Cette Fille NYC

Animation Inspiration

2009-04-02T22:29:00.002-04:00

Her Morning Elegance - Oren Lavie

This incredible stop-motion animation video took my breath away. The creativity in this video is unbelievable.

Daily Musing++Sight+Sound

2009-03-30T23:42:00.007-04:00

O Magnum Mysterium composed by Tomas Luis de Victoria
....to be enjoyed with these photos from my recent trip to Paris:

all photos © 2009 Taryn Look

The Asteroids Galaxy Tour. Love it.

2009-03-09T12:14:00.006-04:00

Directed by The Brownlee Brothers

You will soon be hearing about this Danish band The Asteroids Galaxy Tour when their full length album "Fruit" drops in April. They're new wave psychedelic rock à la MGMT... and since MGMT is getting old, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour will be right there to welcome you into to their world. Look out for their upcoming tour once the album is out. This is definitely a band to watch!

The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - "Around the Bend"

The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - "The Sun Ain't Shinin No more"

The Road Not Taken

2009-03-06T12:50:00.002-05:00

By Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth.

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same.

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

One of my favorite poems.

Friendly Fires 'Skeleton Boy' by Clemens Habicht

2009-03-05T03:35:00.002-05:00

Friendly Fires 'Skeleton Boy' by Clemens Habicht from Nexus Productions on Vimeo.

Who knew double stick tape and bean bag balls could be so cool!?

News too good to ignore!

2009-03-04T14:34:00.002-05:00

I have officially been accepted to the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in NYC!!

For those of you who don't know the studio:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Strasberg_Theatre_and_Film_Institute

Onward and Upward!

Boombox: 100 Dances, 100 Songs, 100 Locations

2009-02-25T01:00:00.000-05:00

BOOMBOX from Ely Kim on Vimeo.

Amazing video!!!

ERIN WASSON X RVCA & Yours Truly

2009-02-23T02:32:00.006-05:00

All images from Eddie @ www.StyleSightings.com

ERIN WASSON X RVCA

The final event that I attended for Fashion Week was the Erin Wasson x RVCA Presentation at Milk Studios. I think Erin has amazing style and I was generally impressed with the edgy, rocker, heroin-chic styling of the presentation itself. The models were sexy, sassy and svelte and the crowd was extra-hip. This is normal for the muse of Alexander Wang, and I would most definitely crown Wang and Wasson as the Prince and Princess of the New York young and edgy fashion world. I was lucky enough to be photographed (above) by Eddie for my own Wasson-inspired outfit, however my body necklace was vintage and not one of Wasson's own creations (though I would love to own one)!

Would it be okay to admit that I have a massive girl crush on Erin Wasson? I mean who doesn't? At the after party, the model/muse/designer owned at riding the mechanical bull and officially solidified herself as hands down the coolest chick to have ever been born. So she's gorgeous and totally badass? Oh and I also spotted her dancing to the old-skool reggae and hip-hop that was exclusively spun at the afterparty and, let me tell you, girl can dance. We're practically kin.

Also, it made me giggle a little bit that my photo is next to Leighton Meester (Blair) from Gossip Girl because the last time I was this close to her, I was a bartender in a sushi restaurant serving Chuck Bass a jack on the rocks while he broke up with her after taking her v-card. Season 1, don't blink!

Visit www.stylesightings.com for more coverage and photos!!

Carolina Herrera FW 09 Show

2009-02-16T11:21:00.011-05:00

Carolina Herrera Finale fall/winter 2009 from Taryn Look on Vimeo.

Donna and some of her pieces.

I just returned from the Carolina Herrera F/W 09 show in Bryant Park. Sharon Stone, Anna Wintour, Nina Garcia, and Rachel Zoe were some of the onlooking Fashion A-listers. This was also my roommate Donna Kang's debut as a designer for Carolina Herrera!! Congratulations Donna!

I really loved the jewel-tone pallate of rich mossy greens, bronzes, gunmetal greys, deep turquoise and purples. I couldn't help but remember the plethora of patterns laying down in the middle of our living room floor at 1 am with Donna cutting and pasting the embroidery pattern as she organized the placements of each piece. Donna's embroidery designs were exquisite!

Happy Valentines Day!

2009-02-14T15:51:00.003-05:00

Photoshoot for P & G Beauty by Sophie Delaporte. 2008.

Moving Art: "Ten Duets on a Theme of Rescue"

2009-02-14T15:30:00.002-05:00

Ten Duets on a Theme of Rescue from Caleb Custer on Vimeo.

