#jill goldstein

[wowie206]

Ted Lasso and Sunny are like my favorite shows ever. Crossover of the century.

(Picture is taken from Jill Latiano’s instagram)

[mymilovesfashion]

[2023 year in review ~ Vogue UK]

JAN - Iman Abdulmajid

FEB - Priyanka Chopra Jonas 

MAR - A$AP Rocky, Rihanna

APR - Jill Kortleve, Paloma Elsesser, Precious Lee

MAY - Aaron Rose Philip, Ellie Goldstein

MAY (digital) - Halle Bailey

JUN - Miley Cyrus

JUL - Janelle Monae, Rina Sawayama, Miriam Margolyes

AUG - Maya Jama

SEP - Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell

SEP (digital) - Coleen Rooney

OCT - Leonardo Dicaprio, Lily Gladstone

NOV - Adut Akech, Adwoa Aboah, Emily Ratajkowski, Irina Shayk, Karen Elson, Mona Tougaard

DEC - Olivia Colman, Tilda Swinton, Stormzy, Little Simz, Kate Moss, Lila Moss, Jodie Comer

[sparkie96]

“Deal with the Devil: Birth of Nero” Chapter 17: “The Ties That Bind”

Chris had awoken to Leon talking to someone in his hospital bed, the Omega's voice soft and soothing to the ears as he talked to…whoever he was talking to about “How sleepy” the person was getting. With a yawn, Chris rubbed the sleep from his eyes and scanned the room, checking to see if Becca or Jill had come to check on them. Dante was gone, having stepped out a while ago to get some pizza. Other than all of those details, Chris was about to go back to sleep when he noticed everything seemingly had been alright.

It took Chris a moment to realize the empty chamber in the crib, nothing there except for what looked like crystallized shells.

After getting up and out of the chair he had been dozing in, Chris went over to examine the pieces when he heard a shrill chirp, making him freeze. He slowly turned his head to the source, seeing big gold eyes staring at him from over Leon’s shoulder. Little antenna-like horns twitched and stood upright, seemingly “tuning” in his direction.

”Leon?” Chris called softly, seeing little claws flex as those eyes watched him, Leon turning then, “Everything okay?”

Leon smiled, giving a little nod, rubbing the back of the little blue and red scaled body in his arms, the little creature no bigger than a football, “Yeah. Everything’s fine. Just comforting Nero.”

Chris raised a brow as Leon carefully turned Nero around to look at Chris and to give Chris a better look at Nero at the same time.

He definitely didn’t look anything like a normal baby. Not by any means.

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Edward Enninful's British Vogue (December 2017-March 2024)

December 2017: Adwoa Aboah by Steven Meisel

January 2018: Taylor Swift by Mert & Marcus

February 2018: Margot Robbie & Nicole Kidman by Juergen Teller

March 2018: Gigi Hadid & Bella Hadid by Steven Meisel

April 2018: Gugu Mbatha-Raw by Mikael Jansson

May 2018: Vittoria Ceretti, Halima Aden, Adut Akech, Faretta Radic, Paloma Elsesser, Radhika Nair, Yoon Young Bae, Fran Summers & Selena Forrest by Craig McDean

June 2018: Cara Delevinge by Steven Meisel

July 2018: Ariana Grande by Craig McDean

August 2018: Oprah Winfrey by Mert & Marcus

September 2018: Rihanna by Nick Knight

October 2018: The Beckham's by Mikael Jansson

November 2018: Fran Summers by Inez and Vinoodh

December 2018: Stella Tennant, Adut Akech, Primrose Archer & Saffron Vadher by Steven Meisel

January 2019: Dua Lipa by Nadine Ijewere

February 2019: Emma Stone by Craig McDean

March 2019: Naomi Campbell by Steven Meisel

April 2019: Naomi Scott by Nick Knight

May 2019: Kate Moss by Mikael Jansson, Jamie Hawkesworth & Inez & Vinoodh

June 2019: Madonna by Mert & Marcus

July 2019: Zoë Kravitz by Steven Meisel

August 2019: Karlie Kloss by Steven Meisel

September 2019: Adut Akech, Gemma Chan, Greta Thunberg, Jameela Jamil, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Adwoa Aboah, Jacinda Ardern, Francesca Hayward, Ramla Ali, Christy Turlington, Salma Hayek, Sinéad Burke, Jane Fonda, Laverne Cox & Yara Shahidi by Peter Lindbergh

October 2019: Kaia Gerber by Steven Meisel

November 2019: Jourdan Dunn by Nick Knight

December 2019: Emma Watson by Alasdair McLellan

January 2020: Taylor Swift by Craig McDean

February 2020: Lupita Nyong’o by Steven Meisel

March 2020: Irina Shayk by Mert & Marcus

April 2020: Jodie Comer by Steven Meisel

May 2020: Rihanna by Steven Klein

June 2020: Judi Dench by Nick Knight

July 2020: Rachel Millar, Narguis Horsford & Anisa Omar by Jamie Hawkesworth

August 2020: Reset by Mert Alas, Lubaina Himi, Alasdair McDean, Craig McDean, Nadine Ijewere, Nick Knight, David Hockney, David Bailey, Martin Parr, Marcus Piggot, Jamie Hawkesworth, Tim Walker, Juergen Teller & David Sims

September 2020: Marcus Rashford & Adwoa Aboah by Misan Harriman

October 2020: Emma Corrin by Charlotte Wales

November 2020: Serena Williams by Zoë Ghertner

December 2020: Beyoncé by Kennedi Carter

January 2021: Kate Moss by Mert & Marcus

February 2021: Dua Lipa by Emma Summerton

March 2021: Angelina Jolie by Craig McDean

April 2021: Janaye Furman, Precious Lee, Mona Tougaard & Achenrin Madit by Steven Meisel

