FASHION FOR FASHION

Meeting STEVEN TAI & AW14 collection

2014-05-23T07:09:00.000-07:00

We met Steven Tai during Paris fashion week.

We discussed about how he started and continued with a mini presentation of his AW14 collection.

This season Steven Tai played with the couple situation.

What do I mean?

Check the video.

LAZY OAF X GARFIELD

2014-04-26T05:49:00.001-07:00

After the big success of the previous Lazy Oaf's collection with Looney Tunes last fall now its time for Garfield to shine!

As Gemma Shiel, Lazy Oaf founder and designer, says

"Being a kid in the late '80s, me and my brother obsessed over Garfield books and annuals and we'd wile away long afternoons, paper in hand, pen at the ready, trying to see who could draw Garfield best,".

For me its kinda of the same thing as being a kid of the 90's, remembering myself playing Garfield video games with my sister and collecting lassagne all afternoon!

Gemma Shiel wanted to bring this personal relationship from her childhood in to fashion, she felt that Garfield always owned a compendious color palette.

And we totally agree with that.

So, its time for us to go back to our childhood and also bring some pop color palette in our closet.

The collection lanched yesterday and its available online at Lazy Oaf.

-NATARGEORGIOU AW14 PREVIEW-

2014-04-07T11:06:00.000-07:00

n a t a r g e o r g i o u

Velvet Chroma aw14

For their up and coming fall winter 2014-15 collection Demos Natar and Andreas Georgiou the designer duo behind the label natargeorgiou , a brand that is known for its signature hand woven materials, decide to challenge themselves once again and take their trademark knit material to the next level, by combining it unexpectedly with embroidered laser cut lace and geometric prints. A collection inspired by the art of tapestry paintings and colorful elephant prints it is fully influenced by the dynamic power of the certain animal and it is reflected on the clothes shapes and seductive cuts.

Colors such as black ,orange and blue , blend exquisitely in contrast with the white. Layering is clearly visible in this collection and its executed by layering fabrics like neo print scuba laser cut lace, velvet tapestry and knitted lurex with geometric printed tulle. Striped velvet fabric mixed with clear silk organza gives velvet a whole new lighter appeal.

natargeorgiou constitute designs that aim to please the modern woman who is looking to satisfy her day to night cravings for elitism and one-of-a-kind designs.

We had the honor, during Paris Fashion Week, to prepare a short video with some of the pieces from "Velvet Chroma" collection to present to you.

natargeorgiou might be an upcoming brand but it has met with great success during Paris Fashion Week. Prepare yourself because there are more to come..

Paris Fashion Week with MATTIJS VAN BERGEN

2014-03-31T04:32:00.001-07:00

Mattijs van Bergen, Amsterdam-based designer, invited us to the presentation of his new Van Gogh - inspired collection, Complémentaire, at the Dutch Embassy in Paris. Later on we had the chance to interview him and find out more - not only about this new collection for Autumn - Winter 2014 but also about himself.

ANN SOFIE BACK

2014-02-21T10:50:00.001-08:00

A designer that caught my eye during my visit in Stockholm.

Her name? Ann Sofie Back.

The last year I am really interested in Scandinavia.

Not only fashionwise but also culturewise.

I always liked brands such as Acne and Cheap Monday.

Ann Sofie Back used to work for Cheap Monday as a Creative Director.

In her AW 13 collection she used a lot of jeans, "boyfriend" shapes and colorful prints.

Her color palette is incredibly fashionable and interesting.

I believe that this collection has a lot of must have pieces for your wardrobe.

I know that now it might be a little late for this collection but its really worth to have a look and follow her.

You can find more info down below.

You want to know more?

