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fashion illustrators 05

February 21, 2015 by slow shimo

in no particular order (05 of 05) j c leyendecker (b. montabaur, germany 1974; d. 1951): painted strong, athletic, men and lithe, feminine, women with equal ease. Inspired Norman Rockwell. Created long-running characters like Saturday Evening Post babies and the Arrow collar man. Book and magazine illustrator (he painted 322 covers for the Saturday Evening Post.   hiroshi tanabe (b. kanagawa, japan): unique and vibrant illustrations mirror the graphic line work of traditional Japanese woodcuts. His illustrations have evolved into more […]

Categories: cloth threads, fashion illustrators • Tags: daisy de villeneuve, fashion illustrators, hiroshi tanabe, j c leyendecker, montana forbes, sandra suy

fashion illustrators 04

February 18, 2015 by slow shimo

in no particular order (04 of 05) kenneth paul block (b. new york, usa, 1924; d. 2009): for nearly forty years, Block was an in-house artist for Fairchild Publications, owner of Women’s Wear Daily, the garment industry trade paper, and its offshoot, W magazine. Block’s incisive yet graceful brushstrokes captured the most important styles of the post-war era, including collections by Norman Norell, Yves Saint Laurent, Pierre Cardin, Coco Chanel, James Galanos, Givenchy, Pauline Trigere, Bill Blass, Halston, and Geoffrey […]

Categories: cloth threads, fashion illustrators • Tags: danny roberts, fashion illustration, kenneth paul block, mats gustafson, niki pilkington, vincent bakkum

fashion illustrators 03

February 16, 2015 by slow shimo

in no particular order (03 of 05) carl erickson (b. joliet, usa, 1891; d. 1958): working from a studio in New York’s Flatiron Building, his media included charcoal, pencil, Chinese ink, watercolor, and gouache. Around this time, he began signing his illustrations and portraits, “Eric.”   sophie griotto (b. alès, france, 1975): works with traditional tools like inks and pencils but also with the tablet graphic Wacom. Much like a fashion designer, her illustrations are created through the process of mood boards, […]

Categories: cloth threads, fashion illustrators • Tags: carl erickson, fashion illustration, peter winnett, sophie griotto, tanya ling, yuki minami

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the rocket

February 16, 2015 by slow shimo

Rocket Yoga is a faster and more fluid style of yoga. An infusion between ashtanga and vinyasa originally developed by Larry Schultz in the 1980s in San Francisco, it consists of a series of postures based on a modification of the traditional Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Primary and Intermediate series, to renew energy and vitality in the body. The routine is called the “Rocket” because “it gets you there faster.” Larry says, “The Rocket is designed to wake up the nervous system and […]

Categories: free flow, yoga latte • Tags: larry schultz, marcus veda, rocket, yoga

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go hesse go

February 16, 2015 by slow shimo

06:00 am. hesse, Ibirapuera park, são paulo (2014)

Categories: free flow, move my dog • Tags: best dog ever, border collie, hesse

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fashion illustrators 02

February 16, 2015 by slow shimo

in no particular order (02 of 05) rené gruau (b. rimini, italy, 1909; d. 2004): his world-famous fashion illustrations epitomise the glamour and sophistication of Fifties couture –  gracing the era’s most iconic magazines and advertisements, from Vogue to Balenciaga, Balmain and Lanvin; as well as being a key figure in Christian Dior’s marketing team.   cédric rivrain (b. paris, france, 1977)   adam lowe (b. london, uk): under-worked and sometime unfinished, but each line is poignant and empathetic to his the […]

Categories: cloth threads, fashion illustrators • Tags: adam lowe, cecilia carlstedt, cedric rivain, fashion, illustration, rene gruau, sarah hankinson

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fashion illustrators 01

February 15, 2015 by slow shimo

in no particular order (01 of 05) antonio lopez (b. utuado, puerto rico 1943; d. los angeles, usa 1987): picasso of fashion illustration. he captured the pulse of style from the 60s to the 80s, and is still revered as the most inspiring illustrator by today’s practitioners, working with a variety of materials including pencil, pen and ink, charcoal, watercolor and polaroid film.     david downton (b. kent, uk 1959).   harumi yamaguchi (b. japan, 1941): Yamaguchi came out with a […]

Categories: cloth threads, fashion illustrators • Tags: antonio lopez, david downton, fashion illustration, françois berthoud, harumi yamaguchi, joe eula

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sibylle bergemann

February 15, 2015 by slow shimo

“It’s the fringes of the world that interest me, not its centre. The noninterchangeable is my concern. When there is something in faces or landscapes that doesn’t quite fit …” The photographs of Sibylle Bergemann baffle because of the diversity of their subjects such as fashion, reportage, photographic essays, urban and rural landscapes as well as portraits. At first known as a fashion photographer, Sibylle Bergemann fast became noted for her photographic essays and her precise observations of hidden contexts. […]

Categories: fictions • Tags: gdr, photograph, sibylle bergemann

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list of books: stuck

February 15, 2015 by slow shimo

in no particular order charles bukowski run with the hunted (harper collins, 1994): the best of Bukowski’s novels, stories, and poems, this collection reads like an autobiography, relating the extraordinary story of his life and offering a sometimes harrowing, invariably exhilarating reading experience. A must for this counterculture idol’s legion of fans. j.d. salinger franny and zooey (little, brown and company,1991): salinger writes “Franny came out in The New Yorker in 1955, and was swiftly followed, in 1957 by Zooey. Both […]

Categories: book lists, literat • Tags: ali smith, contemporary novels, edith wharton, james baldwin, kenzaburo oe, lolita, nabokov

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