Stranger to Ourselves ~ ambiancelook ~

                         it is a stranger


                           representing you

                                                                                    and completing you

read about :
inspiration behind the shoot 

Stranger to Ourselves ~ lookbook ~

 

















 
First Stage | Experience | 
'Suspended' Top and 'Suspended' Pants

 

Second Stage | Passion |  
'Suspend' Jacket and "Suspended Drape' Dress


 

Third Stage | Intimate |  
'Path' Top and 'Path' Skirt

~ like ~ HISUI

introducing a japanese label HISUI

HISUI was founded in 1999. the designer behind this is Hiroko Ito, and to fortify her background; she had worked for Comme des Garçons before stepping out.

as much as i love draping, layering is one of my favorite too. Hiroko Ito was assumed to be one of the first japanese designers who explored the prominent mix and match layered look for a single garment today (you will get what it means by looking at her collections)


her collections are somehow casual but yet with a feminine approach; with sophisticated and delicate details and cutting.



here are some images picked (´・ω・｀)” from her last three collections. these are all my favorites ♡

SS12 collection 'feeling of melting'

SS12 collection 'feeling of melting'

 

AW11 collection 'MIRROR'

long baggy chunky socks ( ･ั﹏･ั; )” is very typical in japanese girls styling. 
reminds me of my old days wearing this thick socks - tucking it into boots, over jeans or leggings... hehe, memories, haven't been wearing any of these for years! they are still in my closet back in Melbourne, gotta pack them up when i go back hmm..

AW11 collection 'MIRROR'

the bright colorful knitwear in the middle is to die-for （；゜０゜）”! and there is an image movie in the end of my post about this collection.





... and lastly from her 2011 SS collection

SS11 collection 'feel a sign'

SS11 collection 'feel a sign'

... video!
an image movie from her AW11 collection "MIRROR"
just such a great experience watching it.

"we can express the feeling of self movement from heart with clothing." HISUI


 
well,

hope you enjoy and love this!


interested to see more of her works?
visit her website

~ inspiration ~ Madeleine Vionnet

Madeleine Vionnet (1876 – 1975) was a French fashion designer that is influential in the 20th century and inspired me as much as Madame Gres.

photograph by Irving Penn for Vionnet, 1974

she was known for introducing bias-cutting into pattern making.

it is indeed a revolutionary way of draping fabric, clinging on the body beautifully - simple but never plain.

Vionnet's goddess gown, 1935; recalling the Greek look

in the early 20th century, she freed women from corsets and bustles that distorted the body form in exchange for garments that accentuated the natural body form.
inspired by ancient greek drapery and dancer's movement where fabrics seemed to be flowing around the human body.

Madeleine Vionnet at work, 1923

Vionnet worked less in innovative structure but more in crafted draping.

her lengthening process included cutting and draping -all on her miniature wooden doll. 

she would use yards and yards of fabrics just to construct a dress.

Vionnet established her maison in 1912 but was forced to close down during second world war.

this classic French house was revived in 2006 and continue to unveil collections by creating modern looks while paying homage to Vionnet's originality.

 





"when a woman smiles, then her dress should smile too." Madeleine Vionnet

visit www.vionnet.com for current collection

or

look out for Betty Kirke's book Madeleine Vionnet filled with studies and original patterns of her works (how excited was i when i saw this book in the library, flipping through pages and pages of pictures and patterns of stunning pieces)

~ inspiration ~ Liberty of London

Attributed to Liberty of London,

British

.

 Evening Gown, 1880s

amazing historical dress which i adore totally! its sculptural look that is just too surreal, by all means.

adapted from http://www.metmuseum.org

This evening dress is particularly rare and unusual in that it fully incorporates what were viewed as classical elements of the period. The strongest classicizing detail of the gown is in its densely gathered silk, a technique that conjures the wet-drapery of classical statuary. 

The gown's internal structure, with a wasp-waisted corset and bell-shaped underskirt, conforms to the fashionable hourglass silhouette of the period, its surface is intended to replicate the articulated folds that characterize classical renderings of drapery. This softly gathered surface would also have conveyed a tantalizing "naturalism." The consequence is an impression of the female body as less confined by the rectitude of a precise and controlled tailoring.

 

~ inspiration ~ Madame Grès

Evening gown with peplum, 1940,
Madame Grès (French, 1903–1993)

Evening gown, 1954
Madame Grès (French, 1903–1993)

The designer that influenced me the most is Madame Grès.
Not many people know about her but she was one of the most influential designer since the thirties
(i believe!) who dedicated her whole life to perfect the art of draping and pleating.

For Grès, pleating was a means of fitting a garment without pattern-shaping and seaming. She tried to avoid the cutting of fabric and relied on pleating and draping to achieve the shaping of her garments.

my experimental work around 2009

Now if you noticed, i am always trying to adapt her practice in my designs, approaching in through my original method. The picture above was one of my experimental work during my school day using pleating to achieve the fit of a garment. I would like to do similar design again soon. However, I had applied this technique indeed, to my collection Stranger to Ourselves. If you are interested, visit my other blog to view

http://khooarina.blogspot.com.au

nana (･ｘ･)