tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16627705813165569802024-02-19T14:17:08.149+00:00thorns have roses | fashion, travel, lifestyleBetty B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08052139189692278782noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662770581316556980.post-7597309567909808952016-08-02T10:17:00.000+01:002016-09-21T10:51:25.292+01:00Design Inspo: The Book EditionIf there’s one thing I’ve learnt from one year at FCP (and a few more as an attempting, but still budding, creative), is that ideas can come from anywhere. In the words of dear old Paul Smith: You Can Find Inspiration in Everything (And If You Can't, Look Again).<br />
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Which is what brings me to this blog post. As a lover of all things paperback, I tend to navigate towards book shops in pretty much any place I visit, and somehow, whenever I end up in one, I seem to hit some kind of time-distortion gate, as I lose touch with how much time has passed. As a bookworm, I enjoy browsing titles and taking sneak peeks at the first few pages of this or that novel or essay that catches my attention; as a visually-driven creative student, I can’t refrain from being drawn towards all kinds of amazing covers: be it watercolour-ed and whimsical, striking and minimalistic, bold and colourful – I just can’t help picking them up and, more often than not, snap a photo. They say “don’t judge a book by its cover”, but how could you not when presented with such amazing artworks?<br />
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B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08052139189692278782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662770581316556980.post-79413690210120184682016-07-07T12:00:00.000+01:002016-09-21T08:29:24.281+01:00FLIP - FCP Degree Show 2016<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gbx2ABx98hI/V-I1lWYMf3I/AAAAAAAACto/6HE4qDHLZ1oQgtwlG0ixyZIgXjY0j7bEACPcB/s1600/FCP_Degree_Show2016_bettysroses-4.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gbx2ABx98hI/V-I1lWYMf3I/AAAAAAAACto/6HE4qDHLZ1oQgtwlG0ixyZIgXjY0j7bEACPcB/s1600/FCP_Degree_Show2016_bettysroses-4.jpg" /></a><br />
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As the deadline for my last uni piece of coursework of the semester approached, I managed to squeeze in some time to visit the degree show. The whole campus was buzzing with excitement as students and visitors alike crawled through the various buildings, the ones I had grown so accustomed to seeing after all these months, and which now looked almost unrecognisable as they were filled and clad and painted with all sorts of different art & design pieces made by the final year students, the graduates.<br />
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Of course, I couldn’t not pay a visit to my own course, the FCP show, and take a sneak peek of what my fellow colleagues had been up to, and what the future would hold for me. I was not disappointed!<br />
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The show was called FLIP, and it featured a large variety of creative talent. Not going to deny it, I was quite impressed with quite a few of the works on display! I cannot count the time I spent there flicking through the glossy pages of their dissertations. Similar feelings to when I first had a look at <a href="http://bettysroses.blogspot.co.at/2015/11/something-to-look-back-on-work-view.html">past year’s works</a> during my first week at NTU washed over me, as I sat both in awe and amazement at the amount of detail and research that had gone into some of those works. I don’t know whether to be more excited or panicked to think that I’ll soon be working on my own dissertation!<br />
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I ended up taking quite a few pictures of different layouts and graphic solutions which I found particularly interesting and/or inspiring, to store away in one of my countless inspiration folders. Here are just a few:<br />
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I also went and took a look at one of our “sister courses”, Fashion Marketing and Branding. They are a smaller course, so all their work could fit in one rather small room. While I know I’ve made the right choice for me in picking the more creative and visually-driven course of the two, I quite liked their subdued but striking setup, which gave way to some rather pleasing light and shadow effects.<br />
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You can look at more of FLIP’s graduate showcase over at their <a href="https://www.instagram.com/flip_ntu/" target="_blank">Instagram page</a>!<br />
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Till next time,<br />
B.Betty B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08052139189692278782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662770581316556980.post-61899844598028111772016-06-07T12:00:00.000+01:002016-06-08T13:51:57.123+01:00First Year FCP<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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It feels crazy to think about, but my first year at FCP has just ended! I can't believe how fast it went by, and the realisation of it makes me both excited for second year and terrified of how quickly I will find myself dishing out ideas for my final year dissertation – yikes! On one hand I feel pretty impatient to make such a big step, especially when most of my friends who are my age have just finished their third year at uni whereas I'm just starting (because of travelling and gap year abroad and yada yada). On the other one, though, I don't know if I'm ready to leave the safe academic setting and make the big leap of faith into official adult world – not the make-believe adult world-limbo that students live in.<br />
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Either way, I thought I would share with you my first year portfolio which includes a selection and summary of what I've been up to this year. I have been uploading most of my work on my <a href="https://issuu.com/bettysroses" target="_blank">Issuu</a> account throughout the year anyway, so if you'd like to see and/or read some of those works more in detail, you're welcome to do it there. In the meantime, here's an overview of what Fashion Communication & Promotion students can do here at Nottingham Trent – a combination of photography, trend research, street style, PowerPoints, InDesign reports, packaging mock-ups, and lots of Big Ideas (or find it at <a href="https://issuu.com/bettysroses/docs/fcp1_portfolio" target="_blank">this link</a>):<br />
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Hope you enjoy that while I sit here drowning in boxes and suitcases as I pack up all my stuff to leave Nottingham and the UK for the summer. I am flying back to Italy this Sunday to go back to my family (whom I haven't seen since Easter break!) and actually have an internship waiting for me at an amazing fashion company near where I live. More on that soon!Betty B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08052139189692278782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662770581316556980.post-67147306403249778582016-05-24T12:00:00.000+01:002016-06-08T12:41:07.934+01:00Top 5 Instagram follows: brandsA while ago I made a post about <a href="http://bettysroses.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/top-5-instagram-follows.html">some of my favourite Instagram accounts</a> to follow. I mentioned how hard it was to pick only 5, which is why I'm back with some more lovely feeds for you! This time I'll be focusing on a few brands accounts which I still find so incredibly pleasing to the eye, I can't but mentally congratulate their social media teams.<br />
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As usual, in no particular order:<br />
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<b>@thefuturekept <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thefuturekept/" target="_blank">(link)</a></b><br />
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</div>The Future Kept are a team of husband and wife who collaborate and work in the fields of interior, graphic and product design, styling, photography, writing, and brand development. Their online shop offers a selection of some amazingly-designed, beautiful objects for the home, which they design and source from independent designers, artists and artisans. I am big on this recent and upcoming trend of buying less and buying better, and their business values are rooted in exactly that belief. They write on their <a href="http://thefuturekept.com/" target="_blank">website</a>: "Our primary goal with The Future Kept is to inspire more people to think carefully about the items they have in their lives, by putting together a collection of best in class products all with a story to tell." They also donate a percentage of all their profits at the end of each year. What's not to love?<br />
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<b>@noatpaper <a href="https://www.instagram.com/noatpaper/" target="_blank">(link)</a></b><br />
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</div>It's no secret that I'm a sucker for stationery, especially when extremely pretty such as the one by Noat Paper. I love their icy pastel colour palette and thin, modern and scandi-minimalist lines. I wish all my cards looked like theirs and I'm always happy to see a new post by them whilst scrolling down my feed. Their <a href="https://noat.co/" target="_blank">website</a> also features some amazing imagery in their "Mood" section, which perfectly encapsulates their philosophy.<br />
"Sharing a quiet sense of style and nostalgia, with simple pleasures that deepen senses."<br />
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<b>@bullettmagazine <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bullettmagazine/" target="_blank">(link)</a></b><br />
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</div>Am I cheating for bringing in a magazine? It is still a brand after all in a way. Either way, Bullett Magazine's Instagram feed is without a doubt one of my favourites. They are a print and interactive "transmedia" company that curates bold, engaging fashion, art, film and music for young, international tastemakers, who isn’t afraid to write articles that spark discussion, with editorials calling out the skinny model debate and how to write about fashion intellectually. Their feed is but a reflection of their eclectic and curious taste. They always manage to find such amazing and inspiring images which span from illustration, to fashion photography, to anything artsy and creative in general. Another thing I love is that they always credit the creator's Instagrams, allowing me to often wander off on a social media rabbit hole of artistic discovery.<br />
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<b>@danielwellington <a href="https://www.instagram.com/danielwellington/" target="_blank">(link)</a></b><br />
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“Minimalistic and unpretentious. A timeless classic”. One of my favourite Instagram feeds, it features minimalistic and often artistic shots of the watch, often in very creative settings which can appeal to a wide range of audience, especially since a lot of the photos are sent in by actual buyers. Some of the pictures are so clever and creative, and others just plan beautiful. Amazing product placement!<br />
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<b>@geo_fleur <a href="https://www.instagram.com/geo_fleur/" target="_blank">(link)</a></b><br />
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Yes, I love cacti and general succulenta, could I be any more boring? What can I do, I've been hooked. I know that once I have my own place I won't be able to keep myself and will want to fill the house with these green beauties. Geo Fleur is one of the few cactus-Instagrams I follow, and they are by far one of my favourites. If you also like adorable aggregations of these mini-potted beauties then I suggest you give them a follow!<br />
