198, Butterfly.

2010-10-12T20:23:00.005+02:00

Spring/Summer 2011.

-Rochas:

-Damir Doma:

-Cacharel:

-Hussein Chalayan:

-Céline:

-Jean-Charles de Castelbajac:

-Wunderkind:

-Photographs: dazeddigital.com

2010-10-12T20:07:00.008+02:00

Nendo, London Design Festival 2010.

-Photographs: http://www.wallpaper.com/

2010-10-06T17:15:00.011+02:00

After a week following strictly the schedule of Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week for the Spring/Summer 2011 collections, here's a photographic review of what some of the Spanish designers showed a few weeks ago.

-Diana Dorado: golden, pleats and silk, with a great collection of footwear.

-Lluis Corujo: loved the prints, the mix of transparent and opaque clothes, that really worked, and the wonderful selection of vivid colors.

-Martin Lamothe: cow-boy and the 40's and 50's "American Way of Life", everything in dark and pastels.

-Antonio Alvarado: cool colors and shapes. The deconstructed pieces mixing a more sophisticated style, almost showing a look from the 40's, were awesome.

-Carlos Díez: funny, simple colors but very voluptuous shapes. As always showing Carlos Diez's collaboration with Converse for footwear and accesories, and with Jockey for underwear.

-Ágatha Ruiz de la Prada: after a very long journey, Ágatha Ruiz de la Prada relly did my day with a very different collection, always in her own way. Heart-shaped pieces were the principal idea of the collection.

-Davidelfin: Klein-blue and seatbelts and a very "warholian" look, I liked this collection and I also noticed that it is very simple and I'm not very used to it coming from this designer, known for his aesthetic fashion, though.

-Lydia Delgado: a very changing collection from start to end. At first, kind of a XIII century's look mixing Christian Lacroix, and then simple pieces. A very nice collection of shapes and colors.

Basically, an example of what is cooking inside the Spanish fashion.

-Photographs: Revista de Moda y Belleza, Tendencias, Pasarelas, Desfiles de Moda | Vogue.

2010-09-18T00:57:00.010+02:00

I'm attending to "Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week" for the Spring/Summer 2011 collections, starting today (September the 17th), so I'll post a review of it very soon.

-Photograph: Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week - Calendario.

2010-09-04T14:43:00.032+02:00

"The Rio-born photographer Vavá Ribeiro based between his hometown and New York is set to launch his new exhibition, titled "Pseudoscience" ("Pseudociência"). Held at . : Galeria_Mezanino : ., at Mundo Mix in São Paulo, Brazil, from August until September 14th, the solo show will be displaying mostly his early portraits between 1999-2003, all shot in New York. Working with Polaroids Type 55 and portraits of androgynous characters, Ribeiro's ambiguous images are deceptive and somewhat strange. Using both professional models and friends, he played with multiple exposures, and awkward body language, where the end product was printed with asymmetric masks and particular crops. It was all analog so that the results were unique and unrepeatable. The whole series has a certain scientific aura to it, juxtaposing words from different languages paired with the images in Latin, German, and English to create a sense of mystery and magic." -Dazed Digital | Dazed & Confused Magazine | Fashion, Art, Fashion, Music, Film, Ideas.

-Photographs: Dazed Digital | Dazed & Confused Magazine | Fashion, Art, Fashion, Music, Film, Ideas and . : Galeria_Mezanino : ..

2010-07-22T17:32:00.009+02:00

Grooming in Paris.

-Photographs: Wallpaper.com | Home | Wallpaper* Magazine.

2010-07-22T17:02:00.010+02:00

Bouroullec brothers' work at Unité d'Habitation, Marseille.

Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have chosen this apartament at Le Courbusier's Unité d'Habitation in Marseille to show their furniture pieces, each one corresponding to the rooms function in the Apartament 50.

"It all started early this year, when Jasper Morrison introduced us to the owners of one of the apartments in the housing block,' say the Breton-born brothers. 'We decided to feature a selection of objects from our collection of designs which seemed to rightly fit in this apartment and match the way the owners live in it. As an echo to Charlotte Perriand and Jean Prouvé's original furniture in the space, it seemed natural to us to articulate the remodelling around our 'Steelwood' collection for Magis - including a table, some chairs and a shelving system", Bouroullec Brothers explain to Wallpaper*.

-Photographs: Wallpaper.com | Home | Wallpaper* Magazine courtesy of Studio Bouroullec and FLC/ADAGP Paris.

2010-07-21T16:20:00.013+02:00

080 Barcelona Spring/Summer 2011.

Alexis Reyna, Manish Arora and Cardona Bonache are a good example of what the 080 fair showed a few days ago in Barcelona.

A very interesting few of new ideas.

-Photographs: Blog Neo2, by César Segarra.

2010-06-29T13:11:00.022+02:00

Annual three-day show, Royal Academy of Antwerp.

