sydney's concept stores: incu

As opposed to Cara&Co, Incu has a younger and easier appeal. Incu is keen on communicating the brand culture to the industry and customer, and hence attracts more and more young talents. Many young customers in my store read Incu's blog and knows who is the label's director of the year.  Incu's cool casual style suits not only the young ones but almost everyone.

sydney's concept stores: cara&co

Right after I took the job at Ck Calvin Klein, I got a chance of interviewing by Cara&Co Sydney store.  Being known as the world's best 10 retail stores, Cara&Co not only presents the most creative designs worldwide but also engaging with charity. Most recently in March, Cara&Co had an exhibition auction in the Sydney Westfield store supporting The Sound World Foundation. aims to give deaf children from low income families a chance to hear the world.

Fashion Media - Flaunt Magazine

 
FLAUNT

Flaunt Magazine is a powerful avant-garde magazine from the US. It is pushing boundaries and shows hybrid culture of entertainment, fashion, music, design, film and art. It shows attention to reader interaction by using fold-out articles, cut-out shapes, unusual paper stocks paper stocks. It is an intelligent and intriguing magazine.

Fashion media- Another

 

AnOther Magazine sets the fashion and style trend for the next six months. It includes diverse content of fashion and photography. Made in both New York and London.

It features most talented photographers, stylists, editors in the world; reveals insides of the mainstream fashion and the off-beats. It is luxurious, avant-garde and edgy.

Its online magazine is also very inspirational, featuring exclusive interviews and writings of designers.

business ideas - 3D fashion label

Business opportunity of using 3D printing technology in a fashion label:

The same CAD model of the design can be output to different product after slight alterations, such as:

textile print - for main fashion collection
jewelry - necklace, earrings, key rings
stationary - iphone case, ipad case, usb case...

Business ideas- 3d printing & fashion

  

eco.
3D printing is a zero-waste technology. There are more materials designed for 3D printing technology, more than hard plastics, just like textiles are provided to the fashion industry. In the above pictures, the shoes seem like in a improved soft wearable rubber material.




Dutch Fashion Awards 

These 3D printed medals were designed by Ted Noten. The award includes 6 different categories:
1. Dutch Fashion Icon Femme
2. Dutch Fashion Icon Homme
3. Dutch Fashion Incubator Award met De Bijenkorf
4. International Fashion Incubator Award met Studio Zeta Milano
5. Dutch Fashion Award € 25.000 met Mercedes-Benz ( Iris Van Herpen,winner of 2011)
6. Dutch Accessory Design Award by Sacha

3D printing technology is going to expand everywhere in the design industry in Dutch.

customer profile: questions to ask for the survey

To build up a customer profile, ask these questions to young CK customers at 20s

1, what other brands do you like?
2, what other stores do you shop at?
3, what magazines do you read?
4, what fashion websites do you go on?
5, how do you distribute you income?
6, what in a garment that makes you decide to buy it?

generation Y designers - Mary Katrantzou

 
Mary Katrantzou, my imaginary competitor. Her garment shape is extremely simple, and mostly woven. There is lacking a sense of movement in the design. Both she and IVH designs with photoshop. Photoshop can generate 2.5D, almost 3D-like imagery. My goal is to go beyond that boundary and design real 3D imagery with 3D software.

three dimentionality in design - Anish kapoor

Works by British sculptor& artist Anish Kapoor.
3D Space beyond the surface.
3D Print beyond the surface.

three-dimentionality in design - Jurgen Bey

Works by dutch designer  Jurgen Bey. He has the same focus in the design but in a different Decor theme. He also designed for Jean Paul Gaultier's design house.

 Article introducing the designer : http://designmuseum.org/design/page75851

photos of the Pole and 3D textures

 

exciting 3D textures .

 

design ideas for a bodice.

3D motif test

What is the strength of 3D image compared to 2D?

a new level of texture, lighting and tonal effect

realistic three-dimensional representation of form 

There is potential to experiment with the interaction between space and body, by applying three-dimensional looking motifs to the body to manipulate its proportions 

selective portfolio- realizing personal strength

Fashion illustrations. depicting a muted, emotional, mysterious world by playing with  light.

generation Y designers- Iris Van Herpen

Iris Van Herpen and 3D printing technology. The collections are mind-opening but more like an art installation rather than wearable fashion, amazingly they were presented on the catwalk with the other classic couture collections. After Martin Mergiela left, IVH might be the most daring collections among all the couture shows. 

