Saturday, May 14, 2011

Lady Gaga to become a V Magazine columnist - Telegraph

Lady Gaga has been on the cover of V Magazine twice in her career and is now set to write for its pages. Photo: V MAGAZINE

Lady Gaga to become a V Magazine columnist - Telegraph
Starting in the summer 2011 edition, which hits the shops mid-May, Lady Gaga, or 'Mother Monster' as she likes to be known, will be imparting her pearls of wisdom in a fashion and arts-based monthly commentary, giving us a little peek inside the performer and style icon's creative brain.

Fashion & Style Saint Laurent’s Other Half - NYT

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/12/fashion/pierre-berge-on-his-relationship-with-yves-saint-laurent.html

By ELAINE SCIOLINO

Published: May 11, 2011

Pierre Bergé, the partner of Yves Saint Laurent, talks about their relationship, the subject of “L’Amour Fou,” a French documentary.

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/05/05/t-magazine/100000000797336/trailer-lamour-fou.html

Alice Springs

From the documentary "L'Amour Fou."

Friday, May 13, 2011

Mapping Gothic France - culture

Mapping Gothic France invites you to explore the parallel stories of Gothic architecture and the formation of France in the 12th and 13th centuries...

http://mappinggothicfrance.com/

Festival 2011 - Cannes

CANNES YOU SAY FUN?

http://www.festival-cannes.com/en.html

"My fascination with the Cannes Film Festival
began in September 1946, when I was 15. I remember
Gérard Philippe extending his hand towards me
without so much as a glance my way, and watching a
film that would become one of my favourites, La
Symphonie Pastorale starring the ravishing Michèle
Morgan.(...)"

FOR 12 DAYS EVERY YEAR IN MAY, THE CITY OF CANNES TRANSFORMS INTO A VIBRANT HUB, AS COUNTLESS PEOPLE FLOCK TO ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST FILM FESTIVALS. COLUMNIST AND FILM BUFF MINOU PETROWSKI HAS FOLLOWED THE FESTIVAL FOR 22 YEARS.The exhilaration of Cannes: Cary Grant and Kim Novak in 1959 - © CORBIS-MIRKINE

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Always Look On The Bright Side of Life - video

Monty Python Holy Trinity (Monty Python and the Holy Grail / Monty Python's Life of Brian / Monty Python's the Meaning of Life)

Frabjous Couture: Couture Library

Frabjous Couture: Couture Library: "Claire Schaeffer, Couture Sewing Techniques Susan Khalje, Bridal Couture Roberta C. Carr Couture: The Art of Fine Sewing,Lynda Maynard,

The Dressmaker's Handbook of Couture Sewing Techniques: Essential Step-by-Step Techniques for Professional Results"

from Frabjous Couture

f: Mad Men Project

Frabjous Couture: Mad Men Project: "I love Med Man fashion. Those early 60s silhouettes with pencil skirts and circular skirts with hems falling right below the knee, ..."