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Fashion & Art @ Trouw by FOAM
On September - 2 - 2010
Photography Museum Amsterdam (FOAM) organized a talk show with Amie Dicke, Jason Evans, Michel Mallard, Aynouk Tan & José Teunissen on Wednesday September 1st. It covered the subject fashion & art with the emphasis on fashion photography.
The passionate creative director Michel Mallard (also works for Vogue Hommes International) shared some interesting ideas regarding this topic. He explained that solely the top photographers like Steven Meisel and Steven Klein have the exclusive privilege to combine fashion with art (strictly in the Italian Vogue). All other photographers are subdued to the unwritten beauty rules of main stream fashion media. And these rules include marketing before art. He also explains this used to be very different. For example the photographer Melvin Sokolsky did his first test shoot for Harpers bazaar in 1963. It was a high fashion picture of a female model in a bubble. The test became the “Bubble” series of photographs depicting fashion models “floating” in giant clear plastic bubbles suspended in midair above the River Seine in Paris. The entire series included fashion and applied art at its best.
H&M Designer Collaboration 2010 | Smart Design
On August - 30 - 2010
As the last couple of years H&M is collaborating with a fashion designer to get high-end fashion to the masses.
Like me, you probably can’t wait for the the amusing sight of screaming women queuing up for you local H&M at 8 in the morning and tearing the shop up.
However this might be an interesting one cause it seems to be the first collaboration that would be really interesting for men.
H&M made this little teaser video. Can you figure out who he is?
The collaborative designer will be announced September 9th.
SYNESTHESIE | Sixpack France A/W 2010
On August - 27 - 2010
Sixpack France present their Autumn-Winter 2010 Collection ”SYNESTHESIE”, in 3 short teasers. ill-studio has captured the true essence of the brand in their visualization. Check part 1 & 2 of the teasers after the jump… All available soon on sixpack.fr
“The Magnificent Five” | Sherlock Holmes ONTOUR
On August - 26 - 2010
One of my favorite clothing brands to have come out of The Netherlands is ONTOUR. This year they are celebrating their fifth anniversary and to celebrate this they have chosen the magic number 5 as the underlying theme of our new Autumn / Winter 2010 collection, named ‘The Magnificent Five’ Ontour. Inspired by the typical English style of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson they looked back through a magnifying glass at the 5 magnificent years behind them, and at the same time look ahead at the greater things to come…
Velour | Fall/Winter 2010 Campaign Video
On August - 25 - 2010
Swedish brand Velour is giving is a peek behind the scenes of their Fall/Winter 2010 photo shoot.
Intimacy Black | Close to naked
On August - 20 - 2010
Intimacy Black is a new dress sprung from the mind of Anouk Wipprecht.
Due to a small electrical current running through the fabric, the dress unveils your body the closer someone gets to you, becoming more transparent
The dress, made of smart foil, not only has an interesting design but makes sure there is a sensual play going on between you and the approaching person.
Anouk Wipprecht graduated this summer as a fashion designer at the HKU and made this sexy creation for ‘Summer Sessions V2′ in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
She is one of the four artists who were given time, money and a team of experts to realize their concept.
222 | Adam Levine Goes Fashion
On August - 20 - 2010
Our friends of Fashionminded just came up with a nice news fact.
Adam Levine, yes they guy from Maroon 5, is launching his own fashion line “222″ this week during the Project tradeshow in Las Vegas.
He is partnering in the venture with his father, Fred Levine, who has operated a chain of specialty boutiques in Los Angeles called M. Fredric for more than 30 years. Also part of the team is his longtime stylist, Aristotle Circa, and a cousin of his father’s, Sami Cooper, who owns an apparel manufacturing facility that will produce the line.
The collection is a minimalistic line of jeans, basic T-shirts and leather jackets. Levine’s current uniform of choice and the classic look of icons from James Dean to Marlon Brando. For women, there are also pared-down silk dresses, knit tops and wraps.
