>> In addition to consuming copious amounts of meat (I'm waiting to cross off pheasant off the list and that will be the full meat fest chez Lau complete…) and watching old VCDs (super duper Hong Kong style) on a a mahussive TV with all the bells and whistles, there's not really much to do… Continue reading Decked Out
Category: History
V-Day
>> A slowish internet connection prevented me from fully enjoying the delights of the Valentino Garavini Virtual Museum, which needs to be downloaded onto your computer to be used along with a fairly stable internet connection. I was thinking that perhaps the idea of Virtual Museum on a computer was going to be slightly naff… Continue reading V-Day
DVD Trio
I didn't expect Yohji Yamamoto to utter the word "gorgeous" several times in the opening scene of the short film Yohji Yamamoto: This is My Dream that documents the run-up to the S/S 10 Y-3 show in New York, directed by Theodore Stanley. I associate the word with a brassy blonde making kiss noises with… Continue reading DVD Trio
Muse Attacks
When you've been inspired by women that traverse between the likes of Gertrude Stein, Cindy Sherman, Mink Stole, Sissy Spacek, Jodie Foster, Shelley Duval and characters such as Fanny (from Ingmar Bergman's Fanny and Alexander) and Candice-Marie (from Mike Leigh's Nuts in May), it's be difficult to sum up a body of work into a… Continue reading Muse Attacks