HeronPreston.com is a lifestyle blog about the daily ins and outs of Heron Preston, an NYC based entrepreneur and lover of everything different. Here you can find what goes on behind the scenes of running THE YOUNG AND THE BANGING & LAGIRLSNY, two of Heron's personal projects, along with a bit of smarts and craziness mixed in between.
if you’re going to Miami for Art Basel next week, then be sure to check out Paul Rowlands show, TRANSFORMATIONS. he’s a friend of mine who started modeling agencies WOMEN and SUPREME. enjoy!
Transformations is a photographic portrait exploration by photographer Paul Rowland. The images reflect the artist’s interest in not who is in front of the camera, but rather what one could imagine there. Taken from the past five years of image-making, this show attempts to distill an underlying current of the artist’s process. Often this results in moments of clarity, which can be haunting while retaining a humor that brings a sense of reality to the image where the moments have often been more heavily constructed.
Curated and produced by Jordan Seiler and presented by Max Pierre and Michael Cabrera.
when i was in amsterdam a couple of weeks ago i was invited to a house party. there i met lucy. she pulled off this sponge bob outfit off like a champ. suspenders, tank top, fire! best i’ve seen yet. my favorite: the shoes! go lucy!
jazzi from fashionista did one of her “whats in your bag” webisodes at the young and banging gallery. check out what the first girl interviewed says about rome. should Y&B do rome? what are the young and creative people up to out there? how do they express their creativity? i’ve never been, but am going to start asking my folks from italy what the deal is now! i’m curious. thanks jazzi!
had to come out last min for some family business. first stop out of SFO airport was DLX on 17th and Mississippi. My dude Brad from high school works there doing sales. he blessed me with a sweet care package. bout to smash ny in my new krooked zip zagger! got a johnny romano (RIP) board and john cardiel 8.06 (brad put me on the fatty boards i used to skate 7.75) - holler! THANKS BRAD!!
hollow king pins. these white / gold thunder trucks are super light! quick fact: DLX is the only place in America trucks are manufactured. everything else is made in china. nyc pot holes and pebbles and construction debris, you aint stopping me! got them fat zip zinger wheels!
bomb anti-hero hat. i dont fuck with truckers, but ill fuck with this. got that old school sailor jerry jump off.
the last print issue of slap magazine, forever! they are going digital. and dec 2008 issue of thrasher. im going to save these for the plane.
remember this video? check brad (black shirt) getting in a choppy manny followed by a lean backed kickflip. lol.
Robbie Cai from Urban Look Magazine (print) in Shanghai China hit me up a couple of weeks ago for an interview for the magazine. He said “We wanna find some street icons in urban cities like NYC,LA,CHI town,Tokyo,London,etc. and ask these icons couples of questions about their daily life.” - I went ahead and did the interview. Amanda Merten one of the contributors from THE YOUNG AND THE BANGING / photographer on the come up shot me in my window. Thanks for the interivew Robbie! This is finally my excuse to be more involved in Chinese youth culture. New connections. BANGING!
i fully started to cry when obama gave his speech. i was around a bunch of friends in a bar but couldn’t hold back the tears. it was a real emotional time for all of us. some friends over seas sent me emails saying “congratulations. you must feel good to be a US citizen again”. but it’s very true. the world’s view of our nation is changing for the better as well. time for change. it was amazing how many people came out to vote for something they believed in when in the past some of those same people could have cared less about voting. when i woke up the next morning, i had all of this fresh energy. new inspiration to do great at what i want to do in my life. to stay on point and to continue to inspire others. i’m excited for the years to come. Thank you all who voted. we did it!
