Showing posts with label st. louis fashion week. Show all posts
Showing posts with label st. louis fashion week. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Escape from your relatives with CultureSurfer.com


Painting by Eric Albers.

ART
Eric Albers-Eric's creations look like something out of Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas." This guy is seriously talented & seriously humble. I LOVE his work!

Glass Pull-This is totally cool. Watch glass artists compete in a contest to see who can pull liquid glass the longest distance without breaking it.

FASHION/BEAUTY

The Dillard's Show-Part 3-More cool fashion trends for Fall.

Navan-Learn about this vanilla liqueur at the PrettyCity.com event held at Mandarin Lounge.

MUSIC

Dare For Distance-By the adorable Never Shout Never at the 2nd annual PlaySTL Indie music festival. How can you resist this kid?

CYCLING
Richard England-The Team Bissell rider talks about his final race with Team Bissell.

Monday, November 17, 2008

New CultureSurfer videos for November 17, 2008


"Insight" by St. Louis artist Liz Steltzer

FASHION & BEAUTY
http://culturesurfer.com/Fashion.htm

The Guys-For all of you Dino fans out there(the model with the long hair), here's your chance to meet him.

The Dillard's Show-Part Two

R Bath & Body-Wendy & her husband have launched this business together & their products smell amazing. Seriously!

MUSIC

http://culturesurfer.com/Music.htm
Back Porch byCharlz Newman (combo of two of the band member's names)-This indie band is out of Minneapolis and is seriously good. We filmed them at the PlaySTL fest back in September.

ART
http://culturesurfer.com/Art.htm
Liz Steltzer-Liz is a very talented artist, super cool & smart lady, & she used to play pro softball. This is her interview from last month's Jack The Ripper art show.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

New CultureSurfer.com videos for the week of Oct. 13, 2008

FASHION

Karlie Kloss, supermodel-Interview with Karlie at the Spring 2008 St. Louis Fashion Week
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1243698182/bclid1838521739/bctid1854842626

Macy's Runway Show-at the Spring 2008 St. Louis Fashion Week
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1243698182/bclid1838521739/bctid1851168941


MUSIC
Rumba De Azul-flamenco guitar with Lliam Christy & Los Flamencos at Sol Lounge in St. Louis.
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1244719052/bclid1256260578/bctid1854859055


Sevdah Music-Part 1 at the 5th Annual St. Louis Bosnian & Herzegovian Festival
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1256280098/bclid1847307898/bctid1851181920

CYCLING
Team Dogfish Interview at the St. Louis Gateway Cup
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1213893947/bclid1764764644/bctid1851181926

Chad Hartley, rider with Jittery Joe’s Cycling at the St. Louis Gateway Cup
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1213893947/bclid1764764644/bctid1854842330

Pursuing the Peloton-from the Bissell Team car with the “Dan cam” at the 2nd annual Tour of Missouri
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1213893947/bclid1815835776/bctid1851181940

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

New CultureSurfer videos for September 6, 2008

Cycling:
Christian Vande Velde (team Garmin-Chipotle), overall of the 2nd annual Tour of Missouri pro cycling race, takes the yellow jersey for Stage 6. Christian is near and dear to the hearts of Missouri cyclists because he is from nearby Lemont, Il & is not only a very talented cyclist but also a good guy. Christian cycled for the US team at last summer’s Beijing Olympics.
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1213893947/bclid1815835776/bctid1840617447

Christian Vande Velde (team Garmin-Chipotle) talks at the press conference after Stage 6 of the 2nd annual Tour of Missouri in St. Charles, Missouri.
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1213893947/bclid1815835776/bctid1838510592

Dogfish Apparell owner, John Merli
My interview with John Merli, owner of Dogfish Apparell, home to Dogfish racing as well. John (also known as Old Man Merli) is a former racer & now his son, John Jr., races, as well as John’s daughter-in-law. This is a very cool, very green family business. Check out what John says about making t-shirts from recycled soda bottles and bamboo:
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1213893947/bclid1815835776/bctid1840617461