May 2021: Thandiwe Newton by Mikael Jansson

June 2021: Billie Eilish by Craig McDean

July 2021: Malala Yousafzai by Nick Knight

August 2021: Margot Robbie by Lachlan Bailey

September 2021: Gemma Chan by Hanna Moon

October 2021: Zendaya by Craig McDean

November 2021: Adele by Steven Meisel

December 2021: Lady Gaga by Steven Meisel

January 2022: Kristen McMenamy by Steven Meisel

February 2022: Amar Akway, Majesty Amare, Akon Changkou, Nyagua Ruea, Abény Nhial, Maty Fall, Janet Jumbo, Adut Akech & Anok Yai by Rafael Pavarotti

March 2022: Naomi Campbell by Steven Meisel

April 2022: Anya Taylor-Joy by Craig McDean & Queen Elizabeth ll by Antony Armstrong-Jones

May 2022: Lila Moss by Steven Meisel

June 2022: Gisele Bündchen by Steven Meisel

July 2022: Beyoncé by Rafael Pavarotti

August 2022: Cara Delevingne, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana DeBose, Jordan Barrett & Munroe Bergdorf by Mert & Marcus

September 2022: Linda Evangelista by Steven Meisel

October 2022: Timothée Chalamet by Steven Meisel

November 2022: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Tribute

December 2022: Simone Ashley, Senna Miller, Yasmin Finney & Elizabeth Debicki by Scot Trindle

January 2023: Iman by Nadine Ijewere

February 2023: Priyanka Chopra Jonas by Zoë Ghertner

March 2023: Rihanna, A$AP Rocky & son by Inez & Vinoodh

April 2023: Jill Kortleve, Precious Lee & Paloma Elsesser by Inez & Vinoodh

May 2023: Sinéad Burke, Selma Blair, Aaron Rose Philip, Justina Miles & Ellie Goldstein by Adama Jalloh

June 2023: Miley Cyrus by Steven Meisel

July 2023: Miriam Margolyes, Janelle Monae & Rina Sawayama by Tim Walker

August 2023: Maya Jama by Steven Meisel

September 2023: Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford & Christy Turlington by Rafael Pavarotti

October 2023: Lily Gladstone & Leonardo DiCaprio by Craig McDean

November 2023: Emily Ratajokwski, Adwoa Aboah , Irina Shayk, Adut Akech, Karen Elson & Mona Tougaard by Sean Thomas

December 2023: Kate Moss,Lila Moss, Olivia Colman, Jodie Comer, Stormzy, Little Simz & Tilda Swinton by Tim Walker

January 2024: Emma Watson, Tolu Coker, Priya Ahluwalia Torishéju Dumi & Amber Valletta by Charlote Wales

February 2024: Julia Roberts by Lachlan Bailey

March 2024: Karen Elson, Irina Shayk, Laverne Cox, Anya Taylor-Joy, Serena Williams, Rina Sawayama, Karlie Kloss, Jourdan Dunn, Amber Valletta, Precious Lee, Cindy Crawford, Jodie Comer, Gemma Chan, Adut Akech, Vittoria Ceretti, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Cara Delevingne, Jane Fonda, Gigi Hadid, Linda Evangelista, Adwoa Aboah, Miley Cyrus, Paloma Elsesser, Iman, Victoria Beckham, Ariana DeBose, Jameela Jamil, Oprah Winfrey, Salma Hayek, Christy Turlington, Selma Blair, Maya Jama, Anok Yai, Kate Moss, Kaia Gerber, Cynthia Erivo, Naomi Campbell, Simone Ashley, Dua Lip & Lila Moss by Steven Meisel

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Ages after Round 1

After 3,5 days (1 year and 9 month) the current ages of Uberhood's inhabitants are:

If you didn't notice: there is now a Masterpost with all families (might contain mild spoilers): click!

You can also read the whole round 1 in chronological order if you click here!

