Category Archives: Art
Clinique & Daisy de Villeneuve kiss it better…
Clinique has teamed up with London-born illustrator, designer and writer, Daisy de Villeneuve to produce a limited edition triptych of prints in support of the Kiss It Better appeal – raising money to fund research into the causes and treatment … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Beauty
Tagged Browns Focus Christmas window, charity beauty product, Clinique, Clinique lip gloss, Clinique Smoothie Kisses Lip Gloss Set, Daisy de Villeneuve, Daisy de Villeneuve Topshop, fashion drawing, fashion illustrator, Goodness Grapecious, Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, House of Fraser, Kiss It Better appeal, Kiss It Better by Daisy de Villeneuve, Liberty Daisy de Villeneuve candle, limited edition prints, Mango-thon, Nude-tricious, numbered print, Pink Me Up, Vitamin C Lip Smoothie Antioxidant Lip Colours, Zac Posen Z Spoke SS11 collection
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Guest Post: Sue Timney and the Design of Timney-Fowler at FTM
Coralie Aude Grassin explores Timney-Fowler’s monochrome world at the Fashion & Textiles Museum… Sue Timney is celebrating 30 years of iconic design on the fashion scene. Even still, her first creations retain a sophisticated look. If you are not familiar … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Designers, Exhibitions, London
Tagged 30 year retrospective, 80s print fashion, Agnes B, Diane Von Fürstenberg, Fashion and Textile Museum, fashion museum Bermondsey, Graham Fowler, Issey Miyake, Japanese calligraphy, Linda McCartney artwork, Linda McCartney design, monochrome design, Ralph Lauren, Royal College of Art, Sue Timney, Timney-Fowler, yohji yamamoto, Zandra Rhodes
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Guest Post – Dior Illustrated: René Gruau and the Line of Beauty
Coralie Aude Grassin explores the elegant world of Christian Dior through the illustration of René Gruau at the private view at Somerset House… Any woman will gasp at the name. We are talking haute-couture, glamour and chic. Dresses so beautifully … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Designers, Events, Exhibitions, Fashion, Guest posts, London
Tagged christian dior, Dior, Dior Eau Sauvage, Dior private view, fashion advert, fashion drawing, fashion exhibition, fashion illustration, house of Dior, line of beauty, London fashion exhibition, Paris designer, René Gruau, somerset house, vintage advert
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Guest Post: Murakami, The New King of Versailles
As if the Château de Versailles wasn’t magical enough already, Coralie Aude Grassin explores Takashi Murakami’s palatial wonderland… For centuries, Versailles has symbolised French royalty – think Louis XIV with his decadent feasts, Marie-Antoinette and her ladies in splendid gowns and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Exhibitions, France, Paris
Tagged alice in wonderland, Andy Warhol, Château de Versailles, Coralie Aude Grassin, Flower Mantago, gallerie des miroirs, Japanese art, Jeff Koons, Louis Vuitton Murakami, Louis XIV, manga art, marie-antoinette, Sun King Louis, Takashi Murakami, Tongari-Kun, Versailles, Xavier Veilhan
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Guest Post: Damien Hirst, The Souls at Paul Stolper
Coralie Aude Grassin visits Damien Hirst’s fleeting exhibition… Mention Damien Hirst during any dinner party and you will get unconditional attention from every guest. This contemporary artist of many skills has a fascinating way of presenting the fragility of life, … Continue reading
Galliano and ELLE graffiti London!
On the eve of London Fashion Week, while the fashion industry were catching some beauty sleep, Team Galliano were dashing around London at the witching hour to cover the city with ‘fashion graffiti’ in celebration of ELLE’s 25th anniversary. Galliano’s … Continue reading
Blue Logan party @ SWAROVSKI CRYSTALLIZED
After a hectic first day of charging up and down Kingsway (my new Urban Outfitters power wedges didn’t let me down) there was no better way to finish up than gazing at Blue Logan’s exquisite fashion illustrations over a glass … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Designers, Exhibitions, Fashion, London, London Fashion Week, Stores
Tagged Alexander McQueen illustration, Andre Saraiva, Andrew Logan, Azzedine Alaïa, Becka Diamond, Blue Logan, fashion illustrator, front row fashion illustration, Grace Jones, Great Marlborough Street London, Karl Lagerfeld illustrations, london fashion week, London Fashion Week party, olivier zahm, pencil paparazzi, quick sketch, Regent Street London, SS11, swarovski crystallized, swarovski elements, Zandra Rhodes
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Street Art in El Carmen, Valencia
Wander off onto the side streets in Valencia’s old town and you’ll find a maze of incredible street art, from anarchist scrawlings to detailed fantasy murals in the most vibrant colours. Barrio El Carmen is know for its bohemian bars … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Spain, Valencia
Tagged artist squat, El Carmen Valencia, End, Escif, Graffilia, graffiti, Julieta, Julieta graffiti artist, Nero, On_ly, public art, Sam3, spray paint, street art, Valencia
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Pop Up Pirate comes to Clerkenwell
Last summer it was Carsten Höller/Prada Foundation’s Double Club and now the people behind The Book Club and Queen of Hoxton, the Mothership Group are bringing a pop-up art installation bar to Clerkenwell for the summer. The Mothership Group have teamed … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Bars, London
Tagged after-work drinks, art installation bar, Carsten Höller, Central Illustration Agency, Clerkenwell, concept bar, Ed Banger Records, Farringdon, film, Justice, Justice D.A.N.C.E, late bar 4am, late licence, Leonard Street, old printing factory, paper, perspex letters, Photography, Pirates art collective, Pop Up Pirates, pop-up bar, Prada Foundation, printing Clerkenwell, Queen of Hoxton, set-design, Shoreditch, silver lithography, So Me, spraypaint, The Book Club Shoreditch, The Mothership Group, typography, WI Club djs
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