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Deville Dinerbar
- Address:
1425 Stanley
Montreal, QC H3A1P4Neighborhood:
- Cuisine:
Contemporary AmericanPrice: CAN$31 to CAN$50
Deville Dinerbar
- Dining Style: Casual Dining
- Website: http://www.devilledinerbar.com/
- Phone: 5142816556x
- Hours of Operation:
Lunch: Daily: 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM;
Dinner: Sunday - Thursday: 4:00 PM - 11:00 PM, Friday - Saturday: 4:00 PM - 12:00 AM
- Payment Options: AMEX,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: American, Contemporary American
- Dress Code: Casual Dress
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Counter Seating, Full Bar, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Takeout, Wine
- Entertainment: Deville Diner bar is set in an atmosphere of chic sophistication while embracing decor elements of diners past. The digital jukebox at Deville Dinerbar allows patrons to access a database of songs with their iPhone that will then be played throughout the restaurant.
Getting there
- Cross Street: DeMaissoneuve
- Public Transit: Situated in the heart of downtown Montreal, Deville Diner bar is steps away from Metro Peel found on the green line.
- Parking: Street Parking
- Parking Details: A special parking service is available to patrons of Deville Dinerbar during events at the Bell Centre.
A word from Deville Dinerbar
The next evolutionary step in classic American Diners. Deville Dinerbar is the lovechild of whimsical nostalgia with the spirit of the 21st century. Inspired by the past and re-imagined for today,the authentic diner featured on our menu is a tribute to the food we grew up on. Over 18 or with a legal guardian. Don't forget we have a bar license.Continued
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Awards voted by OpenTable diners
- Diners' Choice WinnerGreat for Lunch
- Diners' Choice WinnerHot Spot
- Diners' Choice WinnerVibrant Bar Scene
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Deville Dinerbar reviews from OpenTable diners
95 reviews since May 4, 2014
- Food4.2Service4.1
- Ambiance4Noise LevelEnergetic
hot spot (57)great for lunch (43)good for groups (38)fit for foodies (37)vibrant bar scene (31)special occasion (28)late-night find (23)great for outdoor dining (19)neighborhood gem (13)kid-friendly (9)great for brunch (8)romantic (8)notable wine list (5)scenic view (1)Show More
- Swank!GoombyDined on 8/20/2014This is one of the most interesting places I've ever eaten. Just check out their official website to see their style. It was loud and fairly dark, as I suppose hip places are wont to be. and the prices are high. I searched online for a while trying to find a menu with prices, but it seems like those are intended to be hidden so as not to deter potential customers. If you have the money though, or are looking to splurge for a fancy night out, I can see the food we got was damn good. It seems like appetizers were in the $15 range, dinners were $30+, while drinks and desserts were all around $12. I got an appetizer and a dessert, both of which were unrivaled in quality, and left me fuller than any sane person would want to be. Check it out!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Fun time with good foodchiefrockDined on 8/18/2014Deville is a nice place to go with friends or first date. Great burgers and drinks. Decently priced too. Would recommend!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Excellent FoodsambrVIPDined on 8/18/2014Love the blue cheese salad - tasty and just perfect!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great foodBonbonDined on 8/10/2014The food was great! It never disappoints you because it's worth the price that you pay for.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- melomanDined on 8/9/2014Great food! It was my second time there and not my last.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- We're too old for this.RarelyreviewsDined on 8/8/2014Didn't realize from reviews we read that this is a super-loud, neon-lit, kitschy drink specializing, high-priced junky diner food kind of place. We were in a nook with two very young couples on dates (sweet) drinking from shared goldfish bowl sized drinks, and next to a large, very young and VERY loud bachelorette party (seated after us). We were too old for this place (48 and 50), the food was too heavy, and the noise level was way too high for us to enjoy this place!Special Features:
- I absolutely love this restaurantTeatimedVIPDined on 8/2/2014This is my second time at Deville Dinerbar and I was just as pleased with the food and service as I was the first time. I would definitely go back. I have been spreading the word....Special Features:
- Always deliciousMarlaVIPDined on 7/28/2014Nice lunch menu. My only suggestion would be to add a few lower calorie items. While all the fried dishes are amazing - a few calorie conscious choices would be welcome.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Excellent!NadsDined on 7/26/2014Great ambiance, great decor and great food. Can't ask for more. Oh yeah, and their drinks are yummy!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- C'était parfaitMjforopentableDined on 7/25/2014Bon burger, bon service ... Tout était parfait. Les cocktails tout simplement wowwwwwwwSpecial Features:
- Good experience...ML12341234Dined on 7/23/2014except for the "reservation" confusion. I made a reservation, got there on time. 20 minutes later they called me telling me that I would lose my table if I didn't show up in the next 5 minutes but I was already seating in the resto! I called them back to let them know that I was in fact inside already. Then got an email from open table informing me that I never showed up for my reservation. No idea what happened but it was annoying. The resto experience itself was fine. Good ambiance and nice service. I do recommend.Special Features:
- Been there many times, always good!OpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 7/23/2014The only little thing that bothered us a bit was the fact that the music was too loud but overall, it was really great,Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Pushy serviceCooklovestoeatDined on 7/13/2014When I was first seated we were given the cocktail menu and the regular menu. Server took out orders and then was in a huge rush to clear our plates and move on to our next service. When we were finished our mains the check was brought immediately even though we still had drinks to finish. And once the bill was paid it felt awkward to sit and finish them. Also the accompaniments were way too large, I have a large appetite but couldn't eat dessert because of the softball size glob of mash potatoes on my plate.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- wines123VIPDined on 7/4/2014Deville is a lot of fun. The food is good and the portions are huge. The salads are amazing. You can get. A table outside it's worth the wait.Special Features:
- cookiemonsterDined on 6/21/20142nd visit. 1st visit was just after opening. I was meeting friends from England who were staying in a nearby hotel so proximity was important. Food was very good, but the noise level was worse than i recall, which may have been because on the 1st visit we were near the bar downstairs, this time we were upstairs which has a lower roof, so if you want to talk, ask for downstairs seating. Otherwise very satisfactory.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- FunFood4thoughtVIPDined on 6/21/2014It was a great innovative restaurant. Looks like a diner yet the food is innovative and yum! The waiter was very helpful, drinks fun! I would definitely return and recommend.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Excellent experienceRaoulDined on 6/20/2014I enjoyed so much not only food & wine, but also the excellent service provided by the very attentive waiter whom I don´t rremenber his name, but anyway we very delighted for his friendliness as distinguished table service I would gladly recommend your restaurant to friends & colleagues & of course I declare being your fan from this my 1st. visit to your place.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great place!NathalieDined on 6/18/2014Second time here and always great food! The service is perfect and there is a terrace Burgers are amazing!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- CoolBb2014Dined on 6/14/2014It's that cool place to head to. Interesting interpretation of classic foods. Great service. I would go back again.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- YummyKyatDined on 6/11/2014Went with one of my friends we enjoyed the food we shared an entre of chicken and waffles, amazingly delicious. The food is perfectly priced for the amount and the flavour you get. I would recommend this restaurant to anyone who loves to eat.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Bon mais bruyantOpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 6/11/2014Bon choix pour le lunch. Mais assez bruyant pour une discussion importante...Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great DinerbarSariM25Dined on 6/10/2014Devile Is a great place for a romantic time, or a business brunch. Service is very good and friendly, and the food is great in terms of flavor and texture.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OutstandingTeatimedVIPDined on 6/6/2014We were a group of 5 and every single one of us loved it. The food was amazing. The service was great. The place was full of energy. What more can I say...it was wonderful. Will definitely be going back.Special Features:
