materials workshop

ok, so for monday's workshop we were asked to bring in an assortment of materials. Our first task - create a garment our of each material. I chose my glasses.

paper - strung marshmallows - soap - 100's & 1000's



...and then we had to 'wear' them
...so badass

The most fun being the 100's & 1000's


So the idea here was to 'challenge' our perceptions of dress - does the material dictate our perception? Does this only apply when our notion of 'wearability' is changed?

I am wearing my marshmallow glasses as i eat them - because the material is made to be eaten...

Are edible underwear only 'worn' once they are swallowed?

Monument to Water

As part of my studio, our first brief was to create a 'monument to water' for the flower and garden show.

In researching the world underwater, i looked internally. Asking 'what is on the underside'? As we dance and swim beneath the surface there is a silence, a solitude; there is only truth. Interesting that the surface of the water can be reflective - is the person on the underside the truth to who we are - unbound and free.

For my 'monument' i wanted to express the DUALITY of ourselves, hence the two torsos. The topside, darker and rigid; the underside, serene and fruitful...



Thanks to Anna & Sharlee for helping me get this beast together.


...my Favourite

Holly Hesterman

McQueen Forever

In my dreams we would have met, and i would have been able to show you what i could do. Your approval is what i design for, your genius is what i aspire to. I will miss you terribly...

project

To get me out of my funk - i'm gonna create an ode to Christopher Kanes Scallop Dress.

i feel sick...

... with awe and amazement that is. Tara Donovan's work makes me feel like i just shot 5 espresso's and smoked a 20pack of Marlboro Reds. So. Fucking. Good.

The majority of her installation work is the creation of form by repetition, through the use of everyday materials such as styrofoam cups, paper and scotch tape. Her works invoke images of naturally occurring terrains and topography. The neutral palette lends even further to the resemblance of landscapes.

Although the idea of taking many of one thing to make something else is not a new one, i can't help but be drawn further into drawing parallels between Donovan's work and Chemistry; the branch of science concerned with the properties and interactions of the substances of which matter is composed.


Or am i alone on that interpretation?

stryrofoam cups


pencils



fishing line



scotch tape

valentino!?

Where to start... Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli have really steered the house in a fresher direction. The looks are braver, and haven't completely turned their cheek from the house that Garavani built. Can't wait to see what Fall brings...





Those eyes...



...Philip Treacy blindfolds...

what i wish i could wear everyday