The Brand New Hype Means Nothing Kate Moss x Grace Jones T-Shirts = Crooks & Castles For Adults.

"The Parisian brand is back with two new t-shirts, this time featuring two ladies – Kate Moss and Grace Jones. Both t-shirts come in white and grey and are now available from colette."

Information Courtesy Of: Highsnobiety.Com


Available Online Here: Buymeansnothing.Com x Colette.FR

CHRIS LIVE AKA SHAKER SAYS: Although the institution of Livestyle serves as an aggregator and promoter of good taste, I am not a one man fashion filter. I would be nothing without my sources. As an artist, I can and do find inspiration in some of the most random of circumstances, but, I rely heavily upon close friends and family to serve as my multi-cultural collective muse.

Anyway, upon returning from his most recent trip gallivanting abroad, the homie Hoya "Korean Barbecue King" Chung, hipped me to this brand Hype Means Nothing. The introduction was quite simple - as all aesthetic awakenings should be. Young H.O. showed up to the crib rocking a Hype Means Nothing Biggie t-shirt. I liked it. I asked him, "Who makes this shit?". I yanked my BlackBerry from my pocket. I Googled away! LOL.

Now, while online information regarding the history of this burgeoning brand is scarce, I can definitively tell Y.O.U. that this ironically named (NOTE: Because this shit is pretty much ALL hype ... lol) cheeky chic French streetwear label has made a mint selling iconic pictures of celebrities making - I shit Y.O.U. not - eyeglasses over their faces out of presumably Adobe® Photoshop®ped hands! Yes, THIS is what Y.O.U. pay for! Whatever. LOL.

A Milky Way of luminaries from the past and present have already been immortalized by the good people @ Hype Means Nothing with "hand glasses" such as Beyonce, Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Lil Wayne, Homer Simpson (DOH!), Jay-Z and Brad Pitt. Now, it's Kate Moss and Grace Jones's turn.

Available online @ both Hype Means Nothing and the WholeFoods® Market superstore of French cooldom, Colette, this basic shirts makes a big statement. Get Y.O.U. some. Good shit!

A 1986 Andy Warhol Self-Portrait Sells For A Record $32.5 Million @ Sotheby's = And Y.O.U. Thought That Buying Out The Bar Was Cool!

"A late self-portrait by “pope of pop” Andy Warhol sold for a record 32.5 million dollars at Sotheby’s in New York on Wednesday.

The stark 1986 image of Warhol’s famous face and unkempt hair was estimated to sell at between 10-15 million at the contemporary art auction.

The huge final sale value was in line with the strong demand for Warhols shown at the contemporary art auction at rival Christie’s in Manhattan on Tuesday.

The Sotheby’s sale was the highest price paid for a self-portrait by the iconoclastic artist, who died a year after the work was completed.

According to the auctions giant, this final self-portrait by Warhol captures his “attitude toward presenting his outer self, tempting us with the thought that he might finally let us glimpse his most intimate inner self.”

Ninety-four percent of lots at Sotheby’s found buyers, totaling just under 190 million dollars in sales, following a healthy performance for contemporary art at Christie’s the previous day.

Another big seller at Sotheby’s was Mark Rothko’s untitled abstract canvas dominated by the color red, which sold for 31.4 million dollars, up from pre-sale estimates of 18-25 million dollars.

A portrait of a saxophonist by Jean-Michel Basquiat — “Untitled (Stardust)” — sold for a whopping 7.25 million dollars, compared to the 1.8-2.5 million dollar estimate.

Another Warhol, “Flowers,” sold for 7.6 million dollars, beating the estimate of five to seven million dollars.

Jackson Pollock’s “Number 12A, 1948: Yellow, Gray, Black,” sold for 8.8 million dollars, double the low end of the four-six million-dollar estimate.

The painting was featured in a famous 1949 Life magazine article titled “Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?”

Last week at Christie’s, a 1932 painting by Pablo Picasso, “Nude, Green Leaves and Bust,” set the world record for an art auction at 106.5 million dollars.

