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Here I recommend to read an article by Karen Hodkinson from Not Just A Lebel.com:

Click to view: ‘THE FUTURE OF THE FASHION SHOW   …Presentation is Everything‘

Good points of view, good consideration, good quoting… these are actually what I have been thinking these days after visiting london fashion week.

 

Azzedine Alaïa

(Azzedine Alaïa fits a model in his studio.   image from: the new york times)

 

Good quoting from Azzedine Alaïa in the article:

(from The Ground magazine): “As I said many times, the fashion world, its system, can be disturbing. The system imposed Galliano, and others, to make four collections for him, four collections for the house, four for men, and four for women. When you have one idea per year, it’s already a miracle! Now, it has become crafty fiddling at a breakneck pace. That’s not the essence of fashion. How can you really be creative under these circumstances? For the young designers it’s very hard, and for the more mature, they drink more, take more drugs… what I am saying is that the system is not right. We have to see the work from another angle. The system is too stressful: too many collections, too much pressure. As in other fields, if you want to do a good creative job, it takes time. What’s the point? I’m working 24 hours a day. I have had a house in Tunisia for 20 years, and I never have time to go because there are collections, fittings….”

 

what do you think?

 

 

 

__After years of grinding, experimenting and discovering,

Yayoi Kusama’s dots become diamonds which sparkle her dreams and life.___

 

 

highly recommend exhibition_

Yayoi Kusama @ Tate modern 

9 February  –  5 June 2012

more info: tate.org.uk

 

 

Yayoi Kusama, “Accumulation No. 2,” 1968.

image from: thelonelyone

 

 

 

* ‘women wait for love, but men always walk away’ is a title of one of Kusama’s acrylic paintings in 2009. This painting can be seen in the exhibition.

 

 

 

‘I found staffs who use iPhone, some of them could not even remember a phone number, their memory is really … … worrying. Modern mind seems to have less notes. They are like goldfish, only have the memory of three seconds.’

 

 From Karl Lagerfeld’s interview/ Kerstin Holzer, Suddeutsche Zeitung / The Interview People / 10th Feb 2011

 

PS:  As I read this interview in chinese translation version first, since I post this I still cannot find the original article , so I am afraid that I can’t  have a check before I post it… there might be a little bit different from what Karl originally said.

 

here are several version of different language of this interview：

english ver. http://www.cloudyled.com:8080/showItem/showDetail/12824129.html

chinese ver. http://www.ccdy.cn/yishu/jiaoyu/201202/t20120208_233590.htm

greek ver. http://www.imerisia.gr/article.asp?catid=14050&subid=2&pubid=111047454

 

image from: cloudyled

 

 
 
 
I met Dan Feit’s illustration on his Facebook page few weeks ago. From his work I could feel the atmosphere of mischievousness, childlike innocence, fun and happiness, which gave me another feeling that Dan should be an interesting and positive person. So I spent quite a while to find him, and asked him if he would be willing to do a little interview with me, to give me a chance to ask him some questions, know more about himself and learn more from him. 
 
Dan is a very nice guy. He quickly replied to me with sincerity. During the interview, I found that he is from Lincolnshire in East Anglia. He studied Fine Art at Falmouth and Universidad de europea de Madrid. Also he studied Fine Art, illustration and sculpture at Cambridge arts and sciences. Coincidentally I used to study at the same college as he did. We are actually alumni!
 
ps: a big thank you to lovely lady Mi Gerer who introduced Dan Feit to me! 
 
 

C: Chi Chi    D: Dan Feit

C:  What inspires you to illustrate?

D:  What inspires me is really outsider art, I love the museum of everything exhibitions that are popping up around London.

C:  As I really like your way of illustrating over photographs, I am wondering how did you come into being this expression?

D:  The way I found that illustration over photographs really happened accidentally when I was experimenting in my sketch book.

C:   How would you describe your illustration style and what materials are necessary for your illustrations?

D:  I think of my work as experimental and I am always changing materials at the moment for this illustration all I need are fine line pens watercolour and a scanner.

C:  What are your future plans? Are you working on any particular projects right now?

D:  At the moment I am collaborating with an photographer in Norway for a sunglasses advert and some private commissions if people who want portraits making. Also I have started designing iPhone and iPod covers and cases which are being sold on society 6 website. Also I am in the process on making an animation of the work. For future plans I would like to translate my work into fabric in the next coming year and I am open to more collaborations.

C:  Where can we find, follow and buy your work? 

I have a tumblr blog where you can follow my work and if you want to contact me directly my email address is dnfeit@yahoo.com.

-About Dan Feit-

DAN FEIT Tumblr: http://skribbskribb.tumblr.com/

Facebook Page: ‘Dan Feit’  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dan-Feit/270859106282936?ref=ts

Buy Dan Feit’s products @ society6.com: http://society6.com/DanFeit

Contact Dan: dnfeit@yahoo.com 

 

 

Hope all the best to him!

Chi Chi x

such a good question and consideration to Chinese designers and Chinese fashion industry..

