See the trailer for Lana Del Rey's Tropico

On December 5th Lana Del Rey will be releasing a 30 minute film to Vevo entitled Tropico. Directed by Anthony Mandler who previously worked with Del Rey on the National Anthem and Ride videos, Tropico sees the singer playing Eve in a modern Biblical story of Adam & Eve featuring male model Shaun Ross and plenty of sinister imagery suggesting this may be the darkest video the melancholy songstress has ever released. Not long to wait now!

Open Lab x LFW x Apartment 58

Tuesday night marked the end of another London Fashion Week and saw me DJing at Apartment 58's brand new central London location on New Oxford Street for a special event with Open Lab Magazine. A secret live performance from the incredibly talented King Charles and his band took place while guests enjoyed drinks provided by Silver Rocks and Dash Concept. I had a great time on the decks and if you pick up the latest issue of the magazine you can read a tell-all interview with myself as well as fashion icon Diane Pernet, design team Sibling and check out the cover feature with Ashley Stymest. Order a copy HERE!

Interested in becoming a member of Apartment 58? Head on over to their official website!

Open Lab 8 Spring/Summer 2013 from Open Lab on Vimeo.

Mischa Barton London Store Opening

Last night Mischa Barton threw a little pre-launch party sponsored by Johnny Walker Gold Label at her new boutique in Spitalfields London and I went along to say hi and check it out. The boutique is located in the heart of East London and will be selling Mischa's range of clothing, makeup and handbags (which are already into their ninth season). I know she's a big fan of East London so this is the perfect place for the store, and the garments are all affordably priced and the store sits nicely alongside the surrounding boutiques that Spitalfields has become known for. Check out some pictures below of Mischa & I and Conan Mockasin performing, with some special guest vocals... (click to see full size)

The Mischa Barton boutique opens tomorrow, but will have an official launch day on Saturday 11 August - during which customers will have the chance to meet Mischa, and enjoy 10 per cent off all purchases along with a glass of celebratory champagne.

Ping Launch Party

Last night saw the official launch party of the new concept venue in Earl's Court from Alex Potter, Fraser Shipsides, Johnny Boud and Stevie Thomas. Ping pong, pizza and cocktails come together in a grand space mixing boho chic with underground cool. The pizzas are hand made, delicious and surprisingly competitive in price. £7 will get you a pizza or a cocktail and the choices are varied and unique. We love it and are already looking forward to going back! The license is until 2am so we expect some kicking parties coming up too.

Symbolic Exchange & Death

Symbolic Exchange & Death is the title of the exhibition hosted by Wolf & Badger on Dover Street and presented by YuMiHu, featuring the work of artists Pinky Love, Eleanor Fawcett and Eleanor Barreau. The exhibition may be small in scale but the work is thematically ambitious and varied across sculpture, paintings, collage and print. Paloma Faith dropped in to say hello and even Ralph Fiennes walked in and purchased a piece while we enjoyed a champagne reception and mingled with the über cool crowd at this private viewing. The exhibition is free and runs at Wolf & Badger Mayfair until 7th August 2012. All artwork is on sale so collectors better get in there quick before all of the pieces are snapped up, and we're pretty sure they will be!

Rankin x Ayami Nishimura

Yesterday Rankin celebrated the release of his second book in his beauty trilogy which sees him collaborating with different makeup artists, previously Alex Box and now Japanese born Ayami Nishimura. The book was a labour of love and precision, taking two and a half years to complete and the images are striking, with bold use of colour and a futurist tone. You can order the book from Amazon for £34.99 and it's available now. A selection of photographs were on display at the Annroy gallery last night for the launch party and will stay on display until the 31st of August, check out some of my pics below (click to view full size):

James Long SS13 LFW

East Asian urban cowboys in monochrome:

FACE @ W Hotel London

Last Wednesday we moved our new party FACE from the now defunct Kitts Club to the Wyld Bar at the W Hotel London for a one-off evening of creativity and fun featuring a live PA with the hotly tipped Kase Prince who blew us away with five new tracks of upbeat club-ready hip hop/electro, a nail salon by the fabulously talented girls at Nail Porn, tunes from myself, DJ Lukey, DJ BB (Lewis Griffith) and Sean Alto, plus support from Stooki Society. Here are some of the lovely people who came down to mingle snapped by Shama Anwar: