Posted by
awais on August 30, 2009 |
11 commentsEarlier this summer I was watching the video of La Roux’s Bulletproof and in the video she is wearing a Mondrian-inspired jacket by Jean-Charles de Castalbajac.
The fact that designers often take inspiration from art is hardly anything new, but what I find really fascinating is how different designers’ interpretation of the same piece of art can be. The brief for one of the first projects I did when I was in fashion school was to design an outfit inspired by an art piece. I remember chosing Mondrian’s iconic grid-based paintings and drawing a white skirt and jacket with black lines – it looked like a butchered version of Yves Saint Laurent’s iconic Mondrian dress from 1964.
Designers taking inspiration from art is hardly anything new. One thing I find really fascinating though is how different the outcome of different people’s interpretation of the same piece of art can be. One of the most famous examples of “fashion-inspired-by-art” is probably Yves Saint Laurent’s day dress from 1965 inspired by Dutch artist Piet Mondrian’s work. Earlier this summer I was watching the video of La Roux’s Bulletproof and in the video she is wearing another nice Mondrian-inspired piece – a jacket from Jean-Charles de Castalbajac‘s Spring/Summer 2009 collection.
One of my favourite Mondrian-inspired collections though, has to be Norwegian design duo Batlak & Selvig‘s spring/summer 2009-collection. Click >> here for a video of the fashion show which was held at Galleri Riis in Oslo in August 2008.
For those interested in reading more about Mondrian-inspired fashion, please check out this blog post by John Coulthart. In the post he also links to another great blog post on this topic by Couture Allure.
Photo source: Galleri Riis
Tags: Batlak & Selvig, Jean-Charles de Castalbajac, La Roux, Piet Mondrian, Yves Saint Laurent
Posted by
awais on August 28, 2009 |
One commentYesterday Kevin at myMANybags had a great post about Canadian outerwear label Mackage who are set to open a pop up store in NYC’s Meatpacking district in September. The post also has a lot of great pics from the label’s autumn/winter campain. I hate winter with passion, but one of the few positive things about the temperature dropping is that one can finally wear beautiful things like this again.
Yesterday Kevin at myMANybags had a great post about Canadian outerwear label Mackage who are set to open a pop up store in NYC’s Meatpacking district in September (click >> here for exact location), they’re also planning to open a shop in Paris in November. The post also has a lot of great pics from the label’s autumn/winter campain. Being a native Oslovian I must admit that I hate winter and cold weather with passion, but one of the few positive things about the temperature dropping is that one can finally wear beautiful things like this again.
Photo source: Mackage
Tags: Mackage
Posted by
awais on August 26, 2009 |
No commentsNo, I don’t mean The September Issue, but the September issues of Harper’s Bazaar US. Vogue Hommes Japan and GQ Style US who all pay tribute to Michael Jackson.
Harper’s Bazaar’s September cover was shot by Terry Richardson and features Agyness Deyn, channeling different looks of Michael Jackson.
GQ Style’s cover features the King of Pop himself. The issue has a great article about his life, but I don’t really see the whole style connection here. The could’ve done soo much more with this issue.
My favourite soo far though is the second preview cover of Vogue Hommes Japan. The cover features Keith Hernandez and is shot by Josh Olins.
No, I don’t mean The September Issue, but the September issues of Harper’s Bazaar US. Vogue Hommes Japan and GQ Style US who all pay tribute to Michael Jackson.
Harper’s Bazaar’s September cover was shot by Terry Richardson and features Agyness Deyn, channeling different looks of Michael Jackson. More pictures from the six page editorial >> here.
GQ Style’s cover features the King of Pop himself. The issue has a great article about his life, but I don’t really see the whole style connection here. A bit disappointed, they could’ve done soo much more with this issue.
My favourite soo far though is the second preview cover of Vogue Hommes Japan. The cover features Keith Hernandez and is shot by Josh Olins. This issue will be out on September 10th.
Photo sources: Harper’s Bazaar US, GQ Style US, Vogue Hommes Japan
Tags: Agyness Deyn, Josh Olins, Keith Hernandez, Michael Jackson, Terry Richardson
Posted by
awais on August 25, 2009 |
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My dad sells fabrics. As a kid I would hang out at his store after school. The store would be packed with design students, fashion designers and people from the costume departments of the local theatres. Sometimes they would bring their sketchbooks with them and let me have a look.
When I got older and started high school, my mom took some design courses and started doing some freelance work for some designers, sewing and drafting patterns for them. Sometimes I’d give her sketches I had made, get some fabrics from my dad’s store and ask her to make me stuff too. Maybe not a surprise then that I ended up studying fashion when I finished high school.
Posted by
awais on August 23, 2009 |
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A fashion/art/design/etc blog might not be the most original idea, but to quote one of our favourite designers, Vivienne Westwood:
“I’m not trying to do something different, I’m trying to do the same thing but in a different way”
So there you have it, this blog’s raison d’être.
Photo source: Graeme Robertson
Tags: vivienne westwood
