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FSHN DL IV: UNDD BLL

Last night at Midtown Loft, an intrepid mob of sartorial somnambulists gathered for the Dewar’s Master-Disaster FSHN DL IV: UNDEAD BALL, curated by Refinery 29.com.

Following a brief elevator ride, guests were welcomed into a loft-space that glowed blood-red. There have been rumours that the party’ glowed red because a haunted river of blood flowed behind the venue’s walls; others…

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Halloween Dreaming

After FSHN DL IV last night we forgot it was Halloween until we saw some little guys in costumes on their way to school this morning. Superman and a ballerina.

Reminds us of when our mom made the Batman costume, the Skeletor costume, Dick Tracy…even had the walkie-talkie watch.

Then we’d go to the Halloween Parade at Rose Lane Elementary School…

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FSHNDL IV: UNDD BLL is tonight

Today we open the gates of hell. Dewar’s Master-Disaster FSHNDL IV: UNDD BLL begins at 8pm.

Curated by Refinery 29, hosted by Dave Hill and judged by a panel of style trailblazers, FSHN DL IV will unite some of NYC’s brightest fashion lights for a much darker purpose…

Designers from Eventide and The Lake & Stars will have one hour and a secret material…

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Bring a fashion magazine to FSHN DL IV tonight

Bring a fashion magazine to FSHN DL IV tonight.

This means Vogue, Marie Claire, People, GQ etc.

Designers from Eventide and The Lake & Stars are going to make something beautiful out of them.

This is what fashion magazines aspire to: actually becoming what’s on their pages.

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FSHN DL IV: Ghoul Couture: Cybergoria

Since living forever can be hell if you don’t have the right clothes to wear, we’ll be looking at the evolution of monster fashion in the weeks leading up to FSHN DL IV: UNDD BLL.

While not technically immortal, or even monsters, cyborgs, robots, and androids can be all the more terrifying because humans created them, often with the best…

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LVHRD’S FSHNDL IV

In October 2007 at Midtown Loft, an intrepid mob of sartorial somnambulists gathered for the Dewar’s Master-Disaster FSHN DL IV: UNDEAD BALL, curated by Refinery 29.com. For our Fourth Annual Fashion Duel we imagined a future where deforestation had turned paper into mankind’s most precious resource, and thus the most desirable material for couture clothing.

THROW DOWN 

Two design-duos - Sarah…

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FSHN DL IV DJ: Woodman (Golem Version)

We tried to get Woodman, fresh from competing in DNCHRD III, to zombify the beats at FSHN DL IV: UNDD BLL, but since he’s super busy at the moment, Woodman offered up this alternative: A Golem replacement.

Nearly identical to Woodman in function (slightly less in form) this animated clay beast will replace Woodman on the decks at FSHN DL IV.…

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FSHN DL IV Host: Dave Hill

Dave Hill, the King of Miami, and host of LVHRD’s ACTHRD, will be the master of ceremonies at FSHN DL IV: UNDD BLL next Tuesday, October 30th.

We had some other actors lined up, but Dave’s our friend, and we wanted to help him out going through a tough time.

Since the accident we know it’s been a little hard for Dave to…

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VDO: 047: DNCHRD 2.5: DJ Elhaam

We showed up at East Village Radio last week to deliver the spoils of victory to DNCHRD III champion, DJ Elhaam: a tower of VNYL 150 records deep.

Sitting in on her Monday night turntable broadcast, Guilty Pleasure, Elhaam told us, “Don’t call me a DJ. I’m more of an interactive jukebox.”

With the pallet of VNYL we delivered to Elhaam’s apartment…

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SPTLGHT 04: Workshop Third Star Anniversary

It seems appropriate listening to Beggars Banquet while writing about Workshop, the design studio founded by Jessi Arrington, who at Workshop’s Third Star Anniversary party last night showed us her wedding cowboy boots.

“These are actually the boots I got married in!” said Jessi sitting atop a bank of Milton Glaser’s flat files. Mick and Keith would be proud.

Jessi started…

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Core 77: Design, Wit, and the Creative Act at the ADC

On November 9th join Paul Budnitz, Kelly Dobson, Steven Heller and Tobias Wong at the Art Directors Club for Design, Wit, and the Creative Act, a panel discussion on the importance of incorporating emotion into design, moderated by LVHRD member Ze Frank.

Each speaker will present on the benefits and limitations of using humor, irony and subversion to connect with an audience: is…

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Craig Murphey memorial fundraiser at Royal Oak

 

There will be a memorial party fundraiser on Friday at Royal Oak for Craig Murphey who died last week when he was hit by a truck on his bicycle in Brooklyn while escorting a friend home.

Raquel Granda, Director of Cathedral Community Cares has this to say about Craig:

“We are still dealing with the loss of one of the most amazing…

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