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weclassybouquetfun · 3 months

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In 2021 the limited series on the career of designer Halston (Roy Halston Frowick, portrayed by Ewan McGregor) waltzed down Netflix's catwalk. Now we have at least three series chronicling the lives and careers of designers.

Currently on Disney+ in Europe is the exquisite CRISTÓBAL BALENCIAGA centering on, guess who? Spanish designer Cristobal Balenciaga, starring Alberto San Juan (Reyes De La Noche) as Balenciaga.

It's an interesting story about this enigmatic fashion genius that shows his steadfastness in his devotion to fashion to the sacrifice, some may say, of ethics due to the fact that while other fashion houses were shut down during Germany's occupation of some parts of France, he readily made clothes for the significant others of German soldiers.

The series also shines a light on Balenciaga's relationship with his creative partner and love-of-his-life Wladzio d'Attainville (played by Thomas Coumans).

Among the designers who appear or are name-checked in CRISTÓBAL BALENCIAGA is Christian Dior and Coco Chanel. These two fashion legends will appear in AppleTV+'s upcoming mini-series THE NEW LOOK with Ben Mendelsohn as Dior and Juliette Binoche as Coco Chanel and takes place during Germany's occupation of France.

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THE NEW LOOK will feature covers of classics by Florence + and The Machine, Lana del Rey, The 1975, Perfume Genius and more.

Sometimes this year (at least I hope this year) will be KAISER KARL (apparently the title may be changed) starring Daniel Brühl as Kunty Karl Lagerfeld

centering on him as a 38-year old trying to break into the Parisian world of high fashion where he finds himself in competition with he finds himself in competition with French fashion giants like Yves Saint Laurent.

The only Yves Saint Laurent depiction worth a damn. RIP beautiful Gaspard Ulliel

What is fashion if there's no one to wear it? For example, the high society ladies that will be depicted in the upcoming installment of FX's FEUD: CAPOTE VS. THE SWANS.

Hopefully this series will do justice to the mythos behind writer Truman Capote's nuclear fall out with the so-called Swans - a moniker Capote gave the socialites whose company he kept and whose secrets he didn't.

Playing Capote is Tom Hollander

Naomi Watts as Babe Paley, wife of CBS founder William S. Paley (which the annual PaleyFest is named after), Diane Lane as Slim Keith, ex-wife of famed director Howard Hawks, producer Leland Hayward amongst others; Calista Flockhart as Lee Radziwill, sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Demi Moore Ann Woodward who got her place in society by being the wife of a banking heir,

Demi, that looks like a flamingo, not a swan.

Chloe Sevigny as Andy Warhol and Salvador Dali muse C.Z. Guest, Molly Ringwald as JoAnne Carson, ex-wife of late-night talk show host Johnny Carson and the only Swan who remained friends with Capote after his ouster from their social circle.

TBT Elle magazine getting animated with fashion.

Goofy as Kunty Karl Lagerfeld.

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libcrtine · 1 year

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montero lamar hill. he/him. cis man. ›spotted at the met steps , dontaz moore , most likely listening to conceited by flo milli with their airpods pro . the twenty - five year old gained quite a reputation , known to be -materialistic yet +charming to anyone who knows them . you'll easily spot them when you hear about sarcastic smiles , razor sharp retorts and wit , hoards of fabric and clothing sketches , followed by bleu de chanel . latest nepoupdates article talks about the upcoming fashion designer and stylist slept with higher ups in the fashion world to push his career through faster , but i guess any reputation is good reputation . ( muse d & subplot 2 . )

𝟎𝟏.

𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆, dontaz 'taz' alexander moore 𝒂𝒈𝒆 / 𝒅𝒐𝒃, 25 years old / july 31st, 1997. 𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆, manhattan, new york. 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 / 𝒑𝒓𝒏𝒔, cisgender man, he / him. 𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, unlabeled.

𝟎𝟐.

𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 6 ft 1 in. 𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓 & 𝒆𝒚𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓, dark brown & brown. 𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒚𝒍𝒆, natural color, long enough to braid and cornrow. 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆, upper class, high end, creative, unique. 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒎, montero lamar hill ( lil nas x ).

𝟎𝟑.

𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆, strong willed, charming, creative, & honest. 𝒏𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆, materialistic, vindictive, vengeful, & petty. 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆𝒔, sketching designs, shopping, fashion shows, runway events, & photography. 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆𝒔, loud people, cheap clothing, being told what to do & shopping secondhand.

𝟎𝟒.

𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏, being born with a silver spoon in his mouth is quite the understatement for dontaz. his maternal great grandfather struck oil in the deep south back in the late thirties, and ever since then, his mother's side of his family have been wealthy. his father's side, however, are newer money. his father's mother passed when dontaz's father was quite young. his paternal grandfather was an avid lottery player, and even though people told him all the time that playing it was useless and that he would never win, he kept up with his hobby. jokes on those people, because his paternal grandfather ended up hitting the jackpot during taz's father's teenage years. he ended up bringing home two hundred million dollars after taxes were taken out - and he used that money to start a lucrative business that he passed down to his son when he became too old to handle it on his own. now dontaz' father owns one of the top tech companies in the country. being the baby of his family, dontaz was spoiled by everyone around him. he always got everything he wanted, whenever he wanted, which did turn him into quite the spoiled brat. he became snobby, bratty and materialistic. he has a shitty brain to mouth filter, and tends to run off at the mouth without a second thought. he's very opinionated, and doesn't like being told what he can and cannot do. fashion has been apart of taz's life for as long as he can remember. his mother was a famous, high fashion supermodel that made her mark on the fashion industry in the nineties and early two thousands, and went on to become a mentor and businesswoman in her own right. taz admired, and still does, his mother a great deal. he would spend hours going through her clothes, watching her strut on runways and listening in on her business meetings, eager to take in everything he could learn about the industry. his love of fashion started to manifest in the way that he dressed; he was always finding fashions and outfits that were outside of the box and eccentric, but still tasteful and eye catching. he became known as the go-to fashion person amongst all of his peers during his schooling years; although people rarely approached him because of his status in the school. he was, more or less, one of the 'queen bees' of his school. an asshole, or bitch, that everyone loved to hate and hated to love. after graduating high school, he was accepted into fashion institute of technology, AKA FIT, where he excelled in his classes and graduated with his masters in fashion design. after graduating, he began his career as a high end celebrity stylist, before slowly breaking his way into the fashion design world. he actually had his debut fashion show a few months ago in november of 2022, and he's been highly sought after and requested ever since. he doesn't like to label himself or his sexuality. most people tend to write him off as gay, which he doesn't mind, even though he has slept with women and non gender conforming people before in the past. the most that he'll say is that he's 'open minded'.

