[First published in Cliché Magazine on 7.3.2011] Listening to Bon Iver’s Bon Iver is an activity comparable to lying in the grass of a vast garden replete with brightly colored flowers. Patches of crimson, and marigold, and periwinkle, and violet, and peach on grassy beds, verdant and luscious with dew. On a gently sunny day, with a cloud or two […]
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[First published in Cliché Magazine on 6.25.2011] If you ever wondered what it would be like to experience the cross-section of Wonderland and Sweeney Todd’s barber shop sans mind-altering substances, Walter Van Beirendonck has your answer. His show was a plucky explosion of brightly colored mismatched patterns, and, shall we say, garden-inspired pieces. That’s the Alice-side of things. […]
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[First published in Cliché Magazine on 8.30.2011] I’m always waiting for the ball to drop at events like Sunday night’s VMAs. Waiting, with bated breath and wonderment, bracing myself for the moment Gaga arrives. It’s going to be crazy, I tell myself. And then a small part of me wonders if she and her Haus of Gaga geniuses have finally hit a wall […]
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ADRIENNE JESS 