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FAD 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY GALA SHOW! I am very proud be a part of...

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 12:54:02 +0000

FAD 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY GALA SHOW!

I am very proud be a part of the FAD 10 year anniversary gala show on LFW last Tuesday! The show was on at Vauxhald fashion scout and ended with a fabulous auction for the support of the charity which has helped launch so many great talents! They helped me launch my career with their work and I look forward to following their important work for the next 10, 20, 30…etc years! Congratulations FAD and thank you for the support!

For those who missed the show, you can watch a great video here!

An amazing photographer, Ruediger Glatz, shot these pictures at...

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:32:14 +0000

Ruediger Glatz

Ruediger Glatz

Ruediger Glatz

Ruediger Glatz

Ruediger Glatz

Ruediger Glatz

Ruediger Glatz

Ruediger Glatz

Ruediger Glatz

An amazing photographer, Ruediger Glatz, shot these pictures at my studio whilst I was preparing for Reykjavík Fashion Festival in February last year!

www.ruedigerglatz.com

Honoured to be featured in Bast magazine!

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:31:57 +0000

Honoured to be featured in Bast magazine!

Muuse magazine is out!

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:15:05 +0000

Open publication - Free publishing - More beauty

FAD GALA SHOW

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:05:15 +0000

Tomorrow night Vera will be showing at FAD GALA SHOW!! If you haven’t got tickets stay tuned for some pictures from the show!!

The FAD 10 Charity Gala Show, set to take place at Vauxhall Fashion Scout on Tuesday 21st February 2012, will celebrate 10 years of supporting young talent for fashion charity FAD.

Set up as a creative charity, FAD works to provide 13-25 year olds with a realistic insight into the fashion industry by hosting high-profile industry days, creative workshops, and catwalk events. Working in conjunction with the industry’s most-respected names, FAD is all about ‘Creating Futures through Fashion’ by bridging the gap between education and industry.

After providing “an undeniable springboard” [Vogue] for over 8000 young people, the charity has encouraged and inspired intelligent design and individual expression that has led to their students being featured in national publications, such as The Independent Magazine’, The Telegraph, The Guardian and online at Vogue.com.

On the night a catwalk retrospective will showcase garments from a decade of the FAD Competition, alongside innovative new collections by past winners and finalists. Highlights include Rebecca Thomson from the Royal College of Art; Katie Pope, one half of London designers Harnett Pope; Beatrice Newman, LCF MA graduate and Rasa Abramaviciute, who is now part of the design team at Vivienne Westwood.

Exhibiting alongside the catwalk show will be illustrations inspired by 10 years of the FAD Competition brief, featuring work by 14 fashion students from universities and colleges across the UK.

Thanks to FAD sponsors and supporters there will be the chance to bid on some fantastic lots in the fashion auction and each guest will receive a hand printed goody bag designed by teenagers taking part in Fashion Futures.

All proceeds from the FAD 10 charity gala show will go towards funding hands-on training and opportunities for teenagers from the most excluded backgrounds.

“FAD is the only charity I know that supports young people through the field of fashion. I think it’s great because fashion is something everyone wears, you can relate to at an early age and it’s something which really excites people. At the same time it can be seen as really elitist, so to enable young people from all walks of life to be part of it is amazing.” Jane Sheperdson, CEO Whistles

MUUSE.com LAUNCHES SHAPED IN DARKENSS COLLECTION

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:42:34 +0000

Finally finally the Shaped in darkness collection is available. The collection is launched for sale today on www.muuse.com a brilliant internet store specialising in made to order, limited edition pieces for the fashion savy.

Check out selected pieces from the shaped in darkness collection on http://www.muuse.com/#!collections/59-shaped-in-darkness-by-vera-thordardottir

Craig Thomas interview

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:01:00 +0000

Craig Thomas is the brain behind the video for the ‘Shaped in Darkness’ collection (posted below).
Craig is an amazing cinematographer and producer. He is also a brilliant photographer and his work is featured in the 2011 International Masters of Photography book.

Here we take a look into his world, his inspirations and exciting projects he is working on. These include exciting documentaries for Topman Generation interviewing Rankin and Vivienne Westwood’s ‘100 days of Active Resistance’ project.

-Tell me a little about your work process?

My work process is always very natural. I don’t take too long to come up with ideas or what pictures and music to use in videos; I like to go with my initial ideas and gut instinct.For Vera’s film I knew I had to use something epic. Iceland is a country I know well and has already featured in much of my work, because of this I had to find something that showed the epic quality of the country’s grand landscapes I had already experienced.

have been working on my own time-lapse films. I take multiple images of a landscape over a long time and compress it down to a matter of seconds. I searched Youtube for Icelandic time-lapse footage and found master cinematographer, Sean Steigermeiers Icelandic time-lapse film; I wrote to him and asked for his permission to use the film, to which he agreed. I thought he would laugh in my face so I was very humbled that he gave me this incredible piece! I always try to look at things as a whole so if I get the sense that something is going to work I just go with it. I always have a very strong vision in my head of what I want to make, my process is about matching the reality to the dream as best I can. Weirdly I find the more I can understand myself the easier it is for me to match reality to the vision.

