tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186125652024-03-05T21:06:12.502-08:00Fishbon Fashion CellThe Fishbon Fashion Cell is interested in developing collaborative approaches to fashion, wearable art and art/technology interfaces.Clayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277803220611650031noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18612565.post-15853839975230000722009-11-10T14:49:00.000-08:002009-11-10T14:54:37.329-08:00Paper DressesCheck out these Paper Dresses!<br /><br />Super WOW! <br /><br /><a href="http://papier-couture.com/">http://papier-couture.com/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://stylefrizz.com/200808/would-you-wear-a-paper-dress/">http://stylefrizz.com/200808/would-you-wear-a-paper-dress/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jolispaons/2447284360/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/jolispaons/2447284360/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.polyscene.com/">http://www.polyscene.com/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Egeuzen/current/DIY/paperdress.html">http://www.xs4all.nl/~geuzen/current/DIY/paperdress.html<br /></a><br /><a href="http://www.debutanteclothing.com/news/2009/09/wrapped_in_fashion_-_the_paper.html">http://www.debutanteclothing.com/news/2009/09/wrapped_in_fashion_-_the_paper.html</a><br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=31523551&blogID=152820984">http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=31523551&blogID=152820984</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/3630/duct-tape-dress-form-1">http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/3630/duct-tape-dress-form-1</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/3633/paper-tape-dress-form">http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/3633/paper-tape-dress-form</a><br /><br /><a href="http://heartfish.com/2009/10/23/paper-dress/">http://heartfish.com/2009/10/23/paper-dress/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://cyanatrendland.com/2009/07/21/paper-dress-editorial-for-lofficiel/">http://cyanatrendland.com/2009/07/21/paper-dress-editorial-for-lofficiel/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.samanthahahn.com/blog/2009/10/19/eloise-corr-danch-paper-dress-now-at-the-museum-of-arts-and-design/">http://www.samanthahahn.com/blog/2009/10/19/eloise-corr-danch-paper-dress-now-at-the-museum-of-arts-and-design/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.samanthahahn.com/blog/2009/04/17/eloise-corr-danch-paper-flowers/">http://www.samanthahahn.com/blog/2009/04/17/eloise-corr-danch-paper-flowers/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://dornob.com/diy-paper-dress-design-creative-fashion-for-tax-season/">http://dornob.com/diy-paper-dress-design-creative-fashion-for-tax-season/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://lookbook.nu/look/239262-What-s-the-News">http://lookbook.nu/look/239262-What-s-the-News</a><br /><br /><br />Paper Tuxedo jacket!!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-origami-a-paper-japanese-tuxedo-jacket-216476/">http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-origami-a-paper-japanese-tuxedo-jacket-216476/</a>Clayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277803220611650031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18612565.post-71617209291576651732008-06-30T09:37:00.000-07:002008-06-30T09:39:32.469-07:00FABRICS and FAUX FURS in West LAThe Secret Source and Wholesalerto designers and fabrics stores nationwide,<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rimmon Fabrics</span> on Pico just east of Sepulveda in West LA has a wide selection of unusual fabrics, faux furs, new and vintage buttons. Come on down and check out your costume source. Burners get a special gift with purchase !<br /><br />Rimmon Fabrics<br />11054 West Pico Blvd<br />Los Angeles, CA 90064<br /><br />(310) 478-1105<br /><br />Call to make sure we are in Usually in 8am-5pm weekdays, but you never know so call on the way.Clayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277803220611650031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18612565.post-78595410613178720912007-05-15T09:49:00.001-07:002007-05-15T09:49:32.602-07:00Footwear Trends<b><a class="link" title="New Shoes" href="http://www.trendcentral.com/trends/trendarticle.asp?tcArticleId=1828">Skins Footwear, Patagonia DIY Shoe, unu-footwear </a></b> <!--BODY COPY--> <p>We’ve recently noticed a number of innovative shoe companies and styles. Check out some footwear of the future:</p> <p> <a class="link" title="Skins Footwear" href="http://www.skinsfootwear.com/#">Skins Footwear:</a><br />We all have that notorious pair of shoes that, despite how rough they look or how horrible they smell, we refuse to discard, simply because their comfort is irreplaceable. Now there is a practical and stylish way to transfer that comfortable feeling from one shoe to another, therefore preventing the “skin” of either pair from wearing out too soon. This innovative footwear system consists of two interchangeable parts: an outer shell/sole known as the “skin” and a flexible inner foot form that fits into the skin known as the “bone”. </p><p> <a class="link" title="Patagonia DIY Shoe" href="http://www.patagonia.com/web/us/product/product_focus.jsp?OPTION=PRODUCT_FOCUS_DISPLAY_HANDLER&catcode=SHOES_SP07_US.SHOES.MENS.CASUAL&style_color=79493-155&ws=">Patagonia DIY Shoe:</a><br />Eco-living practitioners long before green was a buzzword, Patagonia is making sure no resources go to waste. Their DIY shoe includes leather pieces sourced from scraps left on factory floors, along with lacing, with which the wearer uses to custom assemble the shoe to their own liking. </p><p> <a class="link" title="unu-footwear" href="http://www.unu-life.com/downloads/unu-footwear_pressrelease.pdf">unu-footwear:</a><br />Like the Patagonia DIY shoe, this are also user-assembled footwear. Made from a single sheet of recycled leather, these shoes differ in that they are assembled through folding rather than stitching. The result is an origami-inspired slipper, which while it may not be street-appropriate, is perfect for wearing around the house. </p> <img src="http://www.trendcentral.com/images/uploads/spacer.gif" height="1" width="340" />Clayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277803220611650031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18612565.post-8376779152528763272007-05-03T10:51:00.000-07:002007-05-03T10:54:30.574-07:00JC