Bettina Liano begins the new season with ideas firmly entrenched in the vintage eras of the 50s, 60s and 70s. Her new softly structured suiting and fluid lines create a distinctly modern luxe in which texture and shape play a key role.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Tobie Giddio's work is drawn mostly from memory. Her illustrations are very organic and intuitive, evolving with each new season. Her highly developed style references the detailings of Antonio Lopez but it is Giddio's perspective and artistic process that creates a distinction.
Jarno Kettunen is an artist and illustrator best known for expressive and abstract fashion illustrations. With a body of work ranging from editorial to commercial and advertising, Jarno's designs are a reflection of attitude, acting as a literal interpretation of current trends.
Monday, June 23, 2008
Anne Michaux creates photographic illustrations using miniature settings, presenting a nostalgic view of our contemporary world. While each piece presents a reality you can sense that perhaps there is a sense of foreboding hidden behind the familiarity of these settings.
The world of Alexis Mabille is a playful Alice-in-Wonderland-meets-Ziggy Stardust realm. Ambivalent yet resolutely masculine in nature, each piece in his collection draws lines that suggest subtle feminine frivolity. Quilt, mohair and wool satin, flannel, brocades, embroideries, and furs are pieced together to create bespoke style bowties for him and her.
Betony Vernon is a jewellery designer whose aesthetic is shaped by her explorations in sex and sensuality, empowering people with the art of giving pleasure.
Aitor Throup graduated from the Royal College of Art with an MA in Menswear, but it's his fashion illustration and sculptures that have caught our eye. Since graduating, Throup has opted to pursue his own projects: collaborating with Evisu and Fake London and has exhibited his garments, sculptures and drawings at the Library, London.
Grégoire Alexandre is a French photographer living and working in Paris. In his recent collaboration with Christian Lacroix Alexandre merges reality with abstraction, creating images that make play with scale, whiteness and colour.
Friday, June 20, 2008
The Sixties: Photographs By Robert Altman brings together 60 powerful images from legendary 1960s photographer Robert Altman and creates the ultimate visual narrative to the era.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
The search has begun for ethically-minded designers, retailers and innovators. A collaboration between the Ethical Fashion Forum, Anti-Apathy and Futerra Sustainability Communications, the Re:Fashion Awards will be judged by Vivienne Westwood and Katharine Hamnett, as well as other industry figures.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Mary Katrantzou marched out mannequins in colour-blocked dresses that played with proportion. Her strength as a designer lies in her prints and her ability to interplay geometry and symmetry, creating would-be pieces of two-dimensional jewellery to adorn the dresses in a distinctive style.
Order and Progress winter sale: save up to 60% on Princess Tina.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Russell Whitmore, owner of Erie Basin, takes a curatorial approach to antique dealing, collecting select 19th and early 20th century jewelry and objects with contemporary stylistic and cultural relevance. Ranging from early 19th century neoclassical furniture to Victorian-era Egyptian revival jewelry to American folk art, the collection is eclectic, but carefully constructed.
Claire Greaves cut her teeth working for high street chain TopShop, honing her skills in the print division. These experiences have influenced the design direction of her cult label Maise. Focusing on vintage-inspired prints, cool denim cuts and soft leather, Maise keeps a nice balance between tailored and street.
Using fineliners to create illustration, Si Scott's graphic design work encompasses drawing, typography and design and is work is heavily influenced by the aural as much as the visual.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture showing at Somerset House, London. The exhibition connects the dots between style and structural design and features, among many, the work of Issey Miyake whose work draws a strong connection between the two disciplines.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
An exhibition of Bob Dylan's personal artworks was unveiled today at Halycon Gallery London. The Drawn Blank Series is a of collection drawings and sketches, echoing the impressionist painter Van Gogh.
The Quiet Life have just released a new series of t-shirts. Guest artists include Christian Morin and Neil Doshi.
Kyoko Hashimoto creates cute Pokemon-style jewellery pieces. Her range of intricate hand-cut perspex and wooden pieces are from the most abstract of themes, as inspiration is borne from the responses to her environment.
Ben Charles Edwards work is composed from a distinct, personal perspective but the end result of his ideas lay in a surrealist space. Routine scenarios become something exaggerated and warped; the final piece is a highly coloured creation that mimics a cartoon fantasy. Look out for his recent collaboration with Zandra Rhodes.
Lawrence Gallery have created a unique collaboration of dance, music and art. Gallery artist Mona Cordell will create 'dance gestures' onsite using dancers in a live performance as the subject of her drawings. Dancers will perform core choreography created specifically for this event by our guest choreographers, including James Canfield Sarah Slipper and Mary Oslund. Proceeds support Dance Moves, a community outreach program.
Friday, June 06, 2008
Kimm Whiskie's photography evokes the feeling of capturing that moment when nobody's looking.
Gabriele Sarti is a graphic illustrator with a strong point of view. His work is punctuated by bursts of colour and graphic prints in an almost pop-art style manner.
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Teenage Kicks could well be the charity event of the year. Some of the world’s top artists, designers, tattooists and rock stars have been given a pair of white canvas shoes to customise. The shoes, or art works, will then go into a LIVE Internet auction June 5. 20 pairs of customised shoes will be auctioned off via EBay every 15minutes; with the first auction starting at 6pm. Artists include D'Face, Word To Mother, Cept, Eine, I-Lib, Andrew Logan, Zandra Rhodes, Mysterious Al, Cat Johnson, Twinkle Taunton, Knill and Pete Doherty
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
MaterialByProduct are holding makeover workshops for old t-shirts until June 6. Single t-shirt makeovers from $25.
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Rittenhouse now have an online shop.