Friday, April 20, 2012

INSPIRATION: SURREALISM IN FASHION NOW


Stephen Jones' ornate headpiece
Nowadays surrealism makes more sense than ever because, as never before, there has been such a need to be crazy and out of this world to enforce creativity against purely economic and financial concerns which are sweeping the world today from north to south of the planet. 

Nos nossos dias o surrealismo faz mais sentido do que nunca, pois, nunca como agora houve tanta necessidade de ser louco e fora deste mundo para fazer valer a criatividade contra as preocupações meramente económicas e financeiras que varrem o mundo actual de norte a sul do planeta.  

Lanvin's surreal costume jewelry


Mary Katrantzou's digital prints.




A tribute to surrealism: things out of proportion, at Comme des Garçons.


Shadow puppets, at Diane von Furstenberg.


Michelle Harper, wearing eccentric accessories from Yaz Bukey


The fashion more than any other artistic discipline immediately reflected what is happening in the world, being not only a particularly portrait of it  but also a constant movement of rebellion against the dominant mainstream's thinking.

A moda mais do que qualquer outra disciplina artistica reflete no imediato aquilo que se passa no mundo, sendo sobretudo não só um seu retrato como um movimento constante de rebeldia para com o pensamento mainstream dominante.  

Francesco Scognamiglio's grapefruit gown.


Luke Brooks from the Central Saint Martins show.



The Queen of surrealism: Lady Gaga
paid tribute to Elsa Schiaparelli with a lobster fascinator by Philip Treacy.


Manish Arora 


Moschino Cheap And Chic.




Duro Olowu's creative cape

Dusty handprints, at Rodarte


A look from Viktor & Rolf's famous Spring 2010 cutout collection.



So while the political power and economic dictates prudence and restraint as the fundamental rules, designers elect surrealism as manifest where more is more, and minimalism lives on another planet far away from the creative world.

Assim enquanto o poder politico e económico dita a prudência e contenção como regras fundamentais, os designers elegem o surrealismo como manifesto onde o mais é mais, e o minimalismo mora noutro planeta longe do mundo criativo.

Facing the things as they are,  people need a little madness and nonsense to pursue their dreams and fantasies. This is my reading about surrealism has flooded into fashion now, reflecting a collective feeling of dissatisfaction, and where art is always put away before the economic and social crisis that make everything more down-to-earth.  

Perante o estado das coisas as pessoas precisam de um pouco de loucura e nonsense para levar adiante os seus sonhos e fantasias. É esta a minha leitura pelo facto de o surrealismo ter inundado a moda dos ultimos tempos, espelhando um sentimento colectivo de insatisfação e onde a arte é sempre sacrificada perante as crises economicas e sociais que tornam tudo mais terra-a-terra.


Source: Pics from Style.com

INSPIRATION: BAZAAR






Almost like paintings I loved this editorial from Harper's Bazaar Russia May 2012, shot by Natalia Alaverdian.
















INSPIRATION: LOLITA


Design by Ellen Lupton

 Lolita's covers always inspired me a lot. It's very interesting to see how the covers of the Nobokov's novel summarize the dominant aesthetic in every decade ...
As capas de Lolita sempre me inspiraram imenso do ponto de vista do design. Sobretudo é muito interessante de ver como as diferentes capas da novela de Nobokov acompanharam a estética dominante em cada década.


Design by Rachel Berger



Design by Barbara deWilde


A new design of Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita by Jamie Keenan




 ...This is my fave!
(Esta é a minha favorita das últimas capas do romance)

Design by John Fulbrook III


Design by Aleksander Bak

 

And the vintage covers...

2005



2005




2002



1995



1987





1974


1973


1969



1957


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INSPIRATION: CROCHET VEST


Mr.Yves Saint Laurent's crochet vest (1970) inspired a sweater from Moschino Cheap and Chic's collection for Fall/Winter 2012/13. How cute is that?
O colete de crochet usado pelo Sr. Yves Saint Laurent nesta foto de 1970 serviu de inspiração a uma criação de Moschino Cheap and Chic da sua colecção para o próximo Outono/Inverno 2012/13. Que giro, não?


Source: Into The Fashion

Thursday, April 19, 2012

INSPIRATION: SUMMER STUFF...

I have all the suff...




... but the summer never comes!

INSPIRATION: TOO MUCH IS NEVER TOO MUCH...


Or... the too much revolution against the fashion minimalism!



More from this Greg Kadel's editorial HERE

INSPIRATION: PUNK FLAIR











I loved this!

Yasunari Kikuma’s rebellious portraits shot for Schon Magazine. Stylist Anna Trevelyan.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

INSPIRATION: A SHOT OF ENERGY...



I miss summer so much!


Tank Top H&M


Opening Ceremony mini skirt


Karen Walker  Harvest sunglasses
 

INSPIRATION: SOMEWHERE IN THE NEXT FUTURE....

And this will be my next 'stopping' shoes of my life...

Philip Lim Cody D'Orsay Heels


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INSPIRATION: WERELSE FOR MANGO TOUCH

They really are objects of desire, must-have, something to kill for... the Werelse collection for the new acessories' line Mango Touch is really something, isn't it?

São autênticos objectos de desejo, must-have, lindos de morrer... a colecção Werelse para a nova linha de acessórios Mango Touch é já um statement de moda...








The capsule collection was created from the vision of three bloggers, Andy Torres, Carolina Engman and Chiara Ferragni, invited by Mango Touch for the Werelse line. My fave is the neon line, mainly the black pumps with neon green heels.

A colecção capsula resultou da visão de três bloggers, Andy Torres, Carolina Engman e Chiara Ferragni, convidadas pela Mango Touch para criarem a Werelse. A minha favorita é a linha neon, sobretudo os sapatos pretos com saltos verde neon. Adoro.



Watch the amazing video featured by Rossy de Palma ( The Almodovar's favorite actress) to lauch the new exclusive collection of Mango Touchand Werelse acessories:
Vejam o fantástico video com Rossy de Palma (a actriz espanhola favorita de Almodovar) para lançar a linha de acessórios Werelse da Mango Touch:



INSPIRATION: SPRING MIX - MINT AND ANIMAL PRINT

They are perfect together...


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