Showing posts with label african prints. Show all posts
Showing posts with label african prints. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

All The Cool Kids Live In London.




Mary Katrantzou is a Greek-born designer who studied textiles at Rhode Island School of Design (that's RISD to you!) before transferring to London's genius lab Central Saint Martins (that's Wonderland University to you!) to finish out her degree. She knocked some British socks off with her graduation show at the storied London school by sending tromp l'oeil, over sized jewelry painted on jersey dresses out into the fashion universe. People liked it. She's on the up and up. She just did her show at London Fashion Week and Dazed Digital has excellent backstage photos of her unique looks. You take a look:






Saturday, September 06, 2008

Out of Africa...and Into My Closet

The African-inspired prints trend has been bubbling up for a while now. It hasn't taken a full toe hold in the common wardrobe yet, but I'm hoping this will be its season. I'm a fan of any trend that makes me feel like I've traveled. Rachel Roy (not to be confused with "yum-o" 30-minute meal maker Rachel Ray) presented this print, which looks like it was joyously made with a giant, white paint dipped Q-Tip. Get those pants a passport and fly 'em over to me.