call my tailor: steve mcqueen


talk about handsome men and fine tailors. no doubt mcqueen visited savile row at the time for his personal pleasure (when there was no abercrombie & fitch anywhere in sight). douglas hayward of course supplied the suits for the thomas crown affair but that relationship didn’t just stop there. there is a great book on savile row, with a forward by tom ford (of course) which i will try and find to post. makes for good reading for anyone interested in dropping 10-20K on a suit. by dd

CATEGORIES: fashion mens, must see films

Libuse Niklova – toy designer

after ww2, wood is too expensive and rare to keep doing toys out of it. tchek designer Libuse Niklova then came up with a new vision for the toys she was designing for the company Gumotex Breclav. her toys got new shapes, new colors and an instant success. i personally like the simple yet not simplistic shapes of those pieces of design that don’t feel dated after almost 50 years. jeff koons, man, you’re out! by pp.

CATEGORIES: design

mr. ed’s radio service

portrait of a young artist… ed ruscha in earlier days when he switched careers from graphic design to art. he once said “art has to be something that makes you scratch your head” i agree with that to some extend, its just that it should not end just there. by dd

CATEGORIES: art

horst p horst – more cy twombly

i remember seeing this huge book on photographer horst p horst at home when i was very young, and i remember this portrait of cy twombly in his crazy italian house, the rest of the story was released in an edition of vogue at the time. love the romantic aspect of living in a palazzo and everything that comes with it as far as choices, life, style and so on. by the way, also love the gehrard richter portrait laying on the floor, in this setting, it’s rather cool! isn’it? by pp.

CATEGORIES: art, photography