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May 2011 - III: Stories by females, men's motto, jewellery on the red carpet in Cannes...

Female stories Web/Mobile
Some fashion and beauty pieces are telling stories that are never told, some transport visionary ideas like the t-shirts by Masala Tee. Most of the pieces are created by females...


What goes around comes around!Web/Mobile
Fashionoffice has received new men's styles fall/winter 2011/12 by the underwear label Bruno Banani with the title 'Life is a journey'...


Jewellery on the red carpet in Cannes Web/Mobile
...seen on German actress Diane Kruger who speaks in a video about her addiction to fashion as well as the role of journalists...


A pool in the European AlpsWeb/Mobile
Fashionoffice has packed some fashion, beauty and culinary pieces for a pool on occasion of the Lake's Fashion Days in Carinthia, Austria...

A strategy to make structures of fashion trends visible Web/Mobile
...seen at the work of Pelican Avenue at an upcoming exhibition that questions 'Where does fashion end and art begin?'...


Love-month May and statistics Web/Mobile
Follow the analogy with new data provided by tools that are accredited by the MRC - Media Rating Council...


SHORT MESSAGES (from the FashionFeeds):

13 May 2011 - View on the Austrian fashion market; Insight by publisher Karin Sawetz
Following article reflects my personal view as publisher of Fashionoffice on Austrian fashion. Originally, it was written for an Austrian online fashion platform. After the publication of the article on another domain was rejected, I save it now here on the web space of Fashionoffice.

13 May 2011 - Women in a candy shop
...in Düsseldorf (DE), making 'Snoepjes' rocks decorated with letters. Fashionoffice has just received a box of 'Snoepjes' candy branded by the German label 'Sieger' on occasion of the presentation of the elegant-classical Gentlemen's Colour Collection. 'Sieger Rocks' by Snoepjes are released in many different colors and logo (instead of the letters). Sweet!

13 May 2011 - A ballet dancer on a ship performing to 'Grown Unknown' by NY based singer/songwriter Lia Ices
The video - shot with a laptop camera and showing dancer Ruby MacDougall on a Pacific-voyage, just premiered online, such as on 'The Couch Sessions' where musician Lia Ices is cited: "I'm playing around with the juxtaposition between what our minds have constructed about how to love someone, and all that remains beyond those concepts, unexplored."

12 May 2011 - Insights into a fashionable private art gallery in Vienna
Experimental sushi pioneer Martin Ho has opened this March his newest project for culinary enthusiasts in the former space of a cinema under the title 'Yoshi's Corner' with accompanied gallery for contemporary art where he has already presented the most extensive private Andy Warhol collection that was ever shown in Austria. Now, 'Yoshi's Corner' announces that pieces by Victor Vasarely and Robert Indiana are on show www.dots-lounge.com/yoshisblog/blog/.

12 May 2011 - BollyHop dance
The video (begins slow but gets a good rhythm after a while) shows some 'moves' of the BollyHop dance - a mixture of BollywoodDance and HipHop. Now, the ImPulsTanz Festival in Vienna organises again the school project 'BollyHop' at the shop center 'Shopping City Süd'. This year, the festival invites additionally to a community-'BollyHop' on 28 May where people can join the dancing chain for respect and tolerance www.facebook.com/Menschenkette.

12 May 2011 - Dancing 'sailor' presenting backpacks
...designed and produced by the Spanish label peSeta for Marc Jacobs.

12 May 2011 - Men's fashion story photographed with an iPhone
...recently released by the Radarx.com.br publisher and photographer Milton M. Filho. The fashion for the 'Mad Max' inspired story comes from designer Marcelu Ferraz, presented by model John Zechner (Andy Models).

12 May 2011 - Fashion that goes beyong nations
...seen on the video about the Puma and Kehinde Wiley cooperation on occasion of last year's World Cup. US artist Kehinde Wiley presented portraits of African Football Players in Berlin. Now, Kehinde Wiley has contributed together with over 100 authors (artists, writers, curators, educators) ideas about contemporary art and the practical integration into classroom learning for the new book 'Contemporary Art and Multicultural Education' (published by the New Museum and Routledge) newmuseumstore.org.

10 May 2011 - "If you're blue and you don't know where to go to. Why don't you go where fashion sits, Puttin' on the ritz" sings Fred Astaire
...in the movie 'Blue Skies' from 1946; 'Putting on the Ritz' means to dress up and relates to the hotel Ritz. Fred Astaire, who would be today 112 years old (born on 10 May 1899 as Frederick Austerlitz, son of an Austrian immaigrant, in America), has recorded the song by Irving Berlin already in 1930. 16 years later, the song became in a remix part of the movie 'Blue Skies' - written by songwriter Irving Berlin himself. The story of the musical is about a love triangle consisting of a dancer, a night-club opener and a woman...

10 May 2011 - "Living for the weekend..." sings Cee Lo Green on 'Bright Lights Bigger City' from the album 'Lady Killer'
...which was already released at the end of 2010. In spring 2011, US singer/songwriter Cee Lo Green - known for his hits 'Crazy' and 'Fuck You', has remixed the funky song ' 'Bright Lights Bigger City' with additional vocals by Wiz Khalifa; available on http://bit.ly/e3ZtOj.

