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AGY SINGS
2008-05-06 09:45:00 via anothercupoffashionund diese Tatsache wird unterschiedlichst wahrgenommen. In erster Linie wohl negativ. Ach Mädels lasst das arme Model doch singen. Ich finde es gar nicht so übel, lehne mich zurück, verschränke die Arme hinter dem Kopf und schau weiter den Flugzeugkondensstreifen am Himmel beim sich auflösen zu (Wolken sind nämlich keine da!).AGY SINGS More About: Sings
ME FOR ME DESIGNMAG
2008-05-04 22:37:00 "Mahret Kupka picks up 5 key trends from the menswear shows, and looks at the 5 most influential men?s designers of the moment. ..." well well so take a look at what I've written for Malta based ME Designmag find the online version hereME DESIGNMAG
HYÈRES | MATTHEW CUNNINGTON
2008-05-01 00:49:00 Happy to see that my favourite designer had won. As if I had known it before I made the effort to tape parts of the show for you to get an idea (well sorry my camera isn't that good) of this oh so perfect collection "Hail Mary". It definitely isn't a coincidence that the University of Westminster graduate was awarded by a jury which Riccardo Tisci of Givenchy was president of. I can pretty well imagine seeing Mr Cunnington somewhere in the orbit of the French fashionhouse soon."Hail Mary" was inspired by the life of the designers own mother who in 1969, due to social pressure, was forced to abandon her illegitimate daughter, meeting again only thirty years later. This collection, defined by the memory of this reconciliation, can be understood in a more symbolic than narrative fashion. A tightly worn draped dress ?contains the emotion on the inside?. A cloth burnt with acid evokes the ?fragility of this poignant story?. An exposed pocket on a coat signifies that ?there is nothing ... More About: Matthew
HYÈRES | JEAN-PAUL LESPAGNARD
2008-04-30 11:14:00 "Ich will nen Cowboy als Mann" is the name of the collection the Belgian designer Jean -Paul Lespagnard presented at Hyères. This means "I want a cowboy as a husband" and is a song title by Gitte from 1963. The collection itself was a clash between cowboy romanticism and belgian french fries aesthetics. In Germany we would say "Pommes Schranke" which literally means "French Fries à la gate" in reference to the red/white stripes. Anyway. Jean-Paul seams to be a very nice guy and I LOVED THE HEELS (guess you already knew that). credit: café modeBy the way Jean-Paul is the winner of the 1.2.3 price (Peter Bertsch won this one last year). AND this is the song this all is about:
HYÈRES | PEOPLE
2008-04-30 00:20:00 You can be sure to find lots of stylish people where art and fashion collide. It's not different in Hyères. The unofficial streetstyle blogger's meetup resulted in many interessting Hyères-style pictures. Here you will find a small selection. Check out their blogs for more (find the links below)... When I asked Garance how the unofficial dresscode is going to be like before I left for Hyères she said Be extreeeeemely cool with one or two fashion details and you will be perfect. It's quite young fashion there, not at all like the fashion weeks. More independant, you see? I guess the lady knows what she is talking about... All pictures taken by Garance Doré, Géraldine Dormoy and Scott Schuman More About: People
HYÈRES | HAIDER ACKERMANN
2008-04-29 19:55:00 Besides the ten fashion designers and photographers presenting their new works essential part of the festival are the exhibitions taking part all around at Villa Noailles. I loved the laied back relaxed atmosphere, wandering around the villa exploring fantastic photography and art, taking a rest in the sun. Why can't all business trips be like that? I really loved the Haider Ackermann exhibition. Fabrics and Garments were draped on ropes which were bended all around a wide openend light-flooded room.MORE INFORMATION
BACK FROM HYÈRES
