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Irenebrination: Notes on Architecture, Art, Fashion and Style: February 2011 Fashion has gone through dramatic transformations in the last 30 years. The greatest changes to the fashion system were probably brought by the Japanese wave. Kenzo and Issey Miyake gained international acclaim in the '70s and, in the following decades, the tradition continued with the arrival on the scene of a new generation of designers, comprising Rei Kawakubo and Yohji Yamamoto. Through their work they challenged the most established principles of Western fashion, twisting, altering and morphing the shape of the body. The exhibition “Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion” - on until tomorrow at London’s Barbican Art Gallery but then reopening in Munich - moves from this main point to explore also the work of the newest generation of designers hailing from Japan. If you’re heading there today, you’ll actually also get the chance of joining in a design class on flatness and form with designer Julian Roberts focusing on innovative pattern cutting techniques. Lijit Search

s Guide: Grades 9-12 Our Nation | Historical Documents | Branches of Government | How Laws Are Made National versus State Government | Election Process | Citizenship | Games and Activities Glossary | U.S. Government Web Sites for Kids At Gucci, Frida Giannini Goes from Sexy to Sensual Chris Moore/Karl Prouse In Milan, Frida Giannini sends out Art Nouveau-inspired styles, with a bit of the 1970s, for autumn 2012. did a volte face at Gucci on Wednesday, from sexy to sensual, making a bold and beautiful start to the Milan winter 2012 season. Reaching back to the Art Nouveau period, with its “greenery yallery” colors, its wild orchid patterns and its wistful decadence — but bouncing that against a previous Art Nouveau revival in the 1970s — this Gucci show had as much depth and variety in the decorative clothes as in the music, which ranged from light romance to grand opera. “Romantic — the 19th century, looking at tapestries, playing with transparency — and a lot of the 1970s,” said an emotional Ms. She might also have added to her definition of an androgynous Bohemia — “clothes not handbags” — for the show was as light on its fetish accessory as it was rich in jewelry. Last season Ms. The idea of bringing the lush romance of the fin de siècle worked so much better.

Magical Long-Exposure Firefly Photos Go Viral | Raw File Tsuneaki Hiramatsu knew something was up. It was the end of December and his amateur photo blog had suddenly jumped from a handful of visitors a day to thousands. The telephone customer service agent and hobby photographer was surprised. “I was like, what happened?!” says the 35-year-old Hiramatsu, who lives in Okayama City, Japan. What happened was that Hiramatsu’s long exposure and time-lapse photos of Japanese fireflies had started to go viral. On Dec. 18, the photos appeared on a Tumblr blog called Polaroid Dreams. Christopher Jobson, whose art and design blog Colossal got four million hits last month, was one of those who reposted the photos from Polaroid Dreams, furthering the viral spread. “I’d never seen anything like it before,” Jobson says. From there the photos continued to jump around the internet, popping up on countless other blogs as well as sites like My Modern Met and the website of the French newspaper Le Figaro. Nonetheless, it was Hiramatsu’s photos that took off.

Lace & Tea » Marchesa Spring 2010 Posted on September 17th, 2009 Georgina Chapman never disappoints me, I’ve adored her collection since she and Keren Craig began in 2004. The delicate lace, soft satin and the tattooed legs (are they stockings? you may also enjoy . . .mary katrantzou fall 2011valentino fall 2011 haute couturestella mccartney’s bridal lingerie collection the world's 1st fashion sketchbook Blog move to Fashionary Hand~ The Fashionary blog is revamped to become Fashionary Hand. It talks about fashion illustrations, sketches, and process. Please update your bookmark :) Last Day of Christmas Shipping 2012 Europe France Germany Italy The Netherlands Portugal Spain Switzerland United Kingdom America Argentina Brazil Canada Mexico United States Asia Pacific Australia India Indonesia Japan South Korea Malaysia New Zealand The Philippines Singapore Taiwan Thailand Dear all, Please take a look at the last day of our Christmas shipping~ For orders later than these dates, you will receive the Fashionary probably after the Christmas Thanks very much! Regards, Penter We are starting our detour via the Fashionary x Pageone sketches exhibition in all PageOne branches in Hong Kong from 15th June to 16th July. Fashion designers, illustrators and artists around the world were invited to showcase their original hand sketches on their Fashionary products. Fashionary x PageOne Mini Sketchbook

