Prints, how I adore thee!

There's nothing better than a good print! However, searching far and wide for an original/beautiful design harmonious with my collection (+ already in existence + printed on lovely fabric) has come to no avail. So! I'm developing my own trinket-y prints to harmonise with my collection..!

These defining prints from past seasons started my love affair with all things graphic and a little bit nutty:

Print from Jeremy Scott's A/W 2006 Collection "Food Fight"

Print from Jeremy Scott's A/W 2007 Collection "Happy Daze"

Print from Mala Brajkovic's "Morski and Friends" Collection (unknown year...2007?)

Giles' decapitated Bambi print, from his Spring/Summer 2008 Collection and on Lily Allen

Alexander McQueen Spring/Summer 2009

Christopher Kane Spring/Summer 2009

Proenza Schouler Spring/Summer 2010

Miu Miu Spring/Summer 2010

...so pumped to get started!

REGROUP / REFOCUS

Whiteboards are a wonderful, magical thing... After a couple of days of banging my head against the proverbial wall, I realised that I am the sort of designer who craves boundaries of sorts. But since my concept allows me to design almost anything - pieces inspired by barbed wire to optical illusions to manure - I took to the white board! After going through all my initial research over and over, I jotted down my favourite reoccurring and harmonious themes - and now I'm excited about designing again, huzzah!

I perused through my original images, and have selected a few to keep the mood going:

Shot by Benny Horne for "RUSSH Magazine"

Shot by Sofia Sanchez and Mauro Mongiello for "Numero Magazine"

Alberto Seveso's Liquid Art

Shot by Mario Sorrenti for "V Magazine"

Bottega Veneta backstage (from Love Magazine's blog)

Simon Lekias photography

Lina Scheynius photography

And if you're looking for beautiful/modern lullabies, you can't get any better than Angus and Julia Stone.

SHOWstudio's Synaesthesia - London, UK

In 2006, SHOWstudio - a fashion website founded and directed by photographer Nick Knight - explored the new frontier of “fashion audio”.

The website invited digital artist Daniel Brown - in collaboration with sound designer (and synaesthete!) Nick Ryan - to orchestrate an interactive web-series in response to on a stunningly delicate S/S ’06 Balenciaga jacket (above)

To see the result, please click HERE

When I was recently in London I visited the SHOWstudio Shop, an art gallery-cum-dealership which displays and sells one-of-a-kind fashion creations. The lovely girl who worked there had a chat to me about the Balenciaga jacket project, and mentioned that SHOWstudio were looking to do more explorations on fashion’s relation to the senses this year ...if Nick Knight’s into it, I’ve gotta be on the right track right?!

She was also kind enough to explain all the works to me, even though I obviously would never be able to afford any in a millionbajillion years... I hear you ask: "Who does that scary shadow inside belong to?"

THIS GUY!

Nick Knight

Tiger

2009

Created for S/S 2010 Alexander McQueen PUMA campaign. He was a big fella...

Michael Howells

Squid

Bull

2007

Created for the set of the A/W 2007 Christian Dior haute couture show at the Chateau de Versailles. These papier-mache heads covered those of classic marble statues