Archive for December, 2008

Stan Brakhage, “Water For Maya” (2000)

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Collaborations: Fred Perry x Anne-Sofie Back

Sunday, December 7th, 2008

I think I might be one of the few that still enjoys the shoulder pad cliché, but this Anne-Sofie Back commission for Fred Perry’s sixth installment of the Blank Canvas series is hard to deny. Great silhouettes.

Back draws her inspiration from products and issues that make her feel uncomfortable. The reverse shoulder pad, a design feature that runs through all of the collection, is a manifestation of that inspiration and is also found in Back’s catwalk collections. The reversed pads in the garments create a sloping shoulder, the opposite of the 80’s fashion cliché of power dressing.

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Via This Heart’s On Fire

Guess Who’s Blogging: Fran Allen

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

Via Young Blood.