the XX Win Mercury Prize

I can't tell you how happy I am about this! Definitely one of the best bands to happen in years!
The XX won the UK's coveted Mercury Prize for album of the year, their debut The XX.
Here they are modestly accepting the award.



Here's their video for one of my favorite songs of theirs, Crystalised!

Act da Fool by Harmony Korine for Proenza Schouler

Although this film has the look and feel of director Harmony Korine's earlier controversial works such as Kids, which he wrote for director Larry Clark, and Gummo which he wrote and directed, I find it to be both brutally honest yet mockingly repulsive.



I'm sure the girls were happy to wear such beautiful clothes for the film, however, it's just not the same as "gifting" a pair of jeans to a 13 year old fashion darling...

Tavi Gevinson in Proenza Schuler FW10 jeans

Are they all just products of their environments?