- Chicken and waffles-Best salad everAmberSpyglassVIPDined on 6/6/2014I eat at DeVille approximately once a month for lunch or dinner. It can be a bit loud, but it's worth it for their awesome salads (and burgers and fish 'n chips and ...). I love that they have no trouble with the modifications that I invariably request. It's a fun dining experience every time.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- LoRoDined on 6/6/2014One of our favourite places in the city for lunch or dinner with the gang! Food and service are always great.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Worth an indulgencemarcsterDined on 6/3/2014The food is awesome, the service good, the speakers loud, and the desserts are innovative. Geared towards younger groups.Special Features:
- LovemtlDined on 5/24/2014Never disappointed, consistant, clean, wide variety, and good staff.. Rare to have all 5.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Always a great experience!teenthebeanDined on 5/23/2014Not only is the decor eccentric and fun, but the service has always been impeccable. The staff is quick, polite, always available, and very charming. The menu is full of exotic takes on classic American diner food and is fantastic, every time. While lunch might not be super cheap, it is always amazing. I have been several times and would recommend it to everyone. They have a vast list of cocktails and a lovely home brew. Looking forward to my next meal at Deville!Special Features:
- Great Spot in MontrealOpenTable Diner Since 2008Dined on 5/19/2014Recently visited Montreal and found this great place for dinner! Servers were friendly and professional. Food was excellent as was ambience. Overall a great experience. Also as tourists - very close to the MetroSpecial Features:
- Opentable won't get you a tableAdzeeDined on 5/8/2014I reserved through opentable and they had no idea... It seems like they don't really use opentable all that much. Can't complain about the food. It's good, but it's obvious that a lot of the $$ you're paying goes into their "brand"... The look, the vibe, and the overall packaging. Oh, and it's SUPER noisy. Sometimes that can be a plus, but just be aware that this is NOT the place for a good conversation. Good food, nice staff, cool theme. But I probably wouldn't go back... It's a bit overpriced, as are most trendy downtown restos (in my opinion).Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- C'est toujours bon !LouismVIPDined on 5/4/2014On y revient souvent pour la bouffe et l'ambiance ! On aime la variété du menu et les bonnes portions !Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- The following 93 reviews are from the Deville Dinerbar reviews archive.
- Great Neighbourhood GemsambrVIPDined on 4/28/2014Booked a reservation here and was not disappointed! Terrific food, waiter was wonderful and loved the energy. They even have food for vegetarians. Perfect!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- monkeyDined on 4/27/2014it was a little loud for my liking.... I would have preferred not to be seated next to a birthday party of girls screaming
- Food is Hit & MissinthebizDined on 4/27/2014Second time at Deville Dinerbar, some of the food was fabulous, some not so. Both times my husband was disappointed in his entrée. Meatloaf and Prime Rib sandwich not so impressive. Appetizers were great - lobster rolls the best. I had the scallops for my entree, very rich sauce but tasty. The waiter was awesome, very knowledgeable and friendly. Excellent service. Be careful when ordering wine by the glass - Pinot Grigio 8oz $17.00!! The vibe of the restaurant is very busy and noisy. Not recommended for a romantic dinner.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Big Bold BurgerLanMerVIPDined on 4/23/2014From the cocktails to the food to the pink neon lighting, everything is bold at Devilles. Expect a vibrant ambience and good service. The food's well prepared and presented and we found the house burger to be good. There is a surprising variation of other dishes available - the only challenge we had was navigating the menu.Special Features:
- My favorite treat!MazzyDined on 4/9/2014The food is so so tasty. The price can be a bit steep if you do drinks, appetizers and desserts, but absolutely everything I've ever had was phenomenally delicious and well worth the price. A definite recommendation.Special Features:
- Creative menu. A very tastyalwayslookingDined on 4/9/2014Creative menu. A very tasty lunch, well prepared and presented with fantastic service! We'll definitely return!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Deville is a DelightPenneyDined on 4/9/2014Love their twist on "typical" diner food. Best appetizers going! Huge portions, great service.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Ok but...MelanieGenesseVIPDined on 3/26/2014Did not get the table we asked for and the service was way too slow for lunch time.Special Features:
- Good high energy spotOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 3/20/2014Had a quick bite with kids pre game. Milk shakes, burgers and beer for dad hit mark. Good service. Fell in love with watress.Special Features:


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Movie Reviews - 2011 postsMonday March 12, 2012
Movie Review: Bill Cunningham New York (2011)
"He who seeks beauty will find it."
Bill Cunningham, quotidian fashion photographer for The New York Times, says this near the end of Richard Press' excellent, moving documentary, "Bill Cunningham New York," while accepting an award from the National Order of the Legion of Honour of France; and it's so true to him, so meaningful to him—and, really, to the documentary about him—that his voice begins to crack. He's not just espousing something he read. He's telling us his life philosophy. The point of what he does, he says, is "not the celebrity, and not the spectacle. It's as true today as it ever was: He who seeks beauty will find it." Then he thanks the French and leaves the stage.
Cunningham is an American original. He covers the tux-and-gown society scene for The New York Times on a Schwinn bicycle. He covers the haut couture fashion shows wearing the sturdy blue jackets of French street cleaners. He is one of the better known fashion photographers in the country even though he's the first to admit he's not really a fashion photographer. He has an overwhelming joie de vivre that covers an overwhelming personal sadness.
His "On the Street" column is an American original. Screw the models; screw high society; what are the people wearing?
"The best fashion show is definitely on the streets," he tells us early in the doc. "Always has been and always will be."
What trends are forming? What's interesting? What's fun? Who's fun? What "marvelous, exotic bird of paradise," as he calls them, might he spot today? His frequent subjects include: Iris Apfel, the nonagenarian teenager wearing her great, round glasses; Patrick McDonald, the carefully chapeaued and eyelined dandy; and Shail Upadhya, the former U.N. official from Nepal, whose loud, colorful, homemade suits are at humorous odds with his dour visage.
"You've just got to stay out there and see what it is," says Cunningham. "You've got to stay on the street and let the street tell you what it is. There are no shortcuts, believe me."
A gentleman in the age of snark
Cunningham is in his early 80s, and so, despite his pep—and he's someone who actually deserves that word—there's something inevitably old school about him. He still uses film in the digital age, for example. He's also a gentleman in the age of snark.
"He's incredibly kind," says socialite Annette de la Renta. "I don't think we've ever seen a cruel picture done by Bill. And he's certainly had the opportunity."
Back in the day, and for a time, Cunningham wrote a millinery column for Women's Wear Daily. Then he wrote a piece, similar to what he does now, on women in the street wearing the clothes of the models of the runway. It was a positive piece about style: how each woman made the fashion her own.
"And they changed his copy to make fun of the women," says Annie Flanders, founding editor of Details magazine. "He didn't think he'd ever get over it, because he was so embarrassed and upset. ... That was the end of his career at Women's Wear Daily."
Tellingly, Cunningham doesn't say a word on the subject. He's someone who focuses on the positive: the fashion he likes and the stories he likes.
Who's that boy?
So who is he? Where does he live? Is he from an upper-class family? Is that why he fits in so well with socialites? Is he straight? Gay? Why is someone so passionately interested in fashion so disinterested in fashion for himself?
