Thursday 11 October 2012

The Amazing WWW


I really like this photo I found on FFFFound, and so looked up its origin, its by German Photographer Evelyn Dragan, http://diary.evelyndragan.de

I am always in awe of how the web connects us!

Miu Miu SS13




I love these 'Atmospheric' photos that Style.com has provided us with from the SS13 shows this past catwalk season. These are all from Miu Miu, one of my favourites, I especially loved the sleek patent leather skirts contrasted with these fur coats with what seems to be a black tie die print, alongside the black witchy/catty glasses, i get a funny halloweeny feeling, perhaps it has a mystical aspect which is why it is so enticing ! The true femme fatale... as Miuccia said herself after the show to Style.com's Jo-Ann Furniss  "The femme fatale is never perfect...at least the ones I like "

Photography : Alessandro Garofalo

Sunday 17 June 2012

Mood Board







Saturday 12 May 2012

Bauhaus : Art as Life


Bauhaus : Art as Life Exhibition on at The Barbican GO SEE!

Monday 23 January 2012

_Powder Study







© Filippo Minelli
I like this study that is catalogued under the heading Silence - Shapes : Ongoing. Really nice study.

Sunday 22 January 2012

_Antwerp

Antwerp has built up quite a reputation in the fashion world due to the unbelievable amount of talent that has come out of the city ( Ann Demeulemeester, Dries van Noten, Haider Ackermann, Bernherd Willhelm, Martin Margiela, Raf Simons to name but a few)...

Having said this it still remains pretty understated, and for a weekend away isn't yet competing with cities such as Paris or London.

For this reason I wanted to go check it out! How easy is the eurostar to do this! It was so simple, just a short train-ride away, in which I slept and woke up in a whole new place, very exciting!


We stayed in a little apartment, right in the fashion district, in fact it was so good we had the MOMU (Fashion museum) 2 doors down and the Dries shop on our road, and we were just walking distance to all the shops I had listed in my must-go-to list.


Exhibitions: Peter Lindbergh and the Walter Van Beirendonck exhibition at the MoMu...



The Momu was impressive in the way it curated this exhibition, the mannequins were on rotating circular platforms, in one other room there was a Simon Foxton / Nick Knight photoshoot on a curved wall showcasing Walter's work.  In another room there was a film of him going through his sketchbooks explaining where he gets his inspiration from and the way he researches for his designs.





The Peter Lindbergh was at the FoMu Museum:




Here is a photo of me outside, the museum is surrounded by quite an industrial environment, you walk along these roads, barely coming across another person, it reminded me of Berlin in this way a bit, the fact that there is quite a lot of open space.


RA:
Ra is a concept clothes store/ curated book shop / bustling restaurant and an art gallery space, comprising of this it acts as a platform of support for directional fashion and emerging artistic talent in Antwerp  whilst also selling international brands such as Swash, Fleet Ilya, KTZ, Meadham Kirchhoff, Rodarte, John Rocha, Simone Rocha, Louise Gray, Damir Doma, Henrik Vibskov and an amazing vintage section with Vtg Alaia, Dior, YSL etc. Have a look at their website to learn more.. 
Something I kinda wished i hadn't found out on the last day was that RA have an outlet shop also, only open Fridays and Saturdays where they sell stock for 80% off!! Unlucky we only found out on the Sunday, but a definite must for those going!!






We went for dinner there on the saturday night, I had pumpkin tagliatelle with hazelnuts, lemon+ chilli sauce with parmesan, it was delish! Carrying on with the food talk, one of the women who works at RA had started a Breakfast club on Sunday mornings at a different venue - In de Roscam, you can read more about it on their blogspot Otark Productions, the idea was to use different countries or regions of food each week, their was amazing 'Georgian' bread from a nearby monastery, really nice idea, especially because you forget that Sundays in cities other than London still operate on the old tradition of a day of rest, so when we stepped outside it felt like a bit of a ghost town at first!




Labels Inc:
The other shop that I was really impressed with was Labels Inc , which sells past season designer, and designer vintage / second hand. In here you could find a pair of Ann Dem boots for €70 and I managed to find a classic long black Dries coat for €90, the reductions were very affordable and they had a lot of stock.




Antique Sunday:



There was an antique market on on the sunday too, I loved these vintage tin toys! And the Antique area is on the same road as RA, Kloosterstraat, there were amazing antiques, but they were a bit pricey, not like finding gems at a car boot or an auction, but great big objects which would be amazing for decorating a house or shop.

Unlike me to write a MAHOOSIVE post , but I could have gone on for longer!
As you can see Antwerp is full of interesting things to do, from exhibitions to shopping to eating waffles and chocolate. It has a lot of creativity coming out of it, I will be interested to see where it is in a few years, as it feels there is a lot more to come!..

Sunday 8 January 2012

_Tim Walker Mongolia:British Vogue/ Mongol:The Rise of Genghis Khan








I came across this shoot of Tim Walker's which really reminded me of what I took out of a film we watched over Christmas called Mongol : The Rise of Genghis Khan. It was the first time I'd seen it, and I was blown away. 

I love their native traditional clothing and the way they plait their hair and wear fur hats and fur in their clothes, I loved the colours that surround you within the untouched environment. It really made me want to go to Mongolia, it would be an incredible place to produce a photoshoot.

I've been putting plaits in my hair ever since!





_Like a Doll : Vogue Italia















Lindsey Wixson photographed by Tim Walker.
These kind of photophoots are what make girls dream of being in growing up! I'd love to work on a massive shoot like this! The set design is incredible!