Trendletter
Nov 2008 - I: What has inspired designers for SS09?
Nov 2008 - II: Art about Femininity, Art on Shirts
Nov 2008 - III: Religion & Fashion, Organic Expression
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Manish
Arora SS09
The Indian designer presented his 'Manish Arora
Circus' collection during the Paris Fashion Week and at 'The Wills Lifestyle
India Fashion Week'. "Circus was a theme which I thought was
easily related to everybody, it could be a child, it could be an adult, it
could be ..."
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L’Oeuvre
Noire by Kilian
Kilian's perfumery work place is described as "Dorian
Gray continues to look down at us from his frame, a familiar spirit. And the
sound of "Hennessy & Buddha" by Snoop Dogg seems to attain
Nirvana." The aroma of one of the fragrances suggests the night was
too long! |
Gothic:
Dark Glamour
... is presented with 75 ensembles from designers like Rodarte,
Alexander McQueen, Boudicca, ... and subcultural styles in gothic settings
such a laboratory, where futuristic fashion “monsters” are
created, through February 2009 in The Museum at FIT ...
Influence on
Fashion
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Afshin
Feiz SS09
"... you just have to let go of words and
analysis and judgment, and just appreciate the beauty and love around us in
the simplest of things such as a flower. Flowers are more ethereal and
fleeting than the plants out of which they grow, and are the bridge between
the physical forms and the formless ..."
Religion
& Fashion |
Object
by Gotan Project
The pioneers of electro-tango released the
"Gotan Project in a Box". "Gotan Project represents the
latest installment in the tumultuous, transformative dialogue between Paris and Buenos Aires. In the magical hands of Philippe Cohen Solal, Eduardo Makaroff and
Christoph H. Müller ..." Naomi Klein
MUSIC
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By Malene Birger SS09
The Danish designer presented her new collection
around the theme "flirtation" during the Copenhagen Fashion Week. "Using
your personal power and making room in your life for your life. A classy
collage of modern, futuristic sophistication, showing strong willed
silhouettes, couture curves and a unique homage to bondage ..." |
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Boudicca SS09
The Londoner
design duo presents a collection with blue ink prints. At the same time their
label Boudicca launched a new artful scent developed from the concept to
merge the boundaries between science, graffiti, history and fashion ...
Influence on
Fashion
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Gabriel de la Mora's
performance about culture is presented by the two-channel video
"39-G.M.C.-23.sept.2007" at Conner Contemporary Art. The artist
destroys one cliché of popular Mexican culture to bring forth references
to other cultural traditions, including ... |
Lewis Cho SS09
New York headquartered design
duo Lewis Cho presented the new 2009 Resort and Spring line. The collection
has been updated with a new Organic Bamboo Jersey as well as Bio Modal Lycra
Jersey, giving ...
Organic Expression |
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Jeroen
Van Tuyl SS09
"As a person puts on new clothes and discards
old and torn clothes, similarly an embodied soul enters new material bodies,
leaving the old bodies." Bhagavad Gita.
The Dutch designer presented his 16th collection with the title
"Tagore" ...
Religion
& Fashion |
Goddess
of Happiness
In November the Austrian eco friendly label "Göttin des
Glücks" presented the current fall/winter collection with an ice
dance in the City of Vienna. European champion Claudia Kristofics-Binder
created the „Fashion on Ice“ performance with ...
Organic Expression |
Trosman SS09
Buenos Aires based designer
presents pieces with layering in one piece, unconventional draperies, artful
sprayed rubber prints. "We worked the surfaces using a rubber print
where we sprayed a special paint which took us some seasons to
develop ... "
Organic Expression
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Music-Tip
The music of the Iran born Shahrokh Dini can be
described as Garage, Afro, House, Jazz and Discofunk.
"The ones who have met Shahrokh,
know that he is a party and rave professional, one of the pioneers. He has
experienced as DJ and Clubber almost everything and can ..."
MUSIC
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MAXXMO’s
radio
Jamie Saft,
Wolfmother, Gotan Project, Celia Mara, Aphrodite, Rodney Hunter, URBS,
Belleruche, The Clash, Prototypes, Lo-Fi-Fnk, MGMT, Ladyhawke, CSS, Brendan
Benson, The Greenhornes, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Black Angels, Booka
Shade, Yonderboi …
MUSIC
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Football
under Cover
Documentary about the first meeting of the female
soccers from the Berlin team BSV AL-Dersimspor and the Iranian female
national soccer team in Tehran in 2006. Although many of the Berlin females are from Muslim families the situation of women in Tehran was ...
Religion
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