Archive for September, 2011

Schön! 14

Macrame knot chiffon dress/Chichi Luo Knot belt/ Chichi Luo

Wool overcoat/ Bottega Veneta Snakeskin heels/ Gucci

Left: Multicoloured scarf worn as head scarf/ Hermès Chunky knit jumper/ Stephanie Wong Skinny trouser/ Burberry Prorsum

Right: Helmet straps/ Nikita Karizma Wool coat/ Prada Knit scarf/ Giorgio Armani Gloves/ Emporio Armani Ankle boots/ Burberry

Left: Knit skirt worn on head/ Christopher Kane Leather and straw mini dress/ Shao Yen Silk men blazer/ Paul Smith Snakeskin high boots/ Prada

Right: Polka dot mens scarf/ Canali Wool dress/ Bottega Veneta

Left: Fox fur collar/ Gucci Tweet jacket with leather trim/Hermès Knit cardigan with double blazer/ Stephanie Wong Fur ankle boots/ Pringle of Scotland

Right:Polka dot men scarf/ Canali Wool dress & Cardigan / Bottega Veneta Leather parachute waistcoat & Wool ballon sleeves/ Emporio Armani Leather ankle boots & Enamel bracelet/ Hermès

Left: Wool knit dress/ Burberry Cropped jacket/ Gucci

Right: Dress/ Shao Yen

‘MaTryoshka’

Photographer/ Sarah Brimley

Styling/ Pop Kampol

Hair/ Soichi Inagaki using Bumble and Bumble

Make Up/ Joey Choy using M.A.C

Model/ Lina Alminas @ Profile

Photography Assistants/ Philip Banks and Anna Michell

Styling Assistant/ Fay Lamchaiprasert

Hair Assistant/ Michiko Yoshida

Special thanks to Sunbeam Studio

From:

Schön! Magazine issue 14

http://schonmagazine.com/

Click & Read Online_ http://schonmagazine.com/1591

Buy Schön! in print _ http://schonmagazine.com/print2

Also on iPhone/ iPad

A big thank you to Schön! for sharing these amazing images!!

very strong issue, can’t wait to get print copies for collecting!

A big thank you to Stylist Pop Kampol for inviting me to join this collaboration!

He is one of the most impressive stylists I have ever met

He is talented and hard-working which encourage me a lot

Hope all the best to his career:))))

Here is his website: http://www.kampoll.com/

The Kooples

I knew The Kooples(French for The Couples) from my flatmate Celia few months ago. At that time she was working at Selfridges and she told me that they are one the best brands in terms of turnover in Selfridges’ contemporary department since they launched. Magic power marketing!

My previous post Karina & Tom reminded me of their ad campaigns. Each season they feature serval attractive couples. With their new season clothes on, each couple have an ad image and a video which simply telling their love story (in their offical website), where they first met,when they first kissed, how long they have been together, etc. It’s so close to real life, which gives me a thought that clothing is not just about pattern cutting, latest trends, pricing, it can be worn as a feeling, an attitude of love life, a link of an relationship… I think this is the reason why The Kooples is being so popular.

More information:

imagery resources and UK official website – http://www.thekooples.co.uk/

Vogue.com UK – ‘French Invasion’ by LAUREN MILLIGAN

last D&G

last show for D&G – Spring Summer 2012

totally shocked with the scarves ideas! Best ending…

images from: http://dolcegabbana.it/

Caspar David Friedrich

The Abbey in the Oakwood c.1809-10 Oil on canvas

The evening c.1820-21 Oil on canvas

The Ostra Gehege near Dresden c.1824 Oil on canvas

Wanderer above the Sea of Fog c.1818 Oil on canvas

moonrise by the sea c.1822 Oil on canvas

Caspar David Friedrich (September 5, 1774 – May 7, 1840) was a 19th-century German Romantic landscapepainter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation. He is best known for his mid-period allegorical landscapes which typically feature contemplative figures silhouetted against night skies, morning mists, barren trees or Gothic ruins. His primary interest as an artist was the contemplation of nature, and his often symbolic and anti-classical work seeks to convey a subjective, emotional response to the natural world. Friedrich’s paintings characteristically set a human presence in diminished perspective amid expansive landscapes, reducing the figures to a scale that, according to the art historian Christopher John Murray, directs “the viewer’s gaze towards their metaphysical dimension”. (from: wikipedia)

images from: google.com photobucket

more information: http://www.caspardavidfriedrich.org/

From the twilight in the dark, I can see a ray of hope.

*Tim Blanks: ‘There was some of the apocalyptic grandeur of German artists Caspar David Friedrich and Anselm Kiefer, and a bit more of the post-apocalyptic grit of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road…’ /Chanel fall 2011 (style.com)

Chanel Fall 2011 Ready-to-Wear

MAWI

-MAWI-

London jewellery brand

-website-

http://www.mawi.co.uk/

-boutique-

Mawi Shop
11 Calvert Avenue
London
E2 7JP
Tel: 0044 (0)20 7923 1414

images from: http://www.mawi.co.uk/

gone.

‘bird’ (2008/retouched in 2011)

photography by chichi luo

‘where am I suppose to go?’

-recommend-

Bombay Bicycle Club

‘Lights Out,Words Gone’

vogue talents

Vogue Italia September 2011 issue 733

Vogue Talents

’180 emerging designers’

‘The best students worldwide’

Cheers! Congratulations to 180 emerging designers!