#( ❝ 𝓭. // intro. )#nepofm.intro

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nepofm · 1 year

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SPOTTED at met steps wearing last season’s jimmy choos ? i’d leave the steps in the next 24 hours before nepoupdates catches them ! if it were me , i’d definitely go back and review the checklist of golden rules.

dontaz moore montero lamar hill , muse d

simone teller coco jones , sage teller’s sister wc

montero lamar hill. he/him. cis man. ›spotted at the met steps , dontaz moore , most likely listening to conceited by flo milli with their airpods pro . the twenty - five gained quite a reputation , known to be -materialistic yet +charming to anyone who knows them . you'll easily spot them when you hear about sarcastic smiles , razor sharp retorts and wit , hoards of fabric and clothing sketches , followed by bleu de chanel . latest nepoupdates article talks about the upcoming fashion designer and stylist slept with higher ups in the fashion world to push his career through faster , but i guess any reputation is good reputation . ( kels , 23 , they/them , est . )

coco jones. she/her. cis woman. ›spotted at the met steps , simone teller , most likely listening to atm by bree runway with their airpods pro . the twenty - one gained quite a reputation , known to be -hardheaded yet +confident to anyone who knows them . you'll easily spot them when you hear about ignoring unsolicited advice , eclectic and addictive music , six inch red bottoms , and multiple tabloid appearances , followed by fenty eau de parfum . latest nepoupdates article talks about a video leaking of simone throwing a fit on the set of her last music video , but i guess any reputation is good reputation . ( kels , 23 , they/them , est . )

#appless rp #oc rp #rich kids rp #subplots rp #mumu rp #city rp #accepted.

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uricl · 3 years

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I guess this is a plot call

uriel known for being a serial dater, and muse b is merely their latest squeeze. although muse b is at first thrilled to be dating someone like him, they soon find that muse a is a little more… intense than they first expected. will they work things out, or will muse b just become another ex-lover who says muse a is insane?

after having a serve public fall out with a friend over a girl and now being forced to rekindle the friendship the person for business reasons, uriel is giving off a vibe everything is okay. unknowing to this person they don’t know uriel is still plotting their downfall, this is where muse b comes in to save the day. muse b over heard uriel plan some sort of payback against this person and now its up to them will they expose him or try to make real peace.

oh happy days the charges pressed against uriel are dropped. he’s been cleared when it comes to the case to the disappearance in his daughters mother. while out celebrating one night, you hear him and his friends say something unsettling. not sure what to do with the information will you snitch, help expose the truth or leave it alone.

wanted bio connects

CAPRICE MOORE + ( Close Friend )

XURIELLA BANKS + ( Girlfriend )

CHANEL WEST + ( Ex-Girlfriend )

ROMEO WATTS + ( Half Brother )

#〆 𝖔𝖔𝖈┋plot call #they suck but its 3am and i tried

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floraences · 4 years

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F L O R E N C E T R A S K ;

hello world ! it’s lucy here, attempting to string together a sentence again with my lovely florence. she’s dyssebia, a personification of impiety; and muse thirty two ! this is messy as hell but below you can find her application information and a brief eDgY bio, and HERE you can find a detailed, more practical factfile. you can also find her pinterest HERE. that’s all, folks ! my dms are always open and i am a slut for plots so :~)

[ ESTER EXPOSITO / POLYTROPOS / DYSSEBIA ] / [ FLORENCE 'FLORA' TRASK ] is a [ TWENTY ONE ] year old [ CLASSICAL CIVILISATION ] major. [ SHE ] is known for being [ CAPTIVATING, EMPATHETIC, ASTUTE ] and [ VOLATILE, SELF-INDULGENT, MACHIAVELLIAN ]. when i think of them, i imagine [ THE THORNS BENEATH PETALS, LIPSTICK STAINS ON COLLARS, MARBLE CRACKS FILLED WITH GOLD, CHAMPAGNE IN A TEACUP, BEAUTY LACED WITH FEAR, THE SOFT PURR OF A CAT, ROOMS SWIMMING IN ROSES, BRUISED PEACHES RUNNING WITH JUICE. ]. and even though they’re a proud hatchett u student now, we all have our roots. theirs run back to them being a [ MHP (AER) ] graduate . i wasn’t entirely sure, but we could’ve seen them walking past the always open office the other day. i asked around and it turns out they [ AREN’T ] an AOP student. in their interview, they managed to woo the admissions team by [ COMPOSING A SONATA AND PROCEEDING TO PERFORM IT ]. i guess that’s all there is to know! unless…

— you’re born two minutes after your brother, and you come into the world the way you plan to leave it; silent and unwavering. you don’t cry that day in the hospital. in fact, you don’t cry when your mother and father leave you alone in a silent house, with just the portraits’ soulless eyes to watch over you, and you don’t cry when your violin string snaps as you’re playing bach, cutting a slick gash into your wrist, red splashing against the varnished willow. you just purse your little lips and get on with it. — so you grow up empty instead. your sibling is your only solace, the shining sun to your cold and impatient moon. you sleep in his bed instead of your own until you’re seven, curled up together in the warmth of love like bear cubs under the covers. your parents toss money at you both, pay the french nannies to dress you in elegant little chanel and dior, take you on trips to london, rome, vienna, but nothing they give you can buy love. — and you’ve got a big heart too, aching to love and be loved in return; but all you get are slammed doors in your face and hushed “not now”, “don’t disturb me”, and little faces pressed against the cold glass of the window, watching the black mercedes pull out of the drive yet again. so quickly, you find friends among the shelves of your father’s personal library. the greeks and romans of old become your closest confidants. you drink pink lemonade with plato, and cycle around the garden to virgil’s words, reading quiet passages of homer under the covers at dusk. it’s a nearly obsessive fascination; you sit under the crooked blackthorn tree eating sweet peaches, the nectar dripping down your chin, dreaming of your own icarian fall. — as you grow, your parents encourage force these signs of greatness. they push you into music and languages, art and poetry; you play the piano until your fingers bruise over, recite latin and greek until your tongue is stiff, run circles and circles around the house until your lungs begin to burn. it’s not enough to be average, it’s not enough to be good. you must be great. — school is a welcome relief from the solitude of your own company. you lap up knowledge like it’s sweetened honey, every interesting little fact kept squirreled away somewhere within that brilliant brain of yours. you want to succeed, to do well, and so you do — you’re not cruel enough yet to push people down so you can climb, no matter what your mother says. — so instead you just... be. you be as you always were; rosy-cheeked and sharp-eyed, observing everything. you stay lovely, but you have your thorns, hidden away under sweet petals. you make enemies, but you make friends too, cloistered among the halls of marble hill. — you’re a romantic, capital r. you always have been. not rom-coms and gas station bouquets, rotting chocolates in pink felt boxes from a lover long forgotten; no, no. think more of wild moors, dancing around crackling fires in the dark, and love so strong it breaks your heart. — you used to bow to your parents will, to the expectations of society. play the role of an obedient daughter, a selfless sister, the perfect student. it was easier to grit your teeth and continue doing as you were told. but as you grew, you discovered the sting in your words, the secret pleasure in doing as you liked, in owing nothing to anyone. you’re a hedonist now, a self-indulgent creature of the twenty-first century. you do as you want. — now, nothing is sacred but yourself. you give no reverence to any god or man. if you could have, you’d have watched rome burn, striking the strings of your violin and the ivories of the grand piano like they’re matches. things like class systems and unwritten hierarchies mean nothing to you, as do the opinions of others. there’s a reason you’re so fascinated with the old gods of aristotle and socrates, and it’s not out of any form of respect.

