HAPPY FASHION WEEK [day 1]

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week has "officially" begun!
BCBG is my first order of "fashion" business today. I've decided not to do LIVE tweeting [i assume EVERYONE] is going to, and I am going to enjoy.. absorb.. and then report on the blog when I can [in between work [+] shows] Its going to be hectic BUT INSANELY funfun 4-sure 4-serious! xo xo :el fano:

dsquared2 shop online new trailer

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shop!
buy!
live!
love!
dsquared2 is online NOW!!
xo
xo
:el fano:

09 09 09

so I just had to [sneak] in2 the bathroom at school today at 9.09 [you know] just cuz its 09.09.09 ... so, I took 2 pictures in the 60 second time slot [and] low-[+]-behold ... CRAZY[ness] INSUED!!! [no photoshop here kids] MY BLACKBERRY had a freak-out with the flash [+] it turned magenta again [+] reset on its own, and when it all came back on and what not ... this CRAZY GREEN image appeared, and I LOVED IT! =] so, just had to share!! ... I am loving my newly cropped hair!! [+] I am so loving my class!! MORE LATER ON THAT! =] {its crazy @ work} [+] I am doing this under the table in the conference room on the BB! .. [no bad eh?] anyway.. love to all! xo xo :el fano:


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OH MY oh MY oh MY! the OLSEN TWINS as bartenders?!

bergdorfgoodman[s] fashion night out



OH MY oh MY oh MY! the OLSEN TWINS as bartenders?! =] I think I read that somewhere, but thought it was a dream! [ha!]



Soooo much crazy chaos going on in the city!!! I have no idea [yet] what 575 has in store for me [yet] I'm sure I'll know at the VERY LAST MINUTE! gahhh.. but all I know is the GUCCI is giving away FREE T-SHIRTS to the first 100 customers at the store [i'm sending the troops in] HA! anyway, so much fashion, so little time!! ENJOY! xo xo :el fano:

i really do have a watch fetish...

HA!... ok, so [yeah] I'm really LOVE[ing] this MARCbyMARCjacobs watch! [that purple {+} red combo] to-die 4!!! [but I think that the lightening bolt short and long hands is what does it for me!] [lol] ... anyway, 4-serious[ly] cute! xo xo :el fano:

sing me to sleep...

"Sing me to sleep
Sing me to sleep
Im tired and i
I want to go to bed..."

OM[f]G! I don't even REMEMBER taking this photo last night, I was sooo exhausted from my trip/plane/subway ride, that I crashed out on my bed after my shower.. A [little] DISCO-NAP I thought... well, 1AM rolls along, and I am wide-awake!!! [and couldn't go back to sleep] :[ ugh! anyway... YES I did [finally] cut my hair! It was getting [shall we say] WAY WAY WAY to long! ha! .. you know I was loving my [bang] effeck - but it was time! so, a short short messy crop fully re-dyed [some] HIGH-lights, and LOW-lights, to boot! I'll take some more pics later 4 sure! FASHION WEEK IS JUST DAYS AWAY!!!!!!!!!! ahhhhh! must must MUST look my best!!!! =] [sooooooo excited!] YAY! xo xo :el fano:

AnOther Magazine[s] special collector[s] edition[s] to mark the end of the decade

AnOtherMagazine
“At the end of this decade there should be a celebration of how far fashion and design have come, for the amazing new voices that have emerged and the reinventions which others have undergone. I am overjoyed that so many incredible women took part in this project; a chance to rise above these current fractured economic times and give real creativity in fashion its due.”
— Jefferson Hack, Editor in Chief

28 designers who define the decade, 28 women who define style, from Carine Roitfeld to Kylie Minogue, brought together by AnOther Magazine for a special collectors’ edition to mark the end of the decade. AnOther Magazine has been given unprecedented access to the archives of the most important designers of the past ten years for this landmark project, pairing each of the 28 women with a collection by a different designer, encapsulating unique moments in a decade of fashion.



THIS IS AMAZING [+] INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!! the NATALIE PORTMAN [in lavin] is to DIE FOR! [god I lover her]! every time I look at her I fall in love with her all over again... =] but these limited edition 4 covers are just brilliant! GET THEM NOW!! =] xo xo :el fano:

I will miss you Andy

awhhhhh Andy Roddick I [will] miss you! again another crazy long match with a tie-break[er] to move to the next round, but alas, it just wasn't in the card[s] for you that night. I was hoping for another NIKE vs. LACOSTE match for the U.S. OPEN finale ... but, now, Roger better [+] will beat the pants off of Nadal! [ha] he better!!! [lol] miss you already LACOSTE BOY!! [thank[s] for the memories] and hope to see you again sooon! xo xo :el fano:

GUSgus "Add this Song"

GusGus "Add This Song" from Kompakt Records on Vimeo.

