The bohemian girl
Now that things are become colder and darker, I’d like to cheer you up with some nice colourful fashion trend. I call it ‘world craft’. A mix of cultures in which craftsmanship plays an important role. Name it bohemian spirit, haute hippie or folky sportswear. Or according to the Spring Summer 2016 archetypes of Lidewij Edelkoort this kind of girl is a typical ‘odalisque’. This was an extraordinary beautiful slave and sometimes even a concubine. She lived in the harem during the Ottoman Empire. Influenced by the discovery of oriental illuminated transcripts and miniature paintings. Known by the artistic movement as orientalism, where she reached the status of an erotic fantasy…
Polka dots
Retro en tegelijk vrouwelijk. Voor stippen heb ik altijd een zwak. Of het nou een stippenregen is of een stipje op de horizon. En.. lucky me, want dit seizoen mogen ze nog bigger & better! De Japanse kunstenares Yayoi Kusama – ook wel de princess of polka dots – omschrijft het rondje als volgt: “… a polka dot has the form of the sun, which is a symbol of the energy of the whole world and our living life, and also the form of the moon, which is calm. Round, soft, colorful, senseless and unknowing. Polka dots become movement… Polka dots are a way to infinity .” Mooi. Die universele…