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Aug 09
images via Paper Mode
Sigh. What to say when you see images that can be interpreted as culturally insensitive but still absolutely love the beauty found in them. I came across these while looking for some stimuli.
I am currently working on my inspiration board for Fashion Intel while simultaneously re-designing the site with some friends. Wanted: more images of Indian jewelry, the occult, gold, s+m, Dia de los Muertos, Santa Muerte, Anger stills, geodes, Gorgoroth, zodiac symbols, on and on. These are interests of mine that I have seen pop up all over the place as trends and quite frankly I am baffled. OK, I exaggerated, we all know that some things on that list will never be trends, hopefully.
I read a lot of fashion blogs. I mean A LOT. And I love them. But who knew everyone would be dressed like they had a closet full of black metal records or that they wanted to be chocked with a rubber ball gag. Who knew?
LABELS: Black Metal, Kenneth Anger, Le Monde, Paper Mode, Zodiac
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Jul 09
Film is a medium that has always inspired my sense of style. For this reason, I am so excited for this weekend’s screening of The Films of Kenneth Anger at Cinespia. Even better is that he is going to be there in person. I was devastated when I missed him at the Hammer’s “Occult Month” so here’s my chance to redeem myself. Maybe he’ll even induct me into the O.T.O.
These are some of Anger’s images that I found particularly inspiring while digging around for some clips. I think I might have spotted that sequence coat at Balmain and that cage on Lady Gaga recently. Maybe I’ll see you there this Sunday? Here’s some info to further entice you:
Beautiful, erotic, phantasmagoric, the films of Kenneth Anger are a national treasure. Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page, Marianne Faithfull, Anton Lavey, and a parade of other 60s luminaries collaborate on this collection of short films . They range from rich mystcal imagery and visual essays of psychedelic color to insider documentary footage of bikers and a glittering love letter to early black and white film. Please join us under the stars for this very special screening with one of our most legendary filmmakers.
Cinespia should have included the word occult somewhere in that description but I’ll let it slide. Erotic? Satanic? Under the stars in a cemetary? You can count me in!
LABELS: Aleister Crowley, Avant-Garde Films, Balmain, Cinespia, Eroticism, Film, Kenneth Anger, Lady Gaga, Satanism, the Occult
