South Korean Kalamkari

LEE HYORI H-Logic Album

South Korean artist Lee Hyori has revealed new fashion magazine styled photos for her H-Logic Album Jacket, seen with a funkdafied street chic with a comprisal of clowns, so giving you a slight tip off and for those who have a slight Clown Phobia. The movie 'IT' with the evil clown was somewhat a disturbing watch as a kid, but I have met some lovely clowns from a lively circus since then, but I wont lie, even though I have no clown phobia whatsoever, I can fathom there is something that can be quite sinister about clowns.

HAN JIN VOGUE KOREA 

// Model: Han Jin //Editorial: Spring Breeze //Photographer: Lee Gun-Ho //Stylist: Lee Ji-Ah

Something to get us in the mood and caprice of the coming Summer and Spring, windswept nature in its fineness.

Dacnomania of Design

MAGDA MACHAJSKA

I careened across this portfolio by designer Magda Machajska, who is a Senior year student at Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, Poland, Department of Architecture and Design. Magda has participated in international exchange scholarships twice through the Technical University of Athens and Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, and she believes in design as a way of thinking and medium to bring together many different disciplines of creativity. Magda also has a penchant for art and illustrations and it would seem creating interesting structural shaped lines to her designs. 

Design: Magda Machajska, Photography: ewaso.net, Make up: Natalia Niedziela

Design: Magda Machajska, Photography: ewaso.net, Make up: Natalia Niedziela

Design: Magda Machajska, Photography: Gabriela Kaziuk, Make up: Magda Koriat

RXANDY CAPINPIN - DAX BAYANI

Philippines Statement Magazine Design: Dax Bayani
Styling: Red Mil
Grooming: Hanna Pechon

Talented Photographer Rxandy Capinpin from Manilla Philippines who works with many interesting designers to capturing here, unique shoulder caged accessory items by Designer Dax Bayani who is also based in Manilla and thrives in creating unique structural and symmetrical couture pieces. Fashion has always been a natural inclination for designer Dax Bayani, with his family running a garment manufacturing and exporting company since he was a child. Dax Bayani says

I am a very conceptual designer. I want my clothes to tell a story and to make sense. I tend to think a lot before producing a certain garment just to make sure it’s unique. I spend a lot of time interpreting my inspiration and editing it by giving or taking a few key elements before producing the final garment.

I look forward to scoping Dax Bayani's future designs,  as he does seem to bring individual creativity to his designs. 
PIEDI ACCESSORIES

Another photo shoot by Rxandy Capinpin showcasing some tasty Piedi Accessories based in the Philippines  

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Complot Autumn Winter 2010

NEW AUTUMN WINTER COMPLOT COLLECTION 2010

The Argentinan label Complot, who's new collection conveys to Cater for Vampires, sings a fusion of dark edgy glam punk zeal. Always providing delightful campaign photos, Inspiration mood boards, which gives out an hoopla of merriment and a fun filled flavour to the label of Complot.   

I'll dig out the Complot Spring & Summer Collection again to post for a pique of inspiration, seeing as the weather is getting brighter and warmer. Before I end this post I have always had a fascination for the Vampire Genre, ever since I watched the movie Fright Night and movies such as Lost Boys, Interview with the Vampire, Daywatch, From Dusk Till Dawn and Blade. 

Even with the whole overwrought of Twilight, I have been habitually watching the T.V drama The Vampire Diaries....and yes just mayybee the two main leads named the Salvatore Brothers may have something to do with this hyena being slightly devoted. Certainly a glorious Eye Candy fix for the Week. :)    

Untraditional Fairy-tales

WEARING TOU

The concept of Tou is to find and discover a new view point, the shape is made of ordinary existing terms with abit of change. Your imagination and creativity will be required for wearing 'Tou'. I really found these items below to be charming little creations with multiple functions with design quirks. These creations really get the mind ticking, and I can behold how future designers can emerge these charming designs with high quality materials fused and alloyed with an Avant Garde Twist.  

LOOP ZIP

2 FACE CAP

RECTANGULAR SOLID

MANY HEELS

If you are fluent in Japanese there is a TOU Webshop

SHREK OF A GUY

//Shot by: Ellen von Unwerth //Styling by: Nicola Formichetti //MUSE Emma Dumont

The upcoming VMAN Magazine edition 18, shot by photographer Elle von Unwerth featuring the fun loving Shrek characters from Dreamwork animations. The 4th and final chapter of the Shrek movie will be released May 21st in IMAX 3D and I for one cannot wait to see it, probably one of my ultimate favourite animation film, with a reverse of a traditional fairytale amidst all the mirthful of whimsical characters from Donkey, Puss in Boots, Gingerbread Man, Three Pigs and the rest of the fairytale world. 

P.X for those of you who don't know the Styling for this Editorial was done by Nicola Formichetti (Lady Gaga's Stylist)

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Maria Doychinova - In Comment Collection

SYMBOLS MOTIFS SOCIAL MOVEMENT

A boon of bijou from Austria turns up in my inbox in the form of Maria Doychinova, a Vienna based designer and Native Bulgarian, who has gained valuable skills working with Roland Mouret and Hussein Chalayan before founding her own label named DOYCHINOFF in 2006. 

Maria's latest collection called In Comment, has quite a fascinating profound concept behind the unique clothing style, symbols themselves can provoke an ideology and concept, Maria saw how there are many people wearing t-shirts with signs like RED ARMY and other various symbols and pondered whether the people wearing these symbols understood what the symbols meant, most people she encountered didn't pay particular attention to what type of symbols they were wearing and the ideology behind them. Some explained they wouldn't wear a specific type of symbol due to certain connotations. 

Maria's collection is a venture into exploring the political power that symbols can play and to view how people react to political symbols and whether these symbols still have any power today. The collection, evokes a feeling of interplay of aesthetic sharply distinguished feminine outline style of straight lines and pleats infused with political emblems. My personal favourite is the first image of the crisp white feminine lined pleated Rilon Dress. 

   

Maria expresses her ideas wholesome through this funkdafied enticing collection, her collection and future collections will surely please those whom appreciate artistic fashion operandi.  

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Femine Warrior Spirit Levelling Jose Duran

JOSE DURAN SPRING 2010

Jose Duran's Spring/Summer 2010 collection embodies an alloy of military futuristic valiant warrior which can both appreciate the nature of feminine beauty but will also wear metal arm cuff and lace up peep toes of armour, oozing of a fierce and feminine mien. The Dominican Republic born Jose Duran is one of the recognized new talent and has become one of the members of the new wave of the New York fashion. He has a wide range of inspirations, including his interest in the ways that homeless people dress, draping textiles to create additional layers.

LEVELUS SPIRIT LEVEL PERFUME

A perfume bottle and spirit level, something a cultivated carpenter could maybe not do without! Quite nifty for hanging up a straight levelled painting or a full length mirror before a night out, or for a spring home makeover. I'm a sucker for a two in one gadget, The bottle is designed for an emotional, strong and self-confident man who doesn’t waste his time. 

BY ART LEBEDIVE STUDIO

FREJA REVERIE

A lovely ode to Freja Beha Erichsen, caught in a backstage momento, a beautifully captured illustration by Martha at Art Visuella.  
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