FUN WITH SLIDES!!!

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.

HER SPIDEY SENSE IS TINGELING!!!

IT'S SO SAD THAT FASHION MODELS ALMOST NEVER SHOW A RANGE OF EMOTION ANYMORE. WHEN I THINK OF THE 80's AND 90's MODELS THEY SEEMED TO CONVEY SO MANY DIFFERENT FEELINGS, THOUGHTS AND BEHAVIORS: ANGER, SEXINESS, SHYNESS, HAPPINESS, SADNESS, JOY, PAIN AND ON AND ON AND ON. NOW, THE GIRLS JUST HAVE BLANK STARES. NO EXPRESSIONS. NO EMOTIONS. GUESS THAT'S WHY I LOVE DAVID LaCHAPELLE'S PHOTO'S SO MUCH. THE RANGE ON INTENSE EMOTION AND ACTION IN THE PICTURES.

THIS HEAD SHOT IS AN ODE TO MY FAVORITE MODEL EXPRESSION, THE ONE I TEND TO DRAW MOST OFTEN: SHOCK!!! MY GIRLS MAY OFTEN BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD BUT THEY ARE NEVER AT A LOSS WHEN IT COMES TO FASHION.

POCKET FULL OF MIRACLES

HOW CUTE IS THIS LITTLE BLUE SUIT WITH THE SMALL-MINI-TINY SUITS AS POCKETS!!!? I SAW A PICTURE OF THIS MOSCHINO AMAZING-NESS AND I STARTED TO DOODLE IT RIGHT AWAY. FRANCO MOSCHINO IS VERY QUICKLY BECOMING ONE OF MY FAVORITE DESIGNERS EVER (DON'T WORRY Mr. MUGLER, YOU'LL ALWAYS BE #1!). EVERY PIECE I FIND FROM THE COLLECTIONS FRANCO PRODUCED WHEN HE WAS STILL ALIVE MAKES ME LOVE HIM EVEN MORE. THE SENSE OF HUMOR, ALL THE GREAT IDEAS, THE WAY HE PLAYS WITH TAILORING AND COLOR AND POP CULTURE IS SOOOO RIGHT UP MY ALLY!

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!

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.