Salvador Dali

I chose 3 different paintings from Dali as he was an artist i researched into well for my first decade of 1930's-40's. I really admired his work and him as a person and thought his eccentric ways were something really worthwhile to aspire to and many people did as he influenced so many artists around him.

Although he didn't do many protraits, i still managed to find 3 different ones that i could end up portraying for my final image. One was Figure At Table (portrait of my sister) 1925.

I think the painting has been beautifully done and it's nice to see Dali create something real. The subject in the painting is his sister, and she is posing quite naturally. The way she has her head on the hand and is looking down at her other which seems to be agitated, could show that she is in deep thought about something. A lot of emotion is shown in this picture, and it appears she could be nervous, upset or just in deep thought.

Also the wrap that is around her body is blue, which symbolizes calmness, wisdom and relaxation, like the ocean which is a big symbol for the colour blue. This comes across quite well in the photo as the pose that the model is doing does reflect on the calm relaxed moods of the colour blue, where as blue can also mean depression and sadness and mourning, which I think again the pose compliments, so there are quite a few different meanings to this photo and it can be portrayed in lots of different ways depending on who looks at it in different ways.

There is also a white cloth laying next to the model, I'm not to sure of the significance of this, although looking back to my colour phycology research the colour white symbolizes purity and innocence, so Dali could have been trying to put across these emotions also when placing the white cloth next to his sister in the picture.

The back ground is quite shadowy and blurred, the colour is dark and subdued making the model stand out a lot more which i think was taken into consideration when Dali painted this. His sister is leaning against a light browny grey table, there isn't much to the background at all but i think that's done on purpose as the moods and pose of the model can be clearly shown even more.

At the time, surrealism was just getting very popular with the public and that was the main art movement at the time. I wouldnt say this painting relates to surrealism, but i think that again was done on purpose as almost all of dalis painting, films, photos and life was based around surrealism so for him to do a painting totally unrelevant to his surrealist work was very different for him and his works and could have been because he had painted a family member.

I think he aimed this photo at no one other than his sister, he did quite a few paintings of her and also his brother who had passed away, so i thnik the target market will have been his family members.

Thomas Hart Benton

Thomas Hart Benton is another srtist i didn't actually research in either of my two decades, ahtough he did a lot of work through each of my decades and did a a fair few portraist so i decided to look at some of his work. He was an american painter and muralist and he was at the forefront of the regionalist art movement. Most of his paintings showed everyday scenes of life in the US.

The painting i chose was a portrait of a lady, although I'm yet to find out the name and year of the painting i think it's interesting and shows a lot of meanings.

I think the mood of this photo is quite subdued, flat and the model looks almost disinterested. The colours are quite dark which can symbolize sadness, anger and hurt, and the facial expression of the model is also quitesad and withdrawn looking.

The lady is holding her hat in her han, sat down and looks like she is wearing fur or maybe velvet, this could symbolize wealth as her hair and shirt underneath also look quite expensive and classy, so the artist could have been trying to show wealth as the coat being worn also has a lot of volume.

The background is quite dull in colour and a faint print can be seen on the right side of the model which indictaes it could be wallpaper of some sort in the background. The pose of the model is quite slouched and compliments her facial expresions.

Leopald Wachtler

Another artist i looked at was Leopald Wachtler, I didnt research him in my historuical brief although he did work throughout both of my decades. There was one painting i liked that stood out to me most, although i couldnt find the name of it;
Original pastel painting,  third quarter 20^th century, signed Leopold Wächtler

In my opinion, this painting is skillfully exicuted and it appears that a lot of time and effort has gone into it. The subject in the painting is dressed in blue, and according to my phycology of colour research, blue indictates calmness and wisdom, and the facial expressions on the lady reflect on this a lot.

Although the colour blue can also indicate depression and  a deep sadness, so the artist could maybe be trying to portray that there are two differet sides to the lady which appears to be quite happy in the photo, but could be deeply hurt or upset deep down, this is showing that there could be a hidden meaning to the message the photo is trying to portray.

The mood of the photo is relatively nice and warm, due to the colours and the facial expressions of the lady, i think the mood is quite peacefull and calm. The lady is holding a flower. Different flowers symbolize different meanings, but flowers in general can be a sign for love, peace and happiness. Although flowers can also mean the total opposite to that, taking into considereation her facial expressions and the colours she is wearing, then i definitely think the flower is symbolizing only good things.

