The Virgin Suicides Fashion Tribute

Continuing on from my previous post 'The Lost Boys', where I spoke about film inspiration to fashion and style, this time though focusing on another of my favourite films; The Virgin Suicides. An amazing book translated into a nostalgic, ethereal yet beautifully gloomy visual. This film emphasizes the angst of adolescent puberty and also natural gentle femininity and troubles that coinside with being both at the same time.

My favourite character is Cecila Lisbon, the youngest of the sisters, and the first to commit suicide. Cecilia's character is a romantic lost soul, and hopelessly love lorn for the dying animals and world that surrounds her and the delicate sadness of her desire of death. I found this chararcter completely fascinating and admirable, as her poetic and sensitive essence and sweet melancholy bound far beyond her years.

(all imagaes found on google.com)

 

Focusing on the delicate innocence of the Libson sisters and combined with awkward essences, I've collected imagery of numerous designers that I feel reflect the double entendre of innocence and grit, youth and death, beauty and depression. 
Florals and block nude colours consist throughout the style theme. School girl features such as collared shirts/blouses paired with pleated or ruffled skirts occur but with a less cute and sexy approach and more grit and grungey attitude. Oversized jumpers worn over dainty fabrics desexualise the girlyness. There's a uniform element to the clothes which are grudgingly worn in a solem way. Also trying to capture adolenscent awkwardness within the style where either the clothes are the too big, older sister 'hand me downs' or ones that the she is 'out growing' and appear small/cropped.

(all images found on style.com)

 (left - right: 3.1 Philip Lim Fall 2010, Spring 2009 and Spring 2010)

  (three images on left: Marc jacobs Fall 2010, image on right: Marc Jacobs Spring 2010)

 A Acne Spring 2010 B Alexander McQueen Spring 2009 C John Galliano Spring 2008 D Louise Goldin Spring 2010 E Vivienne Westwood Spring 2011

(left - right: Anne Valerie Hash Couture Fall 2004 x3, Anne valerie Hash Spring 2010 and Fall 2009)

 

iheartNUDE

I have always loved the colour nude. Especially in clothes. I used nude as the main colour in my collection, I just super love the simplicity and freshness of it. 

Here are my favourite 10 nude dresses from ASOS.com. I now have the dilema of choosing which one or maybe two to buy. Eeeep!

(All images are from asos.com)       

My cooking skills are GENIUS even if I do say so myself!

Ok I admit that makes me sound super cocky, but oh my wow! The lunch I cooked today was sooo ahhhmazing I couldn't believe how good it was and looked. Even my folks were impressed!
I'm calling it a 'Rainbow Vegetable Rice Salad' not really a pa-zow name but it states what it is and thats good enough for me. Check out the wonder below:

It's very simple, but it's light and very refreshing! It's like summer in your mouth!
The ingrediants are as follows: Basmati and Wild Rice, Peas, Soya Beans, Lentils, Spring Onions, Carrot, Cherry Tomatos, Lemon Zest and Juice, Olive Oil, Olives, Chives, Vinegar, Black Pepper and a sprinkle of Salt. And VOILA! A master piece if ever I saw one!

The Lost Boys Fashion Tribute

Have you ever watched a film and felt over whelmingly inspired by the fashion stylings and awesome character portrayals? I often do! Everytime I watch The Lost Boys my mind starts racing; imagining female designs for a collection based on the Lost Boys. Half way through the film I kinda just wanna run upstairs and start pairing clothes from my wardrobe, and rumage through jewellery boxes to create a vampire grungy Lost Boys look. 
Ohhh you do gotta love a good gothic style!
I just love the structured jackets paired with torn vests and skinny dirty jeans with biker boots (which is actually quite a today fashion trend) Its the 80s vibe I love, the slight new romantic yet hair metal rock star status attitude. Oh and the big hair! But lets not forget that they are blood sucking vampire fiends that wanna kill you, not like Buffy or Twilight sexy moody vampires, no no, these are Quentin Tarantino blood spraying esque beasts, yet you can't help feel that this dangerous element is a super style turn on!

All four images found on google

As you can see from the pictures above, its the men that get to dress up and look dark gothic and well...dead. So I've flicked through designers collections past and present to find clothes which I would style in The Lost Boys theme.

Obviously 'black' is gonna be a recurring element to this style theme, although tones of grey and random splashes of colour soften the harshness of the black. Structured and tailored jackets play key to skinny or hareem trousers. Pairing structual elements with soft drapey items soften the masculine essence. Though masculine vibes are throughout this style is sexy and sexual. These clothes armour the female so she is always ready to pounce on her victim. Feminine elements are dressed with harsh tones of leather, chains, trousers and oversized jackets. There's a mixture of formal and casual yet both have a dirty torn essence. Stylish accessories add to the theme with chunky wedge heels, blackest BLACK sunglasses, gloves, chains, large brimmed hats (obviously to protect from sun rays) Elements of futuristism coinsides within the fabric, cut, make-up and accessories.

(All images are from style.com)

 

Topshop Unique Fall 2010

(two images on left Acne S2011, two images on right Acne resort 2011) 

(two images on left Vivienne Westwood Fall 2006, middle image Spring 2006, two images on right Spring 2009)

A Alexander McQueen Fall 2005 B Anne Valerie Hash Fall Couture 2003 C Anne Valerie Hash Fall 2010 D Chanel Fall Couture 2009 E Christian Lacroix Fall 2009

 (two images on left Comme des Garcons Fall 2008, three images on right Comme des Garcons Fall 2004)

(image on left Comme des Garcons Fall 2008, three images on right Comme des Garcons Spring 2010)

(images from top row left-right: Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Spring 2010. images from bottom row left-right: Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2011, and resort 2011)

 Jeremy Scott Fall 2010

 (image on far right V&R Fall 2003, all other images Fall 2010)

A John Galliano Fall 2005 B Louise Goldin Spring 2010 C Stolen Girlfriends Club Fall 2011 D Valentino Spring Couture 2010 E Valentino Spring Couture 2010

 (two images on left Fall 2009, middle image Fall 2007, two images on right Fall 2010)

 (images from left-right: Fall 2010, Spring 2008, last two images on Spring 2010)

Why hello there twenty//eleven

So now its the start of a new year; I thought it fetching to have a new blog header, consisting of one of my new illustrations. I know, I get so easily bored, but hey that's an arty airhead for you. Below is the actual illustration my new blog header came from. The illustration is of Topshops promo image for their "Love to Love" t-shirt tribrute to Fashion Targets Breast Cancer. The photo and the cause behind it spurred a reaction of inspiration in me and so the dedication of this illustration.