Charlie Le Mindu.

To be honest, I have totally been neglecting all the RTW shows that have been happening in the last few weeks. I don't know if Im just feeling a bit saturated right now,  but I just feel like I don't want to look at it. Plus everything I've seen so far has been mega dull. I mean usually it takes me a few months to digest the season and often it's the collections I originally ignored which end up being my favourites. To be honest Im SUCH a magazine freak, its usually not til I see the collections on glorious glossy paper that I start to fully apreciate them. I don't really know what this means, and I don't think I care either.
Anyway, the only collection I've really looked twice at so far is Charlie Le Mindu. No, not because of THIS (was so strange searching for images from the daily mail website for this post?) because you know theres always SOMETHING at fashion week where like most people who dont follow fashion or whatever are like omg, but really it is nothing for those that KNOW. I mean, remember the last look in Hussain Chalayan's Spring 2007 collection? Yeah seen it before, we already know. Its the same as how in yesterdays metro there was all these pictures from Madrid FW and also Giles Deacon's show, all this fuss about how they'd used (shockingly) models who were SO NOT 20 !! Its sorta so funny. I mean theres a reason why Giles sent Veruschka down the runway LAST - to get a reaction, and thats what he got.
Anyway I am babbling and thats not what this post was supposed to be about. Basically when I get bored of fashion like this, all I need is a little perking up with something fun, and I think thats what we got with Charlie Le Mindu. I just think he's pretty cool ok. And ok so the collection is nothing amaze (sorta like... oh a body! oh another body! oh look! no body just her body!!) its nice to look at. OK???

Fashion Vs Art

Yesterday it so happened I was forced to choose between two of my lifes loves, art and fashion. Yesterday was the one LFW event I had been able to get an invite for. I had also been invited by one of my fine art tutors, Susanne Clausen, to be an extra/performer in a new film project she was making.
In the end I decided to go with the latter. I think Ive pretty much bogged myself down with as much fashion as I can get in the last few weeks so I thought it would be a refreshing change. Im pretty sure I made the right choice. So far filming has been a good experience. Hard work - and Ive got the scrapes and aches to prove it - but rewarding and a good experience. And althought Im not completly sure in my head about the concept of the piece, it is slowly coming together in my head and I can really get into it. Costumes have been made by another of my tutors, Christine Ellison (aka Polly Fibre), and theyre pretty sweet. sort of like long simple tunics in various colours, bright neon aprons, and (my favourite part of the outfit) metallic skull caps with ear flaps. I took a few pictures today, ill try and get some more tomorrow. you get the picture.
Siobhan is also involved in the project.

Check out the Szuper Gallery website for other video projects by Susanne and Pawlo. www.szuper.org