... to be the official announcement of the Public Bureau launch.
It is what you think it is: a clothing line. I've always wanted to do something related with the field and the IPWT umbrella sort of prepared the ground and gave us the means for this to begin happening.
I'm not looking to bear the label of a fashion designer here, or pretend to be a grande connoisseur of the sartorial art and I do find the word "Fashion" to be widely abused, especially in the past few years. So, though I do do the designing, for the most part, I like to see it as another project. An amazinly fascinating project, that is.
You can check out the Public Bureau website, where all the garments will be exclusively available in November, and find out more, and maybe register too!!
Charlize is back! Well, so is Grace kelly, Marlene Dietrich and Marylin Monroe...
Is this ad a Dior reboot, after the much bloated scandal from earlier this year? Did they pay someone something to feature the faces of the three screen mega-legends in their Jean-Jacques Annaud-directed ad?
However, the one-minute-and-a-half ad is impressive, it definitely feels like a celebration (I really like that they went with Beth Ditto for the soundtrack), and could Charlize Theron look any more gorgeous?
Scandal or no scandal, Dior seems to be floating above the flood.
"Martha Marcy May Marlene" is a movie I probably won't be able to see in theaters here. I'm not sure when I'll finally see it, but I'm sure it will be one of those intense emotion-inducing films, of the likes of "The Virgin Suicides" only a bit harsher, I guess, and from what I read. (Dare I say: Finally, an Olsen sister with talent!)
Anyway, the reason I decided to post about this film is the above brilliantly designed poster.
I first heard of Sia in 2006, when I finished watching all five seasons of "Six Feet Under" (in less than three months) and her track "Breathe Me" was featured in the very very last scene of the series. (I have never cried so much in front of a screen, in my whole life. "Breathe Me" was to be blamed for this too.)
Though Sia fell off my radar in the past few years, I recently bumped on her newest material through Oh Land's twitter feed, since they were touring together in the states this past summer. Despite the fact that her latest album "We Are Born" was released a bit over a year ago, I only got to listen to it this past August, around the same time Sia's collaboration with David Guetta on Titanium started gaining ground around the web. The word "awesome" does not even begin to describe Titanium, by the way.
I humbly found "We Are Born" utterly perfect! I have been obsessing over "Clap Your Hands", (video below), "The Fight" and "You've Changed" because of their absolutely genuine and positive vibes and given that I am going through a -mainly- good and positive period right now. However, tracks which deviate the "happy path" like "I Am Here" and "Oh Father" have that same, impactful and overwhelming effect "Breathe Me" had on me.
Because of that very first encounter with Sia's voice through SFU's finale, I can't help but have it associated with dense emotions. I guess I am not the only one, since the people over at Showtime used "Lullaby", off her 2008 album "Some People Have Real Problems", for the Season 1 finale of The Big C -another über emotional scene.
I mentioned this before, but the Australians seem to never fail me. I am happy to have rediscovered Sia's magical sound and wish for more to come! Sia, I Clap My Hands… for you.
Monday, September 19, 2011 at 4:51 AM 
