Tomokazu Matsuyama and The Standard Go Global ... Snow Global
Feb 22 2012
Tomokazu Matsuyama’s work is both wild and controlled, figurative, yet abstract, steeped in Japanese iconography – both ancient and contemporary – but also specifically American, cowboys and indians, bucking broncos, and Jackson Pollock. We saw this and thought … let’s make snow globes together. And thus it was born, a unique edition of 30, 8” tall...
The Standard Grill's Dinner with Oscar
Feb 22 2012 / by stan d'arde
If you’re anything like me, you’re already planning your trip out to Los Angeles this weekend for the pinnacle of awards season, The 84th Academy Awards. (Don’t forget to book your room at The Standard, Hollywood!) If you’re NOT packing up your latest designer fashions and you’re staying in New York City for the big event, we’ve created a very special...
So What Did You Miss at NY Fashion Week?
Feb 21 2012
Life always boils down to the moments, glorious blurry moments that fade so quickly into the ether. So before they’re gone, or in case you missed it … Our top moments from New York Fashion Week, Fall/Winter 2012.
Dita Von Teese...Up, Dirty, One Olive
Feb 21 2012 / by stan d'arde
You and I have been friends for quite some time now, and if you know anything about me, you know my affinity for a martini. Check out my new logo if you don’t believe me! My mantra for life is “Up, Dirty, One Olive,” but I digress… With Valentine’s Day having fallen smack dab in the middle of NY Fashion Week last week, it was only natural that we called...
Aeroplane and Wolfram for President!
Feb 17 2012
This Sunday at Le Bain, Nouveau York goes Euro with Wolfram and Aeroplane to celebrate President’s Day weekend. While Aeroplane tours the USA with a new record In Flight Entertainment and will perform for the first time at Le Bain, Wolfram has been a beloved regular and one of our favorites. Both have become emblematic artists of the Dance music scene by modernizing the Euro Sound. Does...
The One Night Standards Now Own Milk Studios
Feb 17 2012 / by stan d'arde
Last night, the internet almost suffered a technical meltdown due to the frenzy of the world clamoring to keep up with real time news from TONSIL HOCKEY, our end of fashion week throw down against (soured) Milk Studios. In true Milk fashion, they arrived in grand fanfare, rolling down Washington Street about sixty peeps deep, led by Theophilus London and all dolled up in what looked like...
Crying Over Spilled MILK (studios)...
Feb 16 2012 / by stan d'arde
As some of you already know, tonight, The Standard, New York is facing off with MILK Studios on the rink at the hotel in a fierce bout of TONSIL HOCKEY. I know what you’re thinking, but it’s not that. This is going to be a bloodbath. A fashion massacre. A death so icy cold that the team over at MILK will want to take a summer vacation in Antarctica. (I don’t really...
What The Models Are Listening To
Feb 15 2012
This is not a thinly veiled excuse to look at pretty models. It’s a serious ethnographic exercise in the matching of personal musical taste against those of the physically blessed. These are real models with real iPods listening to real music as they dash between shows. Turns out they don’t just listen to Right Said Fred’s seminal, “I’m Too Sexy,” on...
Watch Tom Sachs' Kubrick Homage / Color Documentary
Feb 15 2012
There’s a mini-trend hitting the art world right now: playing cards and studio manuals. Ryan McGinness made special edition playing cards and a studio franchise manual. And now Tom Sachs has made playing cards and a studio manual, although Tom’s manual uses the medium of film. Directed by Van Neistat (a Standard brother), the mini-doc delves into what we soon learn as...
Cole Haan and Nike Made a Shoe You Can Wear on the Moon
Feb 14 2012
How serendipitous with all the talk of Moon Colonies that Cole Haan and Nike would join forces to create the LunarGrand Wingtip - a shoe that blends Cole Haan’s traditional construction techniques with Nike’s Lunarlon cushioning system. To clarify, the cushioning makes it extremely lightweight, motion enhancing and cushiony, thus making one feel like you are walking on the...
