37 Of My Favorite Looks From the Spring 2019 Couture Collections.

Viktor & Rolf

Victor & Rolf are known for their avant-garde designs. From the designer’s giant bobble heads strutting the runway in the Fall 2017 runway show to this year’s full tulle dresses featuring massive blurbs in the couture collection, Viktor & Rolf always get a conversation started.

Balmain

Olivier Rousteing. BRAVO! We have been watching Mr. Rousteing for nine years. Falling in love with his work more and more each season, but this collection has taken that infatuation to new heights. I am impressed by this collection more than any of his previous works because I really can see the vision. I can see the research, the time, the mind power, and the physical labor in all of it.

Guo Pei

“The Palace of the East isn’t only a building but also refers to women, because in Chinese culture you have different sayings about women in palaces. It also refers to the outfits and garments women are wearing in these palaces. And you’ll see it in my collection, which reflects all these outfits and garments. As for the people in the Audience.”

– Guo Pei in an interview backstage before the show began.

Valentino

Valentino is a classic brand we all know and love. Paris’s haute couture season was closed out by Valentino this year which says a lot about the power of the brand as a whole. The runway show itself was about “more than just the clothes” as creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli exclaimed before the show began. It was truly a fantasy that included movement, silhouette, and one especially familiar face.

Alexandre Vauthier

LEG! LEG! LEG! Alexandre Vauthier uses this sort of imbalance to create these top-heavy illusions that I adore. The collection is seductive and adorable at the same time. The juxtaposition has been executed in a marvelous way.

Iris van Herpen

The queen of 3D printing, Iris Van Herpen, creates the quintessential wearable art. Her designs are the most innovative and advanced creations as of today in the fashion industry. She uses technology to create fashion without incorporating the actual technology and that is the point of it all in technological art. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to wear a television on my t-shirt. That is not fashion advancement, it is lazy design. I have digressed away from the original subject matter but you know where I stand. Overall, we are overly fond of Iris van Herpen’s designs in this collection.

Schiaparelli

Cowboy boots and feathers are right up my alley! This collection is something I relate to on a personal level. It reminds me of childhood innocence and childhood fearlessness. The quirky and eclectic collection really just puts a smile on my face!

January 24, 2019

Lumps, Bumps, and Buttcracks. IT’S FASHION.

Fashion is an art first and foremost, and that we must never forget.

I define remarkable fashion by how it makes you feel. If it’s good it will make you smile. If it’s great it will confuse you, it will keep you up at night, and it will be on your mind until you finally figure it out.

Alexander McQueen: The Birds 1995.

Comme des Garçons: F/W 1990.

Few designers are able to create great fashion, and in this article, we will discuss just that. The very few.

Alexander McQueen, the mastermind who left us far too soon. McQueen was not given the recognition and praise he deserved in his lifetime. He is credited with introducing a new silhouette to the fashion world, and only a handful of designers in history have ever brought forth a new silhouette to the industry. Alexander McQueen’s new silhouette was the “bumster”. The style elongates the torso and exposes the bum which McQueen says “It wasn’t about showing the bum… To me, that part of the body – not so much the buttocks, but the bottom of the spine – that’s the most erotic part of anyone’s body, man or woman”.

PKT4137 – 298081 KATE MOSS MODEL 1996 Kate’s version – at hte Alexander McQueen Show. The supermodel was wearing a vest and low slung trousers known as bumsters at a show by British designer Alexander McQueen hailed as the up and coming star of the London fashion scene.

The Bumster Silhouette.

The medal bodice created by Shaun Leane on the McQueen catwalk.

McQueen was freeing the nipple before “Free the Nipple” was a thing.

Rei Kawakubo, one of the only designers to ever be the theme of the Met Gala and a still living designer. Kawakubo is the founder of Comme des Garçons and owner of the department store, Dover Street Market. The designer turns the abnormal and weird in something sexy and fearless. As a designer, she is a true artist. Societal norms and pressures to fit in are in no way apparent in her work. In fact, the first time I encountered a Rei Kawakubo piece I was doing research on Frankenstein’s influence on fashion. Her designs are almost monstrous with a divine womanly touch.

