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Posted on July 8, 2012
Style Icons: Female,Style Icons: Male »Best of Resort 2013 Part 1
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Posted on July 8, 2012
Style Icons: Male »Willie Nelson
Red Headed Stranger
I am very much feeling the long braid for men and Willie Nelson is kind of the master of it.
Of course, the singer (one of my favorites) has much more accomplishments than just that to warrant a spot among my style icons.
He’s a rebel. Even if just a tax evasion weed smoking rebel, he stands firm on his beliefs which are mostly to be thankful and kind to others which in many ways makes him more independent and bad ass than the money hungry ego centric rock stars of today.
He’s an amazing talent (no one sings or writes the way he can) and one that always inspires us older people to keep on with our passions. He didn’t achieve his height of success until he was forty, not that “success” was ever really this outlaw/country/hippie/icon’s goal. He mostly seems to want to be happy and make others happy with his music (only stopping to fight for causes he finds important like farmers rights and the legalization of marijuana).
His music is special – I know I’ve had days where nothing but a willie Nelson song will do. So, aside from his effortless cool look- not only with those braids, but a perfectly fitted black tee and worn jeans, Nelson is just an awesome guy whose music makes my world a better place.
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Posted on June 17, 2012
Books,Style Icons: Male »Ray Bradbury, The Vintage Bradbury
RIP
I’ve been wanting to write a little tribute to Ray Bradbury after his passing, but realized that it’s been some time since I read his books and thought revisiting his work was long overdue.
Jim and I have amassed quite a collection of his books from our teen years and I settled on The Vintage Bradbury, which I enjoyed immensely and only made his death sadder.
The stories I always most vividly remembered were of far away places like Mars or distant futures with wild (but not completely unrealistic) technologies (as in the memorable story The Veldt) but this time around, I responded more to his universal and terrestrial imaginings.
Many of his stories tackle relatable human fears and paranoia, whether giving birth or simply becoming aware of ones body, whether losing one’s status and sense of safety or finding out who you really are in your last moments – the horrors that face us daily.
A Vintage Bradbury is a “best of” collection, but one curated by the author himself and is a varied and thoroughly compelling read.
He was a prolific writer who helped bring speculative fiction to the main steam. A true original and an inspiration.
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Posted on June 15, 2012
Songs,Style Icons: Male »Jive Talkin, Robin Gibb
RIP
Disco is really taking a hit. Robin Gibb of the awesomely smooth Bee Gees recently passed away on the heels of disco great Donna Summer.
In tribute I suggest listening to Jive Talkin‘ at least several times. You’ll feel good and feeling good is what The Bee Gees were all about. A pretty great legacy to leave behind: smiling, dancing fans.
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Posted on May 24, 2012
Style Icons: Male »Vidal Sassoon
RIP
And the sad news keeps coming. Vidal Sassoon was the symbol of fancy style to a very young me.
Sitting in hair salons while my mom got a cut, the over-sized posters, the purple bottles- they hinted at an exotic, high class world of womanhood that I couldn’t wait to be a part of.
But long before those days, when Sassoon had become a household product name, he was being radder than I could have imagined.
Balancing style with ease, geometrics with the organic, he changed hair styles for women. The man created the classic bob for goodness sakes.
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Posted on May 13, 2012
Style Icons: Male »Maurice Sendak
RIP
Sad, sad news. Like so many, I grew up on Maurice Sendak. His illustrations weren’t just cute, they spoke to our fears and wildest imagination.
While Where the Wild Things Are is timeless and undoubtedly his most lasting and beloved book, I was personally most effected by the creepy Outside Over There, a haunting story of goblins kidnapping a little sister.
If you’re unfamiliar with it, I highly recommend you seek it out. It fueled whispering fantasies between my sister and I about what might lurk in the woods behind our house.
I guess that’s what I loved about Sendak’s work the most, like The Grimm brothers before him, his work wasn’t scared of children’s imagined sensitivities and frailties, it let us feel elated, frightened, hurt, thrilled, excited..
He was a true original and I will share his magical work with my kids who will no doubt share it with theirs.
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Posted on May 10, 2012
Style Icons: Male »Adam MCA Yauch
RIP
Maybe it’s because we that grew up listening to The Beastie Boys are at the age when horrible things realities like cancer and other illnesses no longer just seem like something that happens to other people. Maybe it’s because anyone my age has at least one vivid memory associated with the band (I have quite a few myself) but the tragic death of Adam Yauch, aka MCA, has hit people of my generation particularly hard.
It feels like someone we knew has passed on. It’s close to home and he was far, far too young.
He was the social conscience of the band, the one that brought some gravitas to the party. He and his Tibetan activist wife have a daughter, and the photo below just breaks my heart for them.
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Posted on May 4, 2012
Style Icons: Male »Aquirax Uno
Awesome Artist
There’s little information to be found about psychedelic artist Aquirax Uno but his vibrant, wild works speak for themselves.
I mean, wow!
