Hello, Bianca!

.

Francesco Scognamiglio, Spring 2011. Love.

Image of the Day

.
Jeroen Diepenmaat: Pour des dents d'un blanc éclatant et saines, 2005. (Record players, vinyl records, taxidermied birds, and sound. Dimensions variable.) From The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl, an exhibition exploring "the culture of vinyl records within the history of contemporary art" – through February 6, 2011 at the Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University. Artists exhibited include Laurie Anderson, David Byrne, Jasper Johns, Christian Marclay, Mingering Mike, Dario Robleto, Ed Ruscha, Malick Sidibe, Carrie Mae Weems, and many more. Info and images here.

Dept. of Recent Acquisitions

.
You might not guess this from the topics generally covered on Pacific Standard, but I don't do a lot of gun-fighting. Still, I saw this book in the window of Twice Sold Tales (Capitol Hill) and could not pass it up.

At the time of publication, Chic Gaylord was a holster maker in New York City, but, according to the introduction, "Chic's research-oriented mind has probed far beyond the holster, to the gun and gun fighting."

"He brings to combat shooting the thinking of men who live with a gun twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, month in and month out."

"Many of his customers are men who have been in gun fights with well-armed opponents seeking to kill them, and they talk to Chic."

Gaylord also profiles some of the most notorious gunfighters of the old West.


So... that's another invaluable resource for the library.

11:54 AM

.
I already posted about Grass Widow, but here's a new video:


Grass Widow "11 of Diamonds" by Mike Stoltz

Their new album just feels like a fitting soundtrack for this time of year – end of summer/early days of fall. Get it from Kill Rock Stars.

Your Weekly Mr. Littlejeans

.Papa bear

Shelter

.

I know I've posted about it before but the fall weather always makes me want to watch McCabe & Mrs. Miller again.

Best Foot Forward

.
Another rainy Thursday. Another rainy Thursday option.

Hunter original short Wellington boots,
$125 at net-a-porter.

Luxury for the Thinking Woman

.

Zero + Maria Cornejo, Spring 2011

The designer at right – clearly her own best model.
[via style.com]

Image of the Day

.
William Christenberry: Double Cola Sign, Beale Street, Memphis, TN, 1966 – featured in Kodachromes, a new book featuring Christenberry's previously unpublished work shot on Kodachrome 35mm slide film. Get more info and order from aperture.org.

Perfume Genius

. Cool packaging and promotional posters/postcards for M/Mink Eau de Parfum, a collaboration between Byredo Parfums (Stockholm) and M/M (Paris).

[Photographs by Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin]

Available now at Collette and in October everywhere else. More info and images at mmparis.com

Image of the Day

.
Bruce Nauman: Waxing Hot, from the portfolio Eleven Color Photographs, 1966–67/1970/2007 – featured in the show The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today, running through November 1 at MoMA. Info about the exhibition is here but click here for a massive interactive feature and tons more images. A catalog is also available.

As the Crow Flies

Last Friday I had the chance to check out the amazing Dennis McNett installations in the windows at Barneys Seattle. (Click to enlarge.)

The photos don't fully do them justice but if you have the chance, head downtown and take a closer look.

McNett, who is based in Brooklyn, also did installations in the windows of the New York store this past summer. See more of his work here and check out the Barneys windows through the end of October at 6th and Pine, Seattle.

Image of the Day

.
Photography by Nan Goldin for Australian label Scanlan & Theodore. Click here to see the whole shoot (ignore the phrase "grunge glamour").

Need vs. Want

.
This coat comes complete with an outlandish leather cleaning bill, but it would almost be worth it. Want.

Rick Owens leather-sleeved wool coat,
$1060 (originally $2650) at theoutnet.com.