on a drunken parisian night i decided to stupidly walk all my way back from the palais de tokyo to rue st maur. i made some delightful acquaintances on the way

Driven by a bit too much sake and the nostalgic melancholy that followed, I spent the evening listening to Soft Cell singles. Driven by even more sake I decided to scan all the covers. It’s the first time I’ve seen the front & backs simultaneously so although I managed to listen to all of Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing and side 1 of The Art Of Falling Apart before I was done, it was worth the effort.

The 80’s weren’t all bad you know. When I was a boy this was the man I wanted to be.

the models, and the models looking at themselves on a screen at the after party. I love these types of mises en abîme…

(do I really need to add that the show was amazing?)

I met Madame Michèle Lamy at the Rick Owens headquarter on a ridiculously hot day. Models were running in and out of the place as the show was 28 hours ahead and the casting was taking place on that same day. In this chaos, there still seemed to exist a few cube meters of peace and reason located in the little backyard/terrace of the HQ. We discussed about the time when she got her fingers tattooed, the same time back when tattooing hands was still illegal in certain american states. We also chatted about publishing during recession times and the quest of Substance. Then I left, inspired and serene.

I can hardly resist posting everything I have tonight, right awayI But I won’t. Hehe.

last week was amazing
once again thanks to our amazing friends and to the fantastic designers and individuals who make it what it is.
i will be posting about this quite a bit in the next few days, just the time to upload all the videos, retouch the pix, etc
but once again I need to send shouts out:
JSR<3
Mauricio & crew
Kris, KvA & Dior crews
Michèle Lamy
Marcelo Burlon, Riccardo Tisci & Crew
Lotta & Alban
Bruno Staub
Dimitri
Jason Farrer
Théo Mercier
Babette Pauthier
Diane Pernet
Laurence Desarzens & Guillaume Sorge
John Skelton & Oki-Ni crew
Yorgo Tloupas
Zilba & wife
Damien Blottière
Edward Brachfeld
Nicolas & Olivier of Tribal Act
Sophie Welsh Durand @ Givenchy
Angelo Cirimele
Absinthe & Tonic at the Palais de Tokyo
Jean-François Carly

Grabbed previous SB star Bastien (un autre corps) and lovely Christell for a quick finger photo on the shopfloor of a packed Paris fashion week Colette. All tattoos by Bastien (touch ups to Christell’s line Scott Campbell). Thanks for the new Jacques.

I’ve been helping to organize an exhibition of work by 11 young photographers that will take place on 8^th July at Spring Studios in London and over the next few days I’ll be posting some of the work most relevant to this page. It’s a guest list only event but if you’re keen to come please email me – aw@sangbleu.com

The beautiful flyer is by the one and only Maxime Buechi with photography by Ekaterina Bazhenova.