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Diablo Cody’s Shoe Stand

February 28th 2008 03:07
Diablo Cody - Just say NO

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Oscar Winner Diablo Cody



Latest Hollywood “it” girl Diablo Cody took home the Best Original Screenplay for Juno at the 80th Academy Awards on the weekend. Formerly an up close and personal stripper/blogger Cody has broken through the invisible barriers of the entertainment world to emerge as a respected word smith.

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Diablo with one of her many Awards Trophies



Making fashion headlines last week when news came that she would be attending the Oscars ceremony wearing million dollar diamond-encrusted Stuart Weitzman heels. Shame then that no one had told the strong willed artist about it.

Refusing the show pony route Diablo flat out refused to become Cinderella for a night. Over on her myspace page she wrote "They're using me to publicize their stupid shoes and NOBODY ASKED ME…I would never consent to a lame publicity stunt at a time when I already want to hide."

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Diablo Cody and Ellen Page doing Juno smiles


Embracing her creative independence it is not surprising that she refuses to whore herself and become another cog in the system. Obviously privacy is a priority now that she has control over her own destiny.

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Relaxing with out catering


Born Brook Busey-Hunt in 1978, she broke into writing with her tell all online diary of the adult entertainment world Pussy Ranch which inspired her best selling memoirs titled Candy Girl: A Year In The life of an unlikely Stripper.

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Three Degrees of Diablo fashion


Following the success of Candy Girl Diablo was encouraged to write a screenplay and the result was Juno. Thanks to the windfall of her debut effort she now has several projects fast tracked including a TV series starring Toni Collette and based on a Steven Spielberg concept titled “The United States of Tara”. Also on the horizon is a Horror/comedy Jennifer’s Body which will star Megan Fox and is described as a “Heathers” type laugh.

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On the Circuit


Giving all us struggling writers hope that our pasts will not dictate our future prospects. Hopefully not becoming tainted by the lure of wealth it’s reassuring to see someone with there own individual sense of style in wardrobe and life philosophy not pander to the glamour industry.


Here is an interview with Diablo Cody on the Oscar's Red carpet

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Ode to an Italian Dress

October 1st 2007 01:52
DOlce and Gabbana Summer 08 PAINTED BLACK DRESS
All images from http://eng.dolcegabbana.it


Flamboyant and theatrical, Dolce and Gabbana’s Summer 2008 collection is indeed replete with works of art. From the hand-painted fabrics, the obsession with intricate embellishments and details to the matte velvet lips, D & G invoke a Keats-ian realm - instead of a Grecian urn, this is my ode to an Italian dress


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In my habitual internet trawlings I came across quite a feat on the Prada website. Admittedly I didn’t much like this season’s collection but the means by which it is represented is a true cultural document. Prada demonstrates wit, self-reflexivity and pastiche in a way that many other ‘postmodernists’ should envy. As a European luxury brand, descended from a grand tradition to a commercial reality, Prada is a modern day icon but the self-representation offers an entirely new perspective on the brand.

Prada sunglasses
From Prada.com

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Gucci sucks

June 13th 2007 00:43
Just about anyone with any style steers clear of Gucci on the whole and their Autumn/Winter 07 collection only affirms that general principle. Let’s take a look at some examples.

Lily Donaldson in Gucci
From Gucci.com

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French, a singer and daughter of Serge, Charlotte Gainsbourg had to be gorgeous. Obviously inheriting more of her actress/model mother's (Jane Birkin of Hermes Birkin bag fame) looks than her brooding crooner dad. Recently she gained greater Australian exposure in The Science of Sleep, starring alongside Gael Garcia Bernaz as a Parisienne neighbour gradually drawn into a world of fantasy and phantasm. As you can see in this picture there was minimal attention paid to her hair and makeup, her wardrobe was dowdy and still she radiates beauty.

Charlotte Gainsbourg in the Science of Sleep
From MSN.com

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VivienneWestwood.com
From Viviennewestwood.com


After visiting the Victoria and Albert exhibition which travelled to the National Gallery in Canberra a few years ago, I’ve been obsessed with Vivienne Westwood. It’s not just that she’s sixty and has a beautiful thirty-year-old Italian lover, although that does impress me, and it’s not just that she’s been an inspiration for generations of fashionistas, mostly it’s because for Westwood, fashion is thought


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Balenciaga, Vernacular Fashion

May 31st 2007 00:33
Gemma Ward Balenciaga
From Style.com
After using Balenciaga as an example in my white shirt post I remembered what a stand-out collection Nicolas Ghesquière produced for Fall 2007 collection and I was reminded by our very own (why are we so patriotic when it comes to beautiful people) Gemma Ward wearing Balenciaga at Cannes.

Balenciaga Dress
From Style.com

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Bottega Veneta

May 23rd 2007 23:48
Bottega Veneta jacket
Exquisitely detailed leather jacket


This is a brand to which I was largely indifferent before stumbling across some of their pieces on net-a-porter.com which is incidentally where these images come from. Their recent string of advertisements in British and American Vogue also helped. A certain wistful nostalgia resonates through the garments while an accompanying attention to detail and quirk of cut pulls them out of the average everyday


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