“Got models in the moshpit dancing off beat but they know the words to my shit …” (Jay-Z, “Jockin’ Jay-Z)

Wow so cheesy. But I like editors-in-chief with a good sense of humour.

Emmanuelle Alt is showing I don’t really know what that is her best moves for the relaunch of VOGUE.fr

And I like the new VOGUE.fr.

And even though I miss Carine, I really like Emmanuelle. But jeez woman, you have to learn how to snap on time.

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Just like the great George Michael taught us.

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You just have to know where to look.

Image above: by Hannelore Knuts.

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Waiting for Lightning

A documentary on Danny Way.

This looks sooooo good.

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JMSN is the new The Weeknd. That’s the lazy way of explaining it. I don’t get the same visceral kick out of JMSN that I experience when listening to The Weeknd’s trilogy but I do like the sound and I’m curious for more.

Shady Mark Cobra Snake and his lady vs. shady lady and lady Cobra Snake. Part of the Sincerely Hana ‘Switcheroo’ series.

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If you find yourself in the car next to me in traffic and see me staring out the window and wonder what I would be thinking: this is what my mind is like at those moments.

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This is DJ Paul from 3-Six Mafia, not over-intellectualising his solo material at all, I’m happy to say. Rhyming ‘overrated’ with ‘asshole dilated’ is just the best thing ever.

There’s a new Brigitte Bardot exhibit opening at the Los Angeles Sofitel, featuring 30 rare and unseen photographs. Although some of BB’s later choices are debatable at best, you can’t argue with that face. Which reminds me of a quote about Miss Bardot I heard recently: “If you can’t save the face, save the animals.” Forgot who it was from, though.

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Zebra Katz. Ima watch that b*tch over and over and feel my brain cells changing.

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Silly wabbit Nicki doing that cartoon style like no one else can. Stop hating already.

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Oh, hi Bill. Hanging with Girls Generation backstage at Letterman, I see? Nice.

Eastpak asked KNOTORYUS to design a backpack to be auctioned off to benefit Designers Against Aids. So this is what we did. We hope you like it. We hope you’ll bid on it.

That giant Ü plastered all over the front is, of course, the logo of our daughter site.

HERE you can read a brief interview with KNOTORYUS about the collaboration.

HERE is the international overview of all the artists involved.

The bags are on show at Bread & Butter in Berlin and there will be an Eastpak pop-up shop opening at Kleine Markt 10 in Antwerp on the 27th, where you can fawn over all Belgian entries, including ours.

Oh, and one more thing:

*BOOOOOOM!*

My love for RA’s Wünderkinder Anna and Romain travels wide and deep.

Not only is their Antwerp store one of the greatest in the world. Every time you see one of them, talking seems obsolete. Just hovering around them drags you into a mystically dangerous world. Gets your blood pumping.

I just got invited to the opening of their new store in Paris, but unfortunately I won’t be able to make it.

Opening + More beautiful images of RA founders Romain and Anna by Yves De Brabander after the jump…

RA has initiated its presence in Paris since 2010 with a series of exhibitions at our temporary space in the Marais district during womens and mens prêt-a-porter fashion weeks. Buyers and press have been introduced to our conceptual selection of young, talented designers and artists from Antwerp and around the world, whom we have supported as a platform for their early works, graduation collections and small-scale art projects.

For 2012, RA cements a permanent position within the artistic and fashion hub, by opening the Parisian extension of our original retail concept and exhibition space. Inspired by the city of light, RA Paris channels a new focus on a bygone era of bespoke creation, to bring to life a 1920’s inspired “salon” ambience. The design and décor of RA Paris has been a personal project of RA founders Anna Kushnerova and Romain Brau, and is suffused with an alchemy of the elements – created in collaboration with traditional masters in metal and wood. The monumental front door is sculpted with symbolic carvings in heavy bronze, and layered curtains create shifting scenographies.

With the essence of symbolism instilled throughout the space, RA Paris will form an intimate yet theatrical showcase for modern couture offerings from artisanal designers like London’s Meadham Kirchhoff, eveningwear from Serkan Cura, millinery by Nasir Mazhar, and handcrafted costume jewellery from Heaven Tanudiredja. New designers will be complemented by an opulent selection of vintage garments from houses such as Chanel, Alaïa and Mugler, evoking the decadence of a bygone era.

In true Bohemian spirit, RA Paris will host regular salon events, including readings, performance art and intimate fashion shows. The space will be a living part of the fashion equation, inspiring designers and artists to explore a unique potential for customised installations. The unique connection with RA Antwerp will continue to evolve, creating an enriched artistic dialogue between the two cities.

