VIVIENNE WESTWOOD- RED LABEL SS14 READY-TO- WEAR

SUPERMODEL LILY COLE OPENED THE LATEST VIVIENNE WESTWOOD FASHION SHOW WITH A RITUALISTIC SOLO DANCE PERFORMANCE BATHED IN RED LIGHT IN AN IMPRESSIVE DRESS OF FLOWING FABRICS.

THE SHOW FEATURED PATTERNED JUMPSUITS, SCARVES KNOTTED TO THE KNEES, FLORAL DRESSES. MAIN ACCESSORIES WERE GLADIATOR WEDGES WITH LONG STRAPS AND STRAPLESS SATCHELS HELD AS CLUTCH BAGS.

THE MODELS WORE STRONG THEATRICAL MAKE UP AND MAKE -UP ARTIST VAL GARLAND USED A FEATHER TO CREATE INTRICATE BLACK, BLUE AND RED  DESIGNS.

ALL IMAGES FOR DAZED AND CONFUSED

ILLUSTRATIONS BU IKENAGA YASUNARI

FLOATING FEMALES.

CONTINUING THE ANCIENT TRADITION OF NIHONGA PAINTING, IKENAGA YASUNARI, CREATES DREAMY, NOSTALGIC PORTAITS OF WOMEN. IKENAGA MAY BE USING A MENSO BRUSH AND SOOT INK TO CREATE HIS PAINTINGS, BUT HE USES MODERN ELEMENTS IN HIS THEMES. THE WOMEN WEAR TODAY'S CLOTHING STYLES WITH BEAUTIFUL FLORAL DESIGNS.

TIME SEEMS TO STOP IN HIS IMAGES, WHERE WOMEN ARE FLOATING OVER A  FADED GOLDEN BACKGROUND, ELEGANT AND SERENE. 

images: Juxtapose

SOO JOO PARK BY XI SINSONG

images via: http://wilhelminamodels.typepad.com/wilhelmina/2012/07/soo-joo-by-xi-sinsong.html

The Master and The Girl

INSPIRED BY DUTCH PAINTER'S JAN VERMEER'S WORK THE FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER ERWIN OLAF CREATED AN ATMOSPHERIC EDITORIAL FOR VOGUE NETHERLANDS' OCTOBER 2013 ISSUE.

MODEL YMRE STIEKEMA IS STYLED BY MARIJE GOEKOOP WHILE THE HAIR ARE ATTENDED  BY JEAN LUC AMARIN. THE MAKE UP IS BY KATHINKA GERNANT.