swedish summer.

new track from coworker ingrid's boyfriend. 

killin' it.

"tanto" by kolmården (djurriket records)

ann demeulemeester: spring summer 2012.

next this summer, i want to look like a gypsy prince caravaning across the sahara.

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mugler.

when fashion meets brazilian hustlers. luv it.

art director: nicola formichetti

director: branislav jankic

mugler for men campaign

see the uncensored director's cut here.

summuh jamz.

  Scenes In A Dream (ft. Lisa Dank) by SWEATER BEATS

what was that, miss granger?

whoa. emma watson. turns. it. out.

vogue july 2011

editorial: "emma watson's new day"
article by amanda foreman

photographed by mario testino


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moments of tortured feet.

yesterday morning, got to the peter som lookbook shoot at 8am. 

styled by havana laffitte (contributor to teen vogue and i-D).

shot in 2 stops brighter studio by chiun-kai shih (condé nast photographer). 

started the day with a vogue run-through with sessilee (supreme), jade (one models), and our fit girl, lydia (ford). spent the subsequent seven hours dressing and undressing lydia at breakneck speeds, cramming her feet into seven-inch charlotte olympia platforms (two sizes too small), and throwing her out in front of a white backdrop, trussed up with clamps and safety pins. 

then, rushed to soho and worked a half-shift at allsaints. 15-hour days, spent almost entirely on your feet, suck. so this is the glam life. swollen feet, so fashion. 

today, another shift at allsaints.

all i got is a busted gap bag.

now that i've got a gig working as an assistant at patricia field...
perhaps it's time to shop for a new rucksack. 

...maybe one by makr?

canvas and leather rucksack makr carry goods

harder, faster; forties and chill.

scored another interview at patricia field, this time in the corporate offices—apparently the last girl i talked to, rachel, forwarded my resume. cha-ching. 

between working shifts at allsaints all memorial weekend, camilla's roof party in alphabet city (where i got so crossfaded, i walked all the way to union square on a slant), and marisa's birthday in williamsburg (where the landlord got drunk, flipped shit, called the cops and got himself hauled out in handcuffs)...

...i made myself a necklace.

teeshirt polo (diy) - necklace michael huang - soda s. pellegrino limonata

summer! finally here! (sorta)

for some odd reason, friendly fire's "paris" has become a perennial summer staple for me. 

from chris the rapper's mixtape, value pack 2: cream & sugar.

so this is saturday.

after working a full shift at allsaints, went home, ordered latkes and matzoh ball soup from local diner, and watched the mummy returns alone and sober. so lame, so semi-refreshing.


  Foster The People - Houdini (RAC Mix) by RAC

sidenote: can't stop listening to 'houdini' by foster the people, remixed by RAC.

rain, rain, go fuck yourself.

it's been pretty gross in new york for the last week, tons of rain and thunderstorms and things of that nature. today, the sun finally decided to peek out, at least for a little while, enabling some good ole gallery hopping in chelsea. split a falafel wrap at chelsea piers waterfront with alexin, stumbled upon an exhibit of kate moss photographs (!), got drunk on gallery wine and free vodka cranberries, snagged rahel, coca-cola disguised as tecate, pretentious abstract opening, quest for public restrooms.

met up with moses, rahel and alexin arrive with beers, red wine, getting crunk to south park, america's next top model, and a whole slew of oxygen's snapped: cheating hearts. quality programming at its best.

sidenote: i finished those python shorts.

fedora del monico - camo jacket gap kids - chambray shirt, boots allsaints - henley trovatapython shorts, leather bracelet michael huang - messenger bag gap

spin machine.

as much as i bitch about working retail at allsaints, i'll concede...they spin some killer tunes. 

can't get this off repeat: 'crayon box' by virgo four.

from allsaints' latest basement session.

serendipitous encounters in the garment district

spent yesterday morning rendering platform shoes for peter som spring 2012 charlotte olympia collab. met up with loren in the afternoon while running errands: dropped off a guipure skirt (for ms. obama) at factory for hemming, quality control on marbled silk tank top, indiscriminate linen swatches at mood. followed by allsaints shift.

fedora del monico - sunglasses rayban - cardigan, boots allsaints - teeshirt polo
shorts bdg (diy) - clutch jenni kayne - belt american eagle

a week, in retrospect.

considering adding 'able to size and arrange hangers artistically while blindfolded' to my resume after working four days of close. impromptu rooftop party at nadja's on tuesday, beers, wine, and cigarettes interspersed with improv games involving midgets and the dentist office. spent the weekend in south carolina watching my little brother graduate from college, getting drunk with my family, and pretending that i wasn't being blinded by the country-club whiteness of furman university.

fedora del monico - camo jacket gap kids - polo, shorts, boots allsaints

fedora del monico - chambray shirt, shorts, boots allsaints - teeshirt michael huang

the revival of midnight strolls and afternoon rooftops.

working close stands no hindrance to three-day disaster-chillin' marathon. halves cause trouble, 3am arrival at jonno and jordan's party on friday night, investments for the week, too much whiskey, stumbling departure, front car of the J train at 5am with moses. 

on saturday, got out too late for the recession art show, regrouped at boat. forties in the living room, black cab catastrophe, impulsive 3am stroll to the promenade, forties on the promenade. denied at 24-hour mcdonalds, meatloaf, mashed potatoes and hijacked cranberry muffins.

today: sewing, project runway marathon, hanging out on the rooftop; boontown, waste of space.

plaid shirt vintage - striped henley weekday - shorts allsaints - boots allsaints