Report Fabric Issue<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhifdk0sR_WDsyi_e0uSP9tCBcMNIYw0o9Odp_fC32f90jfsiPm5d6mWwqOSl7AxWxgWjJhTnXCHrPiHAell2BMKlAOHWpD_7GXNykfTEDrIZnRuy1LoAbdc8IfjqKJwOyU4VDeA/s1600-h/cover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhifdk0sR_WDsyi_e0uSP9tCBcMNIYw0o9Odp_fC32f90jfsiPm5d6mWwqOSl7AxWxgWjJhTnXCHrPiHAell2BMKlAOHWpD_7GXNykfTEDrIZnRuy1LoAbdc8IfjqKJwOyU4VDeA/s320/cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5060393873797851362" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The May 3rd issue of the online newsletter JC Report is devoted to Fabric Options..check it out at <a href="http://www.jcreport.com/current/">http://www.jcreport.com/current/</a>Clayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277803220611650031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18612565.post-61885269810277635742007-04-13T11:57:00.000-07:002007-04-13T11:58:29.336-07:00Suit Message Madness from PingMag<div id="title"> <h2>Social Suicide - storytelling with men’s bespoke suits</h2> <span class="alignleft">Category: <a href="http://pingmag.jp/category/features/" title="View all posts in Features" rel="category tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://pingmag.jp/category/worldwide/" title="View all posts in Worldwide" rel="category tag">Worldwide</a>, <a href="http://pingmag.jp/category/fashion/" title="View all posts in Fashion" rel="category tag">Fashion</a></span><span class="alignright">6 Apr 2007</span> </div> <p><img src="http://images.pingmag.jp/images/title/socialsuicide.jpg" class="main" alt="Social Suicide - storytelling with men’s bespoke suits" /></p> <div class="picturecaptionlong">How to dress for your next flight - first class!</div> <p><strong>PingMag met Simon Waterfall, the creative director of digital agency <a href="http://www.pokelondon.com/">Poke</a> and newly-elected <a href="http://www.dandad.org/">D&AD</a> deputy president, in Cape Town where he was <em>mainly</em> invited to talk about his digital work. Stepping closer, I was just stunned discovering a life-size AK-47 embroidered all over his suit as if it was literally hanging over his shoulder. Those who ever met Simon know that he is an extremely funny, enthusiastic, sarcastic and never-ending speaker who then swiftly switched to talk about what <em>else</em> he does: <a href="http://www.socialsuicide.co.uk/">Social Suicide</a>, <em>possibly</em> the most influential and innovative line of men’s suits - a 50/50 collaboration with Matt Grey aka Tig. Here is how their provocative suits get you talking, how they got to collaborate with the finest original tailors and pattern cutters from Tommy Nutter, and why The Queen <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4034249.stm">was very pleased</a> when she faced a Social Suicide suit for the first time in her life.</strong></p> <p>Written by Uleshka<br />Thanks to <a href="http://pingmag.jp/2007/03/14/conference-deluxe-the-design-indaba-phenomena-part-1/">Design Indaba</a> for the interview</p> <p><strong>Simon, you were formerly known in the industry for wearing the most bizarre and whacky outfits. When and why did you actually switch to wearing suits?</strong></p> <p>I have been wearing massive ball gowns for years and I didn’t wear anything else. I wore them as an anti-statement. If you do business in a ball gown with a tiara on, you are not going to get the <em>usual</em> business company… </p> <p>One day I just couldn’t wear them anymore and so I thought: ‘What would be the worst thing I could wear <em>after</em> wearing such provocative clothing for so long? Suits!’</p> <div class="imageleft"><img src="http://images.pingmag.jp/images/article/socialsuicide02.jpg" /><br /><small>Simon Waterfall at Design Indaba showing off his AK-47 full-size embroidery over his shoulder. The ratio to make all the pieces of this suit match together perfectly is 1 out of 10 jackets.</small></div> <div class="imageright"><img src="http://images.pingmag.jp/images/article/socialsuicide01.jpg" /><br /><small>Simon taking us down history lane: ‘In the old days, suits were nothing but altered tunics with the button cut off and the collar folded down. We introduced the button back, so if you are facing a cold Vespa ride home, you can button it back up.’</small></div> <p><strong>What happened then?</strong></p> <p>Of course I got bored after less than a week and I just fucked up old suits: cut them up, shot them, put holes through them, … and basically used them as a canvas. I didn’t care much about the suit itself, it was just a vehicle for making very, very quick social comments. And people thought it was interesting… </p> <p><strong>Right from the beginning, Matt Grey (aka Tig) joined in and you then began to create together a range of finely tailored suits, which each tell an individual story.</strong></p> <p><img src="http://images.pingmag.jp/images/article/socialsuicide03.jpg" class="main" /></p> <div class="picturecaptionlong">‘Tailor’s Dummy’: “Joke’s on you, Fool!” Twisted tailoring and twisted humor combine in a three-piece suit that just won’t button up straight.</div> <p><strong>How did the two of you actually get in contact with the original tailors and pattern cutters of <a href="http://www.savilerowbespoke.com/Heritage/History/">Savile Row</a> legend Tommy Nutter though?</strong></p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Nutter">Tommy Nutter</a> - he was the first crazy tailor. He dressed Elton John, the Beatles, Mick and Bianca Jagger, Michael Jackson, John and Yoko Ono’s white wedding suits, the first denim suit and the first horizontal pin-stripe suit that is in the V&A… Every single tailor quotes Nutter as an inspiration. The head of Hermes wears nothing else, he <em>doesn’t</em> wear his own.</p> <p>Tommy died in 1992 of AIDS. In 2000 David Mason revived the brand and the two original pattern cutters Joe Morgan and Roy Chittleboroug still make the very best bespoke suits money can buy - but they couldn’t replace Tommy. Tommy was the pepper in the dish. That was when David approached us…</p> <p><strong>Now Joe Morgan from Nutters is the genius behind your <em>Social Suicide</em> patterns: the basic form, the super tight fit and the cut are all down to him. But what sets <em>Social Suicide</em> apart from other men’s fashion (not mentioning the quality and craftsmanship) is your creativity and what you actually <em>do</em> with those suits. Each of the pieces has a subversive or in-your-face message stitched, flocked, embroidered, or painted on. Your suits become tools for telling a story, making a really sharp statement.