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Photography, Styling, Assistance & Direction - Grace, Maria, Natasha & Jenny. 

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n°28

Natasha Poly photographed by Mario Sorrenti.
Self Service Magazine. 
Styling by Jane How.
issue n°28. 

ShowSpace Fashion Weekend

As it's drawing to the end of my experience with ShowSpace I thought id make some time to write about some of the shows iv been fortunate enough to see. 
First off, Felder Felder whose ultimately beautiful grunge inspired collection of inky techno prints and leather; dyed goats hair, feather combinationed dresses and two pieces was utterly inspiring to watch. Each look teamed up with hair by Nick Irwin (TIGI) & makeup by MAC came together particularly well with the music and overall electric atmosphere in the room.

 

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Unfortunately I missed Jean-Pierre Braganza's Positronyx collection however managed to catch Bernard Chandran's bold statement of a show full of print, colour & innovative silhouettes. Below are a few of my favourite looks which ironically doesn't feature much colour at all but don't let that put you off.

The gown inspired pieces particularly stood out for me as some of the best looks in the collection. 

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And finally, Clements Ribeiro who put on a beautifully elegant show - sending look after look down the catwalk to a perfectly fitting classical piece of music. Some of my favourite pieces..

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SHOWSPACE

Im so excited to say I have managed to organise some work experience at this years February London fashion week with SHOWSPACE London who will be hosting their event over three days at the Northumberland House. 

Looking at the timetable I am so excited to be a part of this event with the following designers showing on Friday:

Friday 18th.

Jean-Pierre Braganza

A totally inspiring and fashion forward designer who I have only just discovered thanks to this event. Im so excited to see what he comes up with especially after seeing the SS11 collection and previous prints.

Felder Felder

Ultra feminine. Jumps between designing for the strong, sexy woman to playful yet elegant colour blocking. Some of my fave images from the SS11 lookbook..

Tribes Project Editorial

I decided to go with Lula as the magazine in which I was shooting for - If you haven't read it before, go buy a copy! (Available at Magma book & magazine store or Selfridges) 
It's a really inspirational publication just for girls with some really beautiful imagery. 

edited on photoshop for Tribes Project

Following Jeremy Scott

Feeling a bit guilty about how much Iv been neglecting my blog over the past few months so here is a bit of an update on what I have been getting upto..

First off, My Promotion project - I decided to take a step out of my comfort zone and research into Jeremy Scott..which fortunately payed off! 

I decided to look at his collaboration with ADIDAS and additional collaborations within the brand - so I went to a couple of the concept stores in London to analyse what was available and how it was being sold. 

Transylvania.

Loved this art work that I went to see last week. 
It's by an American artist called Chris Dean and if anyone is interested in going and having a look it's at:

Mauger Modern Art, 

81 Rochester Row, 

London SW1P 1LJ

Unfortunately the pictures I took do not do the artwork justice at all as they were all a 3D effect and changed as you changed your viewpoint. 
I loved the colour and abstract style along with the fact every piece was completely ambiguous. 
Here's a few of my favs..

Black Cherry Grenadine.

River Of Fire.

Lenticular.

No Name.

Irving Penn.

I thought I would slip Penn's Miss Mouse photograph into my blog as I was looking for editorial inspirations for Jeremy Scott's AW09 collection - Mouse Trap. 

There is a really interesting video on SHOWstudio.com - a conversation between Nick Knight and Phylis Posnick about some of Penn's most iconic fashion imagery. 

http://showstudio.com/project/fashionbody/video/right_ear 

A cold n' rainy day in London.

It has been FAR too long since I have posted anything on here but thought id share a few thoughts from my very soggy day out in London on Tuesday visiting Tate Modern and V&A.

Unfortunately the day passed me by much quicker than expected so planning on going back next week for a few exhibitions and to do street style shoots for my Tribes Project at Uni. 

First off, we went to Tate Modern and saw the 'Unilever Series' by artist Ai Weiwei which was 100 million of these hand crafted porcelain Sunflower Seeds spread across the floor of the Turbine Hall - symbolising the geo-politics of cultural and economic exchange today.  

During my time at the Tate I came across a small exhibition on a photographer called Bruce Davidson who shot a series of photographs in the early 1980's of people traveling on the New York subways. His intention was to show the beauty that co-insisted with the dangers on the subway and believed it to be a metaphor for the world he was living in. 

Next was Swiss - born photographer Robert Frank and a collection of contact sheets from his book 'The Americans' as well as other autobiographical photographic imagery. 

I loved how intimate his work is - especially the above print where he experiments with manipulation of the negative to create a completely different aesthetic. 

Finally, an exhibition at the V&A called Shadow Catchers which I strongly advise people to go and see if you are interested in Photography! This is an exhibition surrounding the skill of creating imagery through light without using a camera - using techniques such as:

- Chemigrams, 

- Gelatin- Silver Prints, 

- Photograms, 

- Digital C-Prints, 

- Lumimograms,

& Dye Destruction. 

Five photographic genius' work is displayed here, well worth £5 (£4 student)