#simon doonan

[itsdlevy]

“In my opinion, camp is simply a matter of doing things as if you are doing them. Diving into a swimming pool? Throw your arms heavenward and give it the full Esther Williams treatment. When you dive into a pool as if you are diving into a pool, as opposed to executing an earnest quotidian plop, the result is magical—that pool is transformed from a grody Band Aid–strewn chlorine bath into a veritable LAGOON! Smoking a cigarette? Perform the action as if you are a French existentialist.” — Simon Doonan, Transformer: A Story of Glitter, Glam Rock & Loving Lou Reed

[randomrichards]

ALL MAN: THE INTERNATIONAL MALE STORY

Mag made on a whim

Defined 80s men’s fashion

Part of gay folks lives

[this-represents]

Winnie Au photographed Simon Doonan and Jonathan Adler for Elle Decor UK.

[a-nywherebut-here]

been really into lou reed lately makes the velvet goldmine crazier

[milksockets]

confessions of a window dresser - simon doonan, 1998

[jesuisgourde]

i just read simon doonan's transformer and i can feel myself falling back into that one semester of high school where i listened to nothing but velvet underground & nico, transformer, low, and in utero on repeat and read the warhol diaries and jt leroy and every tennessee williams play

[leanstooneside]

Confess and be hanged

Kathy Griffin's elbow (Other congenital malformations of hair)

Dave Navarro's forehead (Subluxation of lens, unspecified eye)

Jessica Biel's eye (Other hammer toe(s) (acquired), left foot)

James Franco's fist (Solitary bone cyst, left ulna and radius)

Simon Doonan's thigh (Malignant neoplasm of left orbit)

Carson Palmer's head (School (private) (public) (state) as the place of occurrence of the external cause)

Pitbull's eye (Chondrolysis, hip)

Kevin Federline's eye (Osseous and subluxation stenosis of intervertebral foramina of abdomen and other regions)

Tate Donovan's thigh (Chronic myeloid leukemia, BCR/ABL-positive, in remission)

Ryan Gosling's arm (Pedal cycle passenger injured in collision with fixed or stationary object in traffic accident)

Sean Combs's neck (Mixed pediculosis and phthiriasis)

Katharine McPhee's chin (Calcific tendinitis, right lower leg)

Katrina Bowden's back (Kernicterus, unspecified)

Balthazar Getty's hair (Toxic effect of contact with other venomous marine animals, assault)

Elizabeth Taylor's ear (Displaced trimalleolar fracture of left lower leg)

Kelsey Grammer's eye (Major laceration of left kidney)

Kerry Diamond's neck (Scrotal transposition)

Jason Lee's wrist (Papyraceous fetus, first trimester)

Josh Holloway's upper arm (Activity, swimming)

Desiree Hartsock's ear (Swimmer's ear, left ear)

Jared Leto's eyebrow (Pathological fracture, right hand)

Rumer Willis's eye (Lesion of plantar nerve)

Ramona Singer's arm (Other specified injury of intrinsic muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level, left foot)

Emily VanCamp's calf (Nicotine dependence, cigarettes, with withdrawal)

Jane Krakowski's fist (Other unilateral secondary osteoarthritis of hip)

Vince Vaughn's lower leg (Unspecified complication following infusion and therapeutic injection)

Olivia Palermo's shoulder (Laceration without foreign body of right back wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity)

Russell Brand's wrist (Malignant neoplasm of left orbit)

Jackson Rathbone's belly (Primary cyst of pars plana, unspecified eye)

Garth Brooks's eyebrow (Nondisplaced fracture of anterior process of left calcaneus)

Adrian Grenier's nose (Military operations involving flamethrower, civilian)

Jesse Tyler Ferguson's hair (Retinal hemorrhage, left eye)

Martin Lawrence's ankle (Hemorrhagic disease of newborn)

Spencer Pratt's neck (Perforated corneal ulcer, unspecified eye)

Ashley Hebert's bottom (Major laceration of left kidney)

Hugh Jackman's bottom (Laceration of radial artery at wrist and hand level of left arm)

Paris Hilton's chin (Preterm labor without delivery, unspecified trimester)

Simon Cowell's arm (Contusion of small intestine)

Tila Tequila's cheek (Other superficial bite of hand of unspecified hand)

Jennifer Grey's toe (Injury of quadriceps muscle, fascia and tendon)

Brody Jenner's hip (Laceration without foreign body of back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity)

Ciara's hair (Diffuse cystic mastopathy of unspecified breast)

Molly Sims's chin (Urticaria due to cold and heat)

Luke Bryan's buttocks (Urticaria due to cold and heat)

Richard Gere's breast (Endometriosis of pelvic peritoneum)

Jensen Ackles's calf (Other ulcerative colitis with intestinal obstruction)

Teresa Giudice's head (Laceration of extensor muscle, fascia and tendon of left middle finger at forearm level)

Stavros Niarchos III's ear (Striatonigral degeneration)

