Wedded to Scandal

Every wedding picture tells a story: When an L.A. movie exec and his attorney wife wanted a non-traditional twist to their recent wedding, they decided to skip hiring a photographer and let their friends record the events instead. Twenty disposable cameras were placed on tables at the reception, and it was up to the guests to document everything. The notion, said the groom, was that after two or three glasses of champagne people will do all sorts of embarrassing things they would never do in front of a professional photographer. His theory proved to be correct; he said the cost of the wedding can easily be recouped by using the negatives as blackmail.

An Ode to Armani’s Army

Recycling comes in many forms. Photos from Giorgio Armani menswear ads from 1975 to the present have been turned into a book: “Images of Man,” published by Rizzoli, where the only text found is in the introduction. It’s an ode to Armani’s army: high-cheekboned male models in slouchy jackets. It’s available at the Rizzoli store in South Coast Plaza, and with a $40 price tag, the book probably costs less than the buttons on the jackets.

Essentials

What you need to maneuver the L.A. scene: The ability to reduce words to as few syllables as possible. With life changing as rapidly as Julia Roberts’ boyfriends, who has time to utter complete words anymore? Already in the vernacular are: brill (brilliant), fab (fabulous), noid (paranoid), vaykay (vacation), roids (steroids), ridic (ridiculous), cue (barbecue), tatt (tattoo), ceps (biceps) stash (mustache), Bev Cen (Beverly Center), West Pav (Westside Pavilion) and caff (caffeine). How to use in a sentence: I had a brill idea of what kind of tatt to get on my ceps, but someone made me noid ‘cause they thought it was ridic.