The background is muted and dark, making the subject and garment and colours stand out a lot more and become very apparent in the photo. Another thing i noticed are that the ladies eyes are very strong and piercing and look as if they are following you around the room, eyes are full of emotions and say a lot about you as a person, so the artist making the ladies eyes so sharp shows that he wanted to show emotions and different feelings within them.

Andy Warhol's BLONDIE

Andy Warhol was one of the artists i researched for one of my decades. He lived through 1928-1987. He was an American painter, printmaker and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. He was known worldwide for his work as a painter, avant-garde filmmaker, record producer, author and member of highly diverse social circles that included bohemian street people, distinguished interlectuals, hollywood celebrities and wealthy patrons.

This is one of the pieces by Andy Warhol that I've chosen to maybe use for my final photo.

The mood of the photo is quite provaocative at first sight, but it also has an essence of fun. The way the models lips are very red and she has bright blue eyes staring straight into the camera. The photo comes across as being quite sexual. The subject as i said before in the painting is blondie. Blondie was an american rock band, founded by Deborah Harry, who is in the photo and was often refered to as 'Blondie'.

She was a huge style icon of her time and dressed very punky, which was a big fashion craze at the time of when the band were most popular in the mid 70's, so Warhol choosing her as a model to do his picture of her wasn't a shock, as he was often very interested in style icons and famous people at the time and has done many works depicting different celelbrities faces.

A lot of attention has been applied to her facial features, like her lips and eyes which again can be symbols of a sexual nature. Her hair and eye makeup has been editied to look purple which is a symbol for femininity and confidence, and this definitely comes across in the image. Lots of block colours have also been used in the picture as well, which makes parts of the image really stand out.

At the time, pop art was very popular and as a lot of the art showed off brands, like the famous campbells soup can that Warhol did, lots of modern people could really relate to this modern art as they wanted to be on trend and have all the new uo to date brands, also people looked up to style icons like blondie so i think they could definitely relate to this photo.

Le ballon rouge..

So our second shoot we did was to be inspired by the short film i blogged about earlier called le ballon rouge. This time we had a week to plan it, so it was a lot easier to sort out everything we wanted to do and really think about the whole entire look and prospect of it all.

We had loads of different ideas and after playing around with a few and analyzing which ones worked best, we decided to go with an 'alter-ego' type story. As there was 4 of us in a group, we decided we would show 2 different alter egos, someone who is two faced, and someone who is secretly shy and insecure. We wanted to keep the shoot quite youthful and fresh and young to reflect the feel to the film, but also make it slightly sinister and eery with the alter egos.

We did a 4 model shot, as me and sophie were posing as the 'boy' in the shot, we were laughing and talking together, while our alter egos posing as the 'balloon' in the shoots were looking dark and gloomy in the background. We also did shots in pairs, to try and get across our idea.

I think it worked really well, the colours we used were good as well as me and sophie were dressed in pastelly french colours, and our alter egos dressed in black dark muted colours to show the contrast in emotion. The only thing is the background, i think we need to photoshop a few objects out of it as we just used the college as our scenery, and maybe put more light on me and sophie and more shadows on the alter egos.

Here are a few shots from the shoot, the origional ones we chose will be on soon!

EXPLOSION!

We've just started our new brief.. STYLING! As i used to be a hairdresser i did quite a bit of work with styling then and i really enjoyed it.. so gotta say i was really looking forward to our first shoot!

We were given the word 'explosion' and we had to style a shoot to try and portray that word as best we can, it didnt have to be really specific so we decided to go down the root of a 'half and half emotional explosion', where we had me as the model, half of me was the explosion to show that there are 2 sides to every person. It was so much fun doing all the styling and EVERYTHING had to be taken into consideration, including hair, makeup, backdrop, pose, lighting and editing etc and it was so hard as we only had a night to plan it all! But that considered i think we did pretty well.. here are some of the photos to show our ideas.. the final photo will be up soon!

Le Ballon Rouge

We've just watched a film in lesson called Le Ballon Rouge. Its going to inspire our next shoot I've got to say it was actually really good and quite interesting.

Its basically about a little boy who doesnt seem to have many friends and is quite lonely, finds a red balloon and sort of befriends it. It sounds weird but the boy and balloon become inseparable, going everywhere togther and following each other round. As soon as i saw the little boy climb up the lampost to grab the balloon it reminded me of Banksys graffiti art Balloon Girl which i think was propbabbly influenced by the film.

