JEDI FASHION

I finally made it for an overdue manicure and pedicure, which meant down time to flip through my magazines.  (The backed-up stacks had gotten really tall).

Well, this certainly caught my eye:

Jean Paul Goode's brilliant Star War's concept for Harper's Bazaar this month.  

Flourescent bulbs standing in for light sabers was a stroke of genius.  And it looks like Charlotte Gainsbourg and Nicholas Ghesquière are thoroughly enjoying their Jedi duel.   I suppose the real "hats off" is to Ghesquière, for making Darth Vader's head gear worthy of Balenciaga.

Would you wear this Balenciaga hat?  Or only to a Star Wars Convention?

iPHONEOGRAPHY

Photo gadgets for the iPhone
Photo: tabletalk.com

Astounding.  I never thought one could take "serious" photographs with a camera phone.  I just came across all these new gadgets that make your iPhone's camera rival a DSLR.  That, and discovering that the iPhone 4S (which I do not have -- my iPhone still carries a lower digit) comes with an impressively wide lens with infrared filters to begin with.  A bit disheartening to those of us who take pride in lugging around a big Canon, though rather exciting to think of this little-phone-that-could.

For more details on these accessories, see Table Talk.

STREET STYLE: BILL CUNNINGHAM

If you have ever read the New York Times, chances are, you've glanced at Bill Cunningham's On the Street snapshots.  Cunningham --even now -- bikes around NYC to capture the sartorial trend of the moment.  This beloved photographer posited that the real fashion show was on the streets, not the runways.

Now, Zeitgeist Films presents "Bill Cunningham New York," a film by Richard Press.  As Vogue Editor, Anna Wintour, says in the preview, "We all get dressed for Bill."

Here's a preview of the film, opening on March 16th:




Cunningham photographs kooky old ladies and socialites alike.  The great equalizer is definitive Style.  Now in his 80s, it's high time someone documented his trailblazing street photography.  The Sartorialist and numerous other bloggers owe it all to him.



(* Press photo and Film Preview from zeitgeistfilms.com/billcunninghamnewyork)