s 1962 black
and white film entitled <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.criterion.com/films/3060-vivre-sa-vie"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Vivre Sa Vie</span></a> </i>will give you everything you need:
minimalist mod fashion, heaps of style, coquettish behavior, cigarettes, love,
death, dancing, prostitution, philosophy, nudity, and Plato all in one neat
cinematic package. And unlike some films in the Godard repertory, it even has a
plot. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The
stylish lead character, Nana Klein Frankenheim, is played by <span style="color: red;"><span id="goog_1994630882"></span><a href="http://www.newwavefilm.com/french-new-wave-encyclopedia/anna-karina.shtml"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Anna Karina</span></a><span id="goog_1994630883"></span> </span>(Godard’s wife at the time). The premise
is set up early: Nana is a girl who just wants to be special. And she wants to
be loved. Oh, and some money would be good, too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">This
movie is one of my go-to films when I need inspiration for what to wear, not
because there is a large array of styles to choose from, but because there
isn’t. It is a great blueprint for a reductive and elemental way of dressing. Nana
is first seen with her back to the camera, in a trench coat with an upturned
collar, her black hair in a bob. I’m sure Godard was attempting to state
something else with this striking opening, but I always took it to mean the
world is your oyster as long as you have a good coat. And if you have the music
of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.michellegrandofficial.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Michel Legrand</span></a> </span>playing in the background (or
at least in the soundtrack of your mind).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">At
her dull record store job, Nana dresses in a plain plaid pencil skirt, dark
cardigan and a white button down shirt. But when she makes her perhaps not
fortuitous career move, she spices things up with a frillier white blouse and a
fuller check skirt above kitten heels. In later scenes, once she really <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">breaks bad</i>, she adds either a shiny wide
black or metallic belt. No belt = good girl. Tight belt around the waist =
not-so-good girl. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Life’s
lessons come hard and fast for Nana. Though she soon learns that ‘escape is a
pipe dream,’ Nana remains chic nonetheless. Even as she saunters around town,
smoking cigarettes in a ‘pilly’ sweater, she teaches us to commit to the
choices that we make in life and to invest in a good <a href="http://www.oreck.com/Oreck-Deluxe-Electric-Fabric-Shaver?keycode=FD019&kw=oreck_fabric_shaver&002=1392644&004=2254429602&005=1279930209&006=8752430922&007=Search&008=&gclid=CI2jg6bI3KwCFYHe4AodTmwyrg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">knitwear shaver</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The
film opens with a motto from Montaigne: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lend
yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself. </i>This is great advice. I
decided many years ago to borrow from the aesthetics in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Vivre Sa Vie</i>. With the best always in mind, I kindly offer tips from this fashion filled film to you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">For 1960s-esque sweaters: <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.tsecashmere.com/index.php/shop/women.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Tse Cashmere</span></a></span>
or <a href="http://www.uniqlo.com/us/CSaDisp/category1=WOMEN&category3=Knitwear"><span style="color: red;">Uniqlo</span> </a></span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">For the pencil skirt:<span style="color: #dc261b;"> </span><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.moschinoboutique.com/navigation.asp?tskay=BD67EC2D#/searchresult/grid/season/main/gender/D/c/402"><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Moschino Cheap and
Chic</span></a></span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">For an assortment of ballet flats: <a href="http://us.asos.com/Women-Shoes-Ballet-Pumps/wvl5t/?cid=13685&xr=1&mk=na&r=3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">ASOS.com</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">For Bobs or Page Boy wigs: <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://wigsalon.com/shortbobs.html"><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">The Wig Salon.com</span></a> </span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">For the perfect handbag (Nana had different
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Check out this
charming dance performed by Anna Karina as ‘Nana’ in Jean-Luc Godard’s film.
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