Winona Ryder's thumb (Acute embolism and thrombosis of right femoral vein)

Scott Disick's forearm (Extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type)

[westerberg]

Tagged by @sciencefiction-doublefeature for this little book tag game thank u kiki !!!!! Sorry I’m getting to this a bit late my brains been a little 💫😵‍💫🌧️🪦 lately

Last read: Bluets by Maggie Nelson! Definitely enjoyed it and there were bits I connected with but didn’t really blow my mind or anything. I’m not really the best reader of poetry tho I will admit

Currently reading: Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami. I discovered this author back in June and I’m so obsessed with her! I’ve already read all her other books that are translated into English, I think I like heaven and all the lovers in the night more but still, that’s a very high bar and I’m loving this book so far.

To read: i think next on my list will be Transformer by Simon Doonan about Lou reed + glam rock, as recommended by Julia MissRayon…. Either that or Diary of a Void by Emi Yagi.

Tagging @52stations @paulnewmanlover04 @power-chords @juliebarnes iffen ur interested 🤠🍻

[fashionbooksmilano]

Fashionable Selby

Todd Selby, Forewords Simon Doonan

Abrams, New York 2014, 348 pages, 20.32 x 27.94 cm,   ISBN  978-1419708619

euro 40,00

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The next installment in the bestselling “Selby” series, Fashionable Selby explores the kaleidoscopic world of fashion, featuring profiles of today’s most interesting designers, stylists, haberdashers, models, shoemakers, and more. The subjects include a mix of the avant-garde, the traditional, the must-haves, and the totally unexpected. Chapters on individual artists bring readers inside their studios, workshops, and homes, and include Selby’s signature photographs and watercolors of not only the artists and their environments, but also the things that inspire them, the materials they use, their creative process, the people who work alongside them, and the final pieces. From the showroom of one of the Antwerp Six to the studios of Central St. Martins in London to a punk knitter in Brooklyn, Selby captures some of fashion’s biggest names, rising stars, and best-kept secrets.

23/01/23

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[brucequeensteen]

have you heard of the book transformer by simon doonan btw i haven't gotten very far into it but i think you'd like it it's like a love letter to lou reed n glam rock 💛💛⭐⚡💗

i have heard of it and have been meaning to read it for a while aigh.... thank you for reminding me i must read it soon ❣️💥💫❤️‍🔥⚡️

[fivedollarradio]

It’s hard to think of a prominent gay bloke embracing glam rock style, other than Elton, who was not even out of the closet at the time. Glam rock was too gay for the gays. Freddie Mercury -- the only real gay for miles -- dabbled, but in a butch biker way. The prominent blokes who careened into glam were disappointingly straight. -- Simon Doonan from Transformer: A Story of Glitter, Glam Rock and Loving Lou Reed

I remember a similar quote from Marc Almond about how glam let someone like Freddie “hide” while the straight (or ostensibly straight) guys playing with glam had the privilege of going back to their straight lives. It let Freddie, before he was actively seeking out other gay men, to play with gender. As he became more “out,” relatively speaking, he embraced the clone look of the time, which put him squarely in the style of his generation of gay men, no ambiguity whatsoever, but still over the heads of straight music fans. 

[yorkshireword]

Anyways: my dad, who was preppy in taste and modest in wardrobe budget, decided he wanted a blue blazer. The salesman put on a droll show, asking him to try on the $3,000 Armani blazers, just to see how they looked and felt, even though he knew my dad wouldn’t get one. Eventually the salesman showed him something more within his price range⁠—double-breasted, gold buttons. They were having so much fun that my dad’s best friend, along for the trip, decided to get one too. It was $600, but the salesman winked and said, “Let me sharpen my pencil,” and gave him a small discount. And then the salesman treated them all to lunch at the cafe downstairs.

My parents aren’t members of the “groovy cognoscenti,” as Barneys creative-ambassador-at-large Simon Doonan described the original store’s customers to Vanity Fair in 2016. But when they visited Barneys, they felt like they were. If other stores made you feel rich (or not), Barneys made you feel like a New Yorker: wise and hip. And the man who created that feeling—at least at the time of my parents’ visit--was Gene Pressman.

[worthyrepose]

"More than 100 contributors, including B.D. Wong, Arthur Laurents, Simon Doonan, Stephen Fry, Marc Shaiman, and Michael Musto share endearing anecdotes and stories about when they, their families, and everyone else knew they were gay." (Goodreads)

I absolutely adored this book and it made me reflect on all the ways that others may have picked up on my sexuality before I even knew.

[a-nywherebut-here]

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favorite book - probably transformer by simon doonan or sing, unburied, sing by jesmyn ward

favorite weather - windy & overcast makes me feel like i need 2 run away so like. highly recommended

[milksockets]

confessions of a window dresser - simon doonan, 1998

[thenameisgreed]

50 books in 2024 challenge. 9/50 ‘Drag’ by Simon Doonan.