The veteran auteur on how film-making has shaped him, the brutal lesson he learned from teacher Werner Herzog, and why his Oscar-nominated Perfect Days will make you yearn for a simpler life
In early 2022, “totally out of the blue”, Wim Wenders received an invitation to visit Tokyo and look at some public toilets. It came from from the Tokyo Toilet art project, which had commissioned several high-profile architects and designers to create 17 aesthetically beautiful public toilets in various locations in the Shibuya district of the city. “They basically contacted me and said: ‘We know you like Japan and we know you like architecture,’” he recalls, smiling. “‘So we would like you to come and see our beautiful toilets and, if you like them, maybe you could make a series of short documentary films about them.’”
The invitation arrived at an opportune time for Wenders, who, as he puts it, was...
In early 2022, “totally out of the blue”, Wim Wenders received an invitation to visit Tokyo and look at some public toilets. It came from from the Tokyo Toilet art project, which had commissioned several high-profile architects and designers to create 17 aesthetically beautiful public toilets in various locations in the Shibuya district of the city. “They basically contacted me and said: ‘We know you like Japan and we know you like architecture,’” he recalls, smiling. “‘So we would like you to come and see our beautiful toilets and, if you like them, maybe you could make a series of short documentary films about them.’”
The invitation arrived at an opportune time for Wenders, who, as he puts it, was...
- 2/11/2024
- by Sean O’Hagan
- The Guardian - Film News
Lots of reunions took place at the 2023 Met Gala - even among exes! On May 1, former couple Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk, who dated for four years and share one child, had a friendly run-in at the annual fashion event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as the two were photographed chatting inside near a banquet table. Cooper dressed in a simple black tuxedo, while Shayk wore a cream-colored Yohji Yamamoto gown.
The cordial encounter between the two, who walked the Met Gala red carpet separately, may not come as a surprise as they coparent their 6-year-old daughter, Lea De Seine, and occasionally hang out together.
Cooper and Shayk started dating back in the spring of 2015, two years before they welcomed their child together, but later split in 2019. At that time, People reported that a source said the Oscar-nominated actor and supermodel decided to amicably work out how to share custody of their daughter.
The cordial encounter between the two, who walked the Met Gala red carpet separately, may not come as a surprise as they coparent their 6-year-old daughter, Lea De Seine, and occasionally hang out together.
Cooper and Shayk started dating back in the spring of 2015, two years before they welcomed their child together, but later split in 2019. At that time, People reported that a source said the Oscar-nominated actor and supermodel decided to amicably work out how to share custody of their daughter.
- 5/2/2023
- by Njera Perkins
- Popsugar.com
Hoyeon and Donald Glover were among the honorees at the inaugural GQ Global Creativity Awards on Thursday at the Wsa, a new cultural center in downtown Manhattan.
Hosted by musical artist Ian Isiah, the black tie gala spotlighted several multidisciplinary creatives that encompass such industries as fashion, film, television, music, tech and design.
The inaugural class of honorees included Glover, Hoyeon, Apple CEO Tim Cook, fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto, singer-songwriter Karol G, architect Gaetano Pesce, fashion designer Grace Wales Bonner, skateboarder Tyshawn Jones and filmmaker William Strobeck.
The first Global Creativity Awards honoree to be recognized was “Squid Game” star Hoyeon.
“What makes a global creative? Is it talent? Intelligence, desire, courage, curiosity, diligence, imagination, innovation, boldness? Is it perseverance? Audacity? Vision? Or is it the willingness to grow?” asked “Pachinko” author Min Jin Lee, who presented the award to the Korean model-turned-actor. “To me, it is perhaps all those qualities and more,...
Hosted by musical artist Ian Isiah, the black tie gala spotlighted several multidisciplinary creatives that encompass such industries as fashion, film, television, music, tech and design.
The inaugural class of honorees included Glover, Hoyeon, Apple CEO Tim Cook, fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto, singer-songwriter Karol G, architect Gaetano Pesce, fashion designer Grace Wales Bonner, skateboarder Tyshawn Jones and filmmaker William Strobeck.
The first Global Creativity Awards honoree to be recognized was “Squid Game” star Hoyeon.
“What makes a global creative? Is it talent? Intelligence, desire, courage, curiosity, diligence, imagination, innovation, boldness? Is it perseverance? Audacity? Vision? Or is it the willingness to grow?” asked “Pachinko” author Min Jin Lee, who presented the award to the Korean model-turned-actor. “To me, it is perhaps all those qualities and more,...
- 4/8/2023
- by Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
Taiwanese popstar Jay Chou, who has appeared in Hollywood films including The Green Hornet and Now You See Me 2, is to front a magic travelogue for Netflix.
The streamer has ordered weekly series J-Style Trip – one of its latest commissions coming out of Asia.
The 12-part series will launch on the service on March 21 and episodes will drop weekly on Saturdays.
The show will give viewers the chance to glimpse into Jay’s personal life and candid moments with friends and fans around the world as well as see the group, which also includes Funky Tu, Norman Chen and Will Tsai perform magic tricks.
