Tag: garment

POP and Paper

POP and Paper

Some favourites from the current exhibit ‘Pop: Design, Culture, Fashion’ at the Fashion and Textile Museum, London. The ready-to-assemble couture is perhaps a forerunner to Miyake’s …

 

Sybil Connolly Couturier

Sybil Connolly Couturier

Nine yards of unpleated linen was required to make one yard of the pleated fabric. Linen, a notoriously creasing fabric, is fairly crease resistant when smocked. The gown would likely have been quite light and very comfortable since the fiber breaths and is quite absorbent, making for a gown that is both beautiful, form fitting and comfortable.

 

We Are Handsome | it was nylon

We Are Handsome | it was nylon

Their collection is inspiring, evocative, playful and refreshing. These two Sydney based designers Indhra Chagoury [of Oscar and Elvis] and Jeremy Somers [of People Like Us] have certainly touched a nerve.

 

Tales of technology

Tales of technology

What the future holds’ in ‘divine disguise’ would seem to be a laptop with pretty casing. ‘The webmaster’ in us all perhaps will be seduced, perhaps will remain true to our inner mac, but the show in the windows again is astoundingly entertaining and theatrical. Kudos to the merchandising team and window dressers for the art of it all!

 

Hunt Slonem: Artistic Bunny

Hunt Slonem: Artistic Bunny

Art is in store it would seam. I am transfixed by the menagerie of animals and beings that exist through the glass. If you have been …