Rib Cage Bibs by Sasha Kanevski

Hi everyone! I have just checked the pictures from the show by Sasha Kanevski, a young Ukrainian designer. And surprise, surprise... I found a very interesting thing, those Rib Cage Bibs! They are beautiful, such a stylish detail! They give a certain form, to the whole look, as well as get some creepy, spooky look. This is brilliant!

PS: It might inspire you to do an interesting DIY project. 

Raf Simons in Fantastic Man magazine

The Belgian Genius, Mr Raf Simons, has recently opened the doors of his own house in Antwerp to the Fashion Photographer Willy Vanderperre. Mr. Vanderperre has already worked with R. Simons previously, however this time he has taken pictures of Mr. Simons himself in his own house. Please have a look at
http://www.fantasticman.com/magazine/

My new Fashion inspiration - Eliza Doolittle

I have been listening to her last album this whole autumn. I adored it, and used to listen a million times to one of her songs... The Skinny Genes. I think it is one of my favorite. Obviously, when the video came out I had to check it out. And here is the surprise, I do not only adore the music, I am fan of the styling in this video. It represents multiple trends of this summer, as well as shows us some very surprising looks.

I am a big fan of flapper dresses, and I have been looking for the ONE FLAPPER DRESS on Ebay for ages... To my surprise, I fell in love with the Flapper Shorts that Eliza Doolittle wears in Skinny Genes. I am now determined to get one of these...

And here are my dream party shorts.....

And Now... 

please have a look at the video.

Skinny Genes by Eliza Doolittle

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Danger Mouse & Daniel Luppi: Rome

I wanted to share with you my opinion about the album by Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi: Rome. I really like it! Due to the fact that I am in my period of revision - this is the only album that gives me the possibility to revise and listen to music. It is not killing my brain or distracting me. 

Danger Mouse is Brian Burton, a composer and producer who has worked with Gorillaz, Cee Lo Green (his partner in Gnarls Barkeley), Broken Bells, Sparklehouse and U2. The co-writer of this album is Daniele Luppi, and Italian Expat in the US. Thanks to Daniele Luppi this album became so Italian, by definition. And has even been recorded in Rome. As you can see this album presents  the beautiful Norah Jones and Jack White as well. 

Apparently it took seven years for Brian Burton to pull the album. However it was worth it, as Rome came out as one of the most melodic albums I have heard  this last year. This album hints loss, pain and disappointment. And nine tracks out of fifteen tracks are instrumental. These tracks represent a virtuous composition of strings, celeste, choir, combo guitars and drums. It has nothing to do with the hip-hop work that has been made Brian Burton`s fame. 

Have a look at this! Hope you like it!

Bio surprises by Nervous System

I have promised yesterday to blog about two American magicians. Here they are. The Nervous system brand was founded in 2007 by Jessica Rosenkrantz and Jean Louis-Rosenberg. Jessica has graduated from MIT (wow!) in 2005 where she was reading Architecture and Biology. Jean has also attended the MIT and has graduated in Mathematics.

Nervous system designs a multitude of jewellery and houseware items (lamps in particular). What is so magic about their design is that these two magicians (Jessica and Louis) create computer programs that mimic natural process and patterns. It is a design that reflects nature, art and technology.

You can also design your own bracelet by using an applet on their website online.

I personally like it a lot, and the direct reference to biological processes found in nature makes the objects even more exciting. For the moment there are eight different biological concepts which are used in the creation of the items. These concepts are: algae, cell cycle, dendrite, hyphae, lamina, radiolaria, xylem... Jewellery is made of different materials as well, which makes these little miracles correspond to different price ranges. The materials used in the creation of these miracles are nylon, silicone rubber, stainless steel, sterling silver and wool felt.

(information and pictures taken from http://n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com)

Spiral Cuff, Bone Cuff and Porous Cuff all in stainless steel.

Radiolaria necklace in black silicone.

Hyphae lamp (Hyphae concept is build on the process of rhizome-like networks)

Hyphae ring 

Hyphae brooch

Rhizome cuffs

Hyphae cuff

Cell cycle 2-layer ring 

Full moon series 

(There are totally unique, as each of the circles has been made using the process of mimicking the growth of corals)

Xylem system (based on the process of vein formation in leaves)

Exams are not over, but there are things I want to share.

I am sorry for not being posting anything for so long. I hope you all had a great time.
While revising and having my exams,  here are the fashion/art news which have amazed me.
1) Beyonce`s 'Who run this world? (Girls)" single, it`s video, and especially her performance on Billboard awards.
2) Even thought I am not in Kiev, I`ve had the opportunity to check some of the blogs about the 'I Love Kiev' festival. I was really surprised to see some good looks made by new Ukrainian designers. In particular Anton Belinskiy, Yulia Paskal and Zinaida Likhacheva.

Taking into account that I have not been very productive in my academic work today, I will post a few things.

