Skellybones Pattern!

A new pattern I made of jaunty dancing skeletons available here on spoonflower

Here are couple projects I made with the organic cotton knit



 

The pattern is available in scads of different types of fabric, gift wrap and even wallpaper if you are particularly renegade.

Ya Lost Me: the Fall RTW 2011 edition

I've been trying to keep up with the fall ready-to-wear 2011 collections as they are unveiled in their various cities. It's a daunting task even when one is not on the tail end of 5 weeks with three days off (life of a freelancer).

So, as I was scuttling through the slideshows over at style.com, I was suddenly interested in that lightswitch moment of disinterest that leads me to give up on viewing the rest of the collection and, instead, move onto some other one. I picked the eight most recent collections posted today and tried to observe the absolute moment of throwing in the towel and giving up hope, and what pieces drove the nail in the towel-hope-coffin.

How it works is, you click on the link to a designer and then on the image they have posted for the collection. That opens a separate window where you can look at a slideshow of every look that came down the runway for that collection, usually in the order it arrived. But there are often 30-50 looks so it becomes a time commitment to see each one, even with zippy broadband.

On the chopping block were:
Akris
Alexis Mabille
Andrew Gn
Celine
Costume National
Givenchy
Hermès
Kenzo

feel free to play along at home.

Here we go:

body length caca suede


belted scarf and drape-head part


ooh. novelty. black AND wZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz


Doesn't Target already carry this sweater? Er right. no. throw pillow.


Tron


No


Models dressed by an infinite number of monkeys

Givenchy had me going for a while with their bizarre peek-a-boo panther skirts, but, alas, vanquished by the wreath sweater.

The winner is: Hermes
Entire collection viewed.

Flawlessly engaging blend of Erte meets Mongolian hunter (two personal fetishes of mine). And who can argue with head to toe dark green leather. Not I. And all that pandering sweetened me to accepting pretty silly pants as being tres chic and totes rockable.




Congrats, Christophe Lemaire! xx Send clothes!

NY Fashion Week: RTW Fall 2011 ...minus the collections

A gathering of some images from NY Fashion Week; many elements that go into the tremendous undertaking and buzz of attention and not a stitch of the clothing presented.

THE TENTS
power...................................................


e.t. phone home...............models out back

OFFSITE

DKNY
japanese tv............................exiled press











lingering shutterbugs................................

PICTURES PLEASE
blue suit vs. random fur man......................












.....at least five hours later, fur man owning lincoln ctr plaza.....

DIESEL BLACK GOLD
studded boots...........restrooms for fancybitches only











standing room corral...............love+security

BACK IN THE TENTS

LOBBY
diligent press nook.....interesting design choice


BETSY JOHNSON











THE RISERS

"Imitation"? Aptly named

Tara Subkoff's collection 'Imitation' (formerly "of Christ" (now "of Zea")) in New York's Fall Ready to Wear 2011 certainly had some imitation alright. Those belts? I've got stuff published back in December of 2009 with that idea. This aggression will not stand *hairflip*

Judge for yourself:

Exhibit A:

Exhibit B:

eh? whaaaat? alriiiight.

fall10RTW: Rebel Yellow

galliano.......................................miumiu

I have been reviewing all the fashion from the Fall10 Ready To Wear collections. I spend hours on style.com clicking on all the slideshows. I only made a small dent, covered my favorites, discovered some new-to-me. I found some nice pieces. I was inspired to empty out my locker full of fabric all over my apartment. I bought grannypanties from the Sears so i could dress like dolce & gabbana.

One thing i found particularly and viscerally striking was a color used in a couple collections. Galliano was the first i saw. In amongst the piles of frosty grey, there was a shock of bright-rich-yellow-orange. I see this as today's reincarnation of Elsa Schiaparelli's shocking pink. But, it transcends gender. To me it felt like a call to rebellion. It is Vivienne Westwood's gorgeous hair.

But it's not angry.

