As the 50th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s death approaches in 2012, Taschen has created a unique biography by pairing Norman Mailer’s 1973 bio Marilyn with Bert Stein’s intimate portraits of the actress from a Vogue photo shoot just six weeks before her death. The homage — simply titled Norman Mailer, Bert Stern: Marilyn Monroe — […]

It’s hard justifying not posting everything The Magician puts out when his mixtapes are so damn irresistible. Sure we posted  Magic Tape Five, then Magic Tape Twelve, and of course the BEAN mixtape, but yesterday The Magician put out his Magic Tape Sixteen and I see no reason to not share it with the people. […]

You know that when Tom Ford and Terry Richardson collaborate on a photo shoot that some magic is going to happen. Such is the case with this Western-themed shoot highlighting Ford’s clothing and shot by Richardson for January’s issue of Vogue Paris. Starring supermodels Crystal Renn, Eniko Mihalik and Abbey Lee Kershaw (and styled by […]

Word renowned Hollywood photographer Cecil Beaton has been praised for decades of fashion and portrait work with publications such as Vogue and Vanity Fair — just a couple of the contributions he made for photography and golden era celebrity fame in general. One of the 20th century’s greatest lensmen, Beaton was famed for his ability […]

Vogue Hommes Japan was launched in September 2008, and is widely considered one of the best editions of the Vogue catalog. It recently made a mainstream splash in America with the controversial image of Lady Gaga wearing a meat bikini (oh that crazy Gaga!) on its cover, and is now making waves by releasing its […]

Sometimes you have to wonder what Tom Brady did in a past life to warrant the life he’s had. Did he lead an uprising of lepers from a remote island prison? Did he open a culinary institute for orphans in some lost favela of Brazil? Was he the guy that slipped Daedalus the supplies so […]

I can’t explain exactly why the art of Horacio Salinas strikes me, but I like it. Maybe it’s the fact that sometimes he can take everyday, mundane objects, assemble them abstractly and create some really stunning art. And other times, like above, he takes very un-mundane objects and de-mystifies them, debases them into the mundane. […]

Singapore duo Le Messie and Amanda Scully, of FALSE fame, have released their more affordable Better Off Dead Spring/Summer 2010 line of shirts. We’ve been fans of Le Messie’s stuff for awhile (read our interview), and this season does nothing to disappoint. The Karl The Butcher line is a statement on the release of the […]