Brian Lichtenberg's RIP YSL tee shirt and other goodies

Blood Is the New Black is Mitra Khayyam's fashion-art tee line that features the work of up and coming American artists and designers.

From sunny L.A. Mitra is supporting and aiding the careers of people like 19 years old Milano Chow, Keith Shore or Brian Lichtenberg, designer of the (un) famous RIP YSL tee shirt.

This T almost-sold out in a record time but Mitra is trying to re-edit due to its popular welcome. Keeping fingers crossed.

My World. FLY magazine featuring Prada. The latest not the last.

FLY magazine has just launched its new website FLY16x9, where they'll upload editorial content in the form of moving fashion films, the same format they do with their magazine.

The news is that such high resolution videos will be able to be seen on iPods, iPhones and all kind of video enable PDA's portable music players.
You need to suscribe to have this service but it means you'll be able to enjoy your FLY magazine on the subway ride and not only on your home computer.

I wonder how often they will upload new content or how good this thing will work but so far the site is covered with many interesting videos featuring designers such Ann Demeulemeester, Junya Watanabe, Louis Vuitton or Maison Martin Margiela.

Their latest video is tittled My World, a fashion short film directed by Stephen Blaise featuring all designs by Prada, starring model Masha Yakovenko.

This video was recently exhibited at Foam Museum in Amsterdam.

Ren Rox, photographer

I discovered the work of Ren Rox totally by chance.

I was looking for up and coming photographers to contact for a future project when i stumbled upon her work in two different occasions.

In both cases i didn't even look at the pictures photographer's name, i just teared down the page and saved it with the others. Then I realized my two favourite images were signed by her. And just felt in love with her work.

Ren Rox is a London based Spanish photographer.

You've seen her work published in magazines such as The Face, Neo2, Milk or The Telegraph.
She has worked with Spanish style celebrity Gala González aka Am_Lul for a photo shoot called Suicide Blonde and has photographed the coolest young musicians working in London city...
her work is really something to keep an eye on.

ALL images © Ren Rox

People in Spain by Ramiro E.

Ramiro E. is a Barcelona based photographer who became very popular at the beginning of the decade thanks to his editorials on Neo2 and his wonderful work with La Casita de Wendy, a Madrid based fashion label famous for dressing Björk with one of their designs and for being probably the first ones in doing a DIY campaign in Spain, pasting posters of their catalogue's images all over Malasaña, the Williamsburg of Madrid.

Such campaign was signed by Ramiro E.

Ramiro E. for La Casita de Wendy fall winter 0203

The photographer is now documenting the street style of Spain, Madrid and Barcelona mainly, and uploading the images in a photo blog called I Blog Ramiro E. hosted on YoDona's own website.

And what's YoDona? YoDona is the women's magazine of newspaper El Mundo.
What I like of this blog is the respect that Ramiro pays to his portraiteds, no mean comments here, which is a relief in a street style blog.

Other than that... I saw some of my students here, Claudia & Alberto!! That was sweet to see :)

Quote of the Day._ Stefano Pilati on Fashion

Fashion could be more relevant. It needs to be understood rather than just consumed.

Stefano Pilati

Stefano Pilati photographed by Kai Junemann for the German Art magazine, Monopol
(via A shaded View on Fashion)

Bubbles of Cava as Every Year for Christmas

Remember the Spain's synchronized swimming team fashion controversy at the Olympics this year?

Gemma Mengual, captain of the team, and her girls were banned at the Olympics to wear swimsuits with lighting due to some policy of "no accessories" during the performance.

The Spanish team won the Team Free Routine nevertheless and this Christmas they will star in Freixenet's 2008 Christmas ad.

Freixenet is a cava (Spanish champagne) label that every Christmas chooses "the celebrity of the year" to star in their ads.


Last year Martin Scorsese directed the commercial...



Sharon Stone and Antonio Banderas starred it in 1992...



Ballet dancer Angel Corella and Gwyneth Paltrow in 2006...




And now......... The Spanish Synchronized Swimming team !

Some People Call Me The Space Cowboy, Yeahhh

Last week there was a three days fashion exhibition at the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid.

Why such a short exhibition, I don't know, but those who attended said it was worth a look.

I couldn't attend the event because I knew about it once was over but my friend Maria went and took pictures and explained everything to me...

Jockey Underwear, inventor of the men's brief, was celebrating its 75 anniversary. For this memorable date Spanish fashion designer Carlos Díez Díez was called to design several pieces for them.

The exhibition was divided in three sections:

1_ A retrospective of the more significant pieces of the label, from an original linen shirt from 1790 till the Andy Warhol's brief that appear in the cover of Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers.

2_ The collaboration between Carlos Díez Díez with Jockey for this ocassion. (these are the pictures I'm showing from)

3_ Original underwear from Carlos Díez Díez... that is, underwear used for him. Some of them dated back to 1963.

It's really a shame i found out about the date of this exhibition so late!.

Photos: María Serret

Changing Room Winter 08_ If in Barcelona, don't miss it!

Another season, another Changing Room.
It takes place in Barcelona so I won't be able to attend, actually, i've never been there but i've heard really nice things about this event.

It's basically this; One hotel, Chic&Basic Barcelona. One day, December 13th. And 20 young Spanish designers along different rooms of the hotel selling their collections ...

comentrigo
la white
peseta
montse cañadas
juan vidal
barone baronne
intrepida mu
gemma degara
gonzalo cutrina
dora romero
gentz suarez
iris morata
juan vidal
isaacymanu
capricho de muñeca
just4fun .........

music, discounts and gooooood prices.
get ready for Chirstmas ! :)
Hopefully El Fashionista will attend and will tell us all. (She's from BCN>>>)