Comme des Garçons: The Lumps and Bumps Collection S/S 1997.

Rei Kawakubo for Vogue Paris.

Rihanna & Tracee Ellis Ross wearing Rei Kawakubo at the 2017 Rei Kawakubo themed MET GALA.

Fashion is for the fearless, so if you are not ready to be anything but your valiant self..

stay at home!

September 27, 2018

Up Next. “Artistry”

Artist.

Benito Longoria

IG// @benitql TW// @bxnito

Benito Longoria’s artwork stems from his disconnection in a traditional school environment. He took that situation which could be perceived as a negative and manifested it into his distinct art style. Benito created “A world I’d feel more comfortable in”. A world where many originators would feel more comfortable. His artwork combines childlike elements and sophisticated paint strokes; the artist’s work gives you innocence and torment all at the same time all in the best ways.

Benito Longoria describes his art style as being mostly realism with elements of surrealism and abstraction. His goal with each piece is to express it in the most mystifying and honest way possible.

MAYERS.

Beginning, Middle.

Casa de Flor.

In five years time, Benito Longoria sees himself creating his own universe. Throughout the span of five years, he will gain knowledge and experience to make that dream a reality. He would like to do various projects with A$AP Rocky and GOLF. In everything he does, Benito will always view himself as a student because he shall never stop learning.

Siana-Lee Valdez

“Saucy”

www.saucyytings.com

IG// @saucyysiiana TW// @sauceyy.siianaa

Siana-Lee Valdez says her artwork derives heavily from her spiritual background and open-minded perspective of the world. She views the world as an endless possibility which reflects highly in her pieces. Saucy’s choice in vibrant colors, unexpected pattern mixing, and texture sets her work out from the rest. She dives deeply into her thoughts and imagination when creating. Siana-Lee Valdez chooses not to just accept the reality given to her but instead “Creates her own Reality“.

Siana, an observer of life, identifies people’s hidden intentions through their words, facial expressions, and body language. That is what her latest project includes. Three individual paintings all representing the personalities of humanity. The “Sleepwalker”, the “Seeker”, and the “Fronter”.

In five years time, Saucy will be twenty-three and be living in her New York apartment. Still growing. Still creating. Still loving life. Siana-Lee would like to dabble in film, music, and photography. Her true goal is to inspire, and that she will/ is doing every day.

Alexis Denis Hicks

IG// @a_denicee & @lex_pressions

Alexis Denis Hicks has an eclectic and eccentric style of artwork. She says she tries to remain in a renaissance-esque style of the free nipple movement. As an artist, Alexis doesn’t do it for the shock value but for the natural beauty and art form in and of itself. She considers her work blacstract.

Alexis Hicks finds inspiration in movements such as Black Lives Matter and has been following the movement since it began in 2013. She quotes Tina Lawson when describing her emotions towards her work “It’s so much beauty in being black., and I’ve always known that”.

In five years time, Alexis Denis Hicks sees herself and her brand prospering from the hours of prayer and dedication put into her work. Lexpressions will be a well-known brand name amongst peers, selling prints and painting all over the world.

August Dunson

www.augustwritesblog.wordpress.com

IG// @august_writes TW// @augustwrites

August Dunson’s style of work is described as simple and clean with aspects of wild color and shapes. She’s an illustrative artist with abstract influences. Currently, August is experimenting with her artistic style and has a heavy hand in the world of poetry. That work can be read on her site August Writes Blog.

The portrait piece of George Stinney Jr photographed above was heavily influenced by the work of Vik Muniz. August Dunson stated, “[Vik Muniz’s] portrait really moved me and imprinted the story of George Stinney Jr in my mind forever so I knew I had to create something telling his story”.

In five years time, August Dunson would like to have her artistic style cemented down and work be well known. She hopes to have her art be on view in galleries, art shows, and collaborations with designers to have her art printed on clothing.

January 17, 2018

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