Playing with daily raw items like metal, hair, paper, masking tapes, pins etc always excite me. Really don't know why. Maybe it is because it always amazed me that something so original so raw can be recreate and create into so many different forms of creative items.
In my younger days, top notch creative artists like
Thierry Mugler,
Paco Robanne,
Hussein Chalayan have had created that impossible architectural/futuristic designs using metal and other raw materials that stunned the world. In not so long ago
Maison Martin Margiela created the whole wig phenomena that also caused a stir in & out of the fashion industry.
At Southbank Centre hosted Blow's second "
Blow Presnts" show which showcased the work of
Charlie Le Mindu,
Gemma Slack,
Lina Osterman and
Iris Van Herpen.
This is the new version people. Creativity never dies.
Gemma Slack took the inspiration form the 60s concept designers (a William Klein film "Who are you Polly Magoo?") and made garments out of metal and aluminum sheeting.
Lina Osterman creates an impressive debut with her dark aesthetic which was reflected in the net masks and fringe wigs.
Iris Van Herpen took inspiration by radiation in which she believes that one day radiation waves around us will be visible. The waves were translated into leather strings and ribbons glimmering with gold that curved and snaked around the body.
My favorite would be the wig meister
Charlie Le Mindu himself. It seems like there is nothing he can't create using crafting hairpiece in creating lips, birds of paradise, sunglasses and even the eiffel tower! Simply just brilliant!
images by Patrick Lindblom
