ADVICE : YOUR CALL

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out for sushi the other day and found this printed on the chopstick case:
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and i was half reading it, half listening to the business meeting we were at,
until i hit the last phrase:
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oh yeah.
that phrase NEVER got me into trouble.
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the six chicest things about april 2010 :

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carolina amaris finding this picture of my favorite mcqueen piece, ever.

from his shipwreck collection,

a gown worthy of a modern bride:

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TWO

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"the STAM" in harper's bazaar.

styling and attitude inspired a shoot i have coming up . . .

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THREE

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my official obsession with myself,

and the fact that i love this image from a recent editorial shoot:

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FOUR

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these rick owens wedges on oki-ni:

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FIVE

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the illustrator danny roberts of the blog

igor & andre

whose work gives me palpitations:

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SIX

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being able to preview some work from a recent shoot that i LOVE:

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different kinds of porn (april edition) -

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architectural porn:

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shoe porn:

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(god bless rodarte for light up heels . . .)

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gearhead porn:

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(tim gets the ducati, i get to restore vesper to this state.  in dream-land.)

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fashion porn:

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(balenciaga for men, mcqueen for women, celine for whomever grabs it first.)

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and oddly,

yellow neck accessory porn:

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compelling.  and sooo yellow. 

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behind the scenes with landis :

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a sneak peek of something rather cool to come,

a new direction in the photography,

and a really great video shoot.

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work work fashion, baby.

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nap-time, pit bull style -

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swing by,

any day around 3:30,

and join us for the ritual.

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my little buddy -

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meet fred.

he's my handy stand in for lighting

when working on my own in my studio.

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he was going to be a lamp base at one point.

or a garden gnome.

but he works great to judge depth,

focus,

shadow,

etc.

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and he works for scale.

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brunch one sunny sunday with the girls . . .

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tim just HAD to introduce jo and bic to the DESAYUNO burrito

at asia de cuba.

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apparently,

they were dazzled by the grandeur

of the burrito.

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shades, ladies.

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LONG LIVE LEE - an homage to mr. mcqueen

on the day lee mcqueen died

i had already scheduled a test shoot with a young model.

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we used the time to explore themes in mcqueen's work:

time, death, loss, memory, darkness.

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this is a short excerpt from that day:

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