The McQueen house showed today. I think this is the show that most people were waiting to see this season, for many reasons. It did not disappoint. This is McQueen at his absolute best. Click on the photos for a high resolution version.
When I heard the news about Alexander McQueen’s untimely death it saddened me very much. It was his Fall 2008 collection that convinced me to want to become a part of the fashion industry. I waited to write this remembrance post because it overlapped too much with the Olympics for me, and I didn’t want to take away from either event. So here is my small homage to McQueen’s genius, my personal highlights from his recent collections.
Myself and other students with Vancouver Community College were given the chance to volunteer with the Four Host First Nations at the Olympics. Here are some photos taken by one of my fellow volunteers, Aleksandra.
Tsleil-Waututh – David Thomas and Dennis Thomas
Tsleil-Waututh – David Thomas
Tsleil-Waututh Elder – Iggy
Musqueam Elder – Howard Grant
Musqueam – Josh Sparrow
Squamish – Chris Williams
Lil’wat – Levi Nelson
Lil’wat – Levi Nelson and Miles Andrew
Lil’wat – Miles Andrew
Oh it was so hard to keep this all under wraps. I’ve been volunteering with the opening ceremonies since January, working specifically with the Four Host First Nations and the aboriginal welcome. It was an honor. Seeing it culminate tonight on the stage was amazing, it was such a momentous occasion for everyone involved.
The Four Host First Nations were honored tonight because the Vancouver 2010 Olympics are being held on traditional FHFN land. Canada is the first country to co-host the Olympics with its native inhabitants, as they had the FHFN elected chiefs in attendance with other political dignitaries.
Seeing the regalia up close and being allowed to handle it was a wonderful experience. The group pictured above are the four Squamish representatives; Chris, Chief Alannah, Bob, and Amanda. Chris’ regalia was mainly velvet pieces decorated with wooden paddles, which make a beautiful noise when they clack against each other. His headdress was made of cedar bark and specially cut feathers. The leggings were woven wool.
Alannah’s regalia was comprised of a buckskin tunic and lace up moccasins, with a cedar bark cloak and headdress with abalone center pieces. She also had a woven cedar bracelet.
Bob’s regalia had many pieces. He had two buckskin aprons, the front with ornamental paddles. His cloak is woven wool and fastened with ivory, and his leggins were also wool. His headdress had several feathers, and he carried a large ceremonial paddle.
Amanda’s regalia was very involved. She had an asymmetrical white buckskin dress and matching lace up mukluks. Her cloak was wool and fastened with ivory. Her hair was done in French braids with two matching headdresses and hair pieces made from dentalia and blue and red beads. Amanda and all of the girls from Squamish wore traditional bear grease in their hair and covered it with eagle down.
I hope I can update more later once the press releases more high res photos. Until then I will say that it has been tremendous. The FHFN people were an inspiration and I’ll always remember all of them very fondly.
I’m not usually that into Robin Williams, but Francis really likes him so we found and watched this movie today. I have to say I was surprised, and impressed. I loved this movie.
My two favorite genres are comedy and drama, but you rarely find a good mix of the two. So many movies have a hard time staying all comedy and try to venture into drama at midway point, and then the audience loses interest as the movie crashes and burns. This movie did not do that. It ventured into that dark territory where the two genres meet and completely owned it.
So if you like dark sex comedies that have some substance, don’t hesitate to watch this.
This commercial is sooooo cute!
Tokyo Street Style And Spring 2010: Do You See The Connections?
First of all, it’s a complete logical fallacy. It’s confirmation bias mixed with a bit of cherry picking. You can’t go looking for something, find it, and call it a trend. It has to be represented widely.
They also don’t even get their photos right. They picked out a casual classic lolita type outfit and connected it to a trashy Altuzarra romper, when Chanel pretty much blatantly took the lolita concept for their entire spring show. It would have been a much stronger point to make.
I understand this is just for the attention-span-of-a-fruit-fly online crowd, but 18 examples also doesn’t really prove anything. So 9 people in all of Japan have outfits vaguely resembling things that 9 designers did for one outfit in their show? Doesn’t really convince me that everyone in Japan is a fashion maven.
Like the comments on this piece say, nothing is original, all Japanese clothing nowadays is an homage to or an adaption from Western clothing (besides their traditional clothing, obviously). This piece is pretty much garbage. People unfamiliar with Tokyo fashion aren’t impressed, and people who know anything about Japanese fashion are mostly laughing at Vogue’s inability to grasp the whole concept behind Japanese streetwear.
Oh and for BJD people, holy crap that photo looks like a person cosplaying a doll in AnotherSpace with a Leekeworld grey wig^
Christopher Bailey for Burberry Prorsum can do no wrong in my eyes. This collection just continues his brilliant streak. It’s a perfect balance of masculine and feminine, functionality and fashion, retro and modern. I love the pants silhouette this time, they’re not a far cry from skinny legs and I think it’s a nice change for people who don’t want to give up that cut yet.
I’m so in love with this song right now, I can’t stop listening to it.
I have an unhealthy obsession with Silent Hill despite never having played any of the games.
I am not normally a huge fan of the Versace aesthetic since it’s usually too brazenly sexy, but I feel like this collection is the perfect balance of fun, sensuality, and cohesive design. Everything relates to each other in this small collection, nothing feels like an afterthought or out of place. The bright colors of Tokyo apparently inspired this collection, and it continued in the same vain as Versace’s spring collection with the body conscious fabrics and cuts. My favorite aspect of these clothes is that they evoke the feel of British fashion in the 60s without copying it exactly. The prints aren’t psychedelic, but they hint at it. The mini skirts and boots don’t fit the same way. It’s a very refreshing take on a retro trend.
