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January 2011 - II: Women's fashion, beauty, jewellery, culture... in 2011


Fashion Collections inspired by actresses Web/Mobile
Fashionoffice received information about two collections inspired by actresses; one of them is Cathy Pill's La Redoute edition inspired by actress Lou Doillon...

Beauty Skin color collection Web/Mobile
Fashionoffiice has received the information about the new color collection from the magazine's contact at MAC Cosmetics additionally with a personal tip - even used by models...


Jewellery Haute Joaillerie on exhibition travel Web/Mobile
...like a jewellery piece that enables to change the form. The Zip necklace by Van Cleef & Arpels can be worn as a bracelet too...

Culture 'I Feel Love' by Donna Summer Web/Mobile
By exploring how cultural identity globally evolves, New York's club culture is on focus of a discussion at the Museum of Arts and Design...


Fashionoffice Insight January 2011 by publisher Karin Sawetz Web/Mobile
It's the users' choice what is relevant and trendy in fashion.


UPDATE:

Keywords, search engines and how users find content online
The most used keyword/phrases on search engines that led users in December 2010 to articles on Fashionoffice was the German term 'auto', which means translated 'car'. According to the statistics by Fashionoffice's provider Globat.com (26 Dec), approximately 30% of the 'keyphrases used on search engines' and 13,2% of the keywords that bring users to Fashionoffice is 'auto'. In the last years, Fashionoffice has researched keywords, their effects on finding information online and how the request for content is tracked by reliable servers. A summary of the study (duration 2006-2010) was published recently. "What makes the results interesting is that we are not monitoring a hacked server - we have checked it with officials and provider over the last years, but a standard for web-content on online-domains." Karin Sawetz, publisher Fashionoffice.org.

Fashionoffice inventory February, March, April
Fashionoffice publishes the calculated inventory by 'DoubleClick for Publishers' for selected banner sizes for the next months.

By clicking on the Quantcast graphic, you will find additional reports for Fashionoffice.

SHORT MESSAGES (from the FashionFeeds):

7 Jan 2011 - Video about fashion that is inspired by a game of Surrealists to compose texts in a group
Annelie Augustin and Odély Teboul (graduates of Esmod Paris) started with the project 'Cadavre Exquis' by continuing the creation of the other on a folded paper without knowing what the other has designed for the other part of the body. Now, the designers present their label 'Augustin Teboul' - a combination of ready-to-wear and haute couture, on 19 Jan during Berlin Fashion Week with the fashion installation 'Little Red Head' about the fictional character Little Red Ridinghood who is playing in the tragicomical, thrilling fashion story the role of the seducer.

7 Jan 2011 - Interactive comic strip on website
...is showing the sci-fi, reality-fiction artist Jean Giraud alias Moebius himself and an alien-snake; by going with the mouse over the alien's head it spits balls, and at its other end it looks as it shits in string-form by clicking). Jean Giraud, who names himself 'Moebius' after the German mathematician, is also known for his film work like the production design of the movie 'The Fifth Element' (costumes were designed by Jean-Paul Gaultier). The exhibition at Fondation Cartier is focusing on the theme metamorphosis and that "...the forms in our environment may not be as stable as they seem". Moebius' comic strips are non-linear narrations to involve the reader in generating meaning. Therefore he uses techniques which are known from the surrealist dessin automatique.

7 Jan 2011 - Dance party 'C N Burn Felix Cartal Remix' by the 'Moving Units'
At this time, 'C N Burn Felix Cartal Remix' by the LA band 'Moving Units' is the most requested on their MySpace-site. Probably it will be soon overhauled by the band's new song 'Pink Redemption' from the coming album 'Tension War' (release on Valentine’s Day). You can hear the new song on URB.com where it is described as a reflection of "...the band’s excogitation on the difficulties of trying to 'harmonize the dualities in everyday life' — which I interpret as 'Why is life so damn hard sometimes?!?!'" urb.com/2010/12/16/urb-exclusive-moving-units-premiere-pink-redemption-mp3/

7 Jan 2011 - 'Broken Bones' by the Australian band 'The Holidays'
Fashionoffice just received the hyperlink to the music video of the new Australian band 'The Holidays' and the streaming link of another version of 'Broken Bones' in a CFCF Remix on soundcloud.com/presshereinge/the-holidays-broken-bones-cfcf-remix

7 Jan 2011 - Experience of the world, privacy and the myth of being alone
The video shows New York artist Sam Samore who says about his photographic stories on privacy and the myth of being alone: "My interest is a kind of alienation we experience from each other so we don't always say what we think of each other and so we experience the world as something separate from each other." The artist, who is also known in the world of fashion (Dior Couture editorial story for Crash magazine), is now exhibited with his photographic series 'The Dark Suspicion' at the gallery D’Amelio Terras in New York (8 Jan - 19 Feb): "...Samore plays with the fragmentation of the self as an alternative means of description, asking questions: How do we present ourselves to the world and each other? And, no matter how close we are in proximity to others - psychologically, geographically, and physically - do we still live our lives alone?" damelioterras.com/exhibition.html?id=763

6 Jan 2011 - Video insights into the tradeshow Bread & Butter Berlin (next: 19 - 21 Jan)
The Bread & Butter Berlin tradeshow is known to be the place where new trends in denim and sportive street fashion are presented by labels like Diesel, Levi's, Bench, Adidas... Fashionoffice just received an invitation by the magazine 'Sportswear International' to the 'Denim Day' on 18 Jan in Berlin where denim experts from international labels will discuss ecology, marketing, import/export, retail... conferencegroup.de/denimday11

6 Jan 2011 - Detailed Fashion Calendar 2011
Probably one of the most detailed Fashion Calendars online! The 'WeConnectFashion'-calendar includes fashion weeks, fairs, and other fashion related shows with additional information about the event, schedules, and contact.

