Wizard Smoke

Wizard Smoke from Salazar on Vimeo.

I find this video incredibly inspiring. I love the camera work, the colours, the idea, I love EVERYTHING in this video.
It was done by a studio called SALAZAR, founded in 2008 Jesse Savath, Bienviendo Cruz, Jeff Petry, and Nathan Drillot. The story behind the studio is kind of funny, see they were all each other's competition and decided, "what the heck? we might as well join together and create a larger and better studio" and SALAZAR is the result. Within their works, you might recognise the video for Metronomy's "Heart beat rapid"

You're in for a treat!

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Iceland '09

I went to Iceland back in October, so yes, this is a bit late. Anyway, if you haven't been there yet I truly recomend that you go, it is one of the most amazing places I have ever been to! Not only for the landscapes but also for the people.

Brynja, was the best guide, night and day! Thanks sooo much!

Here are a few shots and a video. (the quality of the video is not the best, sorry but it's youtube's fault, it is perfectly fine in my laptop!)

be sure to visit Kron Kron when you're there for some quality Icelandic fashion. It's a must!

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Victoria's Secret 2009 Fashion Show

I don't know how you feel about this year's show, but as I was watching all I could think of is how much better it used to be. Don't get me wrong, they still put on a hell of a show but something went wrong.

The first VS show I ever saw was the 2005 one (watch the first part:)

Here is the link to the VS Fashion Show 2009

I'm not complaining about the clothes (even though I'm not a big fan) I'm jsut saying that this wasn't a fashion show; it was definitely a SHOW but the word fashion, in my opinion, should be taken away from the title. Here is why:

a)Black Eyed Peas performed.

b)People were cheering ALL the time instead of sitting down and paying attention. In a fashion show you should be a little bit quieter.

c)Models were throwing kisses and shaking hands. I mean, it was cool when Tyra did it but do you all have to copy her?? Seriously?

d) BLACK EYED PEAS PERFORMED

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W Magazine: United Artists

W magazine's bookings editor, Rena Lazaros, narrates this video about W magazine's new concept to showcase the three main Armani collections: Emporio Armani, Armani Privé and Armani Collection. The main idea is to get artists instead of models to show the Armani collections. Some of the artists are Sophie Auster, Hugh Dancy, Peter Sarsgaard and Susie Bick. It's a great video for a great idea.

It's always great to see how amazing photographers like Inez and Vinoodh direct the shoot.

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Generationals

Generationals are a band from New Orleans who have just realeased their first album CON LAW.

Here is their first video for the song Angry Charlie.

You can listen to more of their awesome songs in the section of their website , BANDCAMP.

Check their website: generationals.com and let me know what you think.

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Storm

I find storms fascinating.

Madrid July '09

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(music in video: North - Phoenix)

A Single Man

Tom Ford's first work as a film director. I'm so excited.

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music Update #11

"I'm still trying to make my mind up, Am I free or am I tied up?"

1. Young Urban - Ambulance LTD
2. Sad Song - Au Revoir Simone
3. Idiot Sleep - Benjamin E. Morsberger
4. Just Too Soon - Boa Constrictor
5. Vila Attack - Bumblebeez
6. Do It Better - Correcto
7. Painless Sleep - Crystal Antlers
8. Saturdays - Cut Copy
9. You Talk Too Much - Cycle
10. Snookered - Dan Deacon
11. Pogo (Digitalism's Robotic Remix) - Digitalism
12. Take Off Your Sunglasses - Ezra Furman and the Harpoons
13. Sleeping Thieves - Golden Holy
14. Standing In The Way Of Control - The Gossip
15. Too Fake - Hockey
16. Where Did All The Love Go? - Kasabian
17. Because You're Frightened - Magazine
18. Daylight - Matt & Kim
19. Animal - Miike Snow
20. The Rat Race - Munk
21. The Reeling (Miike Snow Remix) - Passion Pit
22. Lasso - Phoenix
23. Unchain My Heart - Ray Charles
24. Fantino - Sebastien Tellier
25. Impossible - Shout Out Louds
26. Engines Are Starting - Television Room
27. Pretty Live - The Heavenly States
28. Wild Thing - The Troggs
29. Woman (MSTRKRFT Remix) - Wolfmother
30. Love Train (Chicken Lips Remix) - Wolfmother

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Music Update #10

"I need you, like I need another cigarette"

1. Andrew - Crystal Antlers
2. Chrome's On it (The Mae Shi Remix) - Telepathe
3. Cigarette - Whitey
4. Confusion !!! - Cycle
5. Counterpoint - Delphic
6. Dirty Sticky Floors - Dave Gahan
7. Ever Fallen in Love - Sportsday Megaphone
8. Face Control - Hey Champ
9. Girlfriend - Phoenix
10. Going To A Go Go - Smokey Robinson
11. La Gran Mentira - La Casa Azul
12. Head In The Corner - Whitey
13. Into The Fire - Thirteen Senses
14. It's Not Enough - Salim Nourallah
15. Love Is A Wave - Crystal Stilts
16. Moribund - Beirut
17. Orange Shirt - Discovery
18. Phanta - Le Tigre
19. Right Round - Flo Rida feat Kesha
20. Run To Your Grave - The Mae Shi
21. Sick Muse - Metric
22. So Bored - Wavves
23. Stickshifts and Safetybelts - Cake
24. The New Seeker - Clinic
25. There There My Dear - Dexy's Midnight Runners
26. True Stories - Datarock
27. Virgin Suicide - Van She
28. You Came Out - We Have Band
29. Your Visits Are Getting Shorter - Bloc Party

