Words to Live by... go forward

This week:

 Make mistakes 

Learn from them

Go Forward 

Alexander McQueen

"Of course I make mistakes If I didnt make mistakes id never learn. You can only go forward  by making mistakes"

Have a great one. 

xx V

To Lee, with love, Nick

It does seem to be the age of the video doesn't it. I did have another post planned but when I saw this short film from Nick Knight's Showstudio I just had to share it. The film, with music by Bjork, is a love letter to the late Alexander McQueen. I think it captures perfectly the raw mix of beauty and darkness that so imbued his work and indeed McQueen himself.

 

 If you have time you should have a ramble around the Showstudio website. Its a fascinating look at fashion through film.

Pattern me up pattern me down

 I do love me some pattern

 

The patterned tights in an Anna Sui catwalk show

Love the combination of the heavily patterned upholstery with the models clothes in this photograph by  Dominik Smialowski

A piece from the late Alexander McQueens 2010 collection, inspired by Byzantine Art. And just in case you thought all fashion designers did was design clothing...

I'm not a fan of coke light but it doesnt mean I cant like the package it comes in. These were a part of a limited edition run designed by Robert Cavalli for fashion week in Milan back in 2008.

Speaking of animal prints I recently discovered a new favourite seller on Etsy, Sharon Montrose who takes these amazing photographs of animals in her studio.

Alexander McQueen 1969-2010

Yesterday the world of fashion lost one of its own.The British designer Lee Alexander McQueen will be sadly missed.

 Rest in Peace

Wednesday surfs for ... a tenuous link

I don't know if anyone's noticed but its been raining a lot recently and it got me thinking

Tired with a plain old umbrella, want to turn heads as you walk to work? look no further than the Nubrella.

Speaking of out of this world head wear one of my favourite hat designers of all time (and its not just because he's Irish ) is Philip Treacy 

 

Some of his hats are surrealist flights of fancy

'Chinese Garden' -  for Alexander Mc Queen

But that doesnt mean that someone doesnt wear them

Isabella Blow was Treacy's Muse, her flamboyant style was the perfect companion to his outlandish but always breathtaking hats.

Speaking of famous milliners, where would they be without the best quality imbellishments. And if they were in need of a fabric flower to adorn their latest work haute cotour designers would say go to see Mr Legeron. Legerons  is tucked away in the 2nd Arrondissement in Paris, has been around since 1880.

(was that a bit tenuous) 

And where did I find out about this gem I hear you asking, well in my latest favourite book Paris : Made By Hand

By Pia Jane Bijkerk.

Who when she isnt writing books on Paris's best kept secret shops also writes a blog here

And on that blog the other day she featured a designer Stepanka

 Whos latest creation is inspired by the RAIN

you see the weather really is all we talk about in Ireland.