Exciting news: Recently posted shows on style.com include Fall 2010 RTW collections from McQueen (sadness, but genius work) and Chanel. I have much to say about these, which will have to wait to come to fruition until after my research paper presentation is finished. An analysis of historical perceptions of Soviet-era Afghanistan in relation to women? Yes, that's it.
Anyway . . . just a hint . . . looks like the vintage traditional wool jacket I bought in Norway is going to fit right in with Lagerfeld's theme this Fall. What a fortuitous coincidence, especially as I have developed such an interest in all things Nordic and Scandinavian since my visit to Oslo in November.
The above is thoroughly off topic but it made me smile yesterday. As does Rebel Without A Cause (1955) on another off-topic. I watched it on a big screen and thoroughly paid attention for once... and it was better than I have ever remembered it being. Fantastic, nuanced, and incredibly profound. Also, bringing around to relevance, Natalie Wood's outfits are excellent, though her make-up in the opening scene is strongly reminiscent of a sock monkey. Just saying.
Also, James Dean (and for that matter his doppelganger James Franco) is like human male equivalent of the best ice cream sundae you could ever imagine, assembled by the same mystical genius woman who fostered Brad Pitt and Lord Byron.
More on that later. As for today my darlings I present to you below a few photographs a friend and I recently took in the desert not far from my hometown (which is not in the desert, fyi, but much more hospitable). They literally filmed Blazing Saddles on the other side of these hills. Not while we were there, obviously, as all we experienced was wind that would blow Donald Trump's topee off his head before he could open his mouth (which is saying something). Just a few for now . . . as I hear the Soviets and the mujahideen calling my name. "Coming! Jeesh, academia is so demanding."
The one below makes me laugh.
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