Friday, August 27, 2010

MY LIFE IN DRESSES


I always look forward to ABSOLUT Fringe but I'm especially excited about MY LIFE IN DRESSES written and performed by Sorcha Kenny who has embarked on an ongoing ‘dress quest’ to uncover the real life stories behind the dresses lingering in wardrobes all over the country.  

Visit http://mylifeindresses.wordpress.com/  



“Presented as a work in progress earlier this year at Project Brand New, Sorcha Kenny’s new work brought the house down. The full production is hotly anticipated”. Róise Goan, Director, ABSOLUT Fringe 


MY LIFE IN DRESSES 
Project Arts Centre
September 11th-18th @ 7pm
(Preview Thursday 9th and Friday 10th)
Tickets €14/€12/€10

http://www.fringefest.com/

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Skip conversions

I've always loved the idea of turning something very ordinary but useful into something fun and beautiful.  

These made me smile ;-)





Saturday, August 21, 2010

Isabella Blow


I came accross this tragic but beautiful article about Isabella Blow written by her husband Detmar Blow. 



Isabella and Detmar Blow




There are just so many brillant images of beautiful creations worn by the wonderfully talented Isabella Blow but this image is my absolute favourite.  It was taken by photographer David LaChapelle, love it!   

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Alexander McQueen and Isabella Blow:
"Burning Down the House"
Vanity Fair
March 1997

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Antoni & Alison


ANTONI & ALISON was established in 1987.

“We are British designers working with art-based and sometimes, funny concepts to produce pieces of work which we incorporate into a range of clothing and accessories. Our work is the result of two people putting their heads together to create things that nobody asked us to do.”

Antoni & Alison met at St. Martins School of Art, London in 1982, where Antoni studied Fashion /Textiles and Alison studied Fine Art/Painting - they met in the first term, became inseparable and have worked together ever since…


 Absolutely love the guided tour of the house 
http://www.antoniandalison.co.uk/guide.php 


Check out their website  http://www.antoniandalison.co.uk/



Thursday, August 12, 2010

BLACK AND WHITE

Oh how I do love black and white there's just some-thing so clean, crisp, cool and elegant about it I always come back to it...

Monday, August 9, 2010

A Matter of Taste

     
Fulvio Bonavia is an award-winning Italian photographer.  Check out his brillant book   “A Matter of Taste”.  Love it!