2008-04-29 18:46:00 I am back from Hyères and have tons of information to blog about. Unfortunately the internet connection in my hotel room wasn't as stable as I have hoped it was so blogging wasn't possible :| and I was too lazy to drag my laptop around the whole day, so I decided to have an internet free weekend which was marvelous!!! If you didn't already know the Festival International de Mode et de Photographie à Hyères, directed by Jean-Pierre Blanc 22 years ago, gathers every year ten young fashion designers and ten young photographers under the patronage of an international jury. On every edition, the festival presents at the Villa Noailles ?the landmark cubist villa built in the 1920?s by Mallet-Stevens ? several exhibitions that explore the permeating boundaries between art, photography and fashion.to be continued... More About: Back
HYÈRES IS HERE
2008-04-22 00:34:00 credit: diane pernetSorry for the lack of posts lately. There simply is too much stuff that needs to be prepared these days. I will be leaving for Hyères this friday YEAH. The pictures Diane Pernet posts want me leave NOW. Although the Berlin weather is slowly getting better I am longing for the SUN. credit: diane pernetMORE PICTURES
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BLUES
2008-04-16 16:46:00 Mads Norgaard: Copenhagen experience # 2 More About: Blues , Afternoon , Wednesday
C.NEEON AUTUMN/WINTER 08/09
2008-04-12 16:08:00 Agentur V definitely is Berlin's avantgarde fashion agency representing labels like Wood Wood, minimarket, RAF by Raf Simmons, Carin Wester, Bless and of course c.neeon. Yesterday I've visited their new office space and had the chance to rummage in next seasons treasuries.During Paris Fashionweek this March Clara and Doreen of c.neeon presented their autumn/winter 08/09 collection as some kind of installation using carpets from their colaboration with German carpet manufacturer Vorwerk and prints they did for Lumas. The whole setting pretty much reminded me of an installation by Vanessa Beecroft, what do you think? credit: hintmag.com and c.neeon credit: Vanessa BeecroftC.NEEONVANESSA BEECROFT More About: Winter , Autumn
FAT MODELS
2008-04-12 12:33:00 via fashionistaLook how fat/healthy they are. I could have been a model ten years ago! But hey, back then I was 17 - far to young to be a supermodel! How times have changed... More About: Models
CYBERPUNK MEETS MARIE ANTOINETTE...
2008-04-10 22:41:00 I have been to the k-mb agency today to have a look at the new autumn/winter 08/09 collections of the designers they represent. When I entered the agency's rooms my eyes automatically fell on a dress by Berlin based design duo Scherer González. Scenes from a dramatically arranged costume drama somewhere in between Cyberspace and Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette adaption immediately came to my mind. Haute Couture like garments made of silk, leather, fur, perfectly crafted left me totally speachless. Tiny little details like aureated snake's vertebrae add up to items that are worth every penny (many pennies!!!). I most certainly found the dress for my next red carpet event O_O I am not so much a fan of the campaign itself, but I can hardly wait to see these clothes used in an editorial... credit: scherergonzalezSCHERER GONZALEZ More About: Marie Antoinette
BERLIN BIENNIAL | SKULPTURENPARK
2008-04-10 21:35:00 Where exactly is the art? Mary and I were quite lost stumbling across the waste land formerly know as death strip now used as Skulpturenpark during the 5th Berlin Biennial. The map wasn't really helpful and left us searching for artworks like looking for Easter eggs. Wandering around rubbish-dumps, wooden barracks and earth holes we nearly missed Susan Hiller's sound installation which would have been really sad. I will definitley come back later this year, bring my dog, sit in the sun to watch art tourists looking for art works.BERLIN BIENNIALTHE ARTISTS
LUKE SMALLEY
2008-04-07 21:34:00 credit: creative exchange agency artistsLUKE SMALLEY More About: Luke
F&ART MENTIONED...
