Little 5 Points: [explicit word here] another animal attack in Atlanta. Wearing a 70′s bomber jacket looking like an extra in a Doobie Brothers video circa “What A Fool Believes“! Get the car keys and let’s hit the block. Can you imagine a million me’s walking down the block? Looking like that.
Show me–what’s your favorite spot in Little 5 Points? Can I–talk like it’s just you and I? Well, we spotted faux Louis Vuitton sneakers in the vintage store Rag‐O‐Rama (see bottom right photo), and headed straight for the door! Little 5 Points is often described as “bohemian”. Translation: a lot of homeless people, amateur musicians, piercings and tattoos. Five Points is credited with being the indie center of Atlanta–the house of the indie crowd, but many of the shops are a bore. In the past couple of years the pan handlers have become fiercly aggressive resulting in a total buzz kill when you are getting hassled every time you leave a location to visit another. Your thoughts too: don’t touch my fur my dear [Dominique Deveraux voice]. My friends – who have an eclectic taste and artsy flair – insisted we go to Little Five Points to look for clothes, aka peddling nothing better than the stuff you get at Goodwill or Salvation Army but they label it as “vintage”. Or maybe I’m just disppointed we came across some fake sh** at a store that appraises every piece of article they buy from customers. Somebody was sleeping on the job, obviously. I pulled out the Purell and wiped myself down and left. The rest of us will be enjoying our shopping time in Phillips Plaza. With Versace, Gucci, Theory and them. I hope this was helpful.
Little 5 Points
Moreland Ave NE AT Euclid Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30307
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TOM FORD VISIONARIES: Oprah Winfrey Network’s full-length footage highlighting world-renowned fashion designer and film director Tom Ford is available.
Tom Ford’s installment into the OWN: Visionaries brand shared a collective gasp of excitement for all of Ford’s fans, including myself. The promise of a rare, candid behind-the-scenes look at the designer and man seemed to good to be true! The documentary brings to light Ford’s every day happenings, as to let you into the otherwise closed quarters of his rather particular lifestyle. I’ve always admired the unique and subliminal masculinity of the Ford brand–the ‘mixed-in’ masculinity and sensuality for some of the women’s designs as well. While most people think of the Texas native in regards to his overwhelming impact on the fashion industry, there is much more than meets the eye with the well-versed creative. He is also a well-respected Oscar nominated film director whose talents expand far beyond simply building an unmistakable fashion empire. View the entire piece above to gain further insight into the highly intriguing man that is Tom Ford. –>Inside Story
Pictorial journal. Hocus pocus, sequins are not just for parties. I’m not sure if it really matters, but I like it for late afternoons. Kind of like an innocent vice but way festive when it hits the light. “With my eyes turned to the past I walk backwards into the future.” Oh, the tales of a rolling stone age. I’m moving wherever the winds blows. Trying to keep it steady but, anything under 90 mph feels strange. I understand not everyone can relate to what I appreciate — A boulevard called sunset, a lounge called Suede and sand in January. Just a few more rounds until my feet touch the ground back in Miss New York City. –>Inside Story
He is back in Atlanta. New friends. Oh how I missed you Haute Atlanta. Oh how I love you new friends. The table seated a diverse group of cool kids, banker-accounting types, artsy smartsies, and ATL movers & shakers. Fashion and dinner is a reflex for us. And what better way to celebrate having a reflex than to break bread with the fashionable. Ocean Prime, this is grand pretensions dining at it’s best. This place is fantastic and the “it” place to be if you are looking for an upper echelon dining experience. Piano music at the bar. Check. Private rooms equipped with TVs to watch whatever and 4 servers to answer your beckoned call. Check. Wonderful cold Heinekens. Check. Ambiance and decor…top notch. Not to mention my lobster tails, divine! Finally a fresh tasting, nicely prepared seafood restaurant with an ambiance and decor that doesn’t remind my of a large seafood shack while enjoying a beer! This is a nice new addition to Buckhead’s restaurant scene. Ocean Prime has a retro mixed with modern feel.
Ocean Prime
3102 Piedmont Rd NE
Atlanta, GA 30305
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Phifer playing dress up with Marilyn. Do you dress much? Such moments are too scarce when two brands collaborate on a product, –creating a vicarious experience of opulence. I’m wearing the Android Homme luxury sneakers curated by Heineken. Is that pony hair? #Opulence for the foot. Razzle-dazzle even. Recently I received these limited-edition lux sneakers (only 100 produced) courtesy of the #Heineken100 club and Team Epiphany. (I love this 1 0f 100 influencer trump card). Details though: Lifestyle label Android Homme, founded in 2008 by Javier Laval, is a footwear brand that combines avant-garde style of high-end designs with a streetwise sensibility. The luxury shoe brand partnered with Heineken using the iconic Android Homme 2.5 Propulsion sneaker/boot for a collaboration utilizing a sleek black leather upper with pony hair on the ankle and tongue, a green inner lining, and the Heineken logo stamped on the side of the shoe. (This is a boasting and gloating type of shoe. The details are punch lines, –fast and furious).