Guests will include Jam Hsiao, JJ Lin, Blackie Chen, Nicholas Tse, Yohji Yamamoto, Cyril Takayama, Ryota Katayose, Darren Chou from the Drifters and Chien-chang Sung from Nan Quan Mama. The group will travel to The Gold Coast, Innsbruck, Paris, Singapore, Tokyo, Shenzhen, Taipei and Vienna.
The streamer has ordered weekly series J-Style Trip – one of its latest commissions coming out of Asia.
The 12-part series will launch on the service on March 21 and episodes will drop weekly on Saturdays.
The show will give viewers the chance to glimpse into Jay’s personal life and candid moments with friends and fans around the world as well as see the group, which also includes Funky Tu, Norman Chen and Will Tsai perform magic tricks.
Guests will include Jam Hsiao, JJ Lin, Blackie Chen, Nicholas Tse, Yohji Yamamoto, Cyril Takayama, Ryota Katayose, Darren Chou from the Drifters and Chien-chang Sung from Nan Quan Mama. The group will travel to The Gold Coast, Innsbruck, Paris, Singapore, Tokyo, Shenzhen, Taipei and Vienna.
- 3/10/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Bill Cunningham on the move at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology press preview. Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
The last time I encountered Bill Cunningham was on the first Monday in May of 2016 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology press preview. The exhibition, organised by Andrew Bolton, Wendy Yu Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute, included the work of Rei Kawakubo (Comme des Garçons), Karl Lagerfeld (Chanel), Yves Saint Laurent, Raf Simons (Christian Dior), Miuccia Prada, Pierre Cardin, Gabrielle Chanel, and Yohji Yamamoto.
Mark Bozek on Bill Cunningham: “I'd point him in one direction and suddenly he'd go 20 minutes on Diana Vreeland.” Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
James Crump's documentary Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco, Richard Press’s Bill Cunningham New York and Kate Novack's The Gospel According To...
The last time I encountered Bill Cunningham was on the first Monday in May of 2016 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology press preview. The exhibition, organised by Andrew Bolton, Wendy Yu Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute, included the work of Rei Kawakubo (Comme des Garçons), Karl Lagerfeld (Chanel), Yves Saint Laurent, Raf Simons (Christian Dior), Miuccia Prada, Pierre Cardin, Gabrielle Chanel, and Yohji Yamamoto.
Mark Bozek on Bill Cunningham: “I'd point him in one direction and suddenly he'd go 20 minutes on Diana Vreeland.” Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
James Crump's documentary Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco, Richard Press’s Bill Cunningham New York and Kate Novack's The Gospel According To...
- 2/15/2020
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Luca Guadagnino has teamed up with Italian designer Pierpaolo Piccioli, creative director of the Valentino fashion house, to make a short movie fusing the aesthetics of film and haute couture and featuring an A-list cast comprising Julianne Moore, Kyle MacLachlan, Marthe Keller, KiKi Layne, Mia Goth and Alba Rohrwacher.
The 35-minute film, portraying different chapters in a woman’s life through the prism of her relationship with her mother, is not a commercial for Valentino, the partners said. Instead, it’s an art movie in which haute couture becomes part of the narrative, Guadagnino said. “The ambition is to play in an important film festival,” said the director of “Call Me by Your Name” and “Suspiria,” with the hope that in some countries it will end up in movie theaters.
Besides an A-list cast, the still-untitled work – which is produced by Italy’s Rai Cinema, Valentino, Ibla Film, and Guadagino...
The 35-minute film, portraying different chapters in a woman’s life through the prism of her relationship with her mother, is not a commercial for Valentino, the partners said. Instead, it’s an art movie in which haute couture becomes part of the narrative, Guadagnino said. “The ambition is to play in an important film festival,” said the director of “Call Me by Your Name” and “Suspiria,” with the hope that in some countries it will end up in movie theaters.
Besides an A-list cast, the still-untitled work – which is produced by Italy’s Rai Cinema, Valentino, Ibla Film, and Guadagino...
- 1/22/2019
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
The question that Hermann Vaske has asked for over two decades is a large one. Why Are We Creative? There’s no blanket answer — no right or wrong notion of the philosophical ramifications trying to put your own personal interpretation into words conjures. So it’s interesting that he would end his film with a statement explaining how the thousand-plus subjects he asked changed the way he looks at the world. It’s interesting because we don’t know if that is true. After traveling the world to confront geniuses in their respective fields and creating an art exhibit with pages upon pages of written and drawn summaries of definitions spoken, Vaske hasn’t created any concrete evidence towards the worthiness of the endeavor to himself besides that single line of dialogue.
One therefore has to look past what it is he believes the film has always been. We have...
One therefore has to look past what it is he believes the film has always been. We have...
- 9/2/2018
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Why are you creative? It’s the titular question, and it’s a good one. Why. That one word makes the question, that really makes you stop for a second and think. Our question for you is, have you ever wondered what makes your favorite creatives create? Well, if the answer to that is yes, look no further.