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So here they are, my top 5 Instagram brands' feeds. Hope you found some inspiration in these and don't be surprised if I make another one of these soon enough!<br />
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Over and out,<br />
B. xBetty B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08052139189692278782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662770581316556980.post-22927549855900373172016-05-17T12:00:00.000+01:002016-06-14T15:47:14.921+01:00What's with Lancôme's Unstoppable Energy?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Having only recently completed the third part of my fragrance brand launch project at uni, I can honestly say I have been looking at perfume and, in general, beauty brands with a different perspective. I can especially appreciate how difficult it can be to try and keep every single element of a launch campaign <i>on brand</i>, from the name, the logo and the strapline, to the colour palette, the symbols, the fonts, the online presence, and, of course, the various forms of advertisement, including print and video. Which is why I found the recent Lancôme "Energie de vie" commercial quite intriguing.<br />
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It is a pretty striking video whose intention appears quite clear to me: it is bold, it is engaging, it is inspirational and aspirational. The powerful voiceover features strong words and the footage itself is fast-paced, wild, adventurous, set in an urbanised nature and with a Thelma and Louise road trip vibe.<br />
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The first thing that caught my attention was how different the tone of voice of the video was from Lancôme's overall brand identity. Thinking I might have missed some pivotal change in consumer base or brand identity, I searched for other recent campaigns by the French luxury beauty house, but they only confirmed my intuition.<br />
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Lancôme is a high-end perfume and cosmetics brand with over 75 years on its back and known for its refined, French luxury and this is consistently weaved through their products, in-store and online experiences, and ad campaigns. They target mainly women in their 40s whose focus is to keep looking healthy and young.<br />
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And it's not even to do with their "new face". Lily Collins, the face of the <i>Énergie de Vie</i> video ad, is certainly an unusual spokeswoman for the French brand, whose campaigns usually feature Hollywood stars the likes of Kate Winslet (40), Penelope Cruz (42) and Julia Roberts (48), all actresses and women of a quite higher caliber than Collins as well as, naturally, higher age (Collins has just turned 27 in March). However, other previous Lancôme campaigns which featured the young British-American actress clearly conformed to the brand's usual approach to ads:<br />
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Yet this video's aesthetics and tone of voice seem to completely overturn these values. I honestly would never have guessed it was Lancôme hadn't there been a hovering logo on the top left throughout the whole thing! This ad is grungy, gritty, rebellious, it has attitude, it has spirit, it tastes of leather jackets and car tires on sand and urban streets. It has a decisive Millennial appeal, the sort of motivational "no-bullshit" type of narrative that this younger, but somewhat more cynical generation is attracted to like bees to honey. The style of it actually really reminded me of Baz Luhrmann's 1999 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTJ7AzBIJoI" target="_blank">"Sunscreen"</a> video. Both the music and script add to this feel, reaching their climax in a freedom-claiming and strongly feminist statement:<br />
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There's nothing wrong with attempting to rejuvenate one's consumer base and to reach to a wider target audience by tweaking and matching one's brand's values to the aspirations of a new segment. As Françoise Lehmann, Lancôme’s CEO, explained, “The goal is not to rejuvenate the brand, only to target a wider population of women”. However, even the print ads for this same product which I found online seem to be completely clashing against the attitude of this video, maintaining instead Lancôme's traditional clean, fresh and organic feel which appeals to a sense of quality, trust and honesty in their products.<br />
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So my question is: what's your plan, Lancôme? You gotta make up your mind and pull all your strings together if you want your message to come through. As a matter of fact, I found it pretty hard to find a full version of the video, and none completely in English without subtitles: it has 4,000 views on Lancome Österreich (Austria), 2,193 in Lancome Suisse (Switzerland) and not even 1,000 on Lancome France YouTube channel. It looks good, so why hasn't it gone viral yet? Maybe because no one has got a clue what you've been up to with your campaigns.<br />
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Over and out,<br />
B. xBetty B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08052139189692278782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662770581316556980.post-15111676896816730112016-05-13T12:00:00.000+01:002016-05-18T19:23:44.068+01:00Film review: God Help The Girl<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gUxu4b8WQuk/VzufiiNpRzI/AAAAAAAACfs/hUn4kl6Fre0Q4btdTDsHmgfiLFDC2U20QCKgB/s1600/cover-God-help-the-girl.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gUxu4b8WQuk/VzufiiNpRzI/AAAAAAAACfs/hUn4kl6Fre0Q4btdTDsHmgfiLFDC2U20QCKgB/s1600/cover-God-help-the-girl.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<i><b>Eve: "</b>I think you just hate people."</i><br />
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What do you think would come out of a collaboration between Stuart Murdoch – the chief songwriter and lead singer for Belle and Sebastian – and the producers of Wes Anderson's <i>The Royal Tenenbaums</i>?<br />
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<i>God Help the Girl</i> is a coming-of-age story centred around Eve (Emily Browning). Eve is a catastrophe: at the start of the movie, she runs away from a eating disorders recovery clinic and wanders off into a candy-coloured and sun-dappled Glasgow holding nothing but a backpack and a tape, in which her dreams of becoming a recognised pop singer are enclosed. There she meets James (Olly Alexander), a cynical and awkward young guitarist, and Cass (Hannah Murray), a dreamy and kind of posh who wants to write songs. Three seemingly disparate souls, but brought together by their love for pop music and ideas about the role of musicians and the aspirations of today's songwriters. They are an improbable and yet perfectly put-together trio, just like their outfits, selected by costume designer Denise Coombes.<br />
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The dreamy and idyllic Glasgow scenes are marked by an undertone of dark psychological problems addressed to some too lightly, but to me it's sort of refreshing to see a movie with a character whose eating disorder isn't the main protagonist of the story, nor is it her defining characteristic, but something that creeps up at the worst times, unexpected, uninvited, and taking everything with it, but still something she can keep at bay.<br />
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<i>God Help the Girl</i> is, essentially, a 2-hour long Belle and Sebastian music video filled with charming little dialogues and sharp but casual retro-chic outfits. For me, it was a bit of a guilty pleasure: yes, the plot was definitely secondary if not non-existent and the characters have little real development; but the thinness of the story and the characters is what makes the movie pull out wings and fly high, dazzling you with a pinch of fairy dust, with a daintiness only possible thanks to Belle and Sebastian's lyricism and Emily Browning's amazing dream waif performance.<br />
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It is a movie about aspirations and goals, musical or otherwise.<br />
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<i>“If you want to hear your voice floating in the middle of a beautiful tapestry of frequencies, you’re going to need a pop group.”</i><br />
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Needless to say, I was a huge fan of the soundtrack (it does help that I'm rather fond of Belle & Sebastian music), so if you want to take a tiny step into the twee and whimsical world of <i>God Help the Girl, </i>wait no further and let this one hour of delicious arrangements and uplifting choruses:<br />
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<center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/O4o57l7Dhc0" width="560"></iframe></center>Betty B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08052139189692278782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662770581316556980.post-33754901618110372202016-05-06T12:00:00.001+01:002016-05-08T21:32:10.799+01:00The real side of the Met GalaIt's no secret that I am a huge fan of Brandon Stanton, a.k.a. <a href="http://www.humansofnewyork.com/" target="_blank">Humans of New York</a>. I have been following him on Facebook for years and watched him go from snapping the average passerby on the streets of New York, to going around the world to feature real stories of real people from over 20 countries, following causes, meeting refugees, and, basically, changing people's lives as well as the world a little bit at a time.<br />
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Which is why when I found out that, just like last year, HONY was going to be at the Met Gala, I was only waiting to see what he would come up with this time. While the press avidly howls at the celebrities our on the red carpet and paparazzi snapped juicy candids inside, Brandon skips on frivolous details such as what designer they're wearing or who they are currently dating, and he just finds the right questions to make anyone open up about their dreams, fears and aspirations. As per his usual format, his subjects are the focal point of the picture and each photograph is left anonymous and only accompanied by one simple quote that he extracted from their chats, which can last up to 10 minutes. I love how he included such a various range of Met personalities, not only high-profile celebrities the likes of Nicole Kidman and Elon Musk, but also employers and less "famous" faces.<br />
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<i>All photographs via Brandon Stanton.</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"I'm afraid we're moving toward an environmental apocalypse where everyone is going to be<br />living in slums and I'm going to be a 60-year-old woman gasping for breath."</td></tr>
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Lately, after attending a series of lectures about photoshoot ideas and how to turn ingenious concepts into simple but effective low-tech solutions, I have been looking at photographs and editorials under a different light. Even after coming to a decision with my group about our perfume brand photoshoot, I was still on the lookout for creative ideas to keep as a reference for future projects. I have to admit, having never been in a studio on the other side of the camera, I wasn't sure whether I would like being an art director for a while, but it actually turned out to be pretty fun! I'm not sure if this is the path I would want to go on, but it is definitely something I will enjoy exploring more throughout my degree, which is why I've been avidly collecting inspiring images on my <a href="https://uk.pinterest.com/bettysroses/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> (look out for my #art direction boards at the bottom!).<br />
