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Monthly Archives: March 2014
The Beard Factor!
Ha! Beards 2014. The beards have finally reached the theater. Tonight is the night for a totally new show at stand-up comedy club Boom Chicago here in Amsterdam. It is called ‘What’s up with those beards’ and it was heralded in the … Continue reading
Posted in OUT OF THE BOX, TEXT, TIME LAPSE
Tagged 2013, 2014, Amsterdam, beard cult, Beards, Blog, Boom Chicago, hipster, modern society, old skool, play, retro, show, stand-up comedy, theater, what's up with those beards?
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Masters of Decision
On Instagram The Fabric Of Home is zooming in on the fabrics of fashion, as shown in the leading magazines. In Vogue Paris this month among other fantastic images, a shoot by Mario Testino. Shot again, this time from the … Continue reading
Posted in CREATIVE CAREERS, Fashion, PHOTOGRAPHY, THE FABRIC OF HOME
Tagged fabrics, Fashion, filters, Instagram, iPhone, Mario Testino, PHOTOGRAPHY, THE FABRIC OF HOME, trend, Vogue Paris
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Destination Happiness
watch the video Rome wasn’t built in a day by Morcheeba on youtube here Project | Destination Happiness Arrival | 1 year 1 month and 4 days, from now. Inspiration | The ‘Bocht van de Herengracht’ painted by Gerrit Adriaensz … Continue reading
Catching the moment
The other day I noticed a proper painter-with-easel out on the grass of the roundabout around the corner, standing amidst a groups of bright yellow narcissus, catching the late afternoon sun from the west. When I came back with my … Continue reading
Posted in (B)OOST, CREATIVE CAREERS, TEXT
Tagged Amsterdam, artist, Berckheyde, blossom, city painters, cityscape, discipline, Edward Hopper, Frans Koppelaar, Gineke Zikken, gouache, Heineken, Het blauwe theehuis, Jeroen van der Velden, Kunsthuiskamer, Louis Visser, Maarten Welbergen, Malie Baehr, OBA, oil, On location, painter, passion, Piet Groenendijk, Rijksmuseum, spring, sunlight, Wildschut
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Moments of transformation
i-D magazine is showing a video on their website of Dries van Noten, where he explains about his inspirations, subject of his show in the Musée des Arts Décortifs in Paris. The fashion designer who came to be as part of … Continue reading
Posted in CREATIVE CAREERS, Fashion, PHOTOGRAPHY
Tagged ART, Collage, director, Dries van Noten, edit, flow, i-D, inspiration, James Lowrey, magazine, montage, Musee des arts decoratifs, Paris, patterns, show, transparency, uniforms, vice, video
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Good morning Tokyo
I love it! By Isabel Marant, online at The Bijenkorf.
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A Marni translation
I couldn’t help noticing the color match between the little pot of flowers in the bathroom and the fantastic fabric Marni used for these garments! A close-up on the fabric shows the loosely meandering threads, growing and grasping like shoots … Continue reading
Posted in CREATIVE CAREERS, Fashion, ONLINE FINDS, THE FABRIC OF HOME
Tagged collection, discount, Fashion, flower, haute couture, Marni, outnet, power, ready-to-wear, spring, ss14, woven
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