There are no words to the film its literally just accompanied by music, which i think is really effective as it makes you come to your own assumtions about the film and whats happening. The music also tells the story as well as it has a lot of emotion and feeling to it.

I think any audience can watch the film but certain age groups will take it differently. Younger children wahtching the film will most probably find it fun and enjoyably and relate to the little boy having so much fun with the balloon, and at the end when the balloon gets popped they will probably share the boys sadness, where as when i was watching it, i gathered that the little boy was lonely and found a very close friend within the balloon, I think they both seemed very dependant on each other.

2 new editors..

I’ve decided to compare another two stories of two editors that I haven’t looked at to get a little bit more variety of all the different stories.

I’ve researched to find a couple of different editors, I found Anders Solvsten Thomsen. He’s done lots of work for Dansk magazine, Love magazine, Hero magazine and a few others. His work is very edgy and sharp, his models are very confident looking and a lot of his stories are very cool and different, like a few of the models have different coloured hair like blue or orange etc, and the garments have a lot of texture and look well made.

The stories look very modern and expensive. The story that I’ve chosen from him is called Gloss. The models in the pictures are posing quite sexy and provocatively, they are posing with grapes and drinks with straws and one model is on a lilo. The colours are really nice and bright and the pictures have been edited to have a sort of glossy sheen over them so that the models if anything look fake and plastic, that’s where I think the name reflects the story.

Another editor I’ve chosen is Alister Mackie. His stories are very classy and some of the stories look quite old fashioned as if they’d been made to look like that on purpose. The story I’ve chosen to look at for this editor is called Portraits. The pictures are very old fashioned looking and the hue is very low and dark. The models are mostly dressed in black or been made to look like that and the background colours are very dull and subdued.

The models look quite old fashioned in some of the photos because of what their wearing, although some of them still have the look of an old fashioned photo, although the garments and posing are quite modern, so there is slight contrast and sense of confusion in these photos, like in one of them a model has a head piece made out of peacock feathers and is wearing jeans and a t-shirt and is jumping in the air, this again is a contrast to some of the other photos as it’s a more modern pose and garment in contrast to another photo of a male model not looking into the camera and wearing an old fashioned hat and camera.

These two stories  are very different as Gloss has a very high happy upbeat sexy mood to it, and the photos look very modern and glossy and new, whereas the photos in Portrait are very old fashioned looking and dull, and have a very subdued quiet mood to them. I think both of these editors are very different as Anders Solvsten Thomsen seems to style his models with a lot of edge and moderness and really concentrates on the garments, whereas Alister Mackie’s photos are very subdued and some are quite dull and they have quite an unhappy quiet quite confused mood to them so each of these editors both have a very different style.  

Stina vs Erte!

There is a massive contrast when it comes to the two artists i looked at! Im glad i looked at these 2 different ones, as its given me a clear line between high street and couture which helped me a lot when doing my A2 boards!

Stina persson's work is very messy and quick and has a lot of texture and movement to it, this says to me its more high end high street as the colours and lines appeal to more cheaper brands with a young fresh and fun target market.

Where as Ertes work is very chiseled and neat and sharp, very detailed and plain black and white in colour. You can tell he's taken a very long time on each illustration where as stina's work is quick and done withing 5-10 minutes. This says to me that Ertes work is very haute couture as couture is a lot more expensive and the target market targets people with more money and the clothes are a made with a lot more work and time and class.

 so these 2 artists are both very different in there own way and its helped me to understand starget markets a lot more!

Stina Persson

I really really like the way stina persson illustrates. I think she has a really edgy way of conveying her fashion figures and faces and her work has a lot of texture and shading to it. I think her illustrations scream energy and life and i love her use of ink and all the different medias,

This last drawing is the one i recreated myself, i think i recreated it well and tried to use the ink to get the different textures and blends and colours. I love this ink drawing as its so quick and messy but still looks so effective, i love this style of illustration!

comparison of two stories

After looking at 12 different stories by 4 different fashion editors, im going to chose two very different ones and look at the different contrasts and comparisons between the two. The two that I’ve chosen are Katie Grand’s What Lies Beneath, and Katie Shillingford’s In Bloom.

I’ve chosen these two because I think they have a lot of similarities but also are both very different.

