Recline inside a James Turrell? Watch Maroon 5’s James Valentine in a match with Lester Cook, among other tennis pros, architects and creatives, on an infinity court against the L.A. skyline? […]
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I hope you will take the time this Wednesday, May 6, from 7-9 p.m. to join Moby, Shepard Fairey and yours truly in a panel helmed by our friend Brad Grossman, who’s taken the uber inquisitiveness that made him Brian Grazer’s right hand guide for so many years and in 2008 finally founded the Zeitguide, a multi-media platform that guides a wide swath of industry leaders through leading-edge issues in our constantly changing culture. […]
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Qualifiers such as eccentric, original, even icon get bandied about these days like so many gold stars at a Silver Lake school event: every one is special!.. Um, not any more than your mom is an eccentric original…
One who can claim a crown of gold stars is Courtney Love. […]
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The best part of doing a feature on Carine Roitfeld? Her rapid-fire thank-you, which came with all the enthusiastic effervescence one expects from this spitfire in stilettos. The following story appeared in the Winter 2013-2014 issue of 7Hollywood Magazine, which featured no fewer than seven covers, including Karl Lagerfeld, Courtney Love, Laetitia Costa, Irina Shayk, Jared Leto, Dakota Fanning—and Carine, as seen as the start of the slide show. […]
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Given the day, I thought I’d share my “La Vie En Rose” column on Giorgio’s, the Saturday night fever at Mmhmm Bar at The Standard Hotel on Sunset. The weekly bash has taken hold of Hollywood—both the city and its shakers and squatters—in a way that’s spilled over into other parts of the culture (just look at the disco-flavored fashions on the recent runways). […]
Posted in Current Affairs, Event, Fashion, Music, Nightlife, StyleBecause time is far from on my side during Christmas, when Nina was born, I set my sights on Valentine’s Day. Each year for the last four, I rally Andy and galvanize Nina into being a part of whatever wild concept photographer Ramona Rosales and I dream up. […]
Posted in Children, Design, Family, Photography, UncategorizedGregory Arlt gives good face. He’s the only professional our bosom buddy Dita Von Teese embraces on set when she relinquishes doing her make-up herself. And as Director of Makeup Artistry for MAC Cosmetics, he relentlessly tours the world making his mark on editorial shoots, for runway shows and other showcases for the international beauty brand. […]
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What to wear for a tennis match at one of the city’s most modernist marvels? In the madness that’s been my life, my mind cannot help but drift to this question, as this Saturday’s annual fundraiser benefiting the MAK Center for Art and Architecture, becomes ever more a reality. […]
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Please join me Wednesday evening, June 11, for an inside peek at one of the most talented individuals in the world of fashion and rock.
Madonna, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Cher, Tina Turner and a galaxy of pop culture’s supernovas owe a flash of their sparkle to Michael Schmidt, whose imaginative, provocative costumes and accessories are innovations in craftsmanship and materials—as disparate as plastic Legos, razor blades, Swarovski Elements and sterling silver links. […]
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La Vie en Rose wasn’t always a blog. It started out in print many moons ago. So when I had the opportunity to see it in ink again and in a sumptuous glossy magazine that I can hold or download (on iTunes, of course!), I was game. […]
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The future of fashion is here. Well, almost. The first fully articulated 3D-printed piece of fashion is now a reality. This mind-boggling work by Michael Schmidt was brought to life on stage last night at the New York outpost Ace Hotel when Dita Von Teese was laced up within an inch of her life in this high-tech haute couture. […]
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Sorry for the silence…been distracted with deadlines and the like.
But I’m eager to get back to posting…Till then. -R […]
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On the final hours of 2012, that annual tradition of reflecting on another year in life gets underway. As we have always done individually and together, Andy and I strove to do it to the hilt. […]
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From hair brushes to jeweled shoe clips to a metal four-drawer filing cabinet, some 849 things that once filled the home and life of Greta Garbo are going on the auction block this week courtesy of her family members in charge of her estate and all in the name of funding future art. […]
Posted in Cinema, StyleAs I tickled my laptop keyboard prepping the morning A+R newsletter with Andy, in the other room, Nina and I caught parts of Soul Power, the engrossing 2008 documentary on the three-day music celebration known as “Zaire 74.”
The concerts brought together some 80,000 fans to experience live African and African-American artists as seemingly disparate as Bill Withers and Miriam Makeba in the name of Black Power and, more specifically, the re-match between Muhammed Ali and George Foreman, billed as the “Rumble in the Jungle.”
Every one of the performances—both on and off the stage—are a captivating testament to the power of culture. […]
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Today, action matters.
Even if you’re not in a “swing” state such as Ohio or Nevada or Colorado, it does matter that you get out and vote and show the rest of the country—the world—that there is, indeed, strength in numbers. […]
Posted in Current AffairsAs one scary flick after another is tapped on this Hallow’s Eve among those settling in for this fright night, I’m reminded by pal Ann Magnuson of her turn in one of the sexiest and chicest looking (if not, let’s face it, bordering on camp at times) films, 1983’s The Hunger. […]
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I’ve always had a mad crush on Alan Cumming. Not in a way that I tune into The Good Wife, even if it is a lauded series that everyone tells me I should be watching. […]
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