For my Final Project, I will be putting together a magazine about alternative fashion and beauty in the UK. It will be called Fierce. There is a photographer I want to interview for the magazine, Darren Cheshire, and I've just learned that he sometimes works at the Contemporary Urban Centre on Greenland Street, where I'll be going for my interview tomorrow. Aha!
Xx
Friday, 25 February 2011
Tuesday, 22 February 2011
Monday, 21 February 2011
Oscar de la Renta sketch
I'm very glad I discovered a PR girl for the label on Tumblr :)
Dare to Wear: Glass Dresses Exhibit by Diana Dias-Leão
A collection of dresses made mostly of coloured glass is now on display at the Walker Art Gallery.
The Dare to Wear exhibition, also called The Danger of the Image, consists of 14 glass dresses and two barbed-wire corsets, created by artist Diana Dias-Leão.
The beautifully engaging display, which includes works such as Graffiti Dress, Secret Garden Dress and Cobweb Dress, is intended to highlight the issues of inner beauty and body dysmorphia in society.
Dias-Leão said her creations are “inspired by the way people interact” and that she loves to “explore themes of isolation and interaction by using human form, with or without the second social skin of garments.”
She added: “Anorexia, bulimia, self harm and body dysmorphic disorder are on the increase and connected in some way with aspects relating to image and lack of confidence.”
Dias-Leão worked on the dresses from 2005, when she won the Student Award from the Worshipful Company of Glass, and achieved a Masters degree from the University of Sunderland the following year.
She also has a BA Honours degree in Fashion & Textiles, and a HNDip. in Glass. She has worked for several designers, from the high street to the high end.
This is her first solo display, although her works have also been featured in other exhibitions such as the British Glass Biennale in 2006. Her other creations include two enormous cobwebs made from yarn and glass, made for the Winter Garden exhibition, and her new line of jewellery.
The Dare to Wear exhibition, also called The Danger of the Image, consists of 14 glass dresses and two barbed-wire corsets, created by artist Diana Dias-Leão.
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Dias-Leão said her creations are “inspired by the way people interact” and that she loves to “explore themes of isolation and interaction by using human form, with or without the second social skin of garments.”
She added: “Anorexia, bulimia, self harm and body dysmorphic disorder are on the increase and connected in some way with aspects relating to image and lack of confidence.”
Dias-Leão worked on the dresses from 2005, when she won the Student Award from the Worshipful Company of Glass, and achieved a Masters degree from the University of Sunderland the following year.
She also has a BA Honours degree in Fashion & Textiles, and a HNDip. in Glass. She has worked for several designers, from the high street to the high end.
This is her first solo display, although her works have also been featured in other exhibitions such as the British Glass Biennale in 2006. Her other creations include two enormous cobwebs made from yarn and glass, made for the Winter Garden exhibition, and her new line of jewellery.
Sunday, 20 February 2011
Friday, 18 February 2011
High time
The man I chased down on Monday gave me a time and place for today's protest, but the activists failed to appear. I'm in a tetchy mood now after getting up early on three hours' sleep, in vain and with not enough caffeine in my system, so I'll vent some steam by gushing about shoes.
Flicking through the ELLE Runway Edition (and by "flicking through" I mean absorbing and committing instantly to memory every s/s 2011 collection there is), I noticed that there were a lot more flat heels gracing the catwalk than usual. Mostly in the form of gladiator sandals, models for Lanvin, Donna Karan and Louis Vuitton - to name a few - were complimenting long, flowing skirts and short, snappy skirts alike with less than an inch-high sole.
And whilst normally I wouldn't get behind this, in the past year or so I've begun ditching my own heels and getting by without. What was simply an experimentation with ballerina pumps and flat-heeled boots blossomed into a love of the understated flat heel. I used to wear heeled boots on an almost daily basis and wouldn't be seen dead out of a pair of stilettos when dressing up. And alright, now I'm shorter and my legs don't look as great, but I've found I can walk faster and, contrary to my former belief, painful feet everyday needn't be a way of life.
However, sadly now whenever I go back to my heels for a night out, I've found I don't have the natural ability to walk in them with the grace I once did (which was minimal to begin with), and go hobbling back to my cutesy, less sexy ballet pumps.
So will it soon become fashionable to actually wear flat heels for a night on the tiles, so I don't feel alone in my heel hiatus? I hope Lanvin, Donna et al will answer my prayers.
