DESIGN SKETCHES AND ACCESSOIRES

It is always inspirational and tells a lot about the designer, how he or she sketches and uses accessories. Here are a few examples from the exhibition, as promised. Enjoy.

Photos: John Frantsen

INSIDE THE EXHIBITION

Some time ago I promised to show you a few pics from The Hartnell to Amies - couture by Royal appoint-ment - exhibition at The Fashion and Textile Museum in London.

"This retrospective exhibition of ground-breaking London designers Norman Hartnell, Hardy Amies and Frederick Fox celebrates the timeless elegance of fashionable London couture. The consummate design skills of these men, publicised worldwide by the patronage of the Royal Family, helped to reestablish Britain´s reputation as an international Fashion Center after the Second World War."

  Extract from the Exhibition-Catalogue.

Photos: John Frantsen

I was a very nice experience for someone who is into design, craftmansship and fashion-history. The coming days I will show a few more pictures of design sketches and accessories. So stay tuned.

VINTAGE COSTUME CARDS

Finally the prize I won as Close Runner-Up some time ago on the blog Worn Through arrived the other day. It contained three different boxes of Vintage Cards by different Costume designers.
I participated with this Design-sketch. But I had to wait until friends and American connections came my way.

Photos: John Frantsen

LONDON WEEKEND

This past weekend we spent in London. We managed to look at the Fashion exhibition above, just in time. It was the last day. 

In the afternoon we went to Somerset House to look at Valentino. Unfortunately we were not allowed to take any photos. But I promise to write reviews and show you a few pictures from the first exhibition later on. 

Photos: Daniel Clément

Before that I have to finish a few commissions: A fitting for a lace dress is coming up, a few bags and some alterations. Not to mention our Project.

Update! -about my last post. We changed our minds and are not moving anywhere for now.

2001 - A SPACE ODYSSEY

"When fashion and future collides" is a documentary that features a series of interviews with revealing insights into the surprising collaboration between the two perfectionists, Couturier Hardy Amies and filmmaker Stanley Kubrick in one of the most visually iconic films of all time, his 2001: A Space Odyssey from 1968.

  

But actually todays subject was just an excuse to write about Space. . . because some nice changes around here is going on. We are moving. . . to another part of Denmark, where we will get more living space with better working conditions for both of us, for the same amount of money. Details will follow as soon as they are settled.

Apart from that, Rikke and I have been busy, planning and working on our future fashion project, which is evolving. So once again real life has taken over. . . But I will continue to post. So stay tuned.