PALM ANGELS!

"Most Anticipated Art Book Releases of 2014 This book, which features large-format photographs of skaters in Venice Beach and Manhattan Beach, captures the LA skateboarding scene, style, and street culture through the eyes of the world's most elite communities of skaters. Photographed by Francesco Ragazzi, "Palm Angels" takes the reader inside skate culture. Because of Ragazzi's artistic eye, the book is less focused on analyzing tricks and more about conveying the sensation of the men and women that engage in the dangerous, yet endlessly entertaining activity. "Palm Angels" includes an introduction by Pharrell Williams, who has become an icon in skate style." - Complex Magazine

Francesco Ragazzi is the Italian art director of Moncler. Pharrell Williams..well, you all know him.

Out 2 Sep 2014!

STYLE ICON: MR CHET BAKER!

Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker, Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and vocalist. Baker earned much attention and critical praise through the 1950s, particularly for albums featuring his vocals (Chet Baker Sings, It Could Happen to You). Jazz historian David Gelly described the promise of Baker's early career as "James Dean, Sinatra, and Bix, rolled into one." His "well-publicized drug habit" also drove his notoriety and fame; Baker was in and out of jail regularly before enjoying a career resurgence in the late 1970s and '80s.

A person of great anomalies and contradictions. A trumpeter of virtuosity compared favourably to Mr Miles Davis, he was mainly self-taught and played almost entirely by ear. He took no interest in jazz older than bebop, yet when he chose to sing his style and repertoire were purely traditional. He was a depressive personality, but his music is lyrically sweet and melodic. He took drugs to devastating effects, yet played with a crystalline flawlessness. His style was famously laid-back, effortless and flowing, yet his moods were violently extreme. He reputedly rarely practiced and was considered lazy by other musicians, yet his complete recorded oeuvre consists of more than 200 albums in his short 58-year-old life.

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NY METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: PUNK 2013 EXHIBITION!

New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute have chosen punk as the topic for their next big exhibition, 'Punk: Chaos to Couture'.  

Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood, who will feature heavily in the exhibition, in 1981

The exhibition will be feted at the annual Met Ball which will take place on May 6 2013, with Anna Wintour, actress Rooney Mara, Givenchy creative director Riccardo Tisci and Moda Operandi's Lauren Santo Domingo serving as co-chairs. British photographer Nick Knight will act as the creative consultant, working with events producer Raul Avila to create the gala's look.

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VILLAGE AFTER VILLAGE!

This is how my Spanish holiday goes so far, from one 'village' to another

 from one medieval festival to another, from one 'fiesta' to another..

The only good part is: I love it! I don't think I know about Romanian 
traditional dances not even half of what I know now about the Spanish ones.

And I'm not proud of it, but try going to a folklore festival in Romania,

filled with teenagers, drinking on the street, joy&happiness..A WHAT?! 

my Romanian 'readers' will exclaim!!! Yeap, this is how things go on 

around here..Lot of culture, tradition, folklore, most of it organised 

by teenagers! And this is how their tradition will last! Congrats!

Anyway I had a brilliant week, and apparently there is another one

(or two) to come, full of cultural activities, concerts, medieval battles,

archery workshops, feasts, booze and most important family&sun!

(I don't get to see them much the rest of the year)

Banda Simfònica Unió Musical de Benaguasil
 Director: José Javier Guna Vilar

This was a little getaway from my regular 'fashion' posts..

Don't take it personally, I wrote it for me, not for you..

For you though, in about 2-3 weeks I will be cruising around

Costa Brava, Costa del Sol and whatever other Costas Spain has

to offer, with nice shots, pretty boats, boobs and exquisite outfits!

Have a nice Sunday!

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