Photography by and copyright of Juliette Butler.
I’ve long been inspired by Juliette Butler’s backstage photography. I am particularly enthralled by her images taken in the nineties backstage at Comme des Garçons.
The meeting place of Rei Kawakubo’s work and Butler’s photography can only be described as magic.
These images give a closer look at Rocha’s vision of spring 2012. In the vulnerability of the lightness that she explores lies strength.
This femininity at its best, at its strongest.
More on Simone Rocha here.
Stay backstage.
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Gold plates across loafers, red lips, bleach blonde brows and loose buns in gold tone casings.
It was all about the little details at Yves Saint Laurent spring 2012.
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You can just tell that Korean designer, Lie Sang Bong puts his very breath into his work. His love for his culture echoes loudly and is so palpable that his enthusiasm is almost contagious.
Premium video only fashion and culture magazine, CRANE TV, go into the heart of Lie Sang Bong’s vision and inspiration in the above video.
More on the designer here.
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This meeting place of opulent Bombay and a brand of chic that can only be French, (by way of Chanel) made for interesting contrast.
I like how the regal presence of headpieces and jewelry as inspired by a Raj period India, give new voice to the traditional Chanel tweed and pearl.
Something old is made seemingly new by the unexpected marriage of polar opposites.
The dark kohl rimmed eyes set against Karl Lagerfeld’s vision of a neutral pre fall 2012 Chanel is refreshing.
Be inspired.
Courtesy of Marni.
It is only when we go backstage that we see the stories behind the collections, for what they truly are.
Consuelo Castiglioni is the queen of balance. Her knack for making the trickiest design look effortless is second to none.
Clean lines balance out graphic optical prints and structure keeps brights in check.
60′s zany floral prints, fluorescent hues and chunky architectural accessories should not draw one in. In other hands they would make the case for the meeting place of bad taste. In Consuelo’s hands they create that light switching on, aha moment.
Here, balance clearly holds court, come spring and Consuelo reigns. Long live Marni.
More Marni here.
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Christian Louboutin x Victoria Beckham spring 2012 | Christian Louboutin x Mary Katrantzou spring 2012 | Christian Louboutin spring 2012. Video screen shots from Christian Louboutin With…
No one quite creative glamor like footwear maestro Christian Louboutin. Not only a firm favorite for the creme de la creme of Hollywood, high fashion designers every season seek Louboutin to create shoes for their collections.
The screen shots illustrate how diverse his work is and its influence across the international catwalks. Watch the Christian Louboutin With… video here.
More on Christian Louboutin here.
Catwalk images: MTN Lagos Fashion & Design Week
Yesterday on the second day of MTN Lagos Fashion & Design Week 2011, as founded by Omoyemi Akerele of Style House Files, the Maki-Oh collection hit the runway.
A rich palette of bottle green, navy, nude, pink, oyster met textures such as velvet, sheer mesh, cotton print Adire and silk etc in the formation of a sinuous collection.
Designed by Amaka Osakwe, she employed appliqué and texture play to create a distinct sensuality.
This collection reinforces the fact that the designer is one to watch; the fine tuned balance (seen in her ability to juxtapose boxy tunic like shapes, button up collars with suggested provocation like the clever appliqué and piping placed on sheer base,the thigh high slit on a seemingly subdued velvet skirt etc), her uncanny insight into color (reminiscent of colorists such as Dries Van Noten), an ode to the female form through exploration of form and texture (the waves evident in the Adire print and micro ruffling, reiterating the curves of the female form) and a grasp of the visual expressive that is almost Picasso and Matisse in feel.
To me this Nigerian designer is speaking of the African continent in her collections (through her textures, color, sensuality and the embodiment of a tangible spirituality) in a voice-manner-song that sorely needed to be sung.
You will not find any gimmicks, stereotypical cliches or obvious literal references here. Rather in this Maki-Oh collection and the Osakwe vision at large, you unearth cohesion, strength, a regal sensuality and an assured visually expressive state of being.
Keep up with MTN Lagos Fashion & Design Week 2011here.
More on Maki-Oh by Amaka Osakwe here.
