Written by Nicoleta Parascan on 19 Feb 2013
After witnessing their magnificent fall / winter 2013 runway presentation, few would have guessed that it was only last year when designer duo Fyodor Golan debuted a very first collection during London fashion week (LFW). Twelve months later, Fyodor Podgorny and Golan Frydman reveled yet another extraordinary line up, one that felt utterly accomplished, dramatic and exuding of avant-garde influences. Inspired by Luis Bunuel’s 1967 cult…
Written by Nicoleta Parascan on 31 Jan 2013
10. As in 10 beautiful Ford Chicago models embodying cutting-edge minimalism for Fifty8 magazine’s forward concept of limitless digital fashion exploration. In a constant pursuit of uniqueness, battling the grounds of normality and pushing towards more of a striking visual experience, Billy Rood captured an altered version of reality. A transparent form of perception signaling an inevitable shift towards the senses.
Written by Nicoleta Parascan on 17 Nov 2012
Surrounded by an unexpected feel of surrealism, strongly grounded in the 1950s structural look that focused on delicate feminine silhouettes, and brought-up-to-date by the rough bondage elements, Wolford’s fall 2012 collection surprises with a modern rock-chick attitude. The Austrian brand took inspiration from the untamed work of Elsa Schiaparelli, and complemented their raw vision with powerful and tough accents spotted especially in the metallic beads…
Written by Tania Braukämper on 7 Nov 2012
The way surrealism challenges our minds is part of what makes it so captivating. It may be an image, it’s foundation in reality, spliced together with another reality to create an uncanny and dreamlike situation. As you look through Louise Amstrup’s spring 2013 look book it’s the surreal prints that draw the eye repeatedly, aways challenging you to make sense of the picture. But in…
Written by Daniel P Dykes on 23 Oct 2012
Surrealism continues as one of the topics dominating fashion photography’s landscape and, this November, makes its way to the cover of Vogue Turkey.
Written by Tania Braukämper on 1 Oct 2012
More so than the model sneaking into the role of photographer for a moment or two was something else a little surreal about this particular shot. When I came to put my finger on it, it was indeed a surrealism: chignons and cameras obscuring faces makes for a Magritte-like anonymity. The second shot shows a little more of the scene, which was photographed backstage at…
Written by Tania Braukämper on 7 Sep 2012
“Fashion is always uncomfortable,” declares Anna Dello Russo in what seems to be a set of fashion commandments. But these are commandments that don’t find themselves etched into stone – rather they’re proclaimed from the mountain top of giant gold shoe and carried forth on a wave of euro techno beats. Oddly the clip – a (sort of) song titled ‘Fashion Shower’ – is not…
Written by Melanie Lim on 27 Aug 2012
“There is art in everything” is something that an Art Deco enthusiast would say. Making itself known by the 1930s, Art Deco is a movement that brought about a change in perspective, allowing people see beauty in anything and everything under the sun. In the fashion sense, the movement gave rise to a new woman, one who is stronger. She bid adieu to the feathers…
Written by Tania Braukämper on 21 Aug 2012
No longer reserved for inside the pages, surrealism makes its way to the cover of Pop Magazine’s fall / winter 2012 issue. What is represented by Sui He’s strangely floating torso? Armour, one can only assume, given the issue is The Warrior Issue.
Written by Tania Braukämper on 28 Jul 2012
Each ManiaMania collection of jewellery is accompanied by a description of its inspirations that’s just about as mystical and cryptic and open to interpretation as the jewellery itself. Reliably there’s some inspiration drawn from the hippie days of the ‘60s and ‘70s. If it’s a fascination with spiritualism or surrealism or religious cult it’s the fascination revived from the way it was in those free-loving…