Diane, A Shaded View on Fashion

Paris Butterfly by ZOLTAN

Zoltan Gerliczki

Happy New Year to all Shaded Viewers

Thank you Antoine Asseraf.

Goodby 2007 - Vincent Gagliostro

Dear Shaded Viewers,

Beauty is the beginning of the horror that we are capable of enduring. — Jean-Luc Godard
Download beautynowforever.mov
words: JLC
film : VWG

Happy New Year to you all,

Diane

HYERES 2007 CATWALK

Dear Shadies and Shadettes,

As it may have occurred to the most dedicated of you, we haven't released yet our annual Hyeres Fashion Festival film thingy, and though we did make daily, on-the-spot video podcasts during the festival, there's nothing quite as satisfying as a full-length feature.

That full-length feature, codename "HYEROGLYPH", which Diane and I have been toiling on, is sitting in a cozy spot on a hard drive, awaiting a few finishing touches, the last key elements yet to be handed in by some collaborators (you know who you are). So it is very near completion, and hopefully it is only a matter of days before we release it.
And let us say, in all modesty, that once we do release it, it will be nothing short of brilliant.

So to help you wait a bit more, and a sort of end of year treat, I thought you may want to have a look at the properly edited  Hyeres 2007  Catwalk shows, showing you the work of all 10 designers in competition at the last edition. Diane was in Hyeres just 2 weeks ago, along with Haider Ackermann and Maida,  working on the pre-selection of the designers for the next edition.

Enjoy,
Antoine

DP & Roxanne Lowit by Wiglius de Bie

I was looking for a photo of Roxanne Lowit and came across this one taken by Wiglius de Bie a few years ago.

Later,

Diane

Dany Party

Love & Deth by Michael James O'Brien

Michael James O'Brien

DINO DINCO : ER in EK in EP

Me: "Elias, are those shoes from Eley Kishimoto?"

Elias: "Why, yes, they are."

Elias Redstone
Curator, The Architecture Foundation, London
Elysian Park, Los Angeles

- Dino

Miguel Villalobos photos from 2003 Cannes Film Festival

Dear Shaded Viewers,

I am working on a piece for the next edition of ZOO. It's on film festivals and Miguel Villalobos sent me a bit of inspiration from one of his trips to Cannes.

Later,

Diane

BYREDO - Ben Gorham creator of perfumes

Dear Shaded Viewers,

On one of my trips to Stockholm a few years ago I met Ben Gorham. I was there as a jury member for +46 and the ex-Basketball player turned perfumer, was my personal guide. Berns, the old world hotel where I was staying was kitted out with all of his Swedish fragrance/home ammenities line which were quite exotic and included a black soap, a lovely body lotion and a shampoo and conditioner. He calls his products "alternative fragrances for the modern mind."

Ben Gorham surrounded by his perfumes.

Later,

Diane

The Scarf Virgin and the Lamb by Miguel Villalobos

Miguel Villalobos

Digit goes to the Museum by Lynn Yaeger for the Village Voice

Dear Shaded Viewers,

I was invited by Harold Koda and the Metropolitan Museum to participate in their mod blogging event on 30 March. Lynn Yaeger wrote an interesting piece for the Village Voice yesterday on the opening of the event.

http://www.villagevoice.com/nyclife/0752,yaeger,78690,15.html

Later,

Diane

Tony Duquette by Wendy Goodman and Hutton Wilkinson

Tony Duquette is the title of a luxurious interior design book written about the multi-talented interiors magician, set and stage designer, and artist that was the first American to have been honored with a one man show at the Louvre. Tony Duquette was discovered by Elsie de Wolfe, Lady Mendl, the international interior designer who is credited with giving the business it's name and direction. He was also a set designer, costume designer, artist, sculptor, jewelry designer, painter, fantasist who lived most of his life in Los Angeles. Duquette also received commissions from the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and the Alsatian industrialist Commandant Paul Louis Weiller.

Wendy Goodman and Hutton Wilkinson, who worked with Duquette since the age of 17, dedicated ten years of their lives to writing about this American design icon. The intoduction is written by Dominick Dunne and the book is published by Abrams. The first printing was sold out within the first three weeks of delivery and now is going into it's second printing which will put it back on the shelves in either February or March.

Tony Duquette died at the age of 85 in 1999 as per his wishes, his design business continues under the direction of his business partner Hutton Wilkinson, President and Artistic Director for Tony Duquette Studios, Inc.

