FROM BALLOONS TO LEGOS, NEW FASHION WORK FROM DAISY BALLOON ルーンにレゴ、デザイナー兼アーティストのDAISY BALLOONによるファッション新作がどれも目新しく刺激的。
Rie Hosokai calls herself a balloon artist, although most of her floaty sculptures take the form of dresses and gowns. So then it was a surprise to me to open up one of my favorite technology blogs this morning and see her and her partner Takashi Kawada’s work as duo “Daisy Balloon” being featured for
FLEAMADONNA, THE BLING RING, AND FAKING IT TIL YOU MAKE IT. FW 2013 TOKYO.
フリーマドンナ2013年秋冬でも反映するソフィアコポラの「ブリングリング」。転落するお嬢さん、若手スター、そして「成れるまでは真似すればいい」 Who doesn’t want to be a famous starlet? What if they are vilified in the eyes of the public, broke, and dirty? Well, too bad for the haters because studies show that once someone is famous they will always be “famous”, no matter what befalls them. The story for Fleamadonna FW 2013 is actually
PHOTOSHOOTS IN THE CRAZIEST OF PLACES….GETTING INSPIRED BY SUPERMARKET “TAMADE”
なぜ、ファッション界はフォトシュートの舞台を変わった場所にすることを好む？・・そうえいば大阪の「スーパー玉出」！ “TAMADE, that crazy supermarket”. My ears perked up. A crazy supermarket? I was in Osaka, asking for shops to visit and here my friends Shuhei and Momoko were talking about supermarkets, of all things. “It’s amazing, you’ll love it.” This is coming from the girl who had giant 3D lizard lips for an iPhone
CAN MUSIC VIDEOS BE ART? THE DARK BEAUTY OF DAVID BOWIE, SIGUR ROS, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE DIRECTOR FLORIA SIGISMONDI
PVってアート？デビッドボウイ、シガーロス、ジャスティン T.等のPVを監督するフローリア・シジスモンディの美しくひねた世界観を紹介 There was a time I aspired to be a music video director, after seeing a behind-the-scenes documentary on Christina Aguilera’s video for “Fighter”. I rushed to the internet to learn how one might break into the business (know someone important) and even studied the lingo, like “treatment” (screen boards). For that video, the
INTRODUCING BUGGY, WHO’S BLOODY NOSES ARE SO TRENDY RIGHT NOW. SO SAYS KATE MOSS, ANNA WINTOUR, TOM FORD….
ケイトモス、トムフォード、アナウィンターが鼻血！日本版のアンディー？！”バギー”の描くPOPかつシニカルな絵が注目を浴びる理由。 Buggy is the Japanese Warhol, turning fashion and music icons into saleable products, and he’s pretty damn good at it. His most famous series is “Icons”, where luminaries like Anna Wintour, Karl Lagerfeld, Iris Apfel et al are given bloody noses. Their expressions make it seem like they are completely oblivious to the
THE CHICEST VIVE VAGINA. NOT WHAT YOU THINK BUT MAYBE WHAT YOU THINK. 今やネットで話題、でも謎めいたVIVE VAGINAとは一体どういうブランド？
I`m going to talk about “Vive Vagina”. Ok, you get 3 seconds to overcome your initial urge to giggle/drop your jaw…. 3….2….1…. Ok, compose yourself and come back to me. VV is mostly known as a tights brand with a certain pattern painted on the shins. It looks like a cutesy UFO or POP-style planet
GATSBY BRINGS EXTRAVAGANCE TO TOKYO. THE GREAT GATSBY COSTUME EXHIBIT AT PRADA AOYAMA OPENING PARTY
華麗なるプラダ青山。「ガッツビー」の映画から４０着の展示を豪華なレセプションで狂騒の20年代を東京で再現！ The 80s? Meh. The 50s? Hrm. The 20s? OH YEAH, the bees knees, baby!! Baz Luhrman’s “The Great Gatsby” has been out for awhile in the US, but it just got it’s Japan premier on the 14th. The day beforehand, Prada threw a huge bash at its Aoyama flagship with 40 of the
2D IS THE NEW BLACK. THINK GRAPHICS’ ILLUSTRATED AND STUFFED TROMPE L’OEIL NECKLACES.
非売品を売物にし、関東と関西のカルチャーの違いを経験。そしてTHINK GRAPHICSで発見したトロンプルイユのネックレスがどれほど素敵か・・・ 2D is the new black. Graphics and illustrations on clothing are the best way to make a piece completely original. It’s a good thing Japan is never short on brilliant artists! Here’s a design firm that really impressed me and compelled me to shop. I don’t know about you guys, but I tend