Chanel - Cruise Collection 2013 - Full Fashion Show

Uncle Karl and his house of Chanel presented a badass mash-up of eighteenth century French aristocracy and modern punk rock n' roll style for the cruise collection at Versailles this week. We love the idea of taking couture and mixing them with contemporary urban elements. The classic Chanel suit mixed with trainers and a baroque wig? Yes plz. We'll have that for cocktails soon. We can't wait to see what this will look like in the shops and on the buyers. NICE usage of the music too - our fave Swede rapper Gnucci Banana and also Crookers to name but a few. Sweet! Watch the full show below + an interview with the man with a plan - Karl Lagerfeld.

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Florence + The Machine - Breath Of Life - Video Premiere

Florence + The Machine knocks it out of the park with Breath Of Life. We love the juxtaposition of the black & white studio footage with the amazing clips from Snow White and the Huntsman. It makes the interest in the film all that higher. We wanna go see it now! Have a look belooow!

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Björk - Cosmogony + Virus - Biophilia Remix Series lll

It's Monday - and yes it's time for brand new Björk remixes! Turns out we already wrote about one of 'em last weeeeek and thought is was a well crafted bootleg. But no! It's an official one! This week it's Biophilia Remix Series lll and it offers the heavenly take on Virus (Peaches and Guacamol Rework) by Scottish electronic producer Hudson Mohawke. We love the majestic sounds of it so. Pablo Díaz-Reixa a.k.a El Guincho is the man behind the Cosmogony one - he's a Spanish musician who is also known in Spanish speaking countries as an expert lullaby singer for children. We can definitely hear some traces of that in this chopped up but still gentle remix. Have a listen beloooow. For the series 1 & 2 click here and here! Original mixes here and here! Enjoy! 

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Scissor Sisters - Only The Horses - Live @ The Voice UK

Scissor Sisters stopped by BBC's The Voice and did the live TV premiere of their new single Only The Horses. We like the track a lot - and it's great to finally here Ana Matronic's vocals on it. Sadly it sounds like Jake had problems with his voice, struggling with the high notes - and this sure is a hard song to sing live so you need all the vocals powers you can get! Have a look below - we'll update with a HD when it becomes available. Updated! 

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Paris Is Burning - A Sunday Documentary

Starting today we will show full documentaries on the blog as a Sunday treat. We thought it'd be an awesome experience showcasing ones we love + finding new amazing stuff. Let us know if you have tips!

First up is one of our all time favourites - Jenny Livingston's iconic Paris Is Burning from 1990. Sooo much can be said about this one - we'd need hours talking about it. It stands as an important time capsule regarding equality, gender and social structures. Not to mention showing the end of the golden age of ball culture with its art of voguing and the amazing and intimate portraits of the different families. We wish we could teleport us back in time and visit all of them. Willi Ninja, Angie & Venus Xtravaganza, Octavia St. Laurent... It's simply a must watch! The scenes that gets us every time are the ones with the small kids in Harlem, they are so young and seem so protective of each other. Also, one of the queens who after her death was discovered having had a dead body stuffed in her closet makes for a chilling and insane read. If you wanna watch for the first time, or re-watch the full documentary is below. Let us know your thoughts and memories. Enjoy! Further reading: New York Times 1993 article Paris Has Burned. 

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