Black Leather Gold Plate Shoes  

from the Marc Jacobs Spring/Summer 2012 collection

Escape Louis Vuittton

Cosmic Travelers - Toward the Unknown. curated by Midori Nishizawa

The store’s very own gallery space on the top floor of it’s flagship store. This exhibition features a series of new works by five of japan’s leading contemporary artists. Each of these artists, explores ithe multitude of cosmic aspects through their respective creative processes. Subjected to their vision of the world, oil, metal, paper, ink and video, become both a vehicle of their perception, as well as expression. Participating artists are Noriyuki Haraguchi, Ataru Sato, Tomoko Shioyasu, Masakatsu Takagi and Go Watanabe [up through May 6].

The “Fluke” skate deck by Karim Rashid for Blank Plank 

Hermès Arceau Marqueterie de Paille

Presented for the first time on a watch dial, the Hermès Arceau Marqueterie de Paille (literally, “marquetry of straw”) watches reflect a highly complex miniaturisation of the marquetry technique.   The blue and black motifs depict two iconic Hermès tie patterns featuring chevrons and tiny squares.  

THE CHAMP

Happy 70th Birthday 

Yayoi Kusama
Cosmic Space (TWBBAA)
2008
Gagosian Gallery

Louis Vuitton 2012 Spring Vachetta Leather Tote Bag

-that monogram is dope!

It’s rare for me to hear an album that leaves me speechless nowadays. Especially when one leaves me speechless because of how delicate and beautiful it feels to me. Very rare. 

Listening to Come Sunday fucked me up. It’s gorgeous. It’s all in the subtleties. Hank Jones left us on May 16th of 2010.  We are fortunate to still have Charlie Haden among us. This recording was made 3 months before Hank Jones passed (when he was 91 years old), and 16 years after their first duet album. I’ve written previously about my time with Charlie Haden, perhaps in the near future I’ll share a few of my Hank Jones anecdotes. 

Sometimes you need to nourish yourself with sound. 

The album comes out in a few days. Listen to it, realize how music can change your life, and find solace in what you do and who you are. 

Peace, 

AN

“Bird of Paradise” Bag

Riccardo Tisci for Givenchy 

New Year in Barcelona

Wishing you blessings and peace in your heart

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa

May this New Year be your best yet…

With love, 

Armen

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“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”

- Haruki Murakami 

In 1941, American photographer Philippe Halsman met the surrealist artist Salvador Dalí in New York City and they began to collaborate in the late 1940s. The 1948 work Dali Atomicus explores the idea of suspension, depicting three cats flying, water thrown from a bucket, an easel, a footstool and Salvador Dalí all seemingly suspended in mid-air. The title of the photograph is a reference to Dalí’s work Leda Atomica (at that which can be seen in the right of the photograph behind the two cats.) Halsman reported that it took 28 attempts to be satisfied with the result. This is the unretouched version of the photograph that was published in LIFE magazine. In this version the wires suspending the easel and the painting, the hand of the assistant holding the chair and the prop holding up the footstool can still be seen. 

“Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the contrary: rationalize them, understand them thoroughly. After that, it will be possible for you to sublimate them.” -Salvador Dali

Banksy

Cardinal Sin

Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool