Colorful Bears by Paola Pivi

Posted on 29/03/2017 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Colorful Bears by Paola Pivi

These colorful bears, made of feathers, were on show in 2013 at the galerie Perrotin in New York. At first sight they look cute, almost like Pinata’s but when seeing these sculptures up close they gave us a horrible feeling…check it out. See if you feel the same. Paola Pivi site.

(left) paola pivi ‘I never danced before’, 2013 urethane foam, plastic, feathers 214 x 90 x 104 cm / 84 1/4 x 35 1/2 x 41 inches (right) ‘sometimes I have to stand for my safety’, 2013 urethane foam, plastic, feathers 224 x 94 x 97 cm / 88 1/4 x 37 x 38 1/4 inches photograph by guillaume ziccarelli / courtesy galerie perrotin

view of the exhibition, paola pivi ‘ok, you are better than me, so what?’ galerie perrotin, new york, 18 september – 26 october 2013

paola pivi ‘it’s not fair’ (detail) 2013 urethane foam, plastic, feathers 122 x 245 x 64 cm / 48 x 96 1/2 x 25 1/4 inches photograph by guillaume ziccarelli / courtesy galerie perrotin

Happy colors horrible feeling….

(images via designboom.com)

Christobal Balenciaga Embroidery and Embellishment

Posted on 17/10/2014 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Christobal Balenciaga Embroidery and Embellishment

1941 Embroidery and embellishment by the House of CRISTOBAL BALENCIAGA

1951 Embroidery and embellishment by the House of CRISTOBAL BALENCIAGA

1956 Embroidery and embellishment by the House of CRISTOBAL BALENCIAGA

1960 Embroidery and embellishment by the House of CRISTOBAL BALENCIAGA

1961 Embroidery and embellishment by the House of CRISTOBAL BALENCIAGA

1962 Embroidery and embellishment by the House of CRISTOBAL BALENCIAGA

1960 Embroidery and embellishment by the House of CRISTOBAL BALENCIAGA

1965 Embroidery and embellishment by the House of CRISTOBAL BALENCIAGA

1966 Embroidery and embellishment by the House of CRISTOBAL BALENCIAGA

Embroidery and embellishment by the House of CRISTOBAL BALENCIAGA between 1941 and 1966. Pictures gathered by Rex Dieter.

See more embroidery by Dior HERE on this blog

Spring 2015 Prêt-à-Porter: Native American Girl

Posted on 03/10/2014 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Spring 2015 Prêt-à-Porter: Native American Girl

Etro

Tsumori Chisato

Paul & Joe

Sonia Rykiel

Giambattista Valli

Little suede dress at Vanessa bruno

Little suede dress at Fendi

Little suede fringed dress at Alberta Feretti

Little suede fringed dress Alberta Feretti

Fringes at Fendi

Giambattista Valli

Feathers at Fendi

Printed fringes at Fendi

Seeing Native American Girls on the runway for Spring 2015 is a bit of a surprise, but maybe a logical one when reminiscing the exuberant use of feathers last season. Don’t dig to deep when re-creating this theme to your own style; Next to the use of the obvious feathers we see (Native American) ingredients such as fringes, abstract prints and short leather dresses. That’s exactly what they worked with at Etro: You have your poncho, the fringes and the moccasins completing a look we know from Isabel Marant in her earlier days. Fendi created a more abstract clean-cut vision, they sliced fabric to create fringes. Without the styling these garments aren’t “Native American” anymore. Same goes for Giambatista Valli, they put the Native American Girl in a sixties time-warp and dressed her in white. To conclude this story we must mention the fringes again, there were a lot them at different shows. Mostly used with a retro seventies vibe for short skirts, dresses and accessories. (all images via style.com) clrcrd_native Presto! your color-card for this theme.

Fashion Tale F/W 2014: Bird watching

Posted on 27/02/2014 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

bird of paradise stripe, print by Mimi Berlin

Anna_Bilińska, Lady with binoculars, 1844

The Birds

Lanvin

Celine

Fur and feathers at Salvatore Ferragamo

Salvatore Ferragamo

Chloé

felder felder

print with feathers at Christope Lemaire

Tsumori Chisato, the designer herself

feathered scarf and bird print at Topshop Unique

bird print at Topshop Unique

bird print at Stella Jean

Stella Jean: peacock feathers

Chloé

Multicoloured bird at Sportmax

Multicoloured feathers and fur at Roberto Cavalli

Skirt made of feathers at No 21

Marni

Feather coat at Marni

Feathers are the main styling device for the designers, mixed with fur, wovens or knits, any idea you come up with for using feathers; just do it! Same goes for prints and allovers; birds, ranging from spring chickens to the peacock, all kinds of bird-varieties passed at the the fall 2014 shows.

The Bird Watchers

No 21

Fendi

Band of outsiders

Fay

ChristopherRaeburn

Belstaff

Hunter Original

Acne studios

Valentino

The bird watchers have to keep warm, for Fall 2014 they sure will, again lots of fur, styled more casual though. Combined with sturdy leather, preppy wooden buttons, or wearing a wax/rain-coat-feel outfit

The Snakes

Giorgio Armani

Dsquared2

Tom Ford

Givenchy

The bird watchers have to watch out for the snakes lurking in the grass. Snake skin in bold colurs was often used this season, above at Tom Ford, Dsquared2 and Giorgio Armani. Snakeskin in transparent voile at Givenchy (and other brands as well)

The color chart is an obvious one: an Autumn scheme with fresher touches of yellow. “Forest” Green and similar neutrals are important, next to more vivid colors (as special accents for use in snake skin items for example)