#hatchet:intro #i wrote this after two glasses of rosé ! so ! let's go

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perfectplacesrp-blog · 5 years

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quais são as suas sugestões para fc feminino?

lembrando que aqui vocês podem usar os fcs que quiserem, sem preconceitos contra aqueles que não tem muitos resources! usem o que acharem melhor e o que dê mais muse para o personagem

fcs com um pouco mais de resources: abigail cowen, anne winters, zendaya, brittany o’grady, courtney eaton, emma mackey, kristine froseth, lana condor, kaylee bryant, lulu antariksa, margaret qualley, marilyn lima, naomi scott, olivia culpo, kennedy walsh, sarah jeffery, kiana ledé brown, lisa manoban, laura harrier, odeya rush, sofia carson, stefanie scott, ester expósito, kim sae-ron, maddison pettis, kim do-yeon, amandla stenberg, tatiana gabrielle, natalia dyer, alisha boe, brec brassinger, dina denoire, paris berelc, kiernan shipka, saoirse ronan, zoey deutch, maia mitchell, madison davenport, barbie ferreira, sydney park, medalion rahimi, hailee steinfeld, lisa teige, nana komatsu, park yeeun, nadine lustre, maisie williams, seychelle gabriel, virginia gardner, liana liberato, sofia black d’elia, emma dumont, sophie turner, natalie alynd lind, josefine frida pettersen, lydia graham, brianna hildebrand, alexandra shipp, cierra ramirez…

fcs com menos ou nada de resources: india eisley, neelam gill, ashley moore, anna taylor joy, neve caffrey, samantha ellsworth, lulu valentine, gwen van meir, emma laird, laura rakhman-kidd, sasha kichigina, eliza fairbanks, fernanda hin lin ly, meika woollard, noor schauten, cindy mello, remi bennett, shin hyun ji, lilly kruk, marta aguillar, agnes pimentel, duckie thot, alana henry, mileshka cortés, cassey chanel, aliana king, livia rangel, natalia castellar calvani, rachel trachtenburg, juliana herz, yael shelbia, may tager, ashika pratt, jasmine hussain, zinnia kumar, karyna rangel, maria karolina queiroz, bruna huli, mariana fernandes, julia levenstein, triz paris, clarissa muller. (aqui tem um diretório mara-incrível para fcs sem rss).

#fcs #wanted fcs #female fcs #izzy #Anonymous

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gothify1 · 5 years

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Everyone remembers their first time at the Met Gala (we’re speaking from assumptions, not experience). It’s quite a huge deal to be invited to the annual benefit for the Costume Institute, be personally dressed by a designer, walk the iconic carpeted steps into one of the biggest—and arguably most mysterious—fashion parties of the year. But in case Rihanna , Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kate Moss have forgotten that special night, we’re here with a little reminder. In honor of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s most well-dressed event of the year, we hunted down some of our favorite guests’ first-time looks. Plus, we’ve paired them with recent outfits as well. It’s a testament to not only how personal style can change (see Victoria Beckham swapping early-aughts sparkle for her most signature minimal aesthetic) but also how others evolved into quite the enthusiastic theme-party dresser (i.e., Rihanna in her jaw-dropping Comme des Garçons ensemble from last year). Keep scrolling to reacquaint yourself with many of the best looks and biggest style evolutions before the first Monday in May. Year: 1995. Theme: Haute Couture . On Gwyneth Paltrow: Calvin Klein Year: 2017. Theme: Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between. On Gwyneth Paltrow: Calvin Klein by Appointment custom dress Year: 1988. Theme: From Queen to Empress: Victorian Dress 1837–1888 Year: 2017. Theme: Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between. On Anna Wintour: Chanel dress Year: 2008. Theme: Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy. On Beyoncé: Armani Privé dress Year: 2016. Theme: Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology. On Beyoncé: Givenchy dress Year: 2008. Theme: Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy. On Blake Lively: Ralph Lauren dress Year: 2017. Theme: Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between. On Blake Lively: Atelier Versace dress Year: 2007. Theme: Poiret: King of Fashion. On Rihanna: Georges Chakra dress Year: 2017. Theme: Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between. On Rhianna: Comme des Garçons Year: 1995. Theme: Haute Couture. On Kate Moss: Calvin Klein dress Year: 2008. Theme: Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy. On Kate Moss: Stella McCartney dress Year: 2003. Theme: Goddess: The Classical Mode . On Victoria Beckham: Dolce & Gabbana Year: 2014. Theme: Charles James: Beyond Fashion. On Victoria Beckham: Her own design Year: 1999. Theme: Rock Style. On Gisele Bündchen: Versace dress Year: 2017. Theme: Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between. On Gisele Bündchen: Stella McCartney dress Year: 1999. Theme: Rock Style Year: 2017. Theme: Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between. On Jennifer Lopez: Valentino dress Year: 2003. Theme: Goddess: The Classical Mode . On Kate Hudson: Stella McCartney dress (designer pictured) Year: 2017. Theme: Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between. On Kate Hudson: Stella McCartney dress Year: 2014. Theme: Charles James: Beyond Fashion. On Selena Gomez: Diane von Furstenberg dress Year: 2017. Theme: Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between. On Selena Gomez: Coach custom dress Year: 1990. Theme: Théâtre de la Mode—Fashion Dolls: The Survival of Haute Couture. On Naomi Campbell: Versace jacket and dress Year: 2017. Theme: Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between. On Naomi Campbell: Alaïa dress Year: 1995. Theme: Haute Couture Year: 2016. Theme: Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology. On Sarah Jessica Parker: Monse jacket; SJP by Sarah Jessica Parker heels Year: 2009. Theme: The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion. On Katy Perry: Tommy Hilfiger Year: 2017. Theme: Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between Costume Institute Gala. On Katy Perry: Comme des Garçons Year: 2004. Theme: Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion and Furniture in the 18th Century. On Mandy Moore: Proenza Schouler dress Year: 2017. Theme: Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between. On Mandy Moore: Michael Kors Year: 2013. Theme: Punk: Chaos to Couture. On Kim Kardashian West: Givenchy dress and shoes Year: 2017. Theme: Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between. On Kim Kardashian West: Vivienne Westwood Couture This post was published at an earlier date and has been updated.