"People don't get to know him very well, do they?" asks Iris Apfel. "I get the feeling he doesn't sit down and talk to people very much."
"I have no idea of his private life," says Annette de la Renta. "I have no idea if he's lonely."
Answers come by and by. He lives at Carnegie Hall, of all New York places, in a room so cluttered, so full of file cabinets and old magazines, it could be used to torture claustrophobes. Part of the drama of the doc is that Cunningham, and the few remaining artists living there, are being evicted by the grandees of Carnegie Hall. By doc's end, he's in an apartment overlooking Central Park. We should all be so displaced.
His background is working class. That helps explain the blue jacket and the taped poncho, and the egg sandwich and coffee lunches, but Women's Wear Daily also helps explain these things. If you spend less, you need less, and you need to work less with folks whose purpose is the opposite of yours. That torn poncho, looking almost like a garbage bag, which he happily fixes with electrician's tape, is a kind of freedom.
So: a fascinating man. A good documentary. Then, in the last 10 minutes, it becomes a great documentary.
The patron saint of unspecified sorrows
Press, the documentarian, gets Cunningham to do what Iris Apfel suggested he doesn't do. He sits him down and asks him questions. He says has two very personal questions for him, which Cunningham may or may not want to answer. He says it's up to him.
First: Have you ever had a romantic relationship in your entire life?
Cunningham, elfin and buoyant as usual, laughs at the question and answers it with one of his own: "Now do you want to know if I'm gay?" Then he answers it—his own question—but elliptically, with a callback to his working-class family, and how they most likely discouraged him from entering the fashion world for that very reason. Because they suspected. Even if he didn't. Not then.
When he gets back to the romantic relationship question, he answers in the negative. "There was no time," he says, his smile now strained. "I was working night and day. In my family, things like that were never discussed."
His answers simply bring up more questions. Was his work a means to ignore, or cover up, what he didn't want to face? Early in the doc, Cunningham calls fashion "the armor to survive everyday life." Is that what his camera, and his work, is for him? A means of staying on the sidelines and not getting in the game?
Press' second personal question isn't a question at all. It's a pretty innocuous statement. But it releases the deluge.
"I know you go to church every Sunday," Press says.
"Oh yeah," Cunningham answers. Then he bows his head, and his shoulders begin to shake, and a second later one realizes he's crying. He sobs for 10 to 15 seconds. Then he lifts his head and answers. He seems to be clarifying things for himself as much as for Press:
Yeah, I think it's a good guidance in your life. Yeah, it's something I need. Yeah, I guess maybe it's part of your upbringing, I don't know. Whatever it is. Everyone... You do whatever it is you do as best you... Yeah, I find it very important. For whatever reason. I don't know. (Laughs) As a kid, when I went to church, all I did was look at women's hats. (Serious again, nodding.) But later, when you mature, for different reasons.
In the very next scene, his colleagues at The New York Times celebrate his birthday by wearing Bill Cunningham masks (photos of his face attached to sticks), but it's in this scene where his mask slips, and a huge pool of sorrow is revealed, and we're not quite sure what to make of it. What is the sorrow? What are the different reasons he goes to church? It seems mixed up with the usual: love and family and sex and relationships and loneliness and work and faith, and the things we try to leave behind but which stay with us, and the things we hope will eventually catch up with us but never do.
We never find out. I think this makes the doc better. Up to this point, Cunningham is admirable. He's a professional and an original and a gentleman: someone who set out to do what he wanted and is still doing it on his own terms. Once he breaks down, he becomes us. Because we all have our pools of sorrow. We all have questions that might release a deluge. It's part of the reason why, like Bill Cunningham, patron saint of specific joys and unspecified sorrows, we go out, every day, and seek beauty.
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Movie Review: Page One: Inside the New York Times (2011)
I was talking about this documentary with Evan, the friend who recommended it, and admitted it made me realize why I never became a true journalist. It wasn't because I wasn't curious enough or a good-enough writer or a fast-enough writer when I needed to be. It's because I wasn't tough enough.
In the doc you watch David Carr, media columnist for The New York Times, take on various bombastic elements and shut them up. He stares them down, calls them on their bullshit, then moves on. Even when I'm able to do the first two things, I don't move on. I allow the first two actions to linger and infect the surroundings. Carr, who looks like nothing much, Bilbo Baggins' after a bad night, with a hoarse voice and a skinny neck and a wide middle and a face that seems permanently bent toward the ground—that seems to have trouble looking up—is able to cut so surgically through situations that there's actually little bleeding. It's like those scenes where Zorro takes a swipe at a candle and it doesn't move, causing the villain to laugh at Zorro's ineptitude and anticipate his demise. Which is when Zorro holds up the tip of the candle, or pushes the tip off with his sword, or stomps on the ground and the candle crumbles to bits.
That's what Carr is like. The other guy laughs at his ineptitude and then David stomps on the ground and the dude's argument crumbles to bits.
As both Evan and I admired this ability of Carr's, and lamented our own ability to cry bullshit in social situations, he added, "You know what I could use? A David-Carr-in-the-box. So when I get in those situations, I can take out my David-Carr-in-the-box, and just, you know, pop. Let him loose."
I agreed. We could all use a David-Carr-in-the-box. The New York Times should get on that. Talk about your revenue streams.
Who's afraid of the big bad Wolff?
"Page One: Inside the New York Times" also reminded me, of course, of something I lamented daily about two years ago: the death of newspapers; the death of print. I'm in the business, an offshoot of journalism, a small, momentarily protected niche, but I haven't worried about the death of investigative journalism much in the last year. I'm not sure why. The problem certainly hasn't gone away.
It's a seemingly insurmountable problem. Investigative journalism, done right, is expensive, and in the past was paid for by two revenue streams: ads and subscribers. The Internet, our new, more democratic printing press, has cut into, if not obliterated, both of these. Craig's List killed classified ads, online ads pay a fraction of print ads, and online readers, those spoiled, spoiled children, have been conditioned to expect content for free.
There's also the problem of audience. Investigative journalism is not only tough to do but tough to read. It takes work. How much better to go to an aggregate/opinion site/blog that boils it all down and also gives you pictures of celebrities in bikinis or with baby bumps or in the midst of divorces. How much easier to just be distracted. How much more fun.
One of the pivotal and most satisfying scenes in "Page One" occurs about halfway thorough, at a debate by a group called "Intelligence Squared," which, for its topic of the night, raises a purposely provocative one: GOOD RIDDANCE TO THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA.
Carr, the schlub, gets to represent the mainstream. His opponent, at least as far as we see in the doc, is Michael Wolff, founder of newser.com, an aggregate site. Wolff looks a bit like Alvy Singer's balding, viral man. He seems fit, and tough, and his bald head gleams like he's from the future. And he brings us a message from the future:
What you're going to hear tonight is that the media is necessary for the commonweal. An informed citizenry is what this nation is about. That is self-serving crap. The New York Times is a good newspaper—sometimes... But after that it's off the cliff. It's oblivion. The news business in this country is nothing to be proud of. The media is a technology business. That's what it is. That's what it has always been. Technology changes, the media changes.
Carr obliterates him. He begins politely by holding up a print copy of the home page of Wolff's site. "Newser is a great-looking site," he says, "you might want to check it out. It aggregates all manner of content. But I wonder if Michael's really thought this through. Get rid of mainstream media content..." Then he holds up that index page without the aggregated mainstream articles. It's mostly holes. It barely exists. He peeks through it at the audience, which is applauding, and says, "OK, go ahead."
