Marie Helvin looks very contemporary together with Kenzo in this David Bailey photo from 1976.
April 30th, 2009
Fancypants
April 28th, 2009
Hedi Slimane for Vogue Hommes Japan, S/S 2009
Hedi Slimane continues to publish long and beautiful stories in Vogue Hommes Japan, this being from the current issue. The styling by Nicola Formichetti reminds me of Helmuts Lang’s bottle cap collection, which is a good thing.
April 20th, 2009
Frankie say relax
Yes, it’s ‘SAY’ not ‘SAYS’. Apparently ‘SAYS’ is the sign of a bootleg. The original was designed by Katharine Hamnet and later adopted by Frankie Goes To Hollywood and fans. Looking around the internet there seems to be lots of bootlegs, some of which even use the original ‘SAY’ wording, all spelling out the message in a variety of typefaces. My guess is that the original used Akzidenz Grotesk, just like other Hamnet t-shirts from the same time.
The original video for ‘Relax’ was banned by MTV, but can as expected be found on Youtube. It has a gay s&m club and a tiger – of course it’s great. The replacement video directed by Brian De Palma is pretty lackluster in comparison.
April 15th, 2009
Akzidenz Grotesk Condensed Bold – voice of reason
Similar to Helvetica Condensed Bold, though less popular by far. Something about it and the Helvetica variant, attract a certain kind of designer and a certain kind of message – maybe Katharine Hamnett started it all with her ‘58% DON’T WANT PERSHING’ t-shirt. With the economy balancing on the brink of the abyss, Akzidenz Grotsek Bold and Helvetica Condensed Bold are the typefaces for our time.