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textbacks · 6 years

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hey friends, i was wondering if i could get some f/f & m/m plots, possibly poly plots too. +18 only, my list of wanted plots are under the cut. like this post if u are interested !!

bad girl/good girl

bad boy/good boy

handmaiden plot

royalty plots pls

bros haha no homo ( all homo )

best friends w/ benefits

unexpected sugar baby

older brother’s best friend

obliviously in love

bad girl/bad girl

if none of my muses interest you i also play

cindy mello, chantel jeffries, alissa violet, lauren jauregui, chanel iman, kelsey calemine, cindy kimberly, emrata, jennie kim, laura harrier, danielle campbell, minatozaki sana, chou tzuyu, karrueche, sofia jamora, park jihyo, justine bitcoin, park jisoo, bryce dettloff, francisco lachowski, trevante rhodes, marc forne, diego barrueco, gregg sulkin, keith powers, aj saudin, shayne davis, tom webb, brayden bradshaw, reece king, shameik moore, justise smith, nico tortorella, herman tommeraas, tyler posey, & xavier serrano

#1x1 rp #1x1 #f/f rp #m/m rp

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queeniemodz · 1 year

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I’ve got to hurry up and make new icons for Cody and Elise so I can introduce them waghhh

(as well as Chanel, she’s gotten a MILD redesign, I could go even further into it)

#queenie draws #camp camp #camp camp oc #camp camp rp #MUSE: Chanel Moore #MUSE: Dakota Hatcher

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buddaimond · 6 years

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Fashion power houses & their muses making waves from coast to coast.

Nov 13th. Dior Mag and Nov 14th, Chanel News

Robert Pattinson at 9th Annual Governors Awards, Hollywood.

Kristen Stewart at MoMA’s 10th annual Film Benefit honoring Julianne Moore, NYC

#Robert Pattinson #DiorRob #KristenStewart #Chanel Girl #Gabrielle Chanel #Chanel News #Dior Mag

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notjustoneofyourmanytoys · 7 years

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Okay under the cut is a list of my open muses and the connections that I can remember for them. Some names may be spelled wrong, I’m sorry, it’s late and my head hurts and ugh. Anyway..

If you’re listed here and don’t want to be, let me know. Alternatively if you’re not listed here and should be? Let me know. Still working on bio pages so I thought it would be easier to have something concrete that I can reference to. Anything that has a ? next to it means I’m not sure if you’re still playing the character cause they weren’t on your page or I’m not sure of the relationship so just let me know please and thank you. This hurt my wrist but it’s so worth it I think?

Adelaide Shepherd:

Oliver Queen (friendship/romantic) - @menxyouxneed

Rachel (friendship/possible romance) @heavenpetersuniverse

Adrianna Richards

Cami Fraser (friendship/romantic) - @suckersfxrpain

Charles Decker (friendship/romantic) @heavenpetersuniverse

Adrien Warren (friendship) @lellaindie

Hannah Baker (friendship) - @morphingintome

Archie Edwards (friendship/possible romance) - @suckersfxrpain

Dion Detroit - (romantic) @genuinesinners

Aiyla Sharif

Chris Schistad (friendship) - @askchrisschistad

William Colt - (romantic) @heavenxinxhiding

Vince Safi - (frenemies) @heavenxinxhiding

Alexander Montgomery

Annette Montgomery (familial)

Carmilla (familial) - @shespokeinwhispers

Cordelia and Maria (familial) - @shespokeinwhispers

Amabella Argent (romantic) @fleche

Ivy Mae - (friendship/possible romance) @hellboundhexthens

Andy Welsch

Donnie Welsch (familial)

Lucky DuPont (romantic - use that term LOOSELY HERE) - @heavydiirtysouls

Archie Tenenbaum (romantic) - @heavydiirtysouls

Annette Montgomery

Alexander Montgomery (familial)

Jimmy Darling (romantic) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Ross Griffin (romantic/friendship) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Seth Wosmer (frienship/possible romance) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Julien Blackwood (undetermined/friendship?) - @bannumblood

Ariel Hamilton

Jake Riley (frienship/possible romance) - @jakerileyapd

Adrien Warren (romantic) - @lellaindie

Armani De Luca (romantic/frienship) - @suckersfxrpain

Ruairidh (undetermined) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Sodapop Curtis (romantic/frienship) - @genuinesinners

Brigitte Ainsworth

Raphael Ainsworth (familial) - @heavydiirtysouls (NPC)

Max Cooperman (friendship/possible romance) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Clay (romantic) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Fitzy Carlisle (friendship/crush) - @heavydiirtysouls

July Armstrong (friendship) - @heavydiirtysouls

Miles Russell (friendship) - @heavydiirtysouls

Caren Belle

Tomi and Charlie Jenkins (friendship/possible romance) - @heavydiirtysouls

Brandon James (friendship) - @dishominibusque

Caspian Drake

Gabriela Rickards (friendship) - @trxinedtogetalxng

Shea Bartlett (familial/undetermined) - @heavydiirtysouls

Cat Moon:

Brandon James (romantic) - @dishominibusque

Rhett Bishop (owner) - @heavydiirtysouls

Rory Monahan (friendship/romantic) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Kit Walker (romantic) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Darren Jackson

Peter Romancek (frienship/romantic) - @heavydiirtysouls

Letha and Roman Godfrey (friendship/frenemy)

