New York Times Video: 'Kruse" by Barnaby Roper

From The New York Times:

Fashion Week Video ‘Kruse’
Video, Women's FashionBy JUDITH PUCKETT-RINELLA February 11, 2011, 9:30 am

Barnaby Roper doesn’t do things by half. But he is not against the idea of using a 16-part grid. In his latest high-impact video, ‘Kruse,’ created exclusively for The Moment, Roper turns his lens on Christina Kruse, a ’90s catwalk queen and a talented artist in her own right. Kruse’s image is carved up into a digital chopping block that twists and turns and squeezes her through a series of kaleidoscopic formations. Look out for more videos from Roper as the year progresses — assuming the technology can keep up.

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Rebecca Taylor film, "Beautiful Dreamer", starring Kristy Kaurova

From New York Magazine's The Cut:

Rebecca Taylor is launching her revamped website tomorrow, and to celebrate, the designer created a short film titled “Beautiful Dreamer,” starring model Kristy Kaurova. The video opens with a Roald Dahl quote: “And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”

Of course, it’s probably easy to believe in magic when you’re constantly lit with a soft back-glow as you calmly stroke your fluffy cat and traipse around your mansion wearing various flowy white things while acoustic guitars strum and glitter falls from the sky. The film is pretty and demure in that dreamy Lula magazine kind of way, but offers a hint of edge in the form of a Pamela Love talon cuff on Kristy's wrist. Happy watching!