</strong></p> <p><img src="http://images.pingmag.jp/images/article/socialsuicide04.jpg" class="main" /></p> <div class="picturecaptionlong">‘Benchmark’ - imagine all the time you spent sitting on a bench in your life; from nursing your soccer wounds, to your first kiss, to watching your kids grow… ‘100% New Wool Flannel’ with embroidered dedication and printed bench marks.</div> <p><strong><em>How</em> do you actually come up with these ideas? And how do you actually <em>design</em> these stories not really being a fashion designer in the first place?</strong></p> <p>For me it is just the process of finding and making comments. </p> <p>Tig and I just designed a season based on <em>animals in the work space</em>. One day I had this idea and just text messaged Tig: “Shark!” Naturally he went: “What?” </p> <p>We have lots of white “canvas suits” on dummies which we use to play around with - for “sketches”. So the next day I just drew 3 lines onto one of our canvas suits and showed it to Tig. He went “NO WAY!!!”.</p> <p><img src="http://images.pingmag.jp/images/article/socialsuicide05.jpg" class="main" /></p> <div class="picturecaptionlong">Take your ‘alpha male’ in the office wearing a beautiful grey suit - and suddenly getting aggressive. While talking he lifts up his arm and that is when you notice that there are three curved lines which now flap open revealing a dusty pink inside. ‘The Shark’! When he puts his arm back down all is fine again.</div> <p>Tig then came back to me three months later and showed me the first sample suit. I went “NO WAY!!!”. We then took it to <a href="http://www.harveynichols.com/">Harvey Nichols</a> and they went “NO WAY!!!” Yep! They sold every single one!</p> <p><strong>What are these ’social comments’ generally about? And why do you think they are necessary?</strong></p> <p>It’s things like going to The Palace in London with a gun printed on my pocket at the peek of the terrorist attacks for meeting Prince Phillip in his private study… He looks at me and sees ‘ARMED’ written across my back - he immediately starts talking.</p> <div class="imageleft"><img src="http://images.pingmag.jp/images/article/socialsuicide21.jpg" /><br /><small>‘ARMED’ suit jacket</small></div> <div class="imageright"><img src="http://images.pingmag.jp/images/article/socialsuicide20.jpg" /><br /><small>…and matching shirt</small></div> <p><img src="http://images.pingmag.jp/images/article/socialsuicide09.jpg" class="main" /></p> <div class="picturecaptionlong">With a pistol on the pocket and ‘ARMED’ written all over the back, this suit is not airplane friendly!</div> <p>It enables men who are extremely fucking boring and lazy to have an initial story to break the ice to start a conversation. Heritage and knowledge is already here in the suit.</p> <p><strong>What are some of your favorite ’suit stories’ then?</strong></p> <p>There is one based on one of my father’s favorite records which is about a kid stealing a porn magazine called ‘Razzle in my pocket’ by Ian Dury. So these suits have a beautifully full size rolled up <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Razzle_%28magazine">Razzle magazine</a>) embroidered on the inside of the pocket. You might not show that to everyone, but you know it is there.</p> <div class="imageleft"><img src="http://images.pingmag.jp/images/article/socialsuicide30.jpg" /><br /><small>‘Razzle in my pocket’ - inspired by the Ian Dury song where a boy stole a porn magazine, this jacket has a full size rolled up Razzle magazine embroidered on the inside A4 magazine pocket.</small></div> <div class="imageright"><img src="http://images.pingmag.jp/images/article/socialsuicide31.jpg" /><br /><small>… and when the suit is closed, you cannot see anything but a finely tailored suit.</small></div> <div class="imageleft"><img src="http://images.pingmag.jp/images/article/socialsuicide33.jpg" /><br /><small>This jacket has 4 slashes over the shoulder and 4 more slashes on the waist line. When opened, these hidden zippers reveal a scarlet red inside, just like the blood gushing out when you are slashed open. The ones on the shoulder give you the pain, the ones on the side the pleasure.</small></div> <div class="imageright"><img src="http://images.pingmag.jp/images/article/socialsuicide32.jpg" /><br /><small>When closed it looks like a respectable suit - with some interesting scars once you step closer… Only a sharp eye can tell, that there are invisible zippers embedded over the shoulder. Guess what this suit is called? ‘Vixen’!</small></div> <p><strong><em>Some more stories and suits <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=IGgl-JJtA3o">here as a video</a>.</em></strong></p> <p><strong>You have been invited over to Buckingham Palace where the Queen was introduced to 400 of the top designers in her empire and you made a suit especially for that occasion. Can you tell us a little about that?</strong></p> <p>When I got to talk to her I said: ‘Her Majesty, I am Simon Waterfall, and I’m going to do something now that my father said I could never do - I’m going to show you my back!’ </p> <p>So I run away and turn around and she sees 620 buttons hand sewn onto my suit - her portrait. </p> <div class="imageleft"><img src="http://images.pingmag.jp/images/article/socialsuicide11.jpg" /><br /><small>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearly_Queen">Pearly Kings and Queens</a> are an East London tradition - where pearl buttons are hand-sewn onto the clothing to show status. They were the aristocracy of the working classes. The Queen is the Monarch of Britain, the head of the Empire, the uppermost of the upper class.</small></div> <div class="imageright"><img src="http://images.pingmag.jp/images/article/socialsuicide10.jpg" /><br /><small>Inspired by cabbages and kings, Social Suicide used the tailoring traditions of the working class to make a suit for the monarch. Excellent! This photo was shot at Buckingham Palace. Some of the ‘Pearly Queen’ suits are available in very limited numbers at Harvey Nichols, London.</small></div> <p>When I came back she was smiling and asked: ‘How long did it take?’<br /> - ‘Six episodes of <a href="http://www.neighbours.com/">Neighbours</a>!’ </p> <p><strong>Those stories you choose for your men’s suits - what kind of image of men are you trying to project?</strong></p> <p>Everything around what a man should or shouldn’t do, challenging the preconceptions of what a suit is or isn’t supposed to be. </p> <p>There is a suit which has a handbag embroidered on the side. That reads as: <em>I have no problem with my sexuality, <a href="http://pingmag.jp/2007/03/07/style-report-tokyo-mens-handbags/">I’ll wear a handbag</a>!</em> </p> <p><img src="http://images.pingmag.jp/images/article/socialsuicide12.jpg" class="main" /></p> <div class="picturecaptionlong">Two suits: one called ‘Brown and pursed’ and one ‘Pink and pursed’. “These are beautiful grey pin-stripes on a pink suit with a Gucci bag and the other is Louis Vuitton-looking bag on a brown suit. That’s fucked up. If you read into the title, it is pornographic in its description.”</div> <p><strong>Your suits have lots of little details and special modifications. Some examples?</strong></p> <p>Being a designer I always carry lots of magazines and papers, so here is an A4 pocket which goes all the way down to the bottom. In case you drop something smaller in there, you can retrieve it from a smaller opening nearer the bottom.</p> <p>Men carry lots of technology - so there is a phone pocket in the suit, not in the trousers - at the bottom where it pulls the jacket sharp and not in the front where it pulls it open. Turn the breast pocket inside out and you’ll find that it is the suit label. Stored away when not needed, it carries details on the suit, washing instructions, the URL and, most importantly, a unique manufacture number. We started at number ‘1′ and we’ll just keep going. </p> <div class="imageleft"><img src="http://images.pingmag.jp/images/article/socialsuicide13.jpg" /><br /><small>Suit label inside the breast pocket.</small></div> <div class="imageright"><img src="http://images.pingmag.jp/images/article/socialsuicide14.jpg" /><br /><small>Craftsmanship.</small></div> <p>Detail, detail, detail. I can walk in anywhere and when people look at the cloth and how it’s made - that this is a suit cut by Nutters - they can’t even begin to criticize! I can put my suit up next to anything from Armani, Hugo Boss, Alexander Mc Queen - I dare you to find a fault. </p> <p><strong>Where would you place your suits then?</strong> </p> <p>In fashion there are 3 layers: <em>luxury</em> is about the money you are wearing on your sleeve, it is the BMW key ring. Beyond that, and it can be the same brand sometimes, is <em>exclusive</em>. It has heritage, it has meaning, it is the ‘I know <em>why</em> I buy something from LVMH, I know the history of Gucci or Prada…’</p> <p>Beyond <em>exclusive</em> is <em>elusive</em>, and that layer is really thin. <em>Elusivity</em> is the stuff that you don’t know where or how to get, you hardly know anything about it. Like Tommy Nutter - unless you knew him, you just couldn’t get a suit.</p> <p><img src="http://images.pingmag.jp/images/article/socialsuicide19.jpg" class="main" /></p> <div class="picturecaptionlong">A long line of Social Suicide suits seen at Harvey Nichols, London.</div> <p><strong>You can buy a Social Suicide jacket online at about 400 pounds - which is about the price for a normal suit. How could this be <em>elusive</em> then?</strong></p> <p><em>Social Suicide</em> is not elusive in that sense. It is going between <em>exclusive</em> and <em>elusive</em>. We are elusive with the story. It is not about the money, it is not even about the small numbers which we do, it is about the actual understanding of the person who buys it knowing <em>what</em> he is buying. </p> <p>I’m not trying to change men’s fashion for 2 000 pounds and sell 3 suits a year. Instead we have 300 different stories floating around. </p> <p>But understanding all that heritage, a long time later we will be doing <em>Professional Suicide</em>. This is <em>Social Suicide</em> and all we are playing with now but on a hand bespoke, custom made level. </p> <p>A normal Nutter suit jacket costs about 2 000 pounds. You are not going to fuck around with it too much! And certainly, not many people can afford <em>that</em> and have a gun embroidered on their back. Those are the most exclusive suits you can buy.</p> <p><img src="http://images.pingmag.jp/images/article/socialsuicide15.jpg" class="main" /></p> <div class="picturecaptionlong">At Nutters, Saville Row.</div> <div class="imageleft"><img src="http://images.pingmag.jp/images/article/socialsuicide16.jpg" /><br /><small>Tailor measuring and adjusting.</small></div> <div class="imageright"><img src="http://images.pingmag.jp/images/article/socialsuicide17.jpg" /><br /><small>Details, details, details.</small></div> <p><img src="http://images.pingmag.jp/images/article/socialsuicide18.jpg" class="main" /></p> <div class="picturecaptionlong">Trying on the suit jacket with tattoo embroidery over shirt with tattoo embroidery in the exact same spot as the tattoo on the man’s skin.</div> <p><strong>What is this <a href="http://www.socialsuicide.co.uk/aw-2006/c12.htm">Tat2 line</a> of bespoke suits I heard about? Would that be <em>Professional Suicide</em> then?</strong></p> <p>Yes. If you are a man with a tattoo, we might arrange a photo session with you where we take a shot of your tattoo in its exact position and measure you for your suit. We then have your tattoo embroidered on your jacket. Now when you take that jacket off you have your tattoo on your shirt, and when you take that shirt off it shows on your body - in the exact same position. </p> <p>These suits start from £3 600/ $6 600 dollars.</p> <p><strong>Who buys your suits then?</strong></p> <p>Crazy people, evidently! It is expressionism. We had a massive strike when gay weddings became legal in the UK. We got one suit with a huge bouquet of roses embroidered on your back. If you hold your hand on your back as if you were to hide a bouquet - it looks like that. A single rose sits on the lapel button-hole and aligns beautifully with an identical rose on the chest. It is perfect for weddings. We even got pictures sent from a couple in Sweden who based <em>her</em> flowers and her dress all on the flowers on <em>his</em> suit. </p> <p><img src="http://images.pingmag.jp/images/article/socialsuicide22.jpg" class="main" /></p> <div class="picturecaptionlong">While the suit is cut in Savile Row, the production is all handmade in their factory in Mumbai, India, with treadle, no electricity, slowing down on the corners, etc… When it comes to embroidery, there are some computers involved.