Thalia Carella (romantic/friendship) - @hugoandthaliacarella

Nixon Rivers (romantic) - @genuinesinners

Allison Thirlwall (romantic) - @dxcoded

Destiny Blake

Luc Joseph (familial/friendship) - @prctticstboy

Reggie (romantic) - @heavydiirtysouls

Chris Schistad (friends with benefits) - @askchrisschistad

Eva Mohn (friends with benefits) - @brckenrecord

Ashwin Sevani (undetermined) - @fairytalesandmythicalcreatures

Camilla Garcia (friendship?) - @dcntletmegetme

Nova Garcia (friendship, sorta) - @dcntletmegetme

Lulu Johnson (enemy)

Maxim Dürr (friendship/familial)- @heavydiirtysouls

Donnie Welsch

Lucky DuPont (friend with benefits sorta) - @heavydiirtysouls

Sonny O'Grady (romantic) - @heavydiirtysouls

Mickey Slutsky (romantic) - @heavydiirtysouls

Melody Lockwood (romantic) - @heavydiirtysouls

Evie Dixon

Casey Irving (friendship) - @dishominibusque

Brandon James (friendship) - @dishominibusque

Rhett Bishop (friendship/romantic) - @heavydiirtysouls

Evan Buchanen (friendship)

Russell Hayes (friendship/possible romance) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Charlie Hillridge (undetermined/captor) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Felicity Moore

Noel Rosales (romantic/friendship) - @fakedfun

Aren Rosales (romantic/friendship) - @fakedfun

Tate Langdon (friendship/possible romance) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Franscisco Giovanni

none solid currently

Hanna Timmons

Xandrew Steward (frienship/romantic) - @dishominibusque

Andrew Wilson (romantic) - @emiliewrites

Robyn Christienson (friendship) - @heavydiirtysouls

Harleen Whitmore

Peter Rumancek (frienship) - @heavydiirtysouls

Roman and Letha Godfrey (frenemy)

Isaac Lahey (friendship) - @fakedfun

Archie Edwards (friendship) - @suckersfxrpain

Brandon James (frenemy) - @dishominibusque

John Jack Daniels (friendship) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Dante (friendship/possible romance) - @hellboundhexthens

Helena Richards

Antonio De Petro (frienship?) - @suckersfxrpain

Jamie Cowell (romantic) - @heartxfmuses

Malik Zeher (partners in crime) - @malik-empire

Jack Ryder (romantic) - @dxcoded

Aya Safi (friendship) - @heavenxinxhiding

Vince Safi (former lovers) - @heavenxinxhiding

Marco Hammond (romantic) - @heavenxinxhiding

Grayson Rutherford (friendship) - @heavydiirtysouls

Joey DuPont

Lucky DuPont (familial) - @heavydiirtysouls

Ophelia Langdon (frenemies)

Finn Smythe-Donnington (romantic) - @heavydiirtysouls

Charles Decker (romantic) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Katrina Jamison

Alan Mitchell (friendship) - @heavydiirtysouls

Vic Muller (friendship/romantic) - @fakedfun

Cami Fraser (friendship) - @suckersfxrpain

Julian Blackwood (frienship/possible romance) - @bannumblood

Kyle Spencer (friendship/possible romance) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Ophelia Langdon

Andrew Wilson (undetermined) - @emiliewrites

Lucky DuPont (friendship/romantic) - @heavydiirtysouls

Rowen Quinn (friendship) - @suckersfxrpain

Loki

East Mass (friendship) - @fakedfun

Teddy Kelly - @heavydiirtysouls

Lulu Johnson:

Max Washington (friendship) - @captainofthecosmos

Luc Joseph (friendship/familial) - @prctticstboy

Maxim Durr (frienship/crush) - @heavydiirtysouls

Reggie (friendship) - @heavydiirtysouls

Destiny Blake (frenemies)

Francisco (romantic) - @faciiile

Marcus Quinn

Lock Camden (romantic) - @heavydiirtysouls

Junhong Choi (romantic) - @holypatronus

Luc Joseph (romantic) - @prctticstboy

Chanel Dawn (friends with benefits) - @dxcoded

Hana (friendship??) - @lykkexliten

Jordan Marshall (romantic) - @suckersfxrpain

Mercy Davenport

Delta Rae (friendship/wifey) - @dishominibusque

Adi Devereaux (friendship?) - @heavydiirtysouls

Nico Worthington

July Armstrong (romantic) - @heavydiirtysouls

Fitzy Carlisle (friendship) - @heavydiirtysouls

Amabella Argent (romantic) - @fleche

Freddie O’Rourke (friendship/possible romance?) - @heavydiirtysouls

Penny Fitzgerald

Gryphon Luna (friendship/romantic) - @heavydiirtysouls

Max Washington (friendship/possible romance?) - @captainofthecosmos

Kit Walker (frienship/possible romance) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Brahms (friendship) - @ppuppetry

Pio Giovanni

None right now

Quinn Danvers

Jem Demholt (friendship/possible romance who knows) - @fakedfun

Joey Wilson (romantic) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Tate Langdon (friendship/fwb?) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Mickey Milkovich (friendship/business partners) - @fakedfun

Romeo Jensen

Jessica Gorman (romantic) - @heartxfmuses

Raven Hartley (romantic/friendship) - @heavenxinxhiding

Sean Madison

Gwen Serens (romantic) - @suckersfxrpain

Isaac Bellamy (romantic) - @heavydiirtysouls

Peter Maximoff (friendship/possible romance?) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Emmanuel Salazar (friendship/romantic?) - @heavydiirtysouls

Tabatha Wilkins

Chris Esmund (friendship/romantic) - @insvnity

Julian Darcy (friendship/crush) - @heavydiirtysouls

Kyle Spencer (friendship/possible romance) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Tobias? (romantic) - @fakedfun

Anthony Tankha ? (romantic) - @emiliewrites

Thomas Ford

Alex Briscoe (romantic) - @genuinesinners

Darrah Forrest (romantic) - @mischicfmade

Toni Calloway

James March (partnership/possible romance) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Leo Valentina (friendship/romantic) - @heartxfmuses

Enzo (friendship/hateship/maybe romance) - @fissarsi

Tomi and Charlie Jinks (romance/friendship) - @heavydiirtysouls

Alex (romance/frienship) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Vince Safi (romance/friendship) - @heavenxinxhiding

Tyson Rogers

Arden (romance) - @heavydiirtysouls

Casey Bullace (friendship/maybe romance?) - @antagonistics

Eva Kennedy (friendship/romance) - @suckersfxrpain

Charlie and Tomi Jinks (romance with Charlie/friendship with Tomi?) - @heavydiirtysouls