‘In the current Chinese generation, awaiting for the stroke of genius from one of the emerging fashion designers, no signs of radical changes are perceived. For most of them the Western style, a bit sexy, a bit minimal, a little baroque and a little decorative is the example to follow. A little of everything without making an individual choice.  ’

Article: What about Chinese fashion designers? And fashion in China? by Franca Sozzani

http://www.vogue.it/en/magazine/editor-s-blog/2011/04/april-1st

view chinese translation version: M Blogzine

关于中国时装设计师，关于中国时尚 by IPENCIL

http://mouzazhi.wg83.delldns.com/?p=143

source from: 戴莫利Stylist @weibo.com
image from: Vogue.it

 
a lovely song
simply from a daddy’s eye..
 
‘you are my one, and only
you can wrap your fingers round my thumb and hold me tight’
 
 
“Small Bump is a true story, with the most heart-wrenching twist, about a friend and her baby.” 
 
Ed Sheeran – Small Bump       from his debut album ‘+’   (2011)
(image from: soulculture)

Today I listened to this album again by chance. It’s been released for nearly 6 years… I still remember when I first had this album, I was using MP3 at high school in China… Time has gone so fast but music is still very fresh to me. Good beat, good song writing, good lyrics… so glad that I met this album again!

Madonna – Confessions on a dance floor (2005)

(image from: maniadb.com)

28-year-old German Fashion designer and biologist Anke Domaske has developed a method of turning sour milk into eco-friendly yarn which can then be made into fabric. She explains that “milk is a wonderful, natural raw material. The special thing about milk is that is has a lovely silky feel. The fabric falls wonderfully, and it’s cheaper than silk.” (via:MYFDBlog) 
 
 
youtube: German designer Anke Domaske and her fashions made from milk | euromaxx by DEUTSCHE WELLE   (Recommend!!!)
 
more information:
MYFDBlog: ‘Textile Time: From Sour Milk To Silk’ by Amy 
Gizmodo: ‘These Women Are Wearing Clothes Made of Real Milk’ by Jesus Diaz  
 images from: dailymail.co.uk  ecouterre.com 
 
 

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

Album_   paul white rapping with paul white 
Released_ August 2011
most favourite_   05. One Of Life’s Pleasures feat. Danny Brown     
                                   06. The Doldrums
                                   04. Run Shit feat. Marv Won
* image from_ google.com

LUST – A desire that burns, inciting desperate hands to grasp gratuitously. (18ct White Gold Ring, pave set with White Diamonds and Tanzanite.)

SLOTH – A plush pink pillow of passivity absorbs wasted talents and gifts. (18ct Yellow Gold Ring, pave set with White Diamonds, Blue Topaz and Enamel Inlay.)

WRATH – Red rage is offered in a guise by the hand that provokes the spark. 18ct Rose Gold Ring, set with White Diamonds, Rubies and Red Garnet.

GREED – For the love of money is the root of all evil. 18ct Yellow Gold Ring, pave set with White Diamonds.

GLUTTONY – In its gaping glory the gargantuan mouth remains unsatisfied. 18ct White Gold Ring, pave set with Rubies, White Agate Inlay and Fire Opal.

PRIDE – The proud peacock ruffles its royal feathers. Blue Titanium Ring, set with White Diamonds, Pink Sapphires and Amethyst.

ENVY – The green eye of envy is all seeing. (18ct White Gold Ring, pave set with Black and White Diamonds, Tsavorites and Green Tourmaline.)

images and contents from: Rantchick

more information: Stephen Webster

inspiring exhibition  ’Watercolour’  at Tate Britain 16 February  –  21 August 2011 (still got nearly a month left!)                                                                                                            Here are some of the work which impressed me the most:

Hhareem Life, Constantinople (1857) by John Frederick Lewis            watercolour on paper

Unfortunately I cannot find high quality image of this painting, so this picture doesn’t show how nice the actual painting is. On the real painting, all the colours and lines are super delicate, especially the peacock feathers on the left.

Damascus

Damascus (1861) by Edward Lear

I cannot imagine watercolor could be drawn in such an exquisite way! really nice texture

Arthur Melville The Blue Night, Venice 1897

Arthur Melville    The Blue Night, Venice  1897                                                                       Watercolour and gouache on board

Nicola Durvasula       Eighty-Three, 2009
watercolour, gouache, pencil on paper

(images from: guardian.co.uk  rachmaninoffs  tate)

Jon Jacobsen, from Chile, at the age of 22. He just graduated as a graphic designer but he starts taking photos since he was 15 years old.

Jon Jacobsen’s photostream(flickr): http://www.flickr.com/photos/loganart/ and his tumblr: http://loganart.tumblr.com/

I especially like his self portraits: they are unique, fun, playful, meaningful and showing his personal identities… His work reminds me of Jeff Koons’ set of portraits for Art Magazine Ads in 1988-1989, which are enjoyable and unforgettable.

Best wishes to his future!