World Cup 2010

I am not a big football fan, but it was such a wonderful opportunity to add a beautiful photo of Gisele to newfashiontodayblog “library”. :)

Source: Vogue US Sep 2005

Old-fashioned glamour

“Lights, camera, action!”

Vogue Italia 2009

 

Very Important P.S. I will be hosting a very tempting giveaway on Monday 14 June, so make sure to check it out. The lucky winner will get a chance to pick something beautiful and chic.

INSANITY OF THE WEEK

norman

Regular readers will remember last week Beck telling you all about a great project that is happening to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Craft Victoria. To rebrief basically a tote bag design by artists Dell Stewart and Adam Cruickshank was commisioned and a competition was launched to customise the tote bag.

Having seen the amazing things Miss Pen Pen created I thought I'd try my hand a bit of reverse appliqué. Bit clever, bit challenging. Now because I have the concentration span of a goldfish I accidentally hacked off one of the printed fingers (not my own, luckily). Tools down I resigned myself to abandoning the project.

Made myself a cheese toastie and a cup of tea. And then I made Norman, possibly the strangest interpretation of the brief. He's no longer a tote. You can tote him around, just don't show anyone. Tote bag designs are due tomorrow and are  still available at Craft Victoria if you want to get in quick...

RAMONA

MAKER OF THE WEEK

My My Miyuki

While reading the latest issue of Martha Stewart Living I was of course very taken with an article on pies and tarts. Because I was a little bleary eyed it took me a few minutes to realise that the pretty plates were actually machine embroideries. Jumping online I discovered the work of Japanese born/US based illustrator Miyuki Sakai

With her trusty little sewing machine and a thread palette of over 200 Miyuki has made quite a name for herself with her machine embroidered illustrations. She's worked with everyone from Mazda to Vogue, from Martha to Hitachi. I think her work is amazing.

RAMONA

Beautiful stranger

Source: The Sunday Times UK STYLE issue

SHOW OF THE WEEK

a cut above

Way way back in 2006 the ladies of HML sang the praises of artist Emma Van Leest. And then something crazy happened. The world, its seemed, went crazy for paper cutting. Which is fair enough because in terms of handmade this has to one the most labour intensive but also one of the most impressive art forms.

Van Leest's new show Perpetua at the John Buckley gallery sees her refining the work, going larger in scale and looser in composition. It's her lightness of touch that we find so impressive.

It's hard to really see how amazing these are with these little pics. You really need to go see them. You have until the 26th of June. prepare to be amazed!

John Buckley Gallery
8 Albert Street
Richmond 3121

Isn’t she gorgeous?…