A Magazine #11, curated by Rodarte
Into the Sunset: Photography's Image 
Cover of the forthcoming Rodarte-edited issue of A Magazine (A has a different guest editor for each issue – check the archives here).The Curve of Forgotten Things, the second short film by Todd Cole for Rodarte, featuring music by Deerhunter, and actress Elle Fanning in Rodarte's Spring/Summer 2011 collection. Via nowness.com:
The Somewhere star pirouettes through the empty rooms of the historic Baldwin House (which sits on an oil field in LA's Baldwin Hills), her outfits magically changing from one room to the next. Shot on a RED camera using Cooke lenses from the 70s, the short's dusty focus references seminal movies of that era, such as Terrence Malick’s Badlands, while Georgia-based indie rockers Deerhunter provide the dreamy soundtrack. As for the title, Cole explains: “It's the title of a Richard Brautigan poem. The poem and the film are about forgotten things – circles and the curve of time.”More info and behind-the-scenes shots here.
Nicholas Kirkwood for Rodarte, $2195 at Mona Moore. 
I know, I know – last Rodarte post for awhile, I promise. Their exhibition at the Cooper-Hewitt closes this Sunday though, so New Yorkers: please do as I say, not as I (am unable to) do, and high-tail it up there if you haven't yet done so. For Em and me and everyone else who has not been able to go, here's the next best thing:
Rodarte Spring/Summer 2010“I would describe Patrick’s work as like distilling something to the purest form,” said Kate Mulleavy. “Laura and I are so quiet about how we communicate with people. We like to work in isolation when we are working on the collection. So the first person we talk to about what we are doing is Patrick.”
Mr. Li designs the fashion show invitations that are mailed to hundreds of editors and store buyers each season, enticing them to see a collection and sometimes giving them a hint of what is to come. Ms. Mulleavy said that she and her sister typically fire off a mountain of inspirations. The spring collection, for example, was based on transformation myths involving a person who is burned alive and reborn as a condor or a vulture. There was talk of California condors, burnt sand and the wildfires that were spreading around Los Angeles while the Mulleavys were at work.
“Their references each season are totally off the wall, and sometimes I think they are meant to confuse,” Mr. Li said. “You can leave the discussion thinking, ‘Oh, I don’t really know what it means for a California condor to intersect with a Robert Smithson earthwork,’ but each of those things imparts a certain feeling.”
Knowing those references and the collection, the invitation shown above is a truly impressive distillation of Laura and Kate Mulleavy's inspirations. That is not an easy thing to do as a designer, and Li succeeds time and time again.
FW2009 Phillip Lim invitation, and a look from the SS2010 show
Final walk at Rodarte (click to enlarge) 
Zero + Maria Cornejo
Yigal Azrouel
Matthew Ames
Sophie Theallet
Helmut Lang
Rodarte
Rag & Bone
3.1 Phillip Lim
Elise Overland
Jeremy Laing
Preen
Prabal Gurung delivers a great sophomore effort.
Julian Louie
The design team at Halston does a nice job while waiting for Marios Schwab's Fall 2010 debut.
Calvin Klein
Altuzzara
Doo.Ri
Max Azria
The tenth anniversary issue of The Journal, released at the Spring/Summer 2010 Rodarte show on Tuesday, featuring a cover photograph of Jamie Bochert. The Journal, which was just re-designed by Peter Miles, started out as a skate and snowboard zine and has developed over the years into a respectable art mag. Click here to read an interview with the founder, Michael Nevin.
"Laura and Kate Mulleavy of Rodarte at the Apex Electronics store in Sun Valley, Calif. The colorful wires they found there [were] incorporated into the shoes for their spring 2009 collection." Photo Tierney Gearon for The New York Times
