Good afternoon, Thursday. Hope you are all gearing up for a lovely and long weekend with friends, family, pets, and whatever makes you happy and relaxed. I'm going to enjoy a little down time and try to do some fun city excursions. Or just sit in my lil yard and read the paper and drink rose. Probably a bit of both...
In honor of TBT (so polarizing the TBT is), I'm posting some super style icons of mine, The Talking Heads. I've said many times that their music had a huge effect on the way I learned to process what "cool" was from a very young age. I would stare at their album covers and always vibed into their particular brand of New York art world chic. And of course, their music was just ALL THAT.
I think their style is still intriguing to this day because if there are poster peeps for our latest "normcore" moment, it's these kitties. I love that the style is not too over the top (with the exception of couse, to David Byrne's outsized suit he sported during the "Stop Making Sense" days)- it's an "I don't give a crap" kind of vibe that instantly says "I'm cooler than you. You know it. And I know it".
In an era like the late 70s and early 80s, style could get very glammed up and weird and new romanticized and everything else. I love how the band stayed true to their scrappy art school roots (infamous RISD grads) and kept it all cool and casual. Plus, Tina Weymouth. TINA WEYMOUTH. I adore her cute tomboy vibe and always thought she was just the coolest. Still do.
I love the above pic of young David Byrne. He looks amazing and timeless and just plain RAD. Just something so smart about how this band approached pop culture and their awesome style still holds up.
They really were the coolest band- it's usually true that bands that come out of art school are amazing (of late think Yea Yea Yeas and Franz Ferdinand, both of them met while at art school) and the whole arty pop thing has always made its way into my trajectory. Enjoy these photos of one of my all time favorite bands- style and music were just the best when it comes to a more intellectual approach to music and style making. And that's what's up this psycho killer qu'est-ce que kind of throwback Thursday moment in the art filled 212. Yours, in casual cool. XO