Backyard Bill

These days, we can't get enough of 'real' people. The world of fashion and interiors are exploring and exposing peoples private spaces and flashing them up for the world to see. Magazines like Apartmento and sites like Style Like U step into people's homes and wardrobes and we lap it up, analysing, observing- What shampoo do they use? How do they store their shoes? and so on and so on.

Street Fashion style photography is everywhere... and the lines between advertorial and editorial are getting more and more blurred. Backyard Bill's photography site depicts "stylish folk in their own clothes". I say, all you need to do is add a stockist list and you have a series of photos fit for a new season campaign. Backyard Bill is clearly a talented photographer and clearly his photographed talent have been blessed with good looks and the ability to dress themselves... but the site just makes me wonder- do we ever stop being sold to?
BB's site also contains his work for campaigns and for magazines, yet they are indentical in style to his 'stylish folk in their own clothes'.

Big name fashion bloggers are constantly posting outfit updates, so blatantly spruiking the wears of labels and retailers who have sent them clothes, knowing that the fashion blogger is the new voice of the fashionable masses.

And I still wonder about the chewing gum brand whose marketing strategy included sending boxes of their gum to key fashion bloggers... "I work back my Balmain jacket with a Wang tote and a packet of mint Orbit gum because it taste great and the flavour lasts".... Odd.

And yes, I totally see the irony in posting something like this right after I posted about the new season at Top3. I did a major in marketing at uni... I should know better!

New Season At Top3

Here's a recent display I created for Top3 By Design in Bondi Junction. Summer brights and some fun shapes, all tied together by the colourful pixel motif. Great new products in store. The range of Merrimekko serviettes are my fave thing at the moment... oh and the French Bull melamine plate and bowl range... I see some funky retro picnics happening in the Summer months!

Stylesightings

Look at how she has used her belt... I love it.



Some street fashion shots found over at stylesightings.com
See their trend consulting site at stylesight.com

superfuture

Triple Major Store in Beijin
Llove hotel, Japan
The logo of the team who created Llove hotel

l'suine in Ho Chi Minh City (LOVE the feel of this space, want to own it)

Lee, Paris

Filipa K, Oslo
choque cultural / daniel melim - diálogo [tenho fome. cale-se]

New favourite link: superfuture covers store design, fashion, graphic design, art and all things inspirational from all over the globe. Go have a look-see.

What would Martha Stuart think?

Image of goods from a bakery pop up in London's Shoreditch: "eat your heart out & the pretox potion" is open for a handful of days at the end of October, in the lead up to Halloween.

"experimental edible art comes courtesy of david a smith who creates ‘roadkill’ as cake decoration; ‘russian roulette’ cookies from miss cakehead where you’ll land turkish delight if you’re lucky, cat food if your not [*gag reflex*]; edible entrails by eleanor stuart, anatomical chocolate hearts by angela ellis, and blood-squirting buns."
via superfuture.com

Kelly Wearstler

The Carrie Bradshaw of interiors. Check out her costume changes for this 6 minute interview clip. Love all her outfits. Like her bold approach to fashion and furniture. She's the go to for the current Hollywood Glamour revival and she is labeled a 'tastemaker'. All this from a former Play Bunny!

JP Here I come!

I am gearing up for a visit to Japan next February, researching all the amazing retail, art, design spaces I am planning to visit. Websites like Shift are getting me super excited, with their Tokyo CIty Guide covering spaces like:


The Diesel Denim Gallery
B1&1F Cocoti, 1-23-16 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo







Utrecht / NOW IDeA
2F Palace Miyuki, 5-3-8 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo

"Utrecht, which cleverly introduced the Zine, Little Press and other such artist books to the public, has always been fond of showcasing many books from all over the world that focus on handmade products, simplistically earnest in their approach and embodying quirky novelty."

'When I decided to open the bookshop, I went with the theme of only displaying books by living authors. Obviously, I wanted to introduce not only books but also creators of the books. In that way, it felt like I could work together with the author to achieve something, and I wanted to help them, as much as possible, convey the different types of self-expression they have. We don’t just have books here, but also a cafe, and a gallery. Through introducing a variety of activities, I thought that I could further draw out the charm and enhance the appeal of books,' mentions the shop owner Eguchi.

Pass The Baton Omedsando
B2F Omotesando Hills, 4-12-10 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

"April 2010 saw Marunouchi’s popular store Pass The Baton, open their first branch in Omotesando. Building upon their concept of “New Recycling”, the store attempts to reinvent the traditional brick-and-mortar store with their smart and modern retail style. Pass The Baton is brimming with creative energy and excitement, with products limited to their new Omotesando store and NIGO®’s pop up shop “NIGOLDEN STORE” in their premises.

This new store also marks the start of Pass The Batons experiment in opening their Pass Counter to the public. While past contributors to the store were by referral only, this new system allows customers to pass their own ‘batons’ and put up items for consignment as long as they fulfill the store requirements of providing a photograph and profile of themselves."




Shop Samakatado
4-17-1 Minami-aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo

"This store is managed by the Origata Design Institute and is dedicated to the art of origata, traditional packaging used in gift-giving gestures of courtesy since the samurai era... At the end of 2009, an exhibit at the Towada Arts Center showcased the research activities of the Origata Design Institute, uncovering the origins of ‘origata’ and exploring the reasons behind why people want to wrap or bind things in a careful consideration of presentation. The results of that research produced an illustrated book called ‘Neo・Packaging’. It’s a great place to go for anyone who wishes to deepen their knowledge of that specific activity."




Thanks Shift.jp.org, you are super fun helpful time and I will be hitting up your pages for more spots to add to the itinerary!