Culture Buzz Foot fetish and fancy free! Here are photos of the new exhibit at the Design Museum in London dedicated to avant garde shoe designer, Christian Louboutin.
Culture Buzz Color Forecast tracks the colors being worn in Europe's fashion capitals in real time and let's you know what's totally in right now. Check out this video of how it works and make sure to keep up with the forecast here. (via laughingsquid.com).
Animals Buzz His giant, dewy eyes will shatter your heart into a million pieces. This poor little fella is named Loango, and he was rejected by his mother shortly after birth. Fortunately, he's being hand raised by zookeepers in Paris.
Culture Buzz Trust me. Because I despise ad flash mobs.
Culture Buzz A bizarre, fascinating museum retrospective looking back at the work of prestigious fashion house Louis Vuitton and their current creative director, Marc Jacobs. Unveiled yesterday in Paris. High caliber design and fashion porn presented by disco mohawk mannequins and free-floating limbs.
Celebrity Buzz And he does not appear to trust this Nicolas Cage character. Here's human meme Nic Cage meeting his own wax figure in Paris. It's like “Face/Off” if Nicolas Cage were playing both parts. And is he checking out his own ass? Yup.
Style Buzz Excuse me…I mean “The 53 Most Ridiculous Outfits From Paris Couture Week.” Pardonnez-moi.
Style Buzz Probably not going find this one at Target. This highly impractical but beautifully monumental creation by designer Stephane Rolland was made with nearly 150 feet of fabric and weighs 110 pounds, requiring two handlers to mind the train.
Celebrity Buzz Salma be trippin'. Right time, right place, right snapshot of a glamorous celebrity as she almost eats it while walking out of her hotel with Antonio Banderas.
The #Occupy movement is off to a slow start in France. (via presstvmobile.com)
Well, this is adorable. Two Boston terriers, Neo and Tuxedo, take turns leisurely skateboarding around the streets of Paris.
Take a trip to France today, for free. Compare this with Sub City New York and pretend you visited both cities in the span of six minutes. (via laughingsquid.com)
You can't plan a shot like this. Breathtaking. (via bbc.co.uk)
Yesterday’s heavy rainfall in Paris had transformed the staircase above Lamarck-Caulaincourt Metro Station into water cascade eye candy. Kinda cool.
This short film is a great idea, beautifully executed. Impressively shot entirely on the Nokia N8 mobile phone. (via vimeo.com)
Celebrity Buzz And the French promptly surrender. Beyoncé was in Paris over the weekend, and she apparently forgot to pack sleeves. More at The Superficial and Egotastic.
In Paris, mysterious black cubes ask visitors to name a place they want to go and then to push their red buttons. That's when the magic happens. (Via)
Oh God, I've got vertigo just looking at this. Parisian architect Didier Faustino must not suffer from fear of heights.
Culture Buzz A blog that catalogues the differences between Paris and New York with some lovely minimalist imagery. Ooh la la! Or, as we say in New York, “Meh. Old!” (From, via.)
http://www.paris-26-gigapixels.com/index-en.html
They may be commies and socialists, but hell, they make a fine lookin' city.
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If new stores are any indication of social trends, this week's launch of a specialist Australia-New Zealand bookstore underlines a growing appetite in France for the culture of the region.
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The low-cost Air Truck was debuted at the Paris Air Show. It is based on the design used by crop-dusting planes, but has been modified to carry two passengers and heavy weaponry.
The first single from the Parisian electro-pop duo Make the Girl Dance. [Editor's Note: Eat your heart out Matt and Kim. These people are totally naked for their video way longer than you were. The only difference is that, in Paris, no one seems to really notice when you do that.]
Pharrell Williams musters all his charm and musical knowhow to get a McDonald's to open early during his layover at an airport. But the airport is in Paris, and the French don't find that kind of shit funny. You should know that, Pharrell.
Plush toys in formaldehyde, from a 2008 art exhibition in Paris. [Editor's Note: This is like Damien Hirst meets Disney. It's creepy and adorable at the same time. I just hope they died of natural causes.]