Private Collection: Teen Angst Journals
Life before blogging with five years of journals, dug up and explored.

What I (w)could buy, if I won
Real estate, art auctions and gadget drool, using "The Secret" method of winning.

Looking Back
Late 90s into the early 00s, lookbooks worth speaking about.

Tipping Point: Alexander Wang
Will 2010 be the year that the designer secures his standing within fashion's elite?

The Family, Richard Avedon.
The uncompromising austerity of the plain white background leaves no room to hide.

Invitations Only, Fashion Shows
Arc brings you these show invites from the early 2000s

Netflix Instants: Arc's Picks
Watching without a disc has become increasingly easier, and better. Watch these now.

Fashionable Anagram: Balmain
The creative chaos of a sole visionary is stolen and transformed into a global fashion brand.

+J Collection for Uniqlo

German minimalist, illustrious visionaire, textile goddess, Jil Sander has exclaimed “…I’m timeless for the moment,” when speaking about her line +J, a match made in shattered piggy bank heaven with Japanese conglomerate Uniqlo. She’s going back to her Hamburg studio to continue designing the future, ie. enjoying the ability to accentuate the harsh lines and frail frame of the rich and poor. Thank you Jil Sander, you’ve shined a charcoal shaded beam of light into my bleak, broke(n) and sad existence.

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The final post in this series is the Autumn Winter 1997 campaign. Creative direction is from Marc Ascoli, photography by David Sims, styling by Joe McKenna, and design by M/M Paris.

Third in our series is the Autumn Winter 1999 campaign. Again, creative direction is from Marc Ascoli, photography by Craig McDean, styling by Joe McKenna, and design by M/M Paris.

all images from Style.com

all images from Style.com

In the second of four posts, sad-blog returns to the original look books to bring you these images. Here is Spring Summer 1999, with creative direction from Marc Ascoli, photography by David Sims, styling by Joe McKenna, and design by M/M Paris.

It is always very remarkable when the foremost creatives in any business join forces, but these Jil Sander campaigns carved an aesthetic all of their own. In the first of four posts, sad-blog returns to the original look books to bring you these images. First up is Spring Summer 2000, with creative direction from Marc Ascoli, photography by Mario Sorrenti, styling by Joe McKenna, and design by M/M Paris.