I don’t usually multi-post on the same subject but I felt my blurry You Tube video really does not do Sandra Backlunds’ new collection justice so these stunning images shot by Ola Bergengren just had to be shared. By dissecting the shape of the humble clothes peg and fanning them out into wooden clockwork cog… Continue reading Back for MORE Backlund…
Category: Designers
Delicate Winner
It’s fashion competition time and whilst we await the results of Swiss Textile Awards with Gareth Pugh, Marios Schwab, Ann Sofie Back, Ute Ploier, Bless and Felipe Oliveira Baptista battling it out tonight for 100,000 Euros, the biggest fashion competition launched by Mango has its first winner. The finalists were Txell Miras (Spain), Clara Leskovar… Continue reading Delicate Winner
On guard!
Fencing as an inspiration? Having been scarred permanently by that horrific Madonna James Bond theme video, I didn’t give fencing too much thought. But then I sneaked a peek at Gilles Rosier’s AW07-8 collection and he has taken the haughty elegance of the sport and and produced stunning effects. Since he left Kenzo to conentrate… Continue reading On guard!
Revive to Survive
Labels being brought back from the dead is something of a popular bandwagon that sparks major news flashes on all of the WWD/Vogue/FWD etc saying ‘XXX is back!’ with us bloggers following up with a SHOCK SHOCK HORROR HORROR post at the news. I’ll summarise with a Newsround-like factsheet…. Biba – Michael Pearce bought the… Continue reading Revive to Survive