sighsandwhispers: September 2010

Thursday, 30 September 2010

At home with Adam Ant

Adam Ant's lounge.

The design team of Powell-Tuck, Connor and Orefelt gained noteriety in 1981 when they redesigned McLaren and Westwood's shop at 430 Kings Road (the original location of SEX and Let It Rock) into World's End, a Lewis Carroll-esque surreal world of sloping floors and backward spinning clocks. This innovative design led them to be hired by 'the most beautiful man ever' ®, Adam Ant, to redecorate his new flat in London in 1982.

His bedroom.

Pooling draperies, which were padded in the hems, made from Timney-Fowler fabric.

"David Connor's drawing style marked a move away from more precise presentation work and became influential in the early 80s, for example in the work of architect Zaha Hadid."

Scanned from: McDermott, Catherine. Street Style: British Fashion in the 80s. New York: Rizzoli, 1987.

Wednesday, 29 September 2010

Blood Lips

Lindsay Wixsen's lips. Photo by Mert Atlas and Marcus Piggott, from W Magazine, August 2010.

Why can't my lips look like this? It supposedly only takes five lip colours-Clé de Peau Extra Rich lipstick in Black and Crimson, MAC Clear Lipglass, Yves Saint Laurent's Rouge Volupté Silky Sensual Radiant Lipstick in Forbidden Burgundy- but I doubt I could ever re-create it (though I do have the gap).

Photos of the Day: Bordello

All photos by Vee Speers. From Bordello, 2005.

“From my window I can see the girls waiting downstairs in the doorways, and it has always fascinated me how these women display their bodies up and down the street like gaudy trinkets in a second-hand shop.

Although I created my own interpretation from historical references and old images, I primarily wanted to use the idea as a gateway to something more profound.

The art of seduction fascinates me. I love the game — you can dress yourself up and act out a role, and that sets you free to create your own stories, your own mysteries. And it gives you power. I tried to capture all that when I photographed these women, none of whom are models, as such."

-Vee Speers