Ann-Sofie Back launched her eponymous label in 2001. In 2005, she launched Back, a secondary line with a more accessible price point. Signature pieces play with the silhouette in a humorous yet wearable way.
In 2009, Back was appointed the joint creative director of denim brand Cheap Monday, alongside its founder Örjan Andersson.
In the same year, a "hostage" store was opened in Stockholm - in which monthly themed events took place, such as "crimes against fashion" and "horror night". The store was the first combined Ann-Sofie Back/Back store.
Prior to her launching her own label, Back worked as a designer for Joe Casely Hayford in London, as well as at Acne Jeans.
Not content with being just a designer, Back is a stylist and fashion editor for Self Service and Purple magazine among others.
In October 2001, Back debuted her own ready-to-wear collection at the Purple institute in Paris, and after four seasons participating in the Paris shows, began showing in London during London Fashion Week. She continues to show in London.
Fans of her creations include Chloe Sevigny, Daisy Lowe and singer Robyn.
Back has taken part in group design and art shows that span London's ICA and the Victoria and Albert Museum, as well as Paris' Palais du Tokio and the Musee de la Mode de la Ville de Paris. Her work was included in the Reshape show, featuring on the official schedule of 2003's Venice Biennale.
In 2004, a documentary entitled BACK was aired on Swedish National Television. It detailed the story of the label from the first show in Paris.
Back has also designed capsule collections for Topshop in London.
She was awarded the prestigious Goldbutton Award, the equivalent of the CFDA awards in Sweden and, such has been the success of her label, a stamp was produced in Sweden to celebrate.
In 2007, she was nominated for the Swiss Textile Award.

"THE DUSTY BOX"

2014-02-09T03:11:00.000-08:00

An ordinary day, walking back home, a dusty box seems to change the route of the girl. Is it all this happening, or is it just a wishful dream?

Presentation of Spring/Summer 2014 collections.

Designers:

STEVEN TAI

George Bisdikis©

SOON..

2014-01-23T10:52:00.001-08:00

by George Bisdikis©

ACCESSORIES:

EK THONGPRASERT

HEAVEN TANUDIREDJA

NASHA MEKRAKSAVANICH

CLOTHING:

DAVID SZETO

LENA LUMELSKY

STEVEN TAI

WINTER GARDEN by olgafacesrok

2014-01-15T04:05:00.000-08:00

olgafacesrok AW13 presents the Winter Garden Project. Inspired by the poetry of Pablo Neruda (Winter Garden), earrings in the form of organic, realistic flower motifs were frozen in the ice. Elements such as icy roses, snow drops, twigs and leafs were connected to create a flowing earring.

photos by George Bisdikis©

dress by Steven Tai

OMELYA ATELIER - MATS ROMBAUT

2014-01-09T06:39:00.000-08:00

photos by George Bisdikis©

Wearing:

OMELYA ATELIER - WHITE SLEEVE URBAN SWEATSHIRT

MATS ROMBAUT SHOES

RE-OPEN COMME des GARÇONS NEW YORK‏

2013-12-20T05:46:00.000-08:00

“According to research, when babies are given a choice of colours, they after choose gold.

I imagined this time for the store in Chelsea a magical and intimate world of gold, my third colour after black and red.

I want to make an even stronger, even more forward looking shop to fulfill the hopes of our core, fundamental COMME des GARÇONS customers, with my pure unadulterated concentrated eye..”

Rei Kawakubo

CHECK THIS OUT - MY THERESA

2013-12-10T05:14:00.001-08:00

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AZZEDINE ALAIA | PALAIS GALLIERA

2013-12-09T04:14:00.001-08:00

The Palais Galliera is honouring Azzedine Alaïa with its opening exhibition.