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In a new documentary focusing on that exact question by Hermann Vaske, he conducts some 50 candid interviews with people such as David Bowie, Quentin Tarantino, Ai Weiwei, Björk, Wim Wenders, Philippe Stark, Yoko Ono, John Hegarty, David Lynch, Yohji Yamamoto, Damien Hirst, Angelina Jolie, Nobuyoshi Araki, Tarantino, Bono, Nick Cave, Neo Rauch, Stephen Hawkins, the Dalai Lama, Peter Ustinov, Marina Abramovic, Diane Kruger, Julian Schnabel, Jimmy Page, Vivienne Westwood, Takeshi Kitano, and many others.
Continue reading ‘Why Are You Creative’ Trailer Features David Bowie,...
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In a new documentary focusing on that exact question by Hermann Vaske, he conducts some 50 candid interviews with people such as David Bowie, Quentin Tarantino, Ai Weiwei, Björk, Wim Wenders, Philippe Stark, Yoko Ono, John Hegarty, David Lynch, Yohji Yamamoto, Damien Hirst, Angelina Jolie, Nobuyoshi Araki, Tarantino, Bono, Nick Cave, Neo Rauch, Stephen Hawkins, the Dalai Lama, Peter Ustinov, Marina Abramovic, Diane Kruger, Julian Schnabel, Jimmy Page, Vivienne Westwood, Takeshi Kitano, and many others.
Continue reading ‘Why Are You Creative’ Trailer Features David Bowie,...
- 9/1/2018
- by Jamie Rogers
- The Playlist
The documentary features some 50 candid interviews with world-renowned luminaries in their fields.
Screen can reveal the first trailer for German filmmaker Hermann Vaske’s documentary Why Are We Creative? ahead of its world premiere in Venice Days.
Vaske spent some 30-years globe-trotting and tracking down world-renowned luminaries in their fields to quiz them on what drives their creativity.
The resulting documentary features some 50 candid interviews with David Bowie, Quentin Tarantino, Ai Weiwei, Björk, Wim Wenders, Philippe Stark, Yoko Ono, John Hegarty, David Lynch, Yohji Yamamoto, Damien Hirst, Angelina Jolie, Nobuyoshi Araki, Tarantino, Bono, Nick Cave, Neo Rauch, Stephen Hawkins, the Dalai Lama,...
Screen can reveal the first trailer for German filmmaker Hermann Vaske’s documentary Why Are We Creative? ahead of its world premiere in Venice Days.
Vaske spent some 30-years globe-trotting and tracking down world-renowned luminaries in their fields to quiz them on what drives their creativity.
The resulting documentary features some 50 candid interviews with David Bowie, Quentin Tarantino, Ai Weiwei, Björk, Wim Wenders, Philippe Stark, Yoko Ono, John Hegarty, David Lynch, Yohji Yamamoto, Damien Hirst, Angelina Jolie, Nobuyoshi Araki, Tarantino, Bono, Nick Cave, Neo Rauch, Stephen Hawkins, the Dalai Lama,...
- 8/31/2018
- ScreenDaily
Feature-length doc includes interviews with David Bowie, Björk, Wim Wenders, David Lynch, Angelina Jolie, Quentin Tarantino, Bono and Diane Kruger.
Paris-based sales company Celluloid Dreams has taken world sales rights to Hermann Vaske’s feature documentary Why Are We Creative? which explores the question of creativity through interviews with more than 50 top movers and shakers in the worlds of culture, business and science, including David Bowie, Quentin Tarantino, Angelina Jolie, Vivienne Westwood and John Cleese.
The documentary pulls together interviews conducted by German director, author and producer Vaske with more than 50 luminaries in their fields over a 30-year period.
They include Bowie,...
Paris-based sales company Celluloid Dreams has taken world sales rights to Hermann Vaske’s feature documentary Why Are We Creative? which explores the question of creativity through interviews with more than 50 top movers and shakers in the worlds of culture, business and science, including David Bowie, Quentin Tarantino, Angelina Jolie, Vivienne Westwood and John Cleese.
The documentary pulls together interviews conducted by German director, author and producer Vaske with more than 50 luminaries in their fields over a 30-year period.
They include Bowie,...
- 4/27/2018
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Charles Schumann on Yohji Yamamoto, Issey Miyake and Hugo Boss: "I worked for a very long time in the fashion industry. They always gave me clothes. Then I created my own style." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Charles Schumann, the subject of Marieke Schroeder's globe-trotting, probing Bar Talks By Schumann (Schumanns Bargespräche), following the screening at Kino! in New York, joined me inside the bar of the Landmark at 57 West for a conversation. We go from Luis Buñuel's autobiography My Last Sigh, to authors Maxim Biller and Claudius Seidl at the Victoria Bar in Berlin creating a David Lynch Black Lodge Twin Peaks moment for me, to The New York Times cocktail and drinks writer Robert Simonson, and on to Charles working with Yohji Yamamoto, Issey Miyake and Hugo Boss.
Wim Wenders, who directed the documentary on Yamamoto, Notebook On Cities And Clothes, remarked in an e-mail to me...
