all the action of romance

Carolyn Murphy can add stunt woman to her impressive resume following this feature appearance in Ryan McGinley’s exclusive short film. McGinley shot the Estee Lauder beauty using a Phantom camera for the Entrance Romance: It Felt Like a Kiss short, and makeup artist James Kaliardos provided Murphy with her sunkissed California girl look. In the film, Murphy plays with fire, stands still while a vase is smashed over her head, and shares a few intimate moments with her co-star...who is a dog. hard to believe? Check out the entire short film at Nowness.com.

yummier than pie

FAMB Post likes to incorporate fashion in all aspects of life, even in the bedroom. Lucky for us, famous Japanese artist, Yayoi Kusama, has decided to extend her collection of modern pumpkin sculptures to la chambre. Kusama is now creating petit pumpkin pillows with her traditional trippy spots. I am totally obsessed with these psychedelic sculptures.

Available at the Tate.

monsieur la roux

le c room

One of those days where I am feeling rather cheeky. It was fun. I loved the dress. It was a nod to the 30's column look with a tie front detail. Love! Mmmm......

(Top, leggings, necklace from H&M, Shoes from Primark)

bonded back in the hey days

Brioni: James Bond’s Tailor
1964 Brioni Collection @ Waldorf Astoria 1964.So chic via @ NOWNESS

head-lining for fall

Fall ad campaigns are trickling in, and after a particularly womanly showing from Miuccia Prada on the March runway, FAMB Post is happy to reveal the brand's grown-up look. Shot by Steven Meisel, Angela Lindvall and a slew of models in similarly bouffant'ed glory-Valerija Kelava, Daria Strokous and Sigrid Agren-pose with equally gorgeous male models Kim Dall Armi, Clement Chabernaud, Mark Cox and Mathias Bergh, who has earned the place of honor on the arm of Lindvall in both the women's and men's campaigns.

bending over

Monsieur Karl Lagerfeld shooting on a Rolls-Royce in front of Le Montana for Le Figaro Madame, Paris. Photo Olivier Zahm via purple-diary

photo in motion

Inside Allen Ginsberg’s photo diary… Jack Kerouac wandering along East 7th … via TMagazine.

all those layers..........

Wow!! Cadbury Flake ad; no wonder Gucci Group pissed. Complete Mcqueen/Kate moss hologram rip off — same director Baillie Walsh

in a league of his own...

Not too long ago, one of my close friends shared me this vision of beautifully made suits and the love and art of bespoke suiting. Today, this vision has been translated into a bespoke suit service to rival Savile Row. I believe that a man should always look his best and take pride in the way he looks no matter where he hails from. So, I'd like to share with you this story of The Canbury Tailor. And for all you lovely gentlemen out there who are looking for something special as well as good craftsmanship, this is definitely a must.

The Story - The Man:
In 2001 I bought my first fully bespoke suit from Savile Row at the cost of around £3000 I did it for the experience and to strike it of the list of things a man must do before he is 30 years old. As expected the workman ship was impeccable and the cut and feel was second to none. Over the next years I tried many other tailors at various budgets, and the obvious conclusion is you get what you pay for, many of the new tailoring companies manufacture in Hong Kong, China, even in Nepal these days, and trust me you can tell the difference. All I wanted was the English sharp look, the best cut, the best materials and handmade for a budget of around £750-900. I strongly believe every man should have a good fitting suit and it does not need to come from Savile Row. Then in the summer of 2003 on weekend break in Roma with my Italian girlfriend I noticed that the Italian men were very dapper I loved their look and their easy going style, so much so that I approached a gentleman in a navy blue Linen 1 button suit in a cafe and asked him where he purchased his suit, in fact I probably asked another 2 guys that day and they all sent me to the same guy Mr Sarto. I immediately went over to the work shop and we hit it off straight away he loved my passion and I appreciated his 3rd generation craftsmanship and experience, I explained what I wanted to. So together we build a tailoring block, the Italian cut is soft, but I prefer the sharp English look so together we built a look that is sharp yet has a softer silhouette. Established for 5 years now we make by hand around 25 garments per month from shirts to coats to suits and I am very happy to keep Mr Sarto from Roma going for another generation. I am no longer with the Italian girlfriend.

The Canbury Tailor

Am really in the mood to party whenever this song comes on. Even when you are feeling so darn exhausted, you want to get up and boogie!

grandmas on spring break

Noticed at the Resort shows: an unlikely bit of styling, borrowed from old ladies on spring break—sunglasses dangling from chains. At Balenciaga (left) and Louis Vuitton (right), shades hung on cords the likes of which our great aunt used to favour. Will it work on the street? That’s debatable, though you’ve got to hand it to the able stylists at the two houses; they made it look fresh and chic. Still, it does remind one a little of Michael Kors’ quip about one of the Resort season’s aliases, Cruise: It’s “some woman in a warm-up suit at a buffet table.”

