Well it sure has been a minute since we’ve had the chance for another addition to our beloved {MUSIC MINUTE} corner of our blog. Things have been really hectic and full, which is great, but with summer officially in full swing we are hoping to take the opportunity to put up more content here to…
Tag: American
{STYLE WISE} Baby, It’s Cold Outside . . . “The Ice Storm” Style (1997)
November 22, 2018 marked the record for the coldest Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade of all time, and all around the U.S.A. record lows were recorded, but it didn’t stop Lady Diana Ross from looking glamorous and fabulous as ever! When I think of cold Thanksgivings, I can’t help but think of one of our favourite films…
HOW HONEST ARE YOU? Vintage Educational PSA {c. 1950}
We showcased SHY-GUY (1947) and SELF-CONSCIOUS GUY (1951), but now its time to ask yourself “HOW HONEST ARE YOU?” A high school basketball team gets in a bit of a mix-up thanks to a nosy girlfriend who needs to ask herself the question. What you saw, and what you heard are very different things, and…
{MUSIC MINUTE} The Original “Stroll” circa. February 1958
“The Stroll” was a slow rock n roll dance popular into the mid to late 1950s embraced by cool teens across America. Classic concept: boys on one side, girls on the other – the paired up couples then strut their stuff down the line. A precursor to the iconic Soul Train Line … we…
{MUSIC MINUTE} Burt Bacharach “Theme from The Blob”
Indescribable… indestructible… insatiable… It crawls… It creeps… …
{STYLE WISE} ANTONIONI’S “ZABRISKIE POINT” +BLOW IT UP!!!+
Our latest addition to the altar of E.O.F. {STYLE IDOLS & DIVINITIES) was the impossibly stunning Mark Frechette, whose stardom originates as the handsome hero of Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1970 counter-culture cult classic Zabriskie Point. We thought it apropos to delve into the fantastic and fundamental stylish-ness of this poignant and severely under-rated film. Whilst the flower…
E.O.F {STYLE IDOL} + MARK FRECHETTE +
What do all of our E.O.F. {STYLE IDOLS & DIVINITIES} have in common? Perhaps its a lust for life? A certain je na sais quois . . . the X-factor; whatever you want to call it, these men and women are imbued with a magnetic spirit that entices us to go above and beyond- and…
Diary of a Small Town: Vintage Dreams + Nightmares {Vintage Style Moody Mood Board Inspiration}
We have quite the tale in store for you today at The Eye of Faith. . . This one is taken from the darkest depths of our imagination and tells the hidden tales of a quaint small town, not too far from where you sit. It could be any small town, but this one…
{STYLE IDOL} Jean-Michel Basquiat
+ jean michel basquiat {French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ miˈʃɛl baskija]; December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988} 1. artist. style icon. 2. academic; a little underground; a little street; archaic African; American hip-hop; Classic; Refined; Cultured; Gritty; Nitty; Bad Ass; Post-Punk; Anti-Conservative; Painted. Layered; Tough; Rugged; Tribal; NYC. 3. timeless. 4. cool. + I don’t listen to…
E.O.F. STYLE IDOL: Peter Beard {Into the Wild}
HALF BYRON / HALF TARZAN – Bob Colacello on Beard in “Holy Terror” + {b, 1938} Who wouldn’t want to be Peter Beard ? The “wayward wasp” from New York City was born to wealth, coming from an aristocratic family (his great grandfather founded the Great Northern Railway in 1857; his grandfather, Pierre Lorillard III, a…