Charles Schumann, the subject of Marieke Schroeder's globe-trotting, probing Bar Talks By Schumann (Schumanns Bargespräche), following the screening at Kino! in New York, joined me inside the bar of the Landmark at 57 West for a conversation. We go from Luis Buñuel's autobiography My Last Sigh, to authors Maxim Biller and Claudius Seidl at the Victoria Bar in Berlin creating a David Lynch Black Lodge Twin Peaks moment for me, to The New York Times cocktail and drinks writer Robert Simonson, and on to Charles working with Yohji Yamamoto, Issey Miyake and Hugo Boss.
Wim Wenders, who directed the documentary on Yamamoto, Notebook On Cities And Clothes, remarked in an e-mail to me...
- 4/9/2018
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
2016 marks the 25th anniversary of Wim Wenders' masterwork Until the End of the World. Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Sam Shepard's influence before he worked with Volker Schlöndorff on Max Frisch's Homo Faber (Voyager), Peter Carey and the script, Yasujiro Ozu actors Chishû Ryû and Kuniko Miyake, Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo and The Man Who Knew Too Much, Chen Kaige, Robby Müller and Vermeer, Yohji Yamamoto, Notebook on Cities and Clothes, Lord Byron and much more are inspected here.
Until The End Of The World stars Solveig Dommartin, Max von Sydow, William Hurt, Jeanne Moreau, Rüdiger Vogler and Sam Neill and an extraordinary soundtrack featuring Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, U2, Julee Cruise, Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed, Crime and the City Solution, Neneh Cherry, R.E.M., Patti Smith, Daniel Lanois, T-Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello, Jane Siberry, k.d. lang with uncredited performances by David Byrne with Talking Heads, Tom Waits...
Sam Shepard's influence before he worked with Volker Schlöndorff on Max Frisch's Homo Faber (Voyager), Peter Carey and the script, Yasujiro Ozu actors Chishû Ryû and Kuniko Miyake, Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo and The Man Who Knew Too Much, Chen Kaige, Robby Müller and Vermeer, Yohji Yamamoto, Notebook on Cities and Clothes, Lord Byron and much more are inspected here.
Until The End Of The World stars Solveig Dommartin, Max von Sydow, William Hurt, Jeanne Moreau, Rüdiger Vogler and Sam Neill and an extraordinary soundtrack featuring Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, U2, Julee Cruise, Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed, Crime and the City Solution, Neneh Cherry, R.E.M., Patti Smith, Daniel Lanois, T-Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello, Jane Siberry, k.d. lang with uncredited performances by David Byrne with Talking Heads, Tom Waits...
- 1/2/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Sales agent Wide House is to be reunited with German filmmaker Rüdiger Suchsland on his next documentary Hitler’s Hollywood for delivery next year.
Wide House’s Anais Clanet confirmed at this week’s Dok Leipzig that she will be handling sales on Suchland’s new project after selling his first documentary, From Caligari To Hitler [pictured], which premiered at Venice 2014 in the Classics sidebar.
Speaking to ScreenDaily in Leipzig, Suchsland revealed that his second collaboration with the Berlin-based Looks Film & TV and Wiesbaden’s Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation has already received backing from Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, HessenInvestFilm, and broadcasters Zdf/Arte.
“Hollywood was always something that the Nazis wanted to emulate,” he explained with reference to the film’s title.
“Speeches and documents provide evidence that there was a clear plan by the Nazis, and particularly Goebbels and Hitler, to establish a kind of alternative Hollywood, to copy Hollywood’s international success and to use it for Nazi...
Wide House’s Anais Clanet confirmed at this week’s Dok Leipzig that she will be handling sales on Suchland’s new project after selling his first documentary, From Caligari To Hitler [pictured], which premiered at Venice 2014 in the Classics sidebar.
Speaking to ScreenDaily in Leipzig, Suchsland revealed that his second collaboration with the Berlin-based Looks Film & TV and Wiesbaden’s Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation has already received backing from Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, HessenInvestFilm, and broadcasters Zdf/Arte.
“Hollywood was always something that the Nazis wanted to emulate,” he explained with reference to the film’s title.
“Speeches and documents provide evidence that there was a clear plan by the Nazis, and particularly Goebbels and Hitler, to establish a kind of alternative Hollywood, to copy Hollywood’s international success and to use it for Nazi...
- 10/30/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Bow down to the Queen Bey!Beyonce nabbed the coveted cover of Carine Roitfeld's Cr Fashion Book, showing some major skin in a series of sexy snapshots.In the cover pic, the "Drunk in Love" singer looks stunning in a floral Yohji Yamamoto cape, paired with black heels. Inside the issue, she goes topless in a camel coat and poses with a chic Chanel accessory -- a surfboard, of course! In the accompanying interview, Beyonce calls her daughter Blue Ivy her "muse." "It's my daughter, she's my biggest muse," she writes of her two-year-old girl. "There's someone, we all find out soon, more important than ourselves to lose. I feel a deep bond with young children -- all those photos in my dressing room -- especially those who've been stricken. Children I've met across the years -- they uplift me like pieces of moon and guide me, whispering in my ear.
