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No, this isn't another video of Naomi planting a Cocoa tree in Africa or throwing a cell phone at her (new / newest) assistant.  This video actually has some truth to it.  Watch it, appreciate the beautiful Rodarte dresses, then read below.

What's crazy is when Knight says how he has been denied by certain brands when he asked to bring in black models.  What's even crazier is the thought that by selecting certain images that get used in advertisements and magazines cause a silent division and alienation amongst people- I say- especially women( the whole, "I'm not pretty because I don't look like the girl on the billboard" thing).

Naomi Campbell stands up to the plate every time to fill the role of (I hate the fact that I have to type this next phrase) "the beautiful black model." but the truth is there are tons of other "Naomi's" out there, tons of other Knight's who suggested newbies like Joy Bryant, or Jourdan to be the faces of LV, Miu Miu, or Prada.

What's the hold up?  Why the veto?

Yves Saint Laurent said it best, "a good model can change fashion by ten years," and I say the rest, well the rest is just irrelevant...

Jeff Koons is laughing at us.  Or at least I'd like to think he is. 

In an attempt to bring to life his fascination with everyday objects, much like what Marcel Duchamp did with his ready mades, Koons has taken something so insignificant like a balloon dog and blown it up 500 times its normal size and created such a hoopla around it that Whitewall junkies don't know what do with themselves.  I'd like to call his art highly significant in the sense that it comments on something highly philosophical and profound. Like truth, life, death, or happiness. Only it is highly significant for reasons all the opposite, because yet it is another example of how the "art world" creates art. Koons- by perching his shiny toys on the roof and having old women, hipsters, and tourists from Middle American swooning over his creations has generated such an aura of awe around something that he probably got inspired to create while passing by a parade. Here I am now, reading into him, and trying to dissect him and trying to place all these pieces together about him that seem kind of random.

Genius. 

Jeff Koons, you win.

but you don't know love like how Pablo Neruda knows love.
I was put onto poet Pablo Neruda today by my friend, sweet Julia. Overall, poetry can be kinda tricky, but Pablo Neruda is not like that.
He's sexual, romantic, and emotionally charged. Your not human if you haven't been through emotions like that! One of his best works, "Veinte poemas de amor y una cancion desesperada" (Twenty Poems and songs of Despair) shows not his love for all women, but his love for one woman. He digs into the mysteriousness of the crush, then the chase, then the allure, then the bliss, then the longing and in the finale- the sadness- of what loving someone can bring.
Gotta love those South American men.

By far the coolest thing I have done. Its just as beautiful at the top than at the bottom. The photos will walk you through........peace to Gabby and Lex- My Mexicana Warriors!!! ( well they're not really Mexican- they were just for holiday weekend)

After we went to Frida Karlo and Diego Rivera's studio we popped into this old world Hacienda style house. We were just walking the streets soaking in the scenery and then we saw this house. We noticed a "for sale" sign all around it. Right as we were snapping some photos of the palace the door opened and this guy came out. He asked if we were interested in the house and I said- in my broken spanglish- yes, can we take a look inside. Sure enough we got the tour....

Turns out the woman who lived there name was Patricia Morales. Crazy.

I just got back from Mexico City today. In attempts to break it down- here are some photos that still won't do my trip justice. Let's start with the hotel. The Condesa DF used be a apartment building. Now it is a boutique hotel that gives a vibe of the islands and old world Mexico. The buffet every morning was supreme. Fresh watermelon juice, granola that would make Kashi cry, and the best donuts. We did breakfast like dinner. No rush, just chilled out and talked for like 2 hours before we started the day. I'm gonna be missing that tomorrow!