Posted by
Qing on January 19, 2010 |
No commentsIt has been a while that reality TV shows being occupied in people daily life since a decade ago when Big Brother introduced to our life. Then came the pop reality show in 2002 which brings onto another level. I couldn’t agree more when I read the quote somewhere recently refers as ‘reality TV shows bring people back to human-to-human / human-to-beast arena fight around the Roman time’. However, after nearly a decade of pity fight in all kinds of angles, the reality recalls our basic instinct as human being, looking for a hope. And the ‘hope’ which was the last thing remained in Pandora’s box generates more fantasy thoughts.
In 2010, we see fantasy taking in all different art forms, from movie to fashion to illustration.
Avatar is no doubt the number one fantasy sci-fi movie for 2010. The colours (especially the deep crystal blue), the technology (new camera technology evolved just for the film), the message (save the planet)…all of which are quite fantasized.
Then never mention the upcoming Alice in Wonderland. Trailer sounds like a sequel story of Alice ‘returning’ to the Wonderland.
Alexander McQueen brings back the imagination of lost land ‘Atlantis’. The alien-reptile print, the hoof shoe, the titanic heel…
McQueen SS10 show
Clothes become more dreamy for Spring/Summer 2010. Vogue UK February 2010 reports the ‘Pretty Chic’…Natalia Vodianova is looking fresh.
Fashion editorial and illustration are focusing on this romantic power too.
Vogue February 2010 issue
and that reminds me an old illustration I’ve done back in the university.
and again…discovering Reed and Rader’s portofolio
and illustration from Banshee Beat
At the end this simple point of view slowly formed in my head—Reality is from human’s nature and fantasy is from interactions between human intellectuals and the surrounding environment.
Tags: Alexander McQueen, Alice in Wonderland, Atlantis, Avatar, Banshee Beat, British Vogue, Fantasy, Fashion Illustration, Natalia Vodianova, Reed and Rader, Romantic
Posted by
Qing on October 29, 2009 |
No commentsthere is always something about Japan or let’s focus and zoom into Tokyo. You are living in a city like kaleidoscope.This blog that I have recently been eyeing on is by this chinese guy living in Tokyo. Obviously a fashion media lover, got tons of magazines. He/She had taken a photo to show the stags of mags from floor to ceiling and claim that’s only 1/5 of his/her collection.
I have no idea whether he/she’s an art student or working there, but his/her photography skill is very detailed and vibrant coloured, slightly reminds me of Nick Knight. (look into those night club photos he’s taken, the people are cosmopolitan and mixed with East-London-grunge and New-York-glamorous)
The blog is a mix of street fashion shots, night club people catch shots and artistic object shots. I found street fashion shots are quite inspiring with details into the clothing and accessories while night club shots are great to feel people’s mood which also helps designers to re-think about human’s feeling while designing.
Well…enjoy it…and I’m sure you will, just like me.
Tags: club shots, street style, Tokyo
Posted by
awais on August 30, 2009 |
10 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
