I truly believe that Simone Rocha's footwear should be raved about so much more. The Simone Rocha fashion label is great and all, but her shoes are what makes the brand strive, in my opinion of course. Her PVC and acrylic brogues have become iconic to her brand and even when googling her brand, the shoes are what show up first. I love the contrast between the traditional brogues and the contemporary materials; a literal and metaphorical contrast.
A friend at University has recently started up his own clothing brand; Case & Key Clothing Co.
On purchasing one of his t-shirts I noticed his lovely attention to detail: Including printed and sewn on tags, hand tie-dye and printing on the front. I even got a lovely little tag with a "thank you for purchasing" note on it. Looking forward to seeing what he does next!
I know I start most of my posts with "I literally love..." but i'm sorry I just love a lot of things! I literally LOVE Emma Mulholland's designs and collections! All of them! The bright, busy, sea-punk, spaced out style of her work is something that really grabs me! There are so many simple and sensible fashion brands about, that it is nice to see something different every season. I mean don't get me wrong, the industry is built around the classy, chic, luxury brands and without them life would be much different, I just prefer Emma Mulholland's more playful and experimental style of work.
A/W 2013/14...
I would definitely say that "Extra-terrestrials and Tutankhamen collide with Desperately Seeking Susan" sums up her work perfectly!
I have a severe love for Kat Maconie's shoes at the moment! They are all so bold and striking. My favourite style has to be the Velma shoe, which is such a simple and effective design with scope for many different variations...
Last weekend I visited Norway with some Uni friends. We went skiing, sledging and ice skating. I literally hated skiing for the first half of the day, but when I finally got the hang of it, it was fun! What I found quite interesting in Norway was their outlook on health and safety. In England, we get the slightest bit of snow and ice, and the whole country closes down in fear of injury. Norway was refreshingly calm about issues such as ice.
They just get on with it as I guess people don't sue as often over there.
Anyway... Here are some photos from the weekend...
At Christmas we visited the beach and I thought I would make the most of the scenery. I downloaded the Fish Eye Pro app for my iPhone...
The same beach last summer...
Grrrr back to winter-
Puffah Jacket...
Inside the creepy empty house. I wanted to photograph a ghost, but no ghosts there!
After the beach we visited the pretty beach town of Mousehole, which is known for its Christmas lights. I loved the lantern lights they had hanging everywhere, made of buckets :D
Hello, Happy 2013!! A bit late yeah, sorry! I was back in Cornwall over Christmas! We moved into our new house on Christmas eve so it was a bit crazy... and I was without Internet for the whole 3 weeks!! Ohhh my 3G bill is gonna be bad :/
I was up to my old shoe making tricks again, for my film accessory project at Uni (The one I based on Spirited Away)!
Here are the photos from the final photo shoot.
Thank you to Amy for modelling. And to Stephen....(you know what you did) :D xxx
Things are getting pretty exciting this year: An upcoming internship, Ski trip, Paris trip and a possible (DJ related) part time job ;)
Also, the tattoo attempts that Laura and I both did a few months ago didn't turn out as well as planned.
On Wednesday we went to get them covered over...
I decided to get an extra couple of symbols to make the pain more worth while :)
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What i'm listening to...
Hmmm on the album this song is called Estocada...
Only realised the other day that if you press alt j on your laptop it makes a traingle :3 ∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆
