Archive for January, 2010
Seeing as I’m a sucker for texture, I had a bit of a heart-stop moment when I happened to wander across isobel and cleo’s etsy shop. It was one of those fortuitous discoveries-although it’s quite easy to come across fantastic stuff on etsy if you have a few hours to spend browsing, which is why I stay away most times because I get sucked into that black hole so easily! (Ah, etsy ♥ forever)
Anyways, creator, Charlotte Hess, makes beautiful pieces bursting with texture and movement and gorgeous, subtle colour. Everything is handmade and made-to-order. Looking at Hess’s Press section on her site, it would appear that she’s captured a lot of people’s attention and rightfully so. It will be quite fun to see what she comes up with next
We’ve been neglecting the male readers, so today’s feature focuses on Toronto shop Nomad, which stocks plenty of labels like Acne, Nom de Guerre, Opening Ceremony, APC, Common Projects and many others. The shop is set up on a blog, so you search for available products from a ‘Category’ dropdown and I believe you have to call or email them to purchase, but they do list the prices of several of their items. It would be very nice if they expanded their online offerings and set up an actual shopping cart because they appear to have quite a nice selection!
So you all know by now that I’ve transferred my allegiance from all black ensembles to all white ensembles (well, along with more colour and pattern of course-ha), so imagine my enthusiasm when I recently visited Mono clothing’s website. I’ve been following Mono for a bit, but never posted because there just weren’t enough images available on the site for a full post. Fortunately, the website has been recently updated and it’s clean and easy to browse, and includes the latest all-white flight collection. Swoon! There’s always a wonderful feeling of movement to all of the clothes and a just-right subtle use of texture. You can purchase pieces directly on the site or visit one of the listed stockists. Don’t forget to click the image to enlarge
I’ve the lovely Nora MacLeod to thank again for the discovery of this artist. Magnhild Disington is a designer and former masters textile student based in Denmark. Disington creates objects that challenge and play with conventional assumptions of shape, form, and raw material. The images above (click to enlarge) are excerpted from her collaborative Deep Sea series (amazing!), and you really have to see them full size to fully appreciate them. I highly recommend a look at her other series as well-each one is provocative and unconventionally beautiful
Carly Margolis’ All for the Mountain jewelry pieces make me think of the 70s obsession with Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings books, and something that would have been worn by one of the characters in Jodorowsky’s The Holy Mountain. Given the images on the site, I’d suspect these certainly provided some of the inspiration for Margolis’ unique collection! Whether or not you’re feeling the mystical/fantastical vibe, the jewelry is very appealing and wearable. Her furniture is quite beautiful as well. You can purchase items directly from the site or find stockists under the ‘Info’ link under ‘Stores’
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