89: Luis Aspir 86: Carlos Contender 64: Olive Specter, Patrizio Monty 60: Dora Ottomas 59: Mortimer Goth 58: Herb Oldie 57: Isabella Monty, Consort Capp 56: Coral Oldie, Betty Goldstein, PT9 Smith 55: Denise Jacquet, Herbert Goodie, Faith Goodie, Catherine Viejo 51: Jenny Smith 50: Daniel Pleasant 49: Mary-Sue Pleasant 46: Jason Cleveland 45: Marissa Cleveland 44: Edward Contrary, Albany Capp 43: Benjamin Baldwin, Stephen Tinker 42: Vivian Cho, Morty Roth 41: Isabel Baldwin, Wanda Tinker, Opal Contrary, Marcel Jocque, Sophia Jocque, Stella Roth 38: Darren Dreamer 37: Gilbert Jacquet, Buzz Grunt 36: Checo Ramirez, Leod McGreggor 35: Florence Delarosa 34: Antonio Monty 33: Loki Beaker, Pascal Curious 32: Timothy Riley, Lisa Ramirez, John Burb, Goneril Capp, Peter Ottomas, Lola Curious, Cornwall Capp 31: Armand DeBateau, Victor Aspir, Elizabeth Aspir, Issac Bell, Hannah Bell, Brandi Broke, Rose Greenman, Jason Greenman 30: Jessica Peterson, Circe Beaker, Ajay Loner, Erin Beaker, Samantha Ottomas 29: Sanjay Ramaswami, Vidcund Curious, Bianca Monty 28: Ramir Patel, Jennifer Burb, Alexandra O'Mackey, Priya Ramaswami 27: Ana Patel, Patricia Wan, Kristen Loste, Gabe O'Mackey 26: Gabriel Green, Matthew Picaso, Andrew Martin, Nervous Subject, Cassandra Goth, Regan Capp 25: Chastity Gere, Sharon Wirth, Jessica Picaso, Kent Capp, Oberon Summerdream 24: Samantha Cordial, Kimberly Cordial, Geoff Rutherford, Malcolm Landgraab IV, Chester Gieke, Jason Larson, Jodie Larson, John Mole, Trent Traveller, Julien Cooke, Nathan Gavigan, Mary Gavigan, Cyd Roseland, Robert Kim, Cynthia Kim, Tara Kat, Cleo Shikibu, Dina Caliente, Nina Caliente, Don Lothario, Lazlo Curious, Chloe Curious, Titania Summerdream 23: Connor Weir, Natasha Una, Trisha Traveller, 22: Gunnar Roque, Jane Stacks 21: Roxie Sharpe, Jonah Powers, Guy Wrightley, Mickey Dosser, Monica Bradfort, Ashley Pitts, Brittany Upsnott, Allyn Monty 20: Mitch Indie, Max Flexor, Delilah O'Feefe, Edwin Sharpe, Marla Biggs, Phineaus Furley, Ellen Frost, Chaz Whippler, Emily Lee, Tom Freshe, Matthew Hart, DJ Verse, Sarah Love, Jessie Pilferson, Jasmine Rai, Zoe Zimmerman, Frances J. Worthington III, Aldric Davis, Almeric Davis, William Williamson, Blossom Moonbeam, Klara Vonderstein, Stella Terrano, Martin Ruben, Allegra Gorey, Joshua Ruben, Kevin Beare, Castor Nova, Tiffany Sampson, Heather Huffington, Sam Thomas, Jared Starchild, Ty Bubbler, Jimmy Phoenix, Erik Swain 19: Johnny Smith, Hailey Goodie 18: Ophelia Nigmos, Swan Goodie 17: Tank Grunt, Andrzej Goodie 16: Mercutio Monty, Tybalt Capp 15: Ripp Grunt, Romeo Monty, David Ottomas 14: Justin Cleveland, Angela Pleasant, Lilith Pleasant, Puck Summerdream, Juliette Capp 13: Rick Contrary, Violat Jocque, Dustin Broke, Hermia Capp, Sandra Roth, Jacob Martin 12: Melody Tinker, Dirk Dreamer, Jules O'Mackey, Miranda Capp, 11: Tara DeBateau, Gavin Newson, Ginger Newson 09: Sofia Baldwin, Lucy Burb, Jill Smith, Bottom Summerdream, Alexander Goth, Buck Grunt, Hal Capp, Beatrice Monty, Benedick Monty, 08: Sally Riley, Daniel Bell, Desdemonda Capp, Sharla Ottomas 07: Tessa Ramirez, Tina Traveller, Isaiah Gavigan, Gabriella Newson, Gallagher Newson, Justin Kim, Xander Roth 05: Beau Broke 04: Markus Baldwin, Etsu Cho 03: Pauline Aspir, Garett Newson, Georgia Newson, Daisy Greenman 02: Ariel Capp, Tommy Ottomas 01: Willow Patel, Ian Broke, Winona Curious, Kevin Ottomas, Nadja Ottomas 00: Frank Tinker, Wendy Bell, Felicity Gavivan, Nicolas Greenman, Octavia Greenman, Victor Roth, Felix Smith, Isolde Capp, Otis Ramaswami

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THE BOOKS I READ IN 2022, in the order in which I read them (*books I read before, that I was reading again):

Alexandra Chang, Days of Distraction 

Elizabeth Miki Brina, Speak, Okinawa 

Cynthia Dewi Oka, Fire Is Not a Country 

Hanif Abdurraqib, Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest 

*Cathy Park Hong, Minor Feelings 

Victoria Chang, Dear Memory 

*Etel Adnan, Of Cities & Women (Letters to Fawwaz)

Sun Yung Shin, The Wet Hex 

traci kato-kiriyama, Navigating With(out) Instruments 

Raquel Gutiérrez, Brown Neon

Solmaz Sharif, Customs 

*Etel Adnan, Journey to Mount Tamalpais 

Lucille Clifton, Generations: A Memoir 

Emerson Whitney, Heaven 

Kim Thúy, em, tr. Sheila Fischman 

Angel Dominguez, Desgraciado (the collected letters) 

Janice Lee, Separation Anxiety 

*Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Dictee

*Cathy Park Hong, Translating Mo’um 

Kyoko Hayashi, From Trinity to Trinity, tr. Eiko Otake 

Lao Yang, Pee Poems, tr. Joshua Edwards & Lynn Xu 

Yuri Herrera, A Silent Fury: The El Bordo Mine Fire, tr. Lisa Dillman (

Mai Der Vang, Yellow Rain

Chuang Hua, Crossings 

José Watanabe, Natural History, tr. Michelle Har Kim

Walter Lew, Excerpts from: ∆IKTH 딕테/딕티 DIKTE, for DICTEE (1982) 

