Monthly Archives: June 2015

Keeping Up Appearances

Tokyo artist Naomi Okubo creates scenes that fall somewhere between the ordinary and the surreal. Bright, colourful and busy with patterned surfaces, often in habited spaces of faceless women. Of her work Naomi explains: “I am interested in the relationship between oneself and others or society and a contradiction that happen among the relationships. Food,… Read more »

Into a Mystical Realm

Ellery has released the look book for her Resort 2016 range and it’s a beauty (of course!). Her signature style and silhouette’s (flares, tunic style tops, volume and muted colours) are all there, but with some surprising elements (even some rainbows!)  just to keep you on your toes. The zig-zag print flares are special favourite. Digitally… Read more »

Caroline Rose Kaufman

Brooklyn-based Caroline Rose Kaufman is an emerging fashion talent with an eye for tactile surfaces and hand-crafted materials. Her aesthetic is very much grounded in her West Virginia roots the quilting and craft epicentre of America! Of her work Caroline explains: “I learnt from a young age that the power of a garment made by hands… Read more »

Sonia Delaunay

This summer the Tate Modern is showing a retrospective of French avant-garde artist Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979). Throughout the first half of the twentieth century, she celebrated the modern world of movement, technology and urban life, exploring new ideas about colour theory together with her husband Robert Delaunay. Nowadays, a lot of creatives dip their toes in… Read more »

Canvas

Known for precision tailoring and bold print work Haryono Setiadi is one of Australia’s emerging design talent. Here is his SS16 collection “Canvas”, digitally printed by Think Positive Prints. Each garment was approached as a blank canvas. With this in mind Haryono created beautiful abstract oil paintings which were worked into placement prints. He also studied… Read more »