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I came across this particular series by Russian dance photographer Alexander Yakovlev and completely fell in love with them. After admiring them for a while I immediately felt the urge to reproduce them, and, keeping in mind Tim's advice on "photoshoot cheats", noticed right away how the whole idea was based around a very simple concept to recreate: the use of movement and flour.<br />
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I love the smoky, almost ethereal consistency of the flour, and how it seems to elongate the ballerinas' beautiful movements in the air. I believe that the elusive quality of the flours would be suited really well to a fragrance ad, and the way it blurs with the models' bodies links it with the idea of scent and identity and whatever meaning it might carry. Maybe I just have a thing for conceptual visuals, but I found myself wishing I were able to use this trick in our ad.<br />
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Another reason why I felt this was a rather serendipitous discovery is that I recently found out that for our summer activity we will have the chance to work on a live project with a brand! And as we got to pick, I decided to go with this brand called Dance4 and focus on the relationship between fashion and dance. I'm not sure what exactly this project will entail as we haven't been briefed yet, but I just thought it was pretty interesting and I have to admit I am pretty excited to find out more.<br />
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I highly recommend checking out his other work both on his <a href="https://500px.com/alexanderyakovlev" target="_blank">website</a> and his <a href="https://instagram.com/ayakovlevcom/" target="_blank">instagram</a>! I am hoping to write soon something about my other idea for a perfume brand which in the end my group and I didn't go for, but that I really really liked so, even if the module is almost over, I am not quite ready to give up on yet. And I must say this guy's work has really inspired me in terms of visuals and aesthetics for this brand. So stay tuned to see more on that!<br />
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Here are some of the people that participate towards making my feed some of the prettiest I've ever seen (in no particular order).<br />
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</b> <b>@1924us <a href="https://www.instagram.com/1924us/" target="_blank">(link)</a></b><br />
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With a combination of typography, illustration, and amazing scenery these guys have it all. They include a bit of everything that I love, and how could you not fall in love with their amazingly detailed mini-drawings animations? It's safe to say this is one of my all-time inspiration favourites.<br />
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I love me some good fashion illustration and this, to me, is one of the most creative and interesting of the few I follow. Gretchen Roehrs takes "playing with food" to another level! I just love the pop of colours from the pomegranades, banana peels and watermelon slices combined with the simple and smooth lines of her sketches.<br />
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<b>@betty_books <a href="https://www.instagram.com/betty_books/" target="_blank">(link)</a></b><br />
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I love books and I love pretty covers. Betty_books brings the two together offering some of the prettiest shots of niche and exclusive book editions which she finds in various book fairs and events. Plus, her annual competition #readtherainbow is one of the most visually pleasing hashtags I've ever laid my eyes on!<br />
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update: here are some shots from this year's #readtherainbow2016. Doesn't it just look amazing?!<br />
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<b>@feminist_tinder <a href="https://www.instagram.com/feminist_tinder/" target="_blank">(link)</a></b><br />
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Moving away from all the prettiness of great photography and illustration, here is another of my favourite Instagrams. feminist_tinder collects conversations taken on Tinder (both by the woman herself and fans' submissions) which perfectly illustrate some of the pathetic pick-up lines and otherwise manifestations of sexism which some men feel entitled to make while hiding behind a screen. Doesn't sound all that appealing? Don't worry, her pungent and sardonic replies will make you laugh out loud.<br />
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<b>@thefilmcommunity <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thefilmcommunity/" target="_blank">(link)</a></b><br />
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As per their description, thefilmcommunity is a curated feed to celebrate film and film photography. As you know I am a big movie fan so I have an affectionate reason to follow them, but even without that the photography they feature is always so unique and inspiring! I like these "collective" Instagrams as they allow me to discover new hidden gems which I wouldn't otherwise never come across.<br />
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This is it for now, I am sure I will make some more of these soon as it was really hard to narrow my favourites down to only 5. So stay tuned for that!<br />
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Over and out,<br />
B. xBetty B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08052139189692278782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662770581316556980.post-75952184239751629232016-04-01T18:37:00.001+01:002016-04-03T11:31:35.620+01:00Aesthetica, the art & culture magazineIndependent magazines are to me like the grapes are to the fox: I aspire to read them, yet they feel inescapably elusive. They seem to belong to that aspirational hipster lifestyle, consisting of on-fleek latte shots and tinted of a soft, black-and-white Instagram filter. In other words, not me.<br />
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On occasion, however, my hand will reach for one of those polished-looking and gloriously matte magazines, sitting untouched and undisturbed on a shelf (that is, as long as the shelf is within my frustratingly short reach). On this particular occasion I was lazily browsing through the aisles of the WHSmith at East Midlands airport when my eye was caught by a lonely, possibly displaced copy of <i>this</i>:<br />
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For only £4.75, <a href="http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/" target="_blank"><i>Aesthetica</i> magazine</a> has definitely hold up to their reputation as "one of the leading publications for art, design and photography." It served as a good companion for the 2-hour flight from Nottingham back to Italy and worked surprisingly well as a distraction from the very loud, very chatty Spanish girl sitting in front of me.<br />
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<i>Aesthetica</i> is a bi-monthly publication which covers a broad cultural angle focusing on art, design, architecture, fashion, film, music and performance. It includes a recommended list of notable new exhibitions around the world and features some stunning photography. It combines reviews, anecdotes and biographies to offer a full, but beautifully concise and informative overview of the current and up-and-coming artists and innovations.<br />
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Overall I am quite pleased with my purchase, and I wouldn't be surprised if I went and got myself another copy soon. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who has an interest in discovering niche, avant-garde or just exciting new artists, photographers, exhibitions, events. While the Internet makes it possible for anyone to access and discover all of these things, it does feel good to have someone else seek them out, gather them together and lay them out nicely for you.<br />
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Here is a sneak preview of the April/May issue, which is out now:<br />
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Lately I have been feeling a bit withdrawn and somewhat disconnected, almost as if I was trapped in a bubble, the world around me feeling muffled and discoloured. I have found myself having a bit of a hard time gathering the motivation for performing even simple everyday tasks, let alone keeping up with the blog and staying on top of my uni assignments. Okay, so we all have some down time once in a while. It just doesn’t bode well with my perfectionist and occasionally overachieving self, for on top of the ‘regular’ blues I am crushed with a crippling sense of guilt for being lazy and unproductive.<br />
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Of course, the early twenties are a time in anyone’s life that brings about lots of changes and insecurities, especially when you are studying (or working) far away from your family, your friends, and anything familiar to you—in my case, about 1000 miles from home. Not only that, but I have also got the majority of my close friends and loved ones scattered all over Europe, if not the world. You’ll understand why it can feel pretty lonely up here sometimes.<br />
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I’ve especially been having a hard time coming to terms with some of the things that I have found myself struggling with—things that I did not expect I would be struggling with at all before moving here. Things, if you like, that I believed I was a bit of a ‘natural’ at, or that I had somehow convinced myself I was good at. I had to find ways to reassess myself and the way I see myself in some ways, which I believe is something a lot of us go through at this age. Feels a bit like puberty 2.0 with a vengeance, doesn’t it?<br />
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Luckily, I’ve got an amazing boyfriend who listens (even at 1000 miles distance and with one of the crappiest Internet connections I have ever owned—dramatically hilarious one-way conversations made up of mainly “hello? Are you there? Can you hear me?!?! AUGRHHHH” ensue) and tells me when I need to take a deep breath—slow down—take it easy—aaand <i>exhale</i>.<br />
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Here are some ways I have decided I want to begin improving my life in order to make some space in my currently very cluttered, very stressed out mind (and body):<br />
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<span style="font-family: "open sans";">1. GO OUT MORE</span><br />
Even if just to take my laptop out to a café or the uni library to do some work. As somebody who tends to always work alone and in the solitude of my home, I have been feeling a growing need to separate my bedroom from my work space. I believe that doing that will help me keep more focused while working, and fully relax when I’m taking a break—instead of constantly mixing the two, doing research and then getting distracted by a Facebook notification, or constantly sneaking off to the kitchen to grab a snack (isn't that the perfect mean of procrastination?). Also, spring is coming and lately we’ve been lucky enough to have a string of sunny days which I need to take advantage of!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "open sans";">2. FIND NEW RECIPES</span><br />
