glen luchford: black magic

glen in early days with handsome jack (sparrow)

our soft-spoken friend, photographer, and film maker glen luchford, has truly reinvented himself with his beautiful black and white work. i saw something of his today and it prompted me to check his work again. his work for prada was for years the holy grail of fashion, and he’s sure to be on top of the list again with his new work above with models  mariacarla boscono and malgosia bela, beautifully rich . by uh

Indianapolis: klipsch speakers since 1946


beautiful horn heritage speakers reissued by klipsh. the hand-built and horn loaded american made speakers are back. originally dating back  to 1946, the new heritage range comes in four levels. the top one, klipchorn, is a fully horn-loaded, full range, three-way speaker system. it weighs 80 kg and stands 1.28 meters high. the 1-inch tweeter and 2-inch midrange driver alongside a 15-inch fiber- composite woofer give a sensitivity of 105 dB. $9,500 a pair. the second down, is named la scalla II (another one of those silly names). $5,450 a pair. the third one is the three-way cornwall III speaker that boasts a sensitivity to match the fully horn-loaded cabinets.  $2,700 a pair. The 4th and cheapest model is the heresy III that comes equipped with a powerful woofer, bi-wire network, diaphragm tweeter, midrange drivers and a removable slant riser. $1,350 a pair. by dd

and some not…

there’s nothing more of a turn-off than a pierced nipple. i know i’m not making my case that well with marloes, but that’s just the point. photo by no other than terry richardson.  by dd

Vans DQM meet TS

i’m sure there will be more to come from this collaboration posted on ts so let me take this time to introduce an east meets west tale: Vans DQM. vans teamed with independently owned nyc skate staple chris keeffe and dqm to bring us the best of both worlds.  i’m not a huge fan of the ever growing popularity and need for every brand to have a “boutique-esk” store especially skate/snow/surf brands but i get it. especially if you are trying to have your store downtown; high rents = less products in store with higher almost unreasonable prices for young skaters probably not making that much to begin with (who lets remember, are the real heart and soul of the sport). but, this is the nature of the beast these days. i’m not saying the store isn’t core or doesn’t have a very nice decor and layout because it is and does, i’m just sayyyin. by jr