Wednesday, October 28, 2009

STARS IN THEIR EYES



IT'S ABOUT TIME I DID ANOTHER VIKTOR&ROLF DRAWING! I THOUGHT THEIR S/S '10 COLLECTION WAS SO AMAZING! YOU CAN BE SURE THAT I'LL FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET ONE OF THOSE GIANT FROCK ON THIS BLOG TOO. UM, DOES ANYONE ELSE THINK IT'S CREEPY THAT VIKTOR AND ROLF ARE BOYFRIENDS BUT LOOK LIKE TWINS??? THAT'S SOME EGO-MANIA AT WORK THERE I THINK.

THIS PIECE WAS DRAWN YEARS AGO, WHEN THIS STAR-SPANGLED CAT SUIT WAS 1st SHOW AT PARIS FASHION WEEK, F/W '07. I PUT IT ON THE BACK BURNER, WAITING TO BE COLORED, AND THERE IT STAYED UNTIL THIS VERY DAY, WHEN I FINALLY FINISHED IT!

NOW IF ONLY I COULD FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE IS VIKTOR AND WHICH ONE IS ROLF . . .

Monday, October 12, 2009

SCREEN TEST



EVERYTHING IN THE 60's SEEMED TO BE ABOUT THE FUTURE AND LOOKING FORWARD AND WHAT WAS MODERN AND NEW. SURE, THINGS ARE LIKE THAT NOW AS WELL, BUT NOT IN THE SAME WAY. IT FEELS LIKE NOW-A-DAYS PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. IN THE SWINGIN' 60's, PEOPLE WERE MORE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT WHAT MAY COME: SPACE TRAVEL, MODERN LINES, BRIGHT COLORS, ULTRA POP CULTURE AND CONVENIENCES THAT IMPROVE EVERYDAY LIFE!!!

ALL THESE THINGS ALSO REMIND ME OF COURREGES, THE ULTRA SLEEK AND MODERN FRENCH FASHION LABEL MADE WORLD FAMOUS IN THE 1960's. DESIGNER ANDRE COURREGES MADE NOT ONLY THE BEST MOD CLOTHING AROUND ( OK, PIERRE CARDIN DID TOO!) BUT ALSO DID SOME AWESOME PRODUCT AND FURNITURE DESIGN. THIS LITTLE PIECE OF ART I'VE MADE RIGHT HERE IS A NOD TO ALL OF THAT: MOD, TV(furniture), 60's, WITH A PAST-TENSE FUTURE FEEL.