Angel Garcia (romantic) - @genuinesinners

Jesse Varon (romantic/friendship) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Peter Rumancek ? (friendship/romantic?) - @heavydiirtysouls

Ian ? (friendship) - @fakedfun

Victoria Watson

Gryphon Luna (friendship) - @heavydiirtysouls

Autumn Jenson (friendship) - @suckersfxrpain

Echo (friendship) - @dishominibusque

Xander Whitman

Marco Hammond (familial) - @heavenxinxhiding

Micah Marcotte (friendship/romantic) - @heavydiirtysouls

Mykael (friends with benefits) - @universalheaux

Clover Marano (friendship) - @compvlsivelunar

Zane Nicholson

Delta Rae (friendship) - @dishominibusque

Maxim Durr (frienship/maybe romance?) - @heavydiirtysouls

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ESSAY RESEARCH - DALI MUSEUM LECTURE

Frida Kahlo’s Legacy & Art History Gender Studies Lecture by Katherine Brian – Lecturer and Professor of Art History at the New College of History.

Key Notes:

In her 1971 article, Linda Nochlin said “Why have there been no woman artists”. It was her view that women’s artistic skills were often overshadowed by their male partner, particularly if they were artists themselves.

The art world was primarily dominated by males – similarly to that of sciences and politics.

Kahlo’s influence for wearing full suits may have been for the purposes of covering her injuries sustained in her accident.

Wearing men’s clothing was in keeping with early 20th century fascination with gender ambiguity and transcretion. This was the era of “The New Woman” where women were depicted engaged in professional and athletic activities; particularly in fashion photography.

Examples:

Figure 1: Ray, M., Coco Chanel, 1935

Figure 2: Sander, A., Secretary in West German Radio in Cologne, 1931

Georgia O’Keefe – often dressed in a masculine manner. She can be seen at a dance dressed in a suit.

Figure 3: Stieglitz, A., Georgia O’Keefe, Undated

Kahlo often represented/viewed herself in dual terms. She constantly emphasised her thick eyebrows and moustache in her portraits, both of which are considered to be male qualities.

Artwork examples:

‘The Two Frida’s’ – painting. Here she can be seen to be depicting herself as with a combination of feminine and masculine features.

Figure 4: Kahlo, F., The Two Fridas, 1939

‘Exquisite Corpses – (Diego and Frida) – Kahlo and Bloch, 1932. Exquisite corpses is where drawings of bodies are produced by multiple artists without the other being aware of their contributions during the process. “Rivera and Kahlo transcended the mundane constraints of sex and gender.” – Katherine Brian

Figure 5: Kahlo, F., Exquisite Corpse, Undated

Further artists who challenge feminine roles in the early 20th century:

Figure 6: Hoch, H., Self-portrait in Holland, 1929

Figure 7: Cahun, C. (Born Lucy Schwob) (Alias: Marcel Moore), Self-portrait, 1920

Figure 8: Cahun, C., Portrait, 1927

Figure 9: Cahun, C., Que me veux-tu? (What do you want from me?),1928

Laura Mulvey theory: mainstream narrative films in the early 20th century placed men as active subjects and women as passive objects. These films, due to deep psychological need to identify with the roles on screen, conditioned men and women to accept the active masculine and passive feminist roles on screen.

Example:

Figure 10: Doisneau, R., Un Regard Oblique (An Oblique Look), 1948

Kahlo’s artwork provided an illustration of the passive, objectified role given to women. It is an inspiring example of how to reject such a role in order to take on the role of the active subject.

Kahlo’s ‘Self-portrait with Cropped Hair’ – 1940. At the top of the painting, there is text that reads: “Look, if I loved you it was for your hair, now that you are bald I don’t love you anymore.” This represents the expectations of beauty for women.

Kahlo aligned herself with the earth in a range of her portraits. This lead to the works of Ana Mendieta to be inspired by Kahlo’s style in this respect.

Destabilising the divide between a masculine public realm and a feminine private realm is a key contribution of Kahlo’s art. She focuses on public issues which are the basis of her artwork to publicise the ‘hidden’ aspect of feminine life (a.k.a what is considered ‘unladylike’ or offensive to men – e.g. detailed paintings showing her miscarriages).

“Identity is not fixed, it is a role that is performed.”

As well as many female artists, Kahlo has also influenced male artists; particularly those looking for comfort in terms of their sexuality being unaccepted within society – especially in a time where it was not accepted. For example, Nahum Zenil’s pieces ‘Frida in my Heart’ and ‘With All Respect’ represent Kahlo as a life force for him.

Figure 11: Zenil, N., Frida in my Heart, 1991

Figure 12: Zenil, N., With All Respect, 1983

Another male artists’ work inspired by Kahlo:

Figure 13: Lemebel, P. and Casas, F., Los dos Fridas, 1989

FIGURE LIST:

Figure 1: My Favorite Arts. (n.d.). Coco Chanel, 1935 by Man Ray. [online] Available at: https://theartstack.com/artist/man-ray/coco-chanel-1935 [Accessed 28 Mar. 2019].

Figure 2: National Galleries of Scotland. (2018). Secretary at West German Radio, Cologne, 1931. [online] Available at: https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/114366/secretary-west-german-radio-cologne-1931 [Accessed 28 Mar. 2019].

Figure 3: Parker, D. (n.d.). A Hymn to Intellectual Beauty: Creative Minds and Fashion | Georgia O’Keeffe. [online] Creativemindsandfashion.com. Available at: http://creativemindsandfashion.com/2013/04/08/georgia-okeeffe/ [Accessed 28 Mar. 2019].

Figure 4: Frida Kahlo. (2011). The Two Fridas, 1939 by Frida Kahlo. [online] Available at: https://www.fridakahlo.org/the-two-fridas.jsp [Accessed 28 Mar. 2019].

Figure 5: Kahlo, F. (2011). Exquisite Corpse, Undated by Frida Kahlo. [online] Available at: https://www.fridakahlo.org/frida-kahlo-drawings.jsp#prettyPhoto[image1]/5/ [Accessed 27 Feb. 2019].

Figure 6: Sjodin, E. (n.d.). Hannah Höch, Self-Portrait in Holland, 1929 | PUPPET MASTER | Pinterest | Hannah hoch, Muse art and Artist. [online] Pinterest. Available at: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/289285976056880860/?lp=true [Accessed 28 Mar. 2019].

Figure 7: The Art Story. (2019). Claude Cahun Artworks & Famous Photography. [online] Available at: https://www.theartstory.org/artist-cahun-claude-artworks.htm [Accessed 27 Feb. 2019].

