Archive for Junio, 2010

+ DYSfashional +

30 Junio, 2010
By Tamara Martin
+ DYSfashional +

DYSfashional tries to represent fashion without fashion, exploring the wider meaning of the word, wandering in the nuances and the boundaries and going beyond garments or specific collections. It tries to show, and go into, the creative process in itself, interrelating it with art, through installations, videos or sculptures made by different designers such...
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+ Beach House +

29 Junio, 2010
By Tamara Martin
+ Beach House +

Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally are bringing their soft, melodic, swinging & rocking dream pop to Berlin next Thursday 1st July. Beach House, the duo from Maryland will be performing in Lido Teen Dream, their third album, considered their more solid and diverse work to date, with the band finding their own voice, and...
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+ Juergen Teller — Calves & Thighs +

28 Junio, 2010
By Tamara Martin
+ Juergen Teller — Calves & Thighs +

Since last 10th June and till next 22nd August it is on display in Madrid, within the program of PhotoEspaña Festival 2010, Calves & Thighs the first individual exhibition of Juergen Teller’s work in Spain. It compiles more than a hundred of his photographs including portraits of different figures among the cinema, music and...
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+ IRM — Charlotte Gainsbourg +

25 Junio, 2010
By Tamara Martin
+ IRM — Charlotte Gainsbourg +

In the middle of the IRM tour, Charlotte Gainsbourg is presenting now her new album recorded in collaboration with Beck and in which she dumps, kind of catharsis-like, all her feelings and impressions as a result of an accident that forced her to go through magnetic resonance sessions quite longer that she would have...
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+ Long Live Punk +

24 Junio, 2010
By Tamara Martin
+ Long Live Punk +

I met this girl some days ago on my way home. There a lots of punks in here, hundreds of punks. Ok, I didn’t discover anything new actually. But I can’t help being totally amazed by how elaborate their outfits are each time I see one and by the fact that they are still,...
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+ Alice Springs +

23 Junio, 2010
By Tamara Martin
+ Alice Springs +

Alice Springs is, actually, the pseudonym used by June Newton, Helmut Newton’s wife, to sign all her photographic works. After closing Sumo, the previous exhibition of the Helmut Newton Foundation in Berlin, there was the opening of the first international retrospective of June’s work, two weeks ago, and there she was herlself to...
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+ ‘20′ MMM +

18 Junio, 2010
By Tamara Martin
+ ‘20′ MMM +

Maison Martin Margiela ‘20′ The Exhibition is the retrospective that celebrates the twenty years of Martin Margiela working for this enigmatic maison that, leaving irony aside, does not belong to him anymore;  planned by Antwerp MoMu Fashion Museum it is now moving to Sommerset House in London, where it will be open...
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+ Getting your Toes Wet +

17 Junio, 2010
By Tamara Martin
+ Getting your Toes Wet +

I am desperately needing to open my bathing season. Please read, immersion bath. The ruffled bikini and the touch of red lipstick are, obviously, a total must. Just like in Getting your Toes Wet by Nirrimi Hakanson. +++++ Necesito desesperadamente estrenar ya la temporada de baño. Por favor, entiéndase, baño de inmersión. El bikini de...
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+ Arielle de Pinto +

15 Junio, 2010
By Tamara Martin
+ Arielle de Pinto +

How I like Arielle de Pinto pieces. It amazes me the way she works with metal, as if it was a thread and she just knit it, and I really like that she shows all her work in her last look book as if it were anything else but jewellery...
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+ Georgina Vendrell S/S 10 +

14 Junio, 2010
By Tamara Martin
+ Georgina Vendrell S/S 10 +

The most calm side of her collection in greys, beiges and shades of black coexists in here with the most playful and carefree one in which Georgina Vendrell plays with a coral, electric blue and white palette, among others, mixing different sizes dots, with checks and stripes as this season’s...
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+ Portrayed by J. Leder +

12 Junio, 2010
By Tamara Martin
+ Portrayed by J. Leder +

I have recently discovered Jonathan Leder’s work and I couldn’t help but loving some of his Polaroid portraits. To see more of his beautiful and inspiring pics go here. +++++ He descubierto recientemente el trabajo de Jonathan Leder y no he podido evitar que me encantaran algunos de sus retratos en Polaroid. Para más imágenes bonitas...
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+ My Dirty Little Heaven +

10 Junio, 2010
By Tamara Martin
+ My Dirty Little Heaven +

I have always had some kind of tendency to gather in and collect pamphlets, brochures and stuff that ends up all piled up in my desk, pending for revision, becoming sort of a neverending tower. It could be no other way in here. In fact, I would say this personal inclination is achieving in...
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+ Deux Souliers presents… +

9 Junio, 2010
By Tamara Martin
+ Deux Souliers presents… +

Last Saturday, the presentation of Deux Souliers’ first collection was the place to see the latest by Paula and Nunu, the designers of this new brand that, joining tradition and avant-garde together have achieved in their shoes the perfect balance between crafts and contemporary design. The presentation was great, it was really nice...
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+ Deux Souliers S/S 10 +

4 Junio, 2010
By Tamara Martin
+ Deux Souliers S/S 10 +

I came today to spend some days in Barcelona; sun-therapying, celebrating my birthday and joining Paula and Nunu next Saturday in the presentation of their very first Deux Souliers collection. If you will be around don’t miss the chance to see, try and buy their super cool and beautiful shoes. +++++ He llegado hoy mismo...
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+ Standing (in The Way of Control) — Last Minute UPDATE! +

2 Junio, 2010
By Tamara Martin
+ Standing (in The Way of Control) — Last Minute UPDATE! +

Ok, you won’t believe it! …But it seems that, in the very right moment I was thinking how sad it was missing Gossip when they were playing here tonight* there was somebody in the other part of the city thinking quite another thing. “Meet me downtown. 6.30 pm. Looking fabulous!” And that was the message...
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+ Standing (in The Way of Control) +

2 Junio, 2010
By Tamara Martin
+ Standing (in The Way of Control) +

I really like Gossip, I really like Beth, I really like the way she feels totally free on stage and I love the idea that they are playing here tonight. Thinking that I am going to miss them is what I don’t like that much. Oh! +++++ Cómo me gusta Gossip, cómo me...
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+ Curium S/S 10 +

1 Junio, 2010
By Tamara Martin
+ Curium S/S 10 +

Curium are Carlos Redondo and Sofía Pastor, both graduates in Fashion Design at ESDi school and Southampton University that after having their own individual experiences in Miró Jeans and Kostas Murkudis (him) and in Lydia Delgado and Massimo Dutti (her) have joined forces and talents more than a year ago....
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