Alter, Ms. Fitz, The Horrors, Agnes Montgomery, Jason Henley, Nick Blair
Pro Forma
By definition, Berlin is a liberal city, a city that dares to change and progress. In art nothing is censored and the cultural character of the city is largely defined by its art scene. Artists are encouraged to experiment and embrace new movements and young talent. Despite its years of turbulent history Berlin is an inspiration for many artists; the kind of city where the crossover of art, film, design and music becomes a reality. By what of its fashion scene?
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Monday, February 8th, 2010
Made To Measure
Seeing as summer couture shows have just wrapped in Paris we thought it fitting to post our friend George Wu's new Bespoke collection.
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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
Vice and Vanity
Do you remember playing with spirographs as a kid? Circles rotating inside of circles, geometric and swirling psychedelic patterns; it was an endless fascination of experimentation. Vice and Vanity's Sinew & Strain collection shares that similar creativity of abstract shapes, volume, dimension and layering.
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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
Unseen Utopias
In preparation for winter's upcoming fashion weeks (the first of which is kicking off for us in Copenhagen) we've been remembering labels that have excited us over the last six months and doing a lot of research on labels we're eager to see in an attempt to work out our schedules. There's only so much time and always too many appointments. ffixxed is a label that forms part of the latter - a new discovery for us while we were click, click, clicking away on the keyboard.
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Friday, January 22nd, 2010
How Could I Forget You?
Not long after we put a post online for Coco Pit's debut series of digital print silk scarves, local and luxury savvy retailer Jean Brown picked up the bulk of the range, the first boutique in Australia to do so. This was quickly followed by a collaboration with mass online retailer ASOS as part of the designer HUB series, as well as a pretty impressive list of international stockists. The fashion world cottoned on quite quickly to her work and thankfully a new collection is on its way.
Posted in Design, Fashion by Canvas Magazine
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
La Graphic
Coco Pit put us onto the La Graphic girls, a Danish design studio based in inner city Copenhagen. In a short space of time they have built strong relationships with a number of local high-end brands; there’s not a lot in the Copenhagen art and fashion scene they haven’t touched. Art direction for fashion mags, interior design for boutique furniture and design stores, identity and branding for textile designers. As some might so eloquently put it, they’re a ‘jack of all trades’.
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Thursday, February 4th, 2010
Time’s Up
Danish discovery #2: Time’s Up, the coolest vintage store in Copenhagen. It took a couple of attempts to find this shop. There are so many side streets and back streets connecting the city so it’s easy to get lost, especially when you’re terrible at taking directions and don’t know the language. Guilty of both. For fashion curators this store is a dream. First spotted: Lanvin drop earrings in original packaging. Gasp! A pair of Calvin Klein two-tone snakeskin pumps. Next: a 1960s Burberry trench, Celine shoulder bag, Charles Jourdan satin pumps with studded heel. It’s got everything from Deco to New Look, space age to 90s excess. Amazing!
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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
Bernhard & Jutta
A few of us at Canvas spent the weekend in Brussells, following a series of music performances at Stuk. Our intent was to see Panda Bear, some time experimental solo artist and one-third of avant garde band Animal Collective, but we were not averse to a bit of touristy-type shopping. For the most part, shopping in Brussells on a Sunday is a tad boring unless you have an insatiable appetite for chocolate, beer and waffles. Fortunately we found an amazing book store, Librarie Saint Hubert in the Galleries de Roi.
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
Vibe Harsløf
Vibe Harsløf is my first new Danish discovery.
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Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