- 8/29/2014
- by tooFab Staff
- TooFab
Remember when New York Times fashion critic Vanessa Friedman said Beyoncé wasn't a fashion icon? Well, big mistake girl—huge! Beyoncé is blending a whole lot of fierce and fashion on the coveted cover of Carine Roitfeld's Cr Fashion Book, fittingly crowned Queen B. The publication unveiled its pop princess it-girl today after teasing a sample cover pic of Bey wearing a black sequined, pink puff ball mask on an alternate version of the fall-winter issue. Unmasked, a fresh faced Bey styles a floral Yohji Yamamoto cape and sleek black stilettos, shooting an ultra-fierce gaze towards the camera. Inside the issue, Queen Bey ditches her feminine cloak for a corset and a Chanel...
- 8/28/2014
- E! Online
No pressure, little Blue! In a new interview with Cr Fashion Book, Beyonce Knowles calls her daughter Blue Ivy her "biggest muse." The Grammy winner is on the cover of the fifth issue of the publication, looking gorgeous in a bright floral oversized Yohji Yamamoto cape, paired with black heels. Inside the issue, Beyonce wears couture, poses with a Chanel surfboard(t), and flips the script on the cover interview by writing her own copy. A piece called "Bey the Light" accompanies stunning shots of the singer, with "words" [...]...
- 8/28/2014
- Us Weekly
Michel Majerus Matthew Marks Gallery, NY "I create, you copy nature." Pablo Picasso, in conversation with Balthus "In the [19]90s painting didn’t repel criticism; it absorbed it… fake painting created fake criticism." Dr. Hope Ardizzone, The Death of the Death Motif in Post-Millennial Painting "Even the paintings looked dead…" Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale The audience has a taste for shit. The critics have a taste for shit. James Franco, Actors Anonymous "Wie man dem toten Hasen die Bilder erklärt" Joseph Beuys, Action, 26 November 1965 at the Galerie Schmela in Düsseldorf
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James Franco's body was found yesterday in the toilet of a club called Cisboi, so we are at one of the Gagosian galleries tonight sitting shiv and waiting for Marina Abramović and Willem Dafoe to read excerpts from Franco's many books [James Franco: Dangerous Book Four Boys, A California Childhood, Actors Anonymous, Palo Alto: Stories] -- the "we" being Michael Lee Nirenberg,...
(image above, depressive neurosis 2000 Acrylic on cotton 102 1/4 x 177 inches; 260 x 450 cm)
James Franco's body was found yesterday in the toilet of a club called Cisboi, so we are at one of the Gagosian galleries tonight sitting shiv and waiting for Marina Abramović and Willem Dafoe to read excerpts from Franco's many books [James Franco: Dangerous Book Four Boys, A California Childhood, Actors Anonymous, Palo Alto: Stories] -- the "we" being Michael Lee Nirenberg,...
- 2/21/2014
- by bradleyrubenstein
- www.culturecatch.com
Stepping out for a jam-packed day, Rihanna exited 45 Park Lane in London, England on Monday afternoon (July 15).
The “We Found Love” songstress was dressed in an all-white ensemble with a tan visor as she navigated past a crowd of fans and photographers on the day after her exciting Yahoo Wireless Festival performance.
Rihanna is featured in the new Budweiser Made for Music global campaign, and she explains her view on creativity in a pair of new “Dreams Are Made” behind-the-scenes clips.
Sporting a Yohji Yamamoto top, Louise Goldin Skirt, and Azzedine Alaia shoes, she declares, “There’s inspiration in everything and you can create. With anything you see, you can use that to inspire something that you want to make. It’s really exciting.”
“Whatever you really love, whatever makes you happy, that’s it. It doesn’t have to look good on somebody else, it just has to work for you.
The “We Found Love” songstress was dressed in an all-white ensemble with a tan visor as she navigated past a crowd of fans and photographers on the day after her exciting Yahoo Wireless Festival performance.
Rihanna is featured in the new Budweiser Made for Music global campaign, and she explains her view on creativity in a pair of new “Dreams Are Made” behind-the-scenes clips.
Sporting a Yohji Yamamoto top, Louise Goldin Skirt, and Azzedine Alaia shoes, she declares, “There’s inspiration in everything and you can create. With anything you see, you can use that to inspire something that you want to make. It’s really exciting.”
“Whatever you really love, whatever makes you happy, that’s it. It doesn’t have to look good on somebody else, it just has to work for you.
- 7/15/2013
- GossipCenter
With her upcoming film "The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones" set to hit theaters this summer, Lily Collins graced the cover of Glamour magazine's July 2013 issue.
While rocking a gorgeous blue-and-white patterned dress from Bustier for the Ellen von Unwerth-shot front page, the "Mirror Mirror" beauty opened up about her friendship with "Hunger Games" star Jennifer Lawrence and her famous dad.
