Hologramming Galore

Posted on 29/06/2017 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Hologramming Galore

What do Kate Moss, Tupac Shakur, and President Erdogan have in common? Yes! You guessed right: they have been holograms. Alexander Mcqueen turned Kate Moss into one at his fashion show for the winter 2006 season. In 2012 Tupac Shakur was projected (after his death) to perform with Snoop and Dr. Dre at Coachella. And, the least romantic use for this technique: the president of Turkey’s hologram gave a speech at a rally which he could’t visit in the flesh. What’s n.e.x.t.? Will we be hologramming eachother instead of texting? Probably!

Kate Moss at the fashion show by Alexander McQueen Autumn/Winter 2006

Tupac Shakur at Coachella 2012

Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan at a political party meeting Izmir in 2014
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There are loads more of examples like the ones above: but we chose these three because they illustrate perfectly how 3D projection has evolved from something conceptual (in this case high-end fashion) to plain main-stream use so rapidly.

Hologram is ofcourse an oldfashioned term nowadays its just a 3D projection.
“A hologram is a photographic recording of a light field, rather than of an image formed by a lens, and it is used to display a fully three-dimensional image of the holographed subject. In its pure form, holography requires the use of laser light for illuminating the subject and for viewing the finished hologram.” (for you nerds out there read more at wikipedia)

Danke Schön Rex Dieter!

S.N.S. Herning’s Fisherman Sweaters

Posted on 14/10/2014 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

S.N.S. Herning’s Fisherman Sweaters

S.N.S. Herning's Fisherman Sweaters
S.N.S. Herning; collection of fisherman sweaters (screenshot from their website)

The registered trademark S. N. S. HERNING was founded in 1931 by Søren Nielsen Skyt (1899- 1972) in Herning, Denmark. As a young man, he made a living by selling knitted garments of his own making. In the mid1920’es, he learned about a technique of knitting with “bobble” patterns that increased the insulating abilities of garments. Relying on these techniques, he began manufacturing the so-called FISHERMAN sweater, which was intended to protect its wearer from the rough weather at sea, and to be robust enough to withstand the wear and tear from the hard work. All our FISHERMAN sweaters are still being knitted at our knitting factory in Herning – after the same recipe as that of Søren Nielsen Skyt – with strict rules for the layout of the bobble pattern, the cut, the measurements, and the ﬁnishing etc. Something about the design and feel of this garment makes us shy away from making even the slightest of changes to it. Eighty two years have passed since the release of our ﬁrst FISHERMAN sweater. Even if the production has had its highs and lows, we never stopped knitting it. And to this day, the FISHERMAN sweater remains at the core of our entire production of knit-wear. More knits have naturally been added to our repertoire over time – but they all relate more or less directly to our original knit in terms of functionality, aesthetic, underlying technique, texturing, or simply that hard to describe feel. All knits can be thought of as members of a family – sharing the same forefather. (read more at sns-herning.com)

Mail from Ulrike: The Poor Man’s Bias Cut & Sew

Posted on 27/12/2013 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Mail from Ulrike. To be more precise: snail mail from Ulrike Träge. Since Mimi Berlin has no money/no cent/no dime/nada/noppes, our dear Ulrike showed us the crisis sewing pattern technique for making new clothes during hard times. A couple of years ago she invented a re-cycling technique called; The Poor Man’s Bias Cut & Sew. Only applicable when all your clothes are totally worn out, or if you gained or lost tons of weight! Otherwise the best advice is of course to not cut up your clothes so you can save up energy for other useful things: Like to make money by selling homegrown young plants or your old magazines.

for Mimi Berlin

Von Ulrike, in an enveloppe, made of paper

Ulrike’s The Poor Man’s Bias Cut & Sew is based on crisis pattern making examples from the 1930s

Ulrike’s The Poor Man’s Bias Cut & Sew is based on crisis pattern making examples from the 1930s

Anyway, for us the time has come. We are going to have to use The Poor Man’s Bias Cut & Sew technique on all of our Dries van Noten clothes. NO, not The van Noten’s! we hear you scream. Yes, we have to, they are made from the most durable quality of fabric we own, we answer, whispering with a trembling voice, to your question. Keep you posted! xoxo Mimi