To the dismay of many, I am a 100% Italian with little to no interest in cooking. Most of what I know comes from the aforementioned amazing boyfriend, with whom I spent most of my gap year (you can read some more about that <a href="http://bettysroses.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/from-beginning.html">here</a>) and who taught me how to find my way around the kitchen and how to, basically, sustain myself. Not that my parents (who are still back in Italy) couldn’t or didn’t cook, it’s just that I never cared enough to observe what and how they cooked. My boyfriend, who, on the other hand, loves food, still bears a grudge against me for once saying that I don’t really enjoy food, I simply “shove it in”. Ouch. While the kitchen still doesn’t feel like my natural habitat, I have been trying to improve my relationship with food by cooking healthy, nutrient-rich meals in order to keep my body going. Which is why I want to start looking for more recipes, especially vegan ones, to expand my currently pretty limited grocery list and selection of meals which I tend to lazily stick to. I might even begin posting some on here if I find any particularly delicious ones (my borderline food-porn <a href="https://uk.pinterest.com/bettysroses/dreaming-food-recipes/" target="_blank">Pinterest board</a> might be a good starting point).<br />
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<span style="font-family: "open sans";">3. EXERCISE MORE</span><br />
One of the first things I did when I got to university was sign up for a gym membership. I was so happy to finally have access to an affordable, nearby gym, as I actually don’t like running outside much—I prefer the treadmill. I began signing up for fitness classes such as yoga and pilates which I had wanted to try for a while, and ended up never actually using the gym space. Then came Christmas, and as the pounds added up, whatever kind of routine I had set up for myself magically dissolved into thin air. I now need to get back into it and slowly, but steadily work my way back to a decent amount of fitness. My iPod is also slowly, but steadily dying on me after one of my cats poured a whole glass of water on it while I was home during Christmas break and I can’t run without my music, so wish me luck with that…<br />
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<span style="font-family: "open sans";">4. DIY BEAUTY</span><br />
A couple of years ago I became slightly obsessed with hair care and natural products. It got to the point where I refused to go to hairdresser because they would be using shampoos with high concentrations of <i>sodium laureth sulphate</i> and conditioners filled with silicones. While I am not as hung up on it anymore, something I really enjoyed was making homemade DIY hair masks—sure, it could get messy, but it was great fun, my hair felt amazing and frankly, it was quite therapeutic for myself, too. I never went further than hair masks, but I’ve got a <a href="https://uk.pinterest.com/bettysroses/dreaming-beauty-diys/" target="_blank">Pinterest board</a> full of DIY face masks, lip scrubs and whatnot that I would love to try out. They are affordable, easy to make and good for you—what more could you want?<br />
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<span style="font-family: "open sans";">5. REACH OUT</span><br />
As I’ve mentioned, a lot of my friends are scattered in different countries and it has obviously become harder and harder to keep in touch. This is worsened by the fact that I am quite forgetful and pretty disorganised when it comes to contacting people and replying to messages. I want to make more time to talk to some of these friends. Throughout my life I’ve had a great deal of people come and go, and I don’t have that kind of best friend from primary school or even nursery that I have such a close bond with. I used to think it didn’t bother me, I loved getting to know so many different people. However, as I grow older I am realising how much close friends matter. The type of close friend that makes you feel comfortable with saying and doing anything, that you can call up with any issue and they’ll be there, that you can be really silly with or really serious with and it won’t matter. Especially because I don’t have such a close relationship with my family, friends like these are something I feel I’m going to really need later on in my life, as a solid, dependable support.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "open sans";">6. WATCH MORE / READ MORE</span><br />
Okay, this may sound silly, but as a self-proclaimed movie junkie whose dream since I was 14 years old has been to be part of this magical, wonderful world that is that of films, I need to start watching more movies again! My boyfriend and I always have lists of films we want to watch together, but then when I’m alone I tend to slack and just watch TV series or YouTube videos. I don’t want to eliminate those from my life, but I definitely feel that I need to up my movie-watching game again (I haven't even seen half of the latest Academy Awards nominees!). A bit like with books, I feel like when I was younger I used to watch so many movies and even find the time to re-watch my favourite ones times and times again—and now I barely manage to keep up with my watching (and reading) lists! I feel really sad thinking about it. So yes, watch more movies—and since we’re at it, read more books, and not only uni book but novels.<br />
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I’ve never made New Year’s resolutions, but I suppose this list isn’t so far-removed from that kind of format. Except it’s March, and they are not so much about 2016 as a stand-alone year but rather more integrated lifestyle changes. I am hoping to turn this blog into something a bit more personal as well, alongside my usual posts about the fashion industry and general creative findings, so consider this a beginning towards that direction.<br />
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What are things you like to do when feeling withdrawn and disconnected from the world?Betty B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08052139189692278782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662770581316556980.post-92098839274580841032016-03-11T12:00:00.000+00:002016-05-18T18:33:26.313+01:00The science behind perfumes<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J1_RbsCGQl4/VzuV9vfIGdI/AAAAAAAACe8/rMaG7PO8Jog_bB2RG8dnzKZd9vyJqnLfACKgB/s1600/IMG_8596.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J1_RbsCGQl4/VzuV9vfIGdI/AAAAAAAACe8/rMaG7PO8Jog_bB2RG8dnzKZd9vyJqnLfACKgB/s1600/IMG_8596.jpg" /></a><br />
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One of the main aspects of Fashion Communication & Promotion is learning about brands and, particularly, how to create and develop brands. For my current uni project we are creating a completely new perfume brand, totally from scratch, all the way from initial concept development and big idea, to creative concept and execution. One of the reasons why we're focusing on fragrance is that it is one of those sectors where branding makes up pretty much all of its costs: the actual bottled perfume, or "juice" as they call it in the industry, makes up maybe 10% of the retail price. It's all about the narrative, the story behind the fragrance, the aspirations it connects to, and the power of the brand itself.<br />
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Whilst our focus lies primarily in the actual branding and connecting to our target consumer, it doesn't hurt to learn more about the actual perfume-making, or art of perfumery, behind it. I've already talked about the <a href="http://bettysroses.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/something-old-something-new-bbc-perfume.html" target="_blank">BBC Perfume documentary</a> which first introduced me to the fragrance industry, but what better way to learn about the skills and techniques than to hear it directly from a well known industry figure, teacher of perfumery classes and author of two books, Karen Gilbert?<br />
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Karen was kind enough to come and host a guest lecture on perfume branding as well as letting us take part in her perfume-making workshop. I never really knew much about perfumes and what goes into making them, so, as the incredibly curious and nosy person I am, I quite enjoyed learning about the science and the history behind those little coloured bottles of liquid pleasure.<br />
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A fragrance:<br />
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<li>is a way of communicating without words;</li>
<li>can make us feel, think or react and we can't explain why;</li>
<li>can trigger memories, memories create emotions, emotions cause reactions.</li>
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It is therefore of vital importance to think about how you want your consumer to <i>feel</i> when creating a fragrance. The story comes first; then comes the product through which that story is delivered; and, finally, comes the actual scent. You can then proceed to put this story or feeling into a bottle by mixing the ingredients, keeping in mind the layers of perfume:<br />
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<li>top notes: the first impression of the fragrance, the "selling point", however they wear off the fastest;</li>
<li>middle notes: the heart or character of the fragrance;</li>
<li>base notes: they give body and longevity to the fragrance, they are the ones that can linger on even after a whole day.</li>
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Finally, we got to put all this theory to the test by creating our own fragrance!<br />
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My team and I decided to create a fragrance for a rugged young male, very active, probably into surfing and snowboarding, quite masculine and confident and who doesn't take himself or his beauty products too seriously: he is young-at-heart and really just wants to have fun.<br />
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We then proceeded to smell and categorise a whole lot of concentrated scents (they were so many I honestly got a headache and had to get out of the room to get some air in the middle of it) and picked a few key notes that would go towards our final product.<br />
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Overall it was an enjoyable experience and it was fun to make pretend and be "experienced perfumers" for a day. It also helped me understand how scents can and should change depending on the narrative one wants to convey and the personality and lifestyle of the target consumer.<br />
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Check out Karen Gilbert's <a href="http://www.karengilbert.co.uk/" target="_blank">website</a> to find out more about her and her workshops!<br />
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Over and out,<br />
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Betty B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08052139189692278782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662770581316556980.post-71728991932376191082016-03-01T12:00:00.001+00:002016-04-04T20:55:11.253+01:00Travel diaries: Copenhagen Fashion Festival {3}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6PNwpdDb4y0/Vv_Z83mzhhI/AAAAAAAACQ0/YAOKeRmc0eYXuVCprJkk1vC82FBg4XITQ/s1600/copenhagen_fw53.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6PNwpdDb4y0/Vv_Z83mzhhI/AAAAAAAACQ0/YAOKeRmc0eYXuVCprJkk1vC82FBg4XITQ/s1600/copenhagen_fw53.jpg" /></a></div><a name='more'></a><br />
George and I stayed in Copenhagen for about four days, from February 3rd to the 6th, which also happened to be the exact time when Copenhagen Fashion Week was happening. While unfortunately I didn't attend any of the official events, I did manage to take a look at some at the free events taking place alongside CFW, called <a href="http://www.copenhagenfashionfestival.com/" target="_blank">Copenhagen Fashion Festival</a>.<br />
