Wednesday, February 27, 2008

In Florida...

I came to Panama City, Florida, a couple of days ago to rest a little and gain strength for the rest of the harsh New York winter...
It's not very hot in here but it's nice to know there's nothing to do... i'm going today to see some thrift stores with my hubby and i'll keep you updated on what's going on in terms of fashion here...
Love from Florida.
x

another pic of me....



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Me he venido a Panama City, en Florida, unos dias a descansar y cargar pilas para resisir el crudo invierno NewYorkino...
No hace mucho calor pero se agradece el no tener que hacer nada... esta tarde me voy a mirar algunas tiendas de segunda mano, ya os dire lo que se cuece por aqui en cuanto a moda se refiere...
Desde Florida con amor...

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Stylish People.- Screamin' Jay Hawkins

I'd like to start a series of stylish people through the history of fashion... and not only! because sometimes, many, is people who is "not" in fashion the ones who are more stylish because they couldn't care less of what's in and out... they're beyond.
Ladies & Gentlemen, let's start with the über stylish and creeeeepy Mr Screamin' Jay Hawkins.





Jalacy Hawkins was born in Cleveland, Ohio.

"I came in this world black, naked and ugly. And no matter how much I accumulate here, it's a short journey" (source)

He began his career as a conventional blues singer, there was nothing special on him... till the day he recorded his famous song "I Put A Spell On You".

Intended to be a blues ballad, the song ended up being one of the most "cannibalistic" songs ever made, the mother of what will be known as "shock rock".

The reason why this song ended up being the way it is and not the way it was intended to be was the everyone's surfeit during the recording in 1957: Screamin' Jay and the musicians got drunk and wild, they started to play and sing and this is what they brought... a song ahead of their time.
And what a great man.





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Me gustaría empezar una serie dedicada a gente con rollo, gente con estilo personal, alejado de modas y convenciones sociales... gente más alla de su tiempo.
Señoras y señores, empecemos con el inimitable
Screamin' Jay Hawkins...

Jalacy Hawkins nació en Cleveland, Ohio.

"Llegué a este mundo siendo negro, desnudo y feo. Y a pesar de todo cuanto acumule aquí, la vida no deja de ser mas que un corto viaje" (fuente)

Empezó su carrera no siendo mas que un cantante de blues sin mayores pretensiones... hasta el dia que grabó la famosísima canción "I Put A Spell On You".

Dicho canción fue compuesta como una balada más, y acabó siendo una de las composiciones mas "canívales" de la historia, la madre de lo que llegó a llamarse "shock rock".

Si la canción acabó de esta forma y no de la manera en que se quiso fue por el simple hecho de la borrachero que los músicos agarraron mientras grababan el disco en la productora. Así nació uno de los temas más adelantados a su tiempo, que nos trajo lo mejor de
Jalacy Hawkins.

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Cool Designs. Cool People. Hands Down.

I don't know if it's only me but when I meet people whose work I know and like all becomes very awkward: I don't know what to say and my jaw keeps falling on the floor along the conversation (I'm in awe)... I always think that what I have to say won't be important anyway, thus I stay quite... (Jen and Wendy know this very well!.)

Being that my experience I was very anxious when I "arranged" a meeting with designer Olah Gyarfas and his PR Dragos Olea to see their label Rozalb de Mura.

Dragos contacted me weeks ago when they were in Paris showing at Prêt á Porter in case I was interested in stopping by their booth to see the collection.
I visited their site and got really interesting in their label but unfortunately i wasn't in Paris at the time.... no problem! he said... we're going to NY too!.
There wasn't scape... ^_^

The day we met they were in NY indeed, presenting their collection at The Train New York fashion fair, that is located, by the way, in one of the coolest warehouse buildings in Chelsea. (see below)

thetrain1.jpg picture by 123patricia

While I waited Dragos in the hall (we agreed he'd provided me a badge, don't tell anyone) I tried to calm down looking at the Minnie Mouse (Mice?) that were dressed by the better designers, here a pic to my fave...

Dragos showed up after a little while with the badge and the first thing he did was making me laugh... that ladies and gentlemen, is a very difficult task if we remember the kind of "meeting" this was (I knew and liked their work, see above).

From then on these two hilarious guys made me have the time of my life. They showed me the collection (see below some pieces I tried on yours truly, please forgive the bad lighting), really cool pieces, amazing details.
Then we talked about fashion, we laughed, they told me about Romanian fashion, we laughed, what it means to be "new" in the European market, we laughed, American fashion and so forth.

