Yeasayer has marked the release of their latest single “O.N.E.” with a new video directed by Radical Friend aka Kirby McClure and Julia Grigorian, the duo behind the mind-melting video for “Ambling Alp.” The setting is a post-apocalyptic future world that may lack societal constraints like traffic laws but still has radio stations, a banging dance club that homeless people can’t get into, choreographed dancers and what appears to be a glass microphone. While the trippy game board you see the main characters messing with is supposed to represent the “psychological warfare in which these otherworldly club kids engage.” So basically it’s what LA would be like if civilization were to crumble in the not so distant future.

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Claudio Ethos, a Brazilian graffiti artist, was commissioned to paint a large mural inside Casa Das Caldeiras in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The project was funded by the non-governmental organization EXPERIMENTA.

The film features 30 hours of footage time lapsed into 15 minutes which was played during the opening for the mural.

Filmed, written and edited: Jared Levy
Producer: Nathalie Stahelin
Additional help: Lucas Do Prado Coelho

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From Style.com:
“Alexander McQueen’s last works were given final honors by his trusted team in a hushed and dignified showing that went to his core as a designer who scaled the heights of couture accomplishment. Sarah Burton, his right hand, described how, in beginning this collection, McQueen had turned away from the world of the Internet, which he had so powerfully harnessed in his last show. ‘He wanted to get back to the handcraft he loved, and the things that are being lost in the making of fashion,’ she said. ‘He was looking at the art of the Dark Ages, but finding light and beauty in it. He was coming in every day, draping and cutting pieces on the stand.’ The 16 outfits shown had been 80 percent finished at the time of his death.”

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“Prayer”, 2006, Flashe® and resin on canvas, 15 x 14 inches

“Everything Happens to Everybody”, 2007, Flashe® and resin and canvas, 24.25 x 27.5 inches

“Revealing What Remains”, 2009, acrylic and resin on canvas, 33 x 42 inches

“A Night’s Reprieve II”, 2009, Flashe® and resin on canvas, 16 X 14 inches

James Benjamin Franklin currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

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Milan Fall 2010 fashion week brought us a return to the classics, with many designer concentrating on basic outerwear. Not to say I was bored in any way, a Milan basic is not always so simple. While all collections produced wearable goods for today, many contained obvious references to past decades. We saw hints of the 1940’s in Alberta Ferreti, Albino and Luisa Beccaria; obvious nods to the 60’s with Prada; Emilio Pucci brought the glam of the 1970’s; MaxMara delivered the exaggerated volume of the 80’s; and references to the 90’s came from Gucci.

Below are my favorite collections from Milan fashion week followed by images of my favorite looks from other designers. Next comes Paris!

Dolce & Gabbana

Gabriele Colangelo

Luisa Beccaria

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