Social-Creature

SocialCreature, I haven’t forgotten about you! I still love you and think of things I want to tell you all the time, (like what Roland Emmerich’s Anonymous says about “the intersection of art and politics and role of the artist in society”, or the similarities between the Snow White & the Huntsman trailer and the [...]

Jocelyn Marsh wearing headdress by Tiffa Novoa. Image: Brion Topolski, 2005 Right now all across America there is a feather shortage. In April, The Billings Gazette reported: Jewelry-makers and hairstylists have been snatching up the premium chicken feathers used in standby trout-fly patterns, creating a sudden run on a market that’s ill-prepared for significant fluctuations [...]

You know those movies about characters trail-blazing the business of some terrible vice? They’re always set in a not-too-distant past, have trailers full of period-specific songs, and include the words “inspired by a true story” on the poster. There’s the initial meteoric rise to power and wealth, followed by a period of unbridled excess — [...]

Get your fantasy on! Some choice shots from this weekend’s epic runway show. Images courtesy of Apparel News: Skin.Graft Designers: Cassidy Haley, Katie Kay, & Jonny Cota: (photo by: half a second) And yes, I must admit I am quite proud of myself for having introduced Katie and Jonny to one another back in 2005. [...]

Been missing in action over here cuz I’ve been working on the site launch and onsale for The Do LaB’s first event of 2009: I’m stoked on the event. It’s unlike anything the Do LaB has ever done before. We’re closing down a street and throwing a block party style music festival in Downtown L.A. [...]

Britney Spears has a new album out today, and guess what it’s called: That’s right! Britney Spears’ new album is called Circus, and this is incredibly interesting to me. Once upon a time, I used to be the production manager for a circus called Lucent Dossier– This troupe is actually part of a whole larger [...]

My friends over at Skin.Graft Designs just discovered some way shady thief has been blatantly recreating exact replicas of their original clothing designs and selling them on Second Life. Skin.Graft Designs Originals: Sinistyle Designs counterfeit knockoffs: Skin.Graft Designs Originals: Sinistyle Designs counterfeit knockoffs: This is the first I’ve ever heard of anything like this, though [...]

A quick little break in the travelling silence just to mention that Post-War Trade, the “democratic future of merchandising” dreamed up by Amanda Palmer of The Dresden Dolls, and produced by Katie Kay–indisputably two of the savviest, sassiest lasses I know, whom it was my pleasure to introduce a few years back–is now, finally, up [...]

In Buying In: The Secret Dialogue Between Who We Are and What We Buy, Rob Walker talks about “underground brands”–lifestyle symbols created by independent entrepreneurs. In fact, I actually think it’s easier to think of underground brands as “independent brands,” (cuz what does “underground” really mean, anyway?) much like independent music: In popular music, independent [...]

Once you ‘got’ Pop, you could never see a sign again the same way again. And once you thought Pop, you could never see America the same way again. – Andy Warhol It is totally disconcerting to discover a book that pretty much compiles your insights and articulates them back to you. Buying In: The [...]