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Thursday, November 19, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009
Introducing Yohan Serfaty
French designer Yohan Serfaty is a master at manipulating leather to do whatever his imagination needs it to do. His leather coats and jackets are something you truly have to witness in person to understand why I lay such heavy adjectives upon him. From his womenswear and menswear collection you'd be hard pressed to find someone as meticulous as he is with leather.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Introducing Carol Christian Poell
Carol Christian Poell, an Austrian designer who holes up in a studio in
Milan's Naviglio district where he quietly designs an ultra-niche, cult
label that he doesn't always produce and only shows to the public when
he feels like it.
Carol Christian Poell, born in Linz in 1966, lives and works in Milan,
Italy. After having been trained as a men's and a ladies' tailor in
Vienna (Michelbeurn), he studied fashion design at the Domus Academy in
Milan where he also founded the production and distribution company
C.C.P. Srl together with his partner Sergio Simone. After having
presented his first men's collection in 1995, he developed his ladies'
collection from classical elements of traditional menswear three years
later. The distribution network for his articles of clothing and
accessories, which are quite extravagant in terms of production
technology, includes more than 40 dealers all over the world.
collections
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F/W 94-95: non-intended collection
S/S 95- 1st intended collection
F/W 95-96: Protective
S/S 96: Piercing
F/W 96-97: Dermatographism
S/S 97: Laser Collection
F/W 97-98: Aerodynamics
S/S 98: Improper
F/W 98-99: Suffering
S/S 99: Virtual Collection
F/W 99-00: Form-Material-Color
S/S 00: Form-Material-Color
F/W 00-01: Pure-Impure
F/W 00-01: Fe-male
S/S 01: Three Refrigerated Cells
F/W 01-02: Public Freedom
S/S 02: Traditional Escape
F/W 02-03: Protection / Good luck / Attraction
S/S 03: Inner value / At Tamiser
F/W 03-04: Space/Inner Space
S/S 04: Mainstream-Downstream
F/W 04-05: Instant Collection
S/S 05: Dispossessed
F/W 05-06: On Demand
S/S 06: U-Turn
F/W 06-07: B-Sides
S/S 07: Paranoid
F/W 07-08: Disjointed
Monday, November 9, 2009
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Damir Doma Interview
As part of a larger project we’ve been working on with The New Order magazine, oki-ni's Creative Director John Skelton caught up with Damir Doma in New York to talk through the label’s development, projects for the coming season and the launch of a new SILENT collection ...
'The reason we did this interview with Damir is for exactly the same reason that we do everything that we do, because we were extremely interested. For a few seasons now I’ve been blown away by his approach, execution and maturity for such a young designer. I also like the fact that he’s so natural and that he doesn’t roll around with a huge ego.
After spending a little bit of time with him on a few different occasions I realised exactly what the draw was for us. It’s because he’s a real person, down to earth and completely open to anything, but at the same time has such a strong sense of his own direction which is exactly how we try to portray ourselves as a brand. Basically, he’s a dude and he’s going to change the world.'
John Skelton, Creative Director, oki-ni
The full conversation between John and Damir will be featured in the 4th issue of The New Order magazine alongside a showcase of archive pieces from his first collection in 2007 to a preview of our buy for SS10.
excerpt from the interview
John:
Do you see your upcoming women’s line for Damir Doma mainline as an extension of what you’ve already got going on?
Damir:
For me it’s just one big thing, one big collection.
j:
I thought so, I’m glad you see it like that.
d:
There are certain products that we have for women and we don’t have for men and the other way around obviously but it’s really kind of one big thing.
j:
It’s going to be amazing I’m sure.
d:
I’m also going to do the buying of the materials in one go, it’s the only way that it kind of works with my process. I kind of want to control everything and to do it myself so I couldn’t split it up and do the men’s and then the women’s as a parallel, it wouldn’t work for me.
j:
I find that so exciting. I’ve got a real thing about a ‘unisex everything’. I hate boundaries or lines being drawn around anything, everything should just ‘be’.
d:
Me too. Men sometimes have problems with my collection it’s taken about two years to get to the point where everyone kind of gets used to it because in the beginning it was a bit disturbing for some people.
j:
Yeah, I think that is something that will get easier for people once more people start to break things down like that. I know within our store I get really excited when women come and buy product because our look isn’t a men’s look, it’s just ‘a look’, I love a girl in it as much as I love a boy in it and I’m not bothered who’s coming to take the product.
d:
That’s how I see it myself. When I start the season I don’t have a particular man in mind, it’s just a body.
More information on the magazine and stockist details can be found on The New Order website
www.tno-mag.com
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Diet Butcher Slim Skin studded leather sneakers
Diet Butcher Slim Skin Studded sneakers come in 3 color choices and are an update from a previous model. The added detailing is in line with the punk rock philosophy of the Japanese brand.
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