Hussein Chalayan : Fashion Narratives

The first retrospective exhibition about Hussein Chalayan's work opens its doors on the 5th of July at Les Arts Decoratifs museum in Paris. The exhibition features a wide selection of hi-tech creations from the designer's archives, presented on two floors: on the first floor the visitor can see all Chalayan's creations that are inspired from political, cultural, religious, geographical and technical sources, while on the second there are all the concepts that highlight his creative thoughts on movement, time and space.

(Picture above: Collection Airborne - F/W 2007)

The exhibition is designed by Block Architecture and will run through the 21st of November.

Collection Geotropics - S/S 1999

Collection Inertia - S/S 2009

Collection Afterwards - F/W 2000

Collection Before Minus Now - S/S 2000

Collection Dolce far Niente - S/S 2010

All pics courtesy of Les Arts Decoratifs

Collection Temporal Meditation - S/S 2004

    

Marie Zucker

"It starts with bloodshed, always bloodshed, always the same running from something larger than yourself."

That's the introduction text in photographer Marie Zucker's website, describing the best way her dark, ethereal, sensual work. The young Berlin-based artist started photography a couple of years ago, after her boyfriend gave her a package of film for her SX70.

With a slightly antique and seductive feeling, every single picture of her portfolio tells a little story. All her models and locations are so correctly chosen, giving you the impression that this image had always been there..

There's already been a buzz around Marie Zucker's name, with samples of her work been featured in high fashion websites like swedish Elle, Cosmopolitan and recently in Vogue Italia with dithyrambic reviews. A new hot talent is born...

Lighthouse

New Villager is an art collective from Brooklyn that blends music, painting, animation, photography and installations in its special projects. Their following video titled Lighthouse is a representative sample of their work, with a very creative concept, as it features the most astonishing costumes made by multicoloured recycled materials, like ribbon strips, dusters, bottles or plastic bags. Reminds me a lot of Buddhist epic heroes images.

Enjoy:

Akio Hirata Exhibition

A spectacular retrospective exhibition about the internationally known milliner Akio Hirata is currently running at the Spiral Garden in Tokyo, powered by japanese studio Nendo. The exhibition features 4000 white "ghost hats" hanging from walls and ceiling with special lighting effects, creating a dreamy environment through which the visitor can enjoy an interactive experience.

 The exhibition will run through the 3rd of July.

Clean Day

A new short film by artist George Traikos, the first part of an in progress sensual fetish series. The film is telling the story of a simple bathing by making this daily habit into a ritual.

Warning: Contains Nudity


Enjoy:

George P. Traikos - Clean Day (2011) from George Traikos on Vimeo.

Chi Zhang F/W 2011-12 Collection

 

Chi Zhang, one of China's emerging fashion designers recently presented his new collection for next winter, an amazing menswear line, one of the most interesting coming out from China at the moment.

Shorts, leggings and slim suits with fine leather detailing, strictly in black and white accessorized with jewellery encrusted gas masks, consisted a beautiful collection inspired by the rumoured end of the world during 2012.

With inspiration from Mad Max movie and a bit of S/M (two of my favourite fashion elements), the collection seems mature enough to be distributed in the West world.

Stay tuned for more, this guy is going to be smoke hot gun soon!

All runway & campaign pics courtesy of the designer

La Maison Champs-Elysées

Maison Martin Margiela presents its first hotel collaboration with La Maison Champs-Elysées, a spectacular space located within the historical building of the Maison de Centraliens, in the heart of Paris. 

Consisting of two buildings, one dating from the Second Empire under Napoleon III and the other built more recently, the legendary hotel has been recreated to a contemporary, artistic, ultra-luxury, surrealistic space.

La Maison Champs Elysees is slated to relaunch with the designs of Maison Martin Margiela in July 2011.

You can have a look at the  reconstruction procedure below: