Fashion Lab

Tuesday, 14 September 2010

COMING SOON!

HYWEL DAVIES: FASHION DESIGNERS' SKETCHBOOKS

'The Fashion Designer’s Sketchbook is the fourth book by fashion writer Hywel Davies with contributions from the likes of Yohji Yamamoto, Lagerfeld for Chanel, Dries Van Noten, John Galliano, Vivienne Westwood and many others. Contrary to what the name suggests, the book is not just a snapshot of the sketchbooks of some of the world’s most acclaimed fashion designers, although many do offer their sketches as a contribution, but explores the individual design process from inspiration to construction and offers and insight into their working practices.'

http://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/8285/1/hywel-davies-the-fashion-designers-sketchbook

From Lara

If your struggling with royal blue as a subject here’s a few little idea that may set the ball rolling. At the exhibition at Kensington I really loved the Boudicca armour pieces hanging from the chandeliers and armour was something I wanted too look into.
I also really liked the room of war and play thought this as an idea would be really interesting too look into, the aspects of power and power dressing as well as war as a subject and how much control an individual in a position of such high power such as the queen can take a whole country to war where peoples lives are at risk and how in contrast in this day and age our own queen is arguably a figure head who brings in tourism and puts her face on money (perhaps look at making things from money).
I also wanted to look more at individual members of royalty like King Henry the 8th because so many of them had such strange lives which could be incorporated into a garment as well as things like royal furniture like chandeliers and thrones could be used for inspiration.
Another thing is anarchy and things like the ‘sex pistols’ and there song ‘god save the queen’ and Vivienne Westwoods orb logo represents her own issues with royalty and reflects the crown jewels. Research anything because you never know what its going to bring up and how this might inspire you!

Monday, 13 September 2010

'THE SKELETON DRESS' ELSA SCHIAPARELLI

'The Skeleton Dress'
Elsa Schiaparelli
France
1938
Silk crepe

BIOMORPHISM INSPIRATION

ERNESTO NETO: The Edges of the World
19 June to 5 September 2010
Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre

http://festivalbrazil.southbankcentre.co.uk/ernesto-neto/

OLD

EGON SCHIELE

Seated Woman with Bent Knee

The Scornful Woman

Self Portrait

'Egon Schiele was an Austrian painter, draughtsman and printmaker and is one of the major figures of Austrian Expressionism. He developed a highly personal and expressive style and introduced psychologically and sexually intense subject-matter that was radical in its subjectivity and highly influential on later generations of artists.'

NEW

HOWARD TANGYE

Clothing designer, artist and teacher Howard Tangye gives us an unusual look at models, likely to inspire allusions to Schiele.

LUCYANDBART

Chlorophyll Skin from Lucy McRae on Vimeo.

An experimentation into color, movement, absorption and the body
A joint project by Lucy McRae and Mandy Smith (Unofficial clip for Fever Ray)

Metallic Skin from Lucy McRae on Vimeo.

Metallic Skin is a work in progress that will be featured in Sao Paulo's ROJO Nova event in the Museum of Image and Sound. Over a week Lucy will be experimenting with liquid, magnification, miniaturisation and repetition on the human body.