Days later we met again and I showed them the city, we ate at my fave spot and they showed me pieces of super talented jewelry designer Kuki Constantinescu and Romanian magazine Omagiu, to keep an eye on.

They left already but I hope to see them soon.
Now people, Romania has been add to my endless list of places to be.

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Sunday, February 17, 2008

The Work of Martha Rosler


Body Beautiful or Body Knows No Pain. (series)

This morning I went with Sonia and Pietro to the opening of Wack! Art & The Feminist Revolution at the PS1 Museum in New York, an exhibition that was held for the first time in 2007 at the MOCA in Los Angeles.

The museum was crowded as I haven't seen before and it was a very nice experience to enjoy an opening on a Sunday morning... can you believe there were people who dressed up for the event!. It was awing to see women in high heels and lipstick and hair-does at 1 in the afternoon. :)

The exhibition analyzes the international foundations and legacy of feminist art between the years 1965-80 with the work of 120 artists.

American artist Martha Rosler's work has been probably the one I paid more attention to, a whole room was dedicated to her collages and those included several images from fashion magazines.

Martha's work uses popular images from magazines, newspapers, TV commercials or ads to criticize the hypocrisy that rules the Western world, particularly with regard to the economics of agribusiness, U.S. cultural imperialism, the oppression of women, the war economy and the nuclear arms race. (source)

Her images have the beautiful quality of being visually pretty and politically charged. This makes them really appealing and you can't just take your eyes off them. I spent quite a few time in that room and never got tired.
Even the curators chose one of her images for the cover of the exhibition's catalog. (above)



Bringing the War Home- House Beautiful (series)

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Esta mañana fué la inauguracion de la exposición Wack! Art & The Feminist Revolution en el Museo PS1 en New York, que esta a un tiro de piedra de mi casa y alli me he ido con Sonia y Pietro. Nunca habia estado en una inauguración un domingo por la mañana (las inauguraciones son siempre los jueves y por la noche) con lo que ha sido raro ver a la gente toda arreglada y pintada cuando no eran ni la 1 del mediodía...

La exposición tuvo lugar por primera vez en Los Angeles el año pasado en el Museo MOCA y reune el trabajo de 120 artistas femeninas internacionales con las que analiza las raíces y la importancia del arte feminista durante los años 1965 al 1980.

Uno de los trabajos que más se me ha quedado grabado ha sido el de la americana Martha Rosler cuya obra esta realizada con collages de imagenes seleccionadas de diferentes revistas, anuncios y periodicos.
Martha critica cons sus imágenes el mundo occidental y su hipocresía, especialmente
aquellos problemas relacionados con el negocio de la agricultura, el imperialismo Estadounidense, la opresión de la mujer, la economía de guerra y las armas nucleares. (fuente)

Le ha sido dedicada una habitación entera del mueso a la obra de esta artista, una obra que tiene la cualidad de ser visualmente bonita y politicamnte cargada, lo que la hace atractiva desde el primer momento que uno pone ojos en ella... incuso los comisarios de la exposición eligieron una pieza de Rosler para la portada del catálogo de la muestra.



Bringing the War Home- House Beautiful (series)

Saturday, February 16, 2008

Vincent Gallo

I know I know, but still, I think he's fascinating...
gallo.jpg picture by 123patricia

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Sé todo lo malo que circula por ahí respecto a Vincent Gallo, al fin y al cabo compartimos ciudad y este mundo es un pañuelo... pero aun así, encuentro a este hombre fascinante.

Friday, February 15, 2008

Perfect Instance

The AW 08-09 fashion show of Danish designer Camilla Staerk was the perfect instance of how a "i-don't-know-what-to-do" invitation can turn into a really gratifying experience.

The presentation took place at one of my favourite spots for fashion shows, The Scandinavia House in Manhattan (the reason why i fancy this place is quite haphazard; let's say everything "Scandinavian" is just cool per se) and it was presented by Gen Art that broadcast the work of only one designer, Camilla, for the first time in their history.

The collection impressed me, I must admit. From the beginning to the end. I took notice of the styling for the first time in my life, which is funny when one is a stylist: all the pieces were put together in a very interesting way and there were some details, like the big hat at the end and some fabric combinations, that kept my attention excited. Actually as soon as I could I asked for Camilla's PR in New York to borrow clothing for my next photo shoot...

