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A Dream is A Wish Your Blog Makes

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

Andrew appeared in Diamonds in the Ruff twice, once for dressing well and once for being born well. As it turns out, he knows plenty of people that I know, so it was pretty easy to get in contact with him and ask him to come do a shoot. He did some really amazing photos in shorts atop my laundry machines but upon realization that his friends would crucify him if they hit the web, we decided to save them for the book.


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He thinks he doesn’t come out well in photos. I think he came out pretty damn well, what do you think?

Rebel Without the Flaws

Friday, March 28th, 2008

Zane Lewis is related to James Dean. Can you tell? Finkel is Einhorn. Manson is Jesus.

I met Zane in Miami last year at a very windy party on a rooftop during a trip to Art Basel with Geordon. He was showing some of his (impressive) work, most of which involves pop icons vomiting or otherwise spewing bright rainbows of thick paint. And then the other day I saw a big article about him in the new Vman and he sent me a message saying he was in town. So the stars aligned and he came by to drink and take some photos. Kathy broke out the Southern Comfort again.

Christian has Kathy going through resumes that people have sent him wanting to be his interns, and she found one particularly awesome/horrible one: “I have a degree in fashion design and have attended [school] for couture sewing, hand painting fabric and illustration for continuing education. Proficient on Mac computers and work in Adobe Photoshop, Office, Quark and some Adobe Illustrator. I am also mature and attractive.”

Diamonds in the Ruff, Pt. IV

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Plenty of websites have made fun of the kids who go out in New York, drawing images from the galleries upon galleries of weekly updated party photos to be found on the net. But, while we have nothing against the mockery of Blue States Lose, we figure there should be a place to shout out the good stuff too: the great outfits, the gorgeous people, pure eye candy.

DIAMONDS IN THE RUFF. [Archives]
By Brad and Kathy. This time it’s culled from photos in the Give’m Shoulder and New Sensation photo sets.


Brad says “hello, we are a parade of hot people. Would you like to see us wear stupid shit and still be hotter than you? Please stand aside, as our hotness is conducted through this stuffed Simba, and we would not want you to get burned.” Kathy says “they’re like the King and Queen of the PoMo Art Prom. He gave her a beanie baby as a corsage, and she made him a scarf out of her favorite sweatshirt. Then they’ll fingerpaint and slowdance to Portishead.” (more…)

The Shapes We Make

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008


Ruff Club at The Annex
March 21, 2008

Dance Palace in Wonderland

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Yesterday I shot Marissa Bregman for a really amazing project. She needed something very her but also dark, though it couldn’t be too dark. That’s kind of confusing, I know, but hopefully we can spill the beans soon. What we ended up with makes me happy; some of them are pretty Valley of the Dolls.

Marissa and Meridith and I played around the apartment for a while dragging lights behind us from room to room, then we went and had a couple drinks at Club NME where Sarah was DJing. There were people there and it was a pretty good dance party but for some reason it was a very strange mix of irregular people, a sort of off night. But we had a good time and Christian came and met up with us for a bit.

He and I left after a bit and had some late night fried food at 7A, where drunk girls shrieked a lot and asked for pictures. At the table immediately next to us, however, was a very intense and self-involved couple. The girl kept saying to the guy that she looked at pictures of him and her together on MySpace, and she saw how much he loved her in his eyes, and she kept saying his love for her was so apparent and “so genuine.” And while she was babbling he had an absolutely horrified look on his face and kept completely silent. For like twenty minutes.

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When In Doubt

Thursday, March 20th, 2008


Ruff Club at The Annex
March 14, 2008

Hung Like A House

Sunday, March 9th, 2008


Cameo: Portraits by Brad Walsh
Hosted by Christian Siriano (Project Runway), Genevalentine, & Anna Rexia. DJs: The Misshapes, Peter Pazdrowski, and Jimmie D
Brooklyn, March 8, 2008

A Ten Star System

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008


Book release party for Sarah Lewitinn’s Pocket Karaoke: Ultragrrrl’s Guide to the Best Karaoke Tunes at Angels & Kings, with additional karaoke contest judges Mikey Way (My Chemical Romance), Matt Rubano (Taking Back Sunday), Steven Smith (Fuse), and Erin Pollard (OK!)
March 3, 2008

Only Comes Once Every Four Years

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008


Ruff Club at Annex
February 29, 2008

I Don’t Wanna Be Eat’n ‘n Drankin’

Friday, February 29th, 2008


Ruff Club at The Annex
February 22, 2008

NME of the State

Sunday, February 24th, 2008


Club NME at The Annex
February 21, 2008

In the Basement

Friday, February 22nd, 2008


High Voltage at The Annex
February 20, 2008

Rough, Poor Traits

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008


Ruff Club at Annex
February 8, 2008

Jes Turns 21

Saturday, February 9th, 2008


High Voltage at The Annex
February 6, 2008