The book is 364 pages with spectacular photographs, reproduced documents, and personal remembrances.
All images are taken from the book, if you click on them you can locate the chapter and the page number
.
Later,

Diane

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Links: The Sheikh of Chic, Fragrance failures, and Made in Italy on the Business of Fashion today

Dear Shaded Viewers,

Irmran links to a few articles of interest today on his Business of Fashion site: Majed Al-Sabah, The Sheikh of Chic (New York Times, The Moment) The Moment is a daily blog that spans the T Magazine universe of fashion, design, food and travel.

Another link to the Wall Street Journal : Why the Perfume Business
Is Beginning to Stink

And the last link: 'Made in Italy' ... by undocumented workers

Later,

Diane

CHristmas day chez Vincent and Richard

Dear Shaded Viewers,

Yesterday I spent a lovely afternoon with my friends. Vincent Gagliostro and Richard Nahem cooked, THe pleasure and the result were enjoyed by Zoltan, Michael James O'Brien and I.

Later Antoine Asseraf came over to install Leopard on my computer but alas, it won't install. Bit of a drag but...I guess the G5 is already an antique.

Wishing you all good things,

Diane

Christmas wishes from Jesus Sandoval

www.jesussandoval.com

Hottest Publications to watch for 2008 include...

Pierce Mattie PR Names the Top 20 Hottest Publications To Watch In 2008

New York, NY (PRWEB) December 22, 2007 -- Pierce Mattie Public Relation www.piercemattie.com has comprised a list of the hottest magazines ranging from industry leaders, quickly emerging stand outs, as well as publications that will be launching in 2008. From fashion to beauty, luxury, regional to lifestyle, only the publications causing the most buzz made the list.

18. IQONS: Following the success of the fashion industry's answer to social networking, IQONS.com is launching its namesake magazine internationally in February during New York Fashion Week. Iconic fashion designer, Diane Pernet, will be Editor-in-Chief and with contributions from the IQONS community, the magazine is sure to be a success.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/12/prweb589731.htm

December 20, 2007

To celebrate the end of the year (and as a bit of a Christmas present to you lot) we raided our bloglines, del.icio.us accounts and bookmarks to bring you our definitive list of the top 100 fashion and lifestyle blogs. All the blogs in the list were chosen by our editors, and we decided to go with personal choices, not lists compiled from stats, technorati profiles and search engine popularity. These are the blogs we recommend in ten areas of style & women's interest. Since they're grouped by topic, obviously they're not in order of favourite - every one deserves to be number one in our book!

1 - 10: Fashion's Big Blog Players
(compiled by Kim & Gemma for Catwalk Queen)

10. A Shaded View On Fashion: Diane Pernet's trademark big hair and black mantilla make her hard to miss on the fashion circuit. Her blog follows her life as an industry insider, and is full of exclusive pics, new talent and creativity, and is a must-read if you love to know about the inner workings of the more alternative side of the industry.

http://www.catwalkqueen.tv/2007/12/shiny_medias_to.html

New Work from Zoltan Gerliczki

"My sweet Mayra." -Zoltan Gerliczki

Merry Christmas from Barcelona

L'Enfant Terrible spots another golden box on Christmas in Barcelona.

Later,

Diane

Excerpts from 2 iconic fashion films- Qui est-vous, Polly Maggoo? by William Klein and Blow Up by Antonioni

Dera Shaded Viewers,

If you have never seen this film classic Qui est-vous, Polly Maggoo? by William Klein , now is a good day to rent it.

And if you have never seen another iconic fashion film, Blow-Up by Michelangelo Antonioni, rent that one too.

All good things to you shaded viewers,

Diane

Gary Card

Dear Shaded Viewers,

Gary Card looks like a young and much more handsome Andy Warhol, he makes sets and decor and lives in London. Hangs out with Cassette Playa and they are often mistaken as brother and sister. Here is a small selection of his work:

Henderson McCue and Gary Card at the Burberry Party in Londoon

Later,

Diane

astrologyandbeyond.com

Dear SHaded Viewers,

One of my favorite astrology sites, www.astrologyandbeyond.com, offers some words of wisdom.

This week, consider the words of:

Barbara Hall: "Because you are in control of your life. Don't ever forget that you are what you are because of the conscious and subconscious choices you have made."

