Here is the latest graduate collection by Bunka Fashion Graduate University…VIVIANNO SUE, IN SEO, LEE CHINHUA, MIKI ONO. I’m a big fan of Japanese fashion, mainly because it’s usually colorful, cute, doesn’t make sense and involves some sort of kitten-theme. My fave out of this bunch is probably the pastel brillo pads fashioned into jackets …
Read More »Dragon Lady
This is a little old, but pretty classic …. here’s XuMing Couture from China Spring Fashion Week 2013. These are really intricate dresses perfect for a movie or special event where you want to be the star villainess. I did some research on Xu Ming (I googled her ass) and couldn’t find …
Read More »Katie Eary- Fall 2014- Menswear- Mickey does Punk
Mickey Mouse!! He’s here again!! That rat! I swear, every designer that wants to be ‘edgy’ with a playful twist, they take anything Disney , punk it out, feed it some speed and send it down the runway…. case in point. Katie Eary did just that for her latest men’s collection. …
Read More »Quirky Kwok
Dutch designer Yvonne Poei-Yie Kwok (whatta hawt name!) interned for Viktor& Rolf, so that automatically makes her immune to my snarky comments. But, I’m gonna let you read what her latest collection is about: “Yvonnes’s graduate collection is about the battle with the mental disorder caused by the restrictions within …
Read More »Caged Dresses
Vietnamese Nguyen Cong Tri these beautiful cage dresses that make smuggling a small family of kitties really easy. I’d stuff a Miggins in my shoulder, a Mimi under my skirt, etc…. Nguyen ( PS. I know about 4 ‘Nguyens’. It must be the ‘Jennifer’ of the Asian languages) is definitely one …
Read More »The Wearable Art of Matjia Cop
Okay, that dress in the first photo reminds me of this cat helicopter that is so so wrong on every level, floor, and basement. There’s no telling where designer Matjia Cop got the inspiration, but I think it’s safe to say she really is a fan of post-it notes. I mean, who …
Read More »Ones to Watch…..
Here are a few new and up and coming designers- all very colorful : Peiran Gong– Lots of pink and sporty with splashes of water color prints. DUNK! Nila Mistry–The white jacket with the red turd is her signature design. It could also be some sort of cartoon innards. Still one …
Read More »Piers Atkinson- Spring 2014- Very Kawaii!
Oh boy oh boy! I do love a good, quirky hat and Piers Atkinson is THEEEE person for that. Famous for his big ass cherry hat, here are his latest for Spring 2014. My fave has to be the unicorn hat. This all gives us a license to put a …
Read More »The Crucifixion of Holly Hobby!
Whoa! Holy Holly Hobbit Hellraiser!! This is Angela Ellsworth’s “Seer Bonnets: A Continuing Offense” on display at the Phoenix Art Museum. Basically, Angela felt compelled to poke a million bazillion pearl-tipped needles through these early American bonnets and see what would happen. Well, this happened and I have to say, they look …
Read More »“Eat Cake” by Faith-Ann Young
Photographer Faith-Ann Young wandered into a the ‘House of Drama’ and started snapping away as a troupe of French performance artists. She calls this series ‘Eat Cake’. Okay, a couple of things… I only posted this because : a) I love the bright colors. b) The bearded man with the …
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