Great scene. It not only reveals Wolff's hypocrisy—how he's making money off the very thing he's disparaging—but it reveals the hypocrisy of the Web. Much of the Web simply repurposes someone else's work. The Web doesn't care for originality or accountability; and it's creating a society that doesn't care for originality or accountability.
Is the Times necessary because it's good?
At the same time ... OK, Carr makes a salient point. What happens when mainstream sites like the New York Times, which still drive much of the discussion on the Web, disappear? What replaces them? Don't we need vegetables? Don't we need meat? Or are we just going to keep popping the content equivalent of Milk Duds in our mouths?
But it doesn't address all of Wolff's points. From the above, two remain:
- The Times says it's necessary because it's good but Wolff says it's not that good so it's not that necessary. So: Is the Times good?
- Media means technology. Technology changes. You can gripe all you want but it's going to change.
To the first point. The Times has its weaknesses. It's a serious paper—it's not sensationalistic like most of the mainstream media—but it has a love for, or at least a trust of, the institutional voice. The doc treats Judith Miller's reporting on WMDs like it's an anomaly but that was based upon institutional trust—upon getting access to the institutional voice and printing it—and the Times does this all of the time. Its coverage of Hollywood, say, is almost always from the studio perspective. Its coverage of business is almost always from the Wall Street perspective.
And in politics? It gets played. It assumes an opposition voice, no matter how marginalized, provides balance. It assumes that an institutional voice is legitimate even if it's in the middle of a lie. It won't call a lie a lie. Public Editor Arthur S. Brisbane's recent column, "Should The Times Be a Truth Vigilante?," is indicative of this attitude. Brisbane wrote:
[Some readers] fed up with the distortions and evasions that are common in public life, look to The Times to set the record straight. They worry less about reporters imposing their judgment on what is false and what is true.
Is that the prevailing view? And if so, how can The Times do this in a way that is objective and fair? Is it possible to be objective and fair when the reporter is choosing to correct one fact over another?
That sound you heard was people around the country exclaiming, "WTF!?!"
The answer to Brisbane's dilemma is obvious. If a public figure says something demonstrably false, you call him on it, and as high up in the article as possible. If a public figure says something harder to disprove (or prove), but without evidence, then that's your story: X ACCUSES Y OF Z: PROVIDES NO EVIDENCE. It's less choosing to correct one fact over another than printing what facts we have. And if an institutional voice proclaims factual what is not factual, that's your story. Objectivity is not stupidity.
But the doc doesn't own up to this or any weakness in the Times. It's basically saying: we're good so we're necessary. So please don't kill us. For your own good. It's saying, as Carr said to the Intelligence Squared audience, "OK, go ahead."
The Times they are a changing
For the most part, I agree. But then we get into the second of Wolff's unaddressed points: It doesn't matter if the Times is good or not. Its model, the printing press, is now obsolete. Everyone has a printing press. Most everyone's printing. Or posting. Or uploading. The Times used to have to compete against however many newspapers in New York City, and maybe two or three nationally, and another one or two internationally. Now the competition is everyone and everywhere. Even this little ol' site is competition. You're reading it, after all, instead of the Times. Wastrel.
"Page One" is a fine-enough doc, particularly when David Carr's onscreen, but, in journalistic parlance, it misses the story. Can one support serious investigative journalism in the digital age and on a digital budget? If not, what replaces it? And what becomes of our misinformed and malinformed and don't-want-to-be informed citizenry—and, by extension, our democracy—then?
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Movie Review: The Rum Diary (2011)
"The Rum Diary" is a 2011 movie based upon a 1998 novel, which was actually written in the early 1960s, about misadventures in Puerto Rico in the late 1950s. It doesn't have to be old news but it is.
It's an odd version of old news. The lessons its protagonist learns are lessons its writer, Hunter S. Thompson, along with many others, communicated to the culture a long time ago. Druggies can be heroes and upstanding citizens can be villains. It's us vs. the bastards, and the bastards are businessmen and bankers and land developers, shady and older and curiously sexless, while we, the heroes, or antiheroes, are young and aimless and vaguely anarchistic. We booze it up and experiment with drugs and lament the poor while trying to find ...something. Our artistic voice. Freedom. America. A girl.
If most movies present an absolutist vision from the right, with a taciturn hero taking on bad guys through direct violence and winning, the alternative version, the left-wing version popularized in the late 1960s, gives us an antihero, often glib, taking on dull but horrific institutional elements through subterfuge and losing. The very thing that Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp) needs to learn in "Rum Diary," in other words—bankers, etc., are bad—was communicated to the culture so long ago, by Kemp's creator, that it became a genre unto itself: "Easy Rider" and "Animal House" and almost every B-movie from 1967 to 1982. So we wait for him to catch up. We wait for him to figure out what kind of movie he's in.
It takes awhile.
Kemp may arrive in Puerto Rico in 1960 unformed in Hunter S. Thompson's politics but we first see him in the classic Hunter S. Thompson pose: waking up, in a hotel room overlooking the beach in San Juan, dazed and hungover and horrified, unable to recollect who knows what godawful escapades from the night before. He's there for a job, at the San Juan Star, because his two novels never caught on—either with publishers, or, in the end, with Kemp himself. Later in the movie he'll talk about writers he admires. He'll quote a line from Coleridge and talk about how the poet wrote it when he was only 25; he'll talk about the difficulty of finding his own voice. The movie is the story of how Kemp, and by extension Thompson, finds his own voice.
He wants to write meaningful articles but his toupee-wearing editor, Lotterman (Richard Jenkins), isn't interested. He assigns him horoscopes, and pieces about the bowling alleys of San Juan, frequented by the dull and overweight middle class of middle America, and Kemp's mind wanders. He finds a beautiful girl, Chenault (Amber Heard), but she's engaged to a jerk, Sanderson (Aaron Eckhart), who wants Kemp, of all people, to write marketing copy for land development on a nearby uninhabited island. They plan to wreck paradise again. Kemp goes along for the ride, signing an NDA and everything, but mostly he's sniffing after Chenault. He doesn't reject Sanderson until Sanderson rejects him. He finds religion because he's cast out of Eden.
Did we need narration in this thing? Once Kemp finds his voice, we get noteworthy lines, presumably culled from the novel, such as: "I discovered the connection between starving children scavenging for food and the shiny brass plates on the front doors of banks." We could've used such language throughout. The movie would've benefited.
Depp is obviously a great actor. "How does anyone drink 161 miniatures?" Lotterman demands when he gets Kemp's hotel bill. There's a pause, a few blinks, a slight wobble. "Are they not complimentary?" he finally responds.
But he's too old. Sorry. Kemp is supposed to be unformed and learning. He's supposed to be 22. Depp is nearly 50. He should've been playing Lotterman.
I actually identified with Lotterman. The movie doesn't. It hates him. He's on the side of the establishment. He's old and toupee-wearing and soul-crushing. He makes sure that nothing really noteworthy gets in his paper. Except, I kept thinking, it's not his newspaper, is it? He's just the editor. He's a higher-up flunky. Maybe I'm projecting, maybe Richard Jenkins added a humanity at odds with his character (see: Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Patch Adams"), but I get the feeling Lotterman would've liked the San Juan Star to be more than articles about bowling alleys and horoscopes. He would've liked to have had hair. He would've liked to be as handsome as Johnny Depp. Who wouldn't? But that wasn't his world.
