Claire's Blog Posts Tagged 'fashion' (7)

Models Saskia de Brauw and Joan Smalls pose near the ocean at France's Hôtel du Cap Eden Roc for Chanel's 2012 Spring campaign. Captured by Chanel's creative director Karl Lagerfeld, the black and white photographs feature these gorgeous models striking athletic poses on gymnastics equipment, but it doesn't look like they're breaking a sweat. Rather, they look…

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Many live and die by the saying "fashion over comfort," but how far would you really go in the name of fashion? Widow is a stunning gown by Susie MacMurray that is made of black Napa leather and more than 94 pounds of adamantine dressmaker pins (approximately 100,000). While you cannot actually wear it, you can currently view the dress at the Victoria & Albert…

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Rie Hosokai's skill in balloon design and graphic designer Takashi Kawada's art direction combine to form quite a unique team. The pair call themselves Daisy Balloon and have travelled the world exhibiting all types of balloon art. While most of the art is fashion-oriented, Daisy Balloon has many other great designs such as balloon vases and photographs.

What especially…

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Matthew Brodie's dresses for the March 2011 issue of Madame Magazine features dresses made out of a very interesting medium..paper! These pieces truly bring out the extravagant and vibrant qualities of such a plain material. The dresses are not only breathtaking but flawless, representing creativity and thinking that's outside-of-the-box. Rather than using paper in a boring way,…

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Would you ever strut down the street with your hair looking like this? Japanese artist Takaya created these "fresh" hair designs by adding raw vegetables and blossoming flowers to styled hair. The designs are worn at weddings and live performances and are not very common to see. Definitely interesting, these pieces must have taken a while… Continue

Born in France but currently residing in Japan, Emmanuelle Moureaux is an award-winning architect as well as professor at Tokyo University. Because most of her time is consumed pleasing her clients and meeting their requests, she has little time to explore her creative side. Therefore, she uses design events to experiment with different architecture and design concepts. Her wedding… Continue

Miranda Bloom, better known by her maiden name Miranda Kerr, is not one to be camera shy. The Victoria's Secret Angel flaunts her post-pregnant body for photographer Simon Lekias as she poses for the November cover shoot of Harper’s Bazaar Australia.



In the editorial, Miranda unleashes a new side of herself - one that is still just as fierce and sexy, but with a more… Continue