Marcus Aurelius: "If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment."

Friedrich Nietzsche's words: "The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."

Quotations were taken from www.astrologyandbeyond.com.

Later,

Diane

Merry Christmas from Susie Bubble

Merry Christmas from Marcelo Krasilcic

Dear Shaded Viewers,

Xmas greetings from Marcelo Krasilcic.

Marcelo Krasilcic has two beautiful pages in IQONS first edition.

Later,

Diane

LOUIGGI JUNIOR IN MOZAMBIQUE

Adam Levin pays a visit to Louiggi Junior's atelier in Maputo.

Why would you leave a job at Etro in Milan and return to your roots in Mozambique? “I saw this woman in Lisbon,” Louiggi Junior recalls. “She was carrying a bag of oranges and I just had a vision to go home to Maputo and find my roots.
We’ve made our way up to the sixteenth floor of a Sixties apartment block, where the Louiggi's atelier is a maze of capulanas (the printed cotton sarongs worn in Mozambique) and enchanted ribbons of organza punctuated by those distinctive Etro stripes. There is no running water but there is white wine and Louiggi is preparing for a show tonight. There will be chocolate boys in dresses, French lads as gladiators and ebony princesses in Louiggi Junior.

We drink the vino branco on the rooftop overlooking the potholed concrete city and it gracious bay. “I like to present the diversity of individuals,” Louiggi expands, while furiously wrapping a yellow capulana around his seamstress, Maria Elisa’s head. “An individual is the richest thing you can be.” Louiggi would know: Half Turkish-half Mozambican, yet infectious with a Latin exuberance. Indeed, soon we’re all at it. I’m traipsing down the stairs in Louiggi’s half suit. Am I 50-50? Am I bisexual? Bi-curious? Or am I hundreds?

Am I not loving finding such gems in this gritty, post-war metropolis. Que boa! I have been judging Mozambique Fashion Week again, down at George Eiffel’s Railway Station and, despite the event’s amazing growth, mostly, its been a tedious parade of chintz flowers and Mozambican flags. And so right now, I’m so loving this rare intuitive mix of tradicion Africana, Etro chic and a tropical vibrancy that yells Latina Ao Viva!

Vamos! I need a portrait of Louiggi. He whips on the half finished organza skirt and rushes to pose at the view, where a breeze breathes an instant's respite respite into the 98 % humidity. One click and we’re done.

Enquiries: Louiggi@gmail.com

Ruben and Isabelle Toledo by Troy House

Dear Shaded Viewers,

Look forward to the timeline of a love story...coming soon in IQONS Magazine.

Photo by Troy House

Later,

Diane

FANZINE 137 magazine party in new york

Dear Shaded Viewers,

Miguel Villalobos was at the FANZINE 137 magazine party in new york, these are some of the images that he took.

http://www.fanzine137.com/index_11.htm

Chloe Sevigny

Later,

Diane

All photos by Miguel Villalobos who has pages inside the edition.

New Year's Chaos for IQONS Magazine by Miguel Villalobos

Dear Shaded Viewers,

I cannot resist giving you a preview of what's to come in the zeorh issue of IQONS with Miguel Villalobos message board page. Not quite finisihed.

The sense or non-sense that will emerge on a precipice
Is only the impact of the creative activity"

By LAETITIA SADIER, from Three-Dee Melodie, Stereolab's
Mars Audiac Quintet.

• Credits: ILLUSTRATION by Miguel Villalobos

• IQONS URL: http://www.iqons.com/MIGUEL+VILLALOBOS

• Member since ....1 year

Later,

Diane

Merry Christmas from Nicola Formichetti

photo matt irwin for dazed

MIGUEL Villalobos and Graham Tabor with xmas stockings

Miguel Villalobos and Graham Tabor with their Christmas stockings.

Merry Christmas

Wishing all Shaded Viewers the best of the best.

Illustration by Jesus Sandoval

Later,

Diane

Michael & Hushi Hair

Dear Shaded Viewers,

It's painful when you have to leave images that you love on the cutting room floor, here is one from Michael & Hushi that would have been great in the hair section, however....see what did make it into the number zero of IQONS Magazine when it is launched in NYC during the fashion week.

Thank you Miguel Villalobos for sending it to me.