Fashion Blogging

Today in the morning lecture we had Fashion Hayley to come in as our guest lecturer!

She is adorable and with an excellent sense of humor. Because her speech was very engaging, i actually found the 1 hour went too fast. She talked about some of the important natures of internet communication in relation to the development of contemporary fashion. She gave examples of some most poplur international and local fashion blogs at the moment.I added the links to those blogs here.

I enjoyed reading these bloggers' insights for fashion because they are unofficial, that means less commercial and it reminds me of my passion for fashion. The ideas in the blogs are crazier, out-spoken, all about the street and underground fashion. She mentioned Penthouse Mouse, an retail and event space for Australian fashion.

It was very evocaive. Thank you, Hayley. I will start following your blog.

portfolio - realizing perseonal strength

Finished Garment

Designed and produced for my 3rd year menswear subject in 2011. It was very appreciated to be selected for the exhibition by the end of the semester.

Concept Board

The colour,texture and mood speak to me more than the shape and construction.

Freja Beha Erichsen

This is a photo of her in Freja inspires many people including myself. Love her careless attitude, her 16 delicate tattoos, and every transformation of her in the photoshoots.  Freja has different souls in her body. She is a woman, she is a man; she is sad, she is fun; she is a fairy, and a rocker; she is a poet, representing the biggest fashion names of the century on the runway of Paris. She is mysteious, her offstage shots are as charming as her editorial shoots. She is a muse because she feeds all your imaginations.

A link for myself to always go back.
http://models.com/models/Freja-Beha-Erichsen

International Fashion Compeitions

1) iD International Emerging Designer Award
New Zealand & Ausralia based.
For 2011, 3rd place winner is Sarah Mok from UTS,
In 2012, there are seven finalists chosen from UTS including Ben Bala, my friend whom I started this course with. All the best Ben, hope you will win.

2)Mitelmoda
Italy.
Link to official homepage for all information.

3) "ITS" International Talent Support
Italy.
Link to official homepage.

4) Hyeres 2012
France.
Exhibition form. Link to official homepage.

5) Fashion Grand Prix
Tokyo, Japan.
Link to official homepage.

6) Arts of Fashion Foundation
USA.
Link to official homepage.

7) "AINYFF" Australians in New York Fashion Foundation
New York
Link to official homepage.


8) SOYA: Qantas Spirit of Youth Award
Australia.
Looking for emerging fashion buisinesses.


9) "TAWFA" The Australian Wool Fashion Awards
Australia.
Friendly to fashion students. Able to enquire wool fabric samples.


10) L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival - National Graduate Showcase
Melbourne.
This year featuring Courtney White 2011 UTS fashion graduates. Looking for the show factor.

Silhouette - Paul Poiret Kimono Coat

Comparing to all the exquisite designs created by present-day's designers, Paul Poiret's kimono coat still remains to be one of my favourite piece. Liking the oversized silhouette, graceful aesthetic, transition of lines and volumes, and the bright colour.

Mentors

Basso&Brooke
Mary Katrantzou
Alexander McQueen
Peter Pilotto
ann demeulemeester

Mentor 1 -Basso&Brooke

Some of Basso&Brooke's online interviews:

Basso & Brooke Interview for S/S ’12

http://voicesoffashion.co.uk/2011/10/basso-brooke-interview-for-ss-12/

Basso & Brooke Interview for S/S ’11
http://schelay.blogspot.com.au/2011/11/basso-brooke-interview-london-fashion.html

A very short interview talks about their philosophy 
http://www.uailab.com/interview/interview-basso-brooke/

London Fashion Week 2012
http://www.planetnotion.com/2012/02/18/lfw-interview-basso-brooke/

This one talks about digital print technology and how they work with colours;
http://www.thesupersuper.com/featured/interview-basso-brooke/

A Quiz to reveal both designer's personality-has nothing regards to their design works
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/the-5minute-interview-basso--brooke-designers-744783.html

Knowing the easthetic - style sheet

Five words of aesthetic

Antique...
....refined
naive....
...witty
poetic...

+++++++++++++++++++++
Antique...
....gritty elegance
witty...
poetic...
elaborate....

"the lost fashion"

Head of a Capitoline Venus displaying an ancient Greek or Roman hairstyle, 2nd century AD copy of a Greek original, the Louvre

Originally saw from Hats From History http://hatsfromhistory.tumblr.com

Thousands of years later it still inspires today.