Thakoon F/W 2011-12 Collection

 Thakoon Panichgul draws inspiration from the Masai tribal dressing in combination with the structure of the Victorian era and Rococo elements. The result is a multicoloured, sporty collection mixed with lots of classic pieces like tweed jackets and neat pants.

 The line is complimented with puffer bustle vests in bright plaid, blankety African striped dresses, gathered skirts, silk tunics over tribal-print dresses and an amazing collection of accessories like velvet and rhodium-plated gold chokers, tribal "market" bags and shoes in a large variety of colours.

All pictures courtesy of the designer

Aoi Kotsuhiroi

 The work of French artist Aoi Kotsuhiroi takes a deep dive into the darkest places of human instincts with a fine selection of the strangest body ornaments you may have seen lately.

 All Aoi's collections are a bizarre mix of BDSM, ethnic, occult and Goth style, complimented by rings, gloves, bracelets, shoes and necklaces and are in progress, which means that new, unique pieces are added constantly.

 All the pieces are made by unusual materials like urushi laqcuered horns and wood, leather, gold antique roman beads, porcelain and horse or human hair, handstitched with silk thread.

 Aoi's work has been featured widely in many print and online publications and her accessories are sold in major cities like New York, London, Melbourne and Montreal.
If you want to see more of these beautiful pieces or want more info about Aoi you can visit her website.

Audio: Portable- Live @ Motronic (Sao Paulo)

La Nuit Blanche

 Although not new, this beautiful and inspiring short film by Arev Manoukian is really worth to be posted and be seen over and over again. A man and a woman, two strangers feel the aura of each other in dark and rainy Paris. A moment of unconcealed passion and violent magnetism.

Enjoy:

Christian Lacroix and the Tale of Sleeping Beauty

 We've all missed Christian Lacroix's extravagant creations, so now we have the chance to meet for once more his amazing talent through the pages of this beautiful fairy tale book in collaboration with British author Camilla Morton.

 The book features illustrations by the designer himself  telling the story of The Sleeping Beauty in his own Haute way.

               
For those craving to make their coffee table book collection richer go to Amazon and get this lovely book in a really reasonable price!

Kimiko Yoshida

Kimiko Yoshida is a multi-awarded Japanese artist whose work is mostly based on really astonishing self portraits. Kimiko is based in Paris, after leaving her hometown, as being opposed to sex discrimination against women. Her self portraits are a bizarre mixture of extreme bodypainting and fascinating couture costumes and accessories  giving a result similar to high fashion editorials. Through this procedure she manages to make herself totally dissappear and become not just another female, but a real goddess, a fairytale heroine, the main face of a famous painting or even an exotic bride.

Kimiko's work counts over 330 different self portraits in the last decade and has been featured in the world's highest galleries.

Editor's suggestion: next time you'll be looking for inspiration just visit her awsome site before flipping through the pages of any glossy magazine!  



Kimiko Yoshida, "There Where I Am Not", 2010 from Kimiko Yoshida on Vimeo.

Daughters of Black Dahlia

 An amazing, conceptual video editorial by Patrick Andersson in collaboration with Indira Cesarine for XXXX Magazine. The film features the song Black Dahlia by Hollywood Undead and the most astonishing outfits and models you've ever seen:


DAUGHTERS OF BLACK DAHLIA from XXXX MAGAZINE on Vimeo.

Arslan Sükan

If visiting Istanbul during March, don't miss Arslan Sükan's first solo exhibition at the Galerist, titled While You Are Sleeping, a collection of beautiful pictures, artistically retouched, with reshaped architectural elements.

 The collection theme deals with the darkness of the human soul and the need to reach infinite freedom and a new reality, with shots that look more like a dream than actual location pictures.

Arslan Sükan's works have been shown in Paris Maison des Metallos, Athens Kappatos Gallery  and New York ‘New Visionaires’ group exhibitions. Sükan lives and works in New York and Istanbul. 

The exhibition will take place from the 1st to the 26th of March.