Fashion 1984-1985.

New message from JScotter: Please read and share. This is more of a statement of individual expression rather than fashion. This was almost 30 years ago, and yet the ignorance and lack of recognition toward individuality has existed since before then and continues today.

Your average high school students interviewed about fashion. I love videos like these, because the eighties styles and editing pulls you in and then when you watch it, the personal life of these teens seeps through the cracks of the answers. "My dad hates it. But I don't live with him, so I don't care anyway." And then the last 7 seconds are just the best 7 seconds you'll spend today.

Lipsynka

Uploaded by DONXMEN on 2010-07-28.

"The name Lipsynka tells you what you're going to see. ... But I wanted the name to evoke also an exotic one-name fashion model, i.e. Veroushka, Willemina, Lipsynka." Lipsynka (real name John Epperson) was a drag act in the nineties who famously walked the catwalk for Thierry Mugler. You'll also remember her from the George Michael 'Too Funky' video (You'll find the 'behind the scenes below). I love videos like these because I'm a sucker for people who have one showbizz act that is being honed for decades. You can easily imagine an entire biopic filled with great ambitions, struggles and hopes just by watching the act unfold. The fact that she's doing the whole lipsynching-with-sailors-and-a-dwarf thing (clearly more of a nightclub scene) in a park filled with families on a day out only adds to the emotional layers behind random clips like these.

behind the scenes on set for George Michael "Too Funky" video. styling and directed by Thierry Mugler. 1992

Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Advert 1979

Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Femme Reklamı 1979 Daha Fazla Bilgi İçin Forumumuzu Ziyaret Edin http://www.parfumforum.com/yves-saint-laurent-rive-gauche-femme-bayan-parfumu-t477/

I think the reason Alexander McQueen and Yves Saint Laurent are the designers who must intruige me, is that they both have a sense of self-hatred and a disdain for the industry they are in. The duality of that personal struggle and the sleek fashion/commercial work that comes out of it is fascinating. Here's an ad clearly served up by the Madison Avenue ad men of the late seventies. The briefing is: "It's from women who are independent." The (rhyming) copy is: "For the girl who's so contemporary, she doesn't have time to marry." Nailed it!

All I Think About Is You - Harry Nilsson (1977)

The "official" video for Harry Nilsson's All I Think About Is You. Low budget and strange video, but a beautiful song.

I'm new to the Harry Nilsson catalogue. But I love this song and the simple weirdness of the video somehow enhances its beauty. Quote Wikipedia: "When John Lennon and Paul McCartney held a press conference in 1968 to announce the formation of Apple Corps, John was asked to name his favorite American artist. He replied, "Nilsson". Paul was then asked to name his favorite American group. He replied, "Nilsson". Harry later worked with Lennon and Ringo. Keith Moon died in his appartment in London.

Living Gonzo with Lil' B

Gonzoworld hook up with Lil B in his hometown for the weekend -- to get an exclusive insight into his truly Gonzo approach to life... In this final part we get down and dirty, partying with Lil B to pick up some of San Francisco's hottest chicks!

So many quotes in this one. This is Lil' B a.k.a. the based god just schoolin' the world, one soft-voiced, slowly articulated weirdness at a time.

"I personally stare at girls from inside a car."

"Double honk: I know you. Soft honk: I wanna talk to you. *Loud honk* I hate you."