ART

JUN INOUE TIMELAPSE FILM from Philip A Einwick on Vimeo.

You can't be interested in fashion and not be interested in art. The other day, I stumbled upon Tokyo street artist Jun Inoue by pure coincidence. Some of his work showcases the focus on the negative space surrounding objects, the objects themselves, and resulting delicate dialogue between these elements. Aside from the streets and galleries, Inoue also works with other mediums including clothing and footwear. I'm not that knowledgeable when it comes to art, but this has to be one of the best internet discoveries that has happened to me. I really love what he had done to that Japanese gas station. Why can't all gas stations look like that? So super kawaii!

I AM THE BEST

2NE1 // I AM THE BEST (내가 제일 잘나가)

I love these girls! My favorite girl group out of KPOP. I've never been a fan of the innocent naive concept that many girl groups do and 2NE1 has never attempted it. They're so bad ass! And the fashion, I can't even. Totally inspired by Japanese street fashion, especially the looks that consist the mixing of different textures and patterns: studded leather jackets, graphic tops, bondage accessories. Love it, Love it, Love it all!

RESORT 2012

Courtesy of Style.com

Just a few of my favorite looks (that I could personally see myself trying to recreate) from 3.1 Phillip Lim, Alexander Wang, and Celine Resort 2012. I also really enjoyed Proenza Schouler, Givenchy, Stella McCartney, Suno, Jason Wu, and I'm sure there are more, but I haven't finished looking through all of the collections since I got sidetracked with other things. Now with Men's Fashion Week, I need to catch up, fast.

SOMBRE BY NATURE

A few months ago I helped style a photoshoot for my friend, Sidney Son. The photos were made available about a month ago and I managed to post about it on tumblr, but completely forgot about it here.

For this shoot, I was inspired by Japanese high fashion, mainly Comme des Garcons and Yohji Yamamoto, so I pulled a lot of black from my closet (yes, most of the clothes and shoes are mine). When I think of Japanese designers, I think of dark colors and tailored pieces and the flawless styling of fusing masculine and feminine. I wanted to portray those elements, but we were pressed with time so we couldn't fully achieve the look we wanted. But, we did the best we could.

My favorites have to be the last three looks, which I feel I have more ownership in creating them. All in all, it was a great experience and I really enjoyed it.