Instead, the movie has sympathy for the worthless and vaguely fascistic Moberg (Giovanni Ribisi), who also works at the San Juan Star but who rarely contributes copy. He spends his days in a drug-addled stupor, stumbling from spot to spot, and occasionally putting on an LP of speeches by Adolf Hitler. Riotous, dude.
To be honest, "Rum Diary" reminded me of all I disliked about those cinematic, absolutist visions of the left: the celebration of drugs and anarchy. We get that damned quote of Oscar Wilde's for the zillionth time: "Nowadays, people know the price of everything and the value of nothing." We get Depp as Kemp writing his credo:
"I want to make a promise to you, the reader. And I don't know if I can fulfill it tomorrow, or even the day after that. But I put the bastards of this world on notice that I do not have their best interests at heart. I will try and speak for my reader. That is my promise. And it will be a voice made of ink and rage."
It's tiresome. Putting hallucinogens in your eyes isn't a political act, it's a stupid act. The left never got that. They conflated the two. Watching "Rum Diary," I thought of the sadness of the political arc I've lived through. Kemp is working toward a credo, an ethos, a style, that dominated our culture for a time but ultimately led to Reagan and Bush and Bush. He puts the bastards on notice but the bastards only got stronger.
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Movie Review: One Day (2011)
"One Day" is a gimmicky little film that doesn't deliver. It gives us one day a year for 20 years in the lives of Emma (Anne Hathaway), a smart, mousy girl who loves Dexter, and Dexter (Jim Sturgess), an attractive, outgoing, shallow lad who's too busy sowing wild oats to get serious about Emma. That's the film's main conflict: When will they get together? This year? Next?
The day in question is always July 15th, or St. Swithin's Day in Britain, which is famous because of the following traditional verse:
St. Swithin's day if thou dost rain
For forty days it will remain
St. Swithin's day if thou be fair
For forty days 'twill rain nae mair.
I knew about the day mostly because of the Billy Bragg song, and because it sounds so fantastically British: Swithin's. According to a quick online search, St. Swithin was "a Saxon Bishop of Winchester. He was born in the kingdom of Wessex and educated in its capital, Winchester. He was famous for charitable gifts and building churches."
So is the movie about building churches? No. Is it about the weather? Not so much. Does it have anything to do with Billy Bragg's song of lost love?
The Polaroids that hold us together
Will surely fade away
Like the love we spoke of forever
On St. Swithin's Day.
Sort of. But the movie fudges things in the manner of movies about love.
It begins chronologically in the late 1980s with the graduation of Emma and Dexter from college. Each has grand plans. She's moving to London to write a book. He's going to France to... I forget what. Learn about other cultures and then forget them.
In London, Emma winds up working long hours in a cheesey Mexican restaurant and getting nowhere with her writing and feeling defeated. Eventually she becomes a teacher involved with the wrong guy, Ian (Rafe Spall), a drab fellow who wants to be a stand-up comedian even though nothing he says is remotely funny.
Dexter winds up breezing through life. Before we know it, he's the host of a loud, shallow TV show aimed at loud, shallow twentysomethings who like clubbing and video games. His dying mother (Patricia Clarkson) is appalled that he's wasting his talents and his time in this manner. His father (Ken Stott) is merely appalled. He feels his son is drinking too much and not spending enough time with his dying mother. We're supposed to take the father's side in this, but the structure of the film, the one-day-per-year template, doesn't allow for much emotional involvement. The father harangues the son for drinking before we even realize he's drunk, for example.
Then fortunes change. Emma breaks it off with Ian, writes a book, it's popular, and she moves to Paris and meets a gorgeous Parisian man. Dexter gets married to a busty blonde, has a kid, but loses his job and can't find another. His wife cheats on him with his best friend. He's washed-up and gray at 30.
But Emma still takes him back. She ditches Frenchy for him. True love.
With the central tension of the film thus resolved, other tensions need to emerge. They do. Year by year, Emma: 1) wants a kid; 2) still hasn't had a kid; 3) dies in a biking accident. All on St. Swithin's Day.
Afterwards, director Lone Scherfig ("An Education") and screenwriter David Nicholls (from his novel) do a good call-back to that first St. Swithin's Day, in the late 1980s, and to a moment where the relationship could've deepened immediately but didn't. There's a sadness to it, certainly, this early scene, but it's not the sadness of the Billy Bragg song. Bragg's sadness is about how love, which we claim to be forever, fades. "One Day" claims that love is forever. So the sadness of the callback, and of the movie, relates to the earlier, shallow choices Dexter made with his life and his love. It's about all that time wasted.
I would argue that, regardless of what we do with time, whether we "waste" it like the grasshopper (Dexter), or "make proper use of it" like the ant (Emma), it keeps going. That's what's truly sad. It's not about bad choices made but of any choices made. Time takes us from a place where we are young and have many choices to where we are old and have but one: death. It takes us to the moment when one of us is gone and the other is mourning, to the moment when both of us are gone and what survivors we have are mourning, to the moment when both of us are long-gone and there's no one left to mourn.
Love the poster, though.
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Movie Review: A Separation (2011)
Our sympathies keep changing in "A Separation" in a way that reminded me of life.
Initially, Simin (Leila Hatami) seems the sympathetic one, at least to western eyes, since she wants out of Iran for both herself and her daughter, while her husband Nader (Peyman Maadi) seem stubborn and awful for refusing to go. When Simin does leave, she goes, not out of the country but across town, to stay at her mother's, leaving Nader to care for their daughter, Termeh (Arina Farhadi), who's 11 and smart, as well as his father (Ali-Asghar Shahbazi), who is old and suffering from Alzheimer's.
But we also have sympathy for Razieh (Sareh Bayat), whom Nader hires to help in his wife's absence. She's pregnant; she has her own daughter, Somayeh (Kimia Hosseini), an adorable, big-eyed thing, to worry about; and now, for 300,000 rials a day (about US$26.50), she has to look after Nader's father, who wets himself, and who may wander off at any moment to get the newspaper at the newsstand down the street. Wetting himself, and not being able to change himself, is the big problem. She's unsure whether it's a sin for her to be this close to a man she doesn't know, but there's a kind of Islamic hotline she can call to plead her case. She does, successfully, but it's really more than she bargained for. So she asks Nader: Could her husband, Hodjat (Shahb Hosseini), take the job instead?
Nader is willing, even grateful, but surprised when it's still Razieh who shows up the next day, and the next. Something about her husband being in jail? Something about creditors? Nader is even more surprised, and angered, when he comes home early one day to find no one at home and his father tied to the bed. Initially he thinks he's dead. He's not, but he's bruised. And really who would do such a thing? And where is the day's money Nader left on the dresser? And it's at this point that Razieh returns, with her daughter, and with nothing like shame or guilt on her face. Who is this woman? How could she do such a thing to his father? And still she demands her day's pay? Why doesn't she get out of his apartment. Out! Out!
Yeah, so what if Razieh slipped when he shoved her out the door. Really? She miscarried? That's awful. From the shove? That doesn't seem...? She and her husband are pressing charges? For murder?
Poor Nader.
God, where the fuck is his wife during all of this?!
