16 Friday Mar 2012
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Jennifer Lopez is the cover star for US Vogue‘s April 2012 Shape issue & a striking inspiration in scarlet for our Better Off Red! https://vmcfashion.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/better-off-red-3/ & How does your garden grow? https://vmcfashion.wordpress.com/2012/03/01/how-does-your-garden-grow/ fashion design projects!
See a behind-the-scenes video of the photoshoot here:
28 Tuesday Feb 2012
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A high proportion of the approximately 150m blogs in the blogosphere are fashion-related, so how to make yours stand out? Freshmen Sewing class is working on the Better off Red project, so why not include a runway & red-carpet review of ladies in red? Find out what the colour red means in different cultures? Show how artists use red hues in painting & photography?
Why not ask your peers for their feedback on your blogging activity? You are to review the blogs of 2 of your fashion design & merchandising classmates & blog about their blogs! Remember constructive criticism is key- tell them what works & what you’d like to see more of & don’t forget to include their blog address in your post. Happy blogging!
& if you want to see how other fashion bloggers are doing it, check out these bloggers ranked the top 10 most influential fashion & beauty blogs by signature 9
1. The Sartorialist http://www.thesartorialist.com/
2. Hypebeast http://hypebeast.com/
3. Stylelist http://www.stylelist.com/
4. Highsnobiety http://www.highsnobiety.com/
5. Fashionista http://fashionista.com/
6. fashiontoast http://www.fashiontoast.com/
7. Refinery29 http://www.refinery29.com/
8. Garance Doré http://www.garancedore.fr/en
9. Racked http://racked.com/
10. Fashion Gone Rogue http://fashiongonerogue.com/
& if that’s whetted your appetite for fashion blogs find the entire top 99 here: http://www.signature9.com/style-99#rankings
14 Tuesday Feb 2012
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Stylist magazine invites 25 fashion designers to dress Kylie Minogue in their vision to celebrate her 25 years in pop!
I’m loving Kylie in Sonia Rykiel– see all the shots here
http://www.stylist.co.uk/fashion/the-kylie-fashion-shoot
& watch the behind the scenes video
14 Tuesday Feb 2012
Posted in Art, Books, Colour, Education, Exhibitions, Fashion, Fashion designers, Film & TV, History of Fashion, Illustration, Magazines, Photography, Sewing
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Andy Warhol, Hero, Jean-Paul Goude, Maggie Cheung, Red, Sewing, Valentino, YSL, Zhang Yimou, Zhang Ziyi
Exquisite beauties Maggie Cheung as Flying Snow & Zhang Ziyi as Moon duel in scarlet in Zhang Yimou‘s 2002 visually lavish film Hero to introduce our Sewing Techniques term project Better off Red!
‘Red is the foundation of makeup, it’s lips and fingernails. Red is a noble colour, the colour of a precious stone – rubies – as well as the colour of danger, and sometimes you have to play with danger. Red is a religious colour, it’s the colour of blood, the colour of royalty, Phaedra and so many other heroines. The red of fire and the red of battle- red is a battle between death and life.’ Yves Saint Laurent
Inspired by this most passionate of colours & in celebration of Valentino’s 50 years in fashion produce your own little red dress! Using Fall/Winter 2012-2013 trends select a silhouette & create a moodboard to support your design. In consultation with your tutor choose a pattern and fabric to create your statement in red. You will buy fabric & all notions, create the dress in muslin for fit & then in your chosen fabric. Record your inspirations & progress on your blog.
Valentino has launched his virtual museum– here’s a sneak preview of the wonders within.
Download the archive here
http://www.valentino-garavani-archives.org//#.TzmxI2DaFKo
Browse the library for Valentino: a Grand Italian Epic & Valentino’s Magic & if you haven’t seen it yet check out the dvd collection for Valentino: the Last Emperor
Due: presentation of moodboard, illustration & dress in class 11th April
Grading: moodboard & illustration 25% innovation & trend 10% visual presentation on blog 25% finishing 40%
06 Monday Feb 2012
Posted in Colour, Exhibitions, Fashion, History of Fashion, Hong Kong, Magazines, Photography
February is all about old style Hollywood glamour.
Face Value opens at Hong Kong gallery Contemporary by Angela Li on February 9th. The exhibition features work by British artist Nina Fowler who explores the gap between fantasy & reality in classic Hollywood glamour images. Oh & by the way the gallery is at 90-92 Hollywood Road!
http://www.cbal.com.hk/index.php
Vanity Fair‘s March 2012 Hollywood cover is a three panel foldout featuring eleven modern starlets in delicious pastel satin gowns reminiscent of 1930s movie stars. Shot by Mario Testino the tableau features Rooney Mara, Mia Wasikowska, Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain, Elizabeth Olsen, Adepero Oduye, Shailene Woodley, Paula Patton, Felicity Jones, Lily Collins & Brit Marling. Check out this cover shoot highlight video.
05 Sunday Feb 2012
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Daria Strokus, Kati Nescher, Louis Vuitton, Lynsey de Paul, Marc Jacobs, Stephen Meisel, Sugar Me
Marc Jacobs gives us a peek behind the scenes of the Louis Vuitton Spring Summer 2012 photoshoot featuring models Kati Nescher & Daria Strokus photographed by Stephen Meisel against a soundtrack of Lynsey de Paul‘s 1972 hit Sugar Me.
19 Thursday Jan 2012
Posted in Exhibitions, Fashion, London, Magazines, Photography
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Carmen Dell'Orefice, Fashion & Textile Museum, Fashion in Motion, London, models, Olivier Saillard, Palais Galliera, V&A, Vogue
Sometimes it’s about the clothes, sometimes it’s about the designers and then again sometimes it’s all about the models. As part of their Fashion in Motion series London’s V&A museum is hosting a boutique-style performance where Olivier Saillard creative director of Palais Galliera- one of my favourite Paris museums- will explore the evolution of the fashion pose working with a team of models. Catch it at the V&A on Friday 20th January or on the live V&A Channel broadcast at 15:00 & 17:00 GMT.
http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/f/fashion-in-motion-olivier-saillard/
http://www.vam.ac.uk/channel/live/
London’s Fashion & Textile Museum is also paying homage to the art of the fashion model until 25th February with an exhibition Catwalk to Cover: a Frontrow Seat that traces the creative process of fashion show production.
http://www.ftmlondon.org/exhibitions/detail/?ID=65
And if you still want more there’s just time to catch the extended run of Carmen: A Life in Fashion at London College of Fashion‘s Fashion Space Gallery until 31st January celebrating Carmen Dell’Orefice’s 80th birthday and her amazing modelling career which spans from when she was spotted aged 13, had her first Vogue cover in 1947 and continues today.
http://newsevents.arts.ac.uk/event/carmen-a-life-in-fashion/
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