Sneaky Sneaky RMIT Show Photos

L-R: Anthony Tandiyono, Chris Lin, Helen Pappas, Laura Li, John Grosper, Amelia Agosta.

L-R: John Gosper, Laura Li, Candice Majoos, Steph McPherson, Franca Sabatini, Renee LeHunt.

Jon Cordiano's Design

Chris Lin's Design

Sneaky Sneaky RMIT Show Photos

Ahhhh!!! it's all so exciting!
This Saturday will be the RMIT Student Graduate Showcase. This is one of the many great shows in Melbourne Spring Fashion Week 2011. Also, this is the year that I will be exhibiting in the Student Series along with my friends and RMIT Fashion Fourth Years!

We have been working hard all year! And especially over the past few days have been gearing ourselves up for the show with final touches and fittings.

To document the process I've taken a few sneaky shots of the fittings! ......and isn't the interior of Melbourne Town Hall so beautiful!

 ......But not to spoil the show, this is just a quick peek!!!! ;D await for more after the saturday!

LOVEhelen

Zeit Magazin - Der Stil

The Style

...The Cut

Zeit Magazin - Deutsche Mode 2011

And here is the Second Fashion Editorial series. There is a stark contrast between the two, one being highly ornamented, the other clean, sharp and tailored.

But I do feel that the is a few strong links between the men's tailoring and the lavish women's costume, and for me that is the notion of tradition and beautiful detail.

Both these sets allude to beautiful lavish style and visual effect, that also holds strong traditions both present and cultural.

I feel that showing these two shoots together is so strong, as it highlights the modernity of the traditional costume in todays fashion, while also subtly suggesting that men too can dress with great impact and playfulness.

Enjoy!

LOVEhelen

Zeit Magazin - Deutsche Mode 1811

I'm so so excited to share this on my blog, mainly because a great friend of mine was the one to share this with me.

A few weeks ago it was my birthday, and I was so lucky to receive some parcels in the mail from friends. One being from Bonn in Germany.

It contained the Zeit Magazin from a German Newspapers, and was a special edition on German fashion. What is interesting about it, is that they drew parallels between Men's and Women's fashion, but also cultural, traditional and modern dress.

There were two major fashion shoots, one on the Modes of German style in 1811 Womenswear, and the other being 200 years later on Modern German Menswear, 2011.

This is the Editorial Photoshoot for the Womenswear fashions of 1811.

Images: http://www.zeit.de/kultur/2011-07/fs-trachten

LOVEhelen

Collage and Fashion

"Ah, they were good days. When we spent all our time fighting bulls and each other.

We were great rivals, even then."

- Blood & Sand (1941)

Fashion and Collage

A Selection of my collages from the past half year.

Enjoy!!!!!

LOVEhelen

Collage and Fashion

Dress in the Afternoon

Built upon the layers of dress, the myth of man is a collage of metaphor and reality, a tradition and a copy.

LOVEhelen

Collage and Fashion

Through-out this year I have been working hard on my final year of study (in Fashion Design) for my thesis and Bachelor. I have been concentrating on how the art of collage and fashion (and dress) inspire one another. And also how fashion and the act of dressing is much like a collage of its own; a physical layering of many items to convey one unique composition.

I have been researching this relationship between collage and design, and have also become a practitioner of collage through my studies.

Here are some of my initial works that have inspired my designing process, and allowed me to analyses the components of masculinity as well as the layers within male dress.

Enjoy!!!!

I will post up some more Uni goodies soon! :D

.....Click on the images if you need to see a larger resolution!

LOVEhelen

Russian Tales - Sadko

Last night I was watching this really great movie. Well to be precise, a Russian Fairy Tale! and it was soooo magical! i loved it!

.......such a perfect way to escape my reality of the mountainous uni work which awaits my weekend!

This movie was made in 1952, and is based on the famous Russian tale of Sadko, the minstrel from Novgorod.

Sadko embarks on a quest to find the bird of happiness, which takes him to all the ends of the earth, including the bottom of the sea!

I loved the sweetness of the story, especially the message; that happiness is to be found among the people you love and your home.

Also the costumes were wonderful and the incredible "underwater" set was soooo delightful!!

LOVEhelen