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June 2011 - IV: 'Likes'-collection; luxury couture as affordable design; ...

'Likes'-collection Web/Mobile
Fashionoffice collected some pieces which deserve a 'Like' posting such as the Diesel Black Gold collection by designer Sophia Kokosalaki...

Luxury couture as affordable design Web/Mobile
After collaborations with Karl Lagerfeld, Stella McCartney, Comme des Garçons, Jimmy Choo, Lanvin... H&M has invited Donatella Versace...

Preview to Kenzo's 'Flower Tag' video Web/Mobile
...with music by Tricky. The label invited journalists to the presentation of the new composition of a powdry-flowerish-fresh...

Non-traditional art presentations in fashion and music Web/Mobile
The Museo Bienal 2011 in New York focuses on the aesthetics of street. Graffiti, fashion, music...

Dance style 'Voguing' inspired by fashion media Web/Mobile
Choreographer Trajal Harrell examines through the codes of Voguing our desire to become someone else...

Artist reflecting role models from media culture Web/Mobile
Artist Desirée Holman uses masks and costumes to re-build the images of the iconic role models from TV series...

Fashion movies Web/Mobile
Vanessa Bruno is the new guest designer in fall/winter 2011/12 for a limited edition of pieces for women, girls, babies for La Redoute. The designer produces each season fashion movies...

Privacy and property of data in the 'Cloud' Web/Mobile
Fashionoffice has outsourced its IT since 1996. A characteristic of the 'Cloud' is that the data (content streams, statistical results) are not in the exclusive property of Fashionoffice as the magazine uses the property of others for the delivery and statistical measurements. The Cloud shows its foggy nature when...

SHORT MESSAGES (from the FashionFeeds):

25 June 2011 - 'Little Shocks' by Kaiser Chiefs from the new album 'The Future Is Medieval'
...physically available on CD with special artwork from 27 June on. The band offers on their website additionally an interactive album mixer - you can choose 10 of 20 songs and make the artwork yourself kaiserchiefs.com/album/create.

24 June 2011 - 'You're No Good' by About Group from the new album 'Start and Complete'
The album's art work shows a design of the textile sisters 'Collier Campbell' consisting of Susan Collier and Sarah Campbell. The awarded designers have collaborated for example with Yves St Laurent for the fabrics of his first ready-to-wear 'Gypsy'-collection. In an interview, they are speaking about that time: "In the early ’70s one of our Liberty of London silk dress designs caught his eye … he wanted a range built round it, we had the most joyous time painting the sketches, singing and dancing, and the results were the two prints used in his first off-the-peg Gypsy Collection – we loved it." blog.houseoffraser.co.uk/interiors/in-the-hot-seat-susan-collier-sarah-campbell/. Their work is exhibited until 10 July at the National Theatre in London.

24 June 2011 - 'Bless This Space' by Brian Eno from the new album 'Drums Between The Bells'
"Recently I was in Sao Paulo, the most city-ish city in the Western world. I took lots of pictures of the forest, and then, back in London, started playing with the images in photoshop…" Brian Eno about the creation of the art work for the album cover; you can watch it on brian-eno.net.

24 June 2011 - Video-portrait: artist using various art techniques such as the creation of fashion pieces
...like 'wounded' jeans in an installation about femininity. From 6 July to 31 August 2011, the Barnard Gallery in Cape Town (South Africa) exhibits Tracy Payne's the paintings of the Angolan man 'Djamal' (Djamal in Arabic means beauty) in the pose of Shaolin monks under the title 'Muse': "I integrate what I gained from the Shaolin monks; their strength, beauty and serenity; and attempt, through the stillness, meditation and the quiet contemplation of nature to express something about the possible healing of the human spirit." barnardgallery.com/?m=3&s=2

22 June 2011 - Video: a fashion photographer's editorial movie
Belgian photographer Willy Vanderperre works for clients like Givenchy, Raf Simons; for Anothermag.com he was behind the camera for an editorial fashion film. Today, the new adidas SLVR FW2011/12 campaign for the collection of pieces inspired by space travel, filmed and photographed by Willy Vanderperre premieres online; you can watch it on youtu.be/QHSHK_7zqOA.

22 June 2011 - 'Whiplash' by the punk-rock band 'Little Fish'
Find more information about the Oxford based band 'Little Fish' and their music which is influenced by Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, Janis Joplin... on littlefishmusic.com. The release of the next single 'Wonderful' is announced for Aug 2011.

22 June 2011 - Video: 'Money and Run' by Unkle feat. Nick Cave
The song 'Money and Run' is taken from the recently released five tracks ‘Only The Lonely’ EP by Unkle containing new songs with Nick Cave, Liela Moss (The Duke Spirit)... unkle.sandbag.uk.com/Store/DII-2047-5-unkle++only+the+lonely+ep+cd.html. The video, released end of May, is directed by Tom Haines who has published a selection of his work - music videos, art and design documentaries, on tom-haines.com such as an interview with Dieter Rams (Rams has created legendary consumer products like the SK4 record player by Braun from 1956, later he was Head of Design at Braun. Dieter Rams is the inventor of the ten principles of good design) and how his work has influenced contemporary computer designers like 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).

21 June 2011 - 'Vivienne Westwood Man' references the Summer Olympic Games 2012 in London
Vivienne Westwood posts on YouTube: "After many years, Andreas has agreed to acknowledge his true position as my partner in design. It is important to both of us that his public image should match the reality. He heads the MAN team and I'm very glad to share with him our creative work in fashion." Austrian born Andreas Kronthaler is a former student of Vivienne Westwood at the University of Applied Arts/Vienna and the designer's 25 years younger husband; they married in 1992.