Xx
Flicking through the ELLE Runway Edition (and by "flicking through" I mean absorbing and committing instantly to memory every s/s 2011 collection there is), I noticed that there were a lot more flat heels gracing the catwalk than usual. Mostly in the form of gladiator sandals, models for Lanvin, Donna Karan and Louis Vuitton - to name a few - were complimenting long, flowing skirts and short, snappy skirts alike with less than an inch-high sole.
And whilst normally I wouldn't get behind this, in the past year or so I've begun ditching my own heels and getting by without. What was simply an experimentation with ballerina pumps and flat-heeled boots blossomed into a love of the understated flat heel. I used to wear heeled boots on an almost daily basis and wouldn't be seen dead out of a pair of stilettos when dressing up. And alright, now I'm shorter and my legs don't look as great, but I've found I can walk faster and, contrary to my former belief, painful feet everyday needn't be a way of life.
However, sadly now whenever I go back to my heels for a night out, I've found I don't have the natural ability to walk in them with the grace I once did (which was minimal to begin with), and go hobbling back to my cutesy, less sexy ballet pumps.
So will it soon become fashionable to actually wear flat heels for a night on the tiles, so I don't feel alone in my heel hiatus? I hope Lanvin, Donna et al will answer my prayers.
Xx
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
Mingling with the big boys
This morning I went to the Behind the Scenes event at the Leaf Bar on Bold Street, an opportunity to listen to experienced people in the media and creative fields, and to do some networking. (They also filmed the whole thing, so it was lucky I chose to wear my Chanel lipgloss.)
Some LJMU alumni, including one of last year's Journalism grads Chris Shaw, held a Q&A session about freelance work after graduation, and encouraged us to sign up for JMU's Fellowship programme, which I'm considering taking on in addition to the WoW Star. Apparently they can be very helpful with finding jobs after university is finished as well as advising you along the way. And I could really use all the advice I can get right now.
After listening to keynote speaker David Parrish (creative industries consultant and author of T-Shirts & Suits), who spoke about intellectual property when marketing your work, and about what it means to be "creative" in any industry, which is not categorised just by the more artistic, bohemian end sector (T-shirts) and the more 'Wall Street' sector (suits). "Creativity is everywhere." Nicely said.
I caught up with the only journalist appearing at the event, Andy Johnson (Chief Creative Officer for Purple Revolver online magazine), who gave me his business card and explained that to write for the magazine, he would want me to find out the zeitgeist of media, what people want to read about. If I submit any of the articles I write to the magazine, I could get paid per page hit, and as a bonus, can continue sending in work even if I move away from Liverpool. Once this entry's finished I'm applying for the vacant postion of record reviewer, since I already do simiar work for Bido Lito!.
Later I also chased down a man carrying a picket sign and learned that there will be an organised protest against the city banks happening on Friday afternoon. So I'll have a news story for JMU Journalism next week :)
~ Lee
Some LJMU alumni, including one of last year's Journalism grads Chris Shaw, held a Q&A session about freelance work after graduation, and encouraged us to sign up for JMU's Fellowship programme, which I'm considering taking on in addition to the WoW Star. Apparently they can be very helpful with finding jobs after university is finished as well as advising you along the way. And I could really use all the advice I can get right now.
After listening to keynote speaker David Parrish (creative industries consultant and author of T-Shirts & Suits), who spoke about intellectual property when marketing your work, and about what it means to be "creative" in any industry, which is not categorised just by the more artistic, bohemian end sector (T-shirts) and the more 'Wall Street' sector (suits). "Creativity is everywhere." Nicely said.
I caught up with the only journalist appearing at the event, Andy Johnson (Chief Creative Officer for Purple Revolver online magazine), who gave me his business card and explained that to write for the magazine, he would want me to find out the zeitgeist of media, what people want to read about. If I submit any of the articles I write to the magazine, I could get paid per page hit, and as a bonus, can continue sending in work even if I move away from Liverpool. Once this entry's finished I'm applying for the vacant postion of record reviewer, since I already do simiar work for Bido Lito!.
Later I also chased down a man carrying a picket sign and learned that there will be an organised protest against the city banks happening on Friday afternoon. So I'll have a news story for JMU Journalism next week :)
~ Lee
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