It's finding motivation in intense positivity.

revolution through in-your-face love and smiles and humor.

This is the color of my freak flag.

And this is my call to arms, abrazos.

I call it: Rebel Yellow


balenciaga..................viviennewestwood

Fall 08 Ready to Wear: expert analysis

Let me first say, there was a whole lot of 'who cares' in these collections this season. too much black, too much same-trend-as-last-year-tweaked-slightly, not enough effort to discover some new things.


THE TRENDS or HOW THE GREAT FASHION DESIGNER COPY ME:
Lots of plaids and plaids mixed with plaids, plaids with unusual palettes. That's so me. Many many designers showed some plaid. I feel totally ripped off.

Next, the warm rosy reddish chocolaty browns and rusty tomato vermilion reds. Yup, that's me too. I originally stole the idea from costumes in old esther williams movies and then thought it should be amped up in intensity. voila, exhibit a, b, c, d, e and f.

.....elie saab, allegra hicks, akris, galliano,victor + rolf, lacroix......

SURPRISING NEW THINGS:
Lacroix scored huge points for having a great many cocktail dresses with pockets. gold star.

I liked the drama of Berardi's pieces with parachuting fabric expanding out from a tight slim dark silhouette.

Galliano tackling wealthy middle-americana for Dior. So incredible to throw that tacky rich barbie look back in our faces and somehow make us still want it.

"Look look. It's hideous, isn't it?"
- mmhmm -
"But you still want it don't you?"
- {headnod} *blubber* -

There is a lot of this concept in oodles of designers of poking the arm holes farther up in the garment so it's all cape-y and billowy at the back. But, Junya Watanabe's suit adaptations were most interesting, in my opinion. I would like to see what they look like in motion.

And, of course, the boys at Victor & Rolf can be counted on for some strange twist. This time, "NO" popping out of garments in 3D and in sequins. I thought it was a spiffy message after seeing the parade of craptastic drivel that came before.

..........lacroix, berardi, dior, junya watanabe, victor+rolf...........


AND THE BLUE RIBBON GOES TO...:
Dolce + Gabbana pulled it out in spades this season. The palette was gorgeous, the textures were incredible, very wearable, and they stole that whole vintage-scarf-at-the-neck thing from me. That three piece suit is my most favoritest thing of all. Also that sort of barbarian princess evening gown is pretty awesome and unexpected.

Thakoon is the runner up. Nice, similar palette. more plaids. They opted for a more gauzy gray in their neckerchiefs. There were also sequins involved which I liked.

................................dolce + gabbana................................

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As punishment for jumping the gun on the done-ness of fashion week, I will say nice things about those collections that were omitted in my haste.


.........lanvin, vuitton, vuitton, nina ricci, miu miu, miu miu.........

Both lanvin and louis vuitton should be commended for their bugged out structuring without being gratuitous. Mr. Jacobs is also to be commended for making everything look like white russian or pistachio ice cream. He is forgiven for reusing the silly black "hat" thing. And if I must have a black dress, that one's mighty pretty. Nina Ricci had an interesting palette and set of prints that left a necrophiliac sensation. I think the new goth has been discovered; romantic in a rotting corpe-y kind of way. And as far as miu miu, I'm around a 6-8 and will accept whatever is given me.

Crappy Phontos & Fashion Week(s) Mop-Up

twilight................................................found in havid squeeah
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why I adore galliano......................................new favorite color

Sincerist Adulation

I just got told by Marc Jacobs.
Every couple years I wake up just the right side of the bed and see a collection and fucking freak out. (past years it's been Alexander McQueen and John Galliano) This year, Marc Jacobs, unbelievable. It was as though he had read my post at the beginning of fashion week and said "ah ha ha. sit back little lady and prepare for your dome to be blown". And so it was.
So I got all these on style.com. Check out all the stuff I left out too.

Marc Jacobs, you do amazing, important work and I'm thankful for it.