I think the similarities between the two are that they both have wide open scenery. A lot of the shoots have very plain backgrounds that are just a plain black white or grey or slightly coloured backdrop, but both sceneries in these two shoots have open background where they are on a set or in a real life place. I think it can sometimes look more effective and more realistic when the models are posing in an open set, especially for these two shoots.

Also the backgrounds are both nature related, each one has plants and foliage in the background as well, although In Bloom is shot in the day as it’s a lot more light hearted, and What Lies Beneath is shot at night as it’s a lot more dark and confusing.

Both shoots have very different stories. What lies Beneath is very dark and disturbing and have a feel of surrealism about it, its quite scary in a way and some of the photos are quite sexual and have hints of bondage in them, where as in a big contrast, In Bloom is about the models looking like blooming flowers and it has a really nice happy feel to it and I also think it represents life and the celebration of it, so both stories are very different in that sense.

The poses are a lot different as well, the poses in what lies beneath are very quite sinister and strange, also some of the models are lying face down as if to be hurt or not even alive which again has quite a strange feel to it, also the bondage photos of the girl tied up is quite sinister and scary, although the poses in In Bloom are very big and wide and the models are jumping and there clothes and hair are blowing about and it just seems a lot more free and happy and gives you a nicer feeling when looking through them.

In my personal opinion, I really like what lies beneath as I like the mystery and thought that goes with it and as I researched surrealism for my decade brief, I can really relate to the surrealist feel and weirdness in the photos and I also quite like the freaky creepyness as well!

With In Bloom, I also really like it as I think the colours are amazing and the whole shoot is a lot of fun, I also love the garments and think that there’s a lot more to them than the clothes in What Lies Beneath as I don’t even think the clothes are much to do with the story, the scene and poses and mood are what is concentrated on mostly, where as in In Bloom, the garments are the main focal point, so that’s what I like about each story.

what lies beneath

In Bloom

erte..

.. is amazing! I love his illustrations and I think he's so talented! I love the way he uses his fineliner as i also love to use mine and the detail is just incredible! His illustrations are very 'haute couture' as they are so detailed and he has obviously taken a lot of time on them to make them look as effective as they do! Also they are in black and white and quite plain making them very couture as couture illustrations are classy, glamourous and detailed and his illustrations are just that! I love them!

grace coddington - swept away

The lighting in the image is very natural, but it highlights there bodies and faces so they dont blend into the back ground,

The props used are a net that one girl is trailing behind her, and there are also children in the shot with the women highlighting the fact that the models could be on a day out to the beach with there children,

the colours are very soft and pastelly, lots of sky blue shades, pastel pinks cremes and beiges all work really well together, i think this shows innocence and freshness, it also has a feel of romance to it. It conveys maturity and kindess which i think is shown with the models and children in the shot,


The poses of the models are quite soft and relaxed, very natural looking, a couple of the shots show the models not actaully posing into the camera but in a kind of action shot, either playing or walking down the beach, other shots show the model purposely posing for the camera but still softly. This shows a lot of naturalness in the photos and as the poses arent too strong, it again shows the innocence of the models but also conveys confidence as well,

the back drop is of the models at a beach, this is a really nice back drop and i think it shows the ro,ance and softness of the photos and that the story of the set of photos is about the models going to the beach for the day and relaxing and enjoying it but at the same time looking stylish and natural.

the title is 'swept away', i think there is a big clue as to what the story is about the photos as the poses also go with the title, the way its called swept away and the way the models are posing like there walking off into the distance could show that they are being swept away from life and are thinking about something like a serious decisision, or it could just mean that the models athat are posing with children that they are going out to the beach for a day out and are getting swept away together and having fun, or it could just show a young romantic girl getting swept away in love and lust and all kinds of things and learning lessons on the way.

I think the moods of the photos are really nice and relaxed and fun, i think it says about the pictures that the models in thema re having a good time, thinking to themselves and just taking in the nice surroundings, as being on a beach is very refreshing and free

I think the photo has been edited so that the models stand out really well, as they are wearing similar colours to the background but they still stand out as the lighting has emphasized them even more,

the facial expressions of the models are really soft and natural. I really like the ones where there not lookimng at the camera because again that shows the naturalness of the photos and

The september issue..

We've just watched a film in class called the septemeber issue. The film was about the editor of American, Vogue, Anna Wintor. It gave us all a really good insight into what goes into just one issue of vogue and i couldnt beelive how intense and stressfull the whole thing was! There was so much planning and thought and everything had to be absolutely PERFECT!