20 June 2011 - Trailer about unveiling the art of street photography by a nanny
Vivian Maier was born to a French mother and Austrian father in the Bronx/New York in 1926. The traveler between Europe and US has worked as a nanny. Beside her job she has taken more than 100.000 photos. Her extensive work was unveiled on occasion of an auction in Chicago in 2007. Now, the London Street Photography Festival exhibits forty-eight framed prints together with her silent films under the title 'Vivian Maier: A Life Uncovered' between 1 and 24 July londonstreetphotographyfestival.org/diary/vivian-maier-a-life-uncovered.

20 June 2011 - Video: Art collection and 125 years car history in a chronological order
...at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart where for the first time the whole 'Daimler Art Collection' (founded 1977) of around 2000 pieces (from Constructivism to New Media Art) are exhibited in a 'time-order' fitting to the designs of the cars - from family to racing cars. The exhibition 'Art & Stars & Cars' runs until 25 September.

20 June 2011 - 'Blue Harbour' by The Wave Pictures
...directed by UK based Ben Reed who is known to bring humour into low budget productions. 'Blue Harbour' is released on the self-titled single as well as on the album 'Beer in the Breakers' (released in May 2011) by the East-London based three members band 'The Wave Pictures'.

19 June 2011 - Electro pop sisters 'Le Corps Mince de Françoise' (LCMDF) performing on Frankie Morello men's wear 2012 catwalk in Milan
...in a stage setting with bicycles to the collection under the title 'I'm The Messenger'. The Frankie Morello designers Maurizio Modica and Pierfrancesco Gigliotti have been inspired by a NY messenger boy who doesn't follow rules. The Milan based duo has designed a collection of colorful urban-sporty pieces for the ones "who struggle and weave their way through traffic jams for their daily survival". Pop duo LCMDF (consisting of Emma and Mia Kemppainen from Helsinki, FI) is on tour now: 19 Aug Frequency Festival in St. Pölten (AT), 27 Aug Rock En Seine in Paris (FR)... to name only two events of a long list myspace.com/lecorpsmincedefrancoise.

19 June 2011 - Organic ice cream and fair trade roses in an installation at the Berlin Fashion Week
...with the intention to open all senses for eco-lifestyle trends. Fashionoffice just received the information from the Austrian organic fashion, beauty and interior label Grüne Erde which takes part in the eco showroom in Berlin. The installation 'Roses & Ice Cream' is on view, taste, scent at the eco showroom from 7 to 9 July during the Berlin Fashion Week.

19 June 2011 - Video: Digitalisation, slow down, craftsmanship - keywords for men's wear 2012 from Milan Fashion Week
By searching for the reactions of journalists on the new Burberry men's wear collection SS2012 presented during Milan Fashion Week, one of the most used keywords is 'slow' in the meaning of slow movement realised in a collection under the title 'Handcrafted Heritage' which focuses on nature and 'analogous' methods of production. Burberry presents for SS2012 ethnic patterns on knits, shirts, shoes etc, raw materials like natural wood, weathered metals, natural horn on comfortable outerwear such as trench coats, parkas, and handmade details like stitching, spraying, or beading. "I wanted to celebrate the idea of craftsmanship. I love the whole digitalization of the world. But I don't think one has to be at the expense of the other," is Christopher Bailey (Burberry's chief creative officer) cited on ajc.com/news/nation-world/digital-world-influences-milans-980568.html.

18 June 2011 - Interrelation between art, performance, architecture, design, music, and fashion
...visualised by fashion/art works at the exhibition 'Get in the Haze - Where does fashion end and art begin?' at the Museumsquartier in Vienna (runs until 5 September). Now, curator Lliure Briz and guest artist Irene Alvarez invite children (from 7 to 12 years) to the playful fashion/art workshop 'Little Brains' from 30 June to 2 July. The products of the workshop (sculptures, installations, design outfits...) will be presented on 2 July in an own exhibition. The title of the workshop 'Little Brains' is derived from the knowledge that the creative interaction with fashion and art can activate the brain for more intuitive, spontaneous and innovative ideas quartier21.at.

18 June 2011 - Music-video: 'Party Machine' by electronic music pioneer Bruce Haack and pre-Def Jam Russell Simmons
...remixed by Prince Language; from the collection of vocoder recordings between 1970 and 1982 released on the album 'Farad: The Electronic Voice'. Bruce Haack (1931-1988) named the vocoder 'Farad' after the physicist Michael Faraday. "Haack's music is rooted in the idea that humans and electronic machines share a reciprocal relationship that manifests itself through sounds. In order to further explore this dynamic, Haack dropped out of Juilliard to pursue a more experimental course in, surprisingly, educational children's music." stonesthrow.com/news/2010/09/bruce-haack-fadad-the-electric-voice

17 June 2011 - Fashion video showing the collection 'doing your own thing' by 'yog:k uniwearsal' 
The collection 'doing your own thing' by the Hamburg (DE) based design label yog:k uniwearsal is created under the motto 'form follows function' and uses mostly ecologically produced and fair traded materials. From 6 to 8 July, yog:k uniwearsal is part of the Greenshowroom (more than 30 labels from fashion, accessories, beauty, food) with special appearance of designers from the Paris headquartered 'Ethical Fashion Show' during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin green-showroom.net.

17 June 2011 - Stylish electro scooter arrives in Europe
Honda just announced that the environmental friendly electro scooter 'EV-neo' comes in July to Europe (already available in Japan since April). The EV-neo was presented in Barcelona; the video provides impressions from driving the scooter, insights into the technical features and shows in the style of an instruction manual how to load the battery.