Alaïa’s formative years were intimately linked to the clients who fell under
the spell of his made-to-measure garments, among them such legendary figures
as Louise de Vilmorin, Arletty and Greta Garbo. Encouraged by his friend Thierry
Mugler, he presented his first signature collection in 1979, already adopting an
approach to leather that rendered it more fragile and more sensual. His draping
of bodies with jersey and stretch fabrics is an allusion to his sculpture studies at art
school in Tunis: ‘When I’m working on a garment, it has to flow over the body,
in profile and in back view.’ Zips make their way around the dresses, eyelets pierce
the coats, stitching accentuates the curves of the suits. Alaïa fashioned a new
body, like a sculptor working with muslin and leather. He was, too, one of the rare
couturiers to master every step in the making of a garment: drawing a pattern,
transferring directly onto the cloth the forms and volumes he saw in his mind’s
eye, then cutting and sewing the fabric as he bends it to his will.
Inventing new shapes out of simple interplay between complex stitchings, Alaïa
became the creator of a timeless body of work. His influence on today’s fashion
is fundamental.

In many ways Alaïa’s approach to form,
volume and material resembles the work of a painter or sculptor, his constant
adjustments and experiments reflecting a tireless creative spirit, blurring the
boundaries between fashion and art.

In the middle you see a leather dress from Fall/Winter 1983-1984.

The writer Michel Tournier, wrote about this in the foreword to a work devoted to the couturier, specifying: " Azzedine Alaia's stretch creations , like all brilliant inventions, have all the appearance of a material object, yet the possess a dimension that is psychologically ad morally elating"

Just next to this leather piece, you see a pleated silver/white dress with leather detail on the waist.

This dress comes from 1981, when that dress came on women said that "Alaia has given us back our body".

Azzedine Alaia in the early 90's was inspired by Africa. For the Spring/Summer 1990, Alaia, also a collector of African art, metamorphosed his dresses into idols" When I see an object I like, I am entranced, it's like voodoo". The way the Masai drape their fabrics of their loincloths also interests me, it's really amazingly beautiful."

In his next collection for Fall/Winter 1991-1992 he continued his African inspiration.

"Africa is present" he said. Playing with the rosette pattern on leopard fur, the designer gives women the splendor and wild character that he wants.

"The best moment of work is when I watch wild life documentaries in TV for inspiration but I am never satisfied with what I produce first" - Azzedine Alaia said.

One of the keys to his success was the the leather with metallic eyelets that he created for Fall / Winter 1981-1982.

Alaia entered fashion with "a snap of the fingers" via a pair of leather gloves hammered with eyelets that proved to be a great success with journalists in 1981.

Alaia's dresses hug the silhouette of the woman wearing them so perfectly that we are tempted to think that she had grown into them! The couturier knows the body in its nudity and the sartorial techniques with flatter and correct it. "The shoulder is essential, just like the waist. The behind and the curve in the small of the back are capital, better looking hiked up than low down. They have to be enhanced by the cut e with high heels. As for the neck, if its short , it's best to avoid high collars and shoulder pads whichever it look even shorter "

Transparent dresses: alaia is one of the rare couturiers to express himself with the same virtuosity in the tailoring technique as in the one commonly known as the "flou", designating dresses and other such fluid creations. Without making any distinction , he subjects the fabric to the topographical sage that he alone masters. "I didnt learn in any fashion school, I dressed women directly on the body, by intuition. This is how I got my experience".

For the Spring / Summer 1992 collection, Alaia makes knit a distant memory of the skin by playing with motifs that recall as tattoos. In this way, a speech bubble announcing " Mon coeur est a papa" ( my heart belong to daddy), covers the hips or the arm while a graphic and mischievous triangle deftly alights on the tummy.

The silver bra and skirt worn by Naomi Campbell, is one of Azzedine Alaia's most emblematic styles.

Alaia has turned his technique into an art, his know-how into an aesthetic.

This exposition gives you an amazing experience passing through the years of fashion and celebrating the woman body. From 1957 that Alaia came to Paris. His fashion don't go out of style, you cannot understand when a piece was designed. They are simply always in fashion and that, is genius.

** Special thanks to Palais Galliera. **

References:

Palais Galliera

Palais Galliera - Press Release

-WAIT-

2013-12-03T05:34:00.000-08:00

WAIT - PARIS

[9 Rue Notre Dame de Nazareth]

Not just for the fans of water sports.

