Fashion your future

Givenchy - A/W 2008 & Christmas 2008 - the make up collections Jam packed with must have items, my favourite is the revolutionary Mascara Phenomen'Eyes that we'll all be using from here right through to eternity . It makes me want to go to bed wearing mascara, just so I can apply it one more time. You should rush out and buy it for a last minute Christmas gift, and whoever you offer it to will certainly love you!! Or the limited edition Pocket Beauty Case, with it's delicious creamy lip and cheek balm, is the perfect accessory which you can leave hanging from a belt or bag , for work or play. For a better run down on the collections visit: http://mademoiselle-vogue.blogspot.com/ Photoshoot #3: Styling Andromeda Olsen Nalum - Makeup Rebecca Zeller - Photography V for Mademoiselle - Thanks to the models : Isabel, Katy et Gabrielle

Photos Vanessa Grobler © Copyright - All rights reserved

If you're wondering where I was last Sunday afternoon, now you know. I was with a team of chicks, who are dedicated to changing the face of fashion.... This is our first test, made from a big pile of nothing (thanks for the Christmas decorations mum!), but the result - pointing the way forward. If this is the preview, then hold on tight for the real thing!! Project 1 - To hosts dinners, and make over our guests. Strictly by invitation only. Photos Vanessa Grobler © Copyright - All rights reserved

Do you love your life? Are you ready to do more? Do you think you can be more? Does an hour make a difference? Does it matter if it's now or later? Are you able to do what you need to do, without doing the things that you don't want to do? If you do the things you don't want to do in order to do things you do want to do, is that a good thing? A life is a difference. Your life matters, your talent will never be reproduced by some one else. Your vision cannot be percieved without you. What you have to give cannot be taken away. So what will you give? Will you give some or will you give all? Will you give first or will you give last? Take what you have been given and use it to give and give back. Your own creator is asking you to create...Lets look at other createurs and learn from their lives... the good, the bad and the ugly!

One of the reasons I wanted to create a blog is to bring people together. To multiple our inspiration, that we might be inspired and inspire each other. People always talk about connections and say, " It's all about who you know..." Well I figured I know you, and together we cover half the earth. So today here is the lowdown on some people I know who see things differently, they are photographers, their eyes are wide open. Their work inspires me, it inspires me to be more, to do more. These people are just like you and me... they have to work hard, they have to eat, but they decided to follow their dream. Will you follow yours? http://www.gutoseixas.com.br http://www.songedal.no/ http://www.david-lau.com/ http://roncontarsy.com/ http://www.davidmignon.com/

For those who don't know, I thought I would remind you that this weekend is the Ethical Fashion Show. It's all about creating fashion whilst thinking about our future in the environment, and showing how much we care!!! I'm really excited about that and if you want to come join me on Saturday I will be there for the talk which starts at 10am.....I've included the program for the day and the link to the website, so you can catch us up later in the day if you prefer...What better way to hang out on Saturday afternoon, especially if it's cold and raining.... Ethical Fashion Show® 2008 se tiendra du 9 au 12 octobre au Carrousel du Louvre Paris 1er Ethical Fashion Show® organise showrooms, tables rondes et défilés et réunis des créateurs qui ont comme idéal une mode tendance, guidée par l'idéologie d'un monde meilleur, qui respecte l'Homme, l'environnement et les précieux savoir-faire qui font la richesse de chaque culture. Samedi 11 Octobre (ouverture au...

I would love to meet up with you on Saturday after lunch to take look as the Vintage Show. I've not been before but it promises to be good. Le Salon du Vintage Samedi 27 septembre 2008 Espace Pierre Cardin. 1, avenue Gabriel, 75008 Paris. Métro: Concorde Horaires: 10 h-19 h Entrée: 8 € - tarif étudiant 5 €

To all my wonderful friends who have wound their way into this city that is Paris, let me share with you one thing I know. Here is my list to date of all the websites for jobs in fashion, sales, marketing, graphics, modelling and everything related... I know there is a place for you in this small town, you just need to find it!!! http://www.fashionjobs.com/ http://www.pagesmode.com/ http://bethe1.com/ http://www.fashion-dailynews.com/ http://www.journaldutextile.com/ http://www.abc-luxe.com/ http://www.emploi-textile.com/ http://www.profilluxe.com/ http://www.profilculture.com http://emploi.groupezannier.fr/ http://www.lvmh.fr/

So fashion is back, if you can really say that, or maybe more to the point I am back. My internet has been reconnected, so all I need to do is find the time to write. So let's do it, let's be inspired this season. In this midst of this economic depression, let's be lifted. Be inspired to think bigger. Fashion is more than a season. it's a lifetime, a lifetime of change...brought about by highs and lows. Waiting, watching, dreaming, developping, testing, working... no matter how you fill your everyday life, each step you take is one more step closer to your destiny. How do you choose to make it happen... Will you glide, will you dance, will you run...any or all of these, but promise me one thing. Don't go back, don't think about going back, whether rich or poor, broken or blessed, there is one thing we all have in common about the past... it's over... nothing doing, it's done. So breathe and let's do it. This is our time. Our time to create somet...

