Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Hyeres is Here





The video by Diane Pernet who is clearly ahead of her game and in Hyères already explains it all in a dramatic nutshell really. In two days times, I'll be travelling down there to get a 'wee' bit of sun (emphasis on the 'wee' seeing as BBC is giving me some very unpromising predictions at the moment...), and to soak up some more relaxed fashion experiences at the Villa Noailles. Oh, and of course, embarrassing myself in front of Riccardo Tisci, who is the president of the jury this year, as I stutter and gush to him about how much I love his collecions from so and so a season...



The roster of exhibitions that have been carefully curated by the Hyères people for us folks to swan around and look at in leisure as we contemplate both the subject at hand and when we can convieniently nip to the beach, are quite impressive. I'm most definitely going to be devoting more blog attention to them this time around as there is quite a mix of people they have selected and given some of the Villa's space to show their work.



The Will-Write-About-Later-In-Greater-Detail Peeps...



Haider Ackermann - Clothes that are continually challenging and lustworthy at the same time. What is it about his stuff that drapes so beautifully...



Haidack_2



Melvin Sokolsky - Representing the golden age of fashion photography in the 1960's and I'm looking forward to seeing the images of this longtim collaborator of Harpers Bazaar. This image is from 1961.



Melsolk



Felipe Oliveira Baptista - This addition to the couture schedule in recent years has given couture some refreshing oomph and I'm always impressed with one facet or another of the collections coming from this one time winner of Hyères.



Felipe



Eric Lebon - A menswear designer who've I've had an eye on since being introduced to his work by Two See's Anthony (Two See is moving to Foubert's Place by the by...all the better to be clustered next to Doors, Concrete, Beyond the Valley, Victim, 59 Broadwick Street...yes oh yes...)



Elebon



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