clever nettle - vintage & fashion in portland, oregon
A few misc film images that I like as a group. Organic shapes, petals, creatures, and some good colors. I – A double exposure of Sydney from a Yo Vintage shoot, maybe even two years ago, at the old Fieldwork Flowers HQ. II – Megan’s flower crown leading our way to Victoria, from our little roadtrip up there earlier this year for Crystal Visions. Rachel has been posting a few photos from last year’s party on her instagram, which you should follow. I don’t think I ever posted about the trip but it was so fun, driving the Olympic Peninsula with Megan for her first Canadian experience.
Tokyo Girls Collection Street Snaps 2012 S/S
Tokyo Girls Collection is the biggest – and by far the most famous – of all of the growing number of events in Japan that combine hip fashion shows with concerts from popular musical groups. We’ve been covering Tokyo Girls Collection for years, yet its popularity never ceases to amaze. The most recent TGC event, the 2012 Spring/Summer edition, drew over 25,000 excited fashion fans to Yokohama Arena in early March. Attending Tokyo Girls Collection is a fantastic way to keep an eye on the latest seasonal street fashion trends in Japan.
Japanese graphic design from the 1920s-30s
In the 1920s and 1930s, Japan embraced new forms of graphic design as waves of social change swept across the nation. This collection of 50 posters, magazine covers and advertisements offer a glimpse at some of the prevailing tendencies in a society transformed by the growth of modern industry and technology, the popularity of Western art and culture, and the emergence of leftist political thought. "Buy Domestic!" poster, 1930 [+] Cover of "Nippon" magazine issue #1, Oct 1934 [+] "Fuji Weekly" cover, Oct 1930 [+]
SouleMama
Yay! The Pool Shirt is done. I used the fabulous Munki Munki Pool Party print--so adorable. The pattern was a bit more of a bear than I expected--particularly the collar.
Riusuke Fukahori Paints Three-Dimensional Goldfish Embedded in Layers of Resin
First: watch the video. Japanese artist Riusuke Fukahori paints three-dimensional goldfish using a complex process of poured resin. The fish are painted meticulously, layer by layer, the sandwiched slices revealing slightly more about each creature, similar to the function of a 3D printer.
A Beautiful Mess
I love using cloth napkins to dress up our dinner table, and through the years I've grown even more fond of their sustainability and cost effectiveness. Though, I'm not sure how cost effective it is if you keep buying more and more cloth napkins each year! This holiday season I thought it would be fun to look at how I could dress up the napkins I already own to give them an extra festive vibe. Check out three simple ways you can give new life to your table linens.
1981, The Romantics – a mainstream deejay’s guide
➤ Who are the New Romantics, what are their sounds, and how do they dance? By spring 1981 when no more than two dozen new image bands had lit up the UK charts with New Romantics colour, Peter Harvey, the savvy editor of the mainstream disc jockey’s bible, Disco International, offered money to have me explain how a local “nitespot” could attract the Pose Age crowds. For that reason this nuts-and-bolts item might feel a bit like a fool’s guide constructed by Wikipedia . . . First published in Disco International, June 1981 The Warren Street jive: New Romantics wearing PX seen dancing at Spandau Ballet’s Sundown concert, March 1981. © Shapersofthe80s ❚ IN THE WAKE OF THE NEW MOVEMENT led by Spandau Ballet, Ultravox, Visage and the like, there’s the inevitable scramble to understand exactly what is going on.
Gyotaku: Japan’s Old School Fishy Prints
Any keen fisher(wo)men among our readers? Nowadays just about every phone is also a camera and a camcorder, so keeping a record of your latest catch is a trivial matter – and of course you’d want to, if only to avoid having to insist “I swear it was this big!” to disbelieving friends and family. But way back in the day there was no such technology available, so the Japanese had to get creative – and lo, gyotaku was born. The oldest known gyotaku print is that of a carp, and is from 1839.
Skunkboy Creatures
No, no... I do not have a baby on the way. Let's just make that VERY clear.