Later,

Diane

Links for Life

 

Internet Angel and Graphic Designer of this site:

http://www.kalimane.com/

Lifeblog Angel:

http://www.anina.net/index.html

Contributors:

Antoine Asserafhttp://www.antoineasseraf.com

Robb Young http://arianwyn.net/index.htm

L'Enfant Terrible

Sonny Vandevelde http://www.sonnyphotos.typepad.com/

Beniamino Marini - www.beniaminomarini.it 

http://www.dead.is

Dino Dincohttp://www.homeboyfilms.com/

http://www.medica-menteuse.com/

http://www.theartpalace.com/ps.htm

http://www.tokyofashionscene.com/

www.glennbelverio.com

Enrique Gonzalez Rangel (Other Shaded contributors do not have websites, when they do, they will be posted.)

http://www.youwearitwell.tv/show/

A Shaded Channel

inormation sites and magazines:

http://worldofwonder.net/ Stephen Saban The WOW Report

http://men.style.com/gq/blogs/styleguy

commons&sense.net

style bubble

Zeroth. http://themoment.blogs.nytimes.com/feed/

http://www.contemporaryfashion.net/
http://www.paris-promenades.com/
http://www.villanoailles-hyeres.com/
http://www.unit-f.at/
http://www.modemonline.com/fashion/
http://www.modenatie.com/
http://www.modeaparis.com/
http://www.lebook.com/
http://www.fashion-incubator.com/mt/
http://www.finding-agents.com/
http://www.ninedaughtersandastereo.com/
http://wwwbookfinder.com/
http://beautywithoutirony.typepad.com/
www.designersagainstaids.com
Flanders Fashion Institute - Modenatie.com

On line Magazines:

http://www.ponystep.com/

commons&sense.net

www.dazeddigital.com

Nicola Formichetti's Blog

Paper Magazine

style bubble

Fashion Week Daily href="http://blogs.papermag.com/"> 

flasher.com

 

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/fashion/index.html?partner=rssnyt

http://www.psychopedia.com/

www.gogoparis.com

http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/

http://facehunter.blogspot.com/

Delinlee Delovely /a> href="http://www.insidefly.com/">http://www.insidefly.com
http://www.intersectionmagazine.com/
http://www.fashionpaper.at
http://www.la-couture.com/
http://www.hintmag.com
http://miyutanto.free.fr/
http://www.medica-menteuse.com/
http://www.showstudio.com
http://www.uovo.tv/
http://www.jcreport.com

www.eyepreferparis.com

Pagesonline.it

Art Direction, Graphic Design, Photographers and Illustratiors and Make-Up artists:

http://www.sonnyphotos

http://www.miguelvillalobos.net

Michael James O'Brien -  http://www.michaeljamesobrien.com/

http://www.pierregonnard.com

http://www.wingshya.com

Marcelo Krasilcic

Zoltan Gerliczki -  http://www.zoltangallery.com/

David Frank Ray's Makeup Beat

http://www.antoineasseraf.com

 

http://www.jesussandoval.com/ http://www.bowwowlondon.com/main.html
http://www.donaldschneiderstudio.com/flash.html
http://www.kalimane.com/
http://www.jm-schomburg.com
http://www.paolapiglia.com/
http://www.peterlippmann.com/
http://www.pierremarie.net
http://www.homeboyfilms.com/
http://ferdinand.nowhasa.com/
www.antoineasseraf.com a>
http://www.wigliusdebie.com/
http://www.kesselskramer.com/

Designers:

Undercover http://blog.honeyee.com/jtakahashi/

http://www.platform13.com/
http://www.dead.is
http://www.eleykishimoto.com
http://www.henrikvibskov.com/
http://www.houseofwaris.com/press.html
http://devastee.free.fr/
http://www.misionmisericordia.com/
http://www.myspace.com/mariamastori

Mikio Sakabe http://www.sakabemikio.com/>

Mario Salvucci -  www.progettolanterne.it

art and inspiration sites

Blow de la Barra

film festivals

http://www.filmefashion.com.br

Shopping on line:

http://www.bless-service.de/
http://www.decadesinc.com/
http://www.sevennewyork.com/
http://www.colette.fr/index.php
http://www.usluairlines.com

Music:

http://www.dialsoul.com/web/ 

Film resources:

http://www.pelime.com/ 
http://www.mandy.com/
http://www.imdb.com/
http://institute.sundance.org/jsps/site.jsp?resource=pag_ex_home