Anna is incredible and works so hard throughout the amazing issues vogue sell every month, she has so many commitments and her whole life is this magazine. She has plenty of help though, there are sooo many people working on the magazine with her and giving there opinions on which garments to feature and which stories to create.

Her creative director, Grace Coddington has been working with the magazine ever since she was 17. She started out as a model and then after she had a car crash, was offered to work as a junior stylist and has worked her way up ever since. I really liked the way she took criticism well but also stoood her ground and made sure her point was known, Anna was brutal and a lot of people and even designers feared her, but i learnt that if you want to make it big and keep on selling your magazine and making it the best selling one out therem, then yes you do have to be brutal and honest and the fashion industry is tough, but as long as you dont take things to heart and learn from your mistakes then thats where you will grow and do well and get higher and higher up in the buisness.

The film 'The Devil Wears Prada' was based on Anna and how hard it is to work for her. She has been working for such a long time and i really admire the way she is, even the designers are scared of her! Ive also learnt how much you have to really work as a team and how important communication is. There was one point in the film where the photographer hadnt taken enough photos and the story wasnt right and looked incomplete. It had to be redone and changed and that lack of communication took up a lot of time and effort to put the mistake right, thats where it shows how important it is to communicate properly with your team.

High street vs Couture!

Okay so weve been asked to procuce 2 A2 boards of the same garment, recreating it in different ways, but one has to be high street and the other couture.. This is my garment :) -

Ive had to recreate the dress on one 2 boards and the first was high street. The dress is from topshop anyway so that already being high end high street made it easier for me, as high street is a lot cheaper than couture so i did brighter colours, a more relaxed pose and added all the aspects of topshop into one picture. I really liked the outcome and thought it looked like the brand, target market and very high street!

The other board was the couture board, this was a tough one as we had to use the same photo but try and make it look couture. I did a very different pose, a stronger one and i also made the whole figure look a lot more stronger and edgier. Although couture is glamorous and classy, i still had to incorporate the edginess of the dress into my illustration so I added shorter scruffier hair but the dress itself was a lot neater and i added black gloves to give the picture more glamour. Im sooo stuck with the back ground though so at the moment its just misted with lilac water colour and hopefully i can add to it if needs be at a later date, i'd rather leave room for improvement than do it all wrong!

All in all, really enjoyed doing the boards and i hope there right!

1930'4-1940's..

So we've just started our main brief for college;

'The visual recording and contextual influences in art and design'..

And I'm researching the 30's-40's of the 19th century! Gotta say so far i hadn't actually realised just how much had happened between this decade, the great depression, art deco, the war etc..

alsooooo its when Norman Hartnell (amazing) and Elsa Shiaparelli (amazing) created there collections of incredibly origional garments and were looking at how all the different movements between the 30's-40's influenced fashion at the time..

Excited to get stuck into this! Done loads of research so far and starting tomorrow on our sketchbooks.. cant wait!

jeepers CREEPERS..

LOVINGGGG these new creations! First favoured by the gothic scene, like a lot of contemporary fashion styles today these crazy things are breaking out of there shell and opening up to more and more audiences!

Celebs such as Willow Smith has been seen wearing them and they've also been run down the catwalk! Can see these funky shoes having a lot of fans.. and I'm definitely one of them! MUST INVEST!

Different designer of the day!

Okay sooooo todays different designer isss...


Lou Dalton


I found her whilst scanning the last day of the London fashion week schedule, I chose him off the last day list as it's menswear and although I'm far from a tomboy a lot of the time I prefer mens clothing to some womans. I think it's great that a woman is designing mens clothing and I definitely want to look into that area myself so I found out some information.

She's not overly established yet and appearing in London fashion week is her career highlight so far, but looking through some of her designs she's a very talented young woman who has a lot of interesting ideas and designs. She seems to specialise in sportswear but she has a flare of making it look trendy and new. She studied at the royal college of art and has worked for Hamish Morrow, Stone Island, Crucciani Knitwear and Charlie Allen. 

I think she has a good eye for colour and I love the dull purples and navy's she uses, very interesting style of design and I think she'll be great on LFW!

So jealous!