The relativity of all of this is key. The lack of absolutes is key. The small lies that occur daily, or the big lies that occur when our backs are to the wall, or the information withheld to make one's case better, all of these things are key. "A Separation" begins inconclusively before an unseen judge, and it ends—beautifully—in a kind of purgatory of inconclusiveness, and in the middle ... is anything resolved? The more both parties go to find justice, the more injustice they find. The more control they attempt to exert, the more things fall apart. "A Separation" isn't just about the separation of a man and a wife; it's about a separation from truth, from respect, and maybe from love.
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Kanye just can't seem to catch a break in the fashion world.
Though he's demonstrated a clear love for the art form, mixed with industry influencers, and actually studies the craft, it seems critics are consistently poised to tear apart his every fashionable endeavor.
As we reported yesterday in the news, critics had a field day ripping his first collection, DW, to shreds, lambasting everything from the fit of the garments to the heels on the Giuseppe Zanotti x Kanye West shoes. DW might have simultaneously been the most highly anticipated and best attended yet most universally panned show of fashion week.
At the after party for his show Kanye made a heartfelt speech saying, "Thank you for anybody that didn't believe, because they motivated us to break our boundaries. We don't know what the reviews will be, we don't know what they will say, but I got a chance to go to Italy and feel those fabrics. I begged Louis Vuitton to let me do more shoes after my shoes sold out in two weeks, and they did not. I begged Nike, I begged this company to let me do it. And I took out motherf—ing loans to get the best models, to get the best designers, to get the best venue. I gave you everything that I had. This is my first collection. Please be easy. Please give me a chance to grow. This is not some celebrity s—. I don't f— with celebrities. I f— with the creatives in this room, the amazing people who spend every day of their life trying to make the world a more beautiful place."
Kanye's just trying to create beautiful things, people. But it seems at every turn he's getting rejected, denied, then thrown under the bus.
Why Won't The Fashion World Let Kanye Be Great?
65 Responses to "Why Won't The Fashion World Let Kanye Be Great?"
Because the industry is tired of Celebs who want to join the ranks of the great designers like Dior, Lanvin, Chanel et al without even knowing how to construct a pattern much less knowing about fit. Just because someone is an interesting style tastemaker does not mean that they are great designers. Mr. West is a lover of good design and fashion but clearly not a great fashion designer. Give him some muslin, royal form, pins and shears and then we will see what he can do.
Bella Noire 100 is right. But, still, Go Kanye!
On point BelleNoire100. I think true people of fashion know this. I don't think he is taken seriously for obvious reasons.
We see the same concepts from Stella McCartney (neutrals, whites, splashes of red and blue) and the same loose fits with a bit of flesh here and there as well as a couple of close-fitting pieces, but they get reviewed as "sexy" and a "renewed focus on relaxed ease". Phoebe Philo at Celine is applauded for her "luxuriously spartan" use of blank white and grey with green and red in exaggeratedly loose fits. At Balenciaga the proportions were even more manipulated but "unsettling the eye" is declared to be "the point" that only the "fashion-mad" will understand.
So why is it that when Kanye uses whites, neutrals, blacks, splashes of red and blue in relaxed fits with the occasional sexy body-con number that it's the worst thing ever produced? Perhaps because he is a rapper and a celebrity, and therefore an 'outsider' to the world of the fashion elite.
And while we're talking about skewed reviews, I don't get what people think is so fab about Prada's latest? Again, possibly just because of the Designer attached and their reputation, people have decided on the review before the collection is released? (Don't mean to offend, I realise Fashion Bomb reviewed the collection positively. Maybe my taste is too minimal for it.)
It is going to be very tough for Kanye to become a respected designer because of all of the misconceptions that go along with celebrities who design as BelleNoire100 pointed out. But I believe has the diligence and tenacity to do it. Because there celebs who have done it successfully i.e. Gwen Stefani, Victoria Beckham, the Olsen twins.
I also think he gets a bad rap (no pun intended lol) because he speaks his mind in a very authentic way and not everyone can appreciate that. But I appreciate it because he is giving it to you straight no chaser.
Kanye took the time to learn about fashion PRIOR to releasing his own line he didn't just slap his name on something without understanding what it was and really contributing to the creative process i don't think the content of the line itself is being judged at all he could have sent out the most amazing & fashion forward line ever to grace Paris Fashion Week and it would have been ripped apart because it was Kanye we need to learn to seperate the message from the messenger why should Kanye lay on the cross for all celebrity designers? it was an outstanding attempt from an amatuer designer which is what he is -famous or not
He is also pretty cocky and known to throw a tantrum or three, he needs to earn the respent of the fashion world and it's not going to come easy.
They need to leave Kanye alone they know he's sensitive and hes right its not like he's making $65 jeans available in Target and Walmart so what let the man be great!
That speech right there is why I love me some Kanye. He's just so passionate and believes in everything he does so wholeheartedly. He really does give all that he has…then he keeps giving, and giving, and giving.
Boo Hoo, Kanye, he can run his mouth about everybody, but when the tables are turned he can't hack it, do you designers trying to sing/rap, HELL NO!
you know, he & i don't have the same tastes but i love the passion in that speech. esp. the last line. it's not my cup of tea but good for him for trying to do something he loves.
They won't let him be great because… well the simply just don't want him to be…
You know, anyone who has the gall to show at PARIS fashion week, of all places, and send a bunch of ill-fitting clothes that he had a fleet of students slap together in three days down the runway deserves the criticism. I mean, I love Kanye, and sometimes I think he is unfairly attacked, but in this case, he was asking for it.
And for him to, in the end be like, "waah waah go easy on me?" Like my grandmother says, he better so siddung one side! It's nice and everything that he loves fashion, but my mom makes clothes, and she has spent YEARS learning tailoring techniques, pattern making, etc. I don't care how many runway shows you've sat front row at, you are NOT a fashion designer just because you interned wherever. So many young, talented designers will NEVER get a chance to show their collections at PFW, yet we need to coddle Kanye because he's rich enough to put on a show? Spare me.
For me, Kanye didn't let himself be great. He had ample time to make this collection look terrific, and he didn't. Hopefully he does better next time.
so Kanya "interned" a few places for a few months – it takes fashion students YEARS to master their craft. just like i'm sure it took years if not decades for Kanye to learn enough about music to produce the high quality albums he made. for some reason with fashion celebrities think they can skip the learning process and just start making things. i like Kanye as an artist but i think he is a cry baby and his collection was not good. the pieces were ill fitting and many of them were unwearable.
ditto to j. bottom line is, it wasn't great. don't build all this hype around yourself and your product and when people don't like it you throw a hissy fit. no one is required to love your ish. you can't not be part of the celebrity but yet you want to be given a pass. take the critiques you were given and learn from them. humble yourself enough to grow.
i think many celebrities are so use to being successful that they think everything they touch is suppose to turn to gold. i'm sorry but no. Even Jesus could only turn water into wine, so no one can turn shit into gold
I don't know if I read the post correctly or not but my understanding was that he gave the speech after the show and not in response to the bashing that occurred the next day. Because of the reputation he has, I'm sure he expected to get a little back lash from SOMEONE. Also, being as fashion forward as he is and after doing his internships, he has to know that the industry is tough. I'm not saying this is the best thing to ever grace fashion week but this definitely wasn't the worst I've seen this year from the show reviews. For Kanye to earn his respect in the fashion industry, he has to stick around, gain experience and talent, and face the adversity head on. As long as he does that and doesn't throw b*tch fits at his reviews, he has the potential to become great in the fashion world.
