Today I have discovered a few things that are new to me, the not so nice new iTunes ‘dock’ symbol, the weird world of Glaswegian artist/poet David Shrigley, a tasty Danish sweet called the Napolean’s Hat, and most impressively, courtesy of my colleague, Rune, the excellent work of the talented textile designer/artist Signe Emdal, from right here in Copenhagen.
Pictured above are a couple of commercial, for sale projects, and a knitted art installation that shows a good example of how she uses nature, and the environment to create unique knitted patterns. Relatively fresh out of art school, she has already worked with Henrik Vibskov, and I am sure we will be seeing more of her great work in the future.
Since the above two fashion oddities dropped into my inbox this morning, I have been pondering who would buy and wear such a thing? A funny thing fashion. They are apparently a genuine part of Givenchy’s Spring/Summer 2011 range.
I just had the absolute pleasure of tripping over and being introduced to the dandies that are the Gentlemen of Bakongo.
Said dandies are, a clique of extraordinarily dressed dandies from the Congo, who in the midst of war and abject poverty, dress in tailored suits, silk ties, and immaculate footwear.
The images are documented in a book by the same title by Italian photographer Daniele Tamagani, which should you wish, can buy here.
I just had the pleasure of coming across these great images above, which are taken from the excellent Henrik Vibskov’s recent Season 2010 show at Copenhagen Fashion Week.
Far away from other catwalks of Copenhagen fashion week, with their “invitation only” shows, Henrik Vibskov took over Søndermarken Park, where he presented his latest collection to anyone who showed up.
A wide range of colors, materials and styles were displayed. There was clothing that bordered on costume, but without compromising it’s wearability. In every possible way a complete youthful and untamed colection for both men and women. The surprising stage, that only consisted of a tall grassed field surrounded by the tall dark trees of the park, was very appropriate to Vibskov’s collection. In this natural scenery he seated hundreds of beer-drinking spectators and everyone was welcome.
The appetite for a fascinating experience was aroused by the walk to the show location through the lantern lit route of the park. On the way one could see live installations showing ludicrous costumes that Henrik wanted to show – although they weren’t part of this years collection. The smell of incense and dew perfectly suited the content of the show. The music driving the donkeys – and at times the audience – mad, was also suiting. The vibe was more campfire than fashion which was very appropriate. The event was an informal, curious and uplifting moment in Danish fashion when it is at it’s most compelling.
Wish I had been a little more tuned in, sounds like it would have been quite an experience.
The Converse trainers, the sweatshirts and ringspun denim, the over-designed T-shirts. It’s fine in your twenties, but after that it starts to look a bit unsure and furtive. There’s nothing more sinister than a grown man in a teenager’s clothes.
Read the rest of Gordon’s assassination of ad agency dress codes in our May issue pages here.
Oddly, both of the above were brought to my attention via my inbox this morning, and being the kind of person that likes to wear hats, the two examples above are for me two unique head garments.
First off the stove pipe hat from Quintin takes a form from era’s past that I have never seen with a modern spin. The second fine example is quite possibly the finest bobble hat I have set my eyes on, by DuckieBrown.
I like to think both could find their way onto my hat stand, but come winter I am not entirely sure I have the balls to carry the bobble hat off… maybe…
For the release of their “Multicolor Spring Pallet”, Louis Vuitton has teamed up with artist Takashi Murakami to produce a line of typically colourful Murakami products. As you can see above they have also let him leave his footprint in some Japanese LV stores interiors.
Have to say I think it is a very interesting collaboration, that for me puts LV in a completely different light.
Everyday I get the excellent Selectism dropping all kinds of things I want to wear into my inbox, but yesterday they made me laugh by including the above ensemble’s.
Your balls have to be very large and very brassy to pull these off I feel.
To celebrate 10 years of their Engineered, twisted jeans, Levi’s have hired London design agency Neighbour and the brilliant Wilfred Wood to create three “slightly twisted” characters. Named Fingers, Hopper (shown above) and Bernie, the characters will form the basis of a new campaign entitled The Twisted Originals set to run through this year…
Models of the characters, 30cm tall, will appear in stores along with larger scale images and cutouts for window displays. A set of two metre-tall versions of the characters will also tour UK stores later in the year with a small production run of boxed, collectible versions also planned.
I have been more than a lttle intrigued about the new England home shirt. I first heard there was another one on its way a while ago, with mention of it paying homage to the ’66 kit etc, but nothing that made me tink beyond just another new shirt and way for the FA to fleece the supporters.
However I found an article on Highsnobiety earlier in the week which got me a little more interested. The Reed Space in New York is hosting the official launch. This alongside the heavy pushing of the fact the shirt has been designed by uber cool UK fashion designer Aitor Throup also know for collabs with Stone Island, certainly seems to be pushing the shirt beyond merely a football shirt, towards something more street fashion. The video above explains the links between traditional English tailoring and fashion, and the intent behind the shirt.
Anyways, having just seen the real thing in its natural environment at Wembley, I am quite liking the classic minimal looks.
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