http://www.canvasmagazine.net http://www.canvasmagazine.net/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:57:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Have you ever noticed Australia's tendency to claim from other countries as our own? This mostly is in reference to athletes and actors but if there is any shred of evidence of time spent living, working here then they're as good as 'Aussie'. Well, in keeping sport with the situation, ... http://www.canvasmagazine.net/fashion/lets-claim-her/ Brooklyn-based experimental rock band Yeasayer are currently on tour with their new album Odd Blood. Taking a direction that is definitely in opposition to the “Middle Eastern-psych-snap-gospel” sound of their first record, Canvas talked lyrics, Joe Louis and salted liquorice with the band. CANVAS: Odd Blood is a record that's much easier ... http://www.canvasmagazine.net/music/odd-blood/ In certain respects, there are similarities sought between the Danish and Australian fashion industries. Youth and temperament for design seem to be the most common match. Much like Rosemount's Summer 2010 schedule last year, Copenhagen's winter was alive with designers in their infancy, Eluise being one such label. Currently showing in ... http://www.canvasmagazine.net/fashion/eluise/ Do you feel repressed by work? Don't like the boss, the office bitch, the long hours, the ultra-conservative but necessary work uniform? What about life? Steam-rolled into adulthood as soon as that high-school certificate is in your hands, forcing you to enroll in years of study, only to find yourself ... http://www.canvasmagazine.net/fashion/dovetailed/ There is always debate about whether London is the laggard of the fashion elite. The city doesn't hold the couture grandeur of Paris, the wealth of New York, or the big business fashion groups of Milan. But what it lacks in history or industry it makes up for in diversity. London ... http://www.canvasmagazine.net/editors-pick/london-fashion-week/ With an exotic name that just rolls of the tongue, there's almost an expectation to the kind of clothes Risto Bimbiloski designs. Nuances of colour, clothing that is richly decorated and adorned. Having featured the Macedonian native, New-York based designer previously on our blog it's fair to say one should never ... http://www.canvasmagazine.net/fashion/the-return-of-risto/ As big as New York has become on fashion's radar we tend only to look towards certain designers. Generally speaking, New York means business. And quite often in fashion speak that means commercial. There are a number of designers who we've been watching who are pushing boundaries with interesting work, who ... http://www.canvasmagazine.net/fashion/the-heart-of-the-woods-and-what-i-found-there/ We really like Danish design label Won Hundred's relaxed sophistication. Slim silhouettes, classic tailoring, functional fashion. Naturally we caught up with Won Hundred during our fashion week festivities. It would be very impolite to do so otherwise, considering they were a recent fashion feature on Canvas. A minimalist label, Won Hundred creates a style ... http://www.canvasmagazine.net/fashion/missing-lines-hard-shapes/ Looking through Gail Sorronda's winter 2010 collection my mind started to wander away from the clothes. I wondered whether to write this out loud, as I realised I was more enamoured with the photography than the collection itself. Considering the sartorial subject, that's a pretty big shift in focus. Anyone ... http://www.canvasmagazine.net/fashion/introducing-ms-toms/ Working in new media has its benefits, namely the simplicity and immediacy in getting news to our readers, especially during important events like Fashion Week. Even though Henrik Vibskov's runway show for his winter collection was Friday night, it has taken a couple of day's discussion to decide, what was that? Vibskov ... http://www.canvasmagazine.net/fashion/the-slippery-spiral-situation/ As designers and retailers began to feel the pinch of a receding global economy, questions were raised about its effect on future fashion collections. Has the economy killed avant-garde fashion? To be viable in fashion these days designers have to sell clothes consumers want to buy, and it would seem ... http://www.canvasmagazine.net/fashion/the-new-garde/ Canvas readers are well aware of our affinity for Danish designers Spon Diogo (four posts and counting), so heading into the winter collections at Copenhagen Fashion Week we were adamant a meeting had to be arranged. After many months of online tete-a-tete with Rui, one half of the design duo, ... http://www.canvasmagazine.net/features/the-mater/ Australians have a good fashion relationship with the Swedes. Since the late 90s local buyers have been putting Swedish fashion designers and labels into boutiques and department stores. The Swedish approach to fashion, which is as much about being practical and functional as it is cool, fits well with our ... http://www.canvasmagazine.net/fashion/minimarket/ There were very few designers who presented menswear collections on the catwalk which is somewhat surprising, considering how sophisticated men's fashion is in Copenhagen. Fortunately Canvas caught sight of the new winter collection from relative newcomer Frost Birgens. Normally, the winter season is full of monochromatic offerings ranging from conservative to ... http://www.canvasmagazine.net/fashion/frost-birgen/ In my final year of design studies I wrote a paper on the history of dress with particular reference to the idea of androgyny. The blurring of the sexes has been a mainstay of fashion and this idea of ambiguity, of mixing masculine and feminine characteristics, pervades popular fashion particularly given ... http://www.canvasmagazine.net/fashion/jean-phillip/ Much of the crowd from Noir followed en masse to Stine Goya's show, a label that sums up what is cool about Danish fashion. Once again, Stine presented an irreverent collection that was a blend of rock'n'roll and shoot -'em-up Western style, although with more of a masculine turn, that ... http://www.canvasmagazine.net/fashion/the-ghost-town/ At any event at Fashion Week there is always a wait. A wait for cabs, a wait for the bar, a wait for the show. While we were waiting for Noir's show to begin, which was of course fashionably late, I had a sense there was going to be something ... http://www.canvasmagazine.net/fashion/fashion-with-a-conscience/ Remember our first Danish discovery, jewellery designer Vibe Harsløf? Today she again teamed up with Trine Wackerhaus to present We Art Deco. Despite the collaboration this was definitely Trine's show, and with the support of Max Factor as the first ever winner of the Max Factor New Talent Award, was ... http://www.canvasmagazine.net/fashion/we-art-deco/ Despite only having one Australian stockist (although considering it's not current season this may no longer be the case) I think many of our local readers will be familiar with the name Louise Amstrup. Her eponymous label was established several years ago (and now London is her base) but it's ... http://www.canvasmagazine.net/fashion/the-city-of-lost-children/ So the official winter season starts today in Copenhagen. Although it's a smaller schedule than summer, Canvas is primed to see a lot of shows and meet a lot of designers. Look out for our picks of the best and newest labels to come out of the city, all of ... http://www.canvasmagazine.net/fashion/and-were-off/ 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 ... http://www.canvasmagazine.net/fashion/pro-forma/ 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 ... http://www.canvasmagazine.net/design/la-graphic/ Seeing as summer couture shows have just wrapped in Paris we thought it fitting to post our friend George Wu's new Bespoke collection. Made to measure fashion is a such small market in Australia, and in Brisbane more so. Lack of high society aside, the kind of skills and couture practices ... http://www.canvasmagazine.net/fashion/made-to-measure/ 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 ... http://www.canvasmagazine.net/fashion/times-up/ 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, but their ideas are more concerned ... http://www.canvasmagazine.net/jewellery/vice-and-vanity/