2008-04-04 00:01:00 in DIE ZEIT (sorry folks, only in German...): "Manchen Bloggern genügt ein einziges Projekt längst nicht mehr. Mary Scherpe ist auch an dem Gemeinschaftsblog Pudri beteiligt. Dort schreibt auch die Heidelberger Galeristin Mahret Kupka, die ansonsten die Website F&Art Guide betreibt. Kupka interessiert sich für Grenzgänge zwischen Mode und Kunst. Durch ihr Blog ist sie bereits so bekannt geworden, dass die Kosmetikfirma Lancôme sie nach Paris einlud."Das Thema Modeblogs in deutschen Zeitungen wird derzeit in diversen deutschen Modeblogs diskutiert. Wen das interessiert - das höchst brisante Thema kann hier, hier, hier und hier verfolgt werden.DIE ZEIT
BERLIN BIENNALE 01
2008-04-03 23:24:00 KW Institute for contemporary artThe Berlin Biennial definitely is one of the most important art exhibitions in Berlin and the cities artworld is going totally crazy about it. I've been to the press preview today and had the chance to visit one of the four exhibition venues - the KW Institute for contemporary art. Tomorrow is the professional preview and the official opening reception with parties etc. I am definitely not going to be at all the events happening within the next 2 1/2 months (and believe me there are MANY), but since all the venues are more or less around the corner I will most certainly visit some of them, take pictures and write about it on F&ART. More detailed information HEREAhmet ÖgütBERLIN BIENNIAL
INDIE SPRING 2008
2008-04-03 22:17:00 The Spring issue of Austrian fashion magazine INDIE is out now. Special about it this time - at least for me - are two bits on Danish Desinger Diana Brinks and Romanian fashion label Rozalb de Mura written by - tata - moi. Interessted to read (sorry German only!)? Click the images below INDIE MAGAZINE More About: Indie , 2008
THE FUTURE OF F&ART
2008-04-03 21:32:00 Jeffrey tells Mahret how it has to be done...Don't be afraid, F&ART is going stay the way it is, more or less. There have been many changes in my life since the beginning of this year. I've finished university, advanced as a freelance writer, turned my back on Heidelberg and moved to Berlin. And here I am - nearly jobless, nearly broke, living in a huge appartment in Mitte and I've never been happier... Stay tuned, 2008 is going to be GREAT! YEHA!!! More About: Future , The Future
PARROTTA CONTEMPORARY ART
2008-04-01 19:45:00 credit: parrotta.deToshiya Momose, "Stills"Donnerstag, 03. April 2008, ab 19.00 Uhr Brunnenstr. 178-179, 10119 BerlinMit der Ausstellung "Stills" zeigt die Galerie Parrotta in Stuttgart und Berlin erstmals in Deutschland eine umfassende Auswahl an Arbeiten des japanischen Fotografen Toshiya Momose (*1968). Stets aus der Perspektive des fremden Besuchers, des Reisenden und stillen Beobachters fotografiert er in Metropolen wie Havanna, Istanbul, Buenos Aires, Tokio, Shanghai, New York und ? in neuesten Arbeiten ? auch kultivierte Landschaften Deutschlands. Immer sind die Motive menschenleere Szenerien, die den Eindruck von Verlassenheit erzeugen. Dabei steht die Manifestation von Zeit im Zentrum des künstlerischen Interesses von Toshiya Momoses. Im Sinne des »dialektischen Bildes« von Walter Benjamin schöpft er Konfigurationen im historischen Prozess, die sich als Bilder aus dem Fluss des Geschehens herausheben, indem sie einem aktiv fixierenden Moment des Erkennens unterli... More About: Contemporary , Contemporary Art
ZWEIMAL SASHA PIVOVAROVA
2008-03-30 22:19:00 via foto_decadentVogue Russia April 2008by Terry Tsiolisvia foto_decadentVogue Paris April 2008by Hedi SlimaneMORE More About: Sasha , Sasha Pivovarova
CLEMENS EN AUGUST SS08 ON TOUR
