Monday, August 24, 2009

SUGAR RUSH




I NEVER HAVE LIKED COTTON CANDY. IT'S WAAAAY TOO SUGARY FOR ME. I LOVE THE IMAGE IT CONJURES UP THOUGH. LIGHT, FUN, BRIGHT COLORED, YOUNG, SWEET, INDULGENT. MOSTLY I LIKE HOW PIIIIINK IT IS! NOTHING THAT NEON PINK CAN BE GOOD FOR YOU. SO OF COURSE I PAIRED IT WITH A TWEE CHANEL SUIT AND THE ULTIMATE FASHION ACCESSORY, A CIGGIE! 'CAUSE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO LOOKING COOL, IT'S ALL ABOUT SMOKING, KIDS!

SUGAR, NICOTINE AND CHANEL, ALL THE MAKING OF SOME SERIOUS FASHION INDULGENCE!

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

FASHION AT WAR!!!



LIKE I NEED AN EXCUSE TO DRAW SOME ALAIA!!! I AM A BIG FAN OF THE ALAIA 'MERMAID' DRESSES. I HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH IN MY TIME TO SEE SO MANY OF THEM THAT I'M ALMOST NOT EVEN EXCITED WHEN I RUN ACROSS ONE ANY MORE. I HAVE TO SAY MY FAVORITE VERSION OF THE 'MERMAID' IS THE SEA-FOAM GREEN SILK MOIRE KNIT MINI, THE ONE I'VE DRAWN HERE.

I FIND IT HARD TO THINK OF ALAIA, AND ESPECIALLY THIS DRESS, WITHOUT THINKING OF GRACE JONES. THE IMAGE OF HER IN THE RED LACE-UP 'MERMAID' GOWN IS SO ICONIC. I WANTED TO MAKE THE WEARER OF THIS DRESS A STRONG AFRICAN WARRIOR. I LOOKED INTO SOME TRIBAL SHIELD DESIGNS TO FINISH THE WHOLE THING OFF.

FAST-FOOD-FERRE



WHEN GIANFRANCO FERRE PASSED AWAY LAST YEAR HIS WORK REALLY STARTED TO COME TO MY ATTENTION. NOW I AM ALWAYS ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR MORE IMAGES OF HIS GENIUS. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO STUMBLE UPON A VOGUE ITALY PRODUCED HARDBACK RETROSPECTIVE OF FERRE (PRONOUNCED FAIR-A) FROM THE EARLY 1990'S THAT HAS MANY OF HIS EARLY COLLECTIONS AND AD IMAGES. ONE OF THE PICTURES I REALLY LIKED WAS OF A 90'S SUPER-MODEL WALKING THROUGH A BAZAAR SOMEWHERE WEARING A FERRE FASHIONABLE BURKA. I HAVE RE-DRAWN HERE, BUT I GAVE HER A BIG GULP AND FRIES TO GIVE HER A MODERN EDGE AND LAUGH AT HOE THE U.S.A. LIKES TO WESTERN-UP EVERYTHING.

YABBA DABBA DO!!!



I USED TO HAVE A WEIRD, UN-DYING LOVE FOR THE FLINTSTONES, ALL THINGS HANNA-BARBERA PRODUCED ACTUALLY. WHEN I SAW THIS OFF-WHITE VERSACE CLASSIC IT REMINDED ME OF WILMA FLINSTONE RIGHT AWAY. ALL THE JAGGED EDGES AND THAT TINY TAILORED WAISTLINE. SO I DREW IT UP WITH A CAVE-LADY-MEETS-DINO-THEME.
DON'T WE WISH ALL GIRLS WORE A BONE IN THEIR HAIR?