Blind 2011

Saul Zanolari and Eyepillow Art Editions present Blind 2011, a fashionable view on blind world. Based on the public art project Invisible 2011.

The message: Look differently.

Enjoy:

BLIND, 2011 from SAUL ZANOLARI on Vimeo.

Peter Jensen's Muses

With the occasion of the recent Copenhagen Fashion Week, the Denmark Design Museum is hosting a spectacular retrospective exhibition for the work of great designer Peter Jensen. Throughout his career Jensen builts up his collections around a single, charismatic Muse, fictional or not. The exhibition is focusing on this special characteristic by featuring five of his Muses: Mildred, Tonya, Jytte, Laurie and Muriel through photography, sketches, text and a live recording of a love song during a fashion show by Nina Persson of the Cardigans.

Since 2000 Peter Jensen has had over 20 Muses,  from Marianne Faithful, the Danish Queen Christine from the 16th century, photographic artist Cindy Sherman, art collector Gertrude Stein, the Olympic athlete Olga Korbut to Ingmar Bergman's Fanny and Aleksander and Mike Leigh's Keith and Candice Marie.

All Jensen's Muses are included in a special a special publication created by graphic design team Åbäke, released at the opening of the exhibition, with in-depth essays, interviews by fashion journalists and material from the designer's archives.

The exhibition is running through the 30th of October.

All pics courtesy of the Denmark Design Museum

Watch the Throne

 The new album by Kanye West and Jay-Z is already out with amazing artwork signed by Ricardo Tisci. After designing the album's first outing "H.A.M" in 2010, Ricardo Tisci chose to create this new artwork to celebrate this big music effort. The album's cover and inner sleeve pictures are a beautiful combination of bold colours, angular lines, religious images, animal faces and american symbols in the aesthetics of the House of Givenchy translated to the music world.

All images courtesy of Givenchy

Day of Last Judgement

I recently posted a report of the brilliant F/W 2011-12 collection from Chinese designer Chi Zhang and you loved it.

So, here's the incredible fashion show video.

Enjoy:

Chi Zhang 2011AW  Doomsday from Chi on Vimeo.

Goudemalion

A new exciting exhibition is coming soon at Les Art Decoratifs museum in Paris, featuring the work of reknown artist, photographer,illustrator, graphic designer and filmaker Jean-Paul Goude. A long time partner of Grace Jones with whom has a son, Goude has created several videos and thrilling images of the famous muse and singer, that have been listed as classic in the history of art. He has also woked for luxury brands like Chanel, Perrier and Citroen and is the official photographer of the Galleries Lafayette ads for the past ten years.

(Image above: Grace Jones portrait, New York 1982)

Jean-Paul Goude portrait

 Mao bathing, 1972

The exhibition has been designed as a giant installation featuring the most important drawings, inspirations, films, objects and photos of his work.

Carolina, 1972

Grace in constructivistic maternity dress, in collaboration with Antonio Lopez, New York, 1979

Azzedine Alaia and Farida, 1984

Running from the 11th of November 2011 to the 18th of March 2012

Grace Jones for V Magazine, January 2008

Laetitia Casta for Galleries Lafayettes, 2003

All pics courtesy of Les Arts Decoratifs

Miguel and his friends, 1975

Mia Frye for Galleries Lafayette, 2008

 Below you can enjoy an extract of the So Far, So Goude documentary:

Kirby Kenny

 A seductive, mysterious short film by Jai Lennard, featuring supermodel Kirby Kenny. Genious direction and great music adorned with black lace and red hot lingerie by La Perla.

Enjoy:


Kirby Kenny from Jai Lennard on Vimeo.

Veronique Branquinho for Marie Jo L' Aventure

A new lingerie capsule collection by Marie Jo L' Aventure in collaboration with avant-garde designer Veronique Branquinho was unveiled last month at Schellebelle, Belgium. The designer got inspired by the paintings of famous Rennaissance artists like Cranach, Giorgione, Raphael and Durer, sketching beautiful lingerie pieces over their heroines' naked bodies and creating contemporary sensual artworks, planned to be exhibited at the Antwerp Fashion Museum from the 4th to the 16th of October.

The collection consists of beautiful couture pieces in 50's style, corsets, padded bras and high or low briefs made from fine and luxurious materials like grosgrain, satin silk and micro-fibre in jewel tones of emerald and onyx.

Available in specialty lingerie boutiques from mid September 2011.

Veronique Branquinho by Marleen Daniëls

All pics courtesy of the designer