Elvira ‘t Hart is a fashion designer who creates garments directly from the preliminary process of the sketch. Using a laser cutter she allows the intricacies of a simple line sketch to be realized in a physical garment. In her own words, “A lot of details contained within the first sketches are lost during the process of designing and executing clothing. By literally creating clothing patterns from the lines of sketches or sketching the patterns of clothing and cutting this out by laser, new shapes or suggestions of shapes are created. The clothing takes characteristics from the sketches: outlying lines, lines that trail off into nowhere and empty or unfinished areas. An image is reduced to lines, planes and areas which do not have to be fully formed or finished in order to portray ther ultimate meaning…” (via)
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Viktor Gårdsäter’s Graceful Photographs Of Life And Death
Viktor Gårdsäter lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden. He recently completed a series of photographs that examine the passing of time, fragility, and memories. Composed as a fashion shoot, the underlying idea of life and death resonates in the graceful imagery of a calm and dignified protagonist. The artist explains, “Balloon man’s last walk” is a fashion story about an elderly man’s last day alive. We get to follow this man on his nostalgic journey through significant places and memories of his life, in a last walk and a farewell to his city. He is dressed up and in his hand he holds the balloon. The balloon works as a metaphor for death and in the end takes him to the sky.” (via)
Jacky Tsai’s Floral Skulls
London based artist Jacky Tsai takes one of the most iconic images of all time and breathes new life into it by taking away the negative associations that might come to mind when one thinks of the human skull. Covering his sculptures, prints, and drawings in ornate floral imagery Jacky’s take on skull imagery have opened up many exciting doors such as working at Alexander McQueen creating patterning and textiles for the famous fashion brand. Now working on the debut of his own fashion line Jacky is definitely one to watch both on and off the runway. (via)
Suit Made Out Of Human Hair, Teeth, Eyes, And Bones
Fantich & Young is the creative partnership of artists Mariana Fantich and Dominic Young, who have been working together since 2008. In their series Apex Predator (meaning a predator with no predator of their own), they imagine the world’s toughest animal, and attempt to dress it. They created a suit and two pairs of shoes using natural materials that the Apex Predator could have gathered from his prey; a grotesque but awesome display of power. The suit is covered with human hair, with glass eyes and small bones for buttons. The collar is lined with dentures. The artists created two pairs of shoes to match the suit: oxfords and high heels, both lined with dentures (the thought of standing on teeth gives me goosebumps!!). This is a true power suit, designed for the cold-blooded animal who has fought their way to the very top of the food chain. The fact that this suit is designed to fit the human form is a clear indication of who the artists think that animal is…
Lana Dumitru’s Art Inspired Hyper Fashion
Lana Dumitru is a Romanian fashion designer who creates surreal futuristic clothing. There are classic references to Dali and O’Keeffe but the majority of her work adresses the hyper saturated digital age of information. Things get meta with garments made up of repeated images of her models wearing pieces she designed. Seen elsewhere are giant zippers that are printed and non functional. Her collections combine the stunning and the absurd as a way to revitalize. Lana’s models are wearing her influences on their sleeves and helping to push the boundaries of the fashion world.
Salão Coboi’s High Fashion Monsters
The 9 Worthies is a series of sculptures produced by art project Salão Coboi. Each sculpture highlights pieces from the autumn/winter 2012 fashion collections…as worn by polymer resin monsters. The creatures model clothing from brands and designers such as Maison Martin Margiela, Jil Sander, Raf Simons, ACNE and Paul Smith. Sculpted, hand painted and signed by Salão Coboi, each piece is part of an edition of twenty.
Salão Coboi (Portuguese for Cowboy Salon) is the personal project of artist Apolinário Pereira. Originally, the project began as a “collective that was born in 2009 two days after Michael Jackson’s death in the European Wild West (Portugal)”. Pereira now operates Salão Coboi as a solo project.
ALLDAYEVERYDAY’s Custom Jacket Art Show Collides Art, Fashion And Music
“Distressed, destroyed, or embellished, it’s the chosen fashion of outlaws, punks, rebels and bikers. To them, a jacket is an identity, a medium to express loyalty, acceptance, love, hate, rejection, freedom and nonconformity. In most cases, one can easily identify the rebellious type by their jacket alone. More specifically, members within their respective communities recognize the significance of various colors and patches as marks of rank and origin or acts of violence committed on behalf of the club. In punk subculture, even the chosen type of spike or stud adornment has a specific connotation. Because of its inherent mobility, potential for variety and badass undertone, the jacket is an art form like no other.
To introduce its new space, an incubator for creativity, ALLDAYEVERYDAY will present a selection of unique jackets, as customized by talents from the colliding worlds of art, fashion and music.” – ALLDAYEVERYDAY
Their show opens this saturday (the 27th) in New York. Wach the commercial for their show after the jump, sounds great!
JUCO’s Fashion Photography
JUCO (JUlia Galdo & COdy Cloud) is a photography duo out of Eagle Rock, CA making some stunning photographs. Drawing inspiration from African big timers Seidou Keita and Malick Sibidé, they’re the best blend of fine art and fashion photography since Steven Meisel. Enjoy!( via )