Polyvore sign up login TrendingOutfitsWomenDressesShoesAccessoriesBeautyHomeMenSale Discover the Latest Trends and Follow Styles You Love Featuring looks and products from these members: Join Polyvore Merchant links are sponsored Discover, shop and express your style Loading more About About Polyvore Help Business Explore Follow Us Blog Apps Copyright © 2017 Polyvore / Terms of Service / Privacy Policy A Yahoo Style and Beauty Network Partner Female Street Photographers Work Both Sides of the Camera Though she produced most of her work in the 1950s and ’60s, Maier’s eye for bold prints, and fashions that range from the decadent to the artfully decaying, would place her images at the center of today’s street-style photography. If only she’d had a blog. Unquestionably, street-style blogs have revolutionized fashion, both in terms of how we view it and how we define it. The fashion vérité on sites like Scott Schuman’s Sartorialist broke ground and inspired countless others, many with highly evolved views of what fashion is or should be. Indeed, with a blog and a little savvy, Maier would not have been on the sidelines, nor would she have been a lone woman finding her footing among a host of male photographers. A strong case could be made that traditional fashion photography is still dominated by men, but on the street the reality is far different. For all the attention paid to photographers like Mr. “It feels relatively gender-even,” said Ms. For Ms. In less than three years, Ms. Ms.

The Rare White Lion, a photo from Attiki, Attica Critiques | Translate carper hoi Panos, This is a great head of a lion. My compliments for it. Very, very nice. quegardens In this and other of your wonderful shots Panos,you bring out great expression in the eyes of your subjects.Those soft welcoming eyes could be decieving though....I wouldn't want to get too close:-)Great focus on where it matters most. Edwin A nice portrait Panos. dob_31 Excellent additionto the "Fauna" theme. cdewet Hi Panos, Yes, from Timbavati stock. santosh Wow.. dsidwell Crystal clear, Panos! Surfer31 Wonderfull snap, you captured such a wild animal in such a relaxed mood, I love the contrast. gepall Fantastic expression and capture. guyben Excellent Panos ! danbachmann Absolutely fantasitc portrait. Dingo Everything has been said already... one of my favourite pics, Panos. kikvel Heyyy! justa Amazing view, great animal, his eyes.... wonderful.... ckradolfer jdwyer264 A beautiful cat, a lovely sharp capture. Hellas Hi Panos, it is a very nice portrait, indeed. waseemkhan fredon

Dress, Evening When Chanel reopened her design house following World War II, she faced the task of reinterpreting and updating her signature design elements for the post-War era. This dress exemplifies how the designer met this challenge. Working with the conventional hour-glass silhouette of the period, Chanel marks this dress as her own through her use of ruffled black chiffon, a textile she frequently employed for evening wear the 1930s. Rather than applying the ruffles in horizontal tiers, she used vertical rows to emphasize the conical shape of the skirt. The construction of the bodice, however, best illustrates her characteristic bold approach.

1920′s Fashion – Women’s Dress and Style We have now updated this popular post to a much more in-depth and fully illustrated page – A Concise Illustrated History of 1920s Women’s Fashion ! Also if you’re a fan of the 1940s, read the concise history of fashion – 1940 to 1949. They’re entertaining and an educational read and packed with oodles of imagery and links. Each is a BIG page – so give them a few seconds to load. It was the Jazz Age, peopled by the bright young things who had lived, fought through and survived the First World War ; Class and gender distinction were being slowly erased ; an Economic post war boom was in full swing; it was the age of consumerism, the age of modernism and for the newly emancipated woman – it was the beginning of real tangible freedom of self expression. Two Flappers -Photo – 1928 Mexico – National Geographic They are forever captured in the many digitized Art Deco pages of Art-Gout-Beaut, Femina and La Gazette Du Bon Ton, and the flickering silent screen era of the Hollywood vamp. 3. The Bob 6.

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Schiaparelli and Prada Connected With Women’s Inner Feelings From left: John Phillips//Time Life Pictures, via Getty Images, Michael Birt/Getty Images A new show called, “Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada: Impossible Conversations,” looks at the two designers who certainly wouldn't argue. “I always felt she was in love with the key clients she had,” Mr. Vionnet was one of the pillars of modern fashion, along with Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli — and, yes, a few of the boys — that were set down in the early years of the 20th century, mainly in the ’20s. “After the McQueen show, we really wanted to do an exhibit of women designers,” said Harold Koda, the Met’s chief costume curator, who, with the curator Andrew Bolton, planned the show as an imaginary chat between Schiaparelli and Ms. To flesh out the concept, taken from a Vanity Fair column in the ’30s, called “Impossible Interviews,” the director Baz Luhrmann made seven short films with Ms. “We really wanted it to be a brain teaser, a more whimsical interpretation of fashion,” Mr.

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