Japan’s Fashion: screw the trends
Japan, the land of the Rising Sun is well known for its culture, Geishas, beautiful gardens, Sushi, Ramen, Kimonos, Hayao Miyasaki, J-POP, awesome legends and a philosophy of life really intriguing. But , one of the things that makes Japan so unique and special is their taste for Fashion, because for the Japanese, Fashion is [...]
Bushido – “Way of the Warrior” as inspiration.
We begin this journey at the Japanese civil war fought in 1156, as the rise of the warrior and the reference for samurai inspiration in our days. Warrior Fashion Trends It then takes us to New York to the Autumn Winter 2012- 2013 Womenswear fashion show of Proenza Schouler that included several pieces that look [...]
Liselotte Watkins, Sassy Fashion Illustration
Liselotte Watkins is an amazing illustrator, mainly her fashion illustrations. She was born in Sweden, but her studies were in Dallas,USA. Barneys was the first one to notice her artwork, she was hired to illustrate ads every Sunday for The New York Times. Her work has been published in Vogue UK/JAPAN/USA/ITALY, ELLE USA/UK/FRANCE, Glamour [...]
Zelda Kaplan and her african look
This past 16th of February, she sat at her usual front-row seat at the fashion show of her friend, designer Joanna Mastroianni, at Lincoln Center, part of New York Fashion Week. All of the sudden she collapsed and was immediately carried out for medical care, only to be pronounced dead at a medical facility. New [...]
Red Valentino, Every Girl’s Dream
Red Valentino is the baby of the big brand VALENTINO. Pier Paolo Piccioli and Maria Grazia Chiuri are a successfull pair of co-designers, they have created a collection that grabs the hearts of every girl and already has a strong cast of followers, including and A list of Hollywood celebrities. I myself am quite fond [...]
Araks, Effortless Beauty
Araks Yeramyan Fall/Winter Collection 2012-13 might be one of my favourites of the season, it has such…simplicity to it that makes it beautiful and ethereal. Throughout her collections you can see that her esthetic is quite simple, she believes that any woman is the most beautiful when she is comfortable, and that’s all there is [...]
Thom Browne, Edward Scissorhands on Steroids
Thom Browne-an American Fashion Designer- delivers his Fall/Winter 2012-13 collection in his unique style, accentuating the shoulders. We have a Punk meets Jock collection, I have to say that I love it, it has all the elements I look for in a collection, its entertaining, you wonder what is going to walk down the catwalk [...]
X-Men Couture
Kevin Wada is an illustrator who dresses Marvel’s superheroes and villains, in high couture. Ever wondered who the classiest X-Men is? (Magneto is dapper). I love the retro “fashion-esque” look of his illustrations and how he uses watercolors to create texture. Check his amazing work here.
We Are Handsome, Not Your Average Bikini
We Are Handsome is an Australian brand, Idhra Chagoury and Jeremy Jules Somers partnership is great, their colofurl palette and finely shaped cuts gives their work an incredible high quality. You can see in their collections that they mostly do swimwear, but you can also find some cute and sassy dresses. What comes to my [...]
Liao Yibai, Real Fake
Liao Yibai is a chinese artist whose work tends to be extremely meticulous and somewhat lovely at the same time. He originally wanted to be a painter-after a fated meeting with his now wife- being a sculptor became his option, he found his passion in it and it also left quite a lot of profit, [...]