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July 13, 2012

If I Never Sleep With You Again, it’s Because I’m Totally Avoiding You.

I’m gonna get really feminist and political here for a moment… So, the other night when my ex-guy friend I told you about went on his misogynist rant, a large portion of that was about how women basically rule the world and take advantage of the fact that men “are like crack addicts” addicted to pussy. Sorry but vagina just like did not fit there. Anyway, he went on to reference Chapelle and his bit that if men could fuck in cardboard boxes they wouldn’t ever buy houses or cars, because the only reason they actually do, is for the women they’re sexing, or trying to sex.

So like okay- on the surface I totally get it. Guys are gross and they just want to get off wherever whenever they can. I can deal with that as a male trait of our species, but in truth, these sexual relations just go so much deeper than that…

In nature- evolution/ species are furthered by the process of natural selection which is constantly weeding out the fit from the not. Textbook, right? Right. This process was really helpful in finding a mate slash propelling humanity forward, because obviously the best genes should make it into the next generation of life. And this process was generally, slash subconsciously understood by the group- the alpha dude would mate with the alpha chick and everybody else fell in line. Well, today for the most part not only do people procreate with any old doosh, but we’re living in a social world, not a biological one. In so much to say that our survival has absolutely nothing to do with the ability to kill a bison or fix a thatched roof, but the size of your bank account. Which in modern times, affords you the ability to survive in this life. Which would mean that money is the touchstone of the evolutionary fittest. Which basically means that yes, if you want to be fucking, you better have some fucking money.

Humans figured out early on that their chances for survival against the natural elements grew with their numbers, and so they lived in packs. From there evolved family units and then the nuclear families we have today. So like did ancient peoples have a problem with the fact that a woman had survival in mind when choosing her mate, and vice versa? I surmise not, or we wouldn’t be here today. Both sexes, for their behavior to have persisted throughout the whole of humanity must have been a mutually profitable symbiosis. Things that don’t work in nature, don’t last very long.

So yes, are some women just after money? Totally. But all guys, are just after pussy. So like it kind of evens out and is kind of just part of nature. And just think, if survival wasn’t intrinsically linked to net worth, but like actual survival, all women everywhere would be fucking black men. So, be thankful that money is not only an attainable commodity, but legitimizes your super white, super lame selves. Now tell me, what’s your pin again?

Image courtesy of imdb.com

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January 12, 2012

Happy Birthday Beauty.

During the Cretaceous period flowering plants arrived for the fist time in nature, revolutionizing plant reproduction, the face of life in the natural world & countless catwalks.

Christian Dior Couture Fall 2010

Relying on insects and animals to carry their pollen from flower to flower, producing nectar ensured an animal’s return and a flower’s success. And although it was nectar these pollinators were after, flowers initially needed a way to attract insects and animals. After all, the sugary rich nectar bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and bats crave is hidden deep within a plant’s stamen. Cloaked in vibrant colors of intricate patterns and innumerable varieties, petals became the external marker of a flower’s internal sweetness.

This change in plants from spore germination to pollination marks a most important time in biology that affects all species today. It is the moment in which Beauty became a function of the natural order, wherein living things had to be aesthetically pleasing enough to ensure their survival in the long run. For the first time in nature, individual and collective survival was directly linked to the ability to visually stimulate; the flower’s attractive form necessitated by its function to thrive. And just think how beautiful flowers had to be to attract members of other species. Could you imagine if human survival hinged on our ability to attract flamingos or be found beautiful by zebras?

Viktor & Rolf Spring 2003 RTW

The flowers that didn’t make the cut, didn’t attract pollinators, didn’t pass on their genetic information and ceased to exist. On a grand scale this weeding out of nature’s most beautiful flowers from the rest gives us evidence today of what our ancient fellow creatures considered to be the most beautiful, and thus the fittest of flowers.

And because flowers are still thriving and we humans today are no less bewitched by beautiful things, natural and man made, it can be said that Beauty is an innate drive hardwired in all species to aid in evolutionary processes. It is no accident that our eye and brain are pre-programmed to pick out beautiful things from the rest. And serve nature well Beauty did, angiosperms are the largest group in the plant kingdom!