Figure 8: Buck, L. (2017). Gillian Wearing and Claude Cahun: separated by decades, united by a self-portrait obsession. [online] The Telegraph. Available at: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/art/gillian-wearing-claude-cahun-national-portrait-gallery-review/ [Accessed 28 Mar. 2019].

Figure 9: Trivium Art History. (2018). Claude Cahun - What do you want from me?, 1928 | Trivium Art History. [online] Available at: https://arthistoryproject.com/artists/claude-cahun/what-do-you-want-from-me/ [Accessed 28 Mar. 2019].

Figure 10: Mutualart.com. (2012). Doisneau Robert | Un Regard Oblique (1948) | MutualArt. [online] Available at: https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Un-Regard-Oblique/BC4BF33BEABE3B96 [Accessed 27 Feb. 2019].

Figure 11: Grey Gallery. (2019). Nahum Zenil Frida de mi corazón (Frida in my heart), 1991 - Grey Gallery. [online] Available at: https://greyartgallery.nyu.edu/exhibition/nahum-zenil-090297-110197/nz7a/ [Accessed 27 Feb. 2019].

Figure 12: Obsessedwithfridakahlo.tumblr.com. (2011). Tumblr. [online] Available at: http://obsessedwithfridakahlo.tumblr.com/post/3523481879/thequeerzombie-nahum-zenil-with-all-respect [Accessed 28 Mar. 2019].

Figure 13: Yeguasdelapocalipsis.cl. (2018). Yeguas del Apocalipsis. [online] Available at: http://www.yeguasdelapocalipsis.cl/1989-las-dos-fridas/ [Accessed 26 Mar. 2019].

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63824peace · 4 years

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Tuesday, 29th of november 2005

When I left home this morning, I saw that someone had repainted the pavement's white lane markings. The newly lettered STOPs covered the old and faded characters like freshly fallen snow.

The icy new lines sat slightly off-center the old ones, and the two STOPs blended into double-vision. I felt as though I had astigmatism when I looked at them. The painters hadn't traced the old edge-lines very well either. I could see traces of the old and over-trodden markings beneath the newly painted lines.

They should do better work when they try to renovate the area. Even so, the repainted lane markings made me feel as though the roads had renewed their vigor.

I walked to the train station and thought about roads. Roads and the ground that they pattern form much of our perception of a town. We need them to comprehend something as simple as a row of houses along a street.

An unpleasantly warm wind slipped across my face.

I noticed the blurred STOP letters on the ground and then I noticed other lines and figures that I usually ignore. Though it sounds odd, the lettered STOPs made it impossible to stop seeing new things!

I observed the pavement while I walked, and the act felt natural. I had paid enough attention to notice two species of STOPs on the road: one written in kanji, and the other written in hiragana. Had someone placed the hiragana STOPs for younger school children who might rush into traffic? And, if that's so, had someone placed the kanji STOPs in traffic lanes for kanji-literate drivers?

No... I decided against my explanation. I saw hiragana STOPs for drivers too. What standard does the city use to determine where hiragana and kanji STOPs go?

I continued walking with my head bent toward the ground. I saw so many painted figures such as squares, plusses, and perpendicular Ts. I noticed numbers and letters on speed limit signs... I saw Emergency Parking signs in front of the hospital. I even noticed the commonplace median markings, stop lines, and crosswalks.

I gave the pavement's surface more and more attention. I saw grounded dashes, marks, numbers, and letters fill the pavement. All countries paint this kind of national graffiti on their roads.

I hadn't realized so before, but different types of roads serve as navigation media that carry a lot of information. The asphalt symbols define a sort of program to describe the way everything should move... people, bicycles, motorbikes, and cars.

I didn't see a single naked road during my walk to the station. Well… I didn't see anything in the alley where I take my shortcut. No cars travel there.

We'll see our roads painted with more and more symbols in the future. We'll walk around looking at the numbers and road signs on the ground.

We should look at the ground more often while walking. Our postures will worsen, but perhaps we'll discover something from our new perspective. Our tears will drop straight down our faces though, so we'll need to take care when we cry.

I ate an Agedori Lunch at the restaurant Hana Goyomi. Gucci ordered Ishiyaki Kaisen.

I met with Mr. Muraoka at the bookstore. He recommended that I pick up The Day Yukio Mishima Died (Vol. 2). I got Joseph Finder's new novel, Paranoia, instead.

People are holding many festivals in honor of the thirty-fifth anniversary of Yukio Mishima's death. The movie Spring Snow has become a big hit recently too; Mishima wrote the film's source material. Maybe I'll read Mishima's books again after I've taken a long break from them.

My father ardently admired Mishima's writing. I remember his shock when he learned that Mishima had committed harakiri.

I stopped by Shin-chan's work booth after I had returned to KojiPro. I found him with a Mishima biography.

Shin-chan, Murashu, Rettsu, and I received our flight suits for OOOO Training from Phantom. Murashu tried his on first. He posed flamboyantly when I took out my camera.

We had arranged to get identical flight suits. We bought them used from a military base. We don't need brand-new materials this time because we plan to incorporate them into our self-made camouflage outfits.

Each suit's color differs from the others', but they all were once identically green. The colors of the Nomex fibers blush when over-exposed to the sun. The tincture of the new colors depends upon the circumstances and length of exposure to ultraviolet rays.

Each suit outwardly bears the record of its military career.

Microsoft has recently released the Xbox 360 in the United States. I played a bit of Project Gotham Racing 3 and drove a white Lotus Esprit through London. I felt like Roger Moore as 007.

I parked the car on the side of the road and then manipulated the camera to view the onlookers behind the wire frame. The people aren't in 2D - they're in 3D! It's a next-generation system, so that's really expected.

I played the U.S. version, and I found that the options include Japanese and even Korean subtitles. Incredible... does this mean that the system is region-free? If that's true, then I can play foreign games too. I definitely want to play King Kong, but I should watch the movie before I play the game.

I gave an interview in the early evening with Mr. Hamamura for Famitsu's December 22 issue. Mr. Hamamura's interviews always turn into pleasant conversations.

Enjoyable interviews don't happen very often. No matter how many interviews I give, I always feel apprehensive. I especially become more cautious whenever I interview with newspapers or general interest magazines. Some of the nastier interviewers schedule an appointment just to bring up their ideas about the immorality of video games. Other wily interviewers try to talk me into a corner. I actually get a stomachache after enough of those.

