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July 2010 - I: Realtime results on 'men's wear 2011'; creative ideas about stone and metal
Tweets on men's wear 2011 Web/Mobile
A men's magazine tweets on the new collection of John Varvatos... and there is the tweet on Calvin Klein's SS2011: "You better have a six-pack to wear men's summer apparel" - Fashionoffice has searched for the according videos...
Inspiring stone and metal Web/Mobile/Map
Fashionoffice has collected some creative ideas about stone and metallic material: outfits by Kilian Kerner, the tiles by Villeroy & Boch, the 'Medusa' bracelets...
Rock music and dance Web/Mobile/Map
Impulstanz' cultural manager Karl Regensburger has collected artists, performances, and workshops by the leading idea to seduce, to amuse, to provoke, to animate. And not to forget the sexy touch of the program: the 'Wild Walk's...
Fashionoffice Insight by publisher Karin Sawetz, July 2010 Web/Mobile
We hope to give with this Fashionoffice Insight some useful hints to create your own online presentation from the 'Fabric of the Web'. Read about Twitter, inventory, keywords...
SHORT MESSAGES:
Video about an artist's ideas on teaching art
Los Angeles based artist Mark Bradford has initiated a new 'Getty Artists Program'-project on artists' ideas to teach contemporary art. The project is available online on Bradford's designed 'Open Studio'. The teaching lessons are more about looking at the world in a different way and finding an own style to express experiences and life than to become an artist in a classical category. Several artists are involved into the project, like Beijing-based Xu Bing, who offers the activity 'Picture Writing' in which he invites students to communicate visually, without words. Or photographer Graciela Iturbide's advices for the creation of a story: "Consider how clothing can communicate something about a person. Consider how the customs or traditions you capture can communicate something about your subjects." On the video, Mark Bradford finds a meta-definition of contemporary art which relates with the teaching-project 'Open Studio: A Collection of Artmaking Ideas by Artists'.
Video from couturiers who have contributed a special creation to a Viennese summer ball
The video shows the FW2010/11 collection by the designer duo Talbot Runhof in Paris. The Munich based designers Johnny Talbot (born in US) and the German Adrian Runhof have created a special scarf for the summer ball 'Fête Impériale' on 10 July in the Spanish Riding School in Vienna. The ball is a mix of traditional Viennese ball culture with full length, elegant gowns and modern elements like music from 'Cross Over DJs'. The riding school is first mentioned in 1572. "During the 18th century Empress Maria Theresia staged elaborate festivities and celebrations in the Riding School – amongst them the so-called Ladies’ Carrousels," introduces Managing Director Elisabeth Gürtler the Fête Imperiale; details on www.fete-imperiale.at.
Behind the scene video by Fila
Fila presents its new street- and sportswear (clothing and shoes) SS2011 from 7 to 9 July 2010 at Bread & Butter in Berlin. The label was founded 1911 in Italy; today it operates worldwide. The video shows the shooting at a studio in Los Angeles with yoga instructor Kate Lillecrapp. Apparel chief designer Freya Tamayo explains the inspirations for the yoga collection 2010; the video ends with the words 'the beauty of sport'.
Workshop on sustainability, climate change, human rights and fashion
'earth.re.create' is the Graz (Austria) headquartered informal network of young creative heads - especially fashion designers. From 3 to 12 August 2010 they are organizing a workshop under the title 'Fashion and you change the world!'. The workshop runs in collaboration with other European countries like Spain or Sweden. Deadline for applications is 10 July. Find details on www.earthrecreate.com.
Dance video from a shoe label that is inspired by Hip Hop
Fashionoffice received an invitation from the Australian dance shoe label 'Bloch' to the presentation of the new spring/summer 2011 collection at Bread&Butter (7 to 9 July) in Berlin. Bloch was founded by the Russian shoe maker 'Jacob Bloch'. In the early 1930s he migrated to Sydney (Australia) and fell in love with a 'Prima Ballerina'. His aim was to create the most comfortable dance shoes for her. Today, Bloch is one of the leading dance shoe producers. The label delivers even everyday shoes such as ballet pumps with cushioned sole for the street. On this video you can see the New York dance formation and instructors 'AmountBoyz'. On their website www.antboogieworld.com, they announce the next dance workshop on 10 July in Chicago.
The iconic hats of football fans in South Africa: Makarapas
Do you know what Makarapas are? In the 70ies, Alfred Baloyi from Johannesburg has developed the first one from a helmet; he created a handcrafted pop-art wearable art piece that became the iconic head gear of football fans in South Africa. On occasion of the FIFA World Cup, the First National Bank has placed two huge 30 meters high Makarapas in front of their building. The video is about the history and shows the two sculptures.
MUSIC:
Free music download and video tip: 'Perfect Stranger' by Ben Ivory
Fashionoffice received an invitation from German designer Kilian Kerner to the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Berlin where he will present on 10 July the new SS2011 collection entitled 'Flieg zum Mond und bleib hier', which means as much as 'Fly to the Moon and stay here'. Kilian Kerner is known for arranging music live acts to his catwalk shows; this year, lead singer Ben Ivory from the Berlin rock-electro band SplinterX - who has already introduced in 2009 one of Kilian Kerner's collections, will contribute to the show of ca. 50 outfits the brand new song 'fly to the moon
and don’t go away'. You can get a free download of 'Perfect Stranger' - a solo project by Ben Ivory from early 2010, on benivory.com.
Music video tip: 'Time Will' by Hercules & Love Affair, vocals from Antony Hegarty (2008)
At this time, Hercules & Love Affair presents the remix of Lady Gaga's 'Bad Romance' on myspace.com/herculesandloveaffair. Hercules & Love Affair is on tour: in July in UK, Spain, Croatia, several cities in Germany... |
