YES

I FIRST SAW THIS PHOTO OF THE CLOSE-UP OF THE GIRL WITH THE ROUND GLASSES AND A CIGARETTE IN HER MOUTH ON THE DANISH BLOG SPOTDING, AND I TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY FELL IN LOVE WITH IT. BUT I NEVER KNEW WHAT IT WAS OR WHERE IT CAME FROM UNTIL NOW! THIS EDITORIAL IS FROM NUMERO MAY 2005 AND IS SHOT BY DUSIN RELJIN. I AM WILD ABOUT THESE PHOTOGRAPHS AND I DON'T EVEN LOVE THE SIXTIES!!! THEY REMIND ME OF THIS FRENCH MOVIE I SAW AT THE BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC A COUPLE YEARS AGO. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME, BUT IT WAS REALLY TRIPPY AND LIKE 7 HOURS LONG. BUT THE TWO GIRLS IN IT WERE SUPER STYLISH AND CUTE, AND THERE WAS THIS MOD-GYPSY VIBE. I LOVE THE SIDE-SWEPT HAIR AND THE HEAVY LINER ON THE BLONDE (AND OF COURSE HER GLASSES AND GAPPED TEETH). I ALSO LOVE THE GRAININESS OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS. THIS IS A HUGE INSPIRATION!

HELLO AGAIN

I KNOW I HAVE BEEN MIA. HAS ANYONE EVEN NOTICED? IT'S A GOOD THING, THOUGH...I HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN BUSY! MY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS HAVE BEEN LONG LASTING: DINNER AT PEASANT ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH LISA AND ALEX, DRINKS AT DUTCH KILLS ON THURSDAY, BRUNCH ON SATURDAY...WHAT FUN!! BUT BACK TO REALITY (SORT OF)!

TONIGHT KIA CAME OVER FOR ROUND ONE OF FRENCH MOVIE NIGHT. THIS EVENING'S AGENDA: THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURGH WITH CATHERINE DENEUVE. OH HOLY HELL WHAT A MOVIE! THE COLORS WILL BLOW YOU AWAY...EACH SCENE OUTDOES THE LAST. VISUALLY I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH STUNNING JUXTIPOSITION OF COLORS. IT SURPRISES YOU EVERY SECOND. AND THE MUSIC!!! MY HEART IS STILL WEEPING OVER THE STORY AND THE THEME SONG. AS KIA AND I WERE SAYING TO EACH OTHER, THE LYRICS THAT THEY SING TO EACH OTHER ARE SO VERY SIMPLE, BUT THATS WHAT MAKES THEM SO SINCERE! WATCH THIS CLIP AND LET IT PULL AT YOUR HEART...

THIS IS MY DESTINY

I DON'T THINK I NEED TO TELL ANYONE THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BORN IN PARIS WITH A BERET AND A CONE BRA ON, EATING CHEESE AND DRINKING WINE AND SMOKING MYSELF SILLY WHILE HAVING AFFAIRS WITH FRENCH MEN ON MOTORCYCLES. ANYWAY! ISABELI FONTANA LOOKS GREAT IN THIS EDITORIAL FOR HARPER'S BAZAARE RUSSIA SHOT BY MARCIN TYSZKA. I LOVE THE BLACK LOETARDY-THING (WHAT A SURPRISE HUH?) AND THE LAST DRESS AT THE BOTTOM. LET US IMAGINE THAT WE'RE NOT IN A BLIZZARD IN BROOKLYN BUT RATHER WEARING LINGERIE ON THE SEINE.

SATURDAY NIGHT = MOVIE IN BED

LAST NIGHT I DECIDED TO STAY OUT OF THE FRIGID COLD AND SLOPPY STREETS AND INSTEAD TUCKED MYSELF INTO BED WITH THE FILM CHOCOLAT. I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS MOVIE IN AGES, BUT SUDDENLY GOT A HUGE CRAVING FOR IT. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IT REMINDED ME JUST HOW MUCH I WISH I LIVED IN A LITTLE FRENCH TOWN MAKING CHOCOLATE AND ROMANCING A PIRATE WITH A GUITAR. IT ALSO REMINDED ME THAT WHEN THE WEATHER GETS NICE AGAIN I WANT TO HAVE LOTS OF DINNER PARTIES ON LONG, WOODEN TABLES OUTDOORS. I HOPED TO FIND SOME INSPIRING AND BEAUTIFUL CLIP FROM THE FILM TO POST FOR YOU, BUT ALL I FOUND WAS THIS.

