KIDILL - Tokyo Punk Chic

KIDILL FW 2019 collection is a collaboration with the vocalist “Siouxsie Sioux” of legendary UK punk band, “Siouxsie Sioux&The Banshees”. Rare images photos of the “Siouxsie Sioux”, photographed by Seila Rock in 1975-78 are used throughout the collection.

http://www.kidill.jp

Yiğit Can Alper

Prada A/W 19

Yiğit Can Alper is an artist based in Turkey. He studied faculity of fine arts at Mugla university and continues to study for his masters degree currently. He has been in various exhibitions in Turkey and oversees.

Yiğit Can Alper recently illustrated Pitti Uomo and Milan Menswear A/W 19 for Showstudio. http://instagram.com/ycalper

Flora Miranda - Deep Web

Flora Miranda presented her Spring/Summer 2019 collection “Deep Web” during Paris Haute Couture Week.

'Deep Web' collection is Flora’s visualization of her very own approach to the idea of ‘Machine Learning’ and is dedicated to explaining the process of teaching a machine what clothing is and how it is produced.

Flora Miranda 'Deep Web' Supercut from Flora Miranda on Vimeo.

Inspired by American transgender artist Amanda Lepore’s image, each design of the collection plays with feminine body shape. The dresses generically reproduce the most stereotypical, current image of 'femininity', playing upon the strict categorisation a computer implies, and the way computers deal with a fine variety of genders. With Lepore’s unique shape, Flora gives the computer a model to learn with, while teaching it how clothing works.
Flora Miranda has teamed up with the Internet artist Signe Pierce who will perform in front of an informative keynote presentation composed by the Swiss artist Simone C. Niquille.

Flora Miranda is an Austrian fashion designer, based in Antwerp/Belgium. Throughout her work she explores physical border experiences that take place in a virtual or actual reality.

http://floramiranda.com

Photography courtesy: Laetitia Bica

Smile Now, Cry Later - Maison the Faux

MAISON the FAUX and Robert Fox are presenting their take on Los Angeles, the city of the fake, for the second time. Heavily influenced by the presence of Hollywood and anything that involves constructed realities and emotions; Robert Fox and MAISON the FAUX have created a film questioning the authenticity of acting.

 
More information: https://www.maisonthefaux.com

Polimoda Rendez-Vous

On Wednesday December 12th, the Polimoda Rendez-Vous series hosted a guest lecture by my on behalf of FASHIONCLASH.
Within the artistic context FASHION MAKES SENSE. My Rendez-Vous talk digged into how FASHIONCLASH stimulates fashion audiences to consider the state of the industry: “What is the importance and role of fashion in our society, and how can fashion contribute to our well-being and a better world?”
"Are you willing to make some kind of a difference? This isn't just a political idea, you can make a difference by creating something so beautiful that you allow people to detach from reality. And even if it's just one person you touch, then it's worth making" — Branko Popovic

More information: https://www.polimoda.com/rendez-vous-branko-popovic
Photography: Polimoda

Viktor and Rolf - Fashion Statements

Viktor and Rolf - Spring 2019 Couture

Viktor and Rolf turned memes into haute couture dresses during Paris Fashion Week.

Iris van Herpen - Shift Souls

Iris van Herpen presented her spring 2019 couture collection at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
"Shift Souls" is inspired by DNA engineering and early astronomy, Harmonia Macrocosmica (a 17th-century star atlas.
Made in collaboration with New York-based artist Kim Keever, the ensembles contained layers of translucent organza prints on them with kinetic patterns and scientific, artistic and futuristic references.

"I looked at the evolution of the human shape, its idealization through time and the hybridization of the female forms within mythology. The way imagination and the fluidity within identity change in Japanese mythology gave me the inspiration to explore the deeper meaning of identity and how immaterial and mutalble it can become within the current coalescence of our digital bodies” 

James Blake - Assume Form

James Blake has released another stunning studio album, Assume Form.
As previously reported, the new record features a slew of guests: André 3000, Travis Scott, Metro Boomin, Moses Sumney, and Rosalía. Listen to it in full below. Assume Form is Blake’s fourth studio album. His last full-length, The Colour in Anything, was released in 2016.

Schepers Bosman AW 2019

Schepers Bosman presented their autumn/winter 2019-20 menswear collectioninspired by the wotk of the Dutch architect Pierre Cuypers

Schepers Bosman took the work of Dutch architect Pierre Cuypers (1827-1921) as the starting point for AW19. Besides the Rijksmuseum and the Amsterdam Central Station, his work also includes numerous churches. He made architecture, more than that he designed buildings. Emphasizing or concealing building elements by the use of colour, material and template prints, was translated by Schepers Bosman into a collection.
Seams and finishings have been made visible and treated as decoration. Pattern parts are emphasized by placing different materials and colours next to each other. After research at the Cuypershuis, the decoration templates archive was used as a source for handmade patchworks and vinyl prints. Minimal construction versus decoration. The collection consists of voluminous overcoats, silk finished trousers, oversized shirts, detailed sweaters, overalls and handstitched scarves. These items are made of silk, crepe wool, mohair, Japanese nylon, corduroy and heavy tricots.

The Royal Waiting Room The AW19 images are shot in the Royal Waiting Room at the Central Station of Amsterdam. The space designed by Cuypers was specially opened for this occasion, so that the collection is immediately placed in the image of the inspiration.

https://www.schepersbosman.com

Palomo Spain - Wunderkammer

Palomo Spain campaign for the Spring/Summer 2019 “Wunderkammer” collection, photographed by Kito Muñoz.
More info: www.palomospain.com