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
Dec 2008 - I: Sportive Adventures
Dec 2008 - II: In-Visibility & Feminism in Fashion, Art and Music
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Rosi Cobra, you are cooking for fashion people in Vienna. Does a ‘Viennese
Fashionistas Taste’ exist? "I think it's the same story all
over the world when it comes to Fashionistas and Food – people hardly
eat at all in order to wear size zero. But that's stupid, because enjoying
food is one of the nicest and even sexiest things ..."
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Ann-Sofie
Back SS09
... investigates celebrity culture, especially plastic
surgery and liposuction. Drawstrings on dresses resemble the processes
involved in a face-lift, liposuction and the deformation of the body to get
an idealized figure is another theme …
In/Visible
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re.act.feminism
The curators Bettina Knaup and Beatrice E. Stammer
are spanning with performative (feminist) works from 24 artists from Eastern
and South Eastern Europe across the history of art of two generations
investigating the resonances of the 60s/70s movement of emancipation …
Feminism in
Art
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Hubert
Becker
"La Condition Humaine" is about our
perception in times of mechanical reproduction and predetermined ideas of
reality questioning our habits of thinking ...
In/Visible
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Levi‘s Engineered Jeans
... celebrates 10th anniversary with ironic pieces such as t-shirts
with allover-printed Dollar notes or the American flag in an abstract, new
interpretation. 1999 the story starts when Rikke Korff … |
Sergio Rossi and Puma SS09
… developed from iconic Puma sneakers new, sexy
interpretations with high heels. They are entitled Chic-Sneak, Clyde (from
Bonnie and Clyde), Speedy Mary Jane ...
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The
Confucius Code: Paintings by Jing Kewen
"... do not give us a panoramic view of the
real world. Rather, they allow the richness and polymorphism of experiences
in the past to be reflected when viewed from different angles," Anna
Ning Fine Art. ‘The best time’ may only exist ...
In/Visible
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Music-Tip:
JD Samson is musician, DJ and visual artist: she has created the
'Jd's Lesbian Utopia 2006' launched by Deitch Projects. Together with Le
Tigre member Johanna Fateman JD Samson has a production team called MEN. JD
Samson performs in Dec in Australia. Check out the video "Well Well
Well" …
Feminism in
Music
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The Return of Religion and Other Myths
… explores the popular assumption of the
return of religion to the public sphere, contemporary politics, and the media
as a constitutive ‘myth’. "It proposes that iconoclasm is
not merely a form of ‘iconophobic’ vandalism, but a questioning …" BAK
In/Visible
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Boudicca SS09
"Wode is a conceptual Art fragrance
that begins to merge the boundaries between science, graffiti, history and
fashion. It has been in development for 7 years and launched in October 08.
Wode, taken from the word ‘woad’, was historically (mythically)
used as a war paint for tribal markings by the ancient Britans.
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In/Visible
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FASHIONOFFICE INSIGHT by publisher Karin Sawetz Is fate a whirling wheel like roulette? Is life a game? Can we
become fortunate without gambling? We consider ourselves fortunate that you
enjoy our magazine and we hope you like our informative and entertaining
hand-picked news from the world of fashion, art and beauty even in the next
year! Good fortune in 2009!
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Parajumpers SS09
Designer Massimo Rossetti about his inspiration: “The
men of the 210th Rescue Squadron, based in Anchorage, Alaska, are unarmed and
highly trained for extreme rescues … Tough and courageous, they are
better trained than any other military corps, but most important, they use
their skills and techniques to save lives, not to destroy them. …" |
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Music-Tip: "Another World" by Antony
and the Johnsons In the
new work Antony reflects upon the momentous changes that we are facing,
within each of our private worlds as well as collectively, and how we are
summoning the courage to start moving through them. Check out the center
track of the new album ...
MUSIC
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MAXXMO’s
radio
Company of
Thieves, Delta Spirit, Jamie Woon, Liechtenstein & Kasar, Le Tigre, Free
Blood, Fiona Apple, Feist, Regina Spektor, Joanna Newsom, Portishead, Beck, Huff
& Herb, Evirgen, Chicks on Speed, Travis, Sexy Sushi, Vive la Fête,
Jan Dark, Maggie Walters, UNKLE, Celia Mara, URBS …
MUSIC
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Music-Tip: Free Blood
Free Blood consists of fashion designer Madeline Davy
and John Pugh, accompanied by minimal sound (drums, bass guitar ...). They
began playing house parties in New York. During Fashion Week NY Free Blood
performed in front of designers, DJs and celebrities. Check out the video
“The Royal Family” …
MUSIC |
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