Polariod No longer

It is so sad Polaroid could be no longer. The company in serious debt is selling off their collection of Polaroid photographs at an auction in New York in June this year. Check out Vogue Italia for full story. http://www.vogue.it/en/magazine/art-and-photography/2010/04/warning-polaroids


One of the photos part of the famous collection:

The collection is made up of photos taken by famous artists such as Andy Warhol and Ansel Adams. The auction is said to make $7.5-11.5 million!

Vintage Photo Competition

The Satorialist is running a vintage photo competition on his blog. Some of the photos are really great here are some of my favourites.




The photos were submitted by Chloe you can find them here: http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/2010/04/hunters-vintage-photo-contest.html

Givenchy Fall 2010

Here is Givenchy's RTW Fall 2010 collection. The colour and silhouette is beautiful. I love the way Tisci has incorporated traditional Fair Isle knitting patterns in a contemporary way.






See more of the collection here: http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/F2010RTW-GIVENCHY

All Saints

These photographs are from the British label All Saints.





Visit the All Saints website here: http://www.allsaints.com/

Lost Boys

I found this fashion shoot in Oyster Magazine. Its got such a charm and darkness to it, the colours are so vibrant. The photographer is Ben Sullivan, the shoot is called Lost Boys.








Photos from Dooder Blog: http://www.doodercity.com/2008_12_01_archive.html

The Proposition

Here is a clip from one of my favourite films The Proposition. The film is a Western and is set in Australia. The soundtrack by Nick Cave is amazing.



Video from YOUTUBE.

Paul Smith Fall 09

I am really loving knitting patterns and traditional knitting shapes at the moment. I found this collection from Paul Smith Fall 2009. Great use of colour and silhouette in the collection. There is a feel of 'the wild' in the garments. The use of Fair Isle is really brilliant.






Visit Paul Smith website.

The Girl, The Bird and Death

Here is a short film by Johannes Nyholm. Synopsis: " A shadow play about love and sorrow featuring the Girl, the Bird and Death"

Music is by Swedish band Little Dragon here is there link: http://www.little-dragon.se/



The video is made by Johannes Nyholm

Helen Pynor

Artist Helen Pynor. An "ongoing fascination with the porosity between mind and body, culture and biology, body and memory"

Here are some images from her body of work:

milk 6 (sarsaparilla)

2008

milk 2 (Sydney red gum)

2008

ear ache
from red sea blue water series 2007

milk 3 (birdsnest fern)

2008

You can find more of her work at her website: http://www.helenpynor.com/index.htm

Jim Jarmusch: Dead Man

The film Dead Man by Jim Jarmusch starring Johnny Depp has an amazing soundtrack by Neil Young, here is a clip:



Video from YouTube.

Viktor & Rolf

Viktor & Rolf Fall 2010. Amazing...




Here is the video of the show:


Video from Style.com via youtube.

Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes White Winter Hymnal....



Video from Youtube.

Dark Poetry

By a route obscure and lonely,
Haunted by ill angels only,
Where an Eidolon, named NIGHT,
On a black throne reigns upright,
I have reached these lands but newly
From an ultimate dim Thule-
From a wild clime that lieth, sublime,

Out of SPACE- out of TIME.

Edgar Allan Poe. Dreamland 1844

More of this poem...

Julie DeVille

Jewelry designer/Artist Julie DeVille actually creates pieces of jewelry out of animals. Its a bit weird, but strangely beautiful. Each piece is so intricate.







Find more about Julie DeVille and her work:

Ann Demeulemeester

Belgian designer Ann Demeulemeester known for her dark, rock goth style.

Ann Demeulemeester

Images from Ann Demeulemeester Womens Fall 2009:

Images referenced from Style.com

Colin McCahon

Artist Colin McCahon from New Zealand, powerful representation of the landscape and identity.

Colin McCahon: A Landscape. 1965

Colin McCahon: A landscape, Northland. 1965

Colin McCahon: Small landscape with a hillside. 1966
Colin McCahon: A Letter to Hebrews (Rain in Northland) 1979
Colin McCahon: Tomorrow will be the same but not as this is. 1958-9
Colin McCahon's work can be found at his website, then search by title.

Richard Gray

Fashion illustrator Richard Gray. Here are some of my personal favourites...

You can see more of his work here: www.art-dept.com/illustration/gray/