Check out GossipCenter's recap from Miss Collins' interview below. For more, be sure to visit Glamour!
On Jennifer:
"She's a friend; she's awesome. The choices Jennifer [Lawrence] has made have been really interesting. And I loved how she carried herself after her trip [going up onstage] at the Oscars. I was like, 'You go, girl!'"
On making friends with other actresses:
"It's funny, but the friends I've made in this business, some of us started out getting each other's phone numbers in audition rooms because we were like, 'I see you all the time.
While rocking a gorgeous blue-and-white patterned dress from Bustier for the Ellen von Unwerth-shot front page, the "Mirror Mirror" beauty opened up about her friendship with "Hunger Games" star Jennifer Lawrence and her famous dad.
Check out GossipCenter's recap from Miss Collins' interview below. For more, be sure to visit Glamour!
On Jennifer:
"She's a friend; she's awesome. The choices Jennifer [Lawrence] has made have been really interesting. And I loved how she carried herself after her trip [going up onstage] at the Oscars. I was like, 'You go, girl!'"
On making friends with other actresses:
"It's funny, but the friends I've made in this business, some of us started out getting each other's phone numbers in audition rooms because we were like, 'I see you all the time.
- 6/4/2013
- GossipCenter
Bjarne Melgaard: A New Novel by Bjarne Melgaard Luxembourg & Dayan Through December 22, 2012 I open one eye. Sunlight pours in through my Zaha Hadid-designed venetian blinds, casting horizontal shadows on the walls, turning the room into a recumbent prison cell. I was supposed to meet James Franco (who is still a little sore at me for beating him out for the part of Cocktimus Prime in Sue de Beer's hardcore version of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen) in Central Park an hour ago, but my Philippe Starck alarm clock (which I fully believe is haunted) failed to wake me. I open both eyes, decide that it is probably safe, and dress quickly: black crinolined Brioni smoking jacket, Hello Kitty T-shirt, baby seal-skin pants, and boots hand-carved in Brazilian rosewood (by some guy in Tokyo, whose name is comprised entirely of consonants and who has a nine-year waiting list) which resemble small cats,...
- 11/25/2012
- by bradleyrubenstein
- www.culturecatch.com
Watch Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift make a date for Fashion’s Night Out. [Fashion's Night Out]
Leapin’ lizards! Willow Smith is set to star in the big screen remake of Annie, featuring new music from Jay-z. [Broadway.com]
D’oh! The U.S. Postal Service is stuck with more than $650 million dollars worth of unsold Simpsons stamps. [Vulture]
Miuccia Prada tells Vogue she designed the glittering deco dresses seen in the trailer for The Great Gatsby. [Fashion Etc.]
Masterpiece manicures: Kaws claws, Warhol tips and more nail designs inspired by famous works of art. [Art Info]
How did Miley Cyrus, Yohji Yamamoto and Nike influence the look of ParaNorman?...
Leapin’ lizards! Willow Smith is set to star in the big screen remake of Annie, featuring new music from Jay-z. [Broadway.com]
D’oh! The U.S. Postal Service is stuck with more than $650 million dollars worth of unsold Simpsons stamps. [Vulture]
Miuccia Prada tells Vogue she designed the glittering deco dresses seen in the trailer for The Great Gatsby. [Fashion Etc.]
Masterpiece manicures: Kaws claws, Warhol tips and more nail designs inspired by famous works of art. [Art Info]
How did Miley Cyrus, Yohji Yamamoto and Nike influence the look of ParaNorman?...
- 8/22/2012
- by Bronwyn Barnes
- EW.com - PopWatch
Willow Smith on WhoSay
Willow Smith, the budding recording artist and daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, has been sporting a new look lately: closely-cropped green hair. She tweeted the pictures above and below and we have to say - she pulls it off, probably because she looks like a magical little pixie as it is.
The 11-year-old star was also spotted out and about in New York City (reportedly on the way to visit Beyonce and new baby Blue Ivy) sporting a funky cape/jacket and wedged sneakers, a collaboration between Adidas and Yohji Yamamoto.
It's great to see how quirky and original she is. Too many children of famous people seem weird in a bad way, but Willow Smith seems to be weird in all the best ways. Keep it up, kiddo!
Willow Smith, the budding recording artist and daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, has been sporting a new look lately: closely-cropped green hair. She tweeted the pictures above and below and we have to say - she pulls it off, probably because she looks like a magical little pixie as it is.
The 11-year-old star was also spotted out and about in New York City (reportedly on the way to visit Beyonce and new baby Blue Ivy) sporting a funky cape/jacket and wedged sneakers, a collaboration between Adidas and Yohji Yamamoto.
It's great to see how quirky and original she is. Too many children of famous people seem weird in a bad way, but Willow Smith seems to be weird in all the best ways. Keep it up, kiddo!
- 3/17/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Disney and the band Joy Division make unlikely fashion collaborators
Odd collaborations have kept a lot of fashion folk in the limelight. From Yohji Yamamoto and adidas to Versace for H&M, even the forthcoming Charlie Brown and Uniqlo (poor Charlie Brown), partnerships that feel a little bit wrong usually turn out to be really right. So you can see where Disney was coming from when it chose the cover of Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures album as the starting point for a new Mickey Mouse T-shirt.
