11 Wednesday Sep 2013
New York Fashion Week (NYFW), s/s 2014 street wear sass
showcases sweatshirt glam.
No longer a wardrobe throwaway piece
the sweatshirt has fashion evolved from
work out to work it – wear.
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28 Thursday Feb 2013
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daughter of Yohji Yamamoto, deconstruction/traditional, hard edge fashion, limi feu, masculine/feminine aesthetic, street wear sass, Yohji Yamamoto, Yohji-inpsired
World renown fashion designer, Yohji Yamamoto,
whose clothes represent his life philosophy:
fluidity, movement, ease, mobility, freedom
is the father of designer Limi Feu.
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(image from escafila.blogspot.com):
Limi Feu and Yohji Yamamoto
Limi Yamamoto, who designs under the name Limi Feu,
started her eponymous label in 2000 showcasing
during Tokyo Fashion Week.
In 2007, she presented her first show in Paris.
Her s/s 2013 collection is a comprehensive reflective of her oeuvre,
a blending of duality in aesthetics:
masculine/feminine
hard/soft
deconstruction/ traditional
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Clearly, Ms. Feu is inspired by Yohji Yamamoto.
Her design definition rings reminiscent of her father:
a leaning towards somber colours
a predilection to black as a statement hue
masculine/feminine inventive
harmonious contradictions
oversizing
layering
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Although she is her father’s daughter,
her design voice is loud and clear.
Hers is of a gritty, hard edge
street wear sass: an abundance of attitude.
28 Thursday Feb 2013
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black/white colour theme, daughter of Yohji Yamamoto, Generation 2 Creative, layering, limi feu, masculine/feminine aesthetic, monochromatic, monochrome, oversizing, somber hues, spring/summer 2013, street wear sass, volume, voluminous dress
somber hues
black/white colour dominance
masculine/feminine aesthetic balance
deconstruction
volume
layering
tough
edge
raw
somewhat referential to the design aesthetics of her father
designer, Yohji Yamamoto
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The s/s 2013 collection of Japanese designer
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22 Friday Feb 2013
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fashion 1992, grunge fashion, grunge fashion on the runway, grunge wear, look book-back, marc by marc jacobs, Marc Jacobs, Perry Ellis, street wear sass
The process of any artistic development is not linear –
a straight progression from one starting point to end,
but cyclical, a steady reflection on what came before.
For the s/s 1992 collection, the designer Marc Jacobs,
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then the creative mind of the Perry Ellis label,
introduced grunge wear to the fashion world.
Grunge …
musicality of hard rock/punk, angst lyrics, dress of tattered thrift store finds,
emerged from the Pacific Northwest city of Seattle, Washington-
had in one season morphed from a
term of underground to that of mainstream.
It was not the first, nor would it be the last that
a music genre and a street style
served as muse for runway fashion.
Although the grunge-inspired collection received praise from the public
and in the press, Mr. Jacobs was fired from Perry Ellis …
No worries though … today he is the creative director of Luis Vuitton
and designs under his eponymous label – Marc Jacobs
and his diffusion line – Marc by Marc Jacobs …
as in grunge wear … not too shabby, at all.
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(images from nuevemusas.wordpress.com):
Perry Ellis, 1992
