Bold Designer

I’ve learned while going through photos of Kansai Yamamoto‘s awesome work that it is indeed possible to salivate over amazing costume! He’s the man responsible for the wardrobe for David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust Tour and currently produces something called Super Show that is at once fascinating, inscrutable and over the top. I am dying to attend.

There have been two retrospectives in Tokyo and Philadelphia so heres to hoping one comes to New York. Oh, and wouldn’t a chain store collaboration be simply amazing?! I’d do just about anything for one of his patchwork kimono dresses.

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Posted on January 11, 2011

Luxe Bohemia Designer

The designs of Gregory Parkinson are a dream meeting of the asthetics of the Diane Freis 1970’s California (where he resides and works) and the England of Celia Birtwell and Ossie Clark (where he was born and schooled). His vibrant, print heavy mix and match outfits are what Annie Hall would end up wearing if Paul Simon had whisked her away to London for a long summer. Even when he dips into weird yarn art lady territory it somehow works. Crafty has rarely felt so romantic.

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Posted on October 31, 2010

Lanvin

When it was announced that Alber Elbaz, designer for Lanvin was going to be working on an H&M collaboration, fashion lovers went wild. His collections for the oldest existing fashion house in the world epitomize luxury but never without a sense of whimsy and humor which has made the brand so relevant and dynamic with today’s more daring and self styled.

Of course, most of his biggest fans could only dream of being able to pick up on of his leopard print frocks, or asymmetrical dramatically pleated numbers (unless I am underestimating the number of ladies who have several thousand to throw at a dress)… until now. The H&M collection will be in stores November 20th and I expect that it will be insane (both insane as in awesome, and insane as in high heeled girls in fights between the racks).

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Posted on September 5, 2010

Amazing Interior Designer

David Carter looks and dresses like a golden era dandy of the Quentin Crisp ilk and his exquisite dramatic (but NEVER tacky) interiors are as gloriously out of step with the typical styles of the today. Not to say his aesthetic is strictly antique, it’s built on history but put together with a thoroughly modern sensibility. His site (which these images are from) is a dreamland of interior design inspiration. Every room beckons daydreams of decadent lounging.

I discovered Carter from this article on Style Bubble (a site that’s always great for introducing an interesting person, place or thing of interest). His own home, decorated wit equal wit and glamour, is called 40 Winks and “is being launched to help give photographers, stylists, art directors, designers, buyers, models and anyone in the creative and fashion industries somewhere fun and different to stay when they are in London for work or pleasure.” Can you imagine a more fantastical place to stay?

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Posted on August 8, 2010

Icons of American Design

While the work of Ray and Charles Eames is almost transparent in our time with it’s all encompassing influence of daily life, their design is no less popular today than when it was new. In fact, among today’s lovers of interiors and industrial art, they may even be more popular than ever (just try to scroll through a design blog or tumblr without running into a photo of thier work, or design inspired by them). I have even witnessed a certain friend literally fall in love with one of their rockers after bottles of wine were consumed at a party… no things didn’t get dirty, but his love for the chair was palpable. The simplicity of design, the clean lines and sense of joy that the team are known for elicit that kind of passion in fans.

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Posted on June 27, 2010