· ILLUSTRATION, VIDEO ·
Kenzonique Video by Jo RatcliffeThe first Kenzo campaign under the creative direction of Opening Ceremony’s Carol Lim and Humberto Leon is an awesome 40 seconds animation directed by mixed-media master Jo Ratcliffe and produced by Ryan Goodwin-Smith (Passion Pictures). It is very lively and colorful with great music, and the video presents the collections theme, colors and direction very [...]
· RUNWAY ·
Kenzo S/S 2012With new designers Humberto Leon and Carol Lim stepping up to the plate at Kenzo, the S/S 2012 collection was bound to shake things up a bit. The Franco-Japanese label itself, founded by Kenzo Takada, already brings an East meets West aesthetic. But thanks to the two new creative directors—known to be the curators of [...]
· DESIGNERS, MIXED MEDIA, PAINTING ·
Re-imagining Kenzo by Miss MossSouth African blogger Miss Moss took her favorite Spring 2012 collection, Kenzo (recently taken over by creative directors Humberto Leon and Carol Lim of Opening Ceremony) and re-imagined the best looks into a completely different scenery. A clever idea that I could have seen as their look book!
· RUNWAY ·
KENZO : PARIS SS 2011In honor of the 40th anniversary of Kenzo, designer Antonio Marras dedicated the second half of the show to creating a cross-cultural journey of traditional costumes by layering multiple pieces from the Kenzo archive to create these fascinating ‘towers of clothing’. It was more performance art than a runway, each look was a production within [...]
· FEATURED, RUNWAY ·
Paris Fashion Week F/W 2010 Runway ReviewEvery season I try to redefine each fashion week by its strongest characteristics. The fashion weeks personalities rarely change but perhaps my perspective on them continues to evolve. Looking at Paris this season I would say that Paris’s personality is “Classic Remixed”. All silhouettes have a similar structural starting point but what makes the featured [...]
· FASHION, FEATURED, RUNWAY ·
Paris Fashion Week SS 2010 Runway ReviewWow! Paris Fashion Week SS 2010 was jammed packed with goodness, as to be expected from Paris. So many collections, so much detail, and so much range. Paris fashion week managed to combine the strengths of New York, London, and Milan all in one week this round. My favorite collections to narrow it down were [...]