</div> <div class="imageleft"><img src="http://images.pingmag.jp/images/article/socialsuicide23.jpg" /><br /><small>Done by computer using very delicate thread, this embroidery turns out to be really beautiful. It is very light - and takes hours!</small></div> <div class="imageright"><img src="http://images.pingmag.jp/images/article/socialsuicide24.jpg" /><br /><small>A single rose over lapel aligning with the rose on the chest.</small></div> <p><img src="http://images.pingmag.jp/images/article/socialsuicide25.jpg" class="main" /></p> <div class="picturecaptionlong">Bouquet after bouquet of roses.</div> <p><img src="http://images.pingmag.jp/images/article/socialsuicide26.jpg" class="main" /></p> <div class="picturecaptionlong">Again, a finely tailored suit. If the flower on the suit and on the lapel don’t match perfectly the suit gets scrapped - and they start again.</div> <p><strong>What other related products do you actually sell apart from the suits?</strong></p> <p>Shirts! Normal shirts are all wrong, too much material to tuck away. Our trousers are so tight, you’ve got no space to put anything. So we needed to get rid of this big tail on the shirt and cut it off, but you actually need <em>something</em> to tuck it away. We changed the shape so that the shirt goes down on the legs and now it looks like a big bum - but when you tuck it away it makes a perfect straight line. That’s cool!</p> <p>And then we thought, if you put a bum on the back, you gotta put a cock on the front. So we made the fly slightly longer and it’s got an extra button hole <em>down there</em>. Yes! So now you wear that shirt over your jeans with all those details and people think <em>‘That’s really wrong!’</em></p> <p><img src="http://images.pingmag.jp/images/article/socialsuicide27.jpg" class="main" /></p> <div class="picturecaptionlong">A formal plain white shirt made to our fitted pattern. French cuffs, a cuff pocket, a split collar and shaped tails: a French cuff folds double enabling one inch of length adjustment and will require a pair of cufflinks; the collar split allows a tie to pass to the outside of the collar at the rear as shown.</div> <p>Also the French cuffs, when you turn them over they have an invisible pocket where you can stick in your <a href="http://na.visitlondon.com/travel/getting_around/oyster/">Oyster card</a> for the subway. So every time you use the subway you just need to wave.</p> <p>Then we do Viagra cufflinks and <em>Collar Stiffeners</em>. The stiffeners are 65mm long and they slip into a special pocket on the underside of a shirt collar. Although the shirt has to be specially made for them it is not an unusual feature on any quality collar. When you wear <em>these</em> you feel like a million dollars, but nobody can see it!</p> <p><img src="http://images.pingmag.jp/images/article/socialsuicide28.jpg" class="main" /></p> <div class="picturecaptionlong">Viagra Cufflings</div> <div class="imageleft"><img src="http://images.pingmag.jp/images/article/socialsuicide34.jpg" /><br /><small>Double Ended Ties!</small></div> <div class="imageright"><img src="http://images.pingmag.jp/images/article/socialsuicide29.jpg" /><br /><small>Tig on the left and Simon on the right at their studio in London.</small></div> <p>Double ended ties which come with two fat ends in different colors, so you have two ties in one. If you do it up one way it is white or the other way it will be black - so we made it twice as expensive. ‘Why has nobody else done that?’ I don’t know!? But we can!</p> <p><strong>What will your next season be about?</strong></p> <p>We will do suits and shorts - matching and pin-stripes! Awesome!</p> <p><strong>No!!!</strong></p> <p>Yes!</p> <p><strong>Thank you for your enthusiasm and the great stories in the suits.</strong></p> <p><strong>I highly recommend to find a <em>Social Suicide</em> shop near you to actually look at the suits and touch them to get an idea of the quality (There’s none in Japan yet, unfortunately, but maybe someone like <a href="http://www.celux.com/ceLux/shop/index_content.html">Celux</a> could be tempted?). If you can’t find one near you, try <a href="http://www.socialsuicide.co.uk/">the Social Suicide website</a> instead.</strong></p>Clayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277803220611650031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18612565.post-1164940991301680292006-11-30T18:39:00.000-08:002006-11-30T18:44:48.426-08:00Second Style Fashion Mag for Second Life<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7948/363/1600/486128/SecondStyle%20Cover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7948/363/320/615027/SecondStyle%20Cover.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Check out this mag from Second Life fashion guru <span style="font-weight: bold;">Celebrity Trollop</span>. It's packed with fashionista info and pix.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.secondstyle.com/">http://www.secondstyle.com/</a>Clayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277803220611650031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18612565.post-1154648994820292312006-08-03T16:49:00.000-07:002006-08-03T16:49:54.820-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7948/363/1600/DSC00637.1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7948/363/320/DSC00637.1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>AfterpartyClayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277803220611650031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18612565.post-1145569031267884562006-04-20T14:34:00.000-07:002006-04-20T14:37:11.280-07:00Cool Article from PingMag<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7948/363/1600/haman22a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7948/363/320/haman22a.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>I found this very cool article about a Persian-African designer in the Japanese online mag, Ping. It's got some very cool stuff by a former grafitti artist turned designer.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pingmag.jp/2005/10/11/hardcore-fashion-from-hamansutra/">http://www.pingmag.jp/2005/10/11/hardcore-fashion-from-hamansutra/</a>Clayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277803220611650031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18612565.post-1145313660733946712006-04-17T15:35:00.000-07:002006-04-17T15:41:00.743-07:00Ping Magazine from Japan<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7948/363/1600/przemek.