Although she once said "I am becoming too known for dark and melancholy, and I don't want to be" Camilla is back to her beloved black which I think is a good move: I find her more powerful designing black pieces than colorful. Or that was my impression after seeing her SS 07 collection.

In another note, I'd like to mention the fact that when I tried to find further information about the designer I stumbled upon another website also under the name Camilla Saerk and which look and font and navigation was exactly like the real one... the only difference was the designer, in this case an Epsom School of Art graduate (a place which website I couldn't find) named Roger Craig Searle.

It all got really confusing to me and thanks that I saw the designer with my eyes I knew
she is a woman, otherwise I would definitely think that Camilla was Roger... I can't really talk about this because I don't know anything about it but i just guess they started a collaboration together, it didn't work out and Camilla decided to start her own new line.
It must be upsetting not to have full ownership of your own name, it makes me think of the great Jil Sander when she "lost" her name to Prada.


all images courtesy of dkcnews


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Thursday, February 14, 2008

Press Power to the Drain

I started milkshake chocolate because i was dead tired and frustrated of meeting really good artists and designers whose art was getting lost into anonymity for the fact that they weren't born rich or didn't have the PR gift given to them.

I am very aware and sensitive to the "lack of press support" in young and upcoming designers because after all I live with them.
For this reason I get mad and really upset when someone who has the power of being listened for the press just throw that power to the drain offering really unthoughtful stuff and things that anyone can find anywhere very easily.
Malan Breton's fashion show during fashion week was such a "packed with press" catwalk, "emptied with thought" show. My experience told here.
images by Alex Wright.


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Cuando fundé milkshake chocolate lo hice porque queria ante todo apoyar a todos aquellos jóvenes diseñadores y artistas que por unas razones u otras acababa conociendo y cuyo trabajo era digno de ver y de lo más interesante pero que iba directo al anonimato por falta de apoyo por parte de la prensa ya que o no habian nacido ricos y con los contactos necesarios, o les "fallaba" la parte de las relaciones públicas, que al final en este mundo lo es quasi todo.
El hecho de haber esudiado diseño me ha dado la oportunidad de estar muy cerca de artistas y diseñadores jóvenes que emiezan y que ven cómo falla a parte de apoyo. Al fin y al cabo yo soy una de ellos tambien. Por esta razón me cabreo cuando veo que alguien con poder mediático tira dicho poder por la alcantarilla, ofreciendo cosas que no inspiran nada y que pueds encontrar en cualquier lugar. No ofreciendo nada original.
Esta fue la sensación que tuve cuando atendí el show de Malan Breton durante la pasada semana de la moda... más criticas (en inglés) aquí.
Gracias Alex Wright for las imágenes.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Juergen The Great

Thanks to Claire from Enchant and Dorm that warned me about the opening in Lehmann Maupin gallery in Chelsea, NY, of Juergen Teller's latest work.

The opening took place last Thursday, February 7th and the place was packed, what was no surprise. The surprise was to see Teller himself, and Olivier Zahm, Michael Stipe... it was amazing to see so many indi stars all in the same room. Of course i didn't take any pictures of them... but if I tell you the truth I was longing for it.
Here comes Youtube to the rescue...




The show collects the latest work of Juergen Teller: ads for Marc Jacobs (the Posh picture is there and watching it so big and so close is quite interesting), pictures of Harmony Korine taken by Juergen for Purple magazine and the images he took in Ukraine that he was commissioned for to appeared at the Ukrainian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2007.

The same day of the opening I randomly bought the latest issue of the journal (it had a Teller photo in the cover so i guess i was in a Teller mood already) where the whole story about these images in Ukraine is told. It's funny because the magazine complements the exhibition like a tailored made glove: they should sell it at the gallery or at least having it for people to look at.

Another note I would like to add is my hands down for Lara Stone who models in almost all the pictures of Juergen while in Ukraine. They are images that need an open-minded and understanding person as Lara to get the point of it all and to make a good image out of it. She is a Top, for real.

Photos I took...

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Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Os Acordais de Esto?

Este post esta dedicado a mis paisanos de lengua española que son los que se van a echar una risas viendo este video... os acordais? Fue el video ganador del Festival de Cine Independiente y de Culto (CINEMAD) del 2003.

