Chris Kenny

Just a quick post on this artist Chris Kenny who creates 3d art and collages. I love the stick men!!!

80s Ebay

My current winter warmer obsession has moved from animal jumpers onto fabulous embellished 80s numbers!! I found these beauties on ebay and have since stumbled across an some amazing vintage ebay stores.

Ebay vintage shops

Bags and purses -Key shapes for Spring/Summer 10/11

Transluscent

Glass and acryllic are combined with metal for inspiration. Bags and purses will be unique and have smooth edges.These Topshop purses and unique and have a metallic and quirky edge.

Molten and Set

Inspiration is rougly molded plastic and liquid metals and blown glass.Starting from the top left this topshop purse shows the kind of marbled colours created from liquid glass. The Calvin Klein bag is a bright unusual colour and has a shiny and trnsluscent feel. The French connection bag has a mettalic feel and the asos bag underneath has interesting pleats which give it shape and texture.

Old and Worn

This trend has an old and vintage theme. The cameo purse shown on the left is from Topshop - the cameos reflect the vintage theme. There are two All Saints bags on the right (as they do the old and worn look so well anyway). The last bag has a big vintage rose corage and is from Karen Millen.

Sharp Edges
This trend is all about sharp and aggressive edges. These two karen Millen bags reflect this idea perfectly.


Regimented Decoration

This idea is to have embellishment and decoration that is symmetrical or orderly. Studs arent usually decorated with such an ordered manner making it an interesting idea. Metallic finishes are used with geometric shapes. The two bags on the right are from Topshop The bag below is a geometrically shaped bag from All Saints. The bags next to that are from ASOS.

Animal Jumpers

Animal Jumpers

After taking inspiration from Bret (from 'Flight of the Concordes') I have decided to do a post on animal jumpers which seem to have recently hit the fashion scene with a vengeance.

Topshop

Urban Outfitters

Asos

And theres always ebay....

Fashion illustrators

Fashion Illustrators

Part of my next project is to create fashion illustrations for my Autumn/Winter 10/11 design collection. My designs are in the style of Junya Watanabe and I hope to illustrate my collection with his signature style also. I am going to begin by researching some different illustrators and investigate their various techniques and methods.

Veronica Ballart

I have started with the young and contemporary illustrator,Veronica Ballart. Her soft lines and harmonising use of colour have inspired me to investigate watercolours and gouache as a illustration technique.Her illustrations are delicate and evoke a definate sense of femininity.

Mats Gustafson

Gustafson is an established illustrator that has worked with designers such as Comme des garcons, Chanel and Yohji Yamamoto. His abstract and conceptual style fits well with the designer I am currently researching(Junya Watanabe). I particularly like the Comme des Garcons illustration featured on the left.

Harley Dandy Trend

Trend: Autumn Winter 10/11 Harley Dandy

Moodboard

Designer Inspiration-Junya Watanabe

Junya Watanabe

High street clothing is generally inspired by catwalk collections that top designers have previously created for shows in Paris, Milan, London etc. I have recently been researching the conceptual designer Junya Watanabe the protege of Comme des Garcon's founder, (Rei Kawakubo).I have researched many different areas of his work focusing mainly on his ready to wear collections.

Browns London

Watanabe is exclusively stocked in only two locations in the UK ;Browns and Dover Street Market.I recently visited Browns on South Molton street London and managed to take a couple of discreet photos of Watanabes ready to wear Autumn/Winter 09 collection! The clothing featured below is from the discount store (Browns for Less) and from one of Watanbe's past collections.

Autumn Winter 2009 collection