Blow up
I love how you go on Google Images to find a picture of Gareth Pugh and discover a blog post dedicated to balloon animals in the process… (more…)
Art
Painted lady
Reading the new BON magazine, I came across the work of Dr Lakra, a tattooist who overdraws old magazine photos with tattoo-like artwork.
These Dr Lakra pieces remind me of Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin’s short film, ‘Everglade’, made on the set of Balmain’s AW10 campaign. Described as ‘half horror, half Disney’, the film features a Jo Ratcliffe animation of a snake slithering and sliding over a writhing Kate Moss…
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Last chance to see: Drawing Fashion
If you haven’t seen Drawing Fashion at the Design Museum yet, run, run as fast as your Charlotte Olympias will carry you – it ends on Sunday. My favourite part of the exhibition was the 1950s where I lingered at the painterly (more…)