*Bhanu Kapil, The Vertical Interrogation of Strangers 

Vasily Grossman, An Armenian Sketchbook, tr. Robert & Elizabeth Chandler

Hiromi Kawakami, Parade, tr. Allison Markin Powell 

Lynn Xu, And Those Ashen Heaps That Cantilevered Vase of Moonlight 

*Etel Adnan, Sitt Marie Rose, tr. Georgina Kleege 

Jennifer Soong, Suede Mantis/Soft Rage 

*James Baldwin, No Name in the Street 

*Hilton Als, The Women

Dot Devota, >She 

V.S. Naipaul, The Return of Eva Perón 

Yasushi Inoue, The Hunting Gun, tr. Sadamichi Yokoo and Sanford Goldstein

Molly Murakami, Tide goes out 

Adrian Tomine, Shortcomings 

Hisham Matar, A Month in Siena 

Leia Penina Wilson, Call the Necromancer 

Gabriel García Márquez, News of a Kidnapping, tr. Edith Grossman 

Amitava Kumar, Bombay-London-New York 

Elizabeth Alexander, The Trayvon Generation 

Ryan Nakano, I Am Minor 

Constance Debré, Love Me Tender, tr. Holly James 

Hilton Als, My Pin-up 

Victoria Chang, The Trees Witness Everything 

Leslie Kitashima-Gray, The Pink Dress: A Story from the Japanese American Internment 

Emmanuel Carrère, Yoga, tr. John Lambert 

Ronald Tanaka, The Shino Suite: Sansei Poetry 

Patricia Y. Ikeda, House of Wood, House of Salt

Soichi Furuta, to breathe 

Kiki Petrosino, Bright 

Sueyeun Juliette Lee, Aerial Concave Without Cloud 

Nanao Sakaki, Real Play

Esmé Weijun Wang, The Collected Schizophrenias 

Francis Naohiko Oka, Poems 

Geraldine Kudaka, Numerous Avalanches at the Point of Intersection 

Steve Fujimura, Sad Asian Music 

Augusto Higa Oshiro, The Enlightenment of Katzuo Nakamatsu, tr. Jennifer Shyue 

Julie Otsuka, The Swimmers 

Salman Rushdie, The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey 

Margo Jefferson, Constructing a Nervous System 

Hua Hsu, Stay True 

Barbara Browning, The Miniaturists 

Kate Zambreno, Drifts 

*Julie Otsuka, When The Emperor Was Divine 

Louise Akers, Elizabeth/The Story of Drone

Wong May, In the Same Light: 200 Poems for Our Century from the Migrants & Exiles of the Tang Dynasty 

Gabrielle Octavia Rucker, Dereliction 

Trung Le Nguyen, The Magic Fish 

Jessica Au, Cold Enough for Snow 

Tongo Eisen-Martin, Blood on the Fog 

Lucas de Lima, Tropical Sacrifice 

*Like a New Sun: New Indigenous Mexican Poetry, ed. Víctor Terán & David Shook 

Billy-Ray Belcourt, A Minor Chorus 

Kazim Ali, Silver Road 

*Sadako Kurihara, When We Say Hiroshima, tr. Richard Minear 

Simone White, or, on being the other woman

*James Baldwin, The Devil Finds Work 

Christina Sharpe, Ordinary Notes 

*Raquel Gutiérrez, Brown Neon 

Marguerite Duras, The Man Sitting in the Corridor 

Gayl Jones, Corregidora 

*Bhanu Kapil, The Vertical Interrogation of Strangers 

*Etel Adnan, Seasons 

Gwendolyn Brooks, to disembark 

Cristina Rivera Garza, The Taiga Syndrome, tr. Suzanne Jill Levine and Aviva Kana

Gwendolyn Brooks, In the Mecca 

Nona Fernández, The Twilight Zone, tr. Natasha Wimmer

Selva Almada, Dead Girls, tr. Annie McDermott

*Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Dictee

Valerie Hsiung, To Love an Artist

*Theresa Hak  Cha, Exilée and Temps Morts

Dao Strom, We Were Meant To Be a Gentle People

Randa Jarrar, Love Is An Ex-Country

*Dao Strom, Instrument

Osamu Dazai, Early Light, tr. Ralph McCarthy and Donald Keene

Osamu Dazai, The Setting Sun, tr. Donald Keene

Rachel Aviv, Strangers To Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us

Mahmoud Darwish, Journal of an Ordinary Grief, tr. Ibrahim Muhawi

[femmehysteria]

jill valentine (resident evil), zack fair (final fantasy vii), nadja of antipaxos (what we do in the shadows), warren worthington iii (xmen; marvel), grandma lily (fallout new vegas), cordelia chase (buffy the vampire slayer), mina hakuba (castlevania), nico minoru (runaways; marvel), nico goldstein (devil may cry), jamie madrox (xfactor; marvel), joy summers (buffy the vampire slayer), cynthia (castlevania) (idr if she even appears in-game i wont blame you for scrapping this one but i love her to death), mabel martin (mabel podcast), christine daae (phantom of the opera), juliet van heusen (wizards of waverly place), celia fortner (castlevania)

Thank you for the suggestions!

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I am a simple Lesbian Gamer, I see a woman who could easily kill me, and I swoon.

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Interview—Eric Goldstein is the ‘Denim Doctor’

IDK about you, but discovering there’s a company that has absolutely no problem reviving my torn/worn jeans to have them look AND wear brand new makes me just as happy as the Breyers Reese’s Cup ice cream I had as part of my breakfast this morning [before you go thinking I’ve gone mad for eating ice cream before my precious oatmeal, it’s not as farfetched as it sounds, just ask Yoshihiko Koga. And FOR THE RECORD, it was just a scoop, I ate 99% of the pint the night before]. Eric Goldstein, who’s nam emay ring a bell or can be recognized from a popular past time among creative minds alike, How To Make It in America,which also featured Hip Hop laureate and former G.O.O.D. Music artist, Kid Cuddi, launched just over a year ago an online haven for denim enthusiasts called—Denim Repair. 

