Aging Gracefully..

Some woman age gracefully but that is not the case for Janice Dickenson. All the nip and tucks she has endured has actually made her look older.

MY GIRL PJ

PJ Harvey is coming to Paris!!!!!!!

1980's Loft days

For some reason, I have been quite nostalgic for the old loft days circa 1985 Los Angeles. A few of my friends are no longer around due to AIDS and drugs. I worked my ass off in the editing rooms of Cannon Films working my way up the ladder while my friends stayed in our loft being artists and having a good time...

Patti Hansen

Patti Hansen was my favorite model when I was growing up in the 70's. I like the fact that she was discovered selling hot dogs on Coney Island. A true beauty...

Drug of Choice

I was down to my last bag of PG TIPS Tea. God, how I look forward to my cup of tea every afternoon while I write. It gives me that extra boost to work till the 18th hour. Just a little milk with a teaspoon of sugar. And this is the cheap stuff if you ask any proper Englishman. Don't serve me that tricked up Parisian Mariage Freres tea, just give me my PG TIPS!

Nastassja Kinski turns the big 5-0

Today, Nastassja Kinski turns the big 5-0. Wow, that went fast.

I remember seeing TESS for the first time with my sister in New York City, circa 1979. I had never seen such a feline face structured so delicately around lips made of heaven. Nastassja's beauty destabilized my conception of 'pretty'. Especially in San Mateo, CA. Her European natural allure was something that I had never witnessed before. And to see it on a 35 foot screen for 2.5 hours had such an impact on the 16 year old that I was at the time.

Fast forward to 2002, I finally meet Nastassja at the AMELIE screening. I told her how my friend, Lisa Pignati and I would take the train into San Francisco wearing clogs and Peruvian wool sweaters wearing Bonnie Bell lip Smackers hoping that we would be discovered as the next Nastassja Kinski. ( well, we were two dreamy 16 year olds)

Last week, we watched TESS on the big screen with all our neighbors. It still remains one of my favorite films even though it's most tragic end. Poor Tess d' Turberville.

P.S. I am still waiting for Natassja to write her biography........

Cocktail for Adam Kimmel's Menswear

It was a bitch to push my way though the mass of young bodies blocking the entrance of the Yvon Lambert Gallery presenting the latest collection from menswear guru, Adam Kimmel. Waving my arms, I cried, 'Help' in the direction of Adam's Communication Director, Lucien Pages. Suddenly, it was like the opening of the Red Sea and I was briskly pushed forward into the warm interior. Inside, the ambiance was more civilized with good looking men serving champagne to the chic crowd. Look book photos graced the walls as a 6 minute short directed by Adam and his actress wife, Leelee Sobieski played in another room. When the film ended a live action defile took place with a backdrop of the wild North Pacific. I always look forward to Adam Kimmel's twisted interpretation of the American classics.