So I've just been watching Britain and Ireland's next top model and one of the prizes for 2 of the task winners were tickets to London fashion week! I really really wish it was open to the public, that would be A-MA-ZINGGG but just think of how many people would actually be there?! Anyway's just thought I'd share my jealousy with you all and I'll definitely be tuning into the live streams! Bring on friday the 16th!

Friday 16th september.. LFW

A very very important date for designers, bloggers and fashion fans out there.. Its the start of london fashion week! With over 70 different designers showing off there collections theres going to be so many people interested in seeing the different garments and the week is going to be massive!


Ive just been looking through the sceduale and there are so many amazing designers making an appearence, a lot of them ive never even heard of but more reason to investigate! Ive noticed vivience westwood is going to be there on the saturday the 17th. Her models are strutting down the catwalk at 6 pm and i'd definitely like to take a look at that. Ive always been a fan of her as I love the way she's so edgy and isnt afraid to be different!

Looking through all the other designers, I've got to say a lot of them I haven't ever heard of, I scrolled down to the last day, Wednesday 21st (as they say leave the best till last!) and noticed that Topman are doing a half an hour show at 12:30 pm so I'm definitely going to look into that as im a big fan of Topman and Topshop myself and im interested in mens clothing. I've also decided to chose a random designer on that day as it will be interesting to see a new label, so i've chosen to look at 'A Child Of The Jago', mostly because of the name, sounds interesting!


Quickly searching the brand on the internet it definitely looks young, fresh, new and a label i'll enjoy learning about!

http://www.londonfashionweek.co.uk/

Different designer of the day!

Okay so I've been researching a lot of different designers I've never even heard of because i thought it would be good to get a bit more inspiration and knowledge from other areas of fashion design and i came across a few different ones i really liked,

John Galliano;

A british designer born in 1960, he worked as head designer at French haute couture houses Givenchy

Really unusual designs, i think his garments give out a really playfull energetic image, i like the colours he uses and the way it seems he just has fun in designing different new unique outfits, but check out the shoes! There amazing!

The gold pair are beautiful! The way he's created a sculpted wooden heel is so complex and clever, and the fringing of gold beeds and sequins adds loads of texture and personality!

MORE DIFFERENT DESIGNERS TO COME!

And todays look is..

Sunset sweet! I've put an outfit together today and slightly colour co-ordinated my top half (which is a rarety for me as i usually dislike colour co-ordination very much) with a logo tee and orange knitted thin cardy (which i cut the bottom off to shorten slightly) and then on my bottom half im wearing a pair of black jean high wasted shorts with bronze studs on, a pair of black tights and my little brown brouges (which i love!)

Not forgetting my bow in my hair! I love accessories and the majority of the time i have some sort of bow or headband or clip in my hair, just to add a little more personality to my outfit! Im also wearing 3 necklasses which could pass as one big busy chain, my brown dogtags, a gold chain with lots of different lengths (which i made myself) and a little heart pendant. Let me no what you all think!

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Gareth Pugh

''fashion is about the struggle between lightness and darkenss''

Gareth Pugh was the second designer I researched, I really like his complex and daring designs and the way he rebelled against the current fashion trends. He also used various materials and media to create his garments and showed a really original style.

As you can see here he seems to have used what looks like black and white arm bands, they are used in the areas in which he wanted to create volume within the garment so he's used this type of media instead of using metal frames or material. He also created a pyramid type garment as well which was really sharp and angled and looked really effective on the catwalk.

Martin Margeila

''margeila for the year 2015..''


Martin Margeila is my favourite designer out of all the 8 designers vie been given to research. I love the fact his designs are so versatile and he incorporates a lot of different patterns and materials in one garment. A lot of his designs aren't symmetrical either and I think that makes his designs personal and different. His work is definitely visionary however some of his garments are similar to those seen being worn today; his clothes appeal to a wide audience and relate to todays fashion scene.

He uses a range of old wigs, canvasses and silk to create couture like garments, he uses random house hold objects to create accessories which shows his talent and flare for uniqueness, like here he's used shuttle cocks to make a sort of waistcoat like accessory;

I love the way he shows lots of different moods within his designs, the colours say a lot about the designs and he seems to use a variety from dull ays and cremes to bright yellows and pinks. Some are more like everyday fashion wear and others are big and dramatic with over sized sleeves and collars, his extravagant designs caught the eye of jean paul gaultier and he ended up working along side him for a while and afterwards brought out his own collection and has been doing catwalk ever since, love his garments and would definitely wear a lot of them myself!