Denim Reconstruction

Last weekend, I went to Los Angeles to the Fashion Symposium to cheer my students on. A team of three participated in a denim deconstruction contest. They began with a pair of white denim jeans and a bag full of 'stuff'. They are given 30 minutes to recreate a garment.

Here is Eva, coming down the runway wearing the team's adorable jacket, and carrying a purse that they created by weaving cut strips of the denim cloth.

Behind her is a bathing suit combo created by another community college.

Fashion Illustrator in the Pompidieu

Here's a challenge. While in the Pompidieu Museum in Paris last month, I shot a photo os a fashion illustrator's work. She designed for the cover of Annabelle magazine. I have been trying to track her name down, online.
Des anyone know who she is?

I love her work.
Oh yes..... I believe 'she' is a 'she'.



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How do they do it? Drapery in Stone

To me,it is one of the wonders of the world. I teach Fashion History, and thus, we study Greek and Roman costume. So, I am completely boggled by how amazing the stone sculptures of past reveal the drapery of, and the clinging of the cloth. They are after all, ....stone.


















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Location:The Louvre, Paris

Where am I?

Or, at least, where was I during Spring Break?
See if you can guess before you hit the last photo.









Ok. Here it is.






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Upcoming Stitch Painter Project

From a photo taken of an optical design at the Louvre's Decorative Art Museum. I want to see if I can retain the illusion. It looks linear and basically simple, but is it?



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Cool Antique Mannequin

I am behind, as usual, as I am back in the States, and catching up. Here is a shot of a mannequin/dress form from an Antique market in Paris.

If only it would have fit in my suitcase.




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Art and Cultural Sites of Paris

If you want culture, then, this is the place.

At L'Orangerie, you can see large Monet works plus other Impressionist paintings.



Stroll through the Tuilleries....



En route to the D'Orsay, where you can view amazing art in an old train station.







And, at the Pompideu Center, you can find the best modern art collection (in my opinion), in the world.









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