Stan's D'aily Designer Interview with Waris + Exclusive Ben Watts Video
Feb 14 2012
You may have seen the Boo capsule collection by House of Waris premier this week. It’s for sale at The Standard Shop NYC. We also hosted the launch party at The Standard, New York (see all the fun pics here) AND to put the polish on the gold, we have an exclusive video by fashion photographer, Ben Watts, made as part of the “You’re My Boo” video series which includes...
Stan's D'aily Designer Interview: Christian Cota
Feb 13 2012 / by stan d'arde
There are few young designers who are able to meld an air of elegance with a strong sense of simple modernity, but Christian Cota is a prime example. After his showing this past week on the third floor at The Standard, New York, he allowed me to delve into his world by asking him the questions I’ve been harassing the industry with all week.. After fashion week I’m going...
Purple Magazine Party On Top
Feb 12 2012 / by stan d'arde
There are a lot of things that you know are just a given during fashion week. The chaos. The models. The parties. The fatigue! But the one thing that keeps coming back and that you never get tired of, is Purple Magazine’s Saturday night party on Top of The Standard. At this point in the game, it’s a tradition, and last night, it reached new heights. The night started...
A BLK DNM + Purple Mag Fashion Recipe That's Just One Calorie
Feb 11 2012
OK so this one’s a little complicated, at least it may seem at first, but really, if you just follow this simple recipe, you’ll be baking up a tasty batch of calorie free fun. PURPLE FASHION IN 3D AT 237 LAFAYETTE 2PM - 8PM TODAY 1 CUP of Olivier Zahm’s Purple Magazine. Make sure it’s the fresh new one that just launched last night. 1 CUP of Johan...
"Happenings"at Pace Gallery Seriously Was Happening
Feb 10 2012
Last night was Thursday night which if you are in New York – and per chance made time in your fashion schedule for bit of art – you were probably tramping around the West 20s hussling for some white wine and trying to catch a glimpse of art through all those bodies milling about. We were one or two of those bodies (sorry if we blocked your view) at The Pace Gallery for...
Standard Street Style
Feb 10 2012
While presentations are happening every day in the High Line Room at The Standard, New York and runway shows are a few blocks down at Milk Studios - both The Standards East and West are experiencing extra high Fashionista traffic. Here are some gems who prove it. Leigh Lezark Misshapes Most used app: iBook Nana Brew-Hammond Author of “Powder Necklace” Most used App:...
The Kills perform at the Top of The Standard
Feb 10 2012
Last night The Kills performed at the Top of The Standard and it was epic. No need for words, check out all the photos here. Photos by Benjamin Lozovfsy (BFA)
The Return of In Flagranti.
Feb 10 2012
This Sunday at Le Bain, Nouveau York celebrates Fashion Week with New York beloved In Flagranti. The Transatlantic duo formed by Alex Gloor and Sasa Crnobmja has been a key figure of New York nightlife scene since the early 90’s. Sasa moved to London a few years ago, and we’ll celebrate his return! We caught him red-handed above the Atlantic for a Standard Q&A. The...
Dree Hemingway Shares Her Sandro Collection Inspiration Tunes
Feb 09 2012
The beautiful and talented Dree Hemingway (daughter of Mariel Hemingway great-granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway) did a lovely capsule collection for the newly arrived, très branché French fashion line, Sandro. Standard Sounds sat down with the designer/model to find out what role MUSIC played in the creation of her debut collection. Her answer, “A vital role.”...
Le Bain's New York Fashion Mix
Feb 09 2012
It’s full fashion swing up at Le Bain and we’ve got the ultimate playlist to keep your spirits up all through the week. Courtesy of Le Bain’s DJ Neil Aline, the full hour of tunes (stream or download for free) has Justice, Brian Ferry, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Lana Del Rey, Todd Terje and David Joseph. Party on.
