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Thursday 28 October 2010
Getting my freak on to thank Giles Deacon!
Saturday 23 October 2010
KSUBI - Favourite Ad Campaign 2011
Thursday 21 October 2010
Obscure Couture takes fashion east
Oxford dictionary definitions:
Obscure: adjective (obscurer, obscurest)
Not clearly expressed or easily understood.
Hard to make out or define; vague.
Couture: noun
The design and manufacture of fashionable clothes to a client's specific requirements and measurements.
Fashionable made-to-measure clothes.
Ultimately what the Oxford dictionary is defining for me is that if a fashion label is called Obscure Couture... it is:
not easily understood fashionable made to measure clothes.
Initially when I considered this I thought Oxford dictionary do not be so harsh! However, following that split second (plus several extra) I recognized that this in fact makes perfect sense.
Obscure Couture advocates individuality with their bespoke pieces in a war against the high street faceless fashion. Faceless fashion is for those who don’t have to think about what they are wearing and ‘style’ seems easy to these lemmings who are drawn to recreate what they see on mannequins in the high street stores. Obscure Couture is for those who have a belief in uniquely instinctive, confident fashion and who are not afraid to be that bit different (in a fashion hot mess manner of course!).
The label’s debut collection brought this fearless individual fashion east, to the Barras in Glasgow last weekend.
They had presented a glimpse into their Flesh & Bone collection with pictures in their press release (see previous blog post), but this was nothing compared to the sexy, detailed texture, layered, unique punk fashion that was bestowed upon Glasgow with their show.
Obscure Couture pledge that they “subvert the classic Victorian silhouette and harness punk’s stark harshness to create a brash clash of sex and beauty [sic].”
The pictures speak for this pledge and by and large rebelliously speak for themselves!
If any of the garments have (of course they have!) tickled your punkish senses, you can order one for yourself:
Go on, join in the campaign against faceless fashion and join the welcoming (and moving into) of the house of obscurity!
Wednesday 20 October 2010
Wednesday 13 October 2010
Breast Cancer Awareness RL
Tuesday 12 October 2010
Sunday 10 October 2010
Christian Dior vs. Barbie
Okay so it’s not the festive season quite yet and unless you have been in department stores such as Selfridges (which has had its Christmas range in stock since early August) you may not have thought much about the yuletide season.
Yet the mornings and nights darkening have prompted festive musings, the iPhone Christmas countdown app and Christmas themed nostalgia.
I am a huge fan of Christmas; seeing family and friends who are scattered across the globe thanks to careers and travelling, although most importantly for getting presents!
My favourite presents were always the Barbie’s or Barbie accessories that were waiting for me on Christmas morning. Even one year when I was sick, nothing could spoil the day for me as I had a Barbie camper van to amuse myself with.
So even though it was for Spring Summer 2011, Christian Dior’s latest collection took me right back to my Barbie obsessed childhood and Barbie style Christmas presents (thank you Santa Claus!). The flamboyant colours, the matching, the sexy shades, the nautical theme of the Dior catwalk immediately made me think Barbie! Barbie! Barbie!
It brought me back to a perfect childhood of Barbie and Christmas time!
I want it to be Christmas, yet with this gift from Dior I want it to be summer!
Good memories, good times, HOT collection!
❅ Merci Christian Dior, merci ❅
Friday 1 October 2010
Funeral for a Flower
I love flowers. I love seeing people walking along with a bouquet of flowers. It leads me to picture the lives of these people and let my imagination wander. Who are the flowers for? Do they belong to this person? What is the reason for the flowers? Apology? Celebration? Commiseration? There is a serene disposition to these scenes.
As a student when I lived in Amsterdam I would regularly take myself to the famous bloemenmarkt (flower market) for an afternoon of tranquil escapism. The aromas, the bright colours, the local vendors passionate about their trade would remind me of my fondness for flowers.
So there you have it, I like flowers (I’m female, I have to!). In markets, carried by the stranger on the street, but not printed onto clothing.
I have already blogged my negative opinion on floral print therefore I won’t repeat that rant! In the previous blog post I welcomed winter's arrival solely so we wouldn’t be subjected to the sight of the floral print and would be rewarded with the classics of the Fall 2010 styles.
Floral – fail
Maxi – fail
Cuts that will be unflattering on any female unless they fit the size zero measurements
As a recent opinion noted due to this trend, you can eat more at summer barbecues, however good luck getting out of that floral maxi tent and into your bikini after one too many chargrilled burgers!
