It’s a familiar scenario. High-status family with expensive tastes, absorbing the oohs and aahs of the lesser minions. But who’s that in the corner, keeping to himself, uncomfortable in his fine threads, while the others - in their designer gowns and tails - laugh heartily while waltzing across the floor?
Okay, maybe that’s pushing it a little, perhaps borrowing some imagery from The Sound of Music, but you get the idea. I’m referring to Anderson Cooper, the son of famed heiress and socialite Gloria Vanderbilt. Despite his mother’s extravagant lifestyle, Cooper worked hard to un-pry the silver spoon from his mouth. It just wasn’t him. (more…)
You either love him or hate him. At least, that’s the general reaction I’ve been getting from people who are familiar with his work. I, for one, am not familiar with David Lynch’s films, but since my challenge is to convey that Lynch is a “man we love,” the easiest way of doing that is by turning to his ongoing Interview Project. Still, it wouldn’t be fair to Lynch by skipping over his impressive array of films and accolades and the road that lead him to becoming one of the most admired and controversial filmmakers of our time. (more…)
BY THE PEOPLE: The Election of Barack Obama offers viewers an all-access pass to campaign life on the road to the White House and the unprecedented grass roots effort that supported him. The film follows the former Senator’s path from the excitement of the first victory in Iowa, to the struggles of a long and grueling primary campaign, and finally to his historic inauguration as the first African American president of the United States. Told through exclusive footage of Obama and his staff, the HBO Documentary Film is produced by Edward Norton’s Class 5 Films and directed by Amy Rice and Alicia Sams. The film debuts exclusively on HBO on November 3, at 9:00 pm ET/PT 2009.
Think back - back to the days between ninth and twelfth grades. Sitting in your high school cafeteria, the jocks had their table, the nerds had theirs. High school was so easy when everyone was labeled and you knew who to hang out with and who to avoid. I’m sure every high school class had a group of skater punks - the un-showered few, voted least likely to succeed. You never thought they’d amount to anything, least of all a thriving career in filmmaking. You’d eat your hat before something that unlikely would happen. Well, pass the salt …
Perhaps this characterization is unwarranted. After all, I haven’t actually met Spike Jonze. I’m not quite sure where he fell within the high school spectrum, but I can cast an educated guess. As you mature, you come to realize that the stereotypes embodied by certain high school students aren’t always fair. At that stage in their lives, their full potential has not yet been realized. You have no idea how far they will go or how greatly they will impress. (more…)
Marc Jacobs, we love you. We love you for everything you’ve done and everything you have yet to dream up. You are an innovator, a purveyor of all that’s fantastically unique, expressive and alive. We love you behind the scenes, we love you taking a bow on the runway, we love you in the fall, winter, spring and summer. Plain and simple: we adore you - and in our eyes you can do no wrong.
So - as an often over-analytical writer and tremendous fan, this Marc Jacobs piece has proven to be quite challenging for me. I’ve wrestled with different thoughts, emotions, opening lines. No matter which path I chose, it just never seemed quite enough to capture the essence of my feelings for someone I sincerely revere. I decided it’s best to start here: Marc Jacobs, you had me at “grunge.”
By “grunge” I mean Jacobs’ infamous 1992 womenswear collection for Perry Ellis. It was collection that won him the cheers of the critics - including the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Womenswear Designer of the Year Award - and also incited a negative stir (and his ultimate dismissal from the label). But it was this very “stir” that launched the career of the award-winning Parsons grad, catapulting him to fashion icon stature. (more…)
In 2005, after learning the east coast Hip Hop canon like the back of my hand, a friend of mine in college (now currently working for Filter magazine) gave me two notable albums: Arcade Fire’s “Neon Bible” and Sufjan Stevens “Illinoise”.
At first, I didn’t understand Neon Bible, therefore I shrugged it off. The other album on the other hand, changed something within my mind, a mind recently submerged in the lyrical prowess of Big L, and the Americana roadside tales of Bob Dylan. (more…)
As we mourn one of the greatest entertainers to ever live - one that we all considered to be immortal - we share, in his memory, a playlist of Michael Jackson’s greatest hits. Enjoy the full playlist here!
All the staff of Limité are 80’s babies and this devastating lost of Michael Jackson has put us in complete awe and still wonder if yesterday actually really happened and sadly enough it did. MJ fans never really got the chance to see his 3D fiction Caption EO directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The movie was shown exclusively at Disneyland and Epcot Center for over 10 years and it wasn’t officially released to the public (how dare they?). Thanks to the faster-than-light internet, we can now present you the movie in 2 parts. George Lucas also co-wrote and produced Captain EO! Yeah. A note to so-called “superstars”: until you have a movie airing at the biggest amusement park in the world for a decade, make consistent hits and have men and women pass out from the mere sound of voice…you’re not touching the King! Rest in peace to the greatest that ever did it. (click here to sign a petition asking Disney to release Captain EO, we need this in HD x’s 10)
Many have imitated him, many have sampled his music, many have poked fun at him but no one can deny his greatness. He has thrilled us and in return we’ve rocked with the King of Pop over the last few decades and will make sure his name won’t be forgotten in the millenniums to come, after all he did receive the award for artist of this millennium. So grab your crotch and moon walk in the remembrance of the greatest musician of our time. You will be missed greatly, Michael Joseph Jackson.
There is little in our world that Karl Lagerfeld hasn’t inspired, touched, or done himself. Born in Hamburg in 1938—around the time of Coco Chanel’s retirement—Karl Lagerfeld would in short time become the “Kaiser” in the fashion world and play a part in virtually all forms of expression in the fashion industry.
An intelligent and precocious child, Karl Lagerfeld mastered European languages and studied in France, whereby he won his first major competition for coats the International Wool Secretariat. The same contest fellow fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent won for dresses. The success from the contest launched both designers into reputed jobs in France; Lagerfeld began working as an assistant for Pierre Balmain. In 1958, after three years with Balmain, Lagerfeld went to work with Haut Couture designer Jean Patou. Over a course of five years, Lagerfeld became bored working on only two collections. Lagerfeld was, is a man of action and of multi-tasking. Therefore, Lagerfeld left Patou and spent two years, according to him, “mostly on beaches—studying life.” (more…)
