Oyster gives us a look at the first images of the very anticipated Daphne Guinness exhibit opening at The FIT museum on September 16th, 2011. The 100 piece exhibition will showcase never seen pieces of Alexander McQueen, films, photographs as well as some of Guinness’s creations . A look at more images on the flip.
Elysa Dimant’s Minimalism and Fashion takes on the historical and artistic aspects of clean lines and restraint .The fashion informer gives an inside look at the book’s content as well as images which you can read and see here. Available on Amazon.
Radcollector columnist, JZ Radical, owner of Narural Koncept talks to uber talented artist Sky Farrell.Read the interview in its entitrety here. Girl Rule!
Bárbara Allende Gil de Biedma , known as the artist Ouka Leele launches a capsule collection of tees and accessories for men and women on Victim of Art. The pieces feature some of her most famous photographs like ‘The Kiss’( above ) a black and white photograph painted with watercolor from the 1980’s , definitely a collectible. Take a look at more tees on the flip and purchase here.Spotted on Neo2.
The very cool Denham launches their “House Guest” tee-shirt series this week. Every season artists are inivited to interpret the label’s trademark scissors in an art piece that is then applied to a tee-shirts for men and women. All the current “House Guest” tees are available here.
Last night we attended the opening of ‘The Dandy Lion’ at MoCADA. The photography showcase features portraits of stunning black men all over the world as an attempt by the curator Shantrelle P. Lewis, ‘ to challenge notions of popularized urban black masculinity’. On the next page a few images to give you a peek as well as a few attendees. Definitely worth a trip to Brooklyn. July 22 – August 27, 2011 MoCADA, 80 Hanson Place, Brooklyn.
In the second installment of its “Women’s Tales” series, Miu Miu collaborated with director Lucrecia Martel on a film noir titled Muta. Great product placement shots, clever imagery hinting to female transformation, presented as something robotic and otherworldly that puzzles as much as it attracts. The film even features a black woman with a ‘fro(!) Noteworthy because as much as we’ve admired Miuccia ’s creativity since the inception of her brands, diversity in ads and presentation has been very rare. Not that it is common among her contemporaries, however, as a pioneer of out-of-the-box style and individualism, more diversity we believe would increase the already hot factor of the Prada and Miu Miu brands tenfolds, especially that now investors are watching.