OMG I'm so in love with the NEW GUSgus CD! it[s] DUB[tast]tixx!!! ahhhh! [lets hope this copy/paste link works from my BlackBerry] {lol} it should! But, omg - the RECORD is like amazing... 6 track[s] so I guess its not really an EP [or is it] i think 5 tracks is considered an EP [right?] eeep I'm not sure! [+] i should know! lol ... so I'm back at the University of Miami Hospital with my DAD [praying] that everything goes A-OK today [as it should]!!!! so I am wandering the hallways [like last time] and so far, I'M NOT GETTING LOST!! =] anyway.. giant hugs to all [+] much love! xo xo :el fano:

ps: i promise that the video is [NOTHING] like the UMH!!! =] it[s] just co·in·ci·den·tal that the video [+] I are @ the hospital! [lol] enjoy! xo xo :el fano:

"Women of Supreme" - V-magazine

a HUGE shout out to fabiowho for the [story] the [scoop] and the [images] THANK YOU so much FABIO!!! xo xo :el fano:

It’s a pagan festival at Supreme for September! V Magazine, photographer Paul Rowland took to the camera to shoot 19 incredible girls from the “Women of Supreme” for a special edition of V Magazine that will be sold with V61 later this month. The covers were shot the week of April 13th in New York at Pier 59 Studios and feature styling by Nicholas Grasa, makeup by Janeen Witherspoon, and hair by Rita Marmor, Leonardo Manetti for ION Studio, and Franco Gobbi for Bumble & Bumble. Featured on the covers are: Alana Zimmer, Alla Kostromicheva, Behati Prinsloo, Christina Kruse, Daiane Conterato, Darya Kurovska, Georgina Stojiljkovic, Hanne Gaby Odiele, Hannelore Knuts, Iris Strubegger, Isabeli Fontana, Meghan Collison, Mina Cvetkovic, Natasa Vojnovic, Ranya Mordanova, Rose Cordero, Suvi Koponen, Valentina Zelyaeva, and Yulia Kharlapanova.

V61 Special Edition Covers by Paul Rowland, backstage shot of Supreme/Women Girls from Supreme Management on Vimeo.

WOW!! i [4-seriously] LOVE LOVE LOVE all 19 of these covers! [i wonder why not 20?] I wonder if there is a significance to 19 in "pagan" times? [IDK] HA!!! [lol] but none-the-less.. [SIN]sational!!!!! xo xo :el fano:

Drowning by Numbers [assignment #1]

So... I figured that I would document my various "lessons" as the semester goes on for FALL 2009.

"The [ART] of the movie poster - as told through a series of fonts"

Peter Greenaway one of the most [in my opinion] prolific and controversial directors of our time graces the eyes [+] ears of the students with one of his master pieces "DROWNING BY NUMBERS" [originally it was to be "The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover" [but I didn't want [2] much [2] soon!] ... so, I went with DROWNING BY NUMBERS [+] after seeing the "original" poster [not really hard to improve on] {lol} the FRENCH POSTER is beautiful, but is told with "visuals"... the assignment was as follows: "To [recreate] the "DROWNING BY NUMBERS" movie poster using ONLY typography."{{{ FONT[s] ONLY }}}!!! - and here is the other [restriction/snag] you can't use numbers! =] {i'm evil right?} [lol]. They can create numbers using letter forms. To create the "appearance" of numbers. { the design collective TOMATO is SOOO known for this [example] use of letter-forms to create [boy boy boy] visual beauty! } [anyway] after viewing the Greenaway classic, they must emulate the power and vision of the film to the poster, [without stills or photographic visuals] ONLY TYPE! =] ... so we will see. I am excited to see the prospects. I am thinking that I would [also] love to participate and do MY version[s] of my assignments .. [but time, is not on my side :[ .. work work work.. but that shouldn't be an excuse] {right?} anyway.. it was a joy and a delight [+] I am SO excited for what is to come!! xo xo :el fano:

Jeans Now Come in See-through

Jeans Now Come in See-through
Thank you NY MAG for the photo and the sheer[ness][?!?!] SCOOP!


OM[f]G!!! xo xo :el fano:

we were never being boring...

