Posts Tagged ‘cerebral’
The designers of ffixxed found Pour Porter through a google search for Fabrics Interseason, and correctly assumed I’d be interested in their pieces. I usually ignore marketing emails as they rarely line up with my personal taste, but this pair piqued my interest with their pieces and the fact that they’ve collaborated with Bless and have been featured alongside Fabrics Interseason and Slow and Steady Wins the Race.
The duo behind the label are Australians who have worked out of Hong Kong, Berlin, and New York and just released their second collection. While I wish their items were easier to browse (designers, it is possible to make an arty website that is well designed and easy to navigate!), they’ve plenty of interesting projects to peruse, and I’m excited to watch them develop. Thanks for the email! Remember to click the images to enlarge
Here’s another conceptual label to wet your cerebral whistle. Chicago based duo Christopher Peters and Shane Gabier create clean pieces that are rife with interesting details (macramé overlay, folds and tucks, and skillful draping) for their label, Creatures of the Wind. The less than a year old label is being very carefully marketed and is currently only stocked at Scout, Hejfina, and Stand Up Comedy (all previously featured here).
Given that they’ve caught the eye of W already, this brand is likely to be one to watch. I wish there were more photos of the F/W 08 collection.
Source material courtesy, here.
If you’re one who appreciates and is always on the hunt for clothing lines with a cerebral bent, you have to put up with a certain degree of pretentiousness. Whether it’s a long-winded ideological diatribe that accompanies each collection, a vague, art house style film in which the clothes are displayed, or a tongue twister of a label name, it’s impossible to avoid. Not that I’m complaining-I do love a side of the intellectual with my clothing, but sometimes I want to find some intelligent clothing with a name that doesn’t make me giggle when I say it!
Anyways, Austrian designer Christiane Gruber chose the metaphysical referencing name of Awareness and Consciousness for her label. Granted there is no design philosophy or artist’s statement on her site, but these aren’t shallow pieces. Draping and soft, floating silhouettes are the key to her designs, but there is nothing here that is utterly unwearable or simply serves as a vehicle for the designer’s latest brainy obsession.
I’ve posted looks from the S/S 09 and A/W 09 collections.
I’m proud to say that I posted about Complex Geometries long(hello 2006!) before the popular blogs did and trendy webshops like La Garconne, Oak, and Creatures of Comfort started carrying the line.
I own several pieces and can say that they’re some of the most comfortable clothing I own. I think what impresses me most about the line though, is how consistent it’s been through the years. If you click on the link to the post I made in 2006, and compare it with the S/S 09 pieces below, you can not only immediately identify the clothes as being by the same designer, but some of the same shapes are still being used in the latest collection, and they still look fresh.
The clothes are casual, comfortable, and appealing to those who prefer their daily wardrobe to have a dash of the cerebral.
The F/W 09 collection is also up for browsing on the website.
Modern Martyr’s designer, Angela Wiedermann, takes pride in the fact that she’s self-taught and abandoned fashion school due to ideological differences. Wiedermann marches to the beat of her own drum and the results are rather interesting. She takes a very cerebral approach to her designs, with each collection exploring a concept that Wiedermann finds intriguing.
I’ve posted pieces from each of her four collections, but the Press 1 for Purgatory collection is my favourite.
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