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can of worms, bomb diggity.

spinning wheels, quagmired in mud, frustration. manic applications, cold calls, craigslist ads. finally meeting sales quotas, going uniform shopping before shift tomorrow, working til closing through wednesday. second round patricia field interview on tuesday. 

today, caught in the rain.

fedora del monico - shredded tee michael huang - chambray shirt, shorts, boots allsaints

it's 3am, i must be lonely.

spring has arrived (?) and things couldn't be finer: survived first week at allsaints with no permanent injuries, minus sore feet; saw new broadway show, jerusalem (actually phenomenal); created 60 colorway options for new tommy hilfiger swimsuits and rugbies; finished peter som shoe press kit (hopefully?); drafted patterns and started handsewing python gymshorts. 

fourteen-hour days aren't so bad when there are prospects of taking over a rooftop bar at the laquinta inn, k-town. snuck in beers, got called out for sneaking in beers, rahel and jay at greeley square, wrong hotel, clearing out the joint, korean food on subway platform, meaningful conversations about non-places with nadja on the 2. shit just gets better and better.

fedora del monico - jacket gap kids - teeshirt weekday - shorts allsaints
class ring - ring sakdidet road - messenger bag gap - boots allsaints

speedbumps, full steam.

didn't get the rag & bone gig, so the hunt continues. today, reorganized portfolio (michael-huang.see.me), compiled rolodex for cold calls. new interns at som tomorrow, hopefully the weather's nice enough for shorts again.

coat banana republic - henley weekday - shorts allsaints - boots allsaints

threats of snow and hail

this gray morning, i filled out the forms and got a tour of the allsaints store. clothing allowance shopping spree was facilitated by store stylist, bryan, and walked away with a blazer, chambray shirt, striped tee, navy shorts, and sick boots. i move into my new room tomorrow, i start next week.

camo jacket gap kids - shredded tee michael huang - jeans won hundred - alpine boots allsaints

adventures in times square; ladies who munch.

opening night at la cage aux folles with harvey fierstein, courtesy valerie; blue moons on the roof of an office building in times square, snow falling, slippery ladders, camembert and tom stoppard's stale crumpets, goat cheese on tootsie pops, raunchy eating, gender fucked in the women's bathroom, brainstorming by the light of the exit sign.

today, bento lunch with dani. 

fedora del monico - sunglasses street - shirt izod - khakis michael huang 
green suede wingtips sacha

sunday, slumday

deciding to stay in turns into going to johnny rile's turns into sweet revenge, ditching him with married men, after party at sunrise. brunch at black swan, mimosas, fried chicken and lemon waffles, dressed in yesterday's leftovers. 

fedora del monico - camo jacket gap kids - teeshirt vintage - belt american eagle jeans won hundred - clutch jenni kayne - shoes royal republiq

saint patty's day

groomed and dressed for allsaints interview, five post-meridian.

fedora del monico - camo jacket gap kids - teeshirt weekday 
trousers michael huang - shoes royal republiq

photoshop and loot

spent the day formatting and laying out scans of peter's sketches for his presentation to the tommy hilfiger office in amsterdam later this week. got thumbs up from elana (ceo) on the redesigned shoe-collaboration press kit. also scored some sweet textiles from the swatch bin, including fusible interfacing, eye-searingly hot-pink mini-sequined jersey, and a huge piece of paper-thin baby-blue python. what to do with it all...still brainstorming...

camo jacket gap kids - teeshirt polo ralph lauren (customized) - belt american eagle
jeans won hundred - shoes royal republiq - class ring - brass ring sakdidet road

pounding pavement, pt. 2 of endless

fedora del monico - camo jacket gap kids - shirt canvas - tie vintage
suspenders marc by marc - trousers rag & bone - shoes cole haan

death and reunions

nick on the highline, taja by coincidence, chugging modelo on a stoop. alice and mariama at a motel midtown, getting magnums of cheap pinot grigio delivered. noise complaints, relocating to upper east side, poland springs and pellegrino fuels all-night bender, misplaced bathroom mirrors, laying on the roof deliriously staring into the rain at 5am. passed out. 

bacon, egg and parm on an english muffin for breakfast at 2pm, watching downton abbey til naptime, lost on lexington avenue in a sea of private school uniforms. tomorrow, peter som. saturday, second-round interview with rag & bone.

fedora del monico - vest cheap monday - teeshirt michael huang - jeans levis - wool socks
boots bianco - macrame bracelet - chain friendship bracelet

pounding pavement, pt. 1 of many

tromped down literally every street in soho and meatpacking, handing out resumes and meeting store managers. got denied at pastis, but landed two interviews: one with rag & bone tomorrow and one with all saints next wednesday. apparently when applying to hip eateries and edgy boutiques, the regulated dresscode is fashionably homeless; somehow i seem to have missed the memo.

coat banana republic - suit cos - shirt canvas - tie vintage - fedora del monico 
shoes cole haan - brass ring sakdidet road -  manilla envelope courtesy jdb

rash decisions regarding clippers

yesterday, while entering peter som's first week sales reports for bergdorfs, saks, and neiman marcus, impulsively decided on gchat that i was going to hack off all my hair, recruited peter to do it. so last night, somewhere between deliveries and linares and alexin's arrival, we went at it with gardening shears and walmart clippers, and cropped it all off.

handknit scarf w. leather and rabbit fur michael huang - teeshirt vintage - jeans won hundred
brass gear ring sakdidet road - brass ring with black pearls michael huang