Elle Fanning x Rodarte

I know it's a little old, but I just saw it. Yeah, yeah... Cinematographic-ally speaking, it's quite beautiful.

"Hollywood's latest darling, Elle Fanning, goes digging for buried treasure in Todd Cole's new collaboration with Rodarte, The Curve of Forgotten. The film highlights design duo Kate and Laura Mulleavy's spring 2011 collection, which drew inspiration from 1970s northern California, referencing Redwood forests, the gold rush and Asian influences. The Somewhere star pirouettes through the empty rooms of the historic Baldwin House (which sits on an oil field in LA's Baldwin Hills), her outfits magically changing from one room to the next. Shot on a RED camera using Cooke lenses from the 70s, the short's dusty focus references seminal movies of that era, such as Terrence Malick's Badlands, while Georgia-based indie rockers Deerhunter provide the dreamy soundtrack. As for the title, Cole explains: "It's the title of a Richard Brautigan poem. The poem and the film are about forgotten things—circles and the curve of time." The film follows on from last spring's intergalactic project that Cole shot with Rodarte and comes at an extraordinary moment for the designers, whose dazzling costume contributions to Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan will form part of their upcoming solo exhibit at MoCA."

Inspiration

OFFF 2011 Year Zero by Onur Senturk

Song of the day: Jessica Lea Mayfield - Our Hearts Are Wrong

Fendi Shadez Spring 2011

I need these specs! Funky, colorful and oversized. The only issue would be which pair to pick; soberly brown as in Freja's (above) or boldy bright (below)? Spring 2011 geeky-chic!





Song of the day: Bon Iver - Skinny Love

Prints

Akris

Trend-spotting: Prints. Bold, in-your-face eye-catchers for your apparel. (Remember the McQueen smoke print?) From fruits to landscapes to celestial to geometric, spring 2011 is going to be quite the expressive season. I personally love the Carven prints, which range from colorful planetary interpretations to classic black and white architectural structures. Flattering, funky and fun. Wonderful!


Stella McCartney


Rag&Bone, Prada


Missoni, Mary Katrantzou


Malandrino, JPG


Givenchy, Gareth Pugh


Carven, McQueen