Everything Polka Dots: Part I

The spacing is critical. Just kidding. Well, kind of. Sure you'll be seeing alot of these polka dots around in the short term, so maybe there will have to be an second part to this post soon. In the meanwhile, enjoy and if you're into the all-over theme, be sure to check out the previous stripes post Stripes.

Thomas-Michael




A colored polka dot pattern.

Polka Dots: ...a colored polka dot pattern.

Or a black and white one. Preferable I think.

Polka Dots: ...or a black and white one(preferable I think).

Here's a polka dot building in Bangkok by Architect Kidd.

www.architectkidd.com

Polka Dots: ...here's a polka dot building in Bangkok, by Architect Kidd.

How about a polka dot interior from Vogue Italia.

www.vogue.it . Photography By Tim Walker.

Polka Dots: ...how about a polka dot interior from Vogue Italia.

You could space them closely to make this capiz shell fixture from West Elm. Love the sound they make.

www.westelm.com

Polka Dots: ...you could space them closely to make this capiz shell fixture from West Elm(they sound enchanting when they 'cling').

Or maybe you just want some polka dot plates.

www.lisastickleylondon.com

Polka Dots: ...maybe you just want some polka dot plates.

An environmentally friendly polka dot ceramic coffee cup to go with your plates.

www.paper-source.com

Polka Dots: ...or an environmentally friendly polka dot ceramic coffee cup.

And then of course you would need this polka dot I-Phone cover from Kate Spade.

www.katespade.com

Polka Dots: ...you'd need this polka dot I-Phone cover from Kate Spade of course(with your coffee cup).

To fashion where the inspiration came. Here's the Dolce And Gabbana Fall 2011 Ad Campaign. It's actually polka stars I think.

www.dolcegabbana.com

Polka Dots: ...to fashion where the inspiration came. Here's the Dolce And Gabbana Fall 2011 Ad Campaign(polka stars I think).

And on the runway more polka stars with Dolce. A kind of regal looking polka on the skirt.

www.dolcegabbana.com

Polka Dots: ...and on the runway more polka stars with Dolce(kind of regal polka on the skirt).

Paired naturally with some Sergio Rossi polka dot shoes.

www.sergiorossi.com

Polka Dots: ...paired naturally with some Sergio Rossi polka dot shoes.

And a specialized polka dot collar from La Vie C'est Yeye.

www.laviecestyeye.blogspot.com

Polka Dots: ...and a specialized polka dot collar from La Vie C'est Yeye.

Had to have one period black and white polka dot photograph.

www.weheartit.com

Polka Dots: ...had to have one period black and white polka dot photograph.

Anticipating The Fall

...a
little more like curving colour(say
orange)
...-E.E. Cummings

On a weekend in Somerset, it's already mysteriously in the air. And on the ground naturally. I was thus inspired to pull up some inspirational imagery for the season. Nothing strenuous. Just a few table settings, interiors, and a touch of fashion to get in the mood. The colors as E.E. suggests shift through orange. Ranging from neutrals to browns. Eventually. Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!

Thomas-Michael

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Early Autumn Fall Color Inspiration. An early explosion of amber.

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Early Autumn Fall Color Inspiration. To a perfect early autumn fall table setting in gold.

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Early Autumn Fall Color Inspiration. Themes of the harvest. The last moments of green are more deep muted and turning in tonality.

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Early Autumn Fall Color Inspiration. To interiors where accents of orange momentarily come into play.

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Early Autumn Fall Color Inspiration. And deep browns. Notice how dark this table is.

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Early Autumn Fall Color Inspiration. Finally, a hint of fashion. Beautiful golds and browns mixed in with Chanel. I love how they are pulling cultural influence from Egypt and the Byzantine into the season to achieve the palette.

Herve Leger: Architectural Summer Into Fall 2011

I'm going to back up for just a minute to Herve Leger. As the image in the post last week seemed to have struck a chord. It's also a nice way to slide into the Fall of 2011. Yes, it's actually coming rather quickly now. So the first two images are from the Spring Summer ad campaign from this year. I love the campaign imagery as well. And the proceeding four images are for the Fall. There's obviously the continuation of a theme at play. Which perhaps in a biased sense I really enjoy. A sense of architectural line and construction. The fall work includes grids, straps which I think of as tensile structures, I suppose you could say armatures being solidified corsets, and lastly platonic shapes. Throughout, the body seems to be treated as an as such condition. The way architects would think of a given site which is then challenged or which challenges a structural solution.

Thomas-Michael

herveleger.com Summer 2011 Campaign Shot By Camilla Akrans And Styled By Laura Ferrara

Fashion, Architectural Lines And Construction In Herve Leger, Summer Into Fall 2011. From the summer, I like the horizontal striation here. But also the literal linear dilineation in parts. The way the neck is outlined for instance. It reminds me of something purely being drawn on the body. Provocative and sexy.

herveleger.com Summer 2011 Campaign Shot By Camilla Akrans And Styled By Laura Ferrara

Fashion, Architectural Lines And Construction In Herve Leger, Summer Into Fall 2011. Also from the summer. This is the image that was posted previously. In itself, I think it's a concept for an architectural structure or facade. A woven one. I love how it seems as a whole made out of an assemblage or weaving together of parts rather than a solid fabric which is then subtracted from, or cut out.

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Fashion, Architectural Lines And Construction In Herve Leger, Summer Into Fall 2011. Into the fall now. You can see how the horizontality and continuation of the straps is coming through. A dominant sense of construction.

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Fashion, Architectural Lines And Construction In Herve Leger, Summer Into Fall 2011. The grid.

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Fashion, Architectural Lines And Construction In Herve Leger, Summer Into Fall 2011. This one is really tensile looking. I love how it seems as though it's pulling itself together from different respective angles on the body.