The Common Room issue#3: chichi luo ‘Fresh fashion Monster’

The Common Room issue#3:
Chichi Luo – ‘Fresh fashion Monster’
Click to read the whole magazine: the common room issue #3

—- Let’s go and find out… (click to enlarge images)

> Who are fashion influences?

> Vogue UK has noted you as “Best in Show” – one of the graduates that stood out for 2011, you’ve been shortlisted as a finalist of WGSN Global Fashion Awards 2011 for ‘Most Creative Student Collection’, what’s that been like for you? And how do you feel about your work being recognised early on in your career?

> What advice would you give an up and coming designer who is about to step out into the world of fashion?

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Special thanks to:

Creative Direction – Rob Phillips
Photographer – Sean Michael
Photographer – Timothy Hill
Model – Anna Michaux @ Select Model Management London
Model – Olga Verdis @ IMG Model Management

KRISHNA by VRAG Magazine issue#6

On the left picture Minnie wears fur top by Andrei Amado On the right picture Paige wears fur top and skirt by Andrei Amado, tiara customised using Chichi Luo designs, hand made bracelets from Russian crafts market

Paige and Minnie are wearing all by Chichi Luo

Left: Minnie wears dress by Holly Fowler Right: Paige wears fur top by Andrei Amado, tiara customised using Chichi Luo designs.

Left: Minnie wears dress by Chichi Luo Right: Minnie wears dress by Holly Fowler

Photography: Masha Mel
Fashion Styling: Tess Yopp
Hair: Oonah Anderson
Make up: Pace Chen
Model: Minnie and Paige @ Premier

VRAG MAGAZINE ISSUE#6

Click to view the whole issue: http://vragmag.com/vrag6/

chichi thinks…

有梦想的人是最美的。

原来我们一直以来爱上的不是食物本身，而是香精的味道。其实我指的不只是香精包子，还有爱情和世间的各种各种。

不要总自恃自己比别人聪明和世故，如果别人活得比自己轻松快活，其实就是比自己聪明了。

魔鬼其实是由人的内心欲念所产生，你是否被你自己的欲望重重围困，不能自己？要反省自己自私的立场，一个人除了自己之外，别人是无法将自己打倒的。 /塔罗牌<魔鬼>

时尚的全世界最虚荣的行业。我爱时尚，但是我能选择不虚荣吗？因为我一看到虚荣的自己就会觉得特别恶心。

人不能骗自己，因为人根本骗不了自己的心。

To whom it may concern…

updated by 17/09/2011

image from: plenty of colour

http://plentyofcolour.com/2011/06/23/indigo-bunting/

(photographs via brian tang)

十善/ the Ten Virtues

I should keep telling myself and treat them as my life guideline.

一、不杀生，二、不偷盗，三、不邪淫，四、不恶口，五、不两舌，六、不妄语，七、不绮语，八、不贪，九、不嗔，十、不痴。或称十善业道。

no killing, no stealing, no sexual misconduct, no lying, no divisive talk, no harsh talk, no idle talk, no craving/coveting, no ill will, no wrong view

More information: The Ten Non-Virtuous Actions and Their Results

> What is Karma?

(image from: baidu)

Noir Magazine – The future issue

Noir Magazine – The Future Issue (issue 8 — Sep/Oct 2011)

Yingzhi Luo – Chi Chi /photo shoot and interview

Click to read the whole magazine: http://issuu.com/noirmagazineuk/docs/noirmagazine8

Photography and Retouching: Nikola Milcic – nikolamilcic.com Stylist: Amy Li – amyli.co.uk Make-up: Heather B – makeupbyheatherb.com Hair: Vincent Silvester – vincentsilvester.co.uk Digital Operator: Lucienne Sencier – sencier.com Models: Hanna H & Ashley Harrison @ Leni’s Models – lenismodels.com

More information: Noir Magazine website

24 Hours in A&E

‘Everybody should walk through an Emergency Room at least once in their life because it makes you realise what your priorities are. It’s not the ‘rush rush rush’ and the ‘money money money’, it’s the people you love and the fact that one minute they might be there and one minute they might be gone”

- Liz Hobbs, King’s A&E Consultant

24 Hours in A&E – Channel 4 & More 4

Wednesdays, from 11 May to 10 Aug, 2011 – Channel 4

Thursdays, 9pm from 11 Aug, 2011 - More 4

Series Summary

We’re all just one wrong step, one sudden illness or one unlucky break away from A&E. It’s a place where dramatic stories of love, life and death unfold every day.

With 70 cameras filming round the clock for 28 days, this series offers unprecedented access to one of Britain’s busiest A&E departments, at King’s College Hospital in London. Each programme focuses on patients who were treated within the same 24-hour period.

The series captures the joy and heartache faced by patients and their families, as well as the hard work and professionalism of the A&E staff. From life-threatening traumas to embarrassing mishaps, 24 Hours in A&E is an intimate, powerful and sometimes comic insight into life – and death – on the frontline of the NHS.

*images and summary from: Channel 4

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I am always the last person to know everything. This TV series has been broadcasting for such a long time but I just realised it recently.. so sad.. This TV series is definitely recommendable and worth watching, which gave me further thought of ‘Love’ – to Love is not only to taste the feeling of romance, intension and possession, but also to bear the responsibility to guard, to look after, to cherish your dearest. Even if he or she is paralysed, or seriously injured with full of blood, you still want to be with him/her, without hesitating.