The Jean Shop NYC founder along with wife and business partner, hit a lick when it came to restoring and repairing a wardrobe staple. I love my jeans and I’m sure you do as well. But what I don’t love though, especially when it involves spending hard-earned cash, are hole-ridden, ripped, torn and shredded jeans that’ll probably make even the most fashionable of fashionable look the other way. Let’s be honest, there’s a difference between distressed and it’s time to toss’em. Like many companies to exist, Denim Repair was created to resolve an issue and if the guy who’s running the jawn has over three decades of experience, it’s safe to say your 1969s are in good hands.  

At what point or moment in particular was it that you decided you to start Denim Repair? 

I have a 30 year history in the denim business. I’m the founder of RRL Jeans which was back in the 90s and then from there I proceeded to work at the Gap doing product development for 11 years. Product development design for 11 years working on all different categories, but mostly denim. Then I decided to go and start a brand called Jean Shop. I started Jean Shop 14 years ago, we have a retail store in Manhattan that we whole sale product all over the world. For our own jeans, Jean Shop jeans, we do repairs right in the shop. Anything you want done to any of our jeans, you’d bring in and we’d fix right downstairs. What was happening was, people were coming in and would ask could you repair my jeans and we were turning people down all the time. If you brought in a pair of Levi’s, a pair of Lee or Citizens, we wouldn’t do it because we don’t have the infrastructure to handle that quantity. One day I woke up and thought why am I keep telling people no, why don’t I just start another company and fix everybody else’s jeans. My guy that does all the repairs is based out of Kansas City, Missouri, and he’s been in the dry cleaning and garment repair business for 104 years—it’s third generation. He’s got a lot of experience with it but he never did denim. His name’s Bruce and we’ve known each other over 25 years. He repairs anything but denim, so we bought him the right machinery, went down there and trained him on using it and its working out really well. It’s an internet-only business, there are no drop shops, it’s all done online. One of the things I really like to push is the fact that we turn everything in, in four days.

Since you already a repair system in place at The Jean Shop, do you cross promote Denim Repair to those customers

We definitely do some cross promoting. If somebody calls us about a repair and I think it’d be better suited for Denim Repair to do it, we tell them to send them off to Kansas City.   

Is there a need for a business like this today? After all, what separates you all from the local tailor around the corner?     

We use a piece of machinery called a darning machine, it’s a special sewing machine and it’s made for repairing jeans. The way we do it is the old-fashioned way of doing it, the authentic way of doing it and it’s the right way of doing it. What we do is re-weave the fabric in that hole. We take one yarn and anchor it from one side of the hole from and drag it back to the other side of the hole and then go back-and-forth. At your local dry cleaner, they’re gonna take your jeans, open the entire outseam of your jean, lay the jeans flat on the table and repair them with a zig-zag machine or a patch, you don’t have to do that with our equipment. With our sewing machine, the entire leg of the jean goes around. By bringing your jeans to the local dry cleaner, the jeans potentially might never fit the same again because they’re not put together correctly. We’re doing it the old-fashioned and authentic way of repairing that your local dry cleaner will not do. 

What’s the reception been like from consumers and overall over the years?

Denim Repair as a business is only a little over a year old. We’ve been repairing jeans through Jean Shop for 14 years and I’ve been repairing jeans longer than that, technically for over 30 years. Denimrepair.com is a new venture and the reception has been phenomenal. People are passionate about their jeans, they don’t want to give them up. They want to take their jeans and wear the crap out of them until they’re falling apart and then they still don’t want to give them up. When you have a favorite pair of jeans, it’s not something you’re gonna walk away from so quickly…you’re gonna do whatever it takes to fix them and wear them for another five or six years. It’s the kind of thing that we just need to let people know it’s out there, once they find out about [Denim Repair] they’re really excited.  

Currently, customers have to send everything into Kansas City, but will there be a point where you expand into larger cities such as New York or even here in Philly?

We’re not gonna make any drop-shops or have any physical locations, everything is gonna be done through Kansas City…it’s the power of the internet. Kansas City is centrally located, right in the middle of the country so it’s quick and easy getting things to and from Kansas City. It would be a whole different service level if we did that, we’d have to have sewing machine operators all over, etc. With everything becentrally located we control 100% of what happens. The business model that we came up with online-only is working out really well.  

I watched an interview you did with Mr. Porter where you spoke on utility and the creation and evolution of the denim jacket, could customers send those in also for repairing or is it strictly just denim jeans?

Absolutely not, it’s anything denim—we can do a denim shirt, a denim jacket, jeans…we actually just did a denim blanket for a lady. We’re actually gonna branch out and start to do other things as well such as chinos and twill pants but right now it’s anything denim.  

You and I share a few things in common, one being we both have attended school here in Philly, could you speak on your experience while studying at Philadelphia University?

I loved it there, when I was there it was called Philadelphia College of Textiles. I graduated with a major in Textile Technology and a minor in Power Production. So I’ve always been interested in garment manufacturing. It was a great school; I learned a lot, there’s no doubt. Amazing professors, very hands-on and I’m a hands-on kind of guy. I enjoyed working in the labs developing and inventing things, it was my passion. 

Additionally, you were involved with Gap’s 1969 branding initiative for the company, could you share on your time there and how it impacted your career professionally?