PHOTO: Phifer playing dress up in the Android Homme x Heineken 2.5 Propulsion Sneaker + Check out the exclusive video showcasing the collab between Heineken and Android Homme captured by photographer extraordinaire Mel D. Cole. Inside you can view the Android Homme x Heineken Sneaker event video. Thank you, and you’re welcome. –>Inside Story
Solange Knowles, she roars out of the fashion speakers on the strength of her propulsive sense of style. Knowles dresses with enough frantic, quavering intensity to make you believe she really is crazy in love with fashion. In that cauldron of energy, Solange’s style is loose and sexy, gripped by emotions she can neither understand nor control. Her closet seems like a massive block party, with attending styles from the modern nouveau riche, Poetic Justice-long braid, and the Parisian women who actually knew Coco. Solange oozes charisma and has a fine catalog of what-to-wear. She has been serving the kids for awhile now, and her style gets better with time. Solange brings an electronica-tinged update on classic style and definitely has hipster tendencies. Perfect. Thank God somebody came to work. –>Inside Story
The spotlight’s hitting something. 2012 welcomes the birth of Pretty Flacko. So much to do and say, so much to see. Go ahead and polar bear plunge to the new year. We at the corner of “give it to ‘em” and “they don’t want it.” Just a few Georgia peaches chasing down a ocean view, pick-a-boo! Keep it up, we gon show you how we party. The architecture of happiness: When we run off for the weekend and the weightless feeling that accompanies us. The clocks ticking to electric music — solid walls of sound. The darkness seems to soothes me while sipping on a dry spirit. Little Egypt Wavy facing these changes, filled my cup with sauvignon blanc for a toast progress. The DJ booked my honeymoon on the dance floor, the most civilized way to open the doors to dos mil doce.
The Birth of Pretty Flacko New Years Eve 2012 with Sham Shirley –>Inside Story
Prep Jerks Holiday Release — “‘Tis the season for giving and receiving, but for us it’s more about giving. Though this season has proven to be harsh and unforgiving we have persevered to bring you guys a bit of holiday relief. Newly available items include 2 fine jersey t-shirt and 1 extra soft ring-spun combed cotton Raglan. Be sure to swing by the Online Shop while supplies last.”
The Brand: “In effort to create the most original and timeless pieces all of our garments are hand pressed. Our brands intent is to provide an alternative prospective to the conventional world of casual wear. This is where high-end meets carefree independent lifestyle. Prep Jerks ® is a high-end independent lifestyle brand based out of Los Angeles, California. Our company was born in the Summer of the year 2005. We believe in quality over quantity which is why each item is produced in limited numbers.”
Sham Shirley
Having transitioned into a more self-mythologizing style, Marquis Phifér has gotten conceptual on you all: His fourth-year (or 5th) installment into the LateBoots brand offers two lifestyles, a collection of heartfelt hustles credited to Phifér in college and a idiosyncratic style credited to his “Prima Donna,” street ways–the more brash, male-empowering alter ego. Though some of the slow summers have thoroughly memorable wins, Phifér boasts his most adventurous hustle yet: life after college in New York. Another plus: The boy who blew up going all melismatic with the flashiest Bob Fosse-meets-rap bravado-moves woke up from the New Years party with a fashion hangover. Hosted at the private Houston home of Glytch Media President Terry Thierry, last night was like a gospel sanctimony and old-fashioned showbiz razzle-dazzle. Chic homes and small waist for twenty twelve. And we playin Jigga.
//Eurodisco New Years Eve 2012 With Prima Donna Phifér & Friends! –>Inside Story
Pictured with Jay-Z New Years Eve 2010 in Las Vegas just twelve months ago. And as the timepiece sacheyed to 12:01am Kanye became a fashion trending topic for the 2011 calender. No-No-No, this is more about your style of living oppose to clothes–lavish dreams, lookin clean, hella green. In this lifetime you either get it or not. Lifestyles are negotiable. Kanye West is my BEST for most things, no shit. Not shocked or gagged right. But before this year was over you knew Phifer had another Kanye initiave under his velvet shoes. I could careless about the others style. Kanye has delievered you trends next day express–everybody had it. Leather pant, Versace for H&M, shirt wrapped around the waist, the Givenchy tour clothes. If you take a gander at his style archives West gets ridiculously maximal, blowing past all the rules of hip-hop, even though, for the past half-decade, he’s been the one inventing the fashion rules. I’ve renamed Kanye, it’s Kanye Best. No West. Just Best. –>Inside Story
Kids on Crosby in the street drinking wine. I’ll show you how to do this son! Derek is so good to us. He needs an extra day or month on the calender. I am dying at this Women’s collection. Both Resort and Spring. Your closet should be dreaming. And with my whole being I support the creative minds behind these garments. Derek Lam‘s recent line 10 Crosby, named after the address of his company’s headquarters in New York, is a new collection inspired by the cool, downtown girls he sees around the neighborhood. Now you want to relocate right? This is what we call the proper adDress: Travel all across the city in colorful garments–Crosby in the Spring. Get into the collections my dear!
And it’s not even birthday! Beautiful things come in small packages with a velvet touch — powerful yet simple with an uncommon elegance. This new release carries strong attention to detail and made a cozy home kicking off my arm party. Beauty is compatible with red-hot performance. Rhod bracelets from the delightfully forward thinking @RRhoxy, one half of the brother and sister duo “Rhu & Rho”, are available for online purchase now. Subtract a few coins from your Christmas money and SHOP SHOP SHOP. Available at http://therhod.com/.
Sham Shirley