Astrology sites:

http://www.cainer.com
http://www.astrologycom.com/
http://www.astro.qc.ca/horoscopes/

Just for fun:

http://www.cherry-vanilla.com/
Food Geek http://www.foodgeek.fr/ http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/
http://www.Zefrank.com
http://numenna.blogspot.com/
http://www.filepmotwary.blog.com/
http://www.ronaldvanderhilst.com/ukmedia.html
Eyepreferparis http://www.eyepreferparis.com

<www.motovun-eco-town.org>

Communications strategies

http://www.scbpartners.com/

TV Pilot for Shaded View:
http://www.flyingconcepts.com/FlyingconceptDownload.TVSHOW

Book sites http://confessionsvelvetropes.typepad.com/my_weblog/

Later,

Diane

Yoann Lemoine in 'Illustration NOW !'

Just a short mail to tell you i'm part of the illustrator team published in the latest ILLUSTRATION NOW ! book, by Taschen.


CLICK HERE TO BUY :
http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/design/all/04426/facts.illustration_now_vol_2.htm

Take care

Yoann

DAA Christmas Card

MEXICO CITY

IMAGE AND VIDEO FROM RED ALERT , ( DAZED & CONFUSED ) .

Jackson Webb

Dear Shaded Viewers,

The collaborative fine art duo Jackson Webb, Char Webb is the female half, has been selected for the Art Futures show to be staged in London in March next year.

No Eyed Cat 2007 Oil on linen 40.5 x 51 cm

Cat (Coral) 2007 Watercolour on paper 48 x 62.5 cm

Cat (Blue and Black) 2006 Oil on linen 40.5 x 51 cm

Char Webb happens to be the sister of Shaded View contributor in Tokyo, Martin Webb.

Later,

Diane

Fonejacker - Monies

Thanks to Robb Young

Filep Motwary and Maria Mastori love for 2008

www.filepmotwary.blog.com

husam el odeh

Jane Perry Woodgate

It would appear that the star of last year's Art Futures event was performer Jane Perry Woodgate ...

Yours,

Martin Webb

CAMPER IN COLLABORATION WITH LLUIS CORUJO.

Dear Shaded Viewers,

Lluis Corujo is still studying fashion in Antwerp, he is on 4th year. Yesterday night I was writting an article about him for Neo2 magazine when I received the pictures of his last collection.

 

photography: Luc Willame

Thank you Diane,

lenfanterrible.

Henrik Vibskov the rock star in Melbourne, Australia

Dear Shaded Viewers,

Download MOV00078.MP4
Who does not love Henrik, enjoy a few seconds with him today.

Later,

Diane

BFC announces Fashion Forward - Westfield Awards

Dear Shaded VIewers,

Last night the Fashion FOrward sponsorship winners were announced:

Roksanda Ilincic, Richard Nicoll and Jens Laugensen have been chosen to receive the Fashion Forward Westfield Award however the exact amount has not been divulged. It is stated that the amount consists of a substantial cash prize to be used towards producing an on schedule show at LFW. This is the second time that Jens and Richard have received this award. Congratulations to all of the winners.

The lovely Roksanda launched her label in 2002 and has just completed designing her first pre-collection with Net-a-Porter.

Richard Nicoll started his business in 2004 and Jens Laugesen in 2002, both designers find the support to come at the perfect time as both of their businesses continue to grow.

Later,

Diane

NEW YEAR OLD PICS , MEXICO CITY .

BY EGR

zoltan Gerliczki

http://www.zoltangallery.com/

We are now going through the painful process of eliminating beautiful pages from the zero issue of IQONS magazine. We have over 30 pages to cut....very sad...

Later,

Diane

Holiday Greetings from Zoltan and Michael James O'Brien

Merry Christmas from Michael Nybraten as Ann-Sofie Back

Michael Nybraten as Ann-Sofie Back wishes you a very merry christmas!

Hind Matar and a quote from James Sherwood

Hind Matar Stylist

Happy HOlidays from Mandi Lennard

astrology forecast for 2008

Dear Shaded Viewers,

If you are interested in astrology, visit : http://www.astrologycom.com/ and click on annual forecast on your right, there you will find your 2008 forecast.

Later,

Diane

Ruben and Isabelle Toledo by Miguel Villalobos

Dear Shaded Viewers,