The Vogue Editorial that launched Grunge
Among the fashion moments that were shunned then and praised now… Marc Jacob’s notorious 1992 grunge collection that got him fired from Perry Ellis….
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Makeup Painting
Applying makeup can be a form of art. It calls for brushes and paints of numerous colors, materials, and sizes and the aesthetics and skill of an…
Damien Hirst X Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen’s beloved rocker-kid-chic skull scarf get’s an upgrade from the Skull King himself: Damien Hirst. In this fashion meets art world collaboration, McQueen’s scarves are brought to life in a sensual ballet of silks.
Through the Tainted Glass
| Alice in Wonderland Style Inspiration | Vintage | H&M | Techni-Acid-Colored Looking Glass | The real tale of Alice arose from the story of the…
Takashi Murakami Reveals His Dark Side ‘In The Land of the Dead’
Few artists to have so impressively penetrated the worlds of fashion with such international prestige as contemporary Japanese artist Takashi Murakami. With his latest exhibition at the Gagosian Gallery entitled “In the Land of the Dead, Stepping on the Tale of a Rainbow” Murakami shows us an unexpectedly dark yet enticing side of his artist psyche.
Style Me Witch
Style Inspiration | Dark | Bewitch | Goth | Conjure | Toil & Trouble Vogue Paris | September 2012 | Saskia de Brauw Vogue…
Swine Witch
“Now when fair-tressed Circe, a dread goddess of human speech, had given them the potion, and they had drunk it off, then she presently…
Mermaids on Acid
“If human beings are not drowned,” asked the little mermaid, “can they live forever? Do they never die as we do here in the…
Good & Evil
“The whole is greater than the sum of it’s parts” This Gestalt theory of synergy couldn’t ring more true than in the fashion-meets-art world. It is…
Misha Nonoo X Dustin Yellen
When fashion designer Misha Nonoo sent artist Dustin Yellin dragged out in one of her SS15 halter dresses and stilettos casually sipping on an…
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From Art to Fashion: Jesus Rafael Soto
In a nod to fashion and art and all that falls in between, I am showing the potential of art and fashion world collaborations by paying homage to artists I love and admire by translating their works into the language of fabrics.
Gustav Klimt’s Love in Gold
Gustav Klimt ionised the female body and devoted his art to its representation, embellishing it in gold, depicting the breath of a woman’s love….
Andrew Wyeth’s World
Before I knew the story behind Andrew Wyeth’s Christina’s World painting, I always connected it to pain–the image of that women reaching up to the house, her body broken, the house appearing to disappear deeper into the landscape the longer I looked.