NOT JUST LOOK

1/26/2011

2011 S/S from Chanel

2011 S/S From Chanel

PARIS, January 25, 2011

By Tim Blanks

Let there be light. No designer is as primed for that kind of heavenly decree as Karl Lagerfeld, and he heeded the call with a Chanel collection that was positively luminous in its delicacy and sparkle. Dresses that looked spun from gossamer ("morning dew on spiderwebs" was his cohort Amanda Harlech's more lyrical metaphor) weren't fabric; they were pieces of embroidery. Ten million beads were used in all. The result was literally a cloth of light.

But light is not only illumination; it's also a lack of heaviness. There was a precise, balletic grace to the shifts, the tops, the fitted jackets, and floating chiffons, all of them built on sequined leggings. And every model walked in a ballet flat. "Just the point of the shoe," Lagerfeld was quick to point out. It was bound to the ankle by transparent straps, and it completely changed the attitude of the show. All those teenage models who look like ball-breaking vixens in their face paint and vertiginous heels when they walk for other designers were suddenly turned back into pretty girls in flat soles and clothes the color of a dawn sky. "I was sick of all those Eiffel Towers, sick of all those violent colors," said Lagerfeld.

He dazzlingly wove his antidote to current fashion orthodoxy into the fabric of the house. Artist Marie Laurencin was his inspiration. In 1923, she designed Les Biches, a ballet commissioned by Diaghilev with a scenario by Cocteau. Chanel was designing Le Train Bleu for the ballet impresario at the same time. She asked Laurencin to paint her. The languor and sweetness of the portrait that came from the sitting weren't pleasing to Chanel, but Lagerfeld seized on those qualities to reinterpret her ethos in a way that was paradoxically provocative and modest. The pink bouclé suit, the drop-waist dress, the sugary, rough-edged tweeds were fragile where Chanel herself was steely.

Lagerfeld himself acknowledged the dichotomy when he paraded Stella Tennant like the Black Queen in a gown of sequined chevrons, but his heart clearly lay with the White Queen Freja, whose coat-dress looked like it had been stitched from ice crystals. Then, at show's end, he massed his models on the steps of a simulacrum of the iconic Rue Cambon salon. He has made Chanel's world his own. See all from Chanel ›

1/19/2011

Articles about magazine

Teen Magazine Favorite Makes a 'Long Story Short'

Anonymous. Wall Street Journal (Online). New York, N.Y.: Oct 11, 2010.

Since releasing a cover of Jay-Z's "Empire State of Mind" in March, indie crooner Jackson Harris has been featured in every teen magazine and site you could think of. Teen Vogue, Seventeen, J-14 and his personal favorite Tiger Beat, which his mother, the prolific theater producer Dede Harris "used to read all the time when she was a kid," he said.

"It's kind of a trip being on the teen-magazine circuit because I'm older," said the 22-year-old on a jaunt last week to the High Line, which he considers his "spot." "It's OK though, because I still feel 17, and I think I'll feel that age forever."

Mr. Harris's first four-song EP, "Long Story Short" hits iTunes on Tuesday, but he's careful not to appeal to a singular audience.

"I try to make my music young, fun, catchy and hip, but not sugarcoated," he said. With influences like Billy Joel, One Republic and Adam Levine of Maroon 5, Mr. Harris, who had bit parts on Nickelodeon and was in a high school band named The Good Fight, calls his sound "honest pop rock with storytelling."

Asked if he felt nervous about his debut, Mr. Harris looked toward the New Jersey skyline and said, "Everything feels like a movie. All I know is that on Tuesday, I'm going to the Apple store and buying my EP. I don't know which store yet, maybe all of them. I've got to encourage other people to buy. too."

He credits his mother, who worked on "Hairspray" and "The History Boys," with his creative bent. "I had a great role model in her. She was always kicking butt and taking names. I went to Riverdale [Country School] and there were expectations of what you were supposed to do, but when I wanted to leave college and pursue music full time, she didn't lose it."

"My mom was never a stage mother," he added. "In fact she was the antistage mother. She never managed me, and still doesn't. I still remember when we were on our way to some audition when I was 8 or 9. I said very matter of factly, 'Can I go on a play date with Eric instead?' She said, 'OK.' It wasn't like 'Are you sure, are you really sure?' She got it then, and even more so now."

Priya Rao

11/13/2010

06/11/2010 Trip to Bath Part1-Lovely places of Bath

After a long week of self direct study, my classmate and I decided to have a break. And we choose Bath as we've both heard Bath is so different from London and Birmingham. At this time, we also have a opportunity to visit "Fashion Museum".
Bath Markets


Good look of a woman sitting along a road


A special restaurant with cute mark


A take of road

Traditional famous afternoon tea of Bath - Bun


A gorgeous wedding dress boutique


A lovely shop only sell products with heart shape


Lighting design shop


A Boutique shop

A lot of shops selling designers' love and creative idea in Bath, which I think it's a memorial experience for me.

To see other's ideas of styling can level up my ideas and creativity of sense of colour or how to mix.

11/11/2010

Ralph Lauren amazing 4D fashion show

Nowadays, fahsion show cannot just a long catwalk for models walk and turn around.
When advanced technology mix up with fashion, how amazing it could be?
Adding sound effect, well-planned projector equipment and classic building, turning out a new "catwalk"!

11/10/2010

16th/Oct, 2010 -IKON Gallery


Photographer: An kind grandma

Some day before, I finally had an explored experience to IKON gallery with my classmate, Tammy.
This is my first time to IKON, and I bloody love it.
They own their shop selling some fashion and desian related books or magazines, and own their IKON Cafe as well.
The design of this building is fantastic.
With classic apperance but modern-white layout inside, and no serious atmosphere there.
Cause I really cannot stand things so seriously, even things itself is serious.


IKON

When you get into IKON, you will see the reception desk.
How lucky we are! The clerk is good-looking, well-dressed, servicing people.

To be frank, I'm kind of lost the memory about the exhibition at that time.
I don't have strong feeling about that, but it's called "KITAGAWA UTAMARO" and "DONALD JUDD".

The former is an Japanes artist, painting about ancient japanese people's life; the later is an chair designer, persenting some sketch book pictures and his draft.

IKON official website

Elle News | ELLE Wins Best Editor And Art Director | Elleuk.com

ELLE wins best Editor and best Art Director at the BSME awards

The editorial year was rounded off in style last night as ELLE magazine was awarded an unprecedented two wins at the biggest ceremony on the calendar, the British Society of Magazine Editors awards.

For the second year running Lorraine Candy, ELLE Editor in Chief, won Editor of the Year praised by the high profile panel of journalist judges for "finding new icons, new people to talk about and new editorial approaches".

Marissa Bourke, ELLE's Creative Director, took home the award for Art Direction having "produced a magazine that was visually inspiring and lyrical”. ELLE's innovative design has been the recipient of no less than six awards since 2008, taking ELLE's total wins in that time to an unrivalled eight.

"I am delighted ELLE has scooped two awards, it is a rare thing for a magazine to excel in both editorial and design so we feel really proud of ourselves", said Candy. "We set out to prove we were innovative and predictive, and we want to surprise readers every month with our new look covers and a new approach. It's wonderful to pick up an award for taking risks and being brave with content."

Your award winning ELLE's December issue is on sale today

So! I believe I will need to learn to appreciate more good designs.

What inspires me is they mentioned they want to surprise readers every month with new look covers.