Last year a new concept store opened in Paris.

Julien Tual and Antoine Mocquard, the sunglasses designers of Waiting for the Sun, wanted to bring to Paris another feeling, the feeling of the air, sun and wind. Something new for the ones that always looking for the Sun. They care exclusive brands for the ones that loves to skate board, surf and wants to feel comfortable. A variety of clothing and accessories like Maison Labiche, LaPAz, DEUS ex Machina, Thomas Bexon Surfboards, Papier Tigre rubbing shoulders with expertly chosen vintage furniture, books, fragrance and handmade surfboards.

Their style? Being free to do what they want when they have time. No matter what its cold or hot.

Beeing free to combine their pleasure with work.

Entering the store you can feel the home inspiring interior design, skateboards on the floor, surfboards on the wall, comfy couch and arcade game machine. Also, something really unexpected is the photography portfolio from cities around the world.

And guess what?! There is also a kitchen in the middle of the store.

Sounds amazing don’t you think?

photos by George Kotsakis

Thank you guys!

MISS DIOR EXPOSITION - GRAND PALAIS, PARIS

2013-11-26T06:13:00.001-08:00

“Make women more beautiful and happier” –Christian Dior

Dior is all about the magic of elegance and style, always modern yet also timeless and avant-garde.

This magic was brought by one man, the man that has been inspiring the world’s most elegant women since 1947, Christian Dior.

His dream was to “make women more beautiful and happier”.

His inspiration was came from his childhood that means from the nature, gardens and architecture. He also fostered his passion for the history of France and the 18^th century, from the history of Versailles and Marie Antoinette.

He managed to create an atmosphere that continues to symbolize the House of Dior till today.

He always wanted to illustrate his passion for art and many contemporary women artists were inspired by that and his first fragrance, Miss Dior.

1947, The fragrance of love

“One day I was talking about perfumes with Serge Heftler-Louiche[…]. For four years, we worked and researched […]. And then Miss Dior was born […]. Because you see, for a fragrance to last, it firstly has had to endure quite some time in the heart of the people who created it.” – Christian Dior

Miss Dior was the first fragrance created by Christian Dior, it was the fragrance of love a dialogue between Couture and Perfumes, an expression of style..

On February 12, 1947, during his first runway show and the launch of the New Look, Miss Dior was sprayed through the salons of n30, avenue Montaigne.

“A runway is a celebration, the décor around has to exude joy and fantasy. Even scents: Spray more perfume!”.

LIANG YUANWEI

"Dior is the first international fashion brand I came to know" said Liang Yuanwei, painter and designer artist.

"For me, it is the perfect fusion between the notion of fashion and a feeling of eternity. The first impression it gave me was the curvy shape of the Dior dress."

Here, a dress from the Haute-Couture collection in 1949.

That dress reminded her of a poem by Rilke, All who Seek You: "I painted flowers fading into the dust, to present the feeling of the moment turning to the eternal."

Liang Yuanwei says " It was a happy experience. An unexpected but wonderful encounter of the mentality behind my art and that of Dior."

[a variety of Christian Dior perfume bottles]

POLLY APFELBAUM

(hand-woven carpet)

Polly Apfelbaum is an American artist born in 1955 in Pennsylvania. She created a work that reflected Dior’s audacity and the brand’s tradition of allying the new with the classic. That was a houndstooth pattern, a large-scale installation - hand woven in Mexico using traditional techniques of Oaxaca, with the name “Rainbow Nirvana Houndstooth”.

LEE BUL

(white - crystal made large scale piece)

Lee Bul designed a true visual experience in the shape of a crystal made from polystyrene and steel, covered entirely with hanji, a traditional Korean aparer. This piece is a true visual experience that invites the visitors to get in and have a “sense that appeals to emotions more than to reason”.

