inspirational footage - dior homme

CREDITS

All clothes and accessories Dior Homme SS13
Photography Andrea Spotorno
Styling Mauricio Nardi
Hair Joseph Pujalte at L’ATELIER (68)
Make-up Katy Le Sant at Walter Schupfer Management
Nails Sophie A at L’Ongle Singulier
Models Janis Ancens at Elite Milan, Karl Morrall at L’homme de Nathalie Agency
Photographic assistant Philippe Bustarret at Bird Production
Retouching Vincent Rochat at Bird Production
Digital operator Florent Brunel at Pin Up Capture 
Casting by Bird Production
Production by Bird Production
Shot at Pin Up Studio

For more info please visit: http://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/15749/1/dior-homme-quiet-revolutionary

hof stuff - blog humans of new york

Every now and then you come across something great on the internet. This week for me that was a blog by photographer Brandon called 'Humans of New York'. Brandon started his blog in 2010, as a direct result of wanting to construct a photographic census of New York City. This census would contain a catalogue of the city's inhabitants. But as the project progressed, it began to have a different character. Instead of just capturing and collecting portraits of NYC's citizens, Brandon started to collect quotes and short stories as well. To me, this is where Humans of New York becomes extra extraordinary. What I love the most about cities it that it houses so many different characters. Being your iconic self, being whoever you want to be and not let anyone tell you you can't act or dress a certain way. To me that is the ultimate state of freedom. Scrolling on the blog you see so many inspiring people. And that is exactly it's purpose: bringing daily glimpses into the lives of strangers in New York City. I've put some of the photos below: if you want to know more about their stories, just click on the link.

Enjoy and have a nice week!

Purim in Crown Heights

The Sikh Parade

Seen in the subway

"I'm in the middle of a spiritual process. I can't wear color for another six months."

Mixed and Matched

If you want to know more about this blog, please visit: www.humansofnewyork.com

a piece of me part four

it's a family affair

So as usual (my family will relate to this) I have been digging up some photos and stuff from the past. I don't know what it is, but there's something about old stuff that really fascinates me. Okay so I like old junk, that's true. But for me it is about a whole lot more. Traveling in time is impossible (I assume - if you know better, please tell me!), so in order to take a glance at the past, we only have stuff, videos and photos...right? When I dig up old stuff, it's like time traveling. I wonder how life was 30, 60 or even 100 years ago. What would your daily routine be like? Would you go to school/work? What would your ambitions be in life? 

This makes for one hell of an interesting comparison: to see the difference and resemblance with our daily lives. Are we really that different since the invention of the .... (fill in the dots). I don't think so, but we do have other needs that come along with different lifestyles. If you put it like this, looking at the past is looking at the future as well. Makes you think, right? 

That's enough chit chat for now please enjoy these treasures I found of members of my family when they were younger. 

dad

mom, dad and 'little' brother

blonde dad

mom

fashion designer Chichi luo

Chichi luo 

Chichi luo is a China based fashion designer, blogger, photographer, illustrater and buddist. She is extremely versatile to say the very least. Chichi attended College of Fashion in London where she studied Fashion Design Technology Womenswear. 


Her graduation collection was inspired by artisanal traditions.She says: 'This Spring/Summer collection is inspired by my trip to Tibet in China last summer. The colour palette is based on photographs, which have taken by myself during the trip. The selected colours are bright, vivid, and energetic, which represent Tibetan people's kindness, boldness, faith and passion to their religion. I bravely play with these colours, and get lots of unique results by using different hand dye techniques. 

 The silhouette of this collection is based on what Tibetan people are wearing, which inspires me to do lots of draping through this collection by using flexible fabric, such as silk chiffon and silk jersey. I then draped and layered them up, to create a new look for Tibetan people. 

I was inspired by Tibetan women's braided hair. I transferred this idea on to part of my clothes by developing to complicated handcraft techniques such as macramé and knotting. That is why you can see lots of amazing macramé pieces in this collection. Also there are many colourful wooden beads at the end of each rope on macramé, which symbolized the beautiful Buddha prayer beads.'
 Photography for this graduation collection was done by Tina Zhang

Autumn Winter 2012 collection
For the upcoming autumn/winter season Chichi developed a collection inspired by a previous visit to the Wimpole Hall in Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. 
After this inspiring visiting, she fell in love with the atmosphere of modern people come across this historical country house, discover the beauty of polish which left from years passing of time. She took these inspirations for her collection by focusing on the interior elements at Wimpole including antiques from different periods, curtains in amazing textiles, paintings and vintage crystal lamps, and combine them to modern clean silhouettes. Crystal glass, tassels, furniture fabrics and mohair are frequently used in the whole collection.
For her Autumn/Winter 2012 collection she did the photography and styling all by herself. 

more info: http://chichiluo.com/
http://showtime.arts.ac.uk/chichiluo

inspirational footage part four

trends & textiles four

Here it is: trends & textiles part four. 

I truly believe that when it comes to trendforecasting, colors and textiles are so very important. Ever since i was a little girl, i seem to be drawn to them. You would not believe the amount of textiles and colorcards you will find under my bed. 

So in this part of trends and textiles, I am showing you my latest treasures i found while visiting a lot of vintageshops, markets, museums and well a whole lot more. It's all about warm comfy fabrics and deep & rich colors. 

If you have any questions/remarks please do not hesitate to contact me or leave a message down below. 

Enjoy!

graphic designer monika traikov

Monika Traikov is a Toronto based graphic designer with a passion for every facet of design: branding, typography, layouts and illustration. In here work she makes a connection between the impact of digital manipulation while still communication pieces of Monika's past. She focuses on the illusion of memories and nostalgia. The photographs are digitally manipulated via pixelating, shifting, layering and stretching elements of the frame.  

Monika about her work:
“The works explore the illusion of memories and nostalgia, reflecting a constant yearning for the past, often in an idealized or distorted form. The way we remember moments are often glossed over, or warped in a beautiful way. Often, feelings, colours and emotions are remembered more than the tangible. I used my personal experiences with memories to deconstruct my old family photographs, and create a new, idealized, and illusionary moments. Each image evokes a certain mood and emotion encased in a memory- whether it is an eerie memory that you can’t quite put back together, or a dreamy, fantastical memory that you will never forget. The series tells a fragmented story of different emotions, moods, and moments that translates these foreign family photographs into something familiar and thought provoking. I wanted to establish a familiarity in each image, allowing viewers to extract their own personal meaning and be able to relate them to their own memories and past.

The photographs are scanned into the computer digitally, and are changed through stretching, pixelating, shifting, or layering. Using a digital medium contrasts the organic elements of the photographs by adding structure, organization and a more methodological element to the images. The post processing helps to unify the essence of past and present.

The fragmented qualities of the images mimic the constructive and illusionary processes that our minds use in remembering a specific moment of our past. The images weave together both truth (the tangible photographs) and illusions (the distortions and fragments) to create a sense of uncanny memory.”

source:

http://www.monikatraikov.com/
http://www.escapeintolife.com/artist-watch/monika-traikov/

part four: Istanbul & Budapest

Here it is: the fourth and final part of my fantastic backpack trip through Eastern Europe. This part is all about Istanbul (Turkey) and Budapest (Hungary).
Enjoy!