Lego love

Jean-Charles de Castelbajac has collaborated with The Lego Group to create a virtual fashion show.

The four-minute show, for spring/summer 3001, features a rainbow catwalk and Lego figures dressed in the latest De Castelbajac collection, and even features a Lego Anna Wintour and Kanye West-a-like, replete with baseball cap and shutter shades, in the audience.

The animated short was directed by Fabrice Pathier, with sound design by Laetitia Batut and music by The Aspirins for My Children. It previewed during Paris Fashion Week. Check it out at www.jc-de-castelbajac.com.

Real men wear PINK.

Pink on guys is nothing new, but pink on guys playing sport is rare and pink shoes on the soccer field!?!?!? Check out the new Nike Mercurial Vapor Rosa worn by a European soccer player and the fun video on nikefootball.com.

What time is it??

I've never worn a watch. I don't know if it's because I don't want to be a slave to time or if it just doesn't look right to me on my wrist. Well, go figure, but after seeing this LED watch from Hiranao Tsuboi of 100% at design tide, I would start wearing one.

Nike Remix

Thanks Sarah Illenberger for your remix of the Nike shoe. Always refreshing to look at something you see everyday in a new light.

Beautiful design work from the Netherlands

A colleague of mine from Europe got to see the IJM studio in person and passed on this gorgeous website. I love that each photo is designed through the use of color. If you have time, click through their beautiful images and prepare to be inspired.

Blowing it up

I've been fascinated lately with Chinese artists. I ran across Cai Guo-Qiang's art and was truly inspired by his large works of art where he "draws" with gunpowder. If you have time, check out his video and read more about his work in the NY Times Magazine in an article called the Pyrotechnic Imagination. There's a type of energy in his work that is unique to his technique. If I were an art collector, I would definitely invest in a piece of his work.

Late Halloween Post

I love dressing up. Any excuse and I'm there. This year I was inspired by my Paris trip and went as a 20s flapper and dressed Jason up too. We found his outfit for $10 at the yearly Caitlin Gable rummage sale. I love historic clothing and how clothing can define a time period. Did you know that the term flapper referred to a "new breed" of young women who were seen as rebels in their time? Random knowledge for you.  Anyway, I'm also considering wearing more red lipstick now that I had to buy a tube of it. 

Don't forget you can click on all the pictures to see it better.

Super creative : Barbie Jewelry

I've never really been a Barbie girl, but here's an interesting way of looking at Barbie. There have been a fair about of posts on some of my favorite design blogs about this, but incase you haven't seen this I thought I'd share. I love how she repurposes ordinary objects into something truly unique.  Okay, at first it's a little creepy, but the more I look at them, I think it's just hilarious. 

 

Check out Margaux Lange's portfolio and let me know what you think.