2008-03-27 17:00:00 MEN credit: clemens en augustTOURDATES More About: Tour , August , On Tour , Clemens
WOLFGANG TILLMANS IM HAMBURGER BAHNHOF
2008-03-27 16:07:00 Wolfgang Tillmans, "photocopy", 1994 (© Wolfgang Tillmans, Courtesy Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Köln)Mary und ich waren am Samstag spontan im Hamburger Bahnhof und haben uns die große Wolfgang Tillmans Sonderausstellung, die dort seit dem 21.03. zu sehen ist, angesehen. So ganz und gar Tillmans, wie man es von ihm gewohnt ist, präsentiert sich die Ausstellung nicht. Viel Ungesehenes, Ungewohntes, Unerkennbares ist dabei und vor allem VIEL, so dass mal-ein-bißchen-Duchschlendenern, schnell ermüdet. Dies soll aber nicht heißen, dass es sich nicht lohnen würde, der Ausstellung einen Besuch abzustatten schon alleine wegen der Turner Preis dotierten Installation der Arbeiten. Zwischen Mama zum Hauptbahnhof bringen und bei Mitte Meer Pasta kaufen, lässt es sich eine Stipvisite bei Herrn Tillmans gut einschieben, vor allem wenn es draußen eh regnet...© Wolfgang Tillmans, Courtesy Galerie Daniel Buchholz, KölnMEHR BILDERMEHR TEXT More About: Wolfgang
THINKING BLOGGER AWARD
2008-03-27 15:04:00 Vor einer halben Ewigkeit wurde ich einmal mit dem Thinking Blogger Award ausgezeichnet. Das ist mir nun wieder und dann gleich zweimal passiert. Mein Dank geht diesmal an Lisa von La Lila und Michaela von tschilp, während ich hier sitze und vier (!) unbelegte Brötchen esse und mich sehr freue, endlich Internet in meiner Berliner Wohnung zu haben (seit gestern!).What is the story behind the name of your blog and nickname?My blog is called F&ART which derives from Fashion & ART and that's what it's all about. F&ART can be pronounced "F and ART" or simply "FART" (we would say "FURZ" in German). I really do love fashion, art, design and all things creative, but do not take all of this THAT seriously. Talking about nice clothes, people's styles etc. is fun and I like the volatilizing sense about it. Today it's there, gone by tomorrow...What has been your best and worst blogging experience?Beein invited to Paris by Lancôme and meeting other bloggers from all around th...
AMY WINEHOUSE HIN AMY WINEHOUSE HER
2008-03-18 00:26:00 credit: vogue parisDie Alte spinnt! Aber sie macht ganz wunderbare Musik und hat - so kann keiner leugnen - einen recht individuellen Stil, der so individuell und unverkennbar ist, dass er viele Menschen inspiriert, die den Stil dann etwas weniger individuell und unverkennbar machen. Wer da so in erster Linie beteiligt ist, hat Suzy Menkes in einem kleinen Filmchen zusammengetragen: credit: vogue parisAch ja und die Fotos stammen aus der Februarausgabe der französischen Vogue und zeigen Isabelli Fontana gestylt als - TaTa - Amy Winehouse .
DIESEL DENIM GALLERY | AYAKO MARUTA
2008-03-17 15:37:00 credit: Mikio ShutoWer demnächst in Tokio oder New York unterwegs ist sollte unbedingt der Diesel Denim Gallery einen Besuch abstatten. Da die Kunst ein zunehmend weit gefasster Begriff ist, gibt es in Japan diesmal neben der Shopsituation keinen - wie üblich - jungen hippen zeitgenössischen Künstler zu sehen, sondern mit Ayako Maruta eine Architektin. Die Japanerin, die seit 2006 selbstständig tätig ist, schuf für Diesel eine Lampeninstallation, die die aktuelle Diesel Kollektion - wie ich finde - ganz hübsch in Szene setzt. Übrigens ist die Kollaboration zwischen Jeans und Kunst hier nicht einzigartig. So eröffnete kürzlich in Köln der erste Levi's Blue Lab Store Deutschlands. Mehr dazu später! Ein Interview mit Ayako Maruta gibt es hier zu lesen. credit: Mikio ShutoDIESEL DENIM GALLERYAYAKO MARUTAINTERVIEW
GOLD LEAVE'S DRAWINGS
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