No tiene nada que ver con moda pero una sonrisita siempre se agradece ... nuestro machito español en todo su apogeo... ** aviso, no para gente sensible y sin sentido del humor!
MI SEñORA de Juan Rivadeneyra




Unfortunately this post will be enjoyed only for Spanish-speaking people... sorry there's not a good translation for this video... It has nothing to do with fashion anyway, it is just a video that won one of the most important Independent Short-Film Festivals in Spain in 2003... and it's hilarious. It represents the "macho español" at its highest levels of testosterone...

Sunday, February 10, 2008

Madonna Did It First

I used to be the biggest Madonna fan. Actually the first "public dance" I did (I was 8 years old when I did a school performance with my friends Etel and Isabel in front of our moms and all the school, choreography by ourselves!... I wish I had a video to show you! you would laugh out loud...) was with her song "Like a Prayer". To put it plain: I wanted to be like her (although my mom kept throwing the stockings that I, with a lot of care, was breaking and making holes to. Being 8 and independent was something my mom couldn't understand.)

Unfortunately the years passed by and Madonna became such a media product that i stopped thinking of her for good.

Then one day (yesterday), I was looking for some images to reference an upcoming editorial when several images of her came up... I have to admit that I was surprised and delighted to be remembered her wearing in the 80's and early 90's "hot" looks of today...

punk-madonna.jpg picture by 123patricia
Madonna and her punk hair cut / Alice Dellal bringing the cut back


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Latex = Madonna did it first

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Madonna fué durante toda mi infancia mi cantante número uno, tanto es así que el primer "espectáculo" que hice en el colegio fue con su canción "Like a Prayer". Yo tenía unos 8 años y prepare la coreografía con mis amigas Etel e Isabel... era una de esas fiestas de colegio, aun me acuerdo, que pena que no tenga un video para enseñarlo porque es digno de ver!.
El caso es que Madonna se fue volviendo más y más comercial hasta volverse insoportable y de la noche a la mañana decidí no prestarle mayor atención.
El otro día estaba viendo unas fotografias de inspiración para otro edito que estoy preparando cuando me encontré estas fotos de Madonna llevando (y estamos habando de los 80 y principios de los 90!) prendas y peinados que son lo más "in" de este momento, el que estamos viviendo ahora mismo... punk y látex.

Saturday, February 09, 2008

I Should Pay More Attention

When I posted about blog. mode: adressing fashion, I didn't pay enough attention to realize I was posting about an exhibition, not an actual blog.... my friend Ainne advised me that it was an amazing show at the MET and to my shame I have to admit I didn't trust her until I went to the MET myself... Et voilá, what an amazing exhibition indeed!.

Blog.mode: addressing fashion is located at the Costume Institute inside the Metropolitan Museum in New York. The pieces were chosen under three categories: Technology, Deconstruction and Draping.
I had the fortune of arriving on time for a guided visit... it's funny I always fought against "guided" anything as I think being "guided" means they will only tell you what they want you to know instead of the whole picture and "behind the scenes". But I'm realizing more and more that you actually need someone to explain you at least what's going on because enjoining an exhibition just reading the little notes the museum posts is not such enjoyment really and you end up thinking, what the hell is going on.... and bored.

So there was this very sweet old lady who took us under her wing and I learned really interesting things, like...

** Have you ever wondered why the costume samples from centuries ago that Museums have are always so tiny?

You might think is because people back then was tiny but that's not the exact reason.... When a person is big, or "normal" weight, his/her clothing can be used and reused and make new dresses for younger generations, it can be passed from one person to the other, from one period to the other (grand moms to moms to daughters), doing the necessary alterations.
But when a person is tiny its clothing won't be able to be used and be altered as there is not fabric enough to do so... For this reason the costumes that serve as perfect examples of its period are very tiny because are the ones that were never altered.

The concept of the exhibition is quite interesting and it is even more for us fashion bloggers: Blog. mode: adressing fashion's curators wanted to open a blog so viewers could comment on what they were looking at. Fashion is probably the only Art that is truly democratic, everyone is able to comment on it because everyone dresses everyday, everyone is in contact with fashion on a daily basis.
When one attends an Art exhibition has the feeling that needs to read or study before being able to comment, no one feels in the mood of talking of a Picasso if it's the first time is been viewed. But with fashion is different and you, me and my mom can have a very curated opinion on a garment.