[ Inside Lee's Blu artistic piece]

[ Tomoko Shiouyasu - La Rose]

MARIA NEPOMUCENO

Maria Nepomuceno transcends the Miss Dior bottle to create an organic and sensual installation using her favorite materials.

Spirals of nylon rope, straw and woven pearls are rolled up in an endless process, like living in a sculpture, moving matter that bonds everyday life, cosmology and genetics.

ALYSON SHOTZ

The rose theme inspired Alyson Shotz to create the "Infinite Rose".

With its reflections can change color and shape depending on the movement of the light.

" I love that idea od there being no surface, no inside or outside. Surface is structure, and vice versa. These shapes are created by assembling a large whole, piece by piece.

The observer visually combines all the little parts and when he walks around the sculpture, his eyes and brain assemble these shapes in different ways." Alyson says.

CAROLE BENZAKEN

“ I wanted to visually magnify a scent by working on its stratifications: the construction of a perfume, its archeological layers, its top notes […]. It can leave its print, its mark, on a place. It leaves a sensation, in the order of a memorial trace that implies that a body has passed through there. […] In Miss Dior, I don’t see the woman, I see the colors and landscapes. It is a relationship between skin and veins, heart and heart beat, music, life.” – Carole Benzaken

[ " Make a fragrance that smells like love" - Christian Dior ]

SHIRIN NESHAT

Shiein Neshat chose to film Natalie Portman, the face of Miss Dior, to show the intimist and artless beauty.

"With Natalie Portman, you have to return to what is essential" Shirin says.

"She is so beautiful, she has already been portrayed in every glamorous way. You have to find the balance between the inside and outside of a person. With a woman like Natalie, you have to highlight her beauty in another way. Not only her body, her face and her eyes, but also her inner beauty".

- Shirin Neshat

THE END

MARION DE RAUCOURT

2013-06-24T04:22:00.000-07:00

Marion de Raucourt presented an elegant and futuristic simple concept at Hyeres Festival.

Garments made of pleats and no sewing and leather, stockinette stitch, organza and wood as materials makes this minimalistic and industrial aesthetic.

Photos via nowmansland.fr

John Galliano - Interview 2013

2013-06-22T05:43:00.001-07:00

John Galliano talks about everything in his first 2013 interview..

Stories of his life from his early years till nowadays..

LUCIA FAINZILBER - PHOTOGRAPHY

2013-06-20T03:09:00.000-07:00

An Argentinian photographer based in New York

Lucia is a photographer, art director and colorist in postproduction.

Her perspective as an artist really moved me - The way she combines a space with a mix of fantasy that transfers you in two different places at the same time and the colorless but colored mood.

"Every day I look for something. Something is represented by spaces that usually are found in memories. These become alive in all these corners of the Earth. Wherever I go they can grow again as images that recreate the spaces where fantasies and dreams were once contained. " - Lucia Fainzilber

RIHANNA ON DAVID SZETO'S SCARF

2013-06-20T01:13:00.000-07:00

Rihanna rocks the Ikat leopard scarf of our talented designer David Szeto!

For more you can check his website here.

Goodmorning!!

CALL THE TUNE - STEVEN TAI

2013-06-18T13:56:00.001-07:00

steventai SS14 Accessories Project

Congratulations Steven!!

Steven Tai is a part of the showroom that I am working with since the last season.

For that reason I am more than happy to announce that he is one of the 5 deisgners that Vogue decided to feature for the call the tune project of Wowcracy in collaboration with Vogue Talents.

I really believe in his talent and except of his creativity he is also an A-mazing person.

CALL THE TUNE

THE ENDLESS FASHION WEEK

"After winning the first ever Chloé award at the Hyères festival last year, chosen by the head of jury Yohji Yamamoto. Following the award, Steven was invited by Mercedes Benz to present a full catwalk collection at SS13 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Berlin.

