social-creature

In Nation of Rebels: Why Counterculture Became Consumer Culture, Joseph Heath and Andrew Potter explain that really, there was never any conflict between the two to begin with. Counterculture hinges on, and consumer culture consists of, the expression of your lifestyle/identity. Whether you’re choosing to wear Nikes, Doc Martens, or some crazy obscure Japanese […]

 
by andrea spratt.
so bummed i couldn’t make it to this, looks like it was fantastic!
(andrea, i am SO proud of you!)

a few weeks ago allan amato opened up his studio to take portraits of all his friends, and this is what i got for stopping by:

which doesn’t even look like a portrait of me, so much as a peice of art that allan made and i just happen to be one of the colors he […]

and in the same breath as the last post… here’s a plug for the kucoon designs fashion show/party this saturday:
shows are at:
11:30 - kama and caylee
12:15 - kucoon designs

come get your independent fashion fix.
you know you wanna.

i’ll admit right now that this is not what i ought to be writing about.
i’ve been travelling for more of the past month than i’ve been at home, and just coming up with things to write about that i had no time to follow through on. so now that i’ve finally gotten to shower in […]

tiffa novoa 1975 - 2007

heavy shit today.
tiffa (née tiffany ann snead) was not just a fashion designer, she invented an entire aesthetic style. she was not just one of the founding members of a notorious performance troupe, she helped to create an entire subculture. she wasn’t just a visionary artist, she was a force […]

following up on the smash success of its award-winning “evolution” ad, dove unleashes “onslaught“:

much like the evolution ad, which shows the intense makeup and photoshop augmentation of an image of an average woman and at the end offers, “no wonder our perception of beauty is distorted,” while directing viewers to take part in dove’s Real […]

The Do LaB Artist Network - Issue #3: Fall 2007
NEW ISSUE UP NOW!
http://artistnetwork.thedolab.com/fall07/

after months of work and an incredible team effort all around, the fall Artist Network is finally ready.
people without whose help this idea would not be a reality include: jesse shannon, arin ingraham, brian shaw, and albertico acosta. huge thank you to […]

“To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.”
– e.e. cummings
which is all quite noble and good, but the thing of it is, e.e., is that […]

(and if you’re going to the playa before the month is out, you know it’s a week-long runway fashion show over there, right? ….get prepared.)