Pet Shop Boys Being Not Particularly Boring at Hammerstein Ballroom
From the VILLAGE VOICE

Pet Shop Boys
Hammerstein Ballroom
Tuesday, Sept. 1

Fans have come to expect certain things from a Pet Shop Boys show: Neil Tennant's dry but poignant vocals, Chris Lowe's concert-specific remixes of their classics, artsy visuals, experimental dancers, a few outfits, and, on a deeper level, communion. The first New York stop on the "Pandemonium" tour didn't disappoint on any of those fronts, kicking off with the high-gloss Italo-disco classic "Heart" as the duo emerged from a Pink Floyd-inspired "Wall" of white boxes, wearing translucent cubes on their heads. The next few songs were from their stately new album Yes, including the bouncy first single "Love, etc." and a wobbly medley of "Pandemonium" and the older "Can You Forgive Her?"

Throughout the night, '80s-style graffiti, Communist propaganda, black-and-white videos of the Boys themselves, and favela landscapes were projected onto the Wall, layers of which crumbled during "Go West" to accommodate dancers done up as Atari Olympians and "exploded" into dangling ornaments during the finale. Tennant's
voice sounded remarkably unweathered, Lowe's synth work was on point, and the playlist ran to 20-plus new and old songs in almost two hours, including a surprising acid-house mashup of club rarities "Two Divided by Zero" and "Why Don't We Live Together?"

But as I was fidgeting with my camera and chanting "Che Guevara and Debussy to a disco beat," I noticed something unexpected in the frame: a lot of balding heads. Some of us have been dancing to these songs for a quarter-century now. That combination of nostalgia and theatrics hit a catharsis during the final flurry of confetti and sing-alongs: After a melancholy, tuxedo-clad interlude, they picked up the tempo with "Jealousy" and "Suburbia," then sashayed south of the border with a riotous medley of "Se a Vida é," "Discoteca," "Domino Dancing," and even Coldplay's "Viva La Vida." The finale, "It's a Sin," climaxed in a burst of hard house beats, operatic strings, and giant bursts of glitter. During the encore, bits of it were still aloft and sparkling as the crowd sang "Being Boring" pretty much in its entirety. Reclaiming the mic, Tennant closed us out, inevitably, with the evergreen "West End Girls," 25 years old itself. The "Girls" and Boys may all be a bit longer in the tooth these days, but the bite is still plenty sharp.

It was an AMAZING and INCREDIBLE SHOW! [i didn't know i was going till the last moment] and it was just incredible! [a bit 2 short] but, I'll take as MANY MINUTES as I CAN GET with the PSB[s] as I CAN!! xo xo :el fano:

We will miss you Marat

This one[s] for my BFF!!! I know that she [and many others] will miss Marat for the rest of the US OPEN!! It was always a special treat to watch him play!! xo xo :el fano:

S E X Y cougar [a-la] L-TRAIN style

There(s) nothing quite like the "roar" of the 7am L-train Cougar... [ready to pounce at ANY given moment]. [Just before your heading to class] [lol]
Her look was as follows: A simple pink spaghetti strap "T" with the words ["S E X Y"] em(((blaze)))[on]ed right below the bosom. Pink sunglasses, Pink plastic handbag, Pink cell phone, Pink belt [can't see in the pic -but it was quite sparkly] ... her choice of "jean[s]" was that of a "painted-on" so tight [NOTHING] was left to the imagination kinda jean. =} and then, there was her song. OM(f)G!!! THE SONG! [THIS MADE THE OUTFIT] {oh so CRAZY-COMPLETE} ... OH OH OH OH her song... [sung in the key of [Helen Reddy[s] "I AM WOMAN"] ... "I am COUGAR here me ROAR, there's just 2 many BOYS to EXPLORE... and I know to much cuz I ain't pretending...Cuse I've seen and heard and DONE it ALL before! Oh yes, I've been down there on the floor, and those boys..[ha ha ha] they gonna keep me going down for more" ... and this [ALL] with her "Father Figure" wig on [+] in her deep deep "deep" baritone
voice. [THIS ONE I WISH I HAD DONE A VIDEO ON] (lol) perhaps next time...she will be in the same car! xo xo :el fano:

West End Girls

Remixxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx!!!!!!

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And the heavens explode with silver!!

Ahhhhhhh perfection!!!!!

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Its a sin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh insanity! The stage crubles! Its beautiful!!!!!!

Domino dancing

Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is a song 4 all the boys [+] girls

Awhhhhh they took their cubes off! Loves it!