Hello!
A bit of a lull in the posting recently.... the excuse is summer, and trying to make the most of it, along with the various 'strands' which I try to weave around my existence.
Being the beginning of September, things are getting concentrated again in more ways than one - work, daylight hours, plans for the next 12 months. I find this a good time to plan, before the stultifying cold and darkness of winter arrives, and while I still have the optimism of summer in my blood.
Went to see the Maison Martin Margiela exhibition at the Somerset House galleries in London last week, just before it finished. An amazing Belgian fashion designer, it was he who started the 'unfinished' /raw edge/frayed seam/deconstructed look back in the 90's. A lot of the pieces were more like art objects and very conceptual. Martin Margiela's background as a stylist was evident, and a lot of the 'garments' were more expressions of an idea. I personally loved the way it was exhibited, varied and inventive, and my favourite piece was a roll of white cotton fabric , stood on it's end, which magically transmuted into a jacket!! I mean that the roll of fabric was displayed as partially unrolled, and then the details of the garment fashioned into the fabric gradually until a part of a 'real' garment (the jacket) was apparent on the far side of the dress stand. Hard to describe, but I'll try and upload an image..
The fabric-jacket is on the far left.
I'm proceeding more quickly now with my current commission, the 50's dress and jacket in silk taffeta. At the last fitting, it fitted like a glove! Pleased, and even the toile looks great...
Speak soon,
Bobbie
