Fashion Show
See symposium and exhibit designers and get links to their work.
Posted by: Laura Cassidy on Aug 22, 2011 at 06:30AM
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All images courtesy Nordic Heritage Museum and Nordic Fashion Biennale
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All images courtesy Nordic Heritage Museum and Nordic Fashion Biennale
SLIDESHOW: Nordic artists participating in the NFB at the Nordic Heritage Museum in Ballard. Here, a still from the fashion-influenced film Magma by Marianna Mørkøre and Rannvá Káradóttir.
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Looks from Hildur Yeoman, an Icelandic designer and fashion illustrator. Her work is featured in the NFB’s main exhibit, “Looking Back to Find Our Future.”
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Cult designer Henrik Vibskov is one of the region’s most well-known contemporary designer. He’ll be speaking during the symposium on September 30 and October 1.
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Danish designer Barbara i Gongini has been heavily involved in the sustainability movement, and, despite the ultra dark, ultra goth aesthetic, collaborated in 2009’s Bright Green Fashion collection.
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A look from Icelandic designer Eyglo.
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Gudrun & Gudrun is a knitwear line made by two natives of the remote Faroe Islands, which sit between Norway and Iceland.
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Greenland’s Julie Edel Hardenberg will also speak at the 9/30 and 10/1 symposium. Much of her work seems to riff on a key piece called ‘Rigsfælleskabspause’ (“the break of the Danish Commonwealth”), in which she used flags from Greenland and Danish to construct a kind of straight jacket.
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“Recycle or die;” Aftur’s brand slogan is pretty direct about the repurposed materials used in their Iceland-based line.
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The inspiration for Jóhanna Methúsalemsdóttir’s jewelry line, Kria, is said to come from a black lava Icelandic beach on which she found a bird skeleton. That’s the kind of romantic darkness that typifies at least our expectation of Nordic artists, if not always their actual work.
If you read about the upcoming Nordic Fashion Biennale at Ballard’s Nordic Heritage Museum and are curious about the fashion-industry thinkers and makers who are bringing their thoughts on style, sustainability, culture, heritage, and the future of all of these things to Seattle at the end of September, this is the slideshow for you.
Check out images and links to designers who are either featured in the main exhibit (begins September 30 and runs through November 13) or are participating in the opening-weekend symposium.
One caveat: We didn’t get example images of the street style photos that are going to infiltrate the Nordic Heritage Museum as a way of sort of populating the show with natives, but I’m hoping pictures from Hel Looks and Face Hunter will be in attendance—those were my introductions to the genre years ago.
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A reason for fashion consumers to get arty before August 7.
Posted by: Laura Cassidy on Jul 28, 2011 at 08:45AM
Clothes horses really ought to visit the Mad Homes exhibit on Capitol Hill.
You have about 10 days to catch MadArt’s Mad Homes exhibit, in which a group of soon-to-be-demolished homes on Capitol Hill become stage, platform, and canvas for area artists.
There are any number of ideas to glean from the installation, but those of us with a thing for clothes and sartorial identity might be especially struck by the middle home, in which artist Luke Haynes used clothing to line the walls, ceiling, and floor of two rooms and a hallway and staircase.
Because the presence of bulldozing and rebuilding—the scrap the old, erect the new mentality—is such a double-edged sword, you will probably already feel a sense of sadness for the charming old houses. And, maybe, contempt for the coming condos. There’s something really anthropomorphizing about the whole project. And when you stand in a room that’s been completely wall-to-walled with yellow gingham dresses, ‘80s sweatshirts, denim in every shape and size, and bright blue T-shirts, you can almost see the people that have come and gone in those rooms. You can almost feel them. Or at least I could. I thought about the memories they made there, and how they’d no longer be able to walk by. And I was that much more bummed out by “progress,” and that much more aware of the life and spirit that our clothes can sometimes carry.
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This weekend: Bellevue museuem hosts second annual marketplace of art for your neck. And fingers. And wrists.
Posted by: Sarah Hirsch on Feb 03, 2011 at 06:00AM
Slideshow: Preview the wearable art to be featured at BAM’s indulgent accessories fest. This artist: Myung Urso
(All images in slideshow courtesy the artists)
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Slideshow: Preview the wearable art to be featured at BAM’s indulgent accessories fest. This artist: Myung Urso
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Artist: Tia Kramer
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Artist: Jeong Ju Lee
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Artist: Nico Rich
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Artist: Nico Rich
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Artist: Nico Rich
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Artist: Francesca Vitali
After the success of last year’s premier the Bellevue Arts Museum is hosting what they’re calling the second annual Indulge Jewelry Marketplace.
From Friday, February 4 through Sunday, February 6 you can expect 25 North American art jewelry designers showing off their sometimes delicate, sometimes intimidating, but always interesting, one of a kind collections.
Returning favorites Sarah Loertscher reminds us of an extreme version of Frank Gehry for Tiffany, while Lemon Park goes for broke with multiple strands of monochromatic stones and baubles.
Locals like Nicole Richardson and her line Nico Rich split the difference, offering artful arrangements of gems for everyday wear.
Should be worth the $10 entrance fee – even if you’re just a lookie-loo. See the slideshow here for a preview.
Tickets for the preview launch party, entry to the marketplace, and an entry option that includes a bonus trip through the museum’s current exhibits (in which case you’d really be a lookie-loo) can all be purchased via Bellevue Arts Museum.
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