1)First of all I would like to show you some heels from Spring/Summer 2009 Dior`s House. Here we go...

 (picture taken from fashionpick.com)

I assume these heels were walking in the Gardens of Tuileries in Paris. They are fabulous.

Hopefully, tomorrow morning I am going to be writing about 2 American magicians. Well, in fact they are just very smart people who like to create unusual things. I hope you will like it. Good night. 

Prada Minimal Baroque Deluxe collection

This has been a big shout for a while already. But I had to share this with you. This is the new Fashion statement. A fashion piece which changes your personality, gives character traits to your look, and is just a piece of art itself. Please have a look at these magnificent sunglasses. They come from Prada`s 'Minimal Baroque' collection, Spring 2011.

Here are these pieces of art on show. 

These Rococo curves, and very contrasted colors, just make it to be a winning piece. This might be adopted soon by the mass-market companies. However these shades are still a miracle. 

Eurovision 2011

Hi, everyone. Today I am going to write about the Eurovision contest. I am Ukrainian, and no surprise I was supporting Ukraine. However, I was profoundly shaken by the fact that even though the leader of the Ukrainian pre-Eurovision contest used to be Jamala, the finalist of it became Mika Newton. (Looks like there was some money involved, however this is only an assumption.)

Jamala for me, represents a pop/jazz/r&b singer with very very strong voice and an infinite charisma. She is somebody who is has her own style, and she is not afraid to collaborate with new Ukrainian fashion designers. This a very big point. Please take your time to see some of her pictures.

I suppose that this dress was made by Ruslan Panchuk, who is one of the leading ukrainian designers working with beads and beads embroidery. I have seen his work last year for the first time, however he has had his own stall at the Kiev Fashion Days this spring. Congrats to Mr. Panchuk and Jamala for such collaboration Fabulous look and it fits perfectly with her Crimean origins. 

One of Jamala`s dresses for her single 'smile'. Very pretty look and a very uplifting song. 

(Here is the link to the song she was supposed to sing for Eurovision 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnNJx0QL31k )

And here comes Mika Newton with her song Angel on the 14th of May, 2011. 

She takes 4th position, but I personally think it is because of the Ksenia Simonova`s talent, who has performed a fabulous sand show on stage to support Mika. Here are some of Mika Newton`s pictures. 

Mika Newton performing. 

  

This picture come from her video 'Angel'. Which I think is two retro and looks even more kitsch than retro. Very bad styling. The idea of the video reminds me too much of Christina Aguilera`s 'Circus' song. Ohh dear, why couldn`t you do something more creative?

(Link to the song from which this picture is taken. This song was performed by her on the Eurovision song contest. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAvcAA0HTbQ)

Please have a look at the this dress. For the reason that her song is called 'Angel', Mika Newton decide to use the the idea of an angel, of a flying creature in her outfit as well. However this idea comes from the video 'Runaway' by Kanye West. Where a very famous Women Secret`s Angel (Selita Ebanks) has played the role of a Phoenix. 

Isn`t it too much of plagiarism dear Mika? I think this just unethical. Please have a look at the at the famous Selita Ebanks`s wings. 

It is interesting to notice that these wings were designed by Martin Izquierdo, the designer of Victoria Secret`s wings. Martin collaborated with Phillip Lim while working on these wings. 

Here is one example of the wings made by  Martin Izquierdo. 

Chloe- New Creative Director

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Today, on the 9th of May, the official website of Chloe (www.chloe.com) has published some news. Hannah Macgibbon, who has collaborated with the French brand for almost 10 years, and has been its creative director since March 2008, is leaving Chloe to pursue different projects. I am really  interested to know what has affected such a decision and what is Hannah going to do now. It is important to say that Hannah had a very important role to undertake, which was to create during very hard financial times, after the credit crunch which has affected the whole fashion industry.

Hannah MacGibbon.

 Chloe F/W 2011. 

What next? Chloe has appointed a new fashion director who is Clare Waight Keller. These changes become effective on the 1st of June 2011. Clare Waight Keller has transformed the fashion brand Pringle Of Scotland, into a very popular brand, and has worked there since 2005. She has also worked for Gucci under Tom Ford, Ralph Lauren`s Purple Label and Calvin Klein.  

This is a big change for a house where have worked Karl Lagerfeld, Stella McCartney and Phoebe Philo.  

We wish good luck to both Hannah MacGibbon and Clare Weight Keller!

It is interesting to say that Clare has started knitting at the age of 5, and her work for Pringle Of Scotland has been very knit-related. Therefore we may see lovely knits in the next Chloe collections. Is it going to happen? Time will show.  What is also going to be a challenge is the switch from a British brand which has used very traditional patterns, materials, and silhouettes to a completely feminine French brand. 

Clare Waight Keller.

Pringle Of Scotland. F/W 2011