For that reason the blog was created and 10 computers were located at the center of the show where you can go and sit and comment on the pieces around you.

The show will be on until April 13th, don't miss it, is absolutely wonderful.

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all images taken by me, surprisingly you could take picture if not flash was involved.

Friday, February 08, 2008

Our Love for Mario Sorrenti

When I posted about the Mario Sorrenti's interview in Vogue Homme International it was some kind of a fun post to speak of one of my favourite fashion photographers and one of the hottest, taking advantage that some gossiping was involved: the fact that the pictures were taken by his then-girlfriend Kate Moss.

Two days ago someone named L. posted three beautiful and very insightful comments in a row... somewhat it reminded me some other picture i saw of the Italian photographer with his family taken by Kate Moss again.

The picture [left] was published in the winter 07-08 issue of self service magazine and I guess i was waiting for the right moment to talk about it.

In the picture is Mario with his sister Vanina, his brother Davide, who very sadly passed away in 1997, and a third man that unfortunately I have no idea who is.

I don't know if Sorrenti reads blogs, I hardly believe he does, but if he ever reads this post I hope he forgives me such gossiping here... but it was just too beautiful to skip the share.

" I dated Mario, back in Jr. H.S. 104 in NYC and the sex was sooooo incredible. Looking back the year was 1987 we attended Jr.H.S. 104 in NYC. [...] He used to wear these thick funky glasses but in some sort of weird way they made him look hot. We used to hang out with Shawn Wayans, later when we all went to Humanities H.S. together. We had some great times back then. And as always sex with him was creative... [...] So I guess looking back we were a bunch of sexual teens... It was so much fun........ "

There is also a very interesting feature in the New York Magazine where the same names and places pop up, so it couldn't come handier.

photo by Davide Sorrenti, appeared in i-D

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El post que publiqué sobre la entrevista a Mario Sorrenti que salió en el ultimo número de Vogue Homme International y que le acompañaba una foto que Kate Moss había sacado de él cuando los dos estaban todavía juntos, fue para publicar algo divertido y asi hablar de uno de los fotografos de moda cuyo trabajo más respeto.
Nunca pensé que tal foto despertaria nada en nadie, (a pesar de lo obvio, señoras) pero hace unos dos días una chica publicó nada más y nada menos que tres comentarios, de seguido, sobre cierta vida común que ambos tuvieron en común... los comentarios me trajeron a la memorio otra foto, tomada por Kate Moss tambien, y que aparecio en el ultimo numero de la revista self service.
En la foto aparece Mario con su hermana Vanina, su hermano Davide, que por desgracia murió en 1997, y un tercer hombre que no se quien es...
Dudo mucho que Sorrenti lea blogs, y menos aun este, pero si lo hace espero que me perdone el cotilleo que me traigo entre manos.
El caso es que que no podia evitar el publicar los comentarios porque me traen a la mente el NY de los años 90, un Nueva York que no paro de oir a todo el mundo que fue de los mejores...
En un articulo en la revista New York se habla exactamente de las mismas personas que sale en el comentario de Leslie, y los mismos sitios que ella menciona.
En cualquier caso, muchas gracias a Leslie por compartir semejantes recuerdos...
[La carta esta arriba, el ingles es facilito pero si necesitais traducción no dudeis en pedirmela.]

NYFW aw08.- Patrik Rzepski

Patrik Rzespki backstage. Image by Alex Wright

Fashion Week AW 08 is over... now let's talk about it.

Sorry for the lack of "immediacy" but it takes me some time to digest the shows and being able to talk about them...

The first (and best show) I attended this season was Patrik Rzepski' s in Chelsea.
I'm a big fan of Patrik: in a city like NY where the average designer is as safer as it takes, Patrik push the boundaries and his creations are interesting and "good looking".

The location chosen was some art space/art gallery, very big, very white, in Chelsea New York. The crowd was noisy and very "modern"; almost everyone was wearing black.

I run into some friends and that surprised me because a) i didn't know they were invited, and b) it's always nice not to be alone in a show, having someone with who commenting the going ons of the evening.

Being this my first show of the season (problems with my photo shoot didn't let me go to more shows) I was eyes wide open.

Although the show started 45 minutes late, the waiting was worth it.


Black color abounded, as it's the norm in Patrik, and he mixed it with plaid lumber jack in some beautiful instances.

