 10-15-2007, 12:59 AM
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IVANA TRUMP & THE RAVEONETTES : "What A Difference A Year Makes"
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IVANA TRUMP & THE RAVEONETTES : "What A Difference A Year Makes"
Part One: IVANA TRUMP 12 October 2007 4:00 pm Madison Ave. betw. 63rd & 64th streets.
4:00 pm, 12 October, 2007, I'm strolling down Madison on a perfect autumn afternoon. IVANA TRUMP walks towards me, accompanied by a 60-ish looking man of short stature. Ivana is quite tall, I would say close to 5'10" without wearing any kind of high-heeled shoes. I understand she was a model in Canada in the mid-1970s? It's not impossible to believe, she has the right body-type still. It's all in the genes. She was also an alternate on the Czechoslovakian Olympic ski team in 1968? Her resume sure beats mine, what have I been doing with my life?
Ivana's hair is well-coiffed, kind of an elaborate, tousled beehive style, Priscilla Presley meets upper Madison Avenue. It's so well-arranged I suspect she's had her hair done just today. Her hair is blonde, but it's kind of a brassy, medium-to-dark blonde, it's clear that her natural hair colour is closer to brown, and you can see lots of darker hair showing through her medium blonde beehive. To me, she has too much makeup on. She has thick red lipstick on, I think it gives an effect of 'wanna-be sexy' that is just too much. Remember that SPY Magazine cover with the brutal close-up of Ivana's mouth? Gosh, that was a vicious image, and her bright red lips today are not too far off from her cracked and bloody SPY cover shot. She appears to have a covering of brownish-olive makeup all over her face, it looks like she might have caught some sun recently, she sometimes resides in San Tropez? The dark tone of the makeup has the odd effect of actually darkening her skin colour, perhaps not to an Al Jolson-like opacity, but on the way.
Ivana is wearing a lime green jacket, and a matching lime green blouse, I'm not sure who makes these but it looks like it could be Valentino or Ungaro or that type of designer. I think Versace used to use this acid-y, lime green colour a lot, there's that 90s super-model visual memory again, and there was a certain sheen to the fabric. Oddly enough, as Ivana approached, I noticed that the fabric on her blouse was bulging at 2 or 3 of the button closures- she is slim, in no way was her tummy protruding, and yet the shirt front opened slightly at the buttons on her tummy area. Maybe the blouse doesnt fit right? Is it too small? She had on light brown slacks, a full cut trouser, kind of a Katherine Hepburn look.
Ivana's shoes were my favourite part of her ensemble. They were emerald green leather, a fairly basic flat shoe shape, but the leather had a kind of a sinew and delicacy to it that bespeaks quality. At the toe of the shoe, there was a little rosette shape decoration, a jewel-like leatherette sculpture, a happy little emerald green pinwheel shape, a cute little leather lollipop. I thought the combination of the lime green blouse & jacket with the emerald shoe was a jaunty and rakish fashion look, she's thinking.
Ivana's companion looked to be about 60 or 65. He was substantially shorter, maybe 5'6" or so. He looked like he was Italian, I know Ivana has had a few Italian bfs in recent years, but I thought he looked more like a friend. perhaps even a relative or in-law? He had on tinted aviator sunglasses, kind of a brown tint to the lenses. He most resembled Yogi Berra, but a trimmer, desiccated version, not as solid & stocky as the great Yankee catcher, even the slimmer Yogi of recent years. He wore a beige hacking jacket, the kind that Beretta sells just across the street. Madison Avenue shopping really can't be beat. I think Ivana prefers men a bit younger than herself for dating, and this fellow seemed at least 5 or 10 years older....
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Part Two: The RAVEONETTES at Bowery Ballroom:
I saw the Raveonettes Friday night at Bowery Ballroom, a marvelous show previewing their third LP.
They played all their established styles from Jesus & Chain feedback pop, to Cramps-like psycho-billy, to 60s-esque girl group pop.
The new songs are more light pop with harmonies and really smart orchestration/arrangements that actually reach a Cocteau Twins-like kind of spiralling ethereal beauty.
The set highlight was a cover of StereoLab's "French Disco," which sounded like the archetypal dance-rock template - the Rapture & even LCD wish they could write such a good melody as StereoLab's, & play it as sleek & punchy as the Raveonettes did.
Based on last night's preview concert the Raveonettes third LP sounds like its their best work yet, very much classic 60s girl group pop with a smart post-modern edge and sophisticated arrangements that recall orchestral pop like 1960s Beach Boys or St Etienne circa "So Tough."
"....and she'd over-dosed on magazines....
just fade to grey...."
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