...thinking about Dries Van Noten's Fall 2010 collection. It is the #1 inspiration for my own Fall wardrobe this season. Slouchy sweat shirts with lady like full skirts... yes please! Airy floral patterns in rich blues and greens... any day! Sumptuous leopard print scarves... absolutely! It's like all the best parts of dressing as a man collided with the sexy, sporty goodness of dressing as a modern woman.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
deconstructing birkin
I love that Lady Gaga wrote on her Hermes Birkin with a sharpie and then had her fans sign it while touring in Japan recently. Gaga also turned her black Birkin into a leather voodoo purse (see below) after piercing the hell out of it with spikes...?! It's ugly (in a pretty way) and going to snag the shit out of everything in a 10 mile radius, but I like her take on a sort of untouchable "it" bag. What else would Gaga do with a $10,000 handbag... maybe cut it up and make a hat next time?
from purseblog.com
I have a Louis Vuitton Neverfull PM. This bag you will see EVERYWHERE. Didn't occur to me when I bought it. Gaga, you crazy genius: how can I make my LV as cool as your Birkin? My friend Taurus Burns is a Detroit artist - maybe I could commission him to do something cool with it? OR I could do something like this? I would absolutely bedazzle my Birkin!!
tommy ton for style.com
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Funny links found by boyfriends
"It broke through the wall during the last big storm and we decided just to leave it."
From Catalog Living blog which finds humor in totally generic catalog scenes. Written by Molly Erdman an LA-based actor and comedian. Because I know he reads this and will demand credit for finding this blog, my boyfriend sent this link to me. And because I think he could write something just as funny...:) Or maybe he is poking fun at the insane amount of catalogs I get to his address. Either way... good fun all around.
Where do clothes come from?
Much like my fascination with the origin of food, comes a similar curiosity to the DNA of my clothes. I buy at a store, hang in my closet: end of story? Not quite. Two truths here: everyone has to eat and wear clothes. My subtle, yet seemingly sudden fascination, comes from reading Alice Waters and Chez Panisse. Her commitment to fresh, seasonal and local food has forever changed my perspective about eating and, now, clothing - at least from a production standpoint. There is a beauty in eating locally - rent Food Inc. and you'll see what I mean. There is nothing magical about a Tyson slaughter house. However, watching two local farmers defeather and kill a chicken with their own hands for market the next day has a certain harmony.
This passage from Waters' book captures what I want for everyone to experience in work and food...
An ideal reality where life and work were inseparable and the daily pace left you time for the afternoon anisette or the restorative game of petanque, and where eating together nourished the spirit as well as the body - since the food was raised, harvested hunted fished and gathered by people sustaining and sustained by each other and by the earth itself.What about the clothes? In WJS today, I came across this article about designers rallying to support the fashion economy in New York City by getting vocal about where their clothes are made: New York City. Like Alice Waters did for California Cuisine in philosophy and locale, Jason Wu and Prabal Gurung among others are doing for apparel in the Garment District. I am not studied in apparel manufacturing nor am I a fashion label CEO (yet) but I'm overwhelmed by a gut feeling that supporting businesses making money off products made by 11 year olds working 12 hour days in China is not karmically good.
Made in Midtown with support from the CFDA and Design Trust for Public Space are getting the word out about the importance of maintaining a viable manufacturing core in New York. Connecting consumers more closely to how favorite garments come life each season will hopefully inspire a more thoughtful purchasing experience for them. These vignettes bring to life steps necessary for putting together your favorite piece this season whatever it maybe.
Enjoy!
Stage 1
Made in Midtown: Jason Wu from Design Trust for Public Space on Vimeo.
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Friday, June 25, 2010
Belvedere x MW
Ok, I feel like I'm beating a dead horse deader with this whole cross creative branding topic (see put it on paper post), but no sooner do I open this month's issue of 944 then I see an article about how fashion designer Matthew Williamson has partnered with vodka company Belvedere to create a limited-edition kaftan and all-in-one jump suit (sold out...sorry ladies!) to help woop woop Belvedere's new - guess what - pink grapefruit VODKA! What will they think of next? From Williamson's mouth to your ears...
"My design for the Belvedere Pink Grapefruit collaboration was inspired by the vitality of sultry high summer evenings," said Williamson. "Incorporating a vibrant sun-drenched palette, the print is evocative of exotic destinations ventured by the modern-day, global traveller."
At $1195, I'll pay full price for the drink and put the rest towards the exotic vacation.
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