Kimiko Yoshida is a Japanese photographer based in France. She hauls her childhood experience from her inspiration strength. She declares: “I fled from Japan, because I was dead. I took refuge in France to escape that mourning. One day, when I was three, my mother threw me out of the house. I left clutching a [...]
German fashion stylist and set designer, Rolf Buck has an overflowing abundance of creativity, always introduces avant-garde outfits and thinks outside the box, his styling is definitely different than other stylists… Mr. Buck is the one of those old school grand stilistas that direct the shoot and create outstanding fantasy costumes and sets.. http://www.rolfbuck.de/
Swedish fashion designer Ann-Sofie Back is known for her imaginative approach to fashion.. Brought up in the suburbs of Stockholm, Back studied fashion design at Beckman’s College of Design before completing an MA in fashion design at London’s Central Saint Martins – from which she graduated in 1998. Ann-Sofie Back launched her eponymous label in [...]
When i saw Luth for the first time at Singapore Audi Fashion week, i could not stop staring at him. Impossibly stylish and beautiful in a strange hypnotizing way. I always loved androgyny – so for me it was an absolute pleasure to see someone so special – delicate and elegant.. He looked like an [...]
Damn. Something I would’ve loved to write about my pieces… Alas, this is a perfect description for a Singapore based brand Max Tan. “Androgynous meets soft geometry: Experimenting with quirk cuts and expanding on extremely simple ideas, Max conjures up silhouettes that conceal the wearer’s form, creating a new shape altogether. Constantly exploring the relationship between the masculine [...]
Czech designer, Zuzana Kubickova, graduated from a fashion school in Prague. Her graduation collection consists of geometrically perfect structured pieces, that look more like fashion sculptures. Her jackets and skirts bring to mind contemporary architecture. Her secret dream is to become a theatre costume designer. http://cargocollective.com/zuzanakubickova
Baron George Hoyningen-Huene, was one of fashion’s most elite photographers. Born into an aristocratic family in Russia in 1900, Huene was well educated. Having fled the Revolution, he began a career in illustration in Paris that led into fashion photography. His work for Paris Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar recalled his early passion for what Ewing [...]
Visual Diabetes – this is one way to describe art of Will Cotton… American artist, who’s based in New York, employs two of the most time-honoured traditions in painting, landscape and still-life, to create confectionary fantasies which evoke a happy desire of abundance, security, and childhood dreams. Creating elaborate scenes out of gingerbread, icing, candy [...]
Japanese artist Mika Kato (born 1975) makes intensely rendered oil paintings of young girl’s faces, close-cropped and hallucinatory in quality, they create a portal into a fantastical and psychologically disturbing world. Kato’s technique is interesting since she starts not by sketching but by sculpting a doll out of clay, dressing it and then making a [...]
The wildly different Anne-Sofie Madsen SS 2012 collection just debuted at Copenhagen Fashion Week to rave reviews. The bold patterns and overarching nude color schemes are fresh, fun and fashionable. Madsen’s experience in the fashion world has driven her collection to be both runway- and street-ready, as she has previously worked for John Galliano and [...]
OMG. I haven’t posted anything since June.. I feel like my little blog has been thrown away and is covered in dust. So to shake it off I will start this season with music! I know it is old – but very cool. Makes me want to dress up, wear heels (or not) and dance. [...]
Born in Korea, Eudon Choi initially trained as a menswear designer in Seoul, acquiring an in-depth knowledge of tailoring techniques and a great eye for detail. After 4 years of experience in menswear, he moved to London to attend the Royal College of Art’s MA in womenswear. Eudon was hired as a senior designer at All [...]
Ever had those moments of finding yourself pulling your shirt fabric when it sticks to your skin? Static cling isn’t fun, but a subject fascinating enough to inspire fashion designer Lena Glendor to take elements of electromagnetism into her graduate collection at Sweden’s Beckmans. Her playful take on static cling is featured as forced ruching [...]
Atsushi Suwa was born in Hokkaido, Japan in 1967, and received a master’s degree from Musashino Art University in 1992.He took up residence in Spain in 1994 as an overseas art schlorship under a program of Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs. During his sojourn there, he was awarded First Prize in an international painting competition [...]
