At 3:34 am local time, today, February 27th, a devastating magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck Chile, one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded. According to Chile’s interior minister, at least 214 people are now known to have been killed. The Tsunami warnings from around the world are just starting to be pulled back now. Twitter the [...]
Monthly Archives: February 2010
JERKIN / SKINNY JEANZ / HEDI SLIMANE
INTRODUCING JERKIN / THE SKINNY JEANZ MOVEMENT ON HEDISLIMANE.COM
“I just finished a report on this emerging movement I ended up being connected to called Jerking. It was born in Long Beach, Los Angeles, in late 2008 among black teenagers in high school. They call it the Skinny Jeans Movement and have songs like “I ROCK [...]
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Undies Monday @ Mag Nation
Our favourite magazine shop is Mag Nation. They are very, very serious about magazines but they’re not afraid to have some fun. Hence, their new promotion:
‘Undies Monday’. Here is how it works:
Walk into any Mag Nation store on a Monday in just your underwear and they will give you for FREE any magazine, book or [...]
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Dali / Femme à la tête rose
Design: Salvador Dalí / Year: 1935-1937 / Available: matisse.co.nz
During the ‘thirties in Paris, Salvador Dalí surrounded himself with a circle of friends involved in the application of art to varied disciplines, above and beyond the study of pure pictorial art. Jean-Michel Frank, a furniture maker and decorator of prestige in the Paris of those [...]
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If You Have to Cry Go Outside
Best thing about The City? Kelly Cutrone, the evil lesbian fashion PR power bitch at the head of People’s Revolution. Kelly can take down a wannabe with one sentence like no-one else we’ve seen… plus she has a new book out, currently rocketing up the NYC book lists…
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Last chance to get PILOT issue #3
Hello friends,
A gentle reminder that if you haven’t already picked up a copy of PILOT issue #3, they will only be in stores for another week or so… so grab one now if you want one. Once they are gone, they are gone… we are already close to sold out of back issues for PILOT [...]
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fuckyeahgoths
98% of things referred to as goth are dreadful. This tumblr is for the 2% of brilliant / fuckyeahgoths
The original Goths were an Eastern Germanic tribe who played an important role in the fall of the western Roman Empire. In some circles, the name “goth” later became pejorative: synonymous with “barbarian” and the uncultured due [...]
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MasterChef New Zealand
At PILOT, we like our food. Food is one of life’s purest pleasures. We enjoy eating out, eating at home, we love to cook and we have a weakness for Food TV, especially Reality TV involving Chefs. Anything with Gordon Ramsey, Marco Pierre White or Heston Blumenthal is a must record on the MySky machine [...]
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Lady Gaga / Brit Awards 2010
At this year’s Brit Awards, held today in London, Lady Gaga received 3 awards for her debut album The Fame, winning Best International Female, best breakthrough act and best album for The Fame. Gaga dedicated a force-of-nature performance of ‘Telephone’ to fashion designer Alexander McQueen and also performed ‘Dance in the Dark’. Watch the performance below [...]
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2010 Winter Olympic Games
The 2010 Winter Olympic Games are underway in Vancouver, Canada. Above is the official poster set. Go here to see every official poster from the winter Olympic games from 1924 to 2010.
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BMW Oracle 2 / Alinghi nil (haha)
Most people lost interest in the America’s Cup after a series of dick moves by dickhead Swiss billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli who attempted to rewrite the rules and spirit of the Cup’s history in a blatant attempt to stop anyone winning it back, ever. Louis Vuitton, long time sponsors of the Cup, pulled their sponsorship in [...]
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Diamond Dogs
Last night Kate Sylvester Teed Street hosted a preview evening of Kate’s new Autumn Winter collection Diamond Dogs. Described as a ‘transgressive play on menswear and womenswear, sexy and sophisticated dress-ups’, Kate Sylvester’s new collection is reflective of her conceptual and immaculately tailored collections. Comprised of a relatively muted colour palette involving sherbet hues, smoky [...]
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Lee McQueen / The Greatest
Today is a sad face day. Alexander McQueen, perhaps the most daring designer of his generation has committed suicide aged 40. McQueen has given us so much, but he had so much more to offer. This is just tragically sad. Rest In Peace. Image from Alexander McQueen’s Fall 2009 collection.
Part of being a human is [...]
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2010 / Year of the Tiger
Lunar New Year Greetings from Test Shoot Gallery
Photography / May Lin Le Goff
Fashion Direction / Ashburn Eng
Illustrator / Allison Low
“The world’s most beautiful flowers bloom in ceaseless infrequency,
While the most stunning sceneries last only for the shortest time.
Please, no more excuses about leaving,
You’re not convincing me with just a glass of wine.
Here, let’s refill our empty desires,
Because honestly, when [...]
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Lady Gaga & Cyndi Lauper / M.A.C Viva Glam
Meet the new voices of VIVA GLAM … Lady Gaga and Cyndi Lauper. They love lipstick. They love fashion. They want your Bad Romance…
Gaga and Lauper are channeling their high-voltage diva energy for VIVA GLAM and igniting From Our Lips – the new M·A·C Cosmetics VIVA GLAM campaign. In honour of all of the women [...]
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David Dallas / Something Awesome
We are loving the new David Dallas single ‘I Get The Feeling’ which is enjoying much radio play at present. Dallas is PILOT’s fav NZ MC bar none, super nice flow and mad rhyme skills brother! He’s also super-real and humble, check it – the below is from his blog…
“I’ve been listening to hip hop [...]
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Taylor Boutique
Taylor Boutique are now stocking Kourbela, the inspirational knitwear label out of Athens. Winter 2010 showcases mixed fabrics made from silk, angora and cashmere. Chunky knits play off against soft floating knitted pleats and sculpted cape shapes across a collection of multifunctional knitwear that transforms itself into shapes that suit the wearer…
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Be more awesome
Are you creative? A designer perhaps? Well, if you job is anything less than awesome, quit your job! Life is meant to be awesome right?
Love this job ad from Aussie agency Lifelounge.
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