Alors, comme promis je vous donnes plus d'information sur les activités de ce samedi toute intriguant... Alors le carnet de croquis – de quoi on parle??!! pour moi cela représente une grande clé pour avancer ma créativité... ça me permet de organiser mes pensées, mes inspirations, que ça soit photo, dessin, écriture ou autre afin que je puisse les voir devant moi. “ Write this. Write what you see. Write it out in big block letters so that it can be read on the run. This vision - message is a witness pointing to what's coming." Donc je souhaiterais partager avec vous quel que chose qui m'inspire, et que je suis convaincu va vous aider a transformer vos habitudes de la creation!! Je propose tout le monde d'apporter des matériels suivants pour partager (bien évidemment j'en ai un peu chez moi et ce n'est pas une obligation d'apporter, mais ça sera mieux...) cette liste c'est vraiment le minimum, si vous avez d'autres matériels qui vous trouvés symp...

fash·ion–noun 1. a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses. 2. conventional usage in dress, manners, etc., esp. of polite society, or conformity to it: the dictates of fashion; to be out of fashion. 3. manner; way; mode: in a warlike fashion. 4. the make or form of anything: He liked the fashion of the simple, sturdy furniture. 5. a kind; sort: All fashions of people make up the world. 6. Obsolete. workmanship. 7. Obsolete. act or process of making. –verb (used with object) 8. to give a particular shape or form to; make: The cavemen fashioned tools from stones. 9. to accommodate; adjust; adapt: doctrines fashioned to the varying hour. 10. Shipbuilding. to bend (a plate) without preheating. 11. Obsolete. to contrive; manage. —Idiom 12. after or in a fashion, in some manner or other or to some extent; in a makeshift, unskillful, or unsatisfactory way: He's an artist after a fashion.[Origin: 1250–1300; ME facioun shape, faço(u)n...

Je voudrais t'inviter a un après midi de carnet de croquis/cahier d'inspiration/scrapbooking etc. samedi prochaine le 17 mai. C'est vrai que nous avons commencé un projet du design, donc ça sera bien de l'avancer, mais même pour ceux qui n'ont pas commencé, c'est pas grave, viens de même. C'est justement pour cela qu'on souhaite faire un atelier d'inspiration pour tous. (Information sur le projet dessiner ton avenir est dans un ancien post au mois de mars nommé Design your future project information ) On va voir pourquoi faire un carnet de croquis/cahier d'inspiration? Et comment faire, que dois-je mettre dedans? Ou est-ce qu'on peut trouver de l'inspiration? Comment communiquer mes idées? Quels sont les meillures outils? Etc. Je vais poster plus d'info dans la semaine, mais si tu peut me dire rapidement si ça t'intéresse car il faut organiser le lieu selon le nombre de personnes... (S'il fait super beau peut...

Pour ceux, et surtout celles qui ont envie de traîner ce jeudi après midi sache qu'il y a un truc super a faire ensemble... dépenser ton argent pour acheter des fringues pour -60% jusqu'à -90% au profit des personnes touchés par le SIDA a la braderie les Créateurs on du Coeur. Donc rendez vous au métro Trocadero a la sortie Avenue Raymond Poincaré a 13h. Et si tu peut pas venir avec nous ca reste ouverte pendant 3 jours... Donc bonne shopping! Merci de confirmer ta présence si tu veut traîner avec nous et n'hésites pas a inviter une copine. ----- ESPACE CATHERINE MAX 17, av Raymond Poincaré – 75116 Paris – Métro : Trocadéro Jeudi 1er mai 2008: 10h -20h Vendredi 2 mai 2008: 10h -20h Samedi 3 mai 2008: 10h -17h Entrée 2 euros Mode & beauté: ACCOSTAGES - ADELINE ANDRE - AGNES B - ALEXIS T. - AMBRE BABZOE - AMERICAN RETRO - AN+KA – ANDRE - ANNE-VALERIE HASH - ANTIGONE & BALTHAZAR - ANTIK BATIK - ARTHUS BERTRAND - ARTICLE 23 - ATELIER GERALDINE VALLUET - BA&SH - ...