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Fashion, Architectural Lines And Construction In Herve Leger, Summer Into Fall 2011. Something of a physical armature. The corset is a starting point for a larger structure. And integrated really beautifully with the softer fabric. Then of course, the neck again. I love how it feels as though the whole thing is hanging from that neck strap.

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Fashion, Architectural Lines And Construction In Herve Leger, Summer Into Fall 2011. And lastly the presense of platonic shapes. A really minimal and definitive bounding box type of shape. It's very refined and beautifully proportioned.

Fashion And Architecture: (Woven)

Akin to the post on lace a month or so back Fashion And Architecture, Lace, today is all about woven. It always starts with the fashion. Maybe I should try it the other way around one day.

It's interesting how these two disciplines relate to each other. As in my view, the ultimate goal of architecture to imitate the architecture of the body itself. Thus I always love looking at these similarities between the way the body and the building are being addressed. Or, dressed that is.

Thomas-Michael

herveleger.com

Fashion And Architecture, Woven. Herve Leger Spring Summer 2011.

www.studiobanana.tv

Fashion And Architecture, Woven. Toyo Ito, Barcelona, Sea Wave Facade.

blog.lazerian.co.uk

Fashion And Architecture, Woven. Thomas Heatherwick, London, Guy's Hospital Facade.

Big: The Summer And Oversized Fashion Accessories

Self-explanatory, isn't it. Less clothes, bigger accessories.

Thomas-Michael




Big jewelry to start off with.

vogue.it

Fashion, Big, The Summer And Oversized Fashion Accessories. Big jewelry to start off with.

More big jewelry. Note the big hair.

fancyhouseroad.com
vogue.it

Fashion, Big, The Summer And Oversized Fashion Accessories. More big jewelry. Note the big hair.

Big ornate shoes.

tooklookbook.com

Fashion, Big, The Summer And Oversized Fashion Accessories. Alexander McQueen, Spring Summer, 2011. Big ornate shoes.

And a big belt.

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Fashion, Big, The Summer And Oversized Fashion Accessories. Alexander McQueen, Spring Summer, 2011. And a big belt.

Another big belt.

tooklookbook.com

Fashion, Big, The Summer And Oversized Fashion Accessories. Alexander McQueen, Spring Summer, 2011. Another big belt.

Why not, another big belt. Or corset.

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Fashion, Big, The Summer And Oversized Fashion Accessories. Alexander McQueen, Spring Summer, 2011.

Some big sunglasses.

tomford.com

Fashion, Big, The Summer And Oversized Fashion Accessories. Tom Ford, Spring Summer, 2011. Some big sunglasses.

Can't forget the big hat. This is classic.

thrilld.com

Fashion, Big, The Summer And Oversized Fashion Accessories. Can't forget the big hat. This is classic.

Will most likely need a big bag for all of this. On your big getaway.

ivoryvintagestudio.com
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Fashion, Big, The Summer And Oversized Fashion Accessories. Will most likely need a big bag for all of this. On your big getaway.

Maybe an old one as well, for the city.

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Fashion, Big, The Summer And Oversized Fashion Accessories. Maybe an old one as well, for the city.

Maybe a new one as well, for the city.

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Fashion, Big, The Summer And Oversized Fashion Accessories. Maybe a new one as well, for the city.

And lastly, it wouldn't be summer without big flowing sleeves, would it. Very sexy.

Fashion, Big, The Summer And Oversized Fashion Accessories. And lastly, it wouldn't be summer without big flowing sleeves, would it. Very sexy.

Fashion And Interior Design: Datums

The below two images are each excessively powerful and could have each been a post in themselves. The top image an interior by Sylvia Heisel. It's tape. This is an incredible fact just in itself. The bottom is Valentino. Photographed very beautifully. I paired them because they each represent the introduction of a secondary framework, matrix, or grid to their respective objects. One an interior. One a dress. I'm calling this a datum, or an abstract structure.

An interior is typically structured as floor, wall, and ceiling. But this interior changes that entirely by introducing a new datum or matrix like pattern which makes no differentiation between floor, wall, or ceiling. In fact I love how some of the lines are continuing around edges and corners. It's all over. Something like a Jackson Pollock. And in this sense, it creates a new datum by which we understand or take on a new understanding of the interior. Somehow you can't see floor, wall, and ceiling relationship anymore, can you. The same goes for the Valentino. It's an explicit introduction of a secondary geometrical structure, a tensile grid. Which is different from the body, the fabric, gravity. It redefines the the dress in terms of itself and thus frees it from it's traditional constraints. I love how above the waist the grid fits the body so carefully. Like a contour map of it. And then how it is allowed to become something new, different, and redefined within itself as it drifts down.

Thomas-Michael

nymag.com

Fashion And Interior Design, Datums, Sylvia Heisel.

officiel.com.ua

Fashion And Interior Design, Datums, Valentino.

Fashion And Architecture: Lace

This will be the first of many posts I'm sure regarding the relationship between fashion and architecture. Enclosures of the body, be it at varying scales. But of course it's a more loaded relationship than that. Particularly assuming the manner in which they may be melting back into one another. In terms of design, in terms of structure, in terms of marketing, brand identity, life cycle, and so on.

For now, let's just keep it simple. I saw the first image by chance last week, and then starting looking at lace buildings.

Thomas-Michael

barbaradesouza.blogspot.com

Fashion And Architecture, Lace. Ronaldo Fraga.

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Fashion And Architecture, Lace. Roberto Cavalli’s Italian Villa In Tuscany By Italo Rota.

sinapower.com

Fashion And Architecture, Lace. Faulders Studio And Proces2, AirSpace Tokyo.

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Fashion And Architecture, Lace. Faulders Studio And Proces2, AirSpace Tokyo.