Diane von Furstenberg Spring 2009 RTW

Because flowers are so unanimously appreciated by many forms of life on Earth they set the universal standard of beauty. We don’t know if bees find alligators attractive or if birds think horses are sexy because their evolutionary mutualism would be evident today. And while there are many symbioses between the species, their profitable bonds were not born out of an aesthetically pleasing visual appreciation of the other like the flower. So we must give thanks to flowers for their part in making Beauty a survival necessity of the natural world. 

Flowers have been an inspiration for countless works of art, bodies of literature and compositions of music. Millions of bouquets are given annually as a kind gesture and sign of good will and they grace the runway season after season; and rightfully so. Fashioning ourselves in the most beautiful of foliage is a way to appear more attractive, which as it happens to be, is the function of fashion as well. Talk about a double whammy!

Anna Sui Spring 2012 RTW

Although floral obsessions have since decreased from Tulip Mania, the period in time where the Dutch went so manic for tulips that a single bulb sold for the modern day price of a Fifth Avenue townhouse; we are no less behooved by their grandeur.

And grand they are. Whether you favor Lilacs, while I prefer Orchids, flowers are loved by all, to which we owe our thanks for bringing Beauty into the world and aesthetic appreciation into our lives. In honor of the flower, and in celebration of the birth of Beauty (145-65 million years ago this Spring), here is a look at some of my favorite floral moments in fashion:

Christian Dior Couture Fall 2010

Prada Spring 2012 RTW

Christian Dior Couture Fall 2010


Prada Spring 2012 RTW

Anna Sui Spring 2012 RTW

Viktor & Rolf Spring 2003 RTW

Images courtesy of Style.com

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November 11, 2011

“Lovers from the Hereafter”

The Evolution store in NYC’s Soho has been a landmark institution since the shop opened its doors in 1993. Selling everything from insects, skeletons, taxidermy animals, jewelry, fossils, and replica skulls, Evolution boasts a collection of goods only topped by the likes of natural history museums. And speaking of museums, last month the Evolution store partnered with the Museum of Sex in presenting French sculptor, Jean-Marc Laroche’s erotically charged skeletons, “Lovers in the Hereafter.”

The uncanny installation featured human skeletons cast in resin and posed in the most pleasurable of positions. And while the faint at heart may find the morbidity a bit garish, the artist actually fashions his work of optimism and humor, expressing that, ”They are themselves quite joyful and they thumb their noses at death and present the afterlife as a roll in the hay;” Giving hope to museum goers that their afterlife journey could very well be one as sated as the ones Laroche depicts.

See Below some of Laroche’s work on exhibit at The Museum of Sex:

To See what you missed at The Museum of Sex click here, and be sure to snag your own sex carving here

Item #OG0855, Erotic Skeleton 3, Hand-Carved from Moose Antler

Item #OG0872, Erotic Skeleton 20, Hand-Carved from Moose Antler

Item #OG0876, Erotic Skeleton 24, Hand-Carved from Moose Antler

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November 9, 2011

A Sick City Wall

On Thompson just north of Canal is a sick city wall!

Captured after an amazing afternoon at the Winter Garden in Battery Park and just before going to see Pedro Almodovar’s new thriller The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito), ironically I was all over Manhattan yesterday. On our walk through Soho we ran into cap clad Joseph Gordon-Levitt dining al fresco, perused butterflies and other such taxidermy creatures at Evolution & stopped into Uniqlo to check out their architecturally inclined Jill Stuart collab.

The Skin I live in was provocative and beautiful, both thematically and cinematographically. Dark and unabashedly scathing in its portrayal of base human moral, it is one of the best films I have seen in some time (mind you I go to the movies weekly). With a narrative timeline that fans outward like the petals of a rose, I was fed answers and given new questions all at the same time.

Lucky for me Landmark Sunshine is right next door to one of my favorite bars in the city, outdoor bar, also known as Macondo, a perfect 68degree day was polished off with a perfect tamarind & tequila, and plenty of tapas.

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