Latest ChinaShop Pieces!
[ 18 February 2010 ]
Here are some of my most recent pieces for ChinaShop magazine! Enjoy!
Phrases I have never heard uttered: “You know, I would work out… if only there was a Star Wars sneaker. Until then, I’m afraid I just can’t do it. Hey, pass the Doritos.”
Well just because I haven’t overheard it, doesn’t mean it can’t ever happen.
Well, something wonderful has happened for those people clinging to that as their last excuse for avoiding physical fitness. Adidas recently rolled out a massive range of Star Wars-influenced kicks… Read more!
The L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival is like any fashion week anywhere in the world: designers, models, buyers, editors & stylists revelling in a sartorial orgy which lasts for the longest seven days of your life. By the time of the closing night party, blisters are rampant, skin is dehydrated and sallow, and everyone is feeling just a tad bit blind from the non-stop camera flashes. Your bed is calling your name; your name has never sounded sweeter.
But this year, Melbourne’s fashion week has a point of difference. It has a simple and straightforward slogan: “Get Happy”. In the advertising campaign, there is nary a sour or sultry look to be had. No — instead, the models are smiling and laughing. Photographed by Stephen Chee, models Katya & Tina look delighted just to be in front of a camera, and let’s face it, they probably were… Read more!
Tuesday night’s Barbie Tweetup marked the unveiling of 12 one-of-a-kind Barbie dolls, dressed by some of the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s brightest stars, including Betsey Johnson, Isaac Mizrahi and Kate Spade. Revealed with the lifting of oversized black boxes, the Barbies stood under perfectly positioned spotlights, eager to show off their new looks.
From Betsey Johnson’s “part punky devil and part pretty mistress” Barbie wearing sequined devil horns to Lorraine Schwartz’s Barbie wearing real diamonds valued at $25,000, the collaboration was a clear success… Read more!
The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Show kicks off in New York City next week, and the stakes are high. While celebrities are awash with event invitations, fashion bloggers and lesser-known magazine editors are busy scrounging, begging and scraping the bottom of the barrel to secure just the tiniest piece of coverage. Some designers are known for their disdain of bloggers, but others have embraced the new wave of journalism, with key players such as Chanel, Dior and Rodarte inviting their biggest fans to sit front row… Read more!
Karl Lagerfeld’s “neon baroque” collection for Chanel will surely be a huge influence. He has taken what was already mid-revival — say, studded footwear & oversized hair-bows — & simply done it better than everyone else. While most of us have just been wearing a big floppy bow on the side of our heads, he has made them ornate & frothy, & placed them smack in the middle of a heart-shaped bouffant. He has combined a high-heeled bootie with a studded platform (two huge trends in & of themselves), but made the shoe entirely silver with an extravagant heel & jewel-encrusted buckles. While Chanel’s immaculate & easily identifiable cuts are still there, they’re in frosting hues: pastel pink & sweet lavender, with glittery silver & shimmering grey-blue. Just like a couture cupcake… Read more!
From New York City’s Upper East Side all the way to Helsinki & even New Zealand, street style photography is big business. With an internet culture fixated on immediate updates from the world of fashion, snapping pictures of well-dressed “real people” is one of the fastest ways for a photographer to create a name for themselves. The Sartorialist is an internet phenomenon, & he’s not the only one. Tommy Ton of JAK & JIL recently shot teen blogging sensation Tavi for Vogue Paris, while Craig of Altamira regularly shoots for the Vogue franchise. With books published, advertising campaigns secured & a rabid online fan-base, it seems like photography skills & an eye for style is a sure route to success… Read more!
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I’m really into the neon baroque ruffles. Hello, frosting!
Also, I’m so amazed at how street-style photography has picked up. (Pike + Pine forever!!)
WEIRD...I literally just put Star Wars: A New Hope in my laptop to watch while I folded laundry, and then checked your site. Having said that, I must own those shoes.
Ooooh, love that you share these with us!
whoa! that girl reminds me of an overgrown fraggle rock character… Such a starkly different interpretation of the bow trend, compared to the girl next to her.
I LURVE street fashion blogs. My faves are hel-looks and lookbook! They are a great source of inspiration for shooots and gorgeous outfit ideas ;)
Question! For Gala or any readers!
I live in a town thats not very fashion forward (myself included sometimes) and like most, hurting bad from the economy, and I just got a leopard print Betsey Johnson bag that I’ve been eyeing for a very long time, and I LOVE it, BUT, I also adore the metallic, pastel, “cupcake icing” hues that are coming into style for spring. Is it going to look a bit off switching between such contrasting styles? I’m forever in love with the rocker chick/leopard print and studs look, but they’re so different from each other!
I left you a pretty negative comment a while back on one of your ChinaShop pieces, something along the lines of ‘this isn’t iCiNG! rah rah rah!’ but now I must swallow my words… this is fab stuff, good on ya.
Sunny – it would be SO AMAZING if you could combine them, and do it well. Who says you can’t frost that rocker-chick look?
hey gala, i don’t know if there is any other way to contact you but i’ve just been thinking about the american government and how i don’t like the way things are going and it just made me wonder how the governments are in other countries. what is new zealand’s government like?
Thanks Birdie! maybe I’ll figure something out haha.
lavender studs!?
I much prefer the Star Trek sneakers that Payless put out. But, I’m just that kind of girl.
Oh, I LOVE Hel-looks :) the finnish style is amazing
M.Dominic – I just got the Star Trek sneakers! (In blue, cos I’m a scientist. Obviously ;)) I had to get a friend in the US to buy them and ship them to me but it was worth the wait!
My friend has those Star Wars ones, too.
Love the StarWars shoes! They remind me of some really neat sneakers for men and women from my favorite brand, J Shoes. Check them out at www.shopjshoes.com