Graphic of the Day: 500 Worst Passwords
By Obsessive Consumption.
Edition of 30. Signed and Numbered.
July 2010
13 posts
Our Hamam Last night
Meet Karelle Levy, the designer for KRELwear, a sassy knitwear line unlike any you’ve seen. Karelle is also the ringleader of a traveling Burlesque party which she happened to host last night during Miami’s swim week. The party was held inside our spa at The Standard, Miami, after closing hours. Guests were told to wear as little as possible.
We decided to grab a hold of this busy lady that evening. She was running around like a mama bear trying to get her girls on stage in time… but we managed to sneak a few questions backstage …
Graphic of the Day: Blue State
Todays graphic of the day is actually available to purchase.
Michael Leon Blue State 2009
Silkscreen on archival paper 36 x 24 inches
Edition of 100
Signed and numbered by the artist
Price $100.
From the art website called Iconoclast. Don’t you love affordable art?
Summer Straw Shoes
It seems these shoes are poppin’ up on the feet of the most stylish ladies. Behold the Robert Clergerie straw shoes, as seen in Olivier Zahm’s Purple Diary website on the feet of Annabelle Dexter Jones at the Hotel Amour, Paris.
(Annabelle Dexter Jones, Paris)
Another pair was spotted on the feet of Mara Hoffman’s assistant during Miami’s Swim shows last week. Stay tuned for coverage of the lovely array of bikini designers featured in Miami Beach during our travels to The Standard Spa, Miami Beach.
(Mara Hoffman Backstage, Miami)
Read about Robert Clergerie’s Straw shoe collection at Vogue Daily.
Mina Singing Bang Bang, 1967
From our friends at Purple Diary
Graphic of the Day: Joy Division Flipped
Here’s a graphic by Christopher Wright entitled Known Pleasures. According to the retail website, the design is “a Tribute to Joy Division’s most famous record and tossing off in the morning” explains the clothier African Apparel. We love a good concept flipped on its head.
To purchase the T-shirt, go to African Apparel
Fleet Foxes
This band is somewhat of a cross between Crosby Stills & Nash mixed with Simon & Garfunkle… with a whole lot of soul of their own too.
Read more on the band at Fleet Foxes. The wonderfully eerie video for “White Winter Hymnal” is directed by Sean Pecknold. It has sort of a hypnotizing effect. See for yourself. Definitely a band to keep your eyes on…
— on Rotation at The Standard Spa, Miami Beach
Hollywood Moment
We can’t stop thinking of the mirrors at the Top of The Standard at The Standard, New York when looking at Orson Welles’ Lady from Shanghai. The film’s tagline reads: “One who keeps his nature keeps his original nature in the end”….. Just a beautiful moment of inspiration.
(Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth in Lady from Shanghai, 1947)
Graphic of the Day: Swearing Table
Today’s graphic is a Periodic Table of Swearing… breaking down cussing to a science.
These signed Giclee prints are a limited edition of 100 — Dimensions: 42 cm x 59.4cm — but this particular series is sold out by now… sorry. To read all the fine details in this graphic, click into the Modern Toss website, and then click into the poster itself to enlarge the image.
Stay tuned for the new colored edition to be sold on the same site.
The Morning Benders
Big jam sessions are awesome. They are so pure and honest, unable to hide behind the slick graphics and special effects of a high budget music video. The band is called Morning Benders, and they assembled their closest friends in San Francisco to sing this tune.
Please watch the video all the way to the very last second where lead singer, Chris, discusses reconciling love in all degrees — from the very first butterflies to seeking a lifelong partner. It’s short, sweet, and heartfelt. Enjoy this magic studio session.
Produced and directed by Yours Truly. Visit www.yourstru.ly for more. Music found on The Morning Benders / RCRD LBL
— On rotation at The Standard Spa, Miami Beach
Haunting Sweet Little Tune
It’s lovely to hear a song so raw. Antony & The Johnsons is one of the rare poets of our day. This song, “Epilespy is Dancing” is one that grabs a hold of us, tickles our curiosity, and cuts us somewhere inside. You’ll hear this little heartbreaking tune score the melancholic Miami sunset at The Standard Spa, Miami Beach.
Epilepsy is dancing
Shes the Christ now departing
And Im finding my rhythm
As I twist in the snow
All the metal burned in me
Down the brain of my river
That fire was searching
For a waterway home
I cry glitter is love!
My eyes pinned inside
With green jewels
Hanging like Christmas stars
From a golden vein
As I came to a screaming
Hold me while Im dreaming
For my fingers are curling
And I cannot breathe
Then I cried in the kitchen
How Id seen your ghost witching
As a soldering blue line
Between my eyes
I cry glitter is love!
My eyes
Pinned inside
Sea green jewels
Hanging like Christmas stars
From a golden vein
Cut me in quadrants
Leave me in the corner
Oh now its passing
Oh now Im dancing
— “Epilepsy is Dancing” Antony & The Johnsons
Harry Benson
Harry Benson lived a charmed life. In his 70’s now, Harry photographed a broad range of topics from politicians to celebrities. Today he lives and works out of New York. His body of work spans 50 years.
To see more images, go to Harry Benson on EscapeIntoLife.com