Er, hang on. No, that doesn't sound right, does it, even in a wrong way? Disney's Us website describes its new top as hiding Mickey's face within "the graphic of the pulse of a star", but earlier sightings of the page report explicit reference to Joy Division, purveyors of postpunk gloom whose lead singer Ian Curtis killed himself in 1980. Getting that Disney feeling?...
Odd collaborations have kept a lot of fashion folk in the limelight. From Yohji Yamamoto and adidas to Versace for H&M, even the forthcoming Charlie Brown and Uniqlo (poor Charlie Brown), partnerships that feel a little bit wrong usually turn out to be really right. So you can see where Disney was coming from when it chose the cover of Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures album as the starting point for a new Mickey Mouse T-shirt.
Er, hang on. No, that doesn't sound right, does it, even in a wrong way? Disney's Us website describes its new top as hiding Mickey's face within "the graphic of the pulse of a star", but earlier sightings of the page report explicit reference to Joy Division, purveyors of postpunk gloom whose lead singer Ian Curtis killed himself in 1980. Getting that Disney feeling?...
- 1/25/2012
- by Paula Cocozza
- The Guardian - Film News
Does Japanese period costume reflect on contemporary fashion? French born writer Aurélie Coulibaly appraises the hipster style of Norwegian Wood.
Youth, love, Japan, 1960s; Norwegian Wood (2010, directed by Anh Hung Tran) is a fable on loss and growing up. Set from the summer of ’67 through to a spring morning just a few years later, somewhere between child and adulthood, we meet an assorted group of angelic characters to move any sensitive soul.
We are in Tokyo, and along with the hectic political context of students’ protests against established order, alternatively contemplating tormented Naoko (Rinko Kikushi) and youthful Midori (Kiko Mizuhara) in their intense, yet poetic relationship with Toru Watanabe (Kenichi Matsuyama). All are beautiful and secretive, ethereally flowing over the troubled waters of adolescence. Costume designer Yen Khe Luguern (first credit for a feature movie) selected different characteristics of 60?s fashion to subtly highlight the protagonists’ personalities. Khe Luguern’s...
Youth, love, Japan, 1960s; Norwegian Wood (2010, directed by Anh Hung Tran) is a fable on loss and growing up. Set from the summer of ’67 through to a spring morning just a few years later, somewhere between child and adulthood, we meet an assorted group of angelic characters to move any sensitive soul.
We are in Tokyo, and along with the hectic political context of students’ protests against established order, alternatively contemplating tormented Naoko (Rinko Kikushi) and youthful Midori (Kiko Mizuhara) in their intense, yet poetic relationship with Toru Watanabe (Kenichi Matsuyama). All are beautiful and secretive, ethereally flowing over the troubled waters of adolescence. Costume designer Yen Khe Luguern (first credit for a feature movie) selected different characteristics of 60?s fashion to subtly highlight the protagonists’ personalities. Khe Luguern’s...
- 7/8/2011
- by Chris Laverty
- Clothes on Film
Does Japanese period costume reflect on contemporary fashion? French born writer Aurélie Coulibaly appraises the hipster style of Norwegian Wood.
Youth, love, Japan, 1960s; Norwegian Wood (2010, directed by Anh Hung Tran) is a fable on loss and growing up. Set from the summer of ’67 through to a spring morning just a few years later, somewhere between child and adulthood, we meet an assorted group of angelic characters to move any sensitive soul.
We are in Tokyo, and along with the hectic political context of students’ protests against established order, alternatively contemplating tormented Naoko (Rinko Kikushi) and youthful Midori (Kiko Mizuhara) in their intense, yet poetic relationship with Toru Watanabe (Kenichi Matsuyama). All are beautiful and secretive, ethereally flowing over the troubled waters of adolescence. Costume designer Yen Khe Luguern (first credit for a feature movie) selected different characteristics of 60′s fashion to subtly highlight the protagonists’ personalities. Khe Luguern’s...
Youth, love, Japan, 1960s; Norwegian Wood (2010, directed by Anh Hung Tran) is a fable on loss and growing up. Set from the summer of ’67 through to a spring morning just a few years later, somewhere between child and adulthood, we meet an assorted group of angelic characters to move any sensitive soul.
We are in Tokyo, and along with the hectic political context of students’ protests against established order, alternatively contemplating tormented Naoko (Rinko Kikushi) and youthful Midori (Kiko Mizuhara) in their intense, yet poetic relationship with Toru Watanabe (Kenichi Matsuyama). All are beautiful and secretive, ethereally flowing over the troubled waters of adolescence. Costume designer Yen Khe Luguern (first credit for a feature movie) selected different characteristics of 60′s fashion to subtly highlight the protagonists’ personalities. Khe Luguern’s...
- 7/8/2011
- by Chris Laverty
- Clothes on Film
It’s hard to believe that seven seasons have passed in the “Project Runway” realm, and it looks like Season 8 may be the best so far.