This snapped the record set just in February in London of 104.3 million dollars for Alberto Giacometti’s “Walking Man I” sculpture and confirmed a return of the bulls to a luxury market laid low by the 2008 global financial crisis."

Information Courtesy Of: Luxuo.Com


Additional Information Courtesy Of: NYDailynews.Com

CHRIS LIVE AKA SHAKER SAYS: As a student of the past and an intrepid pilot of the new, fine art holds a very special place in my heart of hearts. As a child, my mother nurtured my budding illustrative gifts by enrolling me into weekend art classes @ the venerable Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY (NOTE: I would take the kiddie classes and she would take the advanced adult course - my Mom is über talented too. After 2 hours of paint splattered watercolor fun and charcoal pencil stenciled visions it was back to the bus and the Franklin Shuttle train as we crisscrossed the borough and made our way home.) In fact, I was even accepted to The High School Of Art and Design in Manhattan, NY, but I declined, went to Xavier High School (also in Manhattan) to hoop it up and got sidelined by my b-a-d attitude and a dickhead for a coach. This is me. LOL. Anyway, I reveal all of this to say that long before my world became a crime related snow globe, my hopes and dreams where more Sports Illustrated® and, even earlier than that, my 1st true L.O.V.E. has always been art - whatever the medium.

To that end, I simply have to share the news of this 1986 Andy Warhol self-portrait selling for a record $32.5 million @ Sotheby's last week Wednesday. This massive self-portrait of the legendary Pop-Art pioneer was plucked from the personal collection of designer Tom Ford (NOTE: Who knew that Mr. "I-Single-Handedly-Saved-The-Gucci-Brand" has such a brolic art collection?) and was snatched up in a bidding war by an anonymous buyer with evidently very deep pockets and/or a mile long credit line.

Although members of the high end contemporary art world constitute the tiniest percentage of the only the wealthiest of sorts amongst us, I do regard the recent auction house art sales boom as a promising harbinger of good things to come for the global market in general. Look, I mean, if you were impressed the $32.5 million that Andy Warhol's self portrait commanded @ auction (NOTE: And it IS, indeed, an impressive feat.), one need only venture back 1 week prior to the Warhol purchase to encounter an even more extraordinary sale - that of Picasso's "Nude, Green Leaves and Bust" which set a world record of $106.5 million @ Christie's. *Cue Joey Lawrence Voice* "Whoa!".

Yes, as the beloved music industry that I grew up on fades into the rear view mirror of my mind, I find myself increasingly looking towards art and film as my new promised land. Hey, it's all art to me ... I've gotta keep the creative juices flowing. This is Livestyle.

Jay-Z Addresses Illuminati Rumors (Sort Of), Laughs Off Lil Wayne's Bank Account x Covers The February 2010 Issue Of Interview Magazine.

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CHRIS LIVE AKA SHAKER SAYS: Soooooooooooo, 2 days ago much of New York City and the Tri-State area rediscovered commercial radio for 2.5 hours as Jay-Z took to the airwaves alongside his tour apprentices Young Jeezy and Trey Songz to address the rumors of his involvement with all kinds of Satanic secret societies. Jay-Z's numero uno cheerleader, Angie Martinez, served up the softball questions.

Largely sparked by message board dwellers whom read and/or YouTube entirely too much fiction, a relatively small yet noisy minority has all but dubbed Shawn Corey Carter the Anti-Christ. In short, waaaaaaaay too political Hov said that while he does believe in GOD he does NOT believe in or adhere to any organized religion. Such ambiguity has only fueled the fires of insatiable conspiracy theorists bent on uncovering the nefarious plots that constantly seek to undermine Humanity. It is what it is.

In other news, Young Vito covers the February 2010 issue of Interview Magazine (NOTE: A timely tome created by the brilliant late, great iconic American artist Andy Warhol and Gerard Malanga in 1969. Yeah, Y.O.U. aint know that, did ya? You're welcome.) and licks 2 quick shots @ Birdman's asinine claims that Lil Wayne is more lyrical and ... wait for it ... has more money than him. LOL. The media blitz continues.