Thakoon Pre-Fall 2012 Collection

 Classical, textured and 3-dimensional: Thakoon's Pre-Fall 2011 collection is an ode to extravagant luxury with wearable, functional outfits. Soft pastel shades with pops of fuschia and mustard are attached to mini length dresses and skirts, all teamed with sophisticated tops, jackets and coats decorated with rich pleats, cable knit detailing, cinched waists and full volume. The selection of fine materials like Melange wool, mongolian lamb, silk, calfskin, striped mohair,cable knit and cotton poplin makes the collection even more desirable.As for the shoes? Just forget sky-high heels for the moment. The designer suggests ballet flats, loafers, pumps and boots to complete the ultra-feminine look. A beautiful collection that screams Fall.

Mark Ryden - Pinxit

Cherubic girls, psychic figures and disturbing archetypes are the body and soul of artist Mark Ryden’s work, the king of cultural kitsch who since the 90’s has drawn global attention. His paintings are among the most recognizable, with big-eyed, nostalgic dressed girls, mythical bunnies and lots of meat. Pinxit is a new limited-edition book by Taschen  featuring highlights from Ryden’s greatest exhibitions and includes collected essays by Yoshitomo Nara, Carlo McCormick and others along with a new essay by culture critic Kristine McKenna. All his paintings and sketches are reproduced with the finest techniques available, while over a dozen of them are foldouts. The super-glossy book is coming out in a boxed collector’s edition of 1000 copies signed by the artist. You can buy it here

Trine Lindegaard S/S 2012 Collection

Danish designer Trine Lindegaard specializes in avant-garde menswear fashion. Trine is a graduate of  the Instituto Carlo Secoli in Milan, the Middlessex University in London and the Royal College of Art, while her graduate collection was voted among the ones to watch by Vogue.com. Since her graduation she started evolving rapidly by selling her own label through ASOS, also collaborating with textile designer Elisabeth Buecher on a special label titled Move Me Shirts, currently on sale at the Tate Modern.

Her new exciting collection for next summer is dealing with Trine's favourite elements: bright colours, experimental sewing techniques and playfulness. The result is a desirable and extravagant collection, a celebration of everyday objects with rubber bands widely layered and stitched together to create an intriguing play of different dimensions on sweaters, pants, shorts, impressive coats, even on wigs. She's a genious, really can't wait to see her next collection.

Issey Miyake Animated

The following short animated film with drawings by Michael Crawford is featured in the big exhibition titled Irving Penn & Issey Miyake: A Visual Dialogue, still running at the 21_21 Design Sight Museum in Tokyo. Excellent, amusing and a true piece of art. You can read the full exhibition report here

Enjoy:

Knotted by Maya Hansen

For her S/S 2012 collection, Spanish corsetery designer Maya Hansen decorates her creations with synthetic hair, braids and tons of swarovski crystals, teaming them with matching sky-high heels, metal armour accessories and white burlesque wigs.
The collection is titled Knotted and you can see it in full here

"KNOTTED Spring/Summer Collection 2012" by Maya Hansen from Sergio Ojeda on Vimeo.

Make-Up

Francesco Vezzoli

A Palazzo Gallery in Brescia is currently hosting Make-Up, a new hot exhibition dealing with aesthetic beauty and its transformations. Twelve famous artists give their own interpretation to the meaning of beauty, with 2D and 3D works, experimenting with cosmetic cut-outs and allegorical abstractions on famous or unknown faces, finally resulting to an esoteric purification, beyond the mainstream standards.
The participating artists are: Maurizio Anzeri, John Bock, Dr.Lakra, Lothar Hempel, Jamie Isenstein, Alan Reid, Markus Schinwald, John Stezaker, Sue Tompkins, Ryan Trecartin, Vedovamazzei and Francesco Vezzoli.
Curated by Mariuccia Casadio
The exhibition will last by the 11th March, 2012

                      Both images above by MaurizioAnzeri

Desire (2011), Lothar Hempel

Audrey Hepburn (2011), Vedovamazzei

Francesco Vezzoli

All images courtesy of A Palazzo Gallery

Nuptus by Sylvio Giardina

The S/S 2012 collection of fashion designer and visual artist Sylvio Giardina is titled Nuptus and is inspired by clouds and their ever-changing forms. Playing with proportions, volumes and the sphericity of the feamle figure, Giardina gave his garments a fluid, almost liquid form with the use of polyethelene foam and Swarovski-crystal-embellished jersey.
The result is an outstanding game of sculpture and movement.