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7948/363/400/przemek.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Check out this cool interview with a Polish fashion illustrator in Japan's Ping Magazine<br /><h2><a href="http://www.pingmag.jp/">Przemek Sobocki: Storytelling through fashion illustration</a></h2>Clayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277803220611650031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18612565.post-1142040360678961162006-03-10T17:20:00.000-08:002006-03-10T17:26:00.690-08:00Tokyo Street Style<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7948/363/1600/Tokyo-Street.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7948/363/400/Tokyo-Street.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Cool site with candids from Toyko. <a href="http://www.style-arena.jp/english/index.htm">http://www.style-arena.jp/english/index.htm</a>Clayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277803220611650031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18612565.post-1141233084187681052006-03-01T09:03:00.000-08:002006-03-01T09:11:24.203-08:00Check Out Black Spots<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7948/363/1600/Blackspot%20Sneakers.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7948/363/400/Blackspot%20Sneakers.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />If you've seen AdBuster magazine, a totally cool Canadian zine that tries to provide alternatives to corporate consumerism, you've probably run into the Black Spot sneaker. The idea is to manufacture a needed item in a sustainable way (no sweatshops, eco-friendly and unbranded). Cool concept, cool shoe. Most importantly, it addresses an important issue--how do we brand our work. We want to indentify things we make so that if people like what we do, they can find more like it..but, do we want to force them to be walking billboards for us when they wear them? Corporate marketers would say YES, but that's self serving and a question to be addressed. For more info about Black Spots, check out the site:<br /><br /><a href="http://adbusters.org/metas/corpo/blackspotshoes/home.php"><span style="font-weight: bold;">http://adbusters.org/metas/corpo/blackspotshoes/home.php</span></a>Clayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277803220611650031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18612565.post-1138394363732535472006-01-27T12:36:00.000-08:002006-01-27T12:42:15.130-08:00EDOC Laundry<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7948/363/1600/EDOC-Graphic.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7948/363/400/EDOC-Graphic.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Cool clothes that have hidden secrets..code words that lead to stories on the website. Interesting combination of webworld and tangible fash. Check it out at <a href="http://www.edoclaundry.com/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">http://www.edoclaundry.com/</span></a><a href="http:www.edoclaundry.com/"></a>Clayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277803220611650031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18612565.post-1138130129107849372006-01-24T11:13:00.000-08:002006-01-27T12:44:38.413-08:00Fashion in Colors<div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7948/363/1600/Cooper-Hewitt-Fashion-in-Co.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7948/363/400/Cooper-Hewitt-Fashion-in-Co.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></div> <span style="font-family:VERDANA,ARIAL,HELVETICA;"> <strong class="hometextbig"><a href="http://ndm.si.edu/EXHIBITIONS/fashion_in_colors" target="_blank">Fashion In Colors</a></strong><br /> On view December 9, 2005–March 26, 2006<br />Organized by the Kyoto Costume Institute, Fashion in Colors explores color as a design element through 300 years of Western fashion. Check it out at: <a href="http://ndm.si.edu/EXHIBITIONS/fashion_in_colors/">http://ndm.si.edu/EXHIBITIONS/fashion_in_colors/</a><br /></span>Clayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277803220611650031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18612565.post-1137104659715503242006-01-12T14:24:00.000-08:002006-01-12T14:30:26.243-08:00Los Angeles Fashion Market<strong></strong><strong><span style="font-size:85%;">JANUARY 13-17, 2006 SUMMER (FRIDAY-TUESDAY, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm)<br /><br />The LA Summer Fashion market opens tomorrow at the California Market Center. Showrooms are open 9-6 and this could be an interesting field trip option to get ideas. If you want to go, contact Clay at 805-453-5246<br /><br /></span></strong>Find it here. Discover thousands of new and established showrooms and exhibitors for Summer '06. Find it all under one roof only at the California Market Center, the premier marketplace in California for fashion, accessories, gift & home resources.FEATURED SHOWROOMS<strong>Women's wear. </strong>Hundreds of women's apparel resources on Floors 2A, and 3A&3B.<strong>Contemporary. </strong>Directional and young designer women's & men's resources ON 5.<strong>Street Couture. </strong>Edgy & directional women's & men's resources on Floor 11B.<strong>Urban. </strong>Women's & men's urban sportswear on Floor 4C.<a href="http://www.californiamarketcenter.com/markets/kidsmarket.php">LA Kid's Market.</a> Floor 6A is home to kids and tweens. <a href="http://www.californiamarketcenter.com/markets/accessories_intimate.php">Accessories & Intimate Apparel</a>. Floor 10A&B have all the perfect accents for the season. Visit Floors 7C-13C for additional accessories, gifts & decor.<strong>Accessories to go. </strong>Floor 9A&B features accessories & leather goods available for immediate delivery.TEMPORARY EXHIBITORS<strong>Brighte Companies by ENK. </strong>Contemporary & directional women's & men's resources in the Main Lobby Fashion Theater. Friday - Monday only.<strong>Accessories & Intimate Apparel Salon. </strong>Fresh, new fashion accessories and intimate apparel exhibitors in Suite B1086. Friday - Monday only.<strong>LA Fashion Exhibitors by PCT. </strong>Women's updated apparel exhibitors on Floor 3C.<a href="http://www.californiamarketcenter.com/markets/lashoeshow.php">LA Shoe Show.