Cookies and Lipstick

Caine’s Arcade.

Last week I worked on a set with 16 children ranging in ages from nine-months to ten-years-old and there was one five-year-old girl who was particularly wretched. She was obsessed with looking at herself in the mirror while posing, destroyed my wardrobe room looking for accessories to style herself and repeatedly told me she didn’t like “the looks” I was putting together. FIVE. YEARS. OLD. Her mother is a stylist as well and it seems like she went to work with her one too many times and is completely affected by fashion and all the nonsense and bullshit that goes along with it. When she put on a pair of shoes that belonged to another girl’s outfit I said, “I don’t know J-, I don’t think you’re going to be able to wear those with what you have on,” her response was, “Uh, yea, I think I can, thanks.” FIVE. YEARS. OLD.

Pretty Much Sums Me Up…

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You Suck.

I have a dinner coming up where I have to be with someone whom I absolutely cannot stand. The reasons why I can’t stand this person are numerous and the mere thought of the person is enough to send me into a marathon of eye-rolling and dry heaving. You see, I’m someone who tends to trust my gut about people, places and things and when I’m forced to ignore my instincts I become extremely uncomfortable and awkward. It’s hard for me to hide my feelings and I’ve been told before that I am a “face maker.”

Super Mario Bros. Mushroom Veggie Burger.

Buzzfeed via Instructables

‘Eggsploitation’

Last night I went to see a screening of Jennifer Lahl’s Eggsploitation at the Soho Gallery For Digital Art. As one of many women who considered “donating” her eggs at one point for quick financial gain, this film provides an extremely informative and depressing look at how women are perceived as a reproductive commodity, the abuse of the fertility industry and at the lack of information regarding the potentially fatal donating process. While watching the film, a woman fainted halfway through.

This…This is amazing.

Last weekend I took a weekend intensive Photoshop class at The School of Visual Arts and I have to admit I LURVE me some healing brush.

Fotoshop by Adobé from Jesse Rosten on Vimeo.

Today’s Hero

“The Virginia Senate is about to pass a bill that will require women to have a totally unnecessary medical procedure at their cost and inconvenience. If we’re going to do that to women, why not do that to men?” -  Virginia Senator Janet Howell

Senator Howell’s proposed amendment that men undergo a rectal exam and cardiac stress test before being treated for erectile dysfunction unfortunately didn’t pass.

Related links:

Janet Howell, Virginia State Senator, Attaches Rectal Exam Amendment To Anti-Abortion Bill – Huffington Post

Senator Janet Howell Cleverly Fights For Gender Equality With Male Rectal Exams – The Grindstone

Amazing.

But where’s Stan? Golden Girls kewpie dolls from artist Ricky Kwong’s Baby Doll series.

“Fasten your seatbelt, slut puppy. This ain’t gonna be no cakewalk!”

“Remind me when I feel better to kick the crap out of her.”

“Trying to find your underwear in the big pile?”

“When Blanche Devereaux goes after a man, she doesn’t stand on ceremony!”

Buzzfeed via Rickykwong

Fall 2012 Menswear

The majority of the work I do is with menswear and the Fall 2012 shows in Milan recently ended. Here are a few of my favorites.

Clockwise from top left: Brioni, Dries Van Noten, Ferragamo, Ami

A Year Of Sun With Mr. Persol

This ad inspired me to change out of my jeans and put on a striped bateau neck sweater and full skirt before going out tonight. They got me!!!! Also, I have a pair of Tom Ford sunglasses that look very similar to Lady Cartoon’s glasses.

Jezebel via AdWeek