Style Icons: Male »Adam West

Holy Batman, Batman!

One of the Olsen twins most ingenious moments was in the titling of their film “How the West Was Fun”, which could equally suffice for the title of a biography of our beloved Adam West (he went with Back to the Batcave, while Burt Ward, in a tell all tall tale of supposive missed opportunities and female fan orgasms, went with Boy Wonder My Life in Tights).

His delightful, deadpan yet over the top acting was the cornerstone of one of TVs greatest pieces of tongue in cheek, surreal comedies. Of course I speak of the ahead-of-its-time Batman series that, while certainly less universally lauded as the more recent extremely dark and grim take on the DC Comic character, is far more awesome in my estimation. I just can’t imagine Christian Bale growling “In good bat-climbing as in good driving one must never sacrifice safety for speed!”.

West spent many years type cast as the caped crusader but recently has gained new popularity as a voice actor in many popular animated shows.

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Posted on July 11, 2010

Style Icons: Male »Ray and Charles Eames

Icons of American Design

While the work of Ray and Charles Eames is almost transparent in our time with it’s all encompassing influence of daily life, their design is no less popular today than when it was new. In fact, among today’s lovers of interiors and industrial art, they may even be more popular than ever (just try to scroll through a design blog or tumblr without running into a photo of thier work, or design inspired by them). I have even witnessed a certain friend literally fall in love with one of their rockers after bottles of wine were consumed at a party… no things didn’t get dirty, but his love for the chair was palpable. The simplicity of design, the clean lines and sense of joy that the team are known for elicit that kind of passion in fans.

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Posted on June 27, 2010

Style Icons: Male »Riccardo Tisci

Resort Spring 2011

I am pretty much head over heels for Riccardo Tisci‘s latest resort collection for Givenchy. Always a notable and unique designer for the famed house, (who has consistently received mixed reviews) but this vibrant, dramatic collection may just be his finest in my eyes. Of course, his Spring 2010 featuring those editorially ubiquitous zig zag graphic dressed and leggings also melted my heart.

Images from FabSugar and Style.com

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Posted on June 20, 2010

Style Icons: Male »Malick Sidibe

Malian Photographer

I randomly cam across an image by Malick Sidibe the other day and was instantly taken and mesmerized by the vibrant portrait photographers work. From Mali, Sidibe is most famous for his 1960s photos of youth culture in Bamako, Mali’s largest city that was, at the time undergoing immense changes (Mali had gained independence in 1960 then became a socialist state which was later overthrown at the end of the decade.)

The images are not only historically interesting but, for lack of a better word, amazingly cool. Fashion inspiration abounds.

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Posted on June 13, 2010

Style Icons: Male »Paco Rabanne

SciFi Fashion

This io9 article makes an interesting point about fashion taking more and more inspiration from the word of science fiction but modern science fiction turning its back on the world of fashion. If one man could merge the world of science fiction, entertainment and fashion it was Paco Rabanne. Well known for his far out metal dresses and stunning fantastic fashions for Barberella, Rabanne’s hey day were the swinging sixties, where as an enfant terribles he was a revolutionary visionary.

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Posted on June 6, 2010

Style Icons: Male »Ronnie James Dio

Metal Royalty

If you’ve ever done the heavy metal devil horns hand sign (and I am pretty sure you have) you must give thanks to this man, Ronnie James Dio, who popularized it after taking cues from his grandmother, who used the gesture to ward off the evil eye. The powerfully voiced and long locked frontman to Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath and Dio, Dio passed away last week after an up and down struggle with stomach cancer.

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Posted on May 23, 2010

Style Icons: Male »Frank Frazetta

R.I.P.

I normally don’t like to repeat recommendations here on Brix Picks and Frank Frazetta has already made two appearances before (once as an entry, once as a best of), but the man is my absolute favorite and I am just heart broken to hear of his passing. The true master of fantasy illustration, Frazetta brought to life a world of curvy, sword wielding women and large, death dealing warriors that as a child inspired me like no one else to go into making art (well, except for my dad, who introduced me to Frazetta with his huge, worn books that I would pour through in the basement).

Pour through a few of his best pieces below/after the jump and afterwards, be sure to watch or re-watch his most excellent animated masterpiece, Fire and Ice.

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Posted on May 16, 2010

Style Icons: Male »Guy Bourdin

Provocative Photographer

As a devoted Helmut Newton lover, I am a little shocked with myself for having so little knowledge about the equally provocative fashion photographer Guy Bourdin. Lucky for me, my photographer brother in law touts an impressive collection of Bourdin’s books to school me.

His career is beyond impressive, from Man Ray‘s protege to Vogue contributor to a legacy as one of the industries greatest artist (though a reluctant one). Am dying to see an older BBC documentary about him called Dreamgirls: The photographs of Guy Bourdin, but seems it can only be seen in segments on youtube for now (must watch this weekend). For now, enjoy a small collection below/after the jump of his work.

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Posted on May 2, 2010

Style Icons: Male »Louis Wain

Cat Lover

Who knew that the world’s biggest cat lady was in fact a man? Louis Wain began his career as a cat artist after a beloved pet got his wife through the pain of suffering from cancer. His anthropomorphous illustrations were quite popular in their day (being the 1880’s) and I’d die for one of his annuals. Sadly, he was struck by severe and escalating mental illness in his later years – a case that surely lends credence to the theory that toxoplasma can cause changes to human personalities – a theory expounded on in a fascinating Parasites  episode of Radio Lab. Wain didn’t stop painting and drawing cats while he was institutionalized and his work took on a wild psychedelic and geometric turn. I am surprised his work has not been embraced by the outsider art loving community like Henry Darger’s.

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Posted on April 25, 2010

Style Icons: Male »Pat Kiernan

NY1’s #1

You just don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone. Even though, thankfully, Pat Kiernan‘s absence from NY1’s morning news is only temporary (presumably he’s vacationing in Canada), it’s really made a dent in my morning ritual.

It’s little wonder that I’m definitely not the only New York that begins their day with the man; his dry wit and sense of humor hits exactly the right note with New Yorkers and I miss him.

Kristen Shaughnessy doesn’t even mercilessly poke fun at Roger Clark!

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Posted on April 11, 2010