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Music Update #9

"Loves it"

1. Alcoholics Unanimous - Art Brut
2. Always like This - Bombay Bicycle Club
3. Apollo-Gize final mix - Digitalism
4. Buddy - Iran
5. By The Numbers - Poney Poney
6. Cat Faces - Ugly Casanova
7. Dance To Our Disco - Punks Jump Up
8. Dream Cars - Neon Neon
9. Ex Lover - Friendly Fires
10. Gifted - N.A.S.A feat Kanye West, Santogold, Lykke Li
11. Happy Up Here - Röyksopp
12. Heads Will Roll - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
13. Heartbreak Scorsese - Snob Scrilla
14. Heaven - Hail Social
15. Hotcha Girls - Ugly Casanova
16. I know I'll See You - A Place To Bury Strangers
17. Jane Became Insane - Beatsteaks
18. Letting Go - Team Waterpolo
19. Little Garçon - Born Ruffians
20. Osaka Loop Line - Discovery
21. Pool Party 2009 - Shazam
22. She's The Only One - Rifles
23. Skinny Love - Bon Iver
24. So Fine - Telepathe
25. Take On Me (AHA cover) - AC Newman
26. Undressed in Dresden - The Hundred in The Hands
27. Untrust Us - Crystal Castles
28. We Don't Understand You - Apes & Androids
29. When Do You Wanna Stop Working? - Poney Poney
30. Zero - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

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Music Update #8

UPDATE ME PLEASE

1. Close to You - The Avalanches
2. Closing Scene - The Radio Department
3. Collapsing At Your Doorstep - Air France
4. Desire Be Desire Go - Tame Impala
5. Don't You Evah (Remix) - Spoon
6. Dr Love - Bumblebeez
7. Dusk Til Dawn (The Canyons Remix) - Ladyhawke
8. Getting Better - The Beatles
9. He Doesn't Know Why - Fleet Foxes
10. Misery Loves Company (Space is Easy Mix) - Her Space Holiday
11. Holly - Starfucker
12. I Found That Essence Rare - Gang Of Four
13. I Woke Up Today - Port O'Brien
14. In For The Kill (Skream's Lets Get Raw remix) - La Roux
15. Interlude - Test Icicles
16. Jimmy (M.I.A cover) - Of Montreal
17. Kept Low (Cut Copy Remix) - Mercy Arms
18. Kiss Of Death - Sparkadia
19. Mercury - Bloc Party
20. Midnight Surprise - Lightspeed Champion
21. Mr Petersen - Perfume Genius
22. Multiply - Jamie Lidell
23. My Heart Rate Rapid - Metronomy
24. My My Metrocard - Le Tigre
25. Normal - Ximena Sariñana
26. Photobooth - Exlovers
27. Remember Me - Tame Impala
28. Soul Auctioneer - Death In Vegas
29. Standing On The Shore - Empire Of The Sun
30. Way Down - N.A.S.A feat. RZA, Barbie Hatch and John Frusciante

Enjoy!

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Messy Elle

I was walking by the news-stand near my apartment in Paris, when the covers of April's French Elle caught my eye.

Stars without make-up, without retouch. Maybe it's just me that after too much shity-reality-fashion-tv shows I now think too much into why would they do it, this is what I thought:

a)Someone screwed up badly and it was too late to do it again, so this is the way to sell it

b)One of the girls was soo ugly that day that not even make up would fix it, so the other two had to go without.

c)The make-up artist was too hang over to even show at the photoshoot and they couldn't find anyone..

d) This is actually for real.

There's something about these covers that just makes me not like them. I'm not sure if it is the actual "no-make-up" look or the background, or the styling.. It just looks messy to me..

Sorry.

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My Lovely Jon

One of these days where you have nothing to do, I was looking in the internet and guess who i found. My favourite Spanish supermodel: Jon Kortajarena How can you not love him?
He's worked his way up to the top and now he features in campaigns for Tom Ford, Bally, Guess, Diesel.. This is his latest campaign for Brian Atwood:






As Rachel Zoe would say, I DIE!

For more info on him click HERE

xx
-P

Stella-Frigging-McCartney

And once again, she did it.

March 9th, 2009. 8 am. Wake up. I had slept 2 hours, hwk. Make up and heels and get on the metro. We got to 3 rue Dupetits Thouars and it was busting with people. Around us we saw, Salma Hayek, Jefferson Hack, Anna Wintour, Patrick Demarchelier, Mario Testino... and those are just a few names. We get in and the show begins. It was fabulous, fierce.
Thank you.

xx

-P

Music Update #8

Feb's babes!