Absolutely, I love the Gap, I got a lot of respect for the company. I started at the Gap a long time ago and I worked on mostly denim and leather development. I was there for 11 years; I was one of the three people that started in 1969. 1969 originally started as a 30th anniversary of the Gap, we relaunched it in 1999. I hired Adriano Goldschmeid of AG Jeans as a consultant to come in and help me develop 1969. I was traveling all over Europe and Asia to get our production and samples made. It was a time in my life that was very energetic, I was always learning, always teaching, it was really good. When I was there, it was a tremendous experience; there was a great energy around the brand. There were some amazing people that came out of the Gap talent wise. 

I also read you worked alongside Ralph Lauren, someone who’s well-respected, an innovator and leader in the industry, what was that experience like coming in your early beginnings?

Actually, Ralph was a big part of my career. I graduated from Textiles’ and was recruited to go work for Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation. I worked in the New Jersey office and literally had to put a jacket and tie on every day to work in the quality control division. I was traveling around factories doing statistical quality control, measuring garments, checking shades of garments and all that kinds of stuff. I did that for a few years and then one day I got a call that somebody from Ralph’s office wanted to talk to me. I ended up going to NY and becoming a part of the RRL team for the brand RRL, and that’s when RRL was just a vision, he didn’t even have a name for it yet he just had the idea that he wanted to produce a vintage style/vintage inspired denim line. I worked very closely with Ralph at a young age. I was working with him for over four years when I was in my mid-20s. I learned a tremendous amount from that guy in so many different ways, he’s a visionary obviously, he couldn’t have been nicer to me and really took me under his wing and taught me a lot and challenged me and knew how to push me into a way that I developed something with him. I patented a way of processing denim when I worked for Ralph—he was the owner on the patent and I was the inventor. 

If you could offer any advice to someone like me or even to a younger you, what would you say having all the knowledge and experience you possess in an ever-changing industry?

It’s very simple quite honestly—follow  your dreams and just go for it. This industry is changing dramatically by the day. Anybody tells you right from wrong or up from down could be wrong tomorrow. There’s a lot of opportunity for creativity and that’s what people really appreciate. 

And there you have it, the “denim healer” has spoken. Now you can’t say you don’t know.To learn more about the company and how you can get your denim restored, visit www.DenimRepair.com and follow them on Instagram at @denimrepairco. 

For more updates on the blog, check back regularly. Follow us on Instagram at @revilo.iz.

(All images provided).

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Missing the ladies?

I've been missing the show lately and wonder what these beautiful woman up these days? So, I decided to put together all the pages on instagram that I could find! If any of these are wrong, please tell me xx

Season One

Whitney Mixter 

Rose Garcia 

Tracy Ryerson 

Nikki & Jill

Mikey Koffman

Sara Bettencourt 

Raquel Castaneda (Professional Instagram)

Natalie Hornedo (Not sure but…)

Stamie Karakasidis 

Alyssa Morgan

Romi Klinger 

Season Two

Cori McGinn

Kacy Boccumini

Francine Beppu 

Claire Moseley

Kelsey Chavarria 

Rachel Rodriguez 

Season Three

Lauren Bedford Russell

Kiyomi Mccluskey

Amanda Leigh Dunn

Somer Bingham 

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ACHOF Breaking News Update for November 10th, 2021

ACHOF Breaking News Update for November 10th, 2021

Posted November 10th, 2021 by Mike Goldstein Bonham’s Head of Pop Culture Claire Tole-Mor recently shared an article of some of her favorite items going up for bid at their 11/11 “Pop X Culture” and 11/17 “Rock and Pop” auctions – https://www.bonhams.com/video/33186/? The works of some of rock music’s best-known image-makers (Neal Preston, Gered Mankowitz, Bob Gruen, Jill Furmanovsky and many…

[starkiddreamcasting]

Broadway Black Friday

It’s a Wiggly Wig, and a best friend too! I’m back with the Broadway dreamcast for Balck Friday. I know I shouldn’t do a dreamcast for a show just off of it’s Broadway run, but for this show I couldn’t resist! Buy a Wiggly today!

(This dreamcast was apart of my April Fools ‘Broadway Dreamcasts’)

1. Brian D’Arcy James as Tom Houston 2. Barrett Wilbert Weed as Lex Foster 3. Jeanna De Waal as Becky Barnes 4. Presley Ryan as Hannah Foster 5. Robert Lenzi as Ethan Green 6. Jason Danieley as Uncle Wiley 7. Drew Gehling as Howard Goodman 8. Ben Fankhauser as Wiggly/Paul Matthews 9. Mamie Parris as Linda Monroe/Emma Perkins 10. Joe Aaron Reid as Frank Pricely 11. Jeb Brown as General McNamara/Tom Houston (u/s) 12. Jill Abramovitz as Sherman Young/Secretary of State/Ensemble 13. Preston Truman Boyd as Ensemble/Tom Houston (u/s)Uncle Wiley (u/s)/General McNamara (u/s) 14. Ryan Breslin as Ensemble 15. Maria Briggs as Sniggle/Noel/Ensemble 16. Kaleigh Cronin as Sniggle/Ensemble/Linda Monroe (u/s) 17. Colby Dezelick as Sniggle/Ensemble/Howard Goodman (u/s) 18. Trista Dollison as Ensemble/Lex Foster (u/s)/Hannah Foster (u/s) 19. Rick Faugno as Ensemble 20. Paige Faure as Sniggle/Ensemble/Becky Barnes (u/s) 21. Stephen Hanna as Ensemble 22. Neil Haskell as Kris Kringle/Ensemble/Ethan Green (u/s)/Howard Goodman (u/s) 23. MaryAnn Hu as Ensemble 24. Kevin S. McAllister as Bob Morris/Ensemble/Frank Pricely (u/s)/General McNamara (u/s) 25. Sarah Meahl as Sniggle/Ensemble 26. Joseph Medeiros as Ensemble 27. Ahmad Simmons as Xander Lee/Sniggle/Ensemble/Ethan Green (u/s) 28. Sherisse Springer as Ensemble 29. Brendon Stimson as Wallace McNeil/Ensemble/Wiggly (u/s) 30. Keven Quillon as Ensemble 31. Katie Webber as Ensemble/Becky Barnes (u/s)/Linda Monroe (u/s) 32. Branch Woodman as Sniggle/Ensemble 33. Lee Zarrett as Gary Goldstein/Ensemble/Uncle Wiley (u/s)/Wiggly (u/s)/Frank Pricely (u/s) 34. Sam J. Cahn as Swing 35. Grace Slear as Swing/Lex Foster (u/s)/Hannah Foster (u/s) 36. Matt Wall as Swing 37. Candice Marie Woods as Swing