RA Paris

14 rue de la Corderie

Paris 75003

Metro : Temple

RA opens January 25th 2012

More info RA here

+ Vice recently published this great interview with Romain

I wasn’t really ready to come out of retirement vacation and I’m not for the record. But this is too good not to post.

Eddie Huang, I’m thoroughly entertained.

“There’s your soul burger, don’t start dancing when you finish this one.”

+ His place is called BaoHaus and the tagline is “Fresh Off The Boat”.

If you’re trying to visit New York anytime soon? Youvegotstowatchthis.

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Via HypeBeast

If I were a boy, I’d have been more a legs than a breast kinda kid. You can tell from the shoots I style. 

But obviously as a girl, I love beautiful lingerie as well, unfortunately it’s pretty hard to find.

Kiki de Montparnasse always delivers though. And this time she collaborated with Julia Restoin-Roitfeld (who’s four months pregnant).

Great job, I think.

The collection drops in January. I will tell my editor-in-chief that I really really want to do a lingerie shoot. Using some of these products. Of course.

All above images via PURPLE DIARY

Marc Jacobs’ SS 12 soundtrack was heavy on the Philip Glass, with a highbrow-broadway–play-like catwalk and  models posed on wooden chairs. No matter what people thought about the designs themselves, this will forever be  ‘that Marc Jacobs collection that got stolen from the train.‘

images via Wmagazine

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And on the first day of Christmas, a magazine called LOVE gave to me …

Nine Ladies Dancing,
Eight Maids-a-Milking,
Seven Swans-a-Swimming,
Six Geese-a-Laying,
ohhh, awww-e-awww,
Four Calling Birds,
Three French Hens,
Two Turtle Doves,
And a bunch of supermodels stripping underneath the tree.

In a move that could almost be topping ‘peace on earth’, LOVE is making your most heartfelt Christmas wishes come true with a delightfully cheesy advent calender. Each day, we get one video of a supermodel being naughty with shiny wrappings, garlands and balls. All to the soundtrack of Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Bing Crosby and other festive favourites.

OPEN YOUR PRESENTS HERE

There are 8 videos up, so 16 more to go!

In celebration of the new Opening Ceremony capsule collection by Chloë Sevigny (see above and see more below), we get a personal tour inside Chlöe’s closet, where she keeps her original bunny ears from Gummo, the skteches Alber Elbaz made for her when he was with Yves Saint Laurent … you know: the regular junk you keep shelved away somewhere.

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Get the complete collection HERE.

Things to look forward to. Things that rubbed my retina the right way.

Poem by ee Cummings. (via Yimmy’s Yayo)

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I’m looking forward to seeing  Better Than Something, a documentary with and about Jay Reatard, much-missed punk music genius and all-round asshole.

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Aside from releasing the documentary itself, the makers have been digging up unreleased images and sound files from Jay’s past. Like this 2006 Angry Angles live cut called  “Apparent Transparent”.

More blasts from the past:

This is a picture of DJ 50 Grand’s basement in Brooklyn. He was Notorious B.I.G.’s first DJ.

This is part of the “How Ya Livin’ Biggie Smalls” series of photographs in The Fader magazine, featuring photographs of locations important to B.I.G.’s life and work.

First ever cover of Vogue. Part of the Magazine First Covers series at Retronaut. My favourite is the People cover with Mia Farrow:

OK, back to the current manifestation of the ever expanding and multiplying one we call the ‘now’.

Kanye & Jay-Z posted a new backstage video of the Watch the Throne video at VOYR. The stage is looking incredible, the Kanye quotes are finger-lickin’ pieces of out-of-context-food for haters and inspiration to the rest of us and Hova walks in to take a picture with a kid who shaved WTT in his hair. But the coolest moment for me was when Yeezy and Hova start making their way to the stage and the security walkie talkie crackles “Chi-Town is walking.” *Krrrgh* “New York is walking”.

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Cute! Flosstradamus feat. Kid Sister – Luuk Out Girl via FirstUp, where you can also stream Kid Sister’s latest EP “Kiss & Tell”.

RIP Patrice O’ Neal. NSFW. PLEASE BUY HIS STUFF HERE.

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A funny one to end:

Das Racist on Conan O’ Brian, which caused quite a stir on the internet and in the Michael Jackson corner. Whatever you think about their MC credentials, this is how you make a TV debut.