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Ramona_Canino — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:29:44 +0000

In an empty boiler room in Brooklyn, 22 men and women came together to tell a story about individuality. StyleLikeU in collaboration with Marc Baptiste presents a band of brothers and sisters who remain unique in uniform, armed only with an undeniable connection to their HAIR. -Patrick Orcutt, Creative Director

A StyleLikeU & Marc Baptiste collaboration featuring hair by muse Gerald Decock

A StyleLikeU Production, Founded by Elisa Goodkind and Lily Mandelbaum

Directed by Marc Baptiste

Creative Direction & Styling by Patrick Orcutt

Hair by Gerald Decock

Makeup by Harumi Machii

Location provided by The Boiler

Post Production by Industrial Color

Edit and Effects by Andrew Makadsi at Industrial Color

Post Producer James Demitri at Industrial Color

Pretty Boy

'Funminitemi Oluwadare — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 20:01:40 +0000

This story is modeled after some of Patti Smith’s most iconic style images with her lifelong friend and sometime lover, Robert Mapplethorpe. As we know, this duo eventually became legends in their own rights, but during the late sixties and early seventies they were “Just Kids” and kindred spirits, vagabonds searching for their artistic Valhalla.

With effortless style, Patti and Robert brought androgyny and gender roles to the surface of art and fashion – Smith, with her Keith Richards-inspired haircut and Mapplethorpe, with his sexually provocative photography. Fashion was such a pure extension of themselves, as was everything in their lives, and it remains timeless, free from fads, trends, seasons or eras. Casting SLU muse DJ Louie XIV as Patti echoes her as a frontierswoman, not only in dress and music, but in the questioning of our prescribed identities.

Elisa Goodkind, Founder
Patrick Orcutt, Creative Director
Irene Kim, Creative Director

Patti Smith: Louis Madelbaum
Robert Mapplethorpe: Mihai Herbert

Kurt Iswarienko Director / Photographer

Stylelist:
Alex Chapman
Patrick Orcutt

Hair:
Damian Monzillo

Make Up:
Nico Guilis

One Dress

'Funminitemi Oluwadare — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:29:01 +0000

“To be able to marry functional fashion, creative activism and entrepreneurial philanthropy is the equivalent of curating or presiding over the perfect storm.” Malcolm Harris

We feel that the union between Stylelikeu, a burgeoning social network that celebrates the beauty and creative spirit of individuals for their differences, and Malcolm Harris, a designer who unites style with social consciousness, speaks for itself in regards to breaking down ignorance. The dress is archetypal in its infinite ability to erase barriers and embrace all women.

Malcolm Harris, Founder/Designer of The One Dress Project
Elisa Goodkind, StyleLikeU Editor in Chief
Irene Kim, StyleLikeU Creative Director
Patrick Orcutt, StyleLikeU Creative Director

Video Direction and Still Photos by Elizabeth Perrin

Director of Photography, George Wieser
Camera Operators, George Wieser, Bruce Ashley, Tom Richmond, Elizabeth Perrin
Editor, Bruce Ashley
Sound Design, Eric Pfeifer Music, andrew hallander
Copywriter, Peter Mattei
Camera Assistants, Moses Charles, Amanda Stostz

Cast

Debra Rapoport

Desiree Neman

Frederique van der Wal

Zandile Blay (Closet to Come)

Voice Over
Melati Malay
Bailey Roberts

Hair Stylist
Adam Livermore

Asst. Hair Stylist
Brandy Butchek

Make Up Artist
Edward Cruz for Sonia Kashuk

Asst. Make Up Artist
Victor Noble

Special Thanks to John Sanchez and Jay Stradwick at Canoe Studios.

Anastasia & Snegurochka

'Funminitemi Oluwadare — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:29:19 +0000

“I come from a family who had to leave their homelands due to persecution and create new lives for themselves. Growing up, this caused a lot of confusion about where I was from due to the secrecy of a family leaving bad memories behind. To this day, I don’t fully comprehend how Latvian or how Russian I am. If you ask my father, who was born in Israel, he’ll say we’re Russian. And so, without any type of exposure or knowledge of my Russian heritage, for my own sense of self, I am a Ruskaya gevotchka, a Russian girl. However, I grew up in Canada with my mother’s family, who are Hungarian holocaust survivors. If you had asked my grandmother, she would have told you that she’s Hungarian and from Czechslovakia.

I have always been drawn to gypsy nomadic cultures and as with everything in my life, the aesthetics. Left with a strong sense of identity (albeit a confused one), I went searching. I fell in love with and became a part of gay male culture and the traditions of Mexico (absolutely no rhyme or reason to that, but that’s just the way it happened). The other side of me has always had a fascination with the dark romantic fairytales, storytelling, myths, a love for folkloric costumes, gypsies, nomads, Eastern Europe, all with a Ladyfag twist.

I am thrilled by the idea of getting to reimagine myself as the little Tsarina and the snowmaiden story that might have brought her comfort had she made it to the woods. I feel as if I am paying homage to my heritage and my enchantment with fashion.”