There are two styles of jeans for men, a skinny and a straight leg, and two styles for women. Besides that there will be t-shirts, dresses, wraps and jackets. In total, there are about 50 women’s styles and 25 men’s styles in the first collection.
Now I never been a fan of Justin Timberlakes William Rast denim line and I always get a bit sceptic when pop artist go fashion. So lets see what the future brings, the first images look promising.
Visions Of Visionaries | Andrea Rosso Of 55DSL
On August - 19 - 2010
MADE Berlin, a creative platform based in Berlin, did a new episode of their video interview serie “Visions Of Visionaries”. After names like Pharrel Williams and DJ Neil Armstrong now it’s Andrea Rosso’s turn.
Andrea Rosso is the son of Diesel founder Renzo Rosso, head of 55DSL and allround interesting person.
The interview is of course about 55DSL, but also gives a good view of Andrea’s personal insight in the brand and in his own life.
Cheap Monday’s New Office
On August - 18 - 2010
AJANAKU is still looking for a new office space and I think this might be a good option.
Swedish fashion company Cheap Monday has a new headquarters and showroom in Stockholm, Sweden.
Behind the easy-stripped, but at the same time a bit surreal office space, we find interior architecture firm Uglycute. Uglycute worked with Cheap Monday before and designed their Copenhagen shop as well.
With materials as particle board and synthetic carpeting the materials used are relatively cheap, which is in the true spirit of Cheap Monday. It’s good to see what creative people can do with relatively small resources.
Check out more images after the jump.
Converse goes All Star at Lowlands
On August - 18 - 2010
There are are only two more days left before Lowlands gets going, and we can all go crazy at the Converse Compound. While our very own Jana Dankmeyer is enjoying the comforts of the Llowtel, the rest of us can strut around the grounds in our very own Converse x Lowlands All Star. The special iconic All Star now holds a print of the Llowbot, this years symbol for the theme of Lowlands:’Wanna play,’ on its side. If you are feeling a bit more daring, you can always get your converse shoes customized by the guys from Leyp, while dancing away at the silent disco. So see you all this weekend at the container compound of Converse!
Behind the Scene | PUMA Dallas Promo Shoot
On August - 16 - 2010
The weekend is always the time you get together with your great friends, enjoy the sun, and just have an overall good time! So it was a great surprise when I bumped into our good friends from PUMA, at their flagship store in Amsterdam, filming the new promo for the Dallas. They had asked other good friends of our, SUPERCHARGED, to put the whole piece together. Have a look at the ‘Behind the Scenes’ pictures, and try and figure out what the storyline is about….. Who know we might have a great prize for you!
Parra & Converse (Paint the Town) RED | Chuck Taylor High
On August - 10 - 2010
After showing you the teaser video here’s the Parra x Converse (Paint the Town) RED Chuck Taylor Highs in the flesh.
The Chucks come in beige suede with an all over embroidered Cherry character graphics.
Like we said before, the launch will take part in about two weeks at Precinct 5.
Keep your eye on our Twitter for the exact date and time.
Adidas Originals x Star Wars | Fall/Winter 2010
On August - 10 - 2010
Love it or hate it but here’s the second season of the Adidas Originals x Star Wars collection.
Like last season the collection is inspired by the key characters of the famous Star Wars movies.
C-3PO/R2D2, Boba Fett, Jabba the Hutt, Han Solo, Chewbacca, the Super Death Star and more footwear and apparel will be released the coming months in the same quantities as the previous collection, and that means limited!
The Adidas Originals stores should be stocking this collection soon.
Artists Not Armies
On August - 10 - 2010
Last week I had the honors of meeting Alexander Tempel, and he introduced me to the label he founded: Artists Not Armies.
The philosophy behind the brand AnA is that this world needs more artists and could do with less armies. Instead of fighting each other and destroying culture, we should focus our energy at creation and sharing. One can’t do more but agree with this vision.
