Moving Forward with Iris Van Herpen

She WOW-ed me so much with her avantgarde garments. I could hardly believe my eyes as no other designers have ever excited me this much since McQueen.  She makes great use of unconventional materials and does not stick to your mundane fabrics, for that I totally admire her and she continuously inspires me as I research more and more into her work.  Everything is so intricate, yet beautiful and dark.  The garments can be futuristic and hard but still captures the inner beauty and innocence that plays around our mind.  Having worked along side Viktor & Rolf and Alexander McQueen, Iris is also represented by Blow PR, this extremely creative female designer is definitely the one to watch out for and not just for her talent but for helping us to dream and expanding our minds. I sure that she will continue to fascinate us many years to come.

"Creativity is the basis of self-expression."

"Some people are drawn to create and express themselves, others are drawn to reflect, to analyze. But in the end, they all could be creative if they had the desire to explode the way in which they are integrated in the world of their experiences."

Peter Lindbergh.

What more can I say, the man is a legend. He doesn't follow the stereotypical photoshop editing and artificial perfection but allow us to experience the personal fragility and strength of his subjects. The raw beauty of his pictures is amongst his key successes for Vogue, Harpers Bazaar and not to mention designers like Karl Lagerfeld, Miuccia Prada, to name but a few have been following him for decades.

His pictures simply speaks for itself.

Lee Alexander McQueen, 1969 – 2010

I'm sure every blogger around the world will be posting this video so it won't be new to everyone.
But since I am such a true fan, I could not resist the temptation...


courtesy of SHOWstudio.com

Erwin Blumenfeld

During my usual gander on the web, I came across Blumenfeld, a German born American photographer who became famous in the 1940s and the 1950s for his fashion photography, working for Vogue and Harper's Bazaar.
Here are some images I have found of his work - my favourite being the lady hanging off what looks like a building tower...must have been a scary photoshot.

BALMAIN SPRING /SUMMER 2011

I know it's nearly Christmas and the temperature is below minus freezing, and there's snowy blizzard everywhere around us, but lets slowly edge a bit of Spring, Summer and a little Rock n Roll into our life....slowly I said...Balmain, How do I love thee x

'To Lee, With Love, Nick'

I have never met and never will meet him but he truly is inspirational in every way.
His designs can be very dark and risque but still managed to capture the art, the essence, the delicate and fragile beauty within us all.
He influenced many people around him; I look up to him and aspire to become as great as him.. He was the reason and still is my reason.

The fashion film by Nick Knight will be showcased on SHOWstudio.com this evening.
A tribute to McQueen's creations, his career and most importantly himself.

Nick Knight is one of the most talented and influential Photographer around. He is also recognised as being Director and founder of SHOWstudio.com.
With an ever ending CV list, we are sure to be marvelled at the creativity and aesthetic that is it McQueen. Without certainty the film will be amazing just as McQueen was.