Dazed and Confused talks to some of the students:

"Johan Åkesson: How old are you and where are you from? I'm 27 and come from Sweden. What’s the concept behind your collection? Everything is temporary. What caught my attention and became my base of this collection is the world’s collapse, which was clear with the world economic crises. The world we live in is standing on very thin pillars. The thought has brought me to the fact that all we are left with is love. But also this is temporary in many cases. The inspiration came through a book by Allan de Botton. “The study of love” Which describes a relationship from beginning to end. The idea is that the relationship inspires the colour, the colours inspire the shape and the shape is describing the colour’s temperature. The only people that live in extreme heat and cold are the turrets, in the dessert. They are also nomads and so their habitat is also temporary. They carry everything with them, therefore the backpacks with plants; which also are temporary. Who is your favourite designer? Hm, really difficult. But I must say Rick Owens. What kind of fabrics do you use? Sense the base of my collection was the collapse of the world I decided to only work with fabrics that we find in nature. Which means wool, cotton and leather. What plans do you have for the future? I don't know really. I have to step back and see what's possible. I would like to find a job with a designer to get the experience that I need. Niels Peeraer:

How old are you and where are you from? I am 21 years old and born in small town in Belgium. What’s the concept behind your collection? The concept is 'kuzokusyakai no dorei, geisha n°58-65' it is Japanese for 'slave of the aristocracy'. That in the future the aristocracy has personal geisha's, living with them as pets. Then digit refers to a rank, to show there is a limit. It is only for the gifted ones who still own the feelings of the old days. Most people forgot about colors, taste and feelings because they only care about technology, money. Who is your favourite designer? That’s a difficult one for me as it is constantly changing. But whom I keep being interested in is Dries Van Noten, Damir Doma. What kind of fabrics do you use? Fake fur, leather, wool, silk, fine cotton, knitted wool, elastic (normal used for corsets). I am someone who prefers working with natural fabrics rather then synthetic ones. Plans for the future? Gain life experience as I am still 21 and I want some inspiration-backup before I start designing. Most of all I want to create. If that is designing for a fashion house, designing for myself:I don't know yet. I know I am dedicated and I love to push myself so I know I am not going to settle for the easy options. Now my interest goes to Asia so I might want to try to work there for a while.

Maja Zupancic:

How old are you/where are you from? 28. I am from Slovenia. What’s the concept behind the Collection? Last summer I have read the book by André Breton, Nadja, which evoked so many ideas and images in my mind. First line: “Who am I?” and the last “Beauty will be CONVULSIVE or will not be at all”. The story is based on Breton’s brief relationship with an actually young woman (Nadja), who is mad. But her madness is a fascination, a gift. I tried to translate mind distortion into the body. I was really inspired by the early photos of André Kertész and sculptures of Berlinde de Bruyckere. My main Form research was based on works of Anish Kapoor. I wanted to translate his perception of space onto the body, creating jewellery pieces that deform the body. I was also looking a lot at 16th century anatomy drawings… Who is your favourite designer? I guess it is about the “sub gender” of fashion. Martin Margiela, Ann Demeulemeester, Rick Owens, Haider Ackermann and Helmut Lang, Bruno Pieters… And the amazing heritage of Yves Saint Laurent... What plans you have for the future? Right now I am so overwhelmed with the now, that I can't search for any clues for the near future… my ultimate goal is to continue developing and challenging my creativity and share it with special people. Tomohiro Tokita:

How old are you and where are you from? I am 30 and Japanese. What’s the concept behind the Collection? My collection inspiration came from special visual effect, which is used for the SF movies. That’s why my collection title is "Sci-Fi”. To express Sci-Fi, I tired to use special zips, which were used last year collection just used for the detail decoration. I used zips, which goes around the sleeve and body. If you open the zips, sleeve and body disappear the shape as it is. Even open zips, sleeve and body parts disappear, it can be worn by wrapping. I tried to think.About that clothing can be worn both closed zip and opened zips. This year, I tired to use zips more wearable way and more function way. What are your plans for the future? I don’t know yet... But I want to work! What materials have been used? I used lot of synthetic fabrics this year and I used sponges for the protective parts."

-Photographs: Dazed Digital | Dazed & Confused Magazine | Fashion, Art, Fashion, Music, Film, Ideas, by Otto Vankerkhove.

2010-06-23T11:22:00.017+02:00

Maison Martin Margiela "20 The Exhibition", at Somerset House.

Part of the expo showing until September the 5th, celebrating 20 years of Maison Martin Margiela.

"Young as its history is, no other fashion house has had quite the same impact on our understanding of fashion and its relationship to history, craft, commerce and innovation. 20 years on, Maison Martin Margiela's radical questioning and rethinking of what fashion is, how we clothe the body and ideals of human beauty, is still as groundbreaking as ever". -Somerset House.

-Photographs: Facebook | Maison Martin Margiela's Photos - MMM - "20 The Exhibition" @ Somerset House.