</a> Hundreds of footwear lines on Floor 13B. Sunday & Monday only.RETAILERS<strong>Register in the Main Lobby</strong>, bring a business card, Resale Tax I.D., and personal I.D. <strong></strong>Clayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277803220611650031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18612565.post-1137002299101721322006-01-11T09:56:00.000-08:002006-01-11T09:58:19.116-08:00Yip-Yip<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7948/363/1600/Yip-Yip.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7948/363/400/Yip-Yip.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Clayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277803220611650031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18612565.post-1136929834787222462006-01-10T13:50:00.000-08:002006-01-10T13:57:42.953-08:00F+R Hugs (Hug Shirt) from Cute Circuit<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7948/363/1600/sunfront.0.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7948/363/320/sunfront.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Amazing wearable tech garment from CuteCircuit<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cutecircuit.com/">http://www.cutecircuit.com/</a><br /><br />The F+R Hugs (Hug Shirt): is a shirt that allows to exchange the physical sensation of a hug over distance. Embedded in the shirt there are sensors that feel the strength of the touch, the skin warmth and the heartbeat rate of the sender and actuators that recreate the sensation of touch, warmth and emotion of the hug to the shirt of the distant loved one.<br /><br /><strong>The System</strong><br />The F+R Hugs is a Bluetooth accessory for Java enabled mobile phones. Hug shirts don’t have any assigned phone number, all the data goes from the sensors wirelessly to your mobile phone and your mobile phone delivers the data stream to your loved one phone and seamlessly is transmitted Bluetooth to the other person’s shirt (sounds complex but the operation takes the same few seconds it would take to send an SMS, or text message). You will be able to send hugs while you are on the move, in the same way and to the same places you are able to make phone calls (Rome to Tokyo, New York to Paris).<br /><br />The system is very simple: a hug shirt (Bluetooth with sensors and actuators), a Bluetooth java enabled mobile phone with the Hug Me java software running (that understands what the sensors are communicating), and on the other side another phone and another shirt.<br />The hug shirt can be washed. The technology sandwiches (containing sensors and actuators), placed under each circle you see in the pictures, can be removed for washing and placed back in afterwards. In the same way the hug can be customized: total body or just around the shoulders, and so on. The tech sandwiches are plug and play, so that you don’t need to be an expert to place them and make it work! The hug shirts are available in many colors, so that you can move the tech sandwiches from shirt to shirt and remain fashionable.<br />(image placeholder)<br />When touching the sensors on your shirt your mobile receives the data (hug pressure, skin temperature, heartbeat rate, time you are hugging for, and the name of the person you want to hug) and delivers it to the other person. If the other person or the sender doesn’t have the shirt she can just send an SMS text message, and it will be transformed into a hug! If you don’t need a hug you can switch it off.<br />The operation cost is the same of sending SMS, depending on your service provider (in Italy is very inexpensive). The hugs shirt is Bluetooth and works with mobile phones on any bandwidth (900 Mhz, 1800 Mhz and so on). Runs on rechargeable batteries. The Hug Shirt is built using RoHS components, it means that the Hug Shirt is lead-free and non-toxic.<br /><br /><strong>Research</strong><br />F+R Hugs started as a collaborative project with Interaction Designer and friend Rikako Sakai, and is an ongoing innovation project at CuteCircuit were we are further developing the concept through additional intensive participatory design sessions, questionnaires, interviews, iterative prototyping and body storming with 150 to 200 users in many countries and of many different nationalities, studying people behavior and emotions, to create a design respondent to all the qualities needed by users of different age and cultural groups.<br />Interfaces and systems must be intuitive, natural, and compatible with our emotional status. Combining emotion and technology should be part of every design process. An increasing mobility of humans throughout the globe, due to business or study reasons, has brought family members to spend most of their time apart from each other. F+R Hugs could fill this gap. Humans need physical contact with each other. Technology should allow for a fullfilling Human-Human Interaction.<br /><br />An infant may sink into depression and die without the closeness of her mothers body (studies refer of increased sudden infant death syndrome if children are not being hugged during the first 40 days of life). Adults, especially elderly people living far away from their families, deprived of tactile contact for a long period of time will tell you just how depressing it feels. A hug, a handshake, a pat on the back, and a kiss are all very important and bring us close to others, reconnect us to our memories and accentuates our present perceptions. There is an increasing need of human contact, not only for fun and pleasure, but also for improving healthcare and solve learning disabilities.<br /><br /><strong>Process</strong><br />We involved the final users in participatory design sessions from the early stage of the design process. This technique allows for faster refining of concepts and prototypes and gives the possibility to bring desirable products to market in a shorter time and with better results. During the testing users reported that when hugging they felt positive energy, love and happyness, safety, pleasure and stress relief. Users reported the happyness of being accepted and desired by others that is central to most of human activities.<br />A taxonomy of hugs developed during the research shows that hugs come from people that take care of us: mothers, sisters, fathers, grandparents, friends. A hug makes us perceive the tangible presence of the other person, the closeness contributes a sensation of warmth and relaxed harmony. During the hug positive natural chemicals get released within our body, our blood pressure regularizes, and stress soothes. Rhythmic hugs to let a child fall asleep produce soft vibrations that resonate and calm.