Make sure to leave any show suggestions or any questions on my casting choices so I can explain them.

[misforgotten2]

Little Samantha Stevens (nee Goldstein) uses her powers to splash a friend.

365 Bedtime Stories  illustrated by Jill Elgin   1955

[tamtam-go92]

Sim ages at the start of my Uberhood

I'm using a 2 days = 1 year age mod to play this new Uberhood I'm panning (and actually already started to play when I need pause from the Somersets) and with a really difficult algorithm I have calculated each Sim's age with the default aging system and translated it into their age with the mod, all with the help of SimPE (I have quite a lot of free time currently xD). So to keep track of everyone's start age, here's my masterpost, it's simply for my own convenience. I plan to make every name a link that leads you to the chronological tag (that didn't work, there seems to be a link-limit?).

If you didn't notice: there is now a Masterpost with all families (might contain mild spoilers): click!

87: Luis Aspir 84: Carlos Contender 63: Olive Specter, Patrizio Monty 59: Dora Ottomas 58: Mortimer Goth 57: Herb Oldie 56: Consort Capp 55: Coral Oldie, Betty Goldstein, PT9 Smith, Isabella Monty 54: Denise Jacquet, Herbert Goodie, Faith Goodie, Catherine Viejo 49: Daniel Pleasant 47: Mary-Sue Pleasant 44: Jason Cleveland 43: Marissa Cleveland, Edward Contrary 42: Benjamin Baldwin, Albany Capp 41: Vivian Cho, Stephen Tinker, Morty Roth 39: Isabel Baldwin, Wanda Tinker, Opal Contrary, Marcel Jocque, Sophia Jocque, Stella Roth 36: Gilbert Jacquet, Darren Dreamer, Buzz Grunt 35: Leod McGreggor 34: Checo Ramirez 33: Florence Delarosa, Antonio Monty 32: Lisa Ramirez, Pascal Curious 31: Timothy Riley, Loki Beaker, Lola Curious, Cornwall Capp 30: Elizabeth Aspir, Issac Bell, Hannah Bell, John Burb, Jason Greenman, Goneril Capp, Peter Ottomas 29: Armand DeBateau, Jessica Peterson, Victor Aspir, Brandi Broke, Rose Greenman, Samantha Ottomas 28: Circe Beaker, Vidcund Curious, Ajay Loner, Erin Beaker, Bianca Monty 27: Sanjay Ramaswami, Priya Ramaswami 26: Ramir Patel, Jennifer Burb, Gabe O'Mackey, Alexandra O'Mackey 25: Gabriel Green, Ana Patel, Cassandra Goth, Patricia Wan, Kristen Loste, Regan Capp 24: Chastity Gere, Matthew Picaso, Andrew Martin, Nervous Subject, Oberon Summerdream 23: Geoff Rutherford, Sharon Wirth, Jessica Picaso, Dina Caliente, Nina Caliente, Don Lothario, Lazlo Curious, Chloe Curious, Titania Summerdream, Kent Capp 22: Samantha Cordial, Kimberly Cordial, Connor Weir, Malcolm Landgraab IV, Chester Gieke, Jason Larson, Jodie Larson, John Mole, Natasha Una, Trent Traveller, Trisha Traveller, Julien Cooke, Nathan Gavigan, Mary Gavigan, Cyd Roseland, Robert Kim, Cynthia Kim, Tara Kat, Cleo Shikibu 20: Gunnar Roque, Jane Stacks 19: Roxie Sharpe, Jonah Powers, Guy Wrightley, Mickey Dosser, Monica Bratford, Ashley Pitts, Brittany Upsnott 18: Mitch Indie, Max Flexor, Delilah O'Feefe, Edwin Sharpe, Marla Biggs, Phineaus Furley, Ellen Frost, Chaz Whippler, Emily Lee, Tom Freshe, Matthew Hart, DJ Verse, Sarah Love, Jessie Pilferson, Jasmine Rai, Zoe Zimmerman, Frances J. Worthington III, Aldric Davis, Almeric Davis, William Williamson, Blossom Moonbeam, Klara Vonderstein, Martin Ruben, Allegra Gorey, Joshua Ruben, Kevin Beare, Castor Nova, Tiffany Sampson, Heather Huffington, Sam Thomas, Jared Starchild, Ty Bubbler, Jimmy Phoenix, Erik Swain 17: Johnny Smith, Ophelia Nigmos, 15: Tank Grunt, Tybalt Capp 14: Mercutio Monty 13: Ripp Grunt, Juliette Capp, Romeo Monty, David Ottomas 12: Justin Cleveland, Angela Pleasant, Lilith Pleasant, Sandra Roth, Jacob Martin, Puck Summerdream 11: Rick Contrary, Violet Jocque, Dustin Broke, Dirk Dreamer, Jules O'Mackey, Hermia Capp, Miranda Capp 10: Tara DeBateau, Melody Tinker, Gavin Newson, Ginger Newson 08: Alexander Goth, Buck Grunt, Hal Capp, Beatrice Monty, Benedick Monty 07: Sofia Baldwin, Daniel Bell, Jill Smith, Bottom Summerdream, Desdemonda Capp, Sharla Ottomas 06: Sally Riley, Tessa Ramirez, Tina Traveller, Isaiah Gavigan, Gabrielle Newson, Gallagher Newson, Justin Kim, Xander Roth 03: Beau Broke 02: Markus Baldwin, Etsu Cho 01: Pauline Aspir, Garrett Newson, Georgia Newson, Daisy Greenman, Ariel Capp, Tommy Ottomas

