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Showing posts with label BD. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BD. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Yesterday I went with a friend to the JAPAN FASHION NOW show at the Fashion Institute of Technology...
Comme de Garcons pink gingham skirtThis is one fabulous, huge exhibit of Japanese clothing design from the '70s till now on through January 8, 2011.
I was in Tokyo for 6 weeks in the '80's on a Parsons' graphic design program led by CBS Art Director, John Berg and the memories came flooding back. The dollar was good in those days. Comme De Garcons had navy blue trucks daily delivering new merch to the department stores and I was there (instead of in class) to grab it - I bought a ton of stuff, most I gave away. It was impossible to figure out how to put it on. We got invited to an Issey Myaki sale and given garbage bags! to fill up - I bought a red bus conductor's belt with attached purse - I wonder whose wearing it now..?
Current fashion trends called 'Cosplay' include "a kind of role play involving dressing up as characters from popular manga (comic books), anime (animated films), computer/video games" or as The New York Times mentioned,"a bizarre pastiche of Central European folkloric costume pieces." The WSJ has a video on the 'Hime' or princess style. Thanks Tami!
Elegant & Gothic Lolita styles are represented in depth...
With lifelike Volk dolls in matching outfits...
Later there was a Lolita Tea party at FIT. Oh why did I leave my Sonia hairbow at home?
Hints of Alice
And Marie-Antoinette are part of the Lolita look...
Wear your cupcakes...
Or eat them...
Cat cookies for the cat fanciers out there...
And macarons bien sur!
Please wear pink shoes with your macaron skirt...
Bags with bows=essential!
There's a dark side to this sweet Lolita subculture - like the Simpson's 'Itchy and Scratchy' - it's not all sugar and pink marshmallows. Character cats, Hangry & Angry creator, Gashicon, was there for a discussion with the show's fashion historian and curator, Valerie Steele pre-tea party to tell all.
A tea party attendee decked out in all the accoutrements - these outfits are elaborate and expensive...
If you're in New York, do NOT MISS the Japan Fashion Now show and there are lots more related events to attend.BONJOUR LOLITAS!
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Have you heard of Adele Blanc-Sec?
Have you ever picked up any B.D.s (pronounced Bay-Days)while in Paris?
B.D. or band-dessiner are hard bound comic books mostly for adults but very much available for kids as well. "Bande dessinée—in France is a place where the adult comic book is a major vehicle for communicating information and emotion," says Adam Gopnik. A French friend got me started me with Adele Blanc-Sec 19th century mystery series by Belgian artist Tardi..
Tardi is fabulous for his highly detailed views of Paris...
I found this Eiffel Tower mystery at my local Alliance Francais library...
Perfect reference for painting "Harvard"... 
Another of Tardi's terrific on the scene views - sur les toits de Paris... 
Did I mention reading BDs is a GREAT way to learn French colloquial slang. The balloons illustrate how the French really speak-slang! 
This BD tells the story of the everyday life of your typical French Joe Blow.... 
I found this kid's BD in the foreign magazine area of Penn Station but you can find these at most Paris relais in the train stations. J'aime Lire is a popular kids (aux enfants de 7 à 10 ans) magazine. 
I love the drawings and the handwriting as well as the dialogue.... 
Artist Soledad Bravi, who illustrates Pierre Herme's macaron boxes, does a wonderful series of comic books. You can find it at www.Amazon.fr
You've probably seen this cat somewhere or other - Phillipe Geluck, another Belgian BD artist, even has his chat immortalized in chocolate at Galler...
And speaking of chocolate, Chocolat Michel Cluizel has a fine way to understand how his products are made in a 72 page bande dessinee! Think about it next time you're in Paris and stop in a BD shop.BONJOUR BDs!!!
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