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Several stores scattered across town held events and product launches, which meant the streets were crawling with people and the music coming from the shops was exceptionally loud as the sales assistants offered you a glass of champagne to lure you inside. There were also loads of exhibitions and various film screenings happening across those four days. While my main focus was to experience Copenhagen as a city and discover what cultural gems it had to offer, I also couldn't help but check out some of these events (usually dragging a rather downhearted boyfriend along... Sorry, Georg!).<br />
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I even managed to convince my boyfriend to go to FAN OUT, a fashion exhibition curated by the Danish fashion designer and shop owner Sabine Poupinel, held in a small space where there were displayed works by both established and rising designers and artists, all revolving around fashion experimentation with light, sound, movement and image.<br />
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</div>Some of the contributors to the exhibition included: Naemi Gustavsson, Ida Gro, Nicholas Nybro, Bettina Bakdal, Rikke Bitte Bonde, Anne Sofie Madsen, Morten Ussing, Jane Kønig, Carl Blanche, Casper Sejersen & Rikke Wackerhausen.<br />
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As my fragrance module at uni was about to start, I also decided to visit the niche perfumery <a href="https://crime-passionnel.com/" target="_blank">Crime Passionnel</a>, where they were celebrating the release of a new Laurent Mazzone fragrance, Sensual & Decadent. They are a small independent perfumery who offer a narrow range of sophisticated fragrances and a limited assortment from cutting-edge names around the globe, including LM Parfums, Amouage, Atelier Cologne, Nasomatto, Juliette Has a Gun, Miller Harris and Puredistance.<br />
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I got to talk to one of the co-owners who told me a bit about Sensual & Decadent, the latest LM Parfums extrait de parfum and sequel of Sensual Orchid, and some of the other perfumes on display. One particularly caught my attention, Nasomatto, the brand created by avant-garde Italian nose Alessandro Gualtieri. Each fragrance contains about 350-400 ingredients, which Gualtieri keeps secret because according to him, a perfume is like a painting, and you wouldn't ask an artist which paints he has mixed to obtain the colours on the canvas. The caps are all unique pieces of wood selected by individual branches.<br />
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I really loved the place and the atmosphere and how friendly and approachable the owners were. They gave me a few cool blotters and even a scented wristband. They even had some champagne and chocolate on a table near the entrance that customers could help themselves to!<br />
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So, this is all for my trip to Copenhagen. I hope you enjoyed it and thanks for reading along!<br />
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<span style="font-size: small; text-transform: uppercase">Copenhagen Travel Diaries series:<br />
<a href="http://bettysroses.blogspot.co.at/2016/02/travel-diaries-copenhagen-1.html">Part 1: Boat tour and Christiania</a><br />
<a href="http://bettysroses.blogspot.co.at/2016/02/travel-diaries-copenhagen-2.html">Part 2: Rosenborg Castle</a></span>Betty B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08052139189692278782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662770581316556980.post-76004512477153349542016-02-26T12:00:00.001+00:002016-04-04T20:52:10.908+01:00Travel diaries: Copenhagen {2}A highlight of the trip was without a doubt our visit to Rosenborg Slot, a Danish renaissance castle built in the 17th century by Christian IV and the former royal residence (and yes, in case you didn't know, Denmark is still a constitutional monarchy and therefore has a royal family).<br />
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I loved it from the outside already – surrounded by very large gardens, and looking so tall and narrow, like a fairytale castle.<br />
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The inside was just as attractive as the façades, with the ground floors consisting of more simple and austere rooms, covered either in a dark, warm wood or beautiful marble.<br />
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Something I loved was finding out the little oddities and hidden features of the castle, as the former residents seemed to have a knack for tricks and pranks. The first room, for example, may have looked pretty regular at first, but in reality there were hidden cavities under the floor from the corners of the room where music would come from. Apparently, the King loved to impress his visitors by having music play mysteriously through the floor, which he did by waving his hat, a signal that his servants could see through a peep hole in one of the paintings.<br />
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In another room there was an ornate, but seemingly innocent chair. According to the guide, the King would have his guests sit on it, only to then have a mechanism lock their arms to the armrests and then water would wet the seat.<br />
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Finally, on the top floor there was a mirror room, whose floor was a only a mirror from one side and through which the King, when standing in the room directly under, could observe up the skirts of his unaware female guests... he sure knew how to spice up his boring royal life!<br />
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Hope you enjoyed coming along. Until next time!<br />
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<span style="font-size: small; text-transform: uppercase">Copenhagen Travel Diaries series:<br />
<a href="http://bettysroses.blogspot.co.at/2016/02/travel-diaries-copenhagen-1.html">Part 1: Boat tour and Christiania</a><br />
<a href="http://bettysroses.blogspot.it/2016/03/travel-diaries-copenhagen-fashion.html">Part 3: Copenhagen Fashion Festival</a></span>Betty B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08052139189692278782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662770581316556980.post-11160924479069849612016-02-23T12:00:00.000+00:002016-04-04T20:53:16.693+01:00Travel diaries: Copenhagen {1}<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vhGX0YoFXec/Vv_VIVoWCbI/AAAAAAAACQQ/iNy9E_fkBEcBT802Kl9pFVpMOIWplzxfQ/s1600/copenhagen_fw14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vhGX0YoFXec/Vv_VIVoWCbI/AAAAAAAACQQ/iNy9E_fkBEcBT802Kl9pFVpMOIWplzxfQ/s1600/copenhagen_fw14.jpg" /></a><br />
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During my time off uni in February my boyfriend and I took a trip to Denmark, Copenhagen to be exact. Denmark has always had a special place in my heart since I was a kid, when my 8-year-old eyes locked themselves on a picture from my older brother's geography book, a picture of colourful façades sitting along a canal filled with boats and towered by red-and-white flags blowing in the wind. I have since learned that not all of Denmark looks like that (duh), and that that place is a actually a relatively small area in Copenhagen that goes by the name of Nyhavn (New Harbour) – nevertheless, I still have a sort of fascination with the country, and I had been wanting to visit the capital for a very long time.<br />
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We took a very early bus (or very late, depending on the way you look at it), some time around 2AM, from Nottingham to London Luton. After a rather short and uneventful flight we were greeted by an unexpected sunny weather, so we didn't waste time and started exploring right away.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The view from our window.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">View from the top of Christiansborg Palace.</div><br />
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While we were there we decided to take a boat tour of the city's canals and harbours, essentially a one-hour cruise which took us all the way from Gammel Strand and along numerous major sights, including Christiansborg Slot, Christianshavn, the Royal Library, the Opera House, Amalienborg Palace and, of course, the Little Mermaid <span style="font-family: "symbol";">– </span>though we couldn't really see her properly from the boat. Finally, we were dropped off at Nyhavn, the picturesque harbour which I mentioned before.<br />
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We also took a stroll around Christiania, the "hippie freetown" located on one of the islands which is both an anomaly and a centre of controversy. In the 1970s the district was claimed as a free city, free of taxes and run by their own laws, and since then it has remained one of the cultural hotspots for alternatives and outcasts (and the place to go for illicit traffic of drugs). Perhaps it was not the right day or the right season, but I've got to say I was a bit disappointed by it: the place was essentially an abandoned luna park covered in graffiti, with grey warehouses and locked-down huts and a pungent stench of weed and burnt plastic. For that reason we didn't spend much time there, however it was still nice to take a look. I don't have many pictures because taking photos is not actually allowed inside the area, because "buying and selling hash is still illegal" according to a sign at the entrance.<br />
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I will leave it at this for now. Stay tuned to read more about our trip – coming up are our visit to Rosenborg castle and some bits from Copenhagen Fashion Festival!<br />
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<span style="font-size: small; text-transform: uppercase">Copenhagen Travel Diaries series:<br />
<a href="http://bettysroses.blogspot.it/2016/02/travel-diaries-copenhagen-2.html">Part 2: Rosenborg Castle</a><br />
<a href="http://bettysroses.blogspot.it/2016/03/travel-diaries-copenhagen-fashion.html">Part 3: Copenhagen Fashion Festival</a></span>Betty B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08052139189692278782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662770581316556980.post-34679822933714856912016-02-12T12:00:00.001+00:002016-04-03T12:20:37.960+01:00Something old, something new: Guerlain vs. Tommy Hilfiger<i>Perfume</i> is a BBC Four three-part documentary from 2011 which aims to investigate the behind-the-scenes of the multi-billion-dollar business that is the fragrance industry. In the first episode, titled "Something old, something new", British director Ian Denyer takes a look at two major but very different brands and compares their perfume-making process: French house Guerlain and American multinational Tommy Hilfiger of the Estée Lauder company. A juxtaposition of old and new, traditional and modern, classic and preppy.<br />
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Guerlain is among the oldest perfume houses in the world, founded in Paris in 1828. It is considered "French perfumery personified" and relies strongly on sense of family and tradition, reflected in the fact that it was owned and managed strictly by members of the Guerlain family for four generations. Their philosophy in regards to targeting consumers is marketing-light and focuses more on delivering solid, trustworthy and timeless scents in order to create a faithful customer base. They say some of their main clients are mothers who bring their daughters in looking for a safe choice for their first perfume.<br />
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We meet Jean-Paul Guerlain himself, the last of the family perfumers and head of the brand at the time, in his house, where he talks about his family, his inspirations and the way he sees marketing. He believes inspiration for perfumes can always be found in women. "We create perfumes for the women that we are in love with," he says. "Take off her dress, take off her make-up—what's left? The charm of her voice and her perfume."<br />
