Filippa K Spring / Summer 2012
Filippa K is one of the biggest labels from Sweden and its founder, Filippa Knutsson, knows what she wants: wearbale, comfortable garments of high quality at an attractive price. The Spring / Summer 2012 show at te Modernen Museum on the museum island Miniinsel Skeppsholmen featured exactly that.
Parisian Director Thomas Tyman’s graphic film Through The Looking Glass: A Fashion Fantasy in Motion for Stylebop.com is a tribute to the season’s trends and combines motion graphics in an illustrative style with Stylebop’s editorial productions.
Preen Spring / Summer 2012
Geometrical shapes and prints clashing with delicate botanical illustrations in soft pastels is Preen by Thornton Bregazzi’s interpretation of Virginia Woolf’s theme of reincarnation. Certainly a highlight at New York Fashion Week, the collection features back pleats and midriffs on unpretentious shapes.
Hand-made unisex poncho created for the 'Cabinet de Curiosités' by Wommelsdorff
Berlin-based Anne Schramm runs the extensive accessory line Wommelsdorff, whose namesake is her grandmother Maria Wommelsdorff, a passionate craftswoman and patient tutor. Anne designs clean, minimalistic shapes using classic, yet innovative crochet and knitwear stitches. To achieve a fresh approach and innovative surface textures, she experiments with techniques handed down through generations. Wommelsdorff equals cutting-edge, modern accents on pieces which are both timeless and lend a special touch to any stylish wardrobe.
From Shoreditch High Street via Liverpool Street to Oxford Circus: Tracey Emin traces her personal daily journey.
In a series including designs from David Shrigley, Eva Rothschild, Jeremy Deller, Michael Landy and Yayoi Kusama, it is now artist Tracey Emin‘s turn to decorate the cover of 18 million pocket Tube maps, available in stations from June 2012. This 16th edition is the most prolific one so far and was commissioned by the Art on th Underground initiative. Tracey’s design is on display at the London Transport Museum from this Friday.
Issey Miyake Autumn / Winter 2012
Inspired by the Japanese term Kasane meaning ‘layering’, Issey Miyake Men transformed this practical concept into aesthetical necessity, referring to the traditional Japanese way of wearing garments. Dip-dyed pieces and loose cuts with the house’s signature pleats define this laid-back Autumn / Winter 2012 collection.
Black and white by Joshua Hall
Australian jewellery designer Joshua Hall creates rings, cuffs and pincer tips out of sterling silver. For Joshua, ensuring durability is key and all her pieces excel high quality. Working in styling for Black Milk clothing too, the creative is well known beyond her hometown Brisbane.
Ossie Clark Vietnam, 1969, Jim Lee.
From tomorrow, May 16th to June 5th, Somerset House will display the work of renowned fashion photographer Jim Lee. Having collaborated with designers amongst the likes of Alexander McQueen and Valentino, his successful career has him being names England’s answer to Guy Bourdin.
Since the brand Atsuro Tayama has been founded in Japan in 1982, Paris-based creative director Atsuro Tayama strives to provide fresh new looks with each collection. ‘To mix and not to match’ is his credo, whether this is with soft and hard materials, sporty or classy approaches or old and new looks. Tayama is former chief director of Yamamoto Europe and chief designer at Cacharel.
Wacko Maria 'The Americans'
It’s the American and his lifestyle mirrored in a cineastic set up and narrative. Japanese deisgner Wacko Maria‘s lookbook The Americans – Guilty Pleasure is definitely worth a peek. ns