Sophisticated Hemp Goes Upmarket and Mainstream

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Lucien Pellat-finet Pot Leaf Cashmere SweaterMarijuana may be illegal, but the weed is increasingly evident in American culture. Yes, Woodstock enjoyed its 40th anniversary this month, but there’s something else blowing in the wind.

Barneys New York in Beverly Hills is celebrating the Woodstock spirit by selling $78 “Hashish” candles in Jonathan Adler pots with bas-relief marijuana leaves; French designer Lucien Pellat-Finet dishes up a cashmere sweater at a pittance of a price, compared to white-gold and diamond custom pot-leaf-emblazoned wristwatches for $49,000 and belt buckles for $56,000.

In LA, the estimated 40,000 people attending the inaugural THC Expo hemp and art show in downtown Los Angeles will have another opportunity in 2010: April 23-25.

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Cameron Diaz Is Far More than the Girl Next Door

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In back to back magazine editorials today, we see Cameron Diaz in a Smart Sensuality woman full court press. Here at Anne of Carversville, Diaz is the ‘girl next door’, the Cultural Creative woman devoted to environmental concerns.

In her recent MTX series, Trippin’, the modern-day Doris Day took fans camping with rapper DMX in Yellowstone or flying off to Nepal with Eva Mendes. Driving into the desert for her Vogue 2009 photo shoot, Cameron’s hybrid is in high gear. She likes driving fast.

A New York Times critic praised Cameron for combining “school and recess” in the series: “She has learned to speak authoritatively about siltation and dynamite fishing and overpopulation, all in her surfer-girl vernacular.” She wasn’t using the show to make herself more of a star; she was using her celebrity to lure young people to the cause of conservation.

Cameron was excited to talk about her new movie My Sister’s Keeper, in this June 2009 Vogue interview with Robert Sullivan. It’s an emotionally-draining, sensitive, woman’s kind of movie.

Reading along, it’s the next quote that really caught my eye, especially when I saw the photos of Cameron Diaz posted in the new V-magazine. They are house over on Sexy Futures, not being suitable for Anne of Carversvile.

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