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October 2010 - I: Women and men styles; music new and re-listened
Animal prints and biker jackets Web/Mobile/
The Burberry catwalk show began with 'The Feeling' singing "... I want ya ...". Seen in the front row: 'Sex and the City' actress Sarah Jessica Parker...
'Love at first sight' Web/Mobile/
Basque designer Ion Fiz says about his French confectionary inspired candy colored SS2011 collection: "It happened when I came face to face with the..."
Men's anatomy Web/Mobile/
Fashionoffice collected some pieces around the theme 'The sweet things in life' and combined them with other ideas. One of the pieces is Levi's 'Experiments - The Anatomy of...'
L'Amour Fou Web/Mobile/
Just as Paris Fashion Week (28 Sept - 6 Oct) starts, the documentary 'L'Amour Fou' about Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé is a theme in fashion...
Music video about boarding Web/Mobile/
"Follow Me Down explores a theme that anyone driven by some immeasurable passion will recognise - that there are no easy rides in life." Unkle and snowboarders...
REM song inspires an exhibition Web/Mobile/
The video shows a young skateboarder in an abandoned house filled with garbage-a-like souvenirs...
Re-listen: 'Another Green World' by Brian Eno; Music Insight by Karin Sawetz Web/Mobile/
My old friend really has a good music taste and introduced me to Bonny Prince Billy, Beirut Music, or Antony and the Johnsons...
'Lover's start' Web/Mobile/
...by 'How to Dress Well' shows Jacques Brel on the French beach with two hand bags; in one of them he has birds which get their freedom again...
Re-listen: 'Einstein on the beach' by Philip Glass; Music Insight by Karin Sawetz Web/Mobile/
This was the most expensive album I have ever bought! Stage designer Robert Wilson inspired even fashion...
Wind up; Fashionoffice Insight by publisher Karin Sawetz Web/Mobile/
I hope Fashionoffice users can enjoy the winds in autumn; I have tightened up my dragon 'Rudie Rabe' already. In this Fashionoffice Insight I introduce a new feature...
UPDATE:
Country statistics of Fashionoffice
Fashionoffice has updated the statistical graphics and shows now the percentage of global users and users from the USA: France 21.04%; United States 17.75%; Germany 10.11%; United Kingdom 5.18%; Austria 3.99%; Canada 2.73%...
By clicking on the Quantcast badge, you will find additionally the IAB-compliant traffic report for Fashionoffice.
MUSIC:
'The Trap' by Vincent Minor
Troubling tales on orchestral sounds from the LA based singer with the baritone voice...
Re-listen: 'Absurd' by Fluke from the album 'Risotto' (1997)
The ambient/techno/electronic/dance music formation Fluke (Mike Bryant, Jon Fugler, Mike Tournier) was founded in the late 80s in London. Their music was used for movies like 'The Matrix Reloaded' or 'Tomb Raider'. You can hear the single 'Absurd' in Jessica Alba's legendary dance scene in 'Sin City' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6DAm2piMu8.
'Qui est cette fille?'
French electropop singer Yelle became famous when she posted a song on MySpace.
FASHION:
Men as 'Girl Toy'
Fashionoffice received the hyperlink to the video 'Girl Toy' by the Danish men's wear label Jack & Jones.
Peak Performance invites to video-qualifying 'King of Style'
Sportswear label Peak Performance invites on occasion of a meeting of the Freestyle-Skiing-Elite on 20 November 2010 in Stockholm to a video-qualifying. The video-qualifying is open since 23 Sept; details how to submit your 60seconds-films are published on peakperformance.com/kos.
Paris Fashion Week (28 Sept - 6 Oct)
"I saw some models with big wheeled bag in this morning at cafe. The11S/S Paris fashion week is just around corner." writes 'bastaaaard' on Twitter. Fashionoffice has installed the new search on Paris Fashion Week on its cover. The fashion week (SS2011 collections) started on 28 Sept and runs until 6 Oct.
Catwalk show: Nicolas Andréas Taralis SS2011 at Paris Fashion Week
On 28 Sept, Toronto born designer
Nicolas Andréas Taralis presented the all in black SS2011 collection at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. The men's and women's wear designer studied at Parsons School of Design in New York and at
the class of Helmut Lang at The University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Dazed Digital publishes an interview; on Vogue you will find a slight show with zoom feature to see the details of the rock-Middle Ages inspired pieces.
Inspired by fairies; seen at Milan Fashion Week
And again a report by Hilary Alexander from Telegraph.co.uk which is worth to look at! Alexander provides a view on the fairy-like dresses by Alberta Ferretti on the Milan catwalk (22 Sept). You can see the fashion reporter in an interview with the Italian designer backstage. The video ends with Alberta Ferretti saying: "We are fairies and we are witches."
Inspired by cultural diversity; seen at Milan Fashion Week
On 24 Sept, the Italian label Etro - known for its signature prints, presented the new SS2011 collection during Milan Fashion Week (22-28 September). Hilary Alexander reports on Telegraph.co.uk: "Designer Veronica Etro follows the global cultural trail..."
'sexuality' and '(wo)man-machine'
...are two themes of the Austrian fashion and product designer Nina Levett. You can find them visualized in a punky scribbled and painted style printed on tableware, textiles, wallpapers, films, etc. Nina Levett calls herself on www.ninalevett.com an 'uncontrollable missile'. The designer's work will be presented until 14 Nov at the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna, where she creates a virtual wedding on occasion of Vienna Design Week (1-10 Oct) on 5th October and from 15 to 17 Oct you can find design pieces of Nina Levett during the Blickfang Vienna; even at MAK.
Video from the opening of the Vienna Fashion Week (22 - 26 Sept)
The Austrian magazine society.oe24.at (belongs to the daily newspaper oe24.at) reports from the Vienna Fashion Week with views on the catwalk of Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, backstage, and interview with couturier Thang de Hoo who says that the motto of his collection is simply 'luxury'. |
