Thursday, August 6, 2009

It’s not easy being Green!

And for most, it certainly isn’t easy to pull it off either. There’s the issue of the different shades of green, which range from puking pastille green to the beautiful Royal Green, then also having to match it or make it blend in with the rest of the outfit. He who dares however shall be rewarded and a green addition to your look can do wonders, as long as it’s not anything pukey, too flashy or resembling of Hulk’s complexion.

I’ve gathered some images of different Green items that I found to my liking and with this post I open up a new series of posts which will contain collages of different items from a certain colour family.

 

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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

FashioNation - Embracing Fashion As An Art Form

I have been asked countless times why most runway fashion shows contain so many outfits that are clearly unfit for actual 'street-wear'. As best as I can put it, fashion should not be viewed solely as a reservoire of ideas for personal style but moreover as a form of art in itself.


To that extent, modern day designers have gone from simply searching for pragmatic fashion approaches and have ventured into exploring the interactions between the human body and anything that comes into contact with it, and thus becomes a second skin. In such a world, the fine line between the male and female genders becomes less distinct and elements of both worlds blend to form a disgendered ideal:



One website that I simply love and which is almost entirely dedicated to promoting the artistical qualities of contemporary fashion is FASHIONATION.


(Photos from top to bottom: Comme des Garçons/Y. Yamamoto - model Kerry Degman; A. Symons/J. Richmond - model Ryan Thomas; VMan - Swimsuit Edition)