Bring Your Zyrtec: The 8th Annual Tulips and Pansies Headdress Affair
April showers bring May flowers. And what do May flowers bring? The Annual Tulips and Pansies Headdress Affair. (more…)
art and fashion design collaborations for products and apparel
Still Worshipping Warhol: DVF, Maharishi, Steiff, CB2 and More Make Andy Warhol Products
Andy Warhol, despite no longer being with us, continues to decorate the world with his iconic images adorning everything from luggage to beachwear. For the…
United Nude: Shoes With A Blueprint
In 2003 a Dutch architect from an architects family and an English shoemaker from a shoemakers family decided to start a brand. Disillusioned with fashion and not wanting to be yet another shoe brand or architecture firm, a design company was born – set on releasing specific, iconic products and rejecting broad seasonal ranges. The products evolve in projects from international teams (United) in an open way with direct recognition (Nude). (more…)
Jackets Made From Blow Up Dolls
Jackets made from blow up dolls ? Yep, this collection of outerwear has been fashioned from the crass novelty by male designer and artist from…
Justice Bodan: Leather Goods That Are Great.
It’s rare that I see something in person (as opposed to online) where I simply must stop and find more information about it. The Justice Bodan Steelshell Messenger Bag was one such item. (more…)
Bela’s Dead: The Dark Side Of Sexy Lingerie
Bela’s Dead is a lingerie label (and the brainchild of one woman) that merges the idea of elegance and strength to form imaginative, devious and seductive underwear designs. Inspired by Nick Cave songs about murder and lost love, the art and performance of being a woman, and other musicians such as Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Jesus and Mary Chain, Bela’s Dead creates sensual pieces with dark undertones. (more…)
Viktor & Rolf’s Barbican Exhibit With Side By Side Comparisons of the Dolls & Fashions With The Runway Models
Welcome to the dollhouse. Viktor & Rolf's Barbican Exhibit, that is. Dutch fashion design duo Viktor & Rolf, whose runway shows have become increasingly imaginative…
To Celebrate Oz’s 70th, Designers Re-do Dorothy’s Kicks With Proceeds Benefitting Charity
above: Sergio Rossi, Gwen Stefani and Moschino’s sketches of their versions of Dorothy’s ruby slippers
Swarovski Elements Embark on a Ruby Crystal-Studded 70th Anniversary Celebration of The Wizard of Oz by asking designers to re-interpret Dorothy’s Famous Ruby Slippers. (more…)
Fu*k Me! Shoes: Chelsea Arts Club Artists Put Their Best Foot Forward
The Chelsea Arts Club of the UK had a combination auction /burlesque show of artist decorated shoes, using Terry de Havilland platform wedges, called Fu*k Me! Shoes in 2006. Although 2 years old, the feats (feets?) of art are still worth sharing. (more…)
Miracle-Gro Millinery: Tulips and Pansies, The Headdress Affair
Now in its seventh year, Village Care of New York’s annual “Tulips and Pansies: The Headdress Affair” is not your average benefit fashion show – pair New York’s top florists with the city’s most creative fashion designers, and the end result? Floral headdresses akin to wearable rooftop gardens, that are so outrageous and over-the-top they could be their own float in the annual Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif. (more…)