Monday 13 June 2011

DAPHNE GUINESS : UNDRESSED


Daphne Guinness: Undressed on Nowness.com.

"Documentary filmmaker Brennan Stasiewicz infiltrates the cosseted world of Daphne Guinness in Daphne’s Window. Featuring intimate footage of the icon at her Fifth Avenue apartment, the short follows the eccentric fashion patron and socialite as she prepares for her recent installation in the windows of Barneys New York. The storefront showcased her collection of pieces by designer Lee Alexander McQueen and a selection from the archive of fashion editor Isabella Blow, which Guinness purchased in its entirety last year. The display culminated in a performance art piece in which Guinness dressed for the Met ball in one of the flagship’s windows, modeling a lilac feathered gown designed by McQueen’s Sarah Burton. “She appears to me as someone always in a window,” says Stasiewicz. “Someone you can approach and see, but you remain on the other side.” This year brings a multitude of projects for the heiress: her sculptural armored glove collaboration with jeweler Shaun Leane (pictured in today’s film) will be exhibited by Jay Jopling in a private viewing in London later this month; and in September a retrospective at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology will pay homage to her style. “Daphne is someone to take pleasure in, and in many ways, someone who incites moments of wonder,” says Stasiewicz."

Daphne Guinness is considered strange and eccentric for the tastes of some but, she is such an enigma of fashion and people usually fear and question what they do not understand. She's awesome, not doubt and people often overlook her and it pains me because she's such an inspiring figure with a different apporach to fashion as armour. This is a short film of her installation performance. Enjoyyy

RA RA SCRIBBLE CLOTHING



                                                                             £190

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£225
                                                                THE PROCESS
                    After cutting our pattern pieces, we mask all edges that shall remain white.
                   Then we individually draw on each piece, creating a unique scribble pattern.


                 When the scribble pattern is finished, the tape is removed and the fabric is heat set.

This is pretty cool, I'm not going to lie. Remindes me of when I was younger at school on the last day everyone drew messages on people's shirts. RA RA turned this into fashion, but £225 for a t-shirt I could make myself? Hmmm
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