Several "designers" did not go to school for fashion design….many of the ones respect too. Doesn't make them any less respected either. I think it takes time to perfect your craft. If he's embarking on a new venture which happens to catch his attention and he's passionate about it..then let him rock. We might as well say the same thing about Will Smith rapper to phenomenal actor….give him a break. I wasn't a huge fan of the line but I'm curious to see more. I don't think Kanye really meant go easy on me…he's been through worse critique, lol. However I notice that in this ugly business of fashion people are way too critical….and on their own tip. It's also a very guarded industry with a gate-keeper mentality. Fashion is a form of Art, can you really tell someone how their art should be?
@ J!! Preach girl! Go easy my ass, this is fashion. And esp for someone who hardly comes off as humble at times (love Kanye dont get me wrong). At the end of the day, the line was poorly executed, and the clothes were uninspired..Hell they booed Tom Ford at Paris Fahion Week..Deal with it. He didn't drop a line and work up to Paris..He debuted there and wants pity from critics and fashion snobs?
There are talented designers who have worked decades in fashion and love it, live it, understand it, know what makes a woman look good, how it should fit and move and they will never see Paris, Milan, NY or shit even Marshall's..Perfect your craft first.
I love me some Kanye and yes i commend him for taking a chance but i was completely underwhelmed by his collection. He needs to not be so cocky if he's going to be so sensitive whenever somebody criticizes him. Just make them eat their words next time around. You have to GAIN respect especially in such a cut throat fashion world.
AND ANOTHER THING- *UP ON MY SOAP BOX* FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE WILLING TO SUPPORT KANYE ON HIS JOURNEY THROUGH FASHION THEN WE NEED TO PETITION THAT HE GIVE ANOTHER YOUNG BLACK, BEHIND THE SEAMS, DESIGNER A CHANCE TO BECOME A PART OF HIS TEAM. HE NEEDN'T GO FAR FOR TALENT WE HAVE IT HERE RIGHT IN THE STATES…I KNOW SEVERAL IN BK ALONE! *Sit's down and continues to drink coffee*
I agree with @BelleNoire100 anytime an musician, actor, athlete etc…tries to cross over into the fashion world––or any other genre ––there met with opposition. I don't think its a universal scheme to thwart Kanye. On the other hand I believe Kanye's reputation for being a divo, and sense that folks are obligated to respect his grind automatically puts his neck on the chopping block.
I agree studying a few weeks here and there, interning sporadically does not mean Kanye took the time to hone this craft. I know Kanye has artistic abilities; he's extremely talented. So I'd be impress to hear how he sat down and sketched designs, sewed samples, and slaved & obsessed over every detail and garment in his collection. That's the grind of new designer that I respect. That fact that he offered his opinion to folks more qualified than him to design is not impressive. And this is coming from someone who absolutely ADORES Kanye as a rapper.
Give Fckn credit when it's due!!!! A million Celebs jump in with ONE thing in mind, another business venture, aka more $$$$$.. He was really passionate about what he created and even gave it the BEST name DW (Dr. Donda West, His late mother)
Dereon is SHxTTY. Did anyone bust caps all in Bey's a*s for her HORRID attempt to present a Clothing line? Yet, she graced Paris (?) with a show & everyone applauded with happiness and cheer!! My point is, I think SOLELY because it's Kanye presenting a line, they wanna chew him up. But I KNOW Kanye wont let it stop him! So let these "critics" blow it out their tail pipes, cause I know he's FAR from done.
in conclusion….. lol
He's a beginner — let him get his frickin feet wet. He isn't gonna come out with a new line as a first time desinger & defeat and outshine ALL others in an instant. He has a long way to go, & he is well on his way.
good day. f*ck the haters! signed, a Ye' Stan *throws up the roc*
PrettyGeez, yeah, you must be a Kanye Stan because any celebrity that has come out with a shitty line received the fair share of criticism–Beyonce included.
The line was terrible and he got what he deserved as far as the criticism is concerned.
This fashion show looks like it was very fun. I wonder if they were walking to something upbeat like Jessica Ferguson's "GO" or Kesha's "We are who we are".
THE CRAZY THING IS- A LOT OF THESE DESIGNERS DO NOT KNOW HOW TO make GARMENTS- THATS WHY THERE ARE PATTERN MAKERS- TECHNICAL DESIGNERS- THESE DESIGNERS DO NOT KNOW TEXTILES- HENCE THE NEED FOR RAW MATERIALS DEPT IN THESE DESIGN HOUSES… TRUST ME… SOME OF THE GREAT DESIGNERS YOU ARE MENTIONING… DONT KNOW HOW TO MAKE A PATTERNS, USE SCISSORS OR ANYTHING ELSE… SO KANYE CAN BE A GREAT DESIGNER- LETS JUST SAY… CREATIVE DIRECTOR…
I cosign with @Awomansbf07
I think ppl just love to go at his neck, personally. Clearly the man is Genius in MORE THAN ONE THING & that's what they're afraid off. To be black musically gifted & fashionably gifted is a problem. How many black designers grace Italy, Paris or ANY fashion wk shows for that matter? How many of them are black MEN? #DontWorryIllWait … Exactly. They don't want him to be great but it's cool b/c it seems to me… that's all he knows how to be. I loved the line, it showed a different side of Kanye that is appreciated. I can't wait to see what else he does. I hope this insane criticism dosent stop him from doing more.
LOL… the stan thing was a joke. BUT — clearly there's a diff between criticisizing & BASHING. & I def. said i think they're just coming for him because he's himself, not JUST because his line wasn't up to par… re read.
Opinions, opinions — what would this world be without them?
But uhh YEAAAAAHHHH…. as stated, he's clearly just beginning & getting his feet wet. Let the critics get the belly rub they long for… tsk. Here's a bone….
Oh and lets be clear… SCHOOLING DOES NOT EQUAL TALENT. It just means you're more EDUCATED in the craft than other ppl. "Fashion students spend blah blah blah amount of time doing blah blah blah". CHILL. There are so many WEALTHY ppl with huge companys making dough and changing lives but they didnt get not one real lick of school outside of HS. Some didn't even graduate… some are GED recipients. Stop being so naive.
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People don't like him because he is outspoken and unapologetic. He is not America's sweetheart. I saw nothing wrong with his line, but they will make a huge deal out of it, just like they cruicified him when he took the mic from Taylor Swift…
I love Ye and I hope he continues to do well.
He's such a cry baby. Maybe if he poured some of that fashion into his line it would have been better.
I personally don't see where he's passionate. All I see is a delusional and self-absorbed immature man who can't handle it when people disagree with him or call him out on his shit.
*edit poured passion into his line
people will always hate on someone who is doing bigger better things than them. I never heard of him putting all the hype around his line…(people probably just expect it because its Kanye). but then again womenswear is very Different from menswear. & yeah alot of celebs put their names on things, but I believe that Kanye is very passionate about what he is doing. Its not JUST another way to make $ for him. Whether you liked it or not, give credit where its due.
