Inspired by Charlotte Gainsbourg

I went to see Charlotte Gainsbourg perform live a few months ago in New York, she was touring to promote the new album, IRM. To say it was a dream come true was a bit of an understatement! She wore a phenomenal cut-away Balenciaga (it has to be!) little jacket that fit her like a glove, along with a rock tee and some skinny jeans that might as well have been painted on.

What can I say, she is so, so, so elegant, delicate, but bad-ass at the same time! Imagine her frolicking in the field and swinging her baby around in a Balenciaga leather jacket while puffing away on a Gauloise (not when the baby is around, of course, that would be unthinkable) ?!?! That's right!

Anyway, here is a little collection inspired by the very beautiful Charlotte Gainsbourg. What's all the Liberty prints got to do with rock & roll?! You wonder. Well, she is half British!

Dynamic

Because of certain upcoming "events", I have been drawing quite a lot this week. I've never been so productive, not even in senior year at Parsons?!?!

Ohhhhhhh... pressure always work wonders.

Now, I wish my fingers can fly like this!

Art Deco Galliano

An attempt in a different style of drawing - Art Deco. The dress is by John Galliano, from spring 2008 collection.

Alexander McQueen, R.I.P.

Alexander McQueen (16 March 1969 – 11 February 2010), one of the most original designers of the times. The fashion world will miss his unconventional vision of beauty and theater.

Here is a link to one of his moments of brilliance, with supermodel Shalom Harlow in a white dress which is then spray-painted by two robots, from his spring/summer 1999 show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reK0A1XIjKA

And another clip, from his fall/winter 2006 show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p6N_Ow5xRg&feature=related

"Inside an empty glass pyramid, a mysterious puff of white smoke appeared from nowhere and spun in midair, slowly resolving itself into the moving, twisting shape of a woman enveloped in the billowing folds of a white dress. It was Kate Moss, her blonde hair and pale arms trailing in a dream-like apparition of fragility and beauty that danced for a few seconds, then shrank and dematerialized into the ether." (source: style.com)

R.I.P.

Ann Demeulemeester Fall/Winter 2010

A light illustration of the look from Ann Demeulemeester's fall/winter 2010 show. The words are from the Belgian band, dEUS' song, "Nothing Really Ends".