23 August 2007

Some more "oh wow!" moments.

At first look one can easily ignore these two looks as just another nice street style, however with a closer look at the details and how their outfits have both been put together you'll see both as very creative outfits, for example the first outfit necklace, the bracelet and shoes are very unique; the second outfit is simple but with a quirky side to it.

The lady in the first outfit is called Bethan Laura Wood, she designed the necklace she had on herself, according to her site, the jewelery range is called "Link" and they are made from "sheets of 3mm birch ply" .I personally find her work to be really creative and one that's definitely worth a look at. You can also see some more fab pictures at the Elle UK street style section.

12 August 2007

All about the creative details



There are so many great Swedish designer labels and a great place to discover more is the Life is a Carbon site where a came across a label Helena Hörstedt, who I had never heard of until now. The label makes handmade garments that focus mainly on "structures, details and classic tailoring" all of which are very obvious in the designs. One of the aims of the designer is for the label to "build a desire", I must say the label has definitely achieved this aim as I constantly keep going back for a quick look at that pictures and adding many of the garments to my wish list (which is quite long). Words cant seem to emphasise how beautiful and extremely creative the details in all of the garments in this label are.

H.Fredriksson is another label I admire for its classic tailoring accompanied with edgy styles, the fall collection has also not failed to impress me.Another collection with similar with its use of particular attention on details is that of Gail Sorronda who I'm looking forward to see what she comes up with in her Autumn/Winter collection.

03 August 2007

Ads, Ads everywhere

With the fall and Winter season coming, fashion campaigns and adverts seem to be everywhere, its as if they're being shoved in our faces, there's no escaping them, the bus stops, buses, even beside public toilets, half of the pages in the chunky magazines e.g Vogue and Elle are filled with advertising campaigns. There are so many to the extent that its even becoming hard to sometimes distinguish between each of them, however with so many campaigns a variety of great campaigns are often or can be easily ignored and categorised as being another on of those fashion campaigns.

From the so many campaigns I have been exposed to over the week, I feel the ones that really stand out from the crowd, and the ones you will most likely flip back to look at for the second time while reading through a magazine and probably end up cutting out then hanging on the wall of your bedroom are:
Christian Lacroix

United colours of Benetton

H&M
Giorgio Armani Moschino

Michael Stipe for Marc Jacobs Lanvin
and Topshop