Posts Tagged ‘ Design ’

Having the chance of seeing one of Miriam Ponsa’s shows always seems specially interesting to me for several reasons, different, but complementary all of them. I really like her work because she seems a really authentic and sincere designer, adjectives I attribute to her because of her work, which is the only thing...
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When it comes to talking about the recently shown collection by Montse Liarte in the latest 080 Barcelona Fashion we’d better take a walk through backstage thanks to these beautiful images by Mireia Rodríguez. The fragility of a natural roses facing the hardness of the desert rose is the starting point of Liarte’s proposal for...
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Last week it took place a new edition of 080 Barcelona Fashion during which Catalan designer Josep Abril presented his latest menswear proposals for next winter. Abril celebrated this season his fifteen years of career and that is why he confesses imposing to himself an introspection exercise, dedicating this collection to reflect with a trip...
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Lots -lots- of years ago, it came into my hands a video about Naomi Campbell’s career; yes, it was so detailed it even talked about her bright incursions in other fields beside the modelling one; read, the literally and the musical ones. I saw it, I saw it more than once, I must confess,...
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It it not that my repertory of gifts is specially wide, to be sincere, although if there is one I display the most is the opportunity one. Oh, yes! What a big gift, this one of mine! The one that lets me spend four months in Berlin enduring eternal rains and that, on the...
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I hate waits, uncertainty and undefined departure dates. Let’s not talk about undefined destinations, of course. It may be because of that I suddenly felt so moved by the first image of the next campaign by Danish brand Rascals’; the staring look, the restrained sigh, looking through the fence watching planes take off. And...
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Dutch model Kim Noorda is the new face of the Resort’11 collection by Australian label Ellery. After studying Fashion Design in Perth, taking some courses in Central Saint Martins and being part of the editorial team of the amazing magazine Russh for the last four years, Kym Ellery has managed to make out of...
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What is it that makes knitwear so poetic? Claudia from Knittaluv needs an average of fifty hours for every sweater she knits. Fifty hours for a garment, exclusively conceived and knitted for you: a real luxury in these times of massive and merciless consumerism. Since those days in which my grandma used to knit...
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Once again Espai Gallery in Barcelona holds a collective exhibition to celebrate the end of the year and the holiday season. Since gathering with friends and family is the expected these days, they have decided to got there first and invited them all this evening to the opening of the exhibition Nadal 2011 ...
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A new British label joins that relaxed coolness of fluid lines and desirable dresses, long pleated skirts and military-inspired parkas, shirts that turn into flowing capes, subtle transparencies and strategic cut-outs; all these and even more, in the first collection by Three Floor. ———- Una nueva firma británica se suma al cool relajado de líneas fluidas...
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Ok, we are almost ending the year and my fever for green shades hasn’t gone away yet. And my necessity of having a proper bag hasn’t been fulfilled, either. Obviously, the union of these two facts make of this design, by Barcelona-based artisanal brand Lubochka, one of my new ideal candidates. ———- Bueno, a punto de...
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For next summer, French menswear label De Fursac has let itself go with the unstoppable retro flow that seems to invade everything these days and which looks specially flattering in their suits, in particular. With Alain Delon in the 60s’ movie Plein Soleil as stylistic reference, the collection combines garments with a more casual...
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A carpet with exuberant vegetation, a retro suitcase and a pineapple on the stool of a bar during the first twenty seconds of the video New York-based designer Dana Lee has created to present her new collection, for next summer, leave pretty clear what this is going to be about: we are traveling to...
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If not so long ago we were talking in here about the new look book we had just received by Nordics Happy Socks and we just mentioned how well they manage to refresh themselves every time, what we just got now testifies each and every single of our previous words. Irreverent photographer Terry Richardson...
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After graduating in the Superior School of Decorative Arts in Strasbourg, Lucie Saint-Leu decided to settled down in Hyères to create her own jewelry label four years ago. Her pendants and earrings, which normally take shape through little motifs that vary according to the mood of the collection -in the latest one it’s all...
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This weekend takes place in Barcelona (Pl. dels Àngels 5-6) a new edition of El Festivalet, a craft fair with handmade products in which you can find from the amazing bijoux by Après-Ski or Elena Cruz to miniature mosses by The Clorofilas, delicate garments by Sietedelonce, mini bags by Dumbo and embroidered pieces by Bylina...
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The first time I knew I was going to ride a horse, with the emotion typical of my eight-years-old, I pictured myself, the night before, riding through green pastures and endless fields. Reality was a close premise in which a tired pony walked in circles while I digested my own frustration on its back....
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Oukan71 is a concept-store that opened its doors recently in Kronenstrasse, 71, in Berlin, mixing vanguardist design with zen decoration. You can read my article about the opening of the shop for Absolut Mode Society in here. ———- Oukan71 es una concept-store que abrió recientemente en el número 71 de Kronenstrasse, en Berlín y que...
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The apparently simple and clean shapes by Italian designer Roberta Furnaletto actually hide an intricate job of pleats and tucks, of cute ruffles and subtle asymmetries; the surprise factor on the side of a dress can include a pleating contrasting with the -only at first sight- austere pattern, like a floor-lenght evening gown can...
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Last night was the evening of the British Fashion Awards, you know, these prizes that recognize the work of the most prominent talents of the British fashion scene: ok, I don’t really know how necessary that explanation was, given the clarifying name of the awards themselves. These prizes, which awarded yesterday Victoria Beckham as best Designer...
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