big shoes to fill

Sure, she may be best known as an ever-jumping Vogue model, but allow me to present what I feel is a pretty strong case for Caroline Trentini as a beauty girl. The lashes, the freckles, the hair! Of course, if you want to get a glimpse of those never-ending legs (which, FAMB Post presumes, is responsible for the aforementioned reputation), these photos are testament ; this Fabio Bartelt-shot spread for the May 2010 issue of Caderno Ela offers plenty of both.

all the travel essentials of an era

Does your luggage look like this? I have a feeling if you tried to tote this through the airport during your next weekend getaway, you’d be held up at security. Hermès unearthed some fabulous relics from its archives, and I especially adore the bespoke luggage made for Danish Out of Africa author Karen Blixen in the 1930s. The toffee-hued crocodile skin case features a bevy of boxes for spirits, cigars, notepaper, playing cards, jewelry, perfume, sewing kits, etc. All the travel essentials! C'est Chic!

lee-ding star at rosemount

Somewhere halfway around the globe, where the water goes down the drain backwards, where summer is winter and it’s already tomorrow, a fashion star is being born. Dion Lee, who recently won the 2010 L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival Designer Award and who just showed his fifth collection at Rosemount Australian Fashion Week on May 6, is blazing a path with an aesthetic that is at once wittily streamlined and quirkily minimalist. Quick, name some other Australian fashion stars! OK, sure, there is Collette Dinnigan (airy-fairy confections) and her polar opposite, Sass & Bide (hard-edge, take-no-prisoners denim), but beyond that? Exactly. So there is plenty of room at the top for Lee, whose sure hand and quiet confidence belies his 24 years.

Lee’s new collection may take his audience slightly by surprise. “I’m pushing in a softer direction, still tailored, but what’s new is a draped element. It’s almost like soft sculpture—pleated and built up, classical and modern at the same time. And I’m using some prints too,” he confesses, a departure from his usual black-and-white palette, relieved only by the occasional slashings of bright blue. Though his clothes are currently available in Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, and Dubai, Lee is being careful not to fall into the young designer trap of trying to do too much too soon—he’s building his business slowly and cautiously.

spring has sprung and prints will prance

That heaving décolleté, those nipped waists, the skirts that swished and swirled and swayed: Miuccia Prada’s fall 2010 collection evoked the captivating look of the Mad Men era without, thankfully, returning us to its accompanying rampant sexism and the reek of cigarettes in the office, the subway car, and just about everywhere else. As a taste of her look for later this year, Prada has just launched a print collection called . . . The Print Collection. Thankfully, more imagination went into the look of the clothes and the accessories, which utilizes some Prada prints we’ve seen and loved before (the lips and lipsticks of spring 2000, for instance). Bellisima!

flowers in a window

The windows of Dover Street Market have had a green-fingered touch, with a beautiful floral and glassware installation from the Petersham Nurseries (a hidden haven - I urge you to seek it out). Owner of the Nurseries Francesco Boglione and her eldest daughter Lara took trips to Murano, an area in Italy renowned for its glass artistry expertise since 1291, to rediscover the craft. The collection, which starts at £81 and includes heritage and contemporary vases, bowls and glasses, demonstrates this thousand-year-old trade perfectly.

and all the pretty houses

With the imprint of the past subtly conserved, the harmony of the colours and quality of light has seduced many artists and celebrities who have chosen to stay in Mougins, including Picasso (who spent the last 15 years of his life here), Cocteau, Fernand Léger, Paul Eluard, Man Ray, Winston Churchill, Christian Dior, Catherine Deneuve, Edith Piaf, Jacques Brel.. amongst others.

Mougins is without doubt one of the most wonderful places to visit on the Côte d'Azur. This superb medieval village is set amongst pines, olives and cyprus trees. Surrounded by forests (the Valmasque forest) Mougins has kept the quality of its environment intact, and offers visitors, from the height of 260 metres, a panoramic view of the "baie de Cannes", the Lérins islands, Grasse and the "Préalpes".

BANG!!

>Monday morning if you’re feeling a little bleary-eyed – a selection of advertising shots of Marc Jacobs new fragrance for men, aptly entitled Marc Jacobs Bang.Like all of Jacobs’ ad campaigns, it was photographed by Juergen Teller and features a naked 47 year-old Marc Jacobs lying on a bed with only an oversized perfume bottle keeping him modest. It may not be the most original concept (Tom Ford for Gucci anyone?) it does have shock value and appeals to a certain audience – which according to the release is for a “contemporary guy, who, even if he isn’t young, has a younger spirit."

'20' The Exhibition

The Embankment Galleries at Somerset House plays host to the critically acclaimed show from Maison Martin Margiela. Previously shown at MoMu, Antwerp and Haus der Kunst, Munich, this is definitely one not to be missed. The show runs from the 3rd of June until the 5th of September 2010 and extensively showcases the designs from Maison Martin Margiela over the years.

coasting along the cote d'azur

The NomadSailsAntibes food market
Night view of street alleys, AntibesGazing out towards Nikki Beach La Voile Rouge Beach in Pampelone Saint Tropez

postcards from paris part 2

Abbaye des Vaux de Cernay Au revoir Paris!