Elk Line in the Old Studio

Elk-line and Deer-pattern

Deer and elk are common creatures that penetrate our urbanized world. They are watchful; their gaze demands your attention in hopes that you, the viewer, will then follow them into their natural world. The path is not clear but blocked by layers of filigree and decorative distractions. I have been painting deer for the last four years. This series has evolved to be about the exploration of tension between layers of subject and background, space and pattern, hard and soft. Begging the questions: When does nature become over taken by artifice? When does art become decoration?

It is now Grey



The angular style lines
 of these masculine cuts creates looks with a 
great street vibe and grunge rhythm.


 It is no coincidence that 
grunge style and culture was born of the North West. 
The dim lit sky and constant drizzle makes one moody and swathed with layers, 
femininity fades as you suit up in your masculine like armor all putting on a bad-ass front to battle the slick grey sidewalks that match the sky. 
All that said grey can be the most beautiful spectrum of in between-s
 (think tweed, perfect lines of black and white that trick the eye into seeing grey)
and drive us to our creative core.


take on grunge,
 just oozes with sex appeal. 
This photo tantalizes and blows my mind, 
a favorite!


Black Textures for Fall



 It is all in the details! 
Texture added to black and white with print (seahorses!), dip die, and jewel embellishment 
(Balmain-pearls), creates a new dimension for our wardrobe staples, that once were so flat!
A bit rock 'n roll, a bit romantic, either way you were is so cool.






Blue Cha Cha


                                                                     This was one of my favorite spring 2011 Prada collection:
                                                                                               Fun WEARABLE wimsy!!!!


 Blue Cha Cha STILL
We still feel summery, a little tan, freckled and bright. The seasons have other plans, so prep for the chill, while staying colorful with a relaxed summer vibe: i.e. TRIBAL or as Harper's Bazzar describes "HAUTE HIPPIE" vibe.






Mixed Prints for Summer



 Mix it all up! 
Print on print is a big trend, it can be an art in itself especially when combing through your own wardrobe. What I love about the Derek Lamb is the small graphic stars with the large soft tribal, and Miu Miu takes the mix further with preppy cuts in three different whimsical prints. 
The lesson here is the double mix, print on print, and preppy paired with bohemian!


A Spring Dripping in Honey

"As Egyptian mythology has it, swarms of bees migrated across the desert first tumbled to Earth as tears from Ra, the ancient sun god. In keeping with Alexander McQueen's romantic, macabre sensibility, Sarah Burton's latter-day insects rendered in brass-each glimmering with a topaz-crystal abdomen-are meticulously handcrafted by Italian artisans ans affixed to tortoiseshell-patterned Plexiglas cuffs. It's all enough to make us buzz like... well bees on a honeycomb."
 -Vogue March 2013







GUCCI's  idea of Bees.  
 
Original Painting by Arielle Adkin
A Spring Dripping in Honey
I can not deny how struck I am by the artistry
of the Alexander McQueen Spring 2013 collection.  
It is a sartorial take on the natural beauty of honeybee, it's hive and those that keep them. However literally gorgeous the hive dresses and veiled hats, this collection goes beyond into a darker fantasy. The allure of sweet honey and the sting of the bees. I recognize political aspects in collection with the bridging of urban fashion world with the natural world that Sarah Burton has addressed in her collections before. The life of the honey bee is threatened, celebrate this subtle and spectacular bring of awareness to the adornment of our necks, wrists, and bodies. This beauty is worth the risk of the sting, and the that is the true sensuality of spring. 

β€œThe collection is a study of femininity. We looked at erotica. Vargas girls, cages, corsets and crinolines and the idealized female form. Nothing is set in a particular period. It’s about sensuality and skin but not nudity. We also wanted to express lightness, for the clothes almost to hover over the women who wear them.” 
Sarah Burton

Emerging. for spring time

 


This is an article originally from Nylon Magazine, 
it is highlighting new designers from the Parsons New School of Design. 
I am always so grateful when large publications highlight the small, under the radar artists and designers. In this way the devotes of fashion actually get to see something new, and upon occasion can experience the joy of following a designer from the beginning. One of these designers: Jamie McCarty, Nicole Mobasser, Hee Lim, Paula Cheng could be the next big thing!
This feature is all about emerging new talent, and with that something new and fresh. 














 



Hee Lim





"Beast Within Collection" 


Parsons:
linked here to discover even more talented fashion students!
  

Then and Now



  Altuzarra: Then/ 2010




 
Altuzarra: Now/2013

 

Prabal Gurung: Then/2010

 
Note the ruffles! very spring 2013


Prabal Gurung: Now/2013


 


 Matthew Ames

 

Gryphon 





 Article via Vogue 2010
This was Vogue's artical about up-in coming designers in 2010,  so intriging at the time now some are so famous, like Altuzarra and Prabal Gurung and others still extesting in the fridges, of art house, Matthew Ames, or small labels, Gryphon. You desided if their perdictions were right on or if they have yet to make there mark on the fashion world.

 
The two Jewelry designers mentioned above are linked here:






To Reflect

                                                   The article that follows is high-lighting young great fashion designers. When this article came out they were still new to the scene, burgeoning into the fashion icons they are now. It is only upon reflection that we see how their "pioneering" help shape the fashion of now.
                                                         As all of you fashion devotees follow the new fall collections on Instagram, Twitter, all in the present, all right now, which is arguably, what fashion is all about. Fashion is every changing ever now, which it should be! 
                                                        However, it occurred to me that only after time has past that we can recognize the statement with in the art, the art of fashion, the point of view, the true avant-guard, the trends the color and more importantly the clothing that WE actually want to where! So while all other fashion blogs are sharing the NOW I am here to share a reflected upon, edited, present. I strive to find and show classic timeless and real artists of fashion.