If there is something I went nuts for in Patrik's creations were his zip-up and very loosy tights (you know i love them!): they look trashy and elegant all at the same time, difficult task and beautiful result.

" Back to nature boys, Vasser girls too
Watch what you say, or think, or do
Continental style strasse girls might
But you know exactly if it's wrong or right "

- Roxy Music

(from the show program)

Thanks Alex Wright from Dripbook for sending me these amazing images, which are way much better than they ones I took!.

Patrik Rzepski

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Ahora que la semana de la moda en Nueva York ha acabado, vamos a hablar de ella... es curioso lo rapido que trabajan algunos bloggers a la hora de comentar desfiles, yo necesito un tiempo de asimilación.
El primer desfile de esta temporada, y el mejor de los que yo pude atender (ya sabeis mi problema con mi edito, me fue imposible hacer otra cosa que no fuera la produccion de dicho editorial), fue el de Patrik Rzepski en Chelsea. Desde que descubrí este diseñador he sido una gran fan de el porque hacer colecciones interesante y chulas es algo de lo que brilla por su ausencia en esta ciudad.
La localización fue en una galeria de Arte en Chelsea, en Nueva York, muy grande, muy blanca. Y toda la gente que assitio el evento, muy "moderna": practicamente todo el mundo vestido de negro.
Me encontre con varios amigos una vez alli, lo cual me sorprendio porque no tenia ni eda de que estaban invitdos y porque oye, siempre se agradece el tener compañia para hablar de lo que esta pasando, y para cotillear.
El show empezó con 45 minutos de retraso, que es norma en fashion week al fin y al cabo, pero merecio la pena la espera.
La coleccion estaba compuesta de prendas negras casi en su totalidad, exceptp algunos cuadrod dispersos aqui y alla.
Sin lugar a duda fueron las medias, grandes y caidas, lo que mas me gustaron (ya sabeis cuanto me gustan las medias que Patrik diseña!), con un toque trashy y elegante al mismo tiempo.
Las fotos son todas de Alex Wright de Dripbook que me dejo usarlas en lugar de las mias que las pobres daban pena...

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Holly Bee!

Speaking with a stylist the other day about upcoming designers, she was telling me how difficult is to "accept" invitations for fashion week when you don't know the designer, when is someone new and therefore nothing has been written yet about him. It's difficult because the schedule is already too tight during fashions week and you don't want to end up in an amateur show feeling that you are wasting your time.
In the other hand, she was saying, we are the ones to support those designers, to "discover" them to the world, and so it's always a bit of a mental straggle to decide whether or not going or not going.
Then i told her about my experience with Ohnetitel whose first fashion show I attended and the same, I wasn't sure whether or not I should go... and how amazed I was, and happy, when I saw the collection, the people and met Diane Pernet by the way! That day I kind of learned the lesson; just go and see.
The same kind of experience she had with Jolibe... Joel Diaz is the head behind such a pure lines, no wonders he assisted Helmut Lang for 5 years. (a designer for who the girls behind Ohnetitel worked as well!).

This is part of his presentation for spring-summer 08




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El otro dia hablaba con otra estilista sobre la dificultad de aceptar invitaciones a desfiles de diseñadores noveles de los que nadie ha hablado aun: el calendario de la fashion week es ya de por si super ajustado y no quieres acabar en algo amateur que te haga perder el poco tiempo que tienes para ir a un sitio u a otro.
Es dificil tambien, ella me decia, a nivel personal porque al fin y al cabo somos nosotros, estilistas y editores de moda, los que tenemos que"descubrir" y apoyar a la gente nueva.
Yo le conté mi experiencia con la primera colección de Ohnetitel a la cual yo tampoco sabia muy bien si ir o no ir hasta que decidí hacerlo... y la sorpresa y alegria que me lleve no fue pequeña cuando vi su coleccion, los absolutamente magnificos diseños, y la gente que fue, incluida Diane Pernet a la que tuve oportunidad de saludar. Desde entonces aprendí la lección: hay que ir y ver, y si no te gusta, te vas y punto.
Entonces ella me dijo que lo que a mi me habia pasado con Ohnetitel a ella le paso con Jolibe...
Joel Diaz es la persona detras de lineas tan puras, se nota que fue asistente de Helmut Lang
durante 5 años (que por cierto, las chicas de Ohnetitel trabajaron para Helmut también!).
Arriba su coleccion para primavera-verano 08.