Indie Music:
Check out the very young & very adorable Never Shout Never from Rolla, Missouri at the 2nd annual PlaySTL indie music festival.
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1256280098/bclid1825726867/bctid1840617434

Fashion:
Lori Coulter hails from St. Louis & is proof that yes, we do actually have a thriving fashion industry here. Here is her swimsuit show from last Spring’s Saint Louis Fashion Week at Lumiere Casino:
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1243698182/bclid1838521739/bctid1840617440

My interview with Lori Coulture, designer of made to fit (like a glove!) swimwear. She rocks for figuring out a way (using a computer that scans your body in 12 seconds) women can stop struggling to find a swimming suit that actually looks good on them!
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1243698182/bclid1838521739/bctid1838472028

Technorati Profile

New CultureSurfer videos for September 22-29, 2008

Why so many bike videos? The 2008 cyclng season is winding down, so this is when things heat up cycling-wise in St. Louis. We do plan to film some cyclocross soon, though, until it gets too cold to hold onto the camera-lol.

For you bike geeks out there, check out some of the approximately 15 videos we shot at the St. Louis Gateway Cup at the end of August. This is one of the top cycling races (4 day-long event) in the midwest, featuring some of St. Louis's coolest neighborhoods (including my crib, the U. City Loop).





The ladies of Team Revolution are so cool & are truly revolutionaries. As far as I know, they are the only women's pro (also amateur) team in St. Louis. Women's cycling is not getting the attention it deserves.




More for bike geeks... the 2nd annual Tour of Missouri pro cycling race, one of the 3 top cycling races in the US.



And lastly for the beloved bike geeks out there, our buddy & CultureSurfer photographer Dan Elavsky (this guy did an internship with a Sports Illustrated photographer!), got to ride along with Team Bissell. Dan did a great job alternating between 2 still cameras & our video camera to capture the following footage from the "Dan Cam."



Can you believe I am still uploading fashion videos from the Spring? I'm rushing to get the final ones online because the next St. Louis Fashion Week starts October 6th & we'll be there filming again.



Check out these 2 videos of traditional Indian dance that we filmed at the South Asian Heritage Fair in St. Louis. In case you're wondering Meghanna, in the purple, is only 8 or 9 years old.


For Indie music lovers, we filmed a little at the 2nd annual PlaySTL Fest. Check out Otter Petter's (Love that name!) "Rest of the World."


Finally, my friend Stan Chisolm, an extremely talented artist (onlu 22!!), a student at the Chicago Art Institute and native of St. Louis, brought some art and some of the artists he knows from Chicago for this fun opening.

Friday, May 23, 2008

St. Louis Fashion Week, Spring 2008

St. Louis Fashion Week videos

Here are two pics that Jeff took of me with 2 of the 10 or so designers that I interviewed. Fashion shows remind me of political campaigns from the standpoint of frenetic energy, so the still camera pretty much went by the wayside as we tried to just get the interviews filmed so we could get home and go to bed. On Thursdsay night, there were THIRTEEN designers, so the show ran from 9-1 in the morning. Jeff filmed the entire night (he deserves a medal for that) & I took notes on each and every designer during the show & then promptly forgot just about everything I had just seen.

Rochelle Rodriguez, a designer out of LA who designs very feminine, flowing dresses for women who actually have curves.:yes:
A video of Rochelle's designs and her interview are on CultureSurfer.com on the Fashion Page under PROJECT DESIGN.
Rochelle's site: http://www.rochellerodriguez.com/



LA designer Shay Wilson, creator of Kinetix Clothing (known for very cool graphic t-shirts). He's hot (used to be a model), hip (told me the term "urban" is out and "street" is in-lol),creative and WAY outside the box, very sweet, and the son of a minister (or preacher, can't remember the correct term). He is not Asian (Yes, I asked). p:
Shay's site: http://www.kxclothing.com/


Saint Louis Fashion Week site:
http://www.saintlouisfashionweek.com/