Yesterday this young man said to me:
“If you don’t mind me asking, why are you dressed so classy?”
I said “Because this is the profession I strive for.”
He said “What’s that?”
I simply responded “Fashion”
He got the point. Dress for the profession you want in life, EVERYDAY, NO EXCUSES!
YOU WANNA BE A BOSS, DRESS LIKE ONE!
I see too many young men showing up to interviews, inquiring about jobs, and attending social events dressed like slobs. It’s a shame. The way you dress can mean the difference between you getting the job or client you want vs. failure.
More importantly than looks are ideas. We need to start thinking outside the box, educating ourselves more and experiencing environments outside our hometowns. It was obvious that the gentleman who asked me about my wardrobe had not been to Hollywood much, or was never told how to dress for success.
Hopefully I inspired him to dress for the boss he wants to be
I just received the photos from our first shoot and I couldn’t be prouder. I will be slowly releasing them in the weeks to come, but here’s a little something to wet your appetite…You may click the image to visit our Tumblr page, where we will be posting more photos and art!
A beautiful Boy George inspired piece by Jean Paul Gaultier.
I’ve been obsessing over this video for the past couple weeks to the point that my eyes have officially announced their retirement!
Never the less, Jean Paul Gaultier’s take on fashion is refreshing to the mundane industry, and that’s the way his clothes have always been. I love this Celeb/Pop Star inspired collection, and I’m patiently waiting to see what he has in store for his new fall/winter collection.
This Black Friday was quite calm for me. I didn’t stand in line, arrived to my shopping destinations hours after they opened, and still bought everything I was hoping to get. While my experience was great, other parts of California weren’t so pretty.
One of my friends posted pictures on his facebook wall of a broken window at an Urban Outfitters store in Southern California. How can human beings be so excited about saving pieces of paper we call “MONEY”?
Think about it…
THE SAVINGS
It seems to me that the savings on Black Friday aren’t that great, unless you’re trying to buy electronics. But when you’re trying to save $20 on a pair of jeans after standing in line for hours and being pushed, it isn’t worth it. Imagine how productive you could have been or how much money you could have made within that time frame, instead of spending $.
Don’t get me started on gas, which is another expensive reason for you to just stay home on Black Friday.
THE KIDS
Oh and what’s up with the youth still using the word SWAG?
I was standing in line and overheard one young man say “On a rating of one to ten, how Swag is this?,” as he showed a piece of clothing to his friends. I couldn’t help but cringe.
In fact maybe the U.S. should ban all minors without a parent or guardian from being able to shop during Black Friday. I saw many young, annoying kids shopping with their friends, but with no parents or guardians to be found. GO FIGURE!
THE NET
There are many online Black Friday sales going on right now. Just stay home.
Here are some awesome picks for cool fashion savings:
SSUR Empire State:
The company that brought you the Comme Des Fuckdown design that A$AP Rocky has been wearing for quite some time, is giving 20% off during its “BLACK WEEKEND” SALE by using code: SSURDUBB. SSUR is also giving 25% off on Cyber Monday by using code: SSUR25ER.
They will also be selling 150 “Strong Boxes” for $100 on Cyber Monday. Although the 25% discount does not apply, each “Strong Box” will include: 3 T-shirts, 2 Hats, 1 Hoody + Extras. That’s a pretty damn good buy if you ask me, considering the cost of most fashionable urban wear.
Visit SSUR here: http://store.ssurempirestate.com/, and make sure you stand far away from your computer screen so you can clearly see the artistic images on the homepage.
Pingping and Rabbit:
This is a cool fashion duo I’ve been following for a few years. They have dope leggings, dresses, sunglasses and other fashion wear. Get 40% off through Cyber Monday by using code: “THANKS”.
This amazing vintage shop is discounting selected Cazal Sunglasses by as much as $200, with free domestic shipping. The sale starts at 12 a.m. on Cyber Monday, with other vintage items also being discounted.
Being the man who took the most cover photos for Vogue magazine, Erwin Blumenfeld has become a legend in fashion photography. Blumenfeld’s work ranges from collages mocking Adolf Hitler to Dadaism inspired fashion images.
Born in Berlin, Germany on January 26th, 1897, Blumenfeld’s love for photography would eventually lead to his professional career as a photographer in 1934.
By 1936, Blumenfeld moved to Paris, France and within a year his photos were being published in Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar. An accomplishment to say the least!
When Nazi’s began to occupy France during World War II, Blumenfeld was taken to a concentration camp. Luckily he escaped, taking him on a journey to New York in 1941. After gaining American citizenship, Blumenfeld continued his amazing and nostalgic work as a fashion visionary until his death in Rome on July 4th, 1969.
His legacy has been celebrated by his wife Lena Citroen, whom he married in 1921, and his three children: Henry, Lisette, and Yorick.
Below is a video showing some of Blumenfeld’s Fashion Film Experiments:
Blumenfeld’s influence has a tremendous impact on modern day fashion photography and film. Check out this CHANEL tribute to Erwin Blumenfeld:
I will leave you with one of my favorite quotes from this brilliant photographer:
“Day and night I try, in my studio with its six two-thousand watt suns, balancing between the extremes of the impossible, to shake loose the real from the unreal, to give visions body, to penetrate into unknown transparencies.” -Erwin Blumenfeld
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