Coming up on July 29th, Heidi Klum & Co. return to the Lifetime network at 9pm to show off a whole new cast of designing hopefuls.
This time around, the contestants are more diverse than ever, with plenty of men and women, young and not-so-young competing for the prize.
The Season 8 Cast of “Project Runway” is:
A. J. Thouvenot
Age: 26
Hometown: St. Louis, Mo
Profession: Designer for TrashBiscuit
Favorite Designer: Heatherette, Jeremy Scott, John Galliano
Andy South
Age: 23
Hometown: Waipahu, Hi
Profession: Freelance designer, and personal assistant to another designer.
Favorite Designer: Yohji Yamamoto, John Galliano
April Johnston
Age: 21
Hometown: Savannah, Ga
Profession: Just graduated from college
Favorite Designer: Alexander McQueen, John Galliano
Casanova
Age: 33
Hometown: Astoria, NY
Profession: Fashion designer
Favorite Designer: John Galliano...
Coming up on July 29th, Heidi Klum & Co. return to the Lifetime network at 9pm to show off a whole new cast of designing hopefuls.
This time around, the contestants are more diverse than ever, with plenty of men and women, young and not-so-young competing for the prize.
The Season 8 Cast of “Project Runway” is:
A. J. Thouvenot
Age: 26
Hometown: St. Louis, Mo
Profession: Designer for TrashBiscuit
Favorite Designer: Heatherette, Jeremy Scott, John Galliano
Andy South
Age: 23
Hometown: Waipahu, Hi
Profession: Freelance designer, and personal assistant to another designer.
Favorite Designer: Yohji Yamamoto, John Galliano
April Johnston
Age: 21
Hometown: Savannah, Ga
Profession: Just graduated from college
Favorite Designer: Alexander McQueen, John Galliano
Casanova
Age: 33
Hometown: Astoria, NY
Profession: Fashion designer
Favorite Designer: John Galliano...
- 7/22/2010
- GossipCenter
I say this every year, but I have high hopes for this season of Project Runway.
Maybe.
Last year I had high hopes, but aside from Ping's meltdowns, Anthony's exuberance, and Jesse's hotness, the season was pretty much a bust (although I am glad that Seth Aaron beat the arrogant Emilio for the championship).
This season could turn out to be interesting, though. When the show returns on Thursday, July 29th at 9Pm Est on Lifetime, it will now be 90 minutes long, which may increase the drama, and give us more insight into the creative process. Along with Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, judges Michael Kors and Nina Garcia will be returning, and hopefully they'll include some eclectic guest judges. My favorite last season? Milla Jovovich.
Best of all, of the nine male designers competing this season, seven are part of "Team Gay," which is the most for any season of Project Runway.
Maybe.
Last year I had high hopes, but aside from Ping's meltdowns, Anthony's exuberance, and Jesse's hotness, the season was pretty much a bust (although I am glad that Seth Aaron beat the arrogant Emilio for the championship).
This season could turn out to be interesting, though. When the show returns on Thursday, July 29th at 9Pm Est on Lifetime, it will now be 90 minutes long, which may increase the drama, and give us more insight into the creative process. Along with Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, judges Michael Kors and Nina Garcia will be returning, and hopefully they'll include some eclectic guest judges. My favorite last season? Milla Jovovich.
Best of all, of the nine male designers competing this season, seven are part of "Team Gay," which is the most for any season of Project Runway.
- 7/16/2010
- by snicks
- The Backlot
A new boutique hopes to make knitting the rage among fashion victims.
Even if you're a knitter, you've got to admit that the appeal is crafty and geeky, in equal measures. High style? Not so much. But times are changing, what with the financial crisis and all.
Wool and the Gang just opened a new boutique in SoHo, hocking Diy kits for making stylish knitware, complete with wool and instructions. Where it differs is in the demographic its targeting, and the proof is in the high-style design trappings. Squint your eyes, and the place could be a pop-up store for Yohji Yamamoto.
The founders of the line, Carolyn Main and Lisa Sabrier, started the business because they were "fed up with mass consumption," and they set out to create a carbon-light, low-impact alternative.
Besides the Diy bit, the company acts like a fashion house--they produce new pieces and styles for the seasons.
Even if you're a knitter, you've got to admit that the appeal is crafty and geeky, in equal measures. High style? Not so much. But times are changing, what with the financial crisis and all.
Wool and the Gang just opened a new boutique in SoHo, hocking Diy kits for making stylish knitware, complete with wool and instructions. Where it differs is in the demographic its targeting, and the proof is in the high-style design trappings. Squint your eyes, and the place could be a pop-up store for Yohji Yamamoto.
The founders of the line, Carolyn Main and Lisa Sabrier, started the business because they were "fed up with mass consumption," and they set out to create a carbon-light, low-impact alternative.
Besides the Diy bit, the company acts like a fashion house--they produce new pieces and styles for the seasons.
- 11/13/2009
- by Cliff Kuang
- Fast Company
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