At this point you can find an iPad case made from just about anything, but it’s nice to see a well-constructed collection in bright, quality materials. Focusing on the idea that a functional device case should serve as a fashionable accessory, the new…
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Advertorial Content: Spring is finally peeking out from behind the clouds here in NYC and the mercury is slowly rising across the hemisphere. Welcoming warmer weather means more than just shedding layers—your wardrobe can look forward to a lighter, brighter and slightly less formal break from winter wear. To…
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Are you a graphic design junkie? A devotee of New Order? A fan of Henri Fantin-Latour? Or simply a lover of roses? If you answered yes to any (or all) of these questions, then Supreme has the sneakers for you. Among its freshly released spring covetables are three styles of Vans–the SK8-Hi, the Chukka, and the Era–splashed with original album artwork from New Order’s 1983 album Power, Corruption, & Lies, for which Peter Saville deftly selected Fantin-Latour’s 1890 “A Basket of Roses” (in the collection of the National Gallery in London) and appended the modern wink of a color code in the upper right corner.
“When I heard the title Power, Corruption, and Lies, the first thing that came to mind was the dark side of the Renaissance,” said Saville in a recent interview. His viewing of the 1981-82 BBC series The Borgias sent him on a hunt for sinister images. “I went to look for a Machiavellian prince in various museums, and I found some, but a corrupt despot was painfully literal when confronted with it.” On his way out of the National Gallery, Saville stopped to purchase some postcards, including one of Fantin-Latour’s drowsy bouquet. “There was a kind of elegant kitsch to it. I always liked that style and I still do–it’s my mother’s living room.” He later decided to deploy the image as “a foil to the literal meaning of the [album] title but a perfect cypher. It was charming, seductive, and apparently innocent, and in that sense, a more insidious evocation of corrupt strategies.”
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Like many of us, the minds behind Montreal-based Gantoli Cycling Accoutrements are inspired by a bygone era they didn’t actually live through. For CH contributor Mike Giles and Garry Vickers that time is the early…
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 | Music festival season is here and our biggest concern is the kind of fashion we are bringing to the festival. Bikinis, tank tops, shorts, handbands, sunglasses, and sandals and the list goes on and on. Our favorite pick today is this Tahiti Tie-Dye Tank from Threadsence. This not-so-basic tank top features blue and gray tie-dye with a sheer cream-hued crocheted lace panel on the front and a peach piping. In addition, v-cut neckline and a racerback cut makes it a party perfect stylish festival wear. Double your music festival fun with this chic and dashing fashion. |
Coup de cœur pour ce clip « Joel Compass – Back to Me ». Une vidéo impressionnante en noir et blanc entre un garçon et son père blessé par balle. Réalisée par Ian & Cooper, elle propose un traitement visuel jouant avec talent entre images arrêtées et vitesse réelle. A découvrir en vidéo dans la suite.
by Katie Olsen Since former executive editor of V Magazine Julie Anne Quay launched VFiles nearly a year ago, we have been intrigued by the site’s successful merger of…
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Dezeen and MINI World Tour: recent design graduate Leanie van der Vyver speaks to us about her project Scary Beautiful, a pair of extreme, back-to-front high heels, which she presented at Design Indaba in Cape Town.
Van der Vyver, who comes from Cape Town originally, explains the concept behind the shoes, which she developed as part of her graduation project while at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. “In my thesis I wrote about how humans are constantly trying to reach perfection and the different ways that we practice control over our bodies,” she says. “I looked at what the high heel is traditionally doing and I pushed it over to see where sexy ends and grotesque begins.”
The project drew gasps and laughs from the Design Indaba audience in equal measure when van der Vyver showed video footage of a model walking in the shoes as part of her PechaKucha talk. She explains that the contorting effect they have on the wearer was a key part of the project.
“The effect of the shoe became more important than the shoe, so the shoe became a kind of accessory to the posture,” she says. “What was interesting was that it became an amplification of what the high heel does. So if the girl’s butt is slightly pushed out [when wearing high heels], in these ones she’s almost raring to go, with her butt lewdly sticking out and her legs animalistically flexed.”
Scary Beautiful followed on from an earlier project of van der Vyver’s, a pair of trainers designed to “inflict a gangster swagger” on the wearer (below). It was this project, she says, that made her realise that “you can actually do a lot more with fashion in terms of it altering the body and its performance.”
But while neither project is a serious proposal for new footwear, van der Vyver was surprised by the response Scary Beautiful received from the fashion industry. “People reacted in a positive way from the fashion side of things, they were very excited about it,” she says. “But the general public, not so much.” Read more about Scary Beautiful in our earlier story about the project.
This movie features a MINI Cooper S Countryman.
The music featured is by South African artist Floyd Lavine, who performed as part of the Design Indaba Music Circuit. You can listen to Lavine’s music on Dezeen Music Project.
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Coup de cœur pour le travail du photographe David Orias qui nous propose de superbes clichés de vagues, prises sur les plages de Californie. De belles images et des couleurs incroyables capturées avec une grande patience et beaucoup de talent. L’ensemble est à découvrir dans la suite de l’article.
Voici l’excellent travail de Sven Fennema, un photographe allemand passionné de lieux abandonnés qu’il capture afin d’obtenir de superbes images. Des créations réunies autour d’une série « Forgotten Places » où la nature retrouve parfois une nouvelle vie. A découvrir en images dans la suite de l’article.
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