I don't know what day it is 'cause I've been up all night, I don't know what week it is 'cause I've been up all night

When it comes to photography, I can't quite get my words together. I guess that's sort of the whole point. A picture is worth a thousand words; it should say everything that you want to say, so you don't need to say it. But I also have a hard time describing what it is I like about a certain photographers style, or the aesthetics of the photo. I don't know if it's in the lighting, or the styling, or the model choice, or the props and the set. It could be all of those things that make a photoshoot a success, and computer editing always helps. But when I come across a photographers work that I like, I usually like almost everything they do and thus it's gotta be the photographer, not just the photo, that rules.
I came across photographer Donna Trope and have fallen in love with everything I've seen so far.
Here is an assortment of my favoured images:





















Donna Trope has been worked with the likes of: Vogue, Harpers BAZAAR, Sephora, Neiman Marcus, Revlon, New York Times Magazine, Dazed and Confused, ID, Aveda, Pantene, Saks Fifth Avenue and ELLE just to name a few.

All images taken from www.donnatrope.com

but I stay on, I stay on, where do I get off? on to greener pastures, the core has gotten soft

Part one of two
Moschino Cheap and Chic

Previously, I had totally misjudged this brand as one that I had no interest in whatsoever. But I was so wrong, and now it's got my attention. And briefly, yours too if you are reading this.
Originally created in 1983 by Franco Moschino, the company is now in the hands of Rossella Jardini. The label Moschino: Cheap and Chic was created in 1988 and it is their secondary womens line. Jardini, along with the help of Francesca Rubino, creates designs that are young, colourful, quirky and fresh. It seems that they have taken everything that is fun about fashion and thrown it all together; somehow it works.

For Spring 2012, the inspiration is produce. Fruit prints and patterns, straw belts, country florals, veggie buttons and embellishments and a quite literal carrot-top (hat). The environmentally friendly/eco chic theme is prominent throughout the collection. I wasn't crazy about the majority of the designs, these are the few I liked:

Strawberry candy is what this dress reminded me of

This carrot head piece was kind of fun, and upon further inspection I found that it actually was 3D! However, it was the only legume head accessory featured throughout the collection and I would have liked to have seen another 2 or 3 like it; it seemed a bit random and out of place.

This one I was a huge fan of. Love the bright yellow, the wheat print in the skirt, and the crochet lace overlay top.

Again, a big fan of the colourful crochet. Reminds me of a couch, or a table cloth, or something my grandmother once had.

Love this last wheat print as well, the colours are so calming.

However, it was through all the runway pictures I noticed you can sort of see the shoes and bags. My hunch that they were fabulous was correct when I came across better images of these:

Umm, hello I love you!

And these shoes ^

In my opinion, absolute perfection. They should have just designed the whole collection in the likes of green velvet and daisies.

All runway photos taken from www.style.com

doctor please, some more of these, outside the door she took four more, what a drag it is getting old

I am really obsessed with good album artwork it's almost my favourite thing about music and musicians taste in cover art. Tells a lot about a band and the aritsts in my opinion. Here are some of my favourite Rolling Stones album covers that I edited a bit for no reason at all other than sheer boredom.

Flowers - 1967 (A compilation)

Studio albums:

Their Satanic Majesties Request - 1967

Let it Bleed - 1969

Tattoo You - 1981

Undercover - 1983

Dirty Work - 1986

motion in the ocean, his air hose broke, lots of trouble, lots of bubble, he was in a jam, he's in a giant clam

Part one of two

In my last semester of Fashion Merch, we have an Event planning class. For the past 12 weeks me and roughly 30 of my classmates have been planning and preparing to put on a Wearable Art show. Our group was broken down into 5 committees: stage, advertising and promotion, fundraising, model, and merchandising committees. I'm a co-coordinator of the merchandising committee and along with 5 other girls we've been in charge of the designers and garments for the show. As we are responsible for putting on the show, we aren't designing anything for it- that job was for the first year merchandising students.
The theme of the show is "Under the sea" and I was extremely excited when we were told this, because it's incredibly current in the fashion world and relate-able for me (I love mermaids and sea creatures and all that fun stuff!) Tons of high fashion designers have been using the sea as inspiration for collections (mainly for S/S 2012) so it wasn't hard to come up with a ton of inspiration for the first years and for the overall aesthetic of the show

One of my jobs was to create a PowerPoint presentation to present to the first years with info about the show and inspiration/ideas for their designs:

The show is split into three categories decided by me and my committee members:
Mermaids, seashells and pearls
Sea creatures
and sea scape

The event is being held at the London Music Hall tomorrow night
Doors are at 7 pm and the show starts at 8 pm
Tickets are $20 and all proceeds go towards our chosen charity: Itsy

I had also created a digital collage just for fun based around the under the sea theme

Working alongside with the model committee as well as our volunteer models (most from Anita Norris modelling agency) we have been through four fittings where designers come to meet their models and adjust the garments as they are being created, making sure they fit and will work to wear on the runway.

We began to see the progress over the past few weeks, and last week myself and Sasha attended the three first year classes to witness the presentations for the completed garments. We took pictures and began to visualize the line up of the show. There are 46 garments in total, and I won't post them all because it would ruin the surprise for tomorrow night. I will however post some of my favourite pieces and detail shots of the impressive creations the first years have come up with.

From group A:

From group B:

From group C:

It has been lovely working with the first year students and hearing about their visions for their designs and how they came about creating them. Some of the girls we've met are just so sweet and tomorrow their hard work will pay off, as well as ours! I'm really hoping the show will be a success- if you can make it, please come, we need all the support we can get! There will be a silent auction with lots of great stuff as well as a raffle for Leafs tickets.

I have a few outfits in mind that I believe are in it to win it and at the end of the show we will announce 1st, 2nd and 3rd place prizes as decided by our three judges. I will be at the Music Hall for just about twelve hours tomorrow and early in the morning at the school, getting the outfits ready to be taken downtown. Wish me luck, that everything goes smoothly and somewhat to plan! I will be posting additional pictures from the show in a week or two as well as professional pictures taken during the photoshoot tomorrow afternoon.

time casts its spell on you, but you won't forget me; i know i could have loved you, but you would not let me

Happy (official) first day of Spring! Sunshine and bright colours are my inspiration this season and I'm finding traces of colour blocking in the most unexpected places. Take Holland for example, where they grow mass amounts of tulips in the fields organized by colour creating a beautiful gradient especially when seen from an aerial view. My sister and I came across these photos recently and I guess I just never thought about how they grow and harvest flowers, but this totally makes sense! Imagine flying over and looking down on this? Absolutely stunning.

I know, I know. Floral for spring. Groundbreaking.