—the russian criminal tattoos exhibition (good, but… God, haven’t we had enough of this yet??)
—an unexpected procedure at take off
—”a” book at ln-cc
—Liam Sparkes tattooing Nathini’s palm (do you dig these fluo tones my iphone seems to find in anyone’s or anything’s appearance?)
—and Becca’s deer tattooed by Liam too
—JSR’s new Rick Owens shoes staring at me this morning <3

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do you resent people with aids?

do you trust hiv-negatives?

have you given up hope for a cure?

when was the last time you cried?

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Big Shout OUT to the legendary Larry Kramer for instigating one bad ass pack back in ’87 and props to Brigette Nicole for initiating the re connect and stackin’ chips for the soldiers.

ACT UP meets at the LGBT Center every 1st and 3rd Monday of every month. 208 West 13th street – NYC.

RIP Steve Michael.

See HERE and HERE.

DesignMarketo seems to be a pretty advanced proposition in the new deal of global retail. Alongside other conceptual online retail resources such as LN-CC, we find here the proof of the inability of the traditional trade system to adapt to the fast-pace evolution of artistic (in a general sense) practices.

For now, propositions mainly stick to design and applied art, but it is no high-risk bet to say that it will probably shortly be applied to fine arts. Time will tell.

Design Marketo also carries Sang Bleu

Sang Bleu: LN-CC feels like a very natural progression, was it essentially the vehicle needed to bring together a group of people you always wanted to work with under one roof?

John Skelton: Yeah, kind of.  We live in a world where work, friends and the things that we know and love are all the same thing. We always had the people around us and the vision in our minds, we just needed a platform to be able to execute it without any restrictions and doing it ourselves was our only option really.

SB: Has the crossover into combining menswear and womenswear been a particularly exciting development for you?

JS: The women’s thing is something that i had been wanting to do for such a long time and had had so many requests about so yes it is exciting for sure. At the minute our women’s selection is really limited, it was important for us to launch the site with both men’s and women’s product but we also wanted to take time to build a really strong brand list. Next season will be a lot different and as of October when we begin to receive pre-collections you’ll start to see the full strength and direction of our women’s offer. I think that women need an independent store online, the market is dominated by big players but their selection is so dry. Hopefully what we’re doing will mix things up a bit.

SB: How will the collective feel of the concept be reflected in both the real and digital environments of the store?

JS: This is one of the most important things about what we are doing.  We have invested so much time and energy into our space that I’m sure people will get a much stronger feel for what we are all about when they can see the physical representation.  The store sums up the diversity of our group by incorporating so many different areas in a very deep and specialist manner, not just with the men’s and women’s offer but by covering music, literature and art/tattoo as well so its definitely got a very broad flavour and appeal.

SB: Which new element of the project are you most excited about exploring further in the future?

JS: We’ve got a few things going on in the background that we hope are going to change the landscape forever but I can’t really talk about them right now.  The most exciting thing for us at the moment and coming in the near future is definitely the development of the space which should be ready by the end of October.  It’s really starting to take shape and I think will really give us that extra dimension.  the other thing will be the launch of our Japanese site which should be around the same time.  We are working on a new concept with some Japanese guys based in Tokyo which we will roll out early next year but the basics will be in place real soon.

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—Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time

Yesterday, I went to see Damir Doma’s “SILENT” collection (click HERE to see images), and had the biggest crush on some super leather bags, nonchalantly stretched out on a white bed: playful and baggy shapes made out of thick and matt fabric, adorned with suttle metallic systems to complete their perfect functionality.

As the shamans say “Now everything is suspended between heaven and earth.” Especially bags, right?

Above: a leg being taken care of by Thomas Hooper.

Reblogged from The Animal In Me