Les Moulins de l'Est et la galerie Artes vous convient au vernissag e de l'exposition " From Pakistan with love " miniatures contemporaines pakistanaises et photographies L'exposition aura lieu du 25 Avril au 5 Mai 2008 dans les galeries Artes et Art et Société. Les miniatures sont représentatives d'un courant artistique issu du Pakistan et de l'Inde. La finesse et la dextérité propre à la technique des miniatures reflètent une représentation nouvelle, délicate, émouvante d'une société Pakistanaise en plein évolution. Parmi les artistes contemporains pakistanais reconnus exposés, « From Pakisan with Love » met notamment à l'honneur trois grandes figures féminines émergentes de la scène artistique Pakistanaise: Aisha Abid Hussain, Isbah Afzal, Nerissa Fernandez et la photographe française : MariBlanche Hannequin. Le vernissage aura lieu le 25 Avril à 20H à la galerie Art et Société, 19 rue du pont Louis Philippe, 75004 Paris, métro Hôtel de ville. L...

So I was just dreaming about designing things while I was on the metro today - never throw away ideas that seem temporal, with a little discipline you can transform fleeting moments into eternal reality - when I started to get down to it, I was thinking about what makes a good design or what makes a design good. The eternal question what separates bad design from good? I hope one of the answers is "A sketch book" ! Ha ha good joke, but as foolish as you may think it, good research and a dash of divine inspiration is probably the best way to make your designs succeed... What do I mean? Let me explain: since fashion and design objects are applied art, I think that means they have to have a purpose, so let us assume that an object's purpose is to be bought and used. Therefore, whilst expressing creativity maybe our primary goal as a designer (as opposed to an artist), it's no good drawing away, if noone wants to be caught wearing your garments. It is equally important t...

What I also want to add, is that if you're free on Saturday night, after the knitting of course, my friends Camille and Thanh have invited us to an aperexpo in their boutique Green Division... ... Ce que j'avais envie dire aussi, c'est que si vous êtes disponible ce samedi soir, après le tricot bien sûr, mes amis Camille et Thanh nous invite a un aperexpo dans leur boutique Green Division... Andromeda C’est le printemps ! (ha bon) (si si) La boutique Green Division a le plaisir de vous inviter a sa nouvelle aperexpo photo sur la flore sauvage a paris il y aura également du jus d’orange du vin et des cacahuètes!! Aperexpo samedi 12 avril a partir de 20h Camille & Thanh If you are planning to attend either of the events on Saturday please R.S.V.P. to me,thanks Drom

Saturday 12th April 15h00 Lets be inspire d to Knit Chic! Knit Chic - learn to knit for the first time, pick up an old habit, improve your technique, create a new stitch from your design inspiration or join in for fun. Grab some needles and some yarn and we'll knit our way through the weekend! If you are interested or know someone who is, please confirm by email or sms. If you need help choosing a project or picking needles and yarn please let me know. Coming soon Inspire your Sketchbook

So, today is Easter monday, I'm am home just relaxing, thinking about what I would do if I was gonna start designing a new collection today??!! So how would I start out designing a collection - honestly - I would grab some paper, or if I was really thinking about it a sketch book, and I would start writing, I would start writing all the thoughts that are already in my head: It's easter, spring is coming, sometimes it's sunny, some times it's raining, new flowers, new life, change, brightness, light, fun, floral.. and on on... Creating a collection is about finding inspiration and that can be done "quite easily" by starting off with word asociation, image association, how you see the things that inspire you, the details,the way of seeing things maybe noone else has picked up on. The next step would be to start flipping through some magazines (or image banks on the internet) to find some images and more ideas that correspand to the theme. So if I'm thinki...

“My Inspiration” Present a sketchbook/ visual diary/ journal which reflects the above title. Designers- successful ones- are confident in their own right and are strong individuals that are not frightened to present what they believe in. Using the template present images related to the following questions: Where do you like to be? What's you favourite time of day? What's your favourite colour? Who has great style? What CDs are driving your neighbours mad? What films do you always rent from the video store? Do you have any pets? Which books are on your bedside table? What were the last things you bought? What don't you leave home without? What scent do you wear? Do you have a motto or a mantra? Who makes you melt inside? This is not a project about drawing it is a project about designing and creating a new reality Design thinking is always linked to an improved future...There are no judgements in design thinking. This eliminates the fear of failure and encourages maximum in...

So here we go. This is the beginning of something big. I want to create a space where the things that we are holding in our hand and hearts, can be used for a greater purpose. Maybe you feel like you're not holding anything right now - maybe everything you have is on the inside of you - pick up pencil, a tape recorder, a notebook, pick up whatever it is you need, and make your vision plain. Write it, draw it, record it... "Write what you see... so that it can be read on the run, This vision-message is a witness pointing to what's coming. It aches for the coming - it can hardly wait And it doesn't lie. If it seems slow in coming, wait. It's on it's way. It will come right on time." Habakkuk 2:2 (The Message) Lets bring our inspiration, lets share our experiences and ideas. Lets work together to make something that will grow. Lets build something strong. Lets get ready to change the way we look, to change the way we see. Lets change the world... "Vain...