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dapper kid | notes on the experience of fashion and dress: Revisiting Denim
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Tuesday, 18 February 2014. The last pair of jeans I owned were from the debut Silent by Damir Doma collection. Since then my wardrobe has consisted of wool trousers – great for Winter, but hardly the most practical option for daily wear ( dry cleaning bills add up! Clothes, it is nice to have a mode of dress that at once protects me from unwelcome eyes (to quote Yohji), but also blends into the background. A whispered beauty is always more alluring, or at least it is to me. Right, not just look. I know D...
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ELLE FRANCES: EDIE SEDGWICK
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Started on the 11th April 2011 - Blogging from a 20 year old Fashion Student. Monday, 11 April 2011. FASHION PROFILE: EDIE SEDGWICK. Many of you probably know the great artist Andy Warhol, but his muse, Edie Sedgwick is often overlooked and forgotten. April 1943, California. Being a style icon and Andy Warhol’s ‘Superstar’. Large fake eyelashes and typical 60s makeup with eccentric clothes. Edie’s First Film. Andy found Edie fascinating and so decided to include her in one of his films,. Edie’s mak...
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ELLE FRANCES: BRIGITTE BARDOT
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Started on the 11th April 2011 - Blogging from a 20 year old Fashion Student. Monday, 1 August 2011. Fashion Profile: Brigitte Bardot. Brigitte Bardot became a sex symbol during the late 50s - early 60s because of her elegance conveyed through modelling, acting and singing. Becoming an international sex symbol. Soft make-up, bouffant hair, elegant clothing. To pursue her dance career. Bardot was first noticed by a young film director, Roger Vadim (who was later to become her first of four husbands). ...
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ELLE FRANCES: Digital Revolution: Lost in the Pipeline
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Started on the 11th April 2011 - Blogging from a 20 year old Fashion Student. Tuesday, 22 July 2014. Digital Revolution: Lost in the Pipeline. Perhaps not, but that would be an idea if anyone is going to take this digital uprising seriously, it’s hardly comparable to any historical revolution, unless the Queen gets a bit over-zealous with iPad accessories and pulls a Marie Antoinette. Digital Revolution" @ the Barbican. This flat electronic fashion, much like the Paper Op Art dresses of the 60s would be ...
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ELLE FRANCES: THIS WEEK | Rooms Magazine | 14/07/2014
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Started on the 11th April 2011 - Blogging from a 20 year old Fashion Student. Friday, 18 July 2014. THIS WEEK Rooms Magazine 14/07/2014. Catch up with all my articles from this past week. The first law of Kipple is to donate, care of Dan Tobin Smith, who is collating a chromatic display of our junk as a comment on how humans use, store and waste resources. Http:/ www.roomsmagazine.com/index.php/2014/07/donate-kipple-to-a-sea-of-creativity/. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Image of the Week. THIS WEEK...
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ELLE FRANCES: THIS WEEK | Rooms Magazine | 07/07/2014
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Started on the 11th April 2011 - Blogging from a 20 year old Fashion Student. Sunday, 13 July 2014. THIS WEEK Rooms Magazine 07/07/2014. A week of interviews and articles for me with Rooms Magazine! I spoke to Shroomstudio’s co-founder, Christos Hatjoullis, about the creative process and the future of animation. Http:/ www.roomsmagazine.com/index.php/2014/07/rooms-14-presents-shroomstudio/. Is animation more than simply an art form encased by a computer screen? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Fashion...
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ELLE FRANCES: YOHJI YAMAMOTO
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Started on the 11th April 2011 - Blogging from a 20 year old Fashion Student. Sunday, 3 July 2011. FASHION PROFILE: YOHJI YAMAMOTO. Yohji Yamamoto was told that “White is the absense of colour, but black is the presence of all colours” – this is ultimately the reason for his favouring of black fabrics. Being an internationally known fashion designer, based in Tokyo and Paris. Experimentation with silhouette and black fabrics. Yohji Yamamoto (as well as Kenzo Takada) is one of the most notable graduates, ...
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ELLE FRANCES: THIS WEEK | Rooms Magazine | 30/06/2014
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Started on the 11th April 2011 - Blogging from a 20 year old Fashion Student. Sunday, 6 July 2014. THIS WEEK Rooms Magazine 30/06/2014. Catch up on all the articles I wrote for Rooms Magazine this week. Scaled by surrounding mountains, the Manfredas produced a track with snippets of post-punk influences - The Doors' "This is the End" comes to mind. Http:/ www.roomsmagazine.com/index.php/2014/06/glacial-visuals-echo-in-ivan-smagghes-uumellmahaye/. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Image of the Week.
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ELLE FRANCES: Knitwear graduate Pauline Edvall shares her "purls" of wisdom
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Started on the 11th April 2011 - Blogging from a 20 year old Fashion Student. Monday, 11 August 2014. Knitwear graduate Pauline Edvall shares her "purls" of wisdom. Oogum Boogum", the best accompaniment to BA Knitwear graduate Pauline Edvall's energetic prints, rang across the runway. The tone was set, when melody and material united; securing the graduate as "one to watch". As the show closed, the designer was miles away, mentally plotting her first acts as a CSM alumni: coach surfing in France". Fashio...
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ELLE FRANCES: THIS WEEK | Rooms Magazine | 28/07/2014
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Started on the 11th April 2011 - Blogging from a 20 year old Fashion Student. Friday, 1 August 2014. THIS WEEK Rooms Magazine 28/07/2014. Another week, and more articles for Rooms! Neo Bohemia suggests a trip back to Woodstock in the 70s, yet balanced properly, it can be the epitome of grace, elegance and sexuality. The male gaze is a mere after thought in this trend. Http:/ www.roomsmagazine.com/index.php/2014/07/neo-bohemia/. Http:/ www.roomsmagazine.com/index.php/2014/07/pieced-turtleneck/. FASHION PR...
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