Mr. Hamamura is totally different. We have both worked in the industry for a long time, and he has a lot of experience in games. Mr. Hamamura loves games, and he shares my concern for the future of the gaming industry.

I actually started to enjoy today's conversation so much that I forgot it was work! I dropped my guard and I accidentally mentioned our new PSP project.

I'll apologize to Okamura before they publish that issue of Famitsu.

I went shopping in Ginza later in the evening. I hadn't been there in a while. Ginza's department store closes early at night, so I only had an hour. I had to shop so quickly that I didn't have a lot of time to deliberate.

I automatically rush out of a department store whenever they play Auld Lang Syne. They only use the chime to announce that they will close soon. They don't mean to throw me out, but I rush out anyway. I wasn't able to buy a lot, but at least I had the chance to shop.

I saw a huge Christmas tree in front of the Chanel boutique. It would light up only in fixed intervals, probably to save energy. All the nearby girls started to photograph the tree with their cell phones when it lit up. They treated the occasion like a red carpet affair for a film star.

I pulled out my camera, too, for HIDEOBLOG. I was the only man there-but at least I had the best camera.

I wonder... who will they show their pictures to? Will the girls send them to their peers or boyfriends by cell phone email? I don't think that many women take photographs to preserve their subjects' beauty. I think they take them to show other people.

Of course, I took my photograph to include in HIDEOBLOG. Widespread cell phone usage has really changed the purpose for photography.

I passed in front of the lottery ticket seller with the reputation for selling the most winning tickets. Unfortunately they had already closed for the day.

I was surprised to see guards standing around the front of the booth. I suppose they had received a lot of daytime business.

It was the legendary booth where they sell the most winning tickets in Japan. The booth's front sign proclaimed in large letters: "Our billionaires were born here! Three hundred people have won 42.1 billion yen during the whole Heisei Era! Fourteen people won 2.6 billion yen in Heisei-16 alone!"

The booth gave me a strangely strong feeling that I could win. I would have bought some tickets had the booth stayed open. I stepped closer and noticed that its windows had been assigned numbers from 1 through 7, with the exceptions of 4 and 6.

I can understand why they omitted 4 - it’s an unlucky number. I wonder why they left out 6 though. What's wrong with 6?

I mused quietly to myself about these things, and Kenichiro called the Chance Center to ask about it.

They had seven numbered windows in the beginning. "Vox Populi, Vox Dei" had mentioned on November 28 that people would wait in line at Window-1 for three and a half hours. The window gained a reputation for selling many winning tickets. News of Window-1's fortune spread, and its business increased.

After a while, Window-1 couldn't handle its number of clients. They wanted to create a second Window-1 to resolve this. They would renumber the windows 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 – but then 7 would have disappeared. They couldn't just do away with lucky number seven. They decided to discard the number 6, so that's why the booth appears as it does today.

Even lottery shops outwardly wear their histories.

I would have bought lottery tickets from Window-3. I haven't aggrandized the number 3 like the hero did in Stealth. It's just an attractive looking number, and I've always liked it because of that. Number three is also another lucky number.

At the HMV in Ginza, I listened to the album With Love & Squalor by the band We Are Scientists. I decided to go ahead and buy it. It's the New York based trio's first album.

Their style sounds a lot like British rock, and their sound coheres with the in-vogue Post-New-Wave movement. The Bravery and The Rapture came from New York too. Perhaps British rock fans should pay attention to New York.

I ate a late dinner at Toridori in Ginza San-cho-me. "San" means three, so there's another number three! It took me a little while to realize that I had been there before.

I settled for a couple of glasses of draft beer since I wasn't in top physical shape today.

I left Ginza on the Hibiya subway line. It was already late, so I just descended at the transfer station and passed Roppongi Station. I didn't go back to the office.

I only bought a ticket for the trip between Ginza and Roppongi since I already have a commuter pass. I wouldn't have been able to pass through the automatic ticket gate outside the transfer station without that ticket. The alarm would have activated if I had only inserted my Roppongi pass. They use these measures to prevent people from cheating on their fares.

I have always taken the gate with an actual stationed employee to solve that problem. I could simply show him both my commuter pass and my ticket. I went to the last gate on the row and presented both to the employee.

"Oh, right," he said casually. "Put both of them into the automatic gate's slots, please. Then you can pass with no problem!"

"Really? I haven't heard of this before."

I half doubted what he said, but I inserted both into the machine as he had advised. It's the same method used when boarding the Shinkansen bullet train. They require us to insert both the regular ticket and the special express pass at the same time.

The gate opened just like he said it would.

"Wow!"

That was convenient. How long have they used this? Was I the only one who didn't know about it? Or had they recently revamped the automated gates?

I later considered it rationally, and I realized that it shouldn't be too difficult. From both technological and financial perspectives, machines ought have the ability to accept a ticket and a pass pretty easily, one laid atop the other. What have they been doing all this time?

It's such a trivial matter, but I can't stop thinking about it.

I suddenly remembered when I first passed through an automatic ticket gate. I had boarded the Hankyu Line in the Kansai region. That was over thirty years ago.

Not many people know this, but Kansai used automatic ticket gates long before Tokyo. They installed the mechanized gates one day without any warning. I was a boy in elementary school, and I felt as though the door to the future had opened.

"Now, wait just a second...."

Thirty years have passed. The ticket-reading technology and its speed have surely improved since then. It can now recognize the doubled-up SUICA Pass.

But can we really call that progress? We've only modified our machines to read two passes at once after thirty years. Nothing about the ticket gates has really changed, unless we count the advertisements stuck on them. Other technologies advance quickly, but ticket gate technology has moved as slowly as a turtle. Even the game consoles have advanced rapidly within only ten years.

What will the next-generation ticket gate look like? The idea seems kind of strange.

I'm sure that the very concept of ticket gates will disappear in the future. We'll soon enter into the age of digitized personal identification. We won't need to carry anything with us. We'll shop with digitized personal IDs, and we'll even use them to pay for transportation and food. The fees will automatically withdraw. A time will come when personal IDs will handle all of our living needs-food, clothing, and even shelter.

It will be convenient, but I still can't shake the suffocation that comes when I think about it. We may even see a society so controlled that we'll need personal IDs just to breathe fresh air. We will exchange that freedom for 21st century security.

I wrote HIDEOBLOG after midnight with the television running in the background. I saw Mr. Tokoro's commercial several times: "The End-of-the-Year Jumbo Lottery: Three Hundred Million Yen!"

The absent Window-6 haunts me.

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