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the line kanye has looks nothing like the celeb fashion lines that flopped he came out with a pretty good start. I think the fashion industry is giving him a hard time because with a few more lines maybe in a few more years he is destined for greatness
One thing people have to learn in any workplace is to humble yourself and we definitely Kanye never met or understood the word humble. So what if he interned, did he do any hard work, study things from the bottom, was he a regular intern who did the jobs nobobdy else wants to do?? He had other people design sew and fit his clothes. Bullcrap! It takes more than wearing some clothes a stylist picked out for you, pretend interning at fashion houses, sitting front row at fashion shows to be a great designer. You need to train hard and long, learn it from bottom up not top down and dedicate yourself, this man did not even have clothes finished 3 days before the show. Also he gets flack because people find him an unlikeable loose character, there is saying what you feel and then being an idiot, he almost always ends looking like an idiot. If he's running his mouth so much he needs to prove to us he is as good as he thinks he is and that was a mediocre effort that wasn't coherent at all.
why do ya'll encourage this crybaby…
As an artist, who is truly passionate about their work, it takes BALLS to put your art, your baby, on display for the public to see. It's a moment of vulnerability. I give Ye props for allowing us to see his line, whether we liked it or not. I respect his passion.
LOL Claire , I like how you started this discussion , but you've been blogging for years and I KNOW you know this was not up to par . Kanye wants people to "chill" and be easy but the Fashion World is cut throat – end of story . look up the history of designer Tracy Reese and compare . Kanye is so uplifted by the media and society about his personal style so they automatically expected him to come out with an amazing collection .
huh , I can go on for days … im with the Majority of the posts on this .. it was wack . thats it .
I think most critics are just getting at him bc he is an easy target, but i also feel if he presented his debut collection in a more humble way (i know.. Kanye & humble do not belong in the same sentence lol!) the critics may have gone a little easier on him.
PFW is essentially THE fashion week to present at. He shared a schedule with all of the greats – Chanel, Dior, McQueen, and his collection honestly looked like a college grad collection. To the critics it appears Kanye may think of himself to be worthy of that company and such a grand stage, and from the pics he has lifetimes before he gets there. He still could have shown in Paris but if he wouldve had a private viewing for a select group of editors/influencers/etc. he might have gotten a better response.
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First of all…to all those that think that all those Celebs that have a clothing line are really the one's designing!…welll…NEWS FLASH! YOU ARE WRONG.. their main contribution is the money they have…. this have to stop.. designing is a lot more work then just having a little bit of taste and being able to dress in the latest trends…. and a succesfull collection is more then just a few nice pieces on the runway. theres's a long ass creative process to go through…and trust that Kanye is not the one doing it. Nor Gwen for that matter… ( fyi…L.A.M.B design office is in montreal CANADA ) they need to stop acting like they really the ones doing the work!!!! no pity for him….he'll get over it… the ones who are really hurt by those critics are the underdog designers working like slaves under his name…
Wow so much hostility against Mr. West…I will say this for this being his first collection, it actually looked great. For a Kanye to even attempt haute status I am surprised what a feat! but I am actually proud of him look lets be real I have worked in the ins and outs of this fashion industry and main designers do not make their own patterns, the only reason why you are in that position is because you are an indie designer…he has the money he had a vision and he was able to make it come into fruition. Folks think about it, the industry is actually afraid that Kanye may inspire folks(other celebrities) to take it up a notch further. Please Beyonce of course the industry wouldn't say anything bad about her clothes because well it won't go anywhere. Kanye… I can see this blossom to something great let's give him two more seasons.
The truth is i saw the collection and i was not impressed. It almost seemed liked he had Amber Rose in mind when he designed his collection and not a lot of women cannot go outside looking like that. I think he should have asked himself, who is my target audience, where is this girl going. Most of the clothes were badly executed, he tried but the collection was bad. I hope his next collection would be better.
Where were the black models?
The line is horrid and who wants to wear a bunch a fabric draped over you? Its not attractive looking if you are over a size 2 #fail
Kanye did fairly great! his pieces i'd actually buy. It was no where near the disaster with Lindsey Lohan/Ungaro. We do not need to mention what happened. I hate how people are saying he doesnt know fashion. Just because hes a rapper doesnt mean. You can have hobbies too. people let houses get away atrocities because they're houses.
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Joe Bampton of Clapham in south London and his Hungarian-born partner Suzanna Gyetvai died in the accident.
Yvonne Rennie of Perth in Scotland also died while her husband, Michael, survived by jumping from the balloon's basket as it plunged to Earth.
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We went 5-3 in the 3rd quarter department, but in those 3rd quarter 'losses', we only trailed by a combined total of 6 pts.
However, and this is more important, in the games we were trailing at half (Nets, Timberwolves, Wizards, Pistons), we went on to take the lead back in 3 out of the 4 games. In each case, we made necessary adjustments to swing the game in our favor (Nets, Wizards, Timberwolves).
All this to say that D'Antoni seems to be making good adjustments, especially on defense, as evidenced by the lack of crazy opponent scoring output in the 3rd quarter. The Nuggets game yesterday showed a good example of this, giving 41 pts in the 2nd quarter, down to 24 in the 3rd.
The one down side is we haven't been able to blow games wide open when we did have a lead. I think this will come with more time and soon we'll be seeing a couple blow outs when the game is essentially done in the 3rd quarter as our chemistry and our bench play improves.
The other thing to keep an eye on is Amare's 2nd half effort. Whether it be due to foul trouble or wanting to stay out of foul trouble, Amare in the 1st half always seems to be a shadow of himself. However, I'm only running this assumption off Seth's recaps and a couple of the games I've watched. Curious to see what you guys are seeing regarding Amare or the other players in the 3rd quarter.


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After following this guide, you'll have used free Google products that are available to you with your Brandeis Google account to make your club more awesome.
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Collaboration without hassles
Who's got the meeting notes? Or the budget spreadsheet we made for the fboard?
With Google Drive, everyone does.
Sample uses:
- Create a collection for your club, share that collection with your members without having to share every document individually
- Create a Google Document monthly newsletter and share it with your members to make a visually appealing update about what the club is up to (And post it on your Google Site!)
- Use Google forms to gather information and survey your members/campus community
- Collaborate real-time without the need for sending attachments
Club Website, no HTML required!
Did you know LTS provides clubs and student groups with web space? If you do, you know that using the UNet web space is often complicated. With Google Sites you can successfully avoid the hassle. To see what can be done with Google Sites, check out the Student Union website. Yep, that's a Google Site!
- Go to http://sites.google.com/a/brandeis.edu
- Click on Create
- Under 'Select a template to use', click on Browse the Gallery for more. Here you should see the Brandeis Club template that I've shared with brandeis.edu. Feel free to use this template for your club, or create your own in the previous screen. You can also view the template here or Google's club template here and click Use template on the top right.
- Check out this document on editing, and sharing your site or the Interactive tutorial, and this document on Changing how your site looks
- Share the link and add it to your MyBrandeis club listing (If you don't have a MyBrandeis club listing, contact the Student Union)
Getting a cool URL for your site:
Getting a cool URL like www.myclub.org is easy with Google Sites. After you've created your site, follow these instructions.
Brandeis Clubs/Organizations using Google Sites:
- Student Union
- Brandeis African Student Association (BASO)
- The Blowfish
- Brandeis Crew
- Brandeis Juggling Society
- Brandeis Chess Club
There's always someone that can't make it to Shapiro Campus Center
With Google+ Hangouts you can host meetings with up to 9 other people. With Hangout apps you can also edit Google Docs within the Hangout. Check out how to create an account here.
Mailing Lists are so 1999
Brandeis mailing lists are great, but they are also difficult to manage, and don't provide much in terms of customization and flexibility. Google Groups are here to change that.
Google Groups are coming soon to Brandeis.