-How did you get inspired making the video?

Once I had the film from Sean the rest of the video fell into place. I already had some footage of Vera’s work when I was over in Iceland in March making a documentary for Dazed & Confused magazine with John-Paul Pryor. Vera opened the 2011 Reykjavík Fashion Festival and I used this footage in the film,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80zZGmjeOtw.I used the Jungle Fiction track from my friend Charlie Gadsdon of the QE company.

I loved it’s rhythm that it was made by Icelandic musicians made it even sweeter.

I am also a musician so I put my drumming hat on and tried my best to cut film to the beat of the song. An older version of the video was supposed to be projected behind the catwalk but due to technical restrictions on the day we had to can it, until now that is!

Vera’s work inspired me greatly,

to me its walking art. Vera has a very pure sense in what she creates and she is very good at keeping the business separate from the creation. She will not compromise her creativity because of financial constraints, which is something that is becoming very rare. This is reflected by the amazing unique work that she creates. It’s an honor to work with her.

So for the film I knew had to make something very ‘snappy’ and grand, it had to include a lot of textures and reflect the dark palette of Icelandic winter nature.

-How do you feel your work connects to the clothes?

I think our work connects on many levels. I am very versatile with a camera and one of my very favourite things has been to shoot Icelandic landscapes. I see Vera’s designs as landscapes in themselves, in the shapes that she creates as well as thetextures of the fabrics. The silicon material that Vera created can easily be likened to water droplets, ice crystals or even Icelandic moss.

I am not particularly ‘up’ on his high fashion but I’ve found it very easy to slot into Vera’s paradigm; we both work from a much deeper perspective that is not always found in either fashion or photography.

-What is next for you?

Exciting times at the moment ! I’ve recently had one of my landscape shots of Iceland included in Vivienne Westwood’s ‘100 days of Active Resistance’ book and exhibition. I’ve just released a series of films on the new Topman Generation site directed and produced by myself and John-Paul Pryor including an interview with world renowned photographer Rankin.

We will also be releasing a series of ‘art shorts’ in Paris for a video website, Konbini. Vera and I have an inspirational photo shoot coming up but I don’t want to say too much right now! It will feature Vera’s clothes, floating on a lake, walking on water, a comment on our vast universe and will be illustrated by my good friend and muse Harpa (AKA Ziska). I’ll be using technique I have been working on over the last few months where I can take pictures of night landscapes but shoot ‘through’ the atmosphere of earth and capture space in stunning detail. So yes, I’ll be visiting Iceland soon. I am very excited about as it is my FAVOURITE place on earth!

See more of Craig’s work at www.craigthomas.net

Directed and produced by Craig Thomas, timelapse footage of...

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:04:28 +0000

Directed and produced by Craig Thomas, timelapse footage of Iceland courtesy of Sean Stiegemeie

SHAPED IN DARKNESS

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:20:31 +0000

Available soon on www.MUUSE.com

www.verathordardottir.com

Photos: Charlie Strand www.charliestrand.com

Make up: Sóley Rut www. soleyrut.com

PROFILE

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:16:38 +0000

PROFILE

Icelandic womenswear designer Vera Thordardottir graduated from Instituto Marangoni in 2009. She went on to participate in the FAD Fashion Awareness direct competition, showcasing her work at Vauxhall fashion scout.

Having trained with Hussein Chalayan, William Tempest, Potlcok and Walsh and PPQ during her studies. In June 2010, Vera opened the Istituto Marangoni show in London, with a collection inspired by the effects frost has on the elements of her home country, Iceland. Designing her own textile out of silicon, silver plated wires and Swarovski crystal.

Pieces have been worn by Lady GaGa, whilst singing with Elton John at the White Tie and Tiara ball, and when presenting Nick Knight with a self-made art piece at ShOWstudio.

After graduation, Vera was employed as a design assistant to the head designer of WALSH. After being approached by Vaxhaull fashion scout, and getting interest from numerous private clients She decided to dedicate all of her time on establishing her label. Her A/W11-12 collection opened Reykjavik fashion festival in April 2011.

SHORT

Icelandic womenswear designer Vera Thordardottir, graduated from Instituto Marangoni in 2009, and went on to showcase her work at Vauxhall fashion scout. Working with Hussein Chalayan, William Tempest, and PPQ during her studies. Her 2010 collection secured her place amongst the new breed of womenswear designers with pieces worn by LadyGaGa, appearing on SHOWstudio and at Elton John’s Tiara ball. Crystalising the nature of her homeland, Vera experiemtns with texture, designing her own textiles out of sillicon, silver plated wires and swarovski crystals. Her A/W1112 collection headlined the Reyjavik fashion festival in April, with her distinctive style and experimentation with textiles, is offering an alternative direction for the future of women’s fashion.

Tommy Pierrot is our graphic designer and the brain behind the...

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:40:04 +0000

Tommy Pierrot is our graphic designer and the brain behind the new logo. Read here about his ideas, inspirations and up coming projects!