Hyper-Reality
Brooklyn’s Serum Vs. Venom attempts to turn the business of fashion on its head, “Hyperreality is used in semiotics and postmodern philosophy to describe a hypothetical inability of consciousness to distinguish reality from fantasy, especially in technologically advanced postmodern societies. Self Imposed Reality Check. Our previous attempts to inject new thinking and practices into an existing, institutionalized fashion system have failed. We have come to the conclusion that our philosophy, methodologies and products are sound and it has been our desire to engage a flawed system, which has lead us astray. We have proudly decided to disengage this broken system in an attempt to interact with our consumers directly and unfiltered. We follow no season and no calendar, only our instincts and what we feel is appropriate and relevant.” SVSV’s new Hyper-Reality collection is an engaging sartorial exploration of post-modernism and men’s dress.
Azzedine Alaïa in the 21st Century
From December 11 to May 6 2012, the Groninger Museum will present the exhibition entitled Azzedine Alaïa in the 21st Century. This exhibition displays the most fantastic Alaïa fashion creations of the last ten years. Alaïa is one of the last major couturiers still active. The exhibition is a follow-on to the overview of his work shown in the Groninger Museum in 1998, which was subsequently displayed at the Brant Foundation in New York in 2002.
Elena Anaya for Boy
Elena Anaya from Pedro Almodovar’s latest The Skin I Live In for Band of Outsiders’ label Boy, Fall collection. Shot at the Sheats/Goldstein Residence in Beverly Hills, CA.
Your Heavy Heart Pressed Against The Dusk
New Spring/Summer 2012 collection by London based designer Gabriella Marina Gonzalez entitled Your Heavy Heart Presses Against the Dusk.
Le regard de personae
Malou Swinnen (b. 1944, Neerpelt) lives and works in Hasselt. As an artist she enjoys a high reputation at home and abroad and her pictures are regularly exhibited. They are also part of several collections, such as Photography Museums (Antwerp and Charleroi), the Ministry of the Flemish Community, the National Library in Paris, and various private collections. The fascination for the face, skin, the pose, the look and attributes are constants in her work. In 2010 she was invited by the Kunstbank (Art Bank) for artistic research. While studying their exclusive collection of textiles and accessories she re-portrayed the looks and the genre and in that way gets the series “Personae” (1995) a new follow-up. Malou Swinnen exhibits the new series “Le regard de personae” at the Fashion Museum Hasselt in Belgium until January 8.
A SHADED VIEW ON FASHION FILM Festival at ART BASEL MIAMI
Just over one month since its Centre Pompidou Paris launch, ASVOFF (A Shaded View on Fashion Film) 4 has already made its way across the globe to Tokyo, and will now travel West making its American debut at the 10th Edition of Art Basel/Miami Beach December 1st-4th, the most prestigious art show in the Americas. The ASVOFF 4 Miami screenings, in collaboration with the Morgan Hotel Group and ACRIA (AIDS Community Research Initiative of America), will take place at the Delano Hotel in an Art Basel/Miami endorsed event, ‘ART BASEL/MIAMI LOVES FASHION FILM’. Delano Hotel – 1685 Collins Avenue Miami Beach, FL
LAKE & STARS Fall/Winter Campaign
Named after a euphemism for a woman’s skill in the bedroom, The Lake & Stars present their Fall/Winter 2011 campaign starring mother and daughter Johanna Methusalemsdottir and India Menuez.
Geronimo Spring/Summer 2012
