Alexander McQueen (1969-2010)

like i already mentioned yesterday. i was, and still am, really devastated by the fact that Alexander McQueen commited suicide. i'm sure i can say, he was one of the most talentful designers of this century. the fashion world lost a huge talent.
who is going to surprise me with robots spraying paint on a beautiful white tube dress during a fashion show like he did in 1999? who is going to design such wonderful shoes as the armadillo shoes. please. tell me who.
i feel really sorry for the family, and this is the message they show people on McQueen's website: "On behalf of Lee McQueen's family, Alexander McQueen today announces the tragic news that Lee McQueen, the founder and designer of the Alexander McQueen brand has been found dead at his home. At this stage it is inappropriate to comment on this tragic news beyond saying that we are devastated and are sharing a sense of shock and grief with Lee's family.
Lee's family has asked for privacy in order to come to terms with this terrible news and we hope the media will respect this."

McQueen's death came 3 years after one of his friends, Isabella Blow, died after an overdose. Blow worked as his mentor to teach McQueen how to survive in the fashion world and helped him with creating the image he was known for.
last week, on tuesday, McQueen's mother died. being thought is that losing people, made him reach the limits. and i feel really sorry for McQueen. losing 2 of your close ones, that is really hard to handle with. Alexander McQueen, was known as one of the most important designers of these days. his craftmanship, his explicite taste and his ability to leave the public with their mouths wide open. he won a lot of prizes with all these features, under wich the title British Designer Of The Year.
in 1994 Alexander started his own label, but until 2001 he was also shining as the head designer of Givenchy. i wonder if the label still will exist after all this drama. i hope so, but it will never be the same without Alex himself.

to show people i was really devastated by losing one of the greatest designers ever, i worn this R.I.P. McQ tshirt, i made by myself, and made a little tribute page in my agenda for McQueen.after all of saying this, and sharing this with you. all i can say is, may you rest in piece Alexander. hope you'll find peace and rest at the place where you are right now. love you.

R.I.P. Alexander McQueen

i was really upset when i heard this horrible news about Alexander McQueen. one of the most talentful designers commited suicide. i thought i was in the middle of a horrible nightmare so i double checked it with my blackberry on google. and omg, it was true. Alexander McQueen, one of my favorite designers, commited suicide. i almost cried.

the only thing i can say right now is. R.I.P. ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, you'll be always in my heart. Peace

because of my lack of time, i posted this short blog, but ofcourse Alexander McQueen deserves a bigger blogpost in honor of his wonderful past, and his designs so when i'm at home i'll do a bigger post about Alexander McQueen, my hero deserves it. r.i.p. Alexander

Anger About Same-Sex Couples In The New Ads Of Armani Exchange

Armani Exchange came up with this "Share The Love" valentine's day campaign, wich is unique in that it features same-sex couples. i, and im sure there are a lot of other people that love these valentine's day ads. however, the american family association's onemillionmoms.com is upset by the ads. the organization want the society to get rid of the 'filth' their children must contend with every day. normally this organization focuses on tv, musicvideos etc. but they say it's time that they can no longer ignore fashion designers using scantily dressed models in advertisements who have recently put their focus on threesomes or same-sex couples.
they're kidding me right? i'm not sure, but i think those people use to live in caves. hello, look at that, fashion designers promoting the freedom of who or what you love. isn't that a great valentine's day story? Amen.
photo, courtesy of Armani Exchange

Exciting Homework

first of all, i have to apologise because i haven't made any photos yesterday during my visit at AMFI. we we're too excited, watching some of the work students made, listening to teachers. so i'm really sorry. next time i'll make photos! promise. if i want to go study on AMFI i have to graduate next year, and that means i have to make my homework. normally i hate to do my homework, but this time it was really fun to do. i had to make some photos for my art class.
hiya vintage glasses, would you like to date me? ooh i'm so in love with these glasses i found on our attic. definitely gonna rock these glasses this summer. ooh and look at my t-shirt. peek-a-boo, tshirt i bought yesterday in Amsterdam, at Zipper's. it's definitely worth it to visit store, or website. Zipper Amsterdam

AMFI

fashion is a serious business. behind the façade of luxury and glamour hides one of the biggest and most dynamic world industries. the world of fashion is at AMFI shared in three fields of studies: fashion & branding, fashion & design and fashion & management. AMFI offers in 4 year a good basis for a succesful career in the fascinating fashion world.
this sounds amazing right? so it is AMFI for me tomorrow, they're having an open door day for students who are interested to study at AMFI. i decided to take a look at the fashion & design section because like you probably know, im really interested in fashion and love to design and sketch clothes.
what i also love about this study, is that the students have their own label, it's called individuals and it's their exam project. they have to design, make and set up everything, from photoshoot until fashion show wich they present during the Amsterdam International Fashion Week. i say ferosh!
i'll make some photo's tomorrow and upload them later, sorry in advance for the bad quality of the photos because i have to make them with my Blackberry Bold9000, my digital camera is down. too bad.
for more info about AMFI, visit their website (they also do the full programme in english, international course)
for more info about Individuals by AMFI, visit their website

Front Row, London Fashion Week

London Fashion Week, who isn't dreaming about a front row seat at any Fashion Week? Well, this time you can be a front row watcher of some of the shows that will be presented at the London Fashion Week. Okay, not really front row, but some shows during the London Fashion week from february 19th until february 24th will be broadcasted live on internet. the fashion industry is slowly falling in love with the digital world. several shows, like Louis Vuitton and Burberry Prorsum, already did a live broadcast of their show and this turned out huge. also the fact that bloggers were invited to fashion shows, during the fashion weeks in new york, paris and milan proves that the fashion industry slowly is falling in love with the digital world.
the shows will be broadcasted on the official website of London Fashion Week.

Chanel Take Away

everytime when i’m bored, i come up with ideas like watching old fashion shows. so did i this time, I went to the Chanel website, and watched the pre-fall 2010 show, the paris-shanghai collection. i really loved it when i saw it the first time, so it was pretty easy to choose a show I wanted to watch again. it’s inspired on a trip, Coco wanted to go on, unfortunately these plans only came true in her dreams.the shanghai-paris collection includes the cutest bag ever, well not the cutest, but the funniest in a cute way though. it’s this take away box, redesigned by Karl into a real Chanel take away box. picking up noodles on your way home was never before this chic.

for more Chanel, paris-shanghai collection visit style.com or chanel.com