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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