Elegance is Refusal

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I missed this documentary at this year's SIFF, but I'm looking forward to seeing it when it's released next month.


Trailer for Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel  
(premiering September 21 in NYC and LA).

Now That's A Remix

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...as Fab 5 Freddy said on Yo! MTV Raps, ca. 1994.

Craig Mack "Flava in Ya Ear" remix 

f/ Notorious B.I.G., Rampage, LL Cool J and Busta Rhymes

Not sure what made me think of it this morning. But while we're at it, the ladies' superstar equivalent for your Friday:

Brandy "I Wanna Be Down" remix f/ MC Lyte, Yo-Yo, and Queen Latifah

Best Foot Forward

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Like wearing your collar up. Bet these look fantastic on from the back.

Gianvito Rossi patent high back pump,

$790 at Barneys.

Image of the Day

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A lake in Camargue, France, turned a surreal shade of red 

as a result of a phenomenon caused by the water's 
high salt content. 

 Close-up of the salt crystals coating the lake's vegetation.

Disturbing but beautiful. Photographs by Sam Dobson.

Via AnOther.

Need vs. Want

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On the wish list for Fall.

Coat, Isabel Marant

Leather top, Yves Saint Laurent

(so long, Stefano)

And while we're at it:

Filson medium canvas duffel ($295, filson.com)

Want.

A Game You Couldn't Win

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James Fogle, who wrote Drugstore Cowboy while serving a 20-year sentence for robbing a pharmacy in Western Washington, died last week in Monroe prison at age 75. Gus Van Sant's adaptation easily makes my top-10-of-all-time list (and is the reason why I never, ever put a hat on a bed).

Trailer for Drugstore Cowboy (1989)

A Northwest classic. RIP.

Dead Calm

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 Hiroshi Sugimoto from A Magazine,
 curated by Haider Ackermann

(incidentally, one of my favorites).