Fragmented Anxiety
Brisbane artist Andy Harwood is opening up his gallery space, Love Love Studio, and sharing his artwork with a new exhibition, Fragmented Anxiety. Set against a framework of layered, multi-coloured geometric shapes and loose brush strokes, it’s a puzzling and personal perception of the struggles of human emotion.
Posted in Artist, Exhibition by Canvas
Monday, June 28th, 2010
Tait The Tailor
Following on from last week's write-up on Lilly Heine, we present another St. Martin's graduate, and fellow classmate, Thomas Tait. What this designer can do with a sharp line just tickles our fashion fancy.
Posted in Fashion by Canvas
Monday, June 21st, 2010
A Lesson In Geometry
London fashion. It pushes and provokes. It inspires new directions, every season. And Lilly Heine's winter collection, presented earlier in the year, is a glimpse into fashion's future.
Posted in Fashion by Canvas
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
Beeping Sleuty
It's taken almost a decade to flourish, but fashion has completely embraced social media. It started with pioneer Nick Knight and ShowStudio, and followed McQueen and Gaga to the runway. When we talk about futuristic fashion visions nowadays it's not always a conversation confined to the clothes. Moving image in fashion is de rigueur; the future of fashion communication.
The Weekend Wayfarer
As part of a new music series The Weekend Wayfarer, the Canvas team travelled to the heart of Barcelona for Primavera Sound, Spain’s premiere alternative music festival. Celebrating it’s 10 year anniversary, the three day festival feels more like a massive party to kick start summer. And despite the size of its audience we tend to regard Primavera as a boutique festival.
Posted in Music by Catherine McPhee
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
We Are Pleased To Present…Perret Schaad
Berlin Fashion Week starts in a fortnight. It seems like we've only just caught our breath from all of of May's frivolities and now we again have to brace ourselves for another season of fashion shows. Comes around quickly, such is the machinations of this industry. Berlin Fashion Week is not normally something that registers on our radar - the concept itself is only new, having started in 2007 - but since our Vladimir Karaleev post earlier in the year we've decided to hop on the Berlin fashion bandwagon, this time with design duo PERRET SCHAAD.
Posted in Australian Fashion Week, Fashion by Canvas
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
Richard Retrospective
Ok, while we’re not going to get all sentimental at the news of Richard Bailey’s passing, we kind of feel there’s a certain amount of respect and kudos due to the man. Richard Bailey was a really big deal as far as Australian photographers go. His romantic and rebellious sensibility, and beautiful sense of light, was an influence for many of the photographers we’ve worked with. It’s not that often a photographer can claim a 30 year working relationship with Vogue. And despite his success internationally, working with celebrities and supermodels, Richard kept his heart in Australia.
Posted in Fashion, Photography by Canvas
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
An Ode To Australia
Nathan Smith's summer is an ode to Australia, inspired by the outback and richness of our environment.
Posted in Fashion by Canvas
Friday, June 11th, 2010
Fashion Is A Team Sport
Collaborations. Dynamic duos. Hybrid creations. It's the new sport in fashion.
Posted in Fashion by Canvas
Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Idiosyncracies
We've been keeping an eye on Amelia Duncombe and her label Neon Heartache, right from the early days of her first collection when the designer was fresh out of fashion college. Since then, and in only a few seasons, the Neon Heartache style has changed from bright, poppy colours and prints, to a monochromatic colour palette of cute bows and sweetheart necklines, to texture and tie-dye, before finding itself leaning towards a slightly gothic, grunge look, replete in black.
Posted in Fashion by Canvas
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