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His ways of marketing (which he actually denies are marketing, as they do not involve focus groups or panel testing) resonate with the brand's identity, and are very reserved, low-key and old-fashioned, by inviting journalists to his private château and explicitly rejecting modern mass-marketing strategies. We are also introduced to Thierry Wasser, Jean-Paul's chosen successor—for lack of an heir—and the first to become head of the brand outside of the Guerlain family. In a tender moment Wasser describes Jean-Paul Guerlain as a father figure that he missed in his childhood, and he then discusses his relationship to the House and how he is going to deal with the weight of family history, making the brand relevant to the 21st century while still celebrating its roots in the 19th.<br />
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In a quick tour of Guerlain's headquarters, we are shown Jacques Guerlain's original "scent laboratory" still preserved, his books containing original formulas and the actual lab. Guerlain is one of the few perfume brands that hasn't yet given in to using fewer, cheaper ingredients for the sake of profit, and precision in mixing is absolutely essential in the making of their signature classic scents.<br />
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Their flagship perfume, Shalimar, is the one that Wasser plans to "tamper with" in order to create a new, more forward perfume aimed at a younger, more global generation, whilst still maintaining Guerlain's "Frenchness" and artisanal quality. To do so, Wasser decides to involve the marketing department in the making of the perfume for the first time in Guerlain's history: his is a bold, almost pivotal move, as he attempts to adhere to Guerlain's traditional ways while using ingredients that were not available at the time. Seeing him juggle between the house's long history and his desire to bring in his own fresh perspective reminded me of newly-appointed artistic director Raf Simons in the movie <i>Dior and I</i>, which I have written about <a href="http://bettysroses.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/when-historic-codes-meet-modernity-raf.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Unfortunately, that year did not end on a bright note for house Guerlain, as just two months before Christmas—the best-selling time of the year for the perfume industry—Jean-Paul stirred outrage (and was eventually fired) for making racist comments on television, in a decisively <i>à la </i>Galliano move.<br />
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In the meantime, we see the creative team at Tommy Hilfiger working out a new fragrance which is aimed at the millennials of Generation Y—who, apparently, are really into rock'n'roll. Holding a very different approach to perfume making and marketing, it is with TH that we can really see how perfumes have now become much of a fashion accessory, which changes regularly based on season and occasion. For many brands, including fashion biggies the likes of Calvin Klein, these bottled scented liquids represent "the single best way of monetising celebrity and brand," as explained by New York Times scent critic Chandler Burr.<br />
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One of the most evident differences from Guerlain is how marketing-heavy the entire process is from the very start—in fact, the designing of the bottle and packaging comes before the making of the scent (or the "juice," as they say in the industry) itself, which is actually the very last step of the process. Here we get to see the conception and production of LOUD, "liquid rock'n'roll," an attempt to reconnect Gen Y to Tommy Hilfiger by pushing the collaboration between music and fragrance to the boundaries. With the help of Chad Levine, the "Picasso of bottle design," the team tries to come up with a packaging which has to represent a literal translation of elements from the music industry—and, boy, were they literal: an LP-shaped bottle, volume knobs from amps and guitars as cap and a box which recalls a record sleeve as you slide the bottle in and out; even the card used to test-spray the fragrance in the shop is designed to look like a concert ticket. To be frank it looked to me like something aesthetically (and conceptually) more appropriate to the late 90s or early 2000s, which made me wonder whether they had really done their demographics research right—a question that came to my mind again when I watched a 40-something woman tell young people what they liked. Nevertheless, the launch of the fragrance looked promising, after a tight process which involved the creation of countless minuscule variations on the rose and patchouli-based formula.<br />
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As somebody who had pretty much no previous knowledge on the perfume industry, it was actually pretty interesting to get to see two so different approaches to the production and delivery of a fragrance product. I will be writing about the next two episodes of the series soon, so stay tuned to read more about that! In the meantime, you can watch "Something old, something new" on YouTube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=annRzLYrRwM" target="_blank">(click here!)</a>.Betty B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08052139189692278782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662770581316556980.post-90687672430551638942016-02-09T12:00:00.000+00:002016-04-03T11:33:35.713+01:00Burberry turns catwalk rules on their headLast Friday British megabrand Burberry announced that it would abandon the traditional biannual and seasonal approach to catwalk shows, with a move that effectively shook up the whole of the fashion world. "The fashion calendar's been around as long as Burberry's iconic black-tan-and-red check, and it's ripe for a shake up," wrote Andrea Feldsted for Bloomerg Gadfly.<br />
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<i>Burberry Autumn/Winter 2013 Womenswear collection.</i></div>
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From this September onwards, Burberry's collections will be presented only twice a year following a "seasonless, immediate, and personal" approach, designed "with a global audience in mind", as explained by the brand's chief creative officer Christopher Bailey. Both menswear and womenswear collections will be displayed at the same time in a unified, holistic show, a decision that seems to comply with the predicted movements towards a more genderless fashion, also described by Pantone in their <a href="http://bettysroses.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/quartz-serenity-will-paint-your-2016.html" target="_blank">latest Colour of the Year announcement</a>. Moreover, and perhaps the most radical change of all, the collections will be available for purchase instantly, both online and in store, completely disrupting the conventional model which expects the consumers to wait four to six months before being able to buy. The proposition is to set up their stores to reflect the show by the time the event is over.<br />
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Burberry isn't the only luxury brand that is starting to privilege a "see now, buy now" strategy: Tom Ford will present his Autumn/Winter 2016 collection in September instead of February, and several other brands have resorted to live-streaming the catwalks on social media or even showing the collection on Instagram before the actual show. All of this ties in with an attempt to reboot catwalk sales and close the gap between fashion shows and retail. Bailey has appropriately called it "the latest step in a creative process that will continue to evolve." The production, presentation and selling model centred around catwalk shows is now seen as outdated and designed for a "pre Internet" era, where fashion shows were industry events exclusive for the press. However, with the rise of social media, brands have begun to feel the need to realign catwalk and retail cycles, in order to make their collections more relevant to the consumers, more "immediately shoppable".<br />
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<i>Burberry Spring/Summer 2015 Womenswear collection.</i></div>
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For Burberry, this move created the need for a huge shift in their supply chain process, which Bailey explained has now become "more agile and flexible" in regards to ordering fabrics, predicting demand and manufacturing in advance. "It's fashion rebooting to be in touch with reality," said Sarah Mower, Vogue's chief critic and the British Fashion Council's ambassador for emerging talent.<br />
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Whether or not this major move will be successful and will see follow-through by other big brands is yet to be seen. But what is certain is that this is probably a much-needed shift to the existing system, and it will hopefully spark new innovative ideas from other CEO's, as Dutch trend forecaster Li Edelkoort stated just a year ago that "fashion is dead", and that the fashion industry system as it stands now has lost touch with reality and with what people want. This may just be the first big step towards the "resurrection" of fashion.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">sources:<br />
<a href="http://www.businessoffashion.com/" target="_blank">http://www.businessoffashion.com/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/" target="_blank">http://www.theguardian.com/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/" target="_blank">http://www.bloomberg.com/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.independent.co.uk/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.dezeen.com/" target="_blank">http://www.dezeen.com/</a><br />
</span>Betty B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08052139189692278782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662770581316556980.post-39966892038301791842016-02-05T12:00:00.000+00:002016-04-03T12:27:54.041+01:00''Design in a Nutshell'': a quick overview of the history of design<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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"Design in a Nutshell" is a mini web-series by the <a href="http://www.open.ac.uk/" target="_blank">Open University</a>, who make a lot of cool short educational videos on a variety of topics (I suggest you take a look on their <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/OUlearn/" target="_blank">YouTube channel</a>). The series is centred around six major art movements that have marked the history of design, summarised in a visually engaging way in six short videos.<br />
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While I believe the animations were beautifully done, I must admit that I was a little disappointed by the content - or rather, the inadequacy of it. I didn't think the narrator did justice to the significance and extensive impact that these movements had on arts as well as on society as a whole. Even when their intention was clearly to only give a short introduction on the topics, which would hopefully lead to further personal research, I felt like they didn't manage to pinpoint quite the right or most essential points, some of the comments felt hazy and some of the facts were just imprecise. Nevertheless, for somebody who has zero to little knowledge of art history, these little videos can probably be a quick, fun way to learn a little more about it without having to tackle huge Encyclopaedia wall texts (and I cannot deny, it wasn't a bad quick revision for myself).<br />
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The first of the movements they explore is the Gothic revival of 18th and 19th century England. This grew popular out of a desire to revive medieval Gothic style and its close connection to the divine, and as a reaction against the domineering Neoclassicism and the progressive "mechanisation" that followed the Industrial Revolution. Tall spires, lancet windows and intricate decorative patterns were a way to try and recreate the majestic, grandiose and awe-inspiring power of God, as the buildings reached into the sky.<br />