1. As Above So Below (Justice remix) - Klaxons
2. Forever - Walter Meego
3. Isabella Of Castle - Starfucker
4. Electric Feel (Justice remix) - MGMT
5. Tomorrowland - Walter Meego
6. Once And Never Again - Long Blondes
7. Baby's On Fire - Venus In Furs
8. So Simple That It's Hard To Understand - Voicst
9. Flowers - The Ruling Class
10. Ask The Dj - Mr Hudson & The Library
11. Just A Friend (Biz Marie cover) - Lissy Trullie
12. Girls And Boys - Blir
13. Ready For The Floor - Lissy Trullie
14. 1901 - Phoenix
15. Self-Taught Learner - Lissy Trullie
16. Just A Friend With the Clap - Immuzikation
17. The Other Side - Pendulum
18. Girls - Death In Vegas
19. Sexx Laws - Beck
    
20. No One Does it Like You - Department Of Eagles
21. Twilight - The Raveonettes
22. Infinifold - !!!
23. Knife - CSS
24. Get A Move On - Mr Scruff
25. I Lost You - The Walkmen
26. Becky - Be Your Own Pet
27. One Word - Kelly Osbourne
28. Kaze Wo Atsumete - Happy End
29. Money (That's What I Want) - The Flying Lizards
30. Fireheads - Emiliana Torrini

xx

-P

A Glamorous Return To Childhood

Ok, I never thought I'd say this, but Barbie's 50th Anniversary show in the prestigious Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week kicked ass.
Who would've thought that those plastic blondies that my mum used to buy me in the store under my house would turn into this!? thank god they lost the fake organza dress that they used to wear, however the shoes? Louboutin went a bit too Barbie.Barbie was born Barbara Millicent Roberts on March 9, 1959 in Willows, Wisonsin. She is one of the top selling dolls in the world. She has travelled and worked more than a 100 jobs, however, she loves beeing a fashion hoe the most, (she told me last night, cinfidentially, of course) Everyone's played with Barbies at one point in their lives and if they haven't they should probably question the kind of childhood they had. And in order to make her 50th party more interesting she agreed with 51 designers, including Vera Wang, Alexander Wang , Marchesa, Calvin Klein, Diane Von Fustenberg, etc to dress her up for a real-size fashion show.

Photos: nymagazine

Only one word: Fierce.

xx

-P

Lets Arad For A Second

Lucky me, living in Paris, I get to go to all these amazing exhibitions all over the city, this month in the Centre Pompidou there's an exhibition on Ron Arad.
Ron Arad is an idustrial designer,artist and architect. In the exhibition showing now in the Pompidou, you can see a collection of chairs, mainly, and other obejects like lamps and maquetes of some of his architectural projects. His use of metal to create flowing designs is flawless, it seems as if the pieces were as light as bubbles about to rise up in the air. This contrast with his earlier work, where he used plastic especially, and even though his designs are still similar (big and curved objects) by using metal his managed to stylize and add more elegance to his pieces.






These are only some of the pieces you could find in the exhibition. It's absolutely fabulous, if you are in Paris any time soon, it's a MUST.

xx

-P

Watch Out For: Passion Pit

They are a new group from Cambridge, Massachusers, and whose first album, Chunk of Change, threatens to become the new HIT in all those clubs that are worth going to, and the beggining of what I belienve will be an innovative and interesting career. In this album, Michael, Ian, Ayad, Jeff and Nate include 80's sounds yet they mix them with new rave sounds in a way that just makes you want to stay home with their album and spend an evening of "tired-dancing" (those who know me will understand what it means). They are my latest obsession, therefore, they should be yours too. Listen to sleepyhead especially. Simply spectacular. 

xx

Palo

Music Update #7

Late. I know. Sorry.

1. I Hate Nightclubs - I Was A Cub Scout
2. Tired Of England - Dirty Pretty Things
3. This Is Such A Pitty - Weezer
4. Blitzkrieg Bop - The Ramones
5. Tigerlilly - La Roux
6. Fangela - Here We Go Magic
7. First Sight - These United States
8. Andy - I'm From Barcelona
9. Sleepyhead - Passion Pit
10. Ride The Wold - On Volcano
11. No Excuses (The Autumn Canta Mix) - Air France
12. Keep Me In Mind - Little Joy
13. Sea Ghost - The Unicorns
14. You Are A Dragon -  The Black And White Years
15. All In My Head - Good Shoes
16. Dayvan Cowboy -  Boards Of Canada
17. Fist - Copy
18. Honor Amongst Thieves - These United States
19. The Next Time Round - Little Joy
20. Teenagers - Department of Eagles
21. Paper Planes - M.I.A
22. Fascination (Frankmusik remix) - Alphabeat
23. 3 Little Words - Frankmusik
24. Quicksand - La Roux
25. The Air We Breathe - Figurines
26. Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) - Peter Sarstedt
27. Pop Song - Starfucker
28. Baby - Breakbot vs. PNAU
29. Reactor Party - Shitdisco
30. German Love - Starfucker

xx

Palo

Top-faboulous-Shop

Mine.

You have to love Topshop. 

xx 

Palo