[durhamham]

I just woke up from the most intense sex dream about Brett Goldstein, he was my manager at Walmart but he obviously had a thing for me and somehow I also lived above the Walmart and he’d leave me fruit on my bed and follow me around calling me “cheeky” in that deep ass growly voice. It got Dream!Me so worked up I snuck upstairs in my lunch break to jill off and he caught me and used a vibrator on me and and I woke up just at the good part and I’m not 100% sure I’m going to be able to go back to sleep.

Happy Friday?

[architectureandfilmblog]

20 MOVIES WHICH FEATURE BEAUTIFUL ARCHITECTURE

Part # 1: HOUSES

The purpose of this blog has always been to explore, through film, buildings that we may not have the chance to visit in person. With many of us stuck at home right now, that kind of cinematic escape feels more appealing than ever, so here’s a bumper list of some of my all-time favourite residences in movies.

1. I AM LOVE (2009) A Jill Sander-clad Tilda Swinton is the matriach of a wealthy Milanese family, living in Piero Portaluppi’s 1935 Villa Necchi.

2. A SINGLE MAN (2009) Architectural enthusiast Tom Ford teams up with a Mad Men production designer, and casts John Lautner’s 1949 Schaffer Residence in a starring role.

3. COLUMBUS (2017) Along with several other Modernist icons, this sylish indie beautifully showcases Eero Saarinen’s Miller House.

4. CONTEMPT (1965) Adalberto Libera’s Casa Malaparte stars as the island home of Jack Palance’s sleazy movie producer, and the venue for his seduction of Brigitte Bardot’s Camille.

5. BEGINNERS (2010) Neutra’s Lovell Health House (which also appears as the home of Pierce Patchett in LA CONFIDENTIAL (1997)) is here cast as a much-loved family residence, a role rarely assigned to modern architecture in films.

6. FRACTURE (2007) Peter Tolkin’s Sherman Residence stars alongside Ryan Gosling and Anthony Hopkins in this legal cat-and-mouse tale.

7. THE BIG LEBOWSKI (1998) Modernist architect John Lautner provides the villian’s Lair: Jackie Treehorn lives in the 1969 Sheats-Goldstein Residence.

8. THE GIFT (2015) This engaging twist on the home invasion genre unfolds almost entirely within David Clark’s Mid Century Sherman Oaks House.

9. BLADERUNNER (1982) Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1924 Ennis House provides the exteriors for Deckard’s apartment, and its Mayan-inspired blocks were used as a design cue for many other elements of the production.

10. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1968) The Modernist Vandamm house remains one of cinema’s most iconic villain’s lairs. It was actually an elaborate set, designed to resemble the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, whose style Hitchcock wanted to evoke, but whose fee he could not afford.

11. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (2011) As per usual, the bad guy lives in a stark, minimalist mansion - in this case John Robert Nilsson’s beautifully-sited 2009 Villa Överby.

12. BOTTLE ROCKET (1996) In Wes Anderson’s first feature, “rich kid” Bob Mapplethorpe lives in Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1958 Gillins House.

13. GHOSTWRITER /THE GHOST (2010) The contemporary residence where this atmospheric thriller takes place was actually not a house, but a set, built amongst sand dunes.

14. FERRIS BEULLER’S DAY OFF (1987) Cameron lives in the A. James Speyer- designed Ben Rose House, built in 1953. The pavilion was added in the 70′s as a showcase for the actual owner’s sports car collection.

15. THE ICE STORM (1996) The Carver family’s 1970′s glass and steel residence is of the Philip Johnson knock-off variety, but still offers beautiful views through plate glass to surrounding woodland.

16. MON ONCLE (1958) In this, as in several of Jaques Tati’s films, modern architecture is beautifully showcased, yet simultaneously cast as the butt of the joke.

17. MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO (1988) The first time i saw this, I coveted the idyllic Japanese country house as much as any ‘real’ building i’d seen on celluloid, with its adjacent bathhouse and study opening into the garden.

18. EXHIBITION (2013) The story of two artists’ relationship with their Modernist London townhouse, this beautifully-shot film is striking in its austerity, minimalism and restrained pace.

19. PARASITE (2019) A minimalist hilltop mansion in Seoul becomes a vessel for a cinematic exploration of social inequality.

20. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER (1971) Reminiscent of a early-Bond Ken Adam set, John Lautner's Elrod House provides the venue for some acrobatic vengeance from scantily-clad villains Bambi and Thumper.  Photo: Casa Malaparte by Francois Halard