Born and raised in Porterville, California, Rick Owens (48) studied fine arts at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles for two years before a pattern-making class led him to drop out and work for some local companies that produced sportswear and inexpensive imitations of designer clothing. His own label, begun in 1994 found a following, selling exclusively
Read MoreSome of you already know about the new magazine project I am lucky to be part of – HONK! (the exclamation mark is part of the name) It is an online magazine that brings art, photography and fashion together. My friend Marcel called me one day in summer 2010 and asked me if I want to become part of a
Read MoreDear bearded queens, there is always a new song to move your (im)perfect bodies to and a new trend to die and starve yourselves for. The latest two come from Lady Gaga and her new track BORN THIS WAY (from the album with the same title about to be released in May 2010) featured in the first menswear collection 2011/2012
Read MoreI’ve been asked many times why I am writing a cock blog or why is there so much body culture on my zine. I’ve been asked why the geeky stuff has been reduced. I’ve been also asked why I don’t show any actual dicks on Grateful Grapefruit. I guess people are rather to question you and make you doubt your decisions than support
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I will never forget the story we were taught in Bulgarian literature class about the boy and the girl, who were forced to marry at the age of 14. After the wedding they got locked in a the bedroom with a sheet with one hole and no idea what they were supposed to do. After they were told by their
Read Morephotos by Slava Mogutin Gio Black Peter premiered his new album The Virgin Shuffle exclusively on Grateful Grapefruit with a free download and sneak peek in the video directed by Bruce LaBruce to the first single off the record called Revolving Door. The Virgin Shuffle is expected in February 2011. The single release for Revolving Door is December 10 2010,
Read Morephotos by Slava Mogutin Get ready for the biggest load in your life. Right in your face. Warm and sticky. It’s called The Virgin Shuffle and is the new Gio Black Peter album – premiering exclusively with a free download and video sneak peek on Grateful Grapefruit. It’s really distracting to listen to The Virgin Shuffle while attempting to write the review –
Read MoreaMinus is the first artist, part of the MUSIC EVENT on Grateful Grapefruit. I am really pleased to present to you ALMOST AND MAYBE – the debut album of Valentin Plessy – a very pleasant young gentleman from France and member of the electro-punk band Plateau Repas. aMinus experiments with electro-pop. His first album Almost and Maybe is the result of his craving
Read MorePink Mince is a modest little zine “for the confirmed bachelor of exceptional taste”, published every couple of months or so. The guys aim to delight, titillate, amuse, provoke, and inspire (That is to say: we feature jokes and blokes, possibly with a point behind it all.) And they do it but in a gentle and not BUTT-ish way. You
Read MoreThe MUSIC EVENT is more than a new category on Grateful Grapefruit. It will be a series of (rather rare) special online music events of featuring new albums, new artists or concerts and promoting faggotry from all over the world. The first music event will take place this Friday (known also as Black Friday in the US) November 26 2010
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You know what they say – once you sleep with a ginger there is no turning back. While all Google nerds wait for the gingerbread, I decided to leave the bread, keep the ginger and dedicate this FUR set to these rare species of red heads, their beards and hairy chests and bellies. [IMAGES via thedailybeard, 827, dampkring, carrot-top]
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