She Came From Greece, She Had A Thirst For Knowledge
I was asked recently, "Who's the coolest person you know?". Though a totally inane question, I was quick to answer. "Jarvis Cocker". Without doubt, my music and fashion idol. The first time I saw him on stage I was sixteen. This was back in the day when Livid was by far one of the best music festivals in Australia.
Posted in Festival, Music by Catherine McPhee
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010
Hey, Good Looking
Finding themselves in Sydney after years of travel, expats Sam Rush and Henry Allum saw a way to inject the local market with a bit of British style. Three seasons young, and Handsom are setting a precedent for unpretentious, classic pieces.
Posted in Fashion, Menswear, Shoes, Womenswear by Canvas Magazine
Monday, November 8th, 2010
Around The World
After The Apple have been around the world in 80 days, with a slew of bags to prove it.
Posted in Accessories, Bags, Fashion by Canvas Magazine
Friday, November 5th, 2010
Spectres
Garth Cook caught us by surprise six months ago. Until his debut as part of RAFW's New Gen group show we knew little of the designer. Now we know a lot, because we love what this designer can do with drape. Drapery looks set to be his trademark skill, much in the same way it has worked for compatriot Gary Bigeni. Pleated, tucked and gathered to give volume, Cook's new collection, Spectres, speaks of luxury refinement and clean silhouettes, and is matched only by his ability to bring a youthful sensibility to each piece.
Posted in Australian Fashion Week, Fashion by Canvas Magazine
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010
Don’t Art, Fashion, Music
Remember that quasi-rock/electronica hit, “We Don’t Play Guitars”? It was the ‘hit single’ as music pundits say, from Chicks On Speed’s 99 Cents album. That song was the band’s foray into the public’s greater music/fashion/art consciousness because Chicks On Speed are something more than just a band. They’re a link between music, fashion and contemporary art. Their punk-inspired momentum has coerced the founding members, Melissa Logan and Alex Murray-Leslie, into some sort of multi-disciplinary, jack-of-all-creative-trades, experimental ‘being’. Don’t Art, Fashion Music is the band’s latest crossover project, a result of anarchic experimentation between artists, scientists and designers. Scenes taken from the project’s performance, on display earlier this year at the Dundee Contemporary Arts festival, have transpired to the pages of this book where the focus is on DIY “objekt instruments”, like the shoe guitar that simultaneously acts as instrument and fashion. Especially in the hands of a well-known Lady. Whatever art is supposed to be, Chicks On Speed like to challenge.
Posted in Artist, Books, Design, Fashion by Canvas Magazine
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
I Want To Be Like Them
If you've spent a lazy Saturday trawling for vintage at the Glebe markets then chances are you've wandered across creative couple Bri Cheeseman and Andrew Prince's label, Secret Squirrel. What started as a weekend routine, with early morning starts and hours spent under the shade of a canvas umbrella, has turned into a full-time love affair with fashion.
Posted in Fashion, Womenswear by Canvas Magazine
Monday, November 15th, 2010
This Ain’t No Soap Opera
Don't mistake Singapore label Young & Restless for some banal American soap opera, though the designers certainly know how to work in a little drama.
Posted in Fashion by Canvas Magazine
Monday, November 8th, 2010
A New Uniform
Salasai's streetwear is our new style of choice.
Posted in Fashion, Streetwear by Canvas Magazine
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010
Eye Candy
Unlike massive designer brands that scream of logo, Isson's sunglasses have a quiet confidence that wrap around the eyes. The look is forward and bold, with a little quirk. More expressive, less herd-like mentality.
Posted in Accessories, Fashion by Canvas Magazine
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
Unbridled
If Sara Phillips' summer collection was a sartorial analogy of the country girl going to the big smoke, then winter's collection is more like, "you can take the girl out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the girl".
Posted in Australian Fashion Week, Fashion by Canvas Magazine
Monday, November 1st, 2010
Estelle Deve, All Of The Above, Limedrop, Civil Civic, Copenhagen Street Style, Petter Karlstrøm, Tanya Kechichian
Following our coverage of Copenhagen and Stockholm we ventured a little further up north to Oslo, to find our latest fashion feature.