6 Jan 2011 - Download MP3: 'Dark Sunrise' by Rikki Ililonga and his band Musi-O-Tunya
The 1970s 'Zam Rock'-godfather (pop music from Zambia) Rikki Ililonga has recently re-issued his psychedelic soul rock music that is best described as a mix of Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, Fela Kuti. 'Now Again Records' publishes an article about the 'Zam Rock' scene of the 1970s: "...it’s no wonder that the Zambian musicians taken by European and English influences gravitated to the hard, dark side of the rock and funk spectrum." nowagainrecords.com/zambian-psych-rock

5 Jan 2011 - Tom Ford SS2011 catwalk video with music by Karen Elson
Fashionoffice just received the report 'Tom Ford: He Looks Younger as His Clothes Look Older' by Lookonline.com about the recently released mini-movie from Tom Ford's SS2011 women's wear catwalk presentation that was held in September in a salon alike atmosphere with celebrities like Anna Wintour, Beyoncé, Karen Elson (the singer who contributed the song 'Pretty Babies' to the video), Lauren Hutton, etc. to name a few. It's up to the viewer to follow the opinion of Lookonline that "What is old, is not always new again, no matter how much of a facelift you give it.", or just enjoy the extraordinary stylishly directed catwalk video showing the elegant-sexy ageless Tom Ford SS2011 pieces, which were described by the New York Times in September: "The clothes didn’t look like Gucci, and they didn’t really look like Yves Saint Laurent, which Mr. Ford also designed for a few years. To be sure, they combined elements of both, but the fit was different and the glamour more intense. If the style referenced any period, it was the ’20s." nytimes.com/2010/09/14/fashion/14FORD.html

5 Jan 2011 - 'How to stay in contact with reality'
...is one of the themes of the American philosopher, thinker of 'public opinion' and educational reformer John Dewey whose ideas inspire Goddard College (US) for its educational mission. Now, the Goddard College MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts Program calls for proposals for the conference 'Making, Meaning, and Context: A Radical Reconsideration of Art's Work' (14-16 Oct). One of the questions is "How have the roles of art, artist, and audience been resituated?" artswork.goddard.edu

4 Jan 2011 - Website intro with movie and orchestral sound
The video on the website is the first music video ('Through to You') for the recently released 6 track album 'Back Of My Head' by Montreal (Canada) based upstarting Ben Wilkins. Fashionoffice has found it at the Lovely Hearts Club with the posting that Ben Wilkins was brought to their attention via a Canadian friend: "Oh Canada, how jealous we are of your beautifully cohesive and collaborative music scene!" papergardenrecords.com/lovelyheartsclub

4 Jan 2011 - Iranian photographer shows sceneries of women in traditional clothes and modern accessories
The video was found by following the New Years wishes that were sent by ForYourArt.com to Fashionoffice. In an article, the art publication reports about the work of Iranian photographer Shadi Ghadirian (born 1974 in Tehran, she holds a B.A degree in photography from the Azad University in Tehran). Ghadirian's Qajar series shows women in 19th century traditional clothes with modern lifestyle accessories like a bicycle, helmet, a Pepsi can...

3 Jan 2011 - Artist inspired by the 1930s hairstyle of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhardt
The video provides a historical review about the life of Amelia Earhardt, who crossed as the second one solo the Atlantic after Charles Lindbergh and disappeared on her flight around the world along the equator. Earhardt's wild hairstyle has inspired US sculptor Phyllis Green for 'Amelia and the Spinning Heads' from the 'Hairdo' series. Now, the Otis College of Art and Design (California) announces the exhibition 'Splendid Entities: 25 years of Objects by Phyllis Green' (18 Jan - 19 March), which shows Green's objects from the last 25 years made in a craft alike technique of textiles, feathers, wood... about the female body otis.edu/public_programs/ben_maltz_gallery/index.html.

2 Jan 2011 - Video about the mental and physical benefits of boxing by Gretchen Burger
The video from 2006 is a work by US documentary filmer and video artist Gretchen Burger who has presented in 2010 accompanying to her thesis show for the MFA in Film and Video at the Massachusetts College of Art & Design (Boston) the video installation 'Unwrapping' about a female boxer (herself) which "...is an exploration of how memory and emotion manifest to shape the body's alignment and movement." gretchenburger.net. At this time, the MFA Film/Video at the Massachusetts College of Art & Design calls the ones who are interested in working with moving pictures for applications (until 15 Jan): "The program develops an individualized perspective on the medium that can be political, conceptual, abstract, or visceral, with advanced skills in video and film production to make the vision real." massartgraduateprograms.org/filmvideo.html