Franck Sorbier

Franck Sorbier collaborated with Intel to create a unique couture show for winter 2012/13 featuring stunning images projected onto the canvas of a white ball gown. I love the transformative opportunities that this technique affords.

Franck Sorbier Couture Fall/Winter 2012/13 - Projection Art in Paris

Klara Kalicz II

Klara Kalicz's Angel Machine a range of costume made using the skills of animatronics experts to make costume that transforms itself at the push of a button completely changing the silhouette, creating animated garments with startling drama.

Klara Kalicz I

Klara Kalicz's SS2014 collection features metallic embellishments on simple dress forms. Jewel like reflective shapes, sometimes arranged like traditional necklaces but mostly resembling scales, spines or bones.

Malaga Fashion Show II

A fashion show is always a fusion of so many talents. Here is some of the wonderful hair and beauty created by students of IES El Palo Malaga for the "Look'n Green Fashion Show" at the Edgar Neville Theatre, Malaga. Their theme for the show was the sun and the clothes constructed of recycled materials.

Malaga Fashion Show I

It has been a very busy week for me so I am sorry about the lack of posts.
I have been away with colleagues and students from Fife College to put on a fashion Show as part of the Leonardo Project; Innovation and Sustainability in Creative Industries.
The motivation behind the show was sustainability, with the focus being organic hair, make-up and clothing and Scotland's theme was water.
The show; "Look'n Green" at the Edgar Neville Theatre, Malaga, was organised in Malaga by IES El Palo, and it was a spectacular event involving students and staff from Malaga, Scotland, Denmark, Malta and Holland.
These are some photographs of Scotland's contributions, the dresses were made using a zero waste cutting method pioneered by Julian Roberts and the jewelry as already featured on this blog was made from calico scraps, created from toile production in the fashion department. All were hand dyed using organic indigo. The hair and beauty was the work students and staff from the hair and beauty department.
It was great to see all that preparation and creativity come together so beautifully.

Mark Goldenbird

Mark Goldenbird's webbed almost woven designs for basket like cages around the body. These are from his collection broken wings.

"My research on birds and their flight process, introduced me to the work of Russian sculptor, Naum Gabo." 
"Naum Gabo’s sculptures captured my attention with their calm charisma and exquisite resemblance to the bone structure of a bird’s wing. His perception of space, time and movement has the power to liberate the soul of the viewer, and that was my vision for my own work.." Mark Goldenbird