AW13 saw his first show back at his home country in Toronto, Canada where he developed innovative silicone textiles that reinterpreted the traditional masculinity of skiwear into modern feminine designs with voluminous tailoring and playful energy.

Building upon the success of last season, SS14 will see the launch of an unique collaboration that will bring to life a series of accessories. The project aims to present new opportunities to work with various creatives in different fields in bag and shoes designs. To maintain a top quality of work, this project will focus on working with graduates from the Royal Collage of Arts.

The project propose new creative opportunities but it also builds new industrial connections. The development and production of the bags will create a new relationship with Italia leather manufacturer, Linea Pelle, who produces the luxurious leather goods for brands such as Damir Doma.

As a strong believer that open and interdisciplinary collaborations will lead to new and unexpected synergies between creatives, Steven Tai is very excited to work with Call the Tunes and Vogue Talents to fund the project and have the chance to interact with the brand's supporters." -By Wowcracy

You can have your pre-orders here and make Steven's pieces yours.

What are you waiting for?!

Time is ticking....

ABASI ROSBOROUGH

2013-06-10T05:19:00.000-07:00

Hello ladies and gentlemen!

Sorry for being lost the past few weeks but as I am working like crazy for the menswear fashion week I didn't have the time to update my page.

Today I have great news for our gentlemen.

You want something new, well made with good materials and pefect shapes?!

Then you have the answer: ABASI ROSBOROUGH.

This brands is the creation of two Brooklyn-based designers Abdul ABASI and Greg ROSBOROUGH.

Before founding Abasi Rosborough in 2012, Rosborough designed for Ralph Lauren while Abasi worked for Engineered Garments after serving the US military. The two designers met while studying menswear design at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.

The pictures comes from their first collection for Fall/Winter 2013, I am looking forward to see their Spring/Summer 2014!

You can find more on their official webiste here.

Paris through instagram

2013-05-13T03:07:00.004-07:00

Goodmorning girls and boys!!

Have a wonderful week.

Hope you ll enjoy your coffee with some instagram pictures of mine.

Just had mine with an enormous caramel macaron and a latte macchiato.

You can follow me @mari_f4f for more photos!

Marina

NASHA MEKRAKSAVANICH X FASHION FOR FASHION

2013-05-01T03:59:00.000-07:00

Here's a preview of Nasha Mekraksavanich Fall/Winter 2013-14.

Every season Nasha makes our wishlists even bigger !!

From where should I start?! From these gorgeous Etienne clutches or the new mini wallet bracelets?!

You are A genious can't wait to see them in stores!
Have a lovely month!!!!

Marina

& other stories

2013-04-21T06:01:00.000-07:00

& other stories is now open in Paris!

& other stories is another brand, and definitely a must destination in Paris, of the H&M Group that offers women a wide range of shoes, bags, accessories, beauty and ready-to-wear so they can create their own story!

The new shop is located at 277 Rue Saint Honoré, a stone throw from Colette, Prada and Lanvin.

Everything is designed in & Other Stories’ creative ateliers in Paris and Stockholm with great attention to detail and quality in affordable prices.

Inside the selection there are also some Nike sneakers amongst the external brands available at the store and online. Stories.com provides delivery to Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and UK.

The focus of this store is more in accessories, bags, shoes and beauty as they already have H&M and Cos as their strong clothing stores, but still they have really beautiful items in the clothing section in very good quality, design and of course prices.

What I loved in this store is that you can feel in the atmosphere and in their products that Swedish, stylish and kind feeling as the staff is extremely nice and helpful.

This time I left with some jewels and sunnies!!

But I am definitely going back for at least 6 pair of shoes!

So..... get online or if you are in Paris you should definitely visit.

Bisous!

Marina

SUNNY

2013-04-20T01:59:00.001-07:00

wearing:

Nasty Gal jeans shirt

Zara pants

H&M belt

Topshop boots

Ray-Ban wayfarers

MY LATEST CRUSH

2013-04-19T06:38:00.000-07:00