Fashionoffice Insight by publisher Karin Sawetz
Is the internet a chance
or a trap? Is the online-business overruling our perception of truth? "We
will never see the truth around" sings Matthew Bellamy…
Real or not real
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T-post
Hoaxes and sexual
fantasies! The 50th issue of the wearable Swedish magazine T-post is about a
lesbian-city that grew as a hoax in men's fantasies which goes now around the
globe…
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Men Style SS2010
Designers see him
traditional, modern and sexy unpredictable! Diesel says about its
2010-collection: "Sex sells. Unfortunately we sell jeans." Probably
one leads to the other…
Tradition and vision
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Modepalast 2010
'Modepalast' announced the exhibition with a
strong focus on 'Green'. Fashionoffice asked the organizers Cloed Priscilla
Baumgartner and Jasmin Ladenhaufen about green fashion…
Tradition and vision
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Lila Pix winter 2009/10
Viennese designer Lili
Ploskova invited to the showroom 'Lila Pix'. The invitation shows a picture
of a stole with a golden print. Fashionoffice asked Lili Ploskova about the
golden print and its meaning…
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N.oor winter 2009/10
The label N.oor by
Lebanese jewellery designer Noor Fares premiered with a collection that
stages universal love and happiness symbols from different cultures and times
as modern sculptures…
Tradition and vision
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Good things happen… has written an
Urb.com critic about the collaborative release ‘The Spirit of Apollo’ (2009).
It’s the debut album of N.A.S.A. (the acronym stands for North America/South
America). On the Myspace-site myspace.com/nasa the inspiring Brazilian funk
is explained to have a dramaturgic function: “…Brazilian funk, which provides
the roots of the songs and binds them together into a cohesive whole, but
from there, the imagination behind The Spirit of Apollo ranges far and wide.”
Music heroes like Tom Waits, Wu Tang, David Byrne, Chuck D, to name a few,
worked on 17 tracks. Watch the video ‘The People Tree’ (feat. David Byrne,
Chali 2na, Gift Of Gab & Z-Trip)!
Call for bag and shirt designers The Austrian music,
art and design festival poolbar calls designers to participate in the
poolbar-Style-Contest. Deadline for submissions (bag and shirt designs) is
the 27th Feb 2010. On the same day the online voting will start. Details on www.poolbar.at/pages/style.
Denim label invites 2.0 reporters G-Star searches under
the title ‘RAW 2.0’ for young talents from the social media scene (Twitter,
Facebook, Flickr, YouTube) to report from the New York Fashion Week (11th to
18th February), from the After Show Party, from behind the scenes, from
everywhere around the G-Star Raw Show. Closing date for submissions is the
1st February 2010. The winners will be announced on 3rd Feb. Details on nyfw.g-star.com.
Films
from the Middle East and North Africa The German cultural institute 'Goethe-Institut' in Cairo has initiated the project ARABSHORTS.NET to give an insight into the independent
film scene in nine Arabian countries (Jordan, Morocco, Egypt, Gulf Region, Tunisia, Palestine, Algeria, Syria, Lebanon). The documentaries, animations,
experimental films, and video art productions are presented on the website
with biography of the director and synopsis. The short movies focus on
cultural themes like gender, globalisation, and ‘My Beloved Homeland’. Some
of them have humorous scenes such as the ‘Oranges’-movie by Mouzahem
Yahia (Algeria) about two men who fight for no reason.
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