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The arts and crafts movements, while driven by a sentiment completely different than the Gothic one, was also essentially a way for artists and craftsmen to come to grips with the implications of the Industrial Revolution and with its negative impact on craftsmanship and skill. In an age of increasing mechanisation and mass-production techniques, people started to feel alienated from the value of an object made individually with skill and care by a professional, as opposed to a machine. Companies such as Morris & Co. were born with a mission to deliver high-quality hand-crafted products. If on one hand, the video suggests that this idea of originality and wanting to know where and how our products are made is still alive today, on the other I would like to question it, as the popularity of DIY bloggers on Pinterest isn't exactly the same as a genuine concern for where the things we bring into our homes are made, by who and under what conditions - and this goes for everything, from our food to that new IKEA table to our clothes.<br />
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Bauhaus was an art school in Germany which mostly operated during the years between the two World Wars. The fundamental idea was to bring together arts and crafts, which is why they taught all kinds of art disciplines which had traditionally been separate (fine art and design, architecture, typography, industrial design), all the while embracing the new technological advancements. While the school itself was rather short lived, its influence on modern art and design is universally recognised as huge, and some believe it was the catalyst of a revolution of minimalism, geometric purity and simplicity, rid of unnecessary ornaments. Bauhaus marked a time in the world of art and design of innovation, vitality, ideas and exploration, where art could be used as a way to find sense and order in a rapidly evolving world.<br />
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Modernism was a movement of the 20th century that embraced not only most of Europe, but also most of the arts, and it was mainly brought about by a collective sense of bitter disillusionment with history after the horrors of World War I. It wasn't only artistic: it was cultural, social, political and philosophical. There seemed to be a general dissatisfaction with the current ways of society in all of its aspects, from the arts and literature to religion to the political system, and a need to find new ways to look at this new, industrialised world. Designers from all sectors sought to make use of the most innovative technologies, artists were brimming with ideas, and they all wanted to celebrate mankind's intelligence and creativity.<br />
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When the Great Depression hit the Western world at the end of the 1920s and almost completely erased consumer demand, manufacturers had to come up with new ways to make people buy their products. One of these ways was to start making things look sleek and attractive: even mundane, everyday household objects were being turned into mini works of art, displays of fine craftsmanship, progressive designs. New materials such as vinyl, chrome, aluminium and plywood were used, futuristic shapes (sometimes admittedly impractical) adopted, everything had to scream "style"! This was arguably the beginning of mass-consumption society and the breakthrough of marketing, as the narrative created around a product slowly became more important than the product itself: brands sold desirable lifestyles, created taste and ambitions for an entire society. To me, this one perhaps resonated the most as it strongly relates to the fashion industry as a whole.<br />
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As the name suggests, Postmodernism was an almost direct reaction to Modernism (see above). It wasn't just a design movement, but a mindset, a way of thought, which touched on political and philosophical themes. Postmodernists followed a modernist approach, but identified the failures within that movement and actively reacted against them. They believed in relativism and radical pluralism: there was no universal truth to be found, but rather many different ways of knowing and many different perspectives to interpret the world. They wanted to push society to question things, they sought anarchy of thought and they constantly challenged their audience.<br />
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Betty B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08052139189692278782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662770581316556980.post-10724276159521760742016-02-02T12:00:00.000+00:002016-04-03T11:34:04.844+01:00Viviane Sassen x Bottega Veneta<div style="text-align: center;">
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<a name='more'></a>Bottega Veneta’s latest instalment of their <i>Art of Collaboration</i>, the ongoing creative partnerships between Creative Director Tomas Maier and world-renowned artists, is a showcase of their Spring/Summer 2016 collection photographed by artist and photographer Viviane Sassen. This Dutch creative has been widely published in both the fashion and fine arts world.</div>
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Her work is strongly influenced by her childhood spent in Kenya, where she came to know the colours, shapes, scents and people of Africa. The beautiful thing is that she portrays African people, some of her favourite subjects, in a different way. “This is not the upbeat optimism of smiling Unicef children, nor the misery fetishism of photojournalism, nor the chic jungle porn of Peter Beard” writes Tim Murphy on the New York Times Style Magazine. Her images do not reflect the stereotypical views and preconceptions that we, as Western viewers, probably have when looking at pictures of African people. Viviane’s view is more abstract, it aims to embrace the whole of humankind, rather than the individual subject. Which is why her models’ faces are usually obscured, hidden in the shadows, their bodies intertwined and entangled in elegant abstractions of the human body: physical contact, as opposed to eye contact, and the way bodies can bend to create new shapes are what fascinate her the most.<br />
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You can find some more of her work on my <a href="https://uk.pinterest.com/bettysroses/photographer-viviane-sassen/" target="_blank">Pinterest board</a>.<br />
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“I’m very much aware of the whole debate of my depicting black people in Africa as a white European woman,” she says. “And of me being in control because I’m carrying the camera. But I’m not really interested in that debate, because for me the work comes from a very personal private place. When I’m in Africa, I feel like I’m coming home, yet I also feel like I’m not one of them.”<br />
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Her signature graceful, fluid and seemingly casual lines and shapes are also important in her fashion photography. In her collaboration with Bottega Veneta, her predilection for clean lines, geometrical figures and sharp contrasts is underpinned by the background, the Jardin d’Émail, the monumental sculpture by Jean Dubuffet located in the gardens of the Kröller-Müller Museum in the Netherlands. For this photoshoot, Viviane focused on the pop of colours and the texture of the garments to create a visually compelling contrast, by shaping the models into performing sculptures.<br />
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She says about working as a fashion photographer: “I think it's interesting that fashion can, on the one hand be very superficial, indulgent, navel-gazing and vain. But on the other hand, it can be freeing for an artist to take the space that fashion is used to and be just as decadent: there are very creative people who make some special stuff.” However, as an artist whose background is so strongly connected to Africa and its people, she has to face the industry’s reluctance to include black models in their campaigns: “I often try to get dark skinned girls in fashion campaigns. But that's difficult. A lot of brands hide behind the argument that it wouldn't work for Asian markets. Maybe it's true, I wouldn't know for sure, but then I think: you can also decide as a brand to make that step and make it work. I keep trying, but usually they won't let me.”<br />
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“Viviane’s work is both beautiful and enigmatic. You can’t help but be drawn to her images, her atmospheres and the distinct sense of mystery she creates. I admire her bold experimentation and how she breaks the rules yet never loses her balance.”<br />
<cite>Tomas Maier</cite></blockquote>
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Here you can watch the promo video for the campaign:<br />
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">sources:<br />
<a href="http://www.bottegaveneta.com/special/spring-summer-2016-viviane-sassen">Bottega Veneta</a><br />
<a href="http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/08/about-face/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0">The New York Times Style Magazine</a><br />
<a href="https://www.gupmagazine.com/articles/language-of-forms-an-interview-with-viviane-sassen">GUP Magazine</a></span>Betty B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08052139189692278782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662770581316556980.post-91823099835956321542016-01-26T12:00:00.000+00:002016-04-03T11:34:42.057+01:00Vienna: KARE Design<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQxzbhJuMECSwCSscLXVFQ_HtTRNKLCsSCVb3PtD2dlzL7RSOzTjvXVve4sSEUs8Z9vJrGB1rp506Tbaj3T4tE3xQpgzKlWBz-jebNwaEZCyTfwVp7WriROyDrmcwm5oDahBUeb1CESZOu/s1600/KAREDESIGN_MOOD_LIS_page38_Rodeo_Dresser_Clean+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQxzbhJuMECSwCSscLXVFQ_HtTRNKLCsSCVb3PtD2dlzL7RSOzTjvXVve4sSEUs8Z9vJrGB1rp506Tbaj3T4tE3xQpgzKlWBz-jebNwaEZCyTfwVp7WriROyDrmcwm5oDahBUeb1CESZOu/s1600/KAREDESIGN_MOOD_LIS_page38_Rodeo_Dresser_Clean+copy.jpg" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo via <a href="https://www.kare-design.com/" target="_blank">KARE Design</a></span></div>
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<a name='more'></a>While I was in Vienna over the holidays, my boyfriend and I visited the <a href="https://www.kare-design.com/" target="_blank">KARE Design</a> store in Mariahilferstraße. With its unique and often crazy designs, this unconventional German furniture brand has expanded internationally in over 40 countries (unfortunately not yet in the UK, it would seem). It's always fun to go in and snoop around and maybe find inspiration for some funky home decor.<br />
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<i>The KARE brand symbolises furnishing ideas which are unique, non-conformist and authentic – never boring and always full of imagination and inspiration. Ever since 1981 the company has been surprising its fans and retail partners worldwide with an incomparable and inexhaustible variety of new furniture, lighting and furnishing accessories, all expressing an intense passion for design. They include fascinating discoveries from obscure artisan workshops and slightly crazy but unique pieces of furniture creating a ‘wow’ effect, not to mention lovingly crafted solid wood furniture that will be cherished for a lifetime.<br />
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KARE succeeds like no other brand in tracking down style icons, developing trends and innovations in furniture design, and then using them to fulfil the dreams of furnishing enthusiasts. Open to spontaneity and with the courage to innovate, our trend scouts and creative spirits fashion surprising, affordable and desirable lifestyle collections. For unconventional and romantic spirits, for the wild and the style-conscious, for birds of paradise and all those who cast off all constraints when it comes to furnishing their own home.</i></div>