GAULTIER SPRING 2010

THESE ARE SOME (I.E. THE ONES I LIKE) OF THE LOOKS FROM JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER'S SPRING 2010 COLLECTION THAT WAS JUST SHOWN IN PARIS. MY FAVORITE IS THE PEACH LEOTARDY ONE WITH THE HIGH WHITE BOOTS. SHE LOOKS LIKE A CROSS BETWEEN A VENETIAN COURTESAN AND A SHE-RA DOLL. I ALSO LOVE THE TWO BLACK AND WHITE THATCHY NUMBERS. I'D WEAR ANY OF THESE IN A SECOND.

I WANT TO BE HER RIGHT NOW

SARAH MOON

I JUST DISCOVERED PARIS-BASED PHOTOGRAPHER SARAH MOON. CAN YOU BELIEVE THESE ARE NEW PHOTOGRAPHS? USUALLY I FIND FAKE OLD PHOTOS CHEESY (IN A BAD WAY), BUT I ACTUALLY DIG THESE. I LIKE THE JAPONISM OF THEM AND THE LANKY AND ANGULAR DARK SILOUETTES. THEY MAKE ME WANT TO CUT MY HAIR SHORT AND BE A MODERN WOMAN. JUST KIDDING, I STILL WANT LONG HAIR AND TO LIVE A LIFE OF LEISURE.

STRANGE

THIS SCENE FROM ROMAN POLANSKI'S 1988 FILM FRANTIC PRETTY MUCH COVERS THE MAJORITY OF MY MAJOR FIXATIONS: PARIS, GRACE JONES, LEATHER DRESSES AND JACKETS, MINI DRESSES, AND DANCING. I LOVE THE WAY EMMANUELLE SEIGNER DANCES IN THIS SCENE. IT'S SO AWKWARD AND BIZARRE AND TOTALLY FREAKY. YET SHE'S COMPLETELY SEXY! GOES TO SHOW YOU HOW GREAT PEOPLE LOOK WHEN THEY'RE JUST BEING THEMSELVES. IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THIS MOVIE, YOU MUST! IT'S EVERYTHING YOU COULD WANT FROM A DRUG-SMUGGLING, PSEUDO-ROMANCING, HOSTAGE-TAKING ESCAPADE SET IN 1980'S PARIS TO THE SOUNDTRACK OF THE GODDESS GRACE JONES. I'VE ALSO POSTED BELOW THE ORIGINAL VIDEO FOR LIBERTANGO (AKA STRANGE). AND THERE AIN'T NOTHIN STRANGER THAN GRACE.

WELCOME TO BLACK WAS THE COLOR!

THIS IS MY FIRST POST, AND I HAVE TO SAY I'M A BIT EXCITED. IN THINKING ABOUT HOW TO BEGIN, I FIGURED I COULD EITHER START WITH SAYING A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT MYSELF AND WHAT THIS BLOG IS ABOUT (OH HELL NO) OR I COULD JUST POST A PICTURE FOR A LITTLE INSPIRATION. THIS IS A FILM STILL FROM JEAN-LUC GODARD'S 1964 FILM CONTEMPT, STARRING THE VERY SEXY (BEFORE YOU FOUND OUT SHE WAS A WILD RACIST) BRIGITTE BARDOT, MICHEL PICCOLI, AND JACK PALANCE. I LOVE THIS FILM BECAUSE OF THE BREATHTAKING MEDITERRANEAN SEA SHOTS, AND THE EPIC-SCALED MYTHOLOGICAL STATUES. IT'S TRULY STUNNING. PLUS, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD IMAGE WITH WHICH TO START SOMETHING NEW, DON'T YOU?