October Drift is easily one of my favorite bands right now. I’ve been listening to their debut album, Forever Whatever nonstop and this band literally just hits all the right notes. But the song that really got me hooked on October Drift was their self released single in 2015, Robots. There’s just so much sonic intensity with this song and a morose undertone that’s so beautiful. This band has all the potential in the world and they’re just what rock needed.
The live version of this song is just so dope. The bassist going ape sh!t at the 1:48 mark is my favorite thing. Great performance!
This was such a fun and awesome shoot of Luna Bijl for Lorenzo Serafini’s latest Resort 2021 collection. I really love the frilly dress, Grease, The Fonz vibe they have going with the collection and Luna Bijl makes all the pieces look so cool! Along with her stellar modeling genius, Luna’s acting chops aren’t bad as she effortlessly executes her cues, giving total gif worthy shots like “Game Time” and “Gotcha.” This is easily one of my favorite videos of Luna Bijl; it’s just cool to see fun laid back projects like this. Luna Bijl elevates everything and she really is like Patrick Mahomes when it comes to modeling.
Laetitia Casta appears in the latest summer issue for Vanity Fair France and I couldn’t be anymore happier! There’s actually an interview with Laetitia in the magazine, but I don’t know French, so hopefully I can translate it later lol. Laetitia has just been on a creative tear lately with acting and modeling and it’s so cool to see all the new editorials. The world is so much better when the one and only Marianne is tapping away at the canvas ♡ Photography by Nathaniel Goldberg
I can hardly believe Hum finally released a new album since their last LP over 22 years ago! This was completely out of the blue for me and I didn’t find out until over a week ago. But I’ve been listening to Inlet nonstop and Hum hasn’t lost it at all even after all these years. This band just means so much to me. They were one of my favorite bands in high school along with Black Sabbath and Soundgarden. Me and my best friend were so obsessed their space rock sound and the unbelievable melodic distortion that from the guitars of Matt Talbott and Tim Lash. I’ve listened to quite a bit of doom and alternative metal bands and no one even comes close to Hum’s sound.
The reviews for Inlet have been overwhelmingly positive and I absolutely love the new record. They have four songs on the record that are actually over 8 minutes, but the music is so seamless that the length of the songs feel way shorter than what they are. Step into You is one of my favorite songs off the record. It has that heavy melodic distortion that I love so much with all the sweet melancholy overdrive one could ask for! Hum are really back and the amazing indie rock scene that is just brimming with so much talent is going to be all the better for it!
Creativity will always find a way and acclaimed French fashion designer Simon Porte Jacquemus did just that when he ferried in a 100 guests and fashion models to a remote wheat field about an hour outside of Paris. Adut Akech, Cara Taylor, Felice Nova Noordhoff, Nora Attal, Kristina Grikaite, and the one and onlies Luna Bijl and Birgit Kos were among the many models to be featured! I really can’t believe Jacquemus put this together and how cool it came out. More runways shows should definitely be held in wheat fields, like why not lol? Whatever show with Luna Bijl and Birgit Kos in it, is bound for greatness. I just adore them ♡
This has to be one of the coolest things this year hands down! There won’t be any fashion shows this year, so the gracious folks at Chanel put this amazing project together with Mikael Jansson, featuring two of the most in demand top models in the world, Adut Akech and Rianne Van Rompaey! I can see so many things I love in this like Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth, 80s inspired Storm, DIR EN GREY, Sissy Spacek, Dark Souls, and even the Witcher.
Mikael Jansson did so a wonderful job bringing out all of these fantasy, Gothic, and punk elements for Chanel. Rianne Van Rompaey was the perfect model for this collection. She’s so versatile and has so much range in her modeling. She can be an earthy Victorian Era princess to Vanessa Ives Penny Dreadful Gothic to The Damned and Clash punk rock attitude.
It was also moving how they kept the late Karl Lagerfeld in mind, focusing on eccentric princesses and muses. I don’t know if this will be the new norm instead of shows, but if Chanel and Mikael Jansson can put something phenomenal like this together then I’m excited to see more upcoming collections. PS, whoever styled Rianne’s Mohawk deserves an award! Punk Duchess Rianne Van Rompaey is over 9,000 in coolness ♡
Along with being an awesome aspiring actress, all world talent as a model, possessing inhuman levels of coolness, plus being an all around bad ass, Rianne van Rompaey also has some sick dance moves, too! Rianne just rules ♡
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