Li Edelkoort - more & more

After having the divine lady of insight,trend forecaster, Li Edelkoort grace us with her presence this year are you still searching for more? Well heads up she has been featured in Sydney Morning Herald -Good Weekend June 19 and this months Australia Vogue Living. Her insightful wisdom is truly addictive.

Model Watch - Stephanie Seymour

Talking old school, talking classic, talking about a perfect example of an empowered women, talking Stephanie Seymour. With age and supermodel status comes experience the embodies the strong spirited prowess that I am currently focusing on for my design work. It is the strength of individualism I search for in all my muses.

These sensuous black and white picture truly embrace style.

David Downton

One of my personal favourite illustrators is the amazing David Downton. Born in Kent, England in 1959 and choosing to complete a BA hons. in illustration and graphics, it was only after the Financial Times in 1996 commissioned him to draw the couture shows of that year, that he became known as a fashion illustrator.

Above - Twiggy ; Below - Erin O'Connor

Since then he has drawn some of the world's most influential fashion icons such as Twiggy, Erin O'Connor, Linda Evangelista and Catherine Deneuvre and has been employed by commercial clients like Paloma Picasso, Tiffany & Co, Dior, Chanel, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and the V&A Museum.

Personally one of the most favourite attributes to his technique is his play on positive and negative spaces.

Stroke of amazing style............

Gaultier does lace

Jean Paul Gaultier has an amazing ability to work with lace in such a way that each time it appears in his collections it has a strong fresh twist to it. During my research for my own personal design work I came across again Gaultier's Couture 2009 collection. It has such clean crisp symmetrical lines with a spanish influence and an amazing acknowledgement to what would classically perceived as millinery techniques.

The other element that makes this collection cohesive is his use of tones of colour and also classic contrast colours, and also the variation on the thickness of line work within the designs.

Jean Paul Gaultier you have an amazing gift.

images from www.style.com

ZZegna - Summer 2010 - Concept

Zzegna Zen - reflection

Looking back at the blog posted earlier last month, this is behind the scenes of a Zegna menswear collection. The cognitive aspects to the process of preparing a show is so important. The crucial aspects of refining a vision.

Backstage - Ermenegildo Zegna Autumn Winter 2010 fashion Show

Model Watch - Raquel Zimmerman

Such elegance and poise that gracefully transforms into striking sexy. Raquel Zimmerman is a Brazilian beauty, born in 1983 whose career began to take to new heights after featuring in Vogue Italia', photographed by the famed Steven Meisel.


Zimmerman has featured in an endless array of campaigns for the worlds most renowned fashion labels, like Giorgio Armani, Hermes, Fendi, Versace, Louis Vuitton, Hugo Boss, Christian Dior.... the list goes on.....

What is one most amazing characteristics about the divine Zimmerman is she is a chameleon, who manages transform an image to another level. A perfect example of this was in the 'September Issue', when working with Grace Coddington.... she knows how to maneuver...one - two - a twist into the light and snap.... the memorable image is there.

I don't believe that being a successful model is easy. There is a definable difference between a model that can transform an image to embody the essence of true amazing style, and a model the just places herself within the context of beauty.