<br />Additional bodystorming sessions were done at every stage of the design process. Users tried various kinds of textiles and materials such as sponges, balloons and the likes, wearing them on their body, inside their clothes or outside existing ones. During special hugging sessions we mapped the position of participants hands on the others body. Major intensity points were identified on upper arms, on the upper back part of the torso, around the waistline, neck, shoulders, and hips. In these strategic spots we placed our soft technological sandwiches containing the hugging output actuators.<br /><br /><strong>Keywords</strong><br />Wearable computing, telecommunication technology, fashion design, human-human interaction, design and emotion<br /><br /><strong>Applications</strong><br />TelecommunicationFashion designDomoticsHealthcareClayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277803220611650031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18612565.post-1134061566546927082005-12-08T09:03:00.000-08:002005-12-08T09:07:23.730-08:00Cyber Fashion<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7948/363/1600/title.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7948/363/320/title.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Siggraph, the annual computer graphics show often held in LA has a fashion area with lots of cool stuff. Check it out at: <a href="http://psymbiote.org/cyfash/2005/">http://psymbiote.org/cyfash/2005/</a>Clayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277803220611650031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18612565.post-1132304550374504542005-11-18T01:00:00.000-08:002005-11-18T09:18:24.146-08:00Fashion.net<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7948/363/1600/fashion%20net.1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7948/363/320/fashion%20net.1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Check out fashionnet (<a href="http://www.fashion.net/">http://www.fashion.net/</a>) for info about sites, vocabulary, etc. There are sections for magazines, designers, labels and blogs.Clayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277803220611650031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18612565.post-1131401070538685732005-11-07T13:55:00.000-08:002005-11-07T14:08:08.596-08:00Extreme Textiles<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7948/363/1600/extremetextiles.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7948/363/320/extremetextiles.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />There was a show at the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum in NYC called Extreme Textiles. You can get a cool flash tour by clicking on this link <a href="http://cooperhewitt.org/extexsitelet/">http://cooperhewitt.org/extexsitelet/</a>. The show had a combination of stronger, faster, lighter, smarter and safer materials with application examples. It's definitely worth checking out. The materials are exotic, beautiful and cool.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7948/363/1600/spacesuit.jpg"><br /></a>Clayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277803220611650031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18612565.post-1131401519886650142005-11-07T13:50:00.000-08:002005-11-07T14:11:59.886-08:00Space Suit from Extreme Textiles Show<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7948/363/1600/spacesuit.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7948/363/320/spacesuit.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Clayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277803220611650031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18612565.post-1131044787040548552005-11-03T10:58:00.000-08:002005-11-03T11:06:27.043-08:00Current Issue of ID Magazine<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7948/363/1600/IDmagcover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7948/363/400/IDmagcover.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>This is the current issue of ID magazine. I has some interesting fashion stuff in a story about young designers. It's related to the MIT Media Lab program on wearable computing. The dress in the photo is an inflatable dress designed by a Media Lab grad. The article discusses a lot of the concepts we were talking about last night.Clayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277803220611650031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18612565.post-1131044198984754122005-11-03T10:48:00.000-08:002005-11-03T10:56:38.996-08:00JC Report Trends Email<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7948/363/1600/JC%20Report.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7948/363/400/JC%20Report.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I found this fashion trend email list that you can sign up for at <a href="http://www.jcreport.com/">http://www.jcreport.com/</a> (it's also part of the Flavorpill package that has music and events email lists). I'm not sure how valuable it is yet and you guys that work in the industry may have better ones but it may be a useful resource. It's free.Clayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277803220611650031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18612565.post-1131041943071872222005-11-03T10:05:00.000-08:002005-11-03T10:19:03.080-08:00Fashion CellThe next meeting will be at the Fishbon Studio 46 Helena, Santa Barbara at 6pm on Wednesday, November 16. We talked about meeting on Wednesdays before the Event Lab. This blog can serve as a link to designers in LA and San Francisco who won't be able to come to meetings. It's really a casual spot to post thoughts, links to sites, articles, media files, etc. that people may find interesting as well as a forum for ongoing discussions about the September show in Santa Barbara and shows in San Francisco and Los Angeles. I've been posting to the Fishbon Event Lab blog for a while now and will send everyone instructions on how to post, upload photos, etc. You can even use Blogger to create your own blog if you haven't already got one.Clayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18277803220611650031noreply@blogger.com