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domingo, 15 de febrero de 2015

Tadashi Shoji Fall 2015

At the intersection between aircraft mechanics and winged flight, we find our muse piloting the avian highways, inspired by the joy of flight.

The spinning wings of propellers start de hum. Metal gears begin their rotational motion. Mechanical wings of flying machines take to the air. Painted with the ivory brushstrokes of windswept clouds, the skies sparkle today. Birds glide majestically, dancing on air currents with graceful wingbeats.

Etherial silhouettes evoke a feeling of weightlessness. Aerodynamic seaming inspirits movement. With wings outstretched, air gusts lift the birds further in flight. As if mussed by the wind, feathers of frayed-edge silk organza and hand-cut tulle create lighter-than-air gowns and floor length capes. Dipping to dreamier depths, aerial views inspire the textures of custom-designed jacquards.

Airplane mechanics influence allover metallic embroideries of copper, gold, and silver burnish luxe knits, while feathered-wing- motif can be found in sheer laces and tactile embellishments. A monochromatic palette of black, ivory and navy transitions to semiopaque hues created from bicolor layering of diaphanous tulles.

Soaring into the upper reaches of the atmosphere, free from the forces of gravity, orbiting the uncharted skies, our sky voyager find her bliss. 




miércoles, 4 de febrero de 2015

The magazine


Love Edition January-February



jueves, 18 de diciembre de 2014

lunes, 1 de diciembre de 2014

Death Becomes Her Exhibit

"Black is becoming; a young widows, fair, plump, and smiling, with their roguish eyes sparkling under their black veils are very seducing.

Robert De Valcourt, The Illustrated Manners Book, 1885



  American


"She was a beginning to find that everyone had an air of remoteness; she seemed to see people and life through the confusing blur of the long crape veil in which it was a widow's duty to shroud her affliction"
Edith Wharton, New York Day, 1870's



"The scots shut themselves up in total darkness, wear veils, I know not how many folds, but so black that sitting beside them you could not tell whether it is a broomstick dressed up or what it is."

Elizabeth Emma Stuart, 1856

British
Queen Victoria
French



domingo, 30 de noviembre de 2014

Killer Heels Exhibit 2014

"Shoes transform your body language and attitude they lift you physically and emotionally"