This week I have had very exciting news that Shoplifter is in town and doubly excited that it is for her first London show! For anyone that is not familiar with the artist known as "Shoppy" to her friends, here is a quick de-brief...........of Icelandic origin she now lives and works in NYC with a secondary artists residency in Poland in addition to showing internationally............she is most typically associated with her sculptures made of human hair and famously the cover for Bjork's Medulla album based on a hair "Memory Flower" keepsake.............most recently her hair has taken over the windows of the MOMA in a Neon rainbow.............and now the continuation has concentrated on orange and umber tones conjuring up fire and flames to create the flickering palette for her "Burn" window at Trolley Gallery.
Saturday, 10 October 2009
Sat 10th Oct: Shoplifter fills her trolley
This week I have had very exciting news that Shoplifter is in town and doubly excited that it is for her first London show! For anyone that is not familiar with the artist known as "Shoppy" to her friends, here is a quick de-brief...........of Icelandic origin she now lives and works in NYC with a secondary artists residency in Poland in addition to showing internationally............she is most typically associated with her sculptures made of human hair and famously the cover for Bjork's Medulla album based on a hair "Memory Flower" keepsake.............most recently her hair has taken over the windows of the MOMA in a Neon rainbow.............and now the continuation has concentrated on orange and umber tones conjuring up fire and flames to create the flickering palette for her "Burn" window at Trolley Gallery.
Friday, 9 October 2009
Fri 9th Oct: New Shoes!
Massive thanks to the lovely Dee at Reebok, I have a fresh addition to my wardrobe! Yes I was lucky enough to be invited into Reebok's artist's site and look at all the new season's styles. There are some monochrome high kicks that took my fancy and also have an interesting theme - the 7 deadly sins - with each colour representing one of the sins. But I was won over by the latest in the Jean-Michel Basquiat range. This Top Down Model has Basquiat's paintings printed on the uppers with a logo repeat fabric lining revealed when worn turned down. I'm ever so chuffed but didn't put them on straight away like I used to when I was a kid. Instead I carried them with me to Atlantis which was my next stop. WHY HAS NOONE TOLD ME ITS MOVED! But all was not lost as I found this great rainbow on the side of a van outside and this graffiti to get some lush shots of my new sneaks! I think passer's-by thought I was mad (especially the van driver when he started to reverse!) but I couldn't help myself. It was blogtastic!
Thursday, 8 October 2009
Thurs 8th Oct: 100 ways to be a good girl
Thurs 8th Oct: Interior Politics
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
Weds 7th Oct: Taking Liberties, Prints Charming
HERE ARE THE RULES:
1.Pencil Friday October 23rd lunch hour into your diary, in case you are the winner!
2.In order to qualify for our competition, be sure to wear something Liberty print when you visit the Showstudio webcam window. Only those with Liberty print will be selected for our category. Our expert panel of judges* will vote for the most original and inspiring applicant on Wednesday October 21st.
3.Log on to the Liberty website at 6pm on Wednesday October 21st to see if you are the winner. If you are, contact us via our blog and we will arrange for your sixty minutes of fashion fame to take place between 1 and 2pm on the Friday! We will film your starring moment and run it on our blog plus post it on our Liberty YOUTUBE page. Feel free to invite as many fans to worship you as you strike your pose.
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
Tues 6th Oct: Brie Harrison
Kim Howells has dedicated today's blog post to my S/S 10 collection so I thought it was time to start posting some of it myself. Here are the pieces that I made with the patterns i collaborated on with print master extraordinnaire Brie Harrison. The geometric designs are derived from the 8 pointed star that kept cropping up during the whole process this season..........I couldn't get away from it. From the negative space inbetween physical sections to the constellations of diagonal earrings grouped together........
Monday, 5 October 2009
Monday 5th October: Walker vs. Jensen vs. Hillman vs. DSM
colony | of | penguins |
crèche | of | penguins |
huddle | of | penguins |
parcel | of | penguins |
rookery | of | penguins |
Monday 5th October: you lazy oaf
Lay Oaf launched their new collection and fanzine at an exhibition at the Old Shoredtich Station last Thurs in true colour cute crazy style. The team gave the venue an Oaf make-over with black illustrations across the walls, paintings on the mirrors, collages in frames, glittery wrestling men and gems in the window to complement the new "Special" screen print. The Super Ted wallpaper portrait here is a scan from the Fanzine/look book shot by Bella Howard of another new style called "Rosy Bear" designed by Rosy Nichols .