November 30, 2009
Matthew Ames is an American, based in Brooklyn, conceptual designer who was one of the finalist of the 2004 Festival de la Mode à Hyères. He gets his inspiration from minimalism, architecture and a black and white palette. There's something that he does that looks so simple but there's also some kind of avant garde edge in his clothes that hits the right notes of minimalistic chic.
I've recently been obsessed with capes and this just looks perfect.
The photographs look like spirits and phantoms right out of a Hayao Miyazaki. They do indeed creep me out as I type out this post at 1 in the morning.
Do visit Matthew Ames site to view more of his amazing photos from the F/W 09/10 and S/S 10 collection.
November 26, 2009
There comes a time when one feels completely uninspired, unmotivated by fashion. This often happens when there are no shows to review (unless you really want to), no EPIC fashion news (such as now when Fashionologie and The Cut becomes old, boring and bare), no new ad campaigns to gush about, nothing inspiring and fresh coming out of the glossy pages of Vogue and Elle. The "Fash-Drought", I call it. It's a time when fashion bloggers have nothing to blog about and would rather go into hibernation (or doing DIY clothing projects that don't really turn out as what you hoped it would be) than to suffer seeing your life (and probably blog) completely deprived of fashion and all its nutrients.
Recently, to relieve my hunger for all things pretty, I trawled the net finding stuff that inspire me (and hopefully you.)
November 25, 2009
It all started with the Dior Fall Couture Collection that undergarments were first worn as clothes on the outside. Never did we expect that this trend would spread like a flu virus and appear in countless of shows this spring. Aren't clothes made to cover our naked bodies, then why are undergarments worn as outer wear and clothes made to be transparent to reveal what should only be shown in the bedroom? From the more subtle references in shows such as Balenciaga and Marc Jacobs, to those of Dior (DUH!!!) and Jean Paul Gaultier who practically copied and pasted the undergarment theme onto every piece of clothing. To reveal or not to reveal, that is the question we would have to ask ourselves this coming summer.
November 23, 2009
Daul Kim. She will be missed.
I've recently been obsessed with capes and this just looks perfect.
