Follow me on TwitterListen to my blipThe Business of FashionAlexei & Partners Email me var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-5345333-3"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @vikramkansara)http://vikramalexeikansara.com/<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz1bonXqma1qzym7wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Future of Money: It’s Flexible, Frictionless and (Almost) Free via <a href="http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/02/ff_futureofmoney/all/1">Wired Magazine</a> via @brainpicker</p>http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/437518523http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/437518523Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:57:59 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz0yov0A3n1qzym7wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>WSJ on “The Phoebe Effect” - LVMH Wipes Céline Slate Clean <a href="http://bit.ly/dvHtY6">http://bit.ly/dvHtY6</a> via @CREATETHEGROUP</p>http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/437106962http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/437106962Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:17:19 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz0p5qPHCl1qzym7wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Thanks for the stunning images! RT @JessicaMichault The final Mcqueen show was breathtakingly beautiful. Filled with angels, religious reference & gilded wings.</p>http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/436845682http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/436845682Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:51:26 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyzzpj7gs91qzym7wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>@rujujasani let’s go to the Faroe Islands <a href="http://bit.ly/9WJRCp">http://bit.ly/9WJRCp</a></p>http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/436150971http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/436150971Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:41:00 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyzwozxVKI1qzym7wo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Celine’s perfectly modern creative director PHOEBE PHILO is on the cover of THE GENTLEWOMAN, Fantastic Man’s sister magazine, edited by Penny Martin, available March 22.</p>http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/436013835http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/436013835Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:36:35 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyzhy7OLJR1qzym7wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Striking graphic prints via <a href="http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/2010/03/on-streetafter-dries-paris.html">The Sartorialist</a></p>http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/435367657http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/435367657Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:18:05 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyz29llHUS1qzym7wo1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The fantastical TIM WALKER shoots STELLA TENNANT and CHARLES GUISLAIN for ITALIAN VOGUE March 2010 via @asvof</p>http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/434875759http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/434875759Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:39:00 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyxd54alIH1qzym7wo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This Klaus Nomi-inspired illustration by Hormazd Narielwalla made me smile via @asvof via <a href="http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/page/2/">T Magazine</a></p>http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/432789400http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/432789400Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:39:04 -0500<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/technology/07reboot.html?src=tptw&pagewanted=all">Times on digital innovators based in NY</a>: <p>Key quote: “Book publishing, advertising, media and even the fashion industry are all located in New York. These are the main industries that are being reshaped and redefined by technology and the Internet,” says AnnaLee Saxenian, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, who studies regional economics and technology entrepreneurship.</p>http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/432766617http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/432766617Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:25:33 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyvxu8OVX91qzym7wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Am liking Philip-Lorca diCorcia polaroids shot in Cuba - super focused little windows - David Zwirner Gallery #armory</p>http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/431157934http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/431157934Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:10:51 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyvxk6j5m51qzym7wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Piotr UKLANSKI’s 3-D blood-soaked organs are really visceral - Galerie Emmanuel Petotin #armory</p>http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/431147797http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/431147797Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:04:28 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyvgggTFOg1qzym7wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Can’t wait to see <a href="http://www.metoperafamily.org//metopera/season/production.aspx?id=10465">Attila</a> with @rujujasani: sets by Herzog & de Meuron, costumes by Miuccia Prada.</p>http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/430567987http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/430567987Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:55:28 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyveb3nIIc1qzym7wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>New work by Ryan McGinley features subjects “suspended in an eternal artifice, a strategic nowhere.” Opening 6:00PM Thursday March 18th at <a href="http://teamgal.com/exhibitions/171/everybody_knows_this_is_nowhere">Team Gallery</a></p>http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/430497269http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/430497269Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:09:00 -0500<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://vikramalexeikansara.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/430222380/tumblr_kyv4n6uuEd1qzym7w&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>Les Champs-Elysées by Joe Dassin - my favorite song for sunny mornings!</p>http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/430222380http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/430222380Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:40:18 -0500<p>Great comment from Sarah Mower on Balenciaga A/W/ 2010 makes a broader psychological point on the key to visual resonance: “there is so much in it that reminds the brain of things it’s seen before, but isn’t quite like them at all.”</p>http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/429136326http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/429136326Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:26:14 -0500“The problem for fashion in the age of instant access to images is simple: Without extremely willful individuals exerting their imaginations, experimenting with new materials and shapes, the industry as a whole will seem weak to the people who follow it. There must be something exceptional, almost violently strong and not immediately accessible, if fashion is to be a force.”<br/><br/> - <em>Cathy Horyn</em>http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/429084850http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/429084850Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:54:00 -0500<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="225" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9486977&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9486977&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9486977&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Curious Displays - modular mobile recombinant screens</p>http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/428905545http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/428905545Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:56:50 -0500<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="225" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9647901&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9647901&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9647901&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>RAQUEL by MARIO SORRENTI and JANE HOW for V64</p>http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/428900979http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/428900979Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:53:43 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kytw7zJUJ31qzym7wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Balenciaga Channels Delaunay via <a href="http://www.interviewmagazine.com/blogs/fashion/2010-03-05/balenciaga-sonia-delaunay/">Interview</a></p>http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/428882121http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/428882121Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:40:46 -0500<a href="http://www.psfk.com/2010/03/lady-gagas-social-media-genius.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+psfk%2Ffeed+%28PSFK%29">Lady Gaga’s Social Media Genius</a>http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/428834527http://vikramalexeikansara.com/post/428834527Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:07:00 -0500