Breathtaking movement. "Ten Duets on a Theme of Rescue" was performed by Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, one of my favorite dance companies of all time. Choreography by Crystal Pite.

Obsession

2009-02-14T14:00:00.002-05:00

Balenciaga. Pre-Fall 2009.

I am utterly obsessed with these Balenciaga dropped-crotch skinny-pants. They're really androgynous-tastic.

Pen, Ink, Paper, Song

2009-02-14T07:54:00.008-05:00

Drawings by BFF Max Vernon.
Also a very talented musician. Check out these two songs:

Max Vernon - "Pastels"

Max Vernon - "When Your Body Breaks"

LIKE OMG BFF LOL LUVS IT

2009-02-14T07:25:00.008-05:00

Amazing cartoon series from Charlie White "OMG BFF LOL" from his project "Girl Studies."

Thanks Courtney! LIKE OMG LOL WILL U B MY BFF4LYF?!?!

Avant-garde Neckwear

2009-02-13T15:58:00.005-05:00

Organic Design with Wool by Hisano Takei

Quit Necking!

2009-02-13T15:30:00.004-05:00

Fiona Paxton

"The British jewelry queen known for her truly original hand-embroidered necklaces and scarves gave us a sneak peek at her spring/summer '09 collection, 'White Nights, Bright Lights.'" - refinery29:

I Wear My Sunglasses at Night

2009-02-13T14:24:00.005-05:00

Interview Magazine Shoot. Feb. 2009.
Photos by Sebastian Kim

A night on the town at BEast, Chloe, and Beatrice + Sunglasses + Cool Kids + Guerilla Photoshoot w/ Sebastian = this month's spread in Interview Magazine

New Beginnings

2009-02-13T13:08:00.001-05:00

It has been a year since I wrote in here... and I've decided to start up again. New beginnings mark important transformations in our lives and needless to say, things are always changing. Les choses se passent.

This year is going to be one to remember, and that's why I've decided to start blogging again.

Cheers mes amis!

Happy Chinese New Year

2008-02-11T11:50:00.000-05:00

Had Dim Sum in Chinatown on Saturday with my friend Andrew, photo assistant to Steven Meisel. He brought some of his friends to celebrate the Chinese New Year with us including another of Meisel's assistants and German Supermodel Julia Stegner. She's even more beautiful in person. Such nice people and definitely one of the best dim sums ever.

COACD & Development

2008-02-11T11:45:00.001-05:00

Rochenhäschen yaaaaa

2006-10-14T00:56:00.002-04:00

Meet Rochenhäschen.

Age: 22.

Where: Marquee. I told him I liked his jacket and then proceeded to swoon.

Who: German pro-skateboarder sponsored by Titus & Adidas. On tour to shoot Adidas Europe skate videos. Amazing style.

Liz approved. Then he went back to Germany 2 days later.
Quel dommage.

Auf Wiedersehen Rochenhäschen.

Congrats, at least you made it in.

PUSH: Sylvie Guillem & Russell Maliphant

2006-10-13T23:14:00.002-04:00

Tonight at New York's City Center, I saw an interesting collaboration between a rhythmic gymnast-turned ballerina-turned contemporary ballet dancer (Sylvie Guillem) and a brilliant modern dancer and choreographer (Russell Maliphant). Guillam's lines were impeccable, however I must say that her flexibility and extensions were not anything completely "out of this world" as most audiences have acclaimed. In fact, in the world of rhythmic gymnastics, they were quite standard. Her tall, extremely thin, and ethereal frame resembled that of a supermodel's rather than that of a dancer's. Even while I was watching, there were so many photogenic moments where I'm sure if Mario Testino or Steven Meisel were in the audience, they would be drooling over the lighting and the positions in which she held her limbs. It would really make for a gorgeous fashion editorial.

The duet PUSH reminded me of the choreography that I had done with Jeremiah--the lifts especially. Guillem and Maliphant created such a contrast between lightness and weight, which would be expected of a collaboration between a grounded modern dancer and a classically trained ballerina. There were some wonderful dynamic moments in the choreography that I really enjoyed even if I left feeling a tad unsatisfied. It was a beautiful piece and I could imagine myself dancing it (or something like it) one day.

Whatever though, Sylvie Guillem is a true artiste and such a diva. Even the New York Times agrees.

Sylvie Guillem

2006-10-13T23:02:00.000-04:00

lello