9 May 2011 - Hypnotic-pulsing art video 'Fingerprint' by Sao Paolo (Brazil) based publicist and artist Paulo R. C. Barros
...who is working with e-culture as the source for his computer inspired art videos. The videos are presented at events and festivals worldwide. The function of programs and technology of media are his fields of experimentation. "The result is disturbing and can be multiplied to the infinite feeding the artistic intervention in the media universe and creating new interpretation parameters, that demands fast perception to be able to catch the message in a speed that sometimes seems to be dizzying," is the work of the observer of today's e-culture (music, art, media...) Paulo R. C. Barros described on vimeo.com/paulorcbarros.

9 May 2011 - Gypsy-punk 'Not a Crime' by New York band with 'wonderlust' Gogol Bordello
...who state on their website that their task is to provoke the audience for a new view on the world: "From where we stand it is clear that world's cultures contain material for endless art-possibilities..." gogolbordello.com. Now, the Sziget Festival in Budapest (Hungary, 8 - 15 August) announce in their line-up that Gogol Bordello alongside to Kasabian, The Chemical Brothers, Ben l'Onlce Soul, Amy Winehouse, Gotan Project, La Roux.... perform on stage szigetfest.at.

8 May 2011 - Who has inspired musicians like Lady Gaga and Beth Ditto?
Online music source Pretty Much Amazing presents one example for a new music creation that was inspired by 'her' - really pretty much amazing video!

7 May 2011 - 'Born This Way' by Lady Gaga
...who is integrating polarizing performance art into her stage appearance and videos; Lady Gaga is inspired by artists like Serbian born in US living performance artist Marina Abramovic (as she says on youtube.com/watch?v=EVY4Whayw0s) who allows the audience to become interactive with her body. The documentary about two concerts by Lady Gaga from February 2011 at Madison Square Garden (New York) debuts today on the international TV channel HBO hbo.com/lady-gaga-presents-the-monster-ball-tour-at-madison-square-garden.

7 May 2011 - Users are invited to a social media music performance to 'The Bomb' by John Pigeon
...on pigeonjohn.com/rmx/ where the Los Angeles based hip-hop/soul musician provides the a capella vocals for the song from the album 'Dragon Slayer' (label Quannum Projects) to be downloaded and remixed in the 'chosen style'; upload of the remix until 15 May.

7 May 2011 - "It's you or actually the viewer who gives the form to that what I am saying"
...says Berlin based, Romanian born artist Daniel Knorr who works with various media for his installations, performances.. - mainly in the public space, inspired by the tradition of Dada to involve art-viewers into politically motivated contents in an interview about the role of an artist in our society which is dominated by power and authority. Now, the Romanian Cultural Institute of Stockholm and Färgfabriken are announcing Daniel Knorr's first solo show from 7 May – 14 August in Sweden. 'Limits of Jurisdiction' is a three-part work. One part is entitled '1m3 Freedom'. It is about changing the legal status of one cubic meter of air in the city of Stockholm... fargfabriken.se/index.php?sit=arkiv&id=292.

6 May 2011 - Men's style introduced by fashion rebels in London
...like Tommy Nutter who started together with Edward Sexton a new style that was made from classical tailoring and influenced by a new (gender-)thinking that grew in the 60ies and the world of pop stars. The video from the BBC documentary series 'British Style Genius' gives insights into their work. Tommy Nutter and Edward Sexton opened their shop in 1969 on the elegant Savile Row. Now, the Fashion and Textile Museum in London presents the exhibition 'Tommy Nutter: Rebel on the Row' from 20 May - 22 October, where the Nutter-style, the shop in the Savile Row, the window displays and the image in the media are on show ftmlondon.org.

6 May 2011 - Re-listen: 'I Fought the Law' by the British punk-rock band The Clash
...active from 1976 to 1986. They are known for their  idealistic political ideology. The Clash positioned themselves as rebels with a cause. With songs such as 'The Guns of Brixton' or 'I Fought the Law' they became icons with outlaw image for a whole generation which has worked on a new society by the end of the 20th century. Find more videos, interviews on youtube.com/user/theclashtv. 

6 May 2011 - Fashionoffice's geography data
...show that users came in April 2011 from 141 countries; most interested in the content by Fashionoffice are users from the United States with 49,325 impressions measured on the inventory pages; Austria 44,403; United Kingdom 15,143; Germany 15,325... 

5 May 2011 - (Computer) design explained by creative professionals
- beginning with Dieter Rams (created legendary consumer products like the SK4 record player from 1956 - shown in the video, as designer, later Head of Design at Braun; he is the inventor of the ten principles of good design) and followed by Jonathan Ive (since 1997 Senior Vice President for Industrial Design at Apple; designer of iPod, iPhone, MacBook, iPad; received several awards like 'Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire' by the British Queen), in the documentary 'Objectified' by Gary Hustwit. Now, the MKG (museum with focus on art and craft) in Hamburg (DE) announces the exhibition 'Stylectrical' about iconic design of electronics in the cultural context (runs from 26 August - 15 January 2012) where the presentation of the work of Jonathan Ive together with early creations by designers like Dieter Rams are leading through the years of e-culture mkg-hamburg.de.