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Read more about it on their <a href="https://www.kare-design.com/about-us/" target="_blank">website</a>!<br />
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Here's some photos I took while exploring the huge space, which expands over three floors:<br />
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Can you spot us?<br />
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My boyfriend bonding with the turtle... (also known as "The Duck and the Turtle").<br />
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<a name='more'></a>Over the holidays in December, I have spent a week or two in Vienna, where my boyfriend currently lives and studies. Even if I lived there for almost a year, there is still always something to discover. We visited the MAK museum to see <a href="http://bettysroses.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/stefan-sagmeister-happy-show.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Stefan Sagmeister's exhibition "The Happy Show"</span></a>, went to the <a href="http://bettysroses.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/vienna-kare-design.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cccccc;">KARE Design shop</span></a>, and didn't miss the chance to explore the traditional Christmas markets that pop up all over the city and are a great attraction point for tourists. Here are some photos I took on a day out:<br />
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Knitted shoes display.<br />
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We visited this cute little Christmas market that had lots of cool handmade gifts, including this lovely display of denim-inspired jewellery and accessories! The lady selling them was kind enough to let me take a picture and she gave me her business card. You can find more about her and her products on her Jeans Upcycling website, <a href="http://as4me.at/" target="_blank">As4Me</a>!<br />
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And finally, some mulled wine (or Glühwein) to end the day!Betty B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08052139189692278782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662770581316556980.post-57307482907069566662016-01-19T11:00:00.001+00:002016-04-03T12:15:22.272+01:00Stefan Sagmeister: The Happy Show<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<a name='more'></a><i>In <b>The Happy Show</b>, Stefan Sagmeister, the “grand master of graphic design,” explores and transcends the boundaries between art and design.</i><br />
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The exhibition documents his ten years of ongoing investigation into happiness with the aid of videos, prints, infographics, sculptures, and interactive installations. It takes visitors on a journey through the designer’s way of thinking and his attempts to increase his own happiness by training his mind as others train their bodies.<br />
The Happy Show, which stretches across corridors, staircases, and even includes the museum’s “spaces in between,” is Sagmeister’s second exhibition at the MAK since 2002. In handwritten commentaries on the museum’s walls, bannisters, and bathrooms, Sagmeister elucidates his thoughts and motives for the projects on show. He supplements these personal notes with facts from social science by the psychologists Daniel Gilbert, Steven Pinker, and Jonathan Haidt, the anthropologist Donald Symons, and important historians, to contextualize his experiments with mind and typography.<br />
This inspiring presentation shows the designer’s experiences during a three-month experiment with meditation, cognitive therapy, and mood-altering medication.</i><br />
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[Excerpt taken from the <a href="http://www.mak.at/jart/prj3/mak/main.jart?content-id=1343388632770&rel=en&article_id=1419779770306&event_id=1421423929000&reserve-mode=active">MAK's website</a>]<br />
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<img alt="stefan_sagmeister_3" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1300" height="750" src="https://bettysroses.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/stefan_sagmeister_3.png" width="1000" /><img alt="IMG_7665 copy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1297" height="750" src="https://bettysroses.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_7665-copy.jpg" width="1000" /><img alt="IMG_7668 copy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1304" height="750" src="https://bettysroses.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_7668-copy.jpg" width="1000" />"Everything I do always comes back to me."<br />
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<img alt="IMG_7670 copy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1306" height="750" src="https://bettysroses.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_7670-copy.jpg" width="1000" />Still from the first 12 minutes from HAPPY FILM, "an investigation, planned as a long movie, on whether I can really train my mind the same way I train my body."<br />
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<img alt="IMG_7671 copy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1305" height="661" src="https://bettysroses.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_7671-copy.jpg" width="1048" />"Step up to it." Text sculpture made out of sugar cubes.<br />
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<img alt="IMG_7672 copy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1316" height="750" src="https://bettysroses.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_7672-copy.jpg" width="1000" /><img alt="IMG_7673 copy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1319" height="750" src="https://bettysroses.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_7673-copy.jpg" width="1000" />"Starting a charity is surprisingly easy." / "Drugs are fun in the beginning but become a drag later on."<br />
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<img alt="IMG_7689 copy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1328" height="1092" src="https://bettysroses.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_7689-copy.jpg" width="1000" />"If I don't ask I won't get it."<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: right;">Martino Gamper x Prada | Photo by Agostino Osio via <a href="http://www.dazeddigital.com/" target="_blank">Dazed</a> .</td></tr>
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Here's the continuation to <a href="http://bettysroses.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/christmas-in-milan-part-3-window.html">my last post</a> where I shared with you some of my favourite window displays and visual merchandising that I saw while in Milan!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Papier mâché Nativity scene, ancient artisanal tradition of Souther Italy, accompanied the display of bags and shoes in a Dolce & Gabbana window. I found it really cool and interesting!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Prada flagship store in Milan's Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, the very first original Prada store from 1913... which apparently does NOT stay open on January 1st!</td></tr>
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So here it is! I think this might be my last Milan post. Hope you guys enjoyed them, even if they were quite different from my usual blogs. I'll leave you the link to my previous Milan posts:</div>
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<a href="http://bettysroses.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/christmas-in-milan-part-1-city.html">Milan part 1: The city</a></div>
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<a href="http://bettysroses.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/christmas-in-milan-part-2-la-rinascente.html">Milan part 2: La Rinascente </a></div>
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<a href="http://bettysroses.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/christmas-in-milan-part-3-window.html">Milan part 3: Window Displays</a></div>
Betty B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08052139189692278782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662770581316556980.post-48008370315318259602016-01-12T11:00:00.000+00:002016-04-03T11:35:48.599+01:00Travel Diaries: Window shopping in Milan {3}<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: right;">Corso Vittorio Emanuele II | Photo via <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" target="_blank">Wikimedia</a> .</td></tr>
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As I mentioned in my last Milan post, the city was a goldmine of beautiful, artistic and crafty shop window displays - of course, most were winter or anyway holiday-themed. Because part of my current uni project involves the analysis of two shop windows which feature my selected trend (fur), I took the chance to take loads of pictures of any piece of visual merchandising that caught my eye, whether because really well-done, or just plain odd or unusual. Can't say that my boyfriend was particularly happy about me zigzag-ing from one side of the street to the other to take photos! Nevertheless, here's a first bunch of them:<br />
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<img alt="IMG_7688 copy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1480" height="750" src="https://bettysroses.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_7688-copy1.jpg" width="1000" />Hard to capture on photo, but this Tezenis store had floating light balls which slowly moved up and down - which was similar to one of my early ideas for one of the sections in my project.</div>
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<img alt="Christmas in Milan, part 3: Window Displays @Thorns Have Roses" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1483" height="750" src="https://bettysroses.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_7694-copy.jpg" width="1000" /><img alt="IMG_7695 copy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1471" height="750" src="https://bettysroses.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_7695-copy.jpg" width="1000" /><img alt="IMG_7696 copy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1476" height="750" src="https://bettysroses.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_7696-copy.jpg" width="1000" />White fur was used in more than one window to recreate the look of snow and play on a "winter wonderland" theme.</div>
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Betty B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08052139189692278782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662770581316556980.post-64008805586145696042016-01-08T19:38:00.000+00:002016-04-03T11:36:01.854+01:00Travel Diaries: Milan (La Rinascente) {2}<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: right;">La Rinascente | Photo via <a href="https://thespotshunter.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">The Spots Hunter</a> .</td></tr>
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While in Milan we had a look inside La Rinascente, a famous Italian retailer operating upscale department stores for clothing, household and beauty products, which was founded in Milan in 1917. It's always great fun to go inside and snoop around all the luxury stores, and then once you reach the top you are rewarded by an amazing food floor where you can find all kinds of fancy food - unfortunately it is all very pricy... (including some branded water bottles which will set you back quite a bit!).<br />
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