2010-06-08T18:36:00.014+02:00

À propos de Louise Bourgeois, 1911-2010.

Echo IX, Echo IV and Echo VII (2007).

Lullaby (1996).

Janus Fleuri (1968).

-, 1996.

Redroom Parents (1994).

Louise Bourgeois in 1990 by Raimon Ramis.

-Photographs: artnet - The Art World Online and Centre Pompidou - Art culture musée expositions cinémas conférences débats spectacles concerts.

2010-05-31T22:29:00.004+02:00

Rochas en été. Spring/Summer 2010.

-Photographs: Style.com: The Online Home of Fashion: News, Runway Shows, Trends, Fashion Models, Designers, Shopping, Beauty & More

2010-05-24T18:09:00.008+02:00

Festival de Hyères, 2010.

-Alexandra Verschueren (Belgium).

-Ali Zedtwitz & Valerie Lange - Diptych (Austria).

-Nora Berger & Kathrin Lugbauer - Natures of Conflict (Austria).

-Photographs: http://www.alexandraverschueren.com/,DIPTYCH and http://www.naturesofconflict.com/

2010-05-11T20:57:00.007+02:00

Lianes - Roches - Conques, by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec.

This is part of what the Bouroullec brothers will be showing at the Kreo Gallery in Paris (31, rue Dauphine), to July the 31st.

-Photographs: pasajesdsn.wordpress.com

2010-05-11T17:03:00.008+02:00

Anish Kapoor at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.

He began working with geometric shapes that seemed to arise from the floor or from the walls, using powdered pigment, and then, he started to investigate the void.

His creations are characterized by an incredible exploration of shapes, spaces and colors.

-Photographs: trendsplant.com

2010-05-05T19:59:00.005+02:00

Juergen Teller, photographer.

-Photographs: photobucket.com, lifeiscarbon.com and Google Images.

2010-04-24T16:49:00.004+02:00

Anna-Sara Dåvik, designer.

-Suit Yourself:

-Essence of A-S:

She studied at Beckmans College of Design in Stockholm.

Her work is elegant and classic and uses simple shapes and colors, creating at the same time these wonderful collection of wearable garments.

-Photographs: annasaradavik.com

2010-04-21T19:50:00.007+02:00

-Young Kyu Yoon (New York):

-Mikael Kennedy (New York):

-Elizabeth Johnson (London):

-Photographs: dazeddigital.com

2010-04-04T15:13:00.007+02:00

-Photographs: hamletpowpowpow.tumblr.com

2010-03-19T12:37:00.016+01:00

Javier Vallhonrat, photographer.

His work in the 90's fashion photography has a very special mixture of colors and poses.

These are some photographs he did for some collections for the Spanish designer Sybilla, in the 80's and 90's.

-Photographs: mfilomeno.com and sybilla.es

2010-03-14T15:50:00.005+01:00

White Temple by Takashi Yamaguchi (Kyōto, 2000).

Cube-shaped, white and surrounded by a wonderful forest in the outskirts of Kyōto.

-Photographs: archrecord.construction.com

2010-03-08T20:01:00.010+01:00

Review of the Autumn/Winter 2010/2011 collections.

-Céline:

-Charles Anastase:

-Comme des Garçons:

-Dries Van Noten:

-Hussein Chalayan:

-Issey Miyake:

-Junya Watanabe:

-Maison Martin Margiela:

-Matthew Ames:

-Peter Jensen:

-Yohji Yamamoto:

-Photographs: style.com

2010-03-07T17:08:00.003+01:00

Casa Camper Berlin, new hotel by Fernando Amat and Jordi Tio.

Camper is a Spanish brand that has always made the best design in footwear.

The company has just opened this new hotel in Berlin, near to the Hackescher Market, and moved their comfortable and aesthetic design into this building.

Designers Rowan and Erwan Bouroullec were asked to make this space called Dos Palillos, that mixes Asian and Spanish food by a former chef from el Bulli.

Home away from home.

-Photographs: casacamper.com

2010-02-27T18:17:00.005+01:00

Short videos featuring fashion designers.

-"Vacuus Numb" by Gray Scott, featuring Ann Demeulemeester:

-"The Veil" by Catherine Camille Cushman, featuring Junya Watanabe:

-"Tea à Tête" by Stephen Blaise, featuring Thom Browne:

-"Audition" by Stephen Blaise, featuring Givenchy:

-"Interval" by Jamie Isain, featuring Hussein Chalayan:

-"String" by Jamie Isain, featuring Sonia Rykiel:

-"Night for Day" by Tiziano Magni, featuring Zac Posen:

-"You Wear It Well", featuring Maison Martin Margiela:

2010-02-25T21:21:00.016+01:00

Cibeles Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2010/2011.

I've seen lots of wool, velvet and even silk. Grey, black, purple and dark shades. Definitely short shapes for the winter.

-Photographs: used a Samsung Digimax S600.