October 23rd, 2012 — Art and Culture, Dress Up
The French fashion house’s Little Black Jacket exhibition has been touring the globe, making stops in New York, Berlin, Paris, Tokyo, currently in London at The Saatchi Gallery (until October 28th) and sadly skipping Los Angeles. Karl Lagerfeld has teamed up with Carine Roitfeld to photograph over 100 of their favorite muses in the iconic jacket. – Taryn Cox for THE WIFE
October 23rd, 2012 — About Me, Art and Culture, Article, Music, Pop Culture
This month I was very proud to add contributor to my resume. I was honored to be a part of Aleim Magazine’s 3rd issue, with the privilege of interviewing and photographing the up and coming “indie dream pop” sensation, Jean Noir.
September 21st, 2012 — Art and Culture, Dress Up
This Summer Louis Vuitton launched their latest collaboration with Japanesse artist Yayoi Kusama, perfect for the adventurous, bold, and vibrant Wife. The capsule collection will consist of ready to wear clothing, handbags, small accessories, shoes and jewelry.
The passionate artist’s love for spots has spread across the world resulting in a series of eccentric window displays for the French Fashion House, in addition to Selfridges (UK). The 84 year old has said she sees her life as “a dot lost among millions of other dots.” She is most defined by her signature style and obsession of endless polka dots, being reviewed as “obsessive, repetitive and rhythmic”. The reason being, a dot is a round shape that has no end and there for is infinite. This collection is definitely spot on.
Louis Vuitton’s other previous successful collaborations have included: Takashi Murakami (2003) and Stephen Sprouse (2001). What do you think of Louis Vuitton’s newest collaboration? – Taryn Cox for THE WIFE
September 21st, 2012 — Art and Culture, The Cultured WIFE
Yayoi Kusama (草間 彌生 or 弥生 Kusama Yayoi?, born March 22, 1929) is a Japanese artist and writer. Throughout her career she has worked in a wide variety of media, including painting, collage, sculpture, performance art and environmental installations, most of which exhibit her thematic interest in psychedelic colors, repetition and pattern. A precursor of the pop art, minimalist and feminist artmovements, Kusama influenced contemporaries such as Andy Warhol and Claes Oldenburg.Although largely forgotten after departing the New York art scene in the early 1970s, Kusama is now acknowledged as one of the most important living artists to come out of Japan, and an important voice of the avant-garde.
August 12th, 2012 — Art and Culture
Through hard work and a distinctive vision, Herb Ritts (1952–2002) fashioned himself into one of the top photographers to emerge from the 1980s. Ritts’s aesthetic incorporated facets of life in and around Los Angeles. He often made use of the bright California sunlight to produce bold contrasts, and his preference for outdoor locations such as the desert and the beach helped to separate his work from that of his New York-based peers. Ritts’s intimate portraiture, his modern yet classical treatment of the nude, and his innovative approach to fashion brought him international acclaim and placed him securely within an American tradition of portrait and magazine photography that includes Richard Avedon, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Irving Penn.
From the late 1970s until Ritts’s untimely death from complications in 2002, his ability to create images that successfully bridged the gap between art and commerce was not only a testament to the power of his imagination and technical skill but also marked the synergistic union between art, popular culture, and business that followed in the wake of the Pop Art movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
Herb Ritts: A New Documentary Film A new 12-minute documentary film on Herb Ritts screens daily on continuous loop in one of the two Orientation Theaters in the Museum Entrance Hall at the Getty Center. Watch the film on YouTube »
The Getty has extended the Herb Ritts exhibit through till September 2nd, 2012 in the west pavilion. For more information visit. www.getty.edu
"THE WIFE" is for the timeless wife or elegant wife to be. Whether THE WIFE favors a career working in the corporate world or has dedicated her time and efforts as a housewife, She always maintains a happy and healthy family. THE WIFE is an astounding woman and amazing mother, who proudly makes time for her husband and children. THE WIFE loves to cook, has a passion for party planning, a fondness for etiquette, adores decorating and keeping a beautiful home and of course dressing the part. THE WIFE cares about being "green" and takes the time to make her home environmentally friendly. Finally THE WIFE dedicates her spare time to charitable causes and giving back to her community.
- Miss Taryn Cox
