Umami Like Felt Bag

I've got this fun Umami Midori book from my sister for Christmas, and this is the first portfolio bag inspired by one of the bags from this book. It's big, it's skinny, fully lined with yellow blend cotton, with a nice large side pocket, and an old belt handle. Not too shabby for felt I must say.

Not Your Grocery Brown Bag

This year's holiday gift bags may not be in the spirit of the obligatory red and green, but they are ideal for odd shaped gifts, or if you just need to hide what's inside. I made these using brown bag paper, thread, twine for closure, and leftover construction paper and eyelets for tags. They stand propped up and have that sculptural 3d feel to them, can be reused, and they always stand out in the crowd.
I might use the same concept for packaging of my own clothing.

C Neeon

C Neeon is two very talented young ladies from Berlin who know their color and cut, how to throw an awesome show outdoors, and just the perfect way of taking photos of their clothes. These here are the pictures from their AW 04/05 'daydreamnation' collection. Their latest 'love you delicious' SS/08 was an outdoor show, and you can view the entire collection on their site. Enjoy!

Diana Brinks

The label, Diana Brinks, the city, Copenhagen, and the form, pure and simply beautiful. I love it, so should you, because clothes like these are not much affected by time, let alone trend and fashion. These images are from the SS/08 collection, but I think I like the pieces from her FW/07 even more.

USE unused

I first came across this promising Hungarian label via Temporary Showroom, and fell in love hopelessly. In a true constructionist fashion the figure is sometimes a bit complex, but always flawless and flattering, never overpowering, simply good design. USE unused comes from Budapest.

Mel En Stel

Mel En Stel:



My own half visible belt, reversible day and evening dress:



Ilse Eriksson, the lady behind Mel En Stel, knows her cuts, very charming, sometimes courageous, yet it all seems so comfortable and wearable. Even the first two dresses, with a little something discrete underneath would be doable. I love the half visible belt, it reminds me of the Origami dress, from my first collection, one side is 'work' and gray, another 'evening' purple satin. I think I will revisit the reversible, half way belt idea, yet another obsession of mine.

Peel and Gray

Sometimes subtle is just the right thing, like these two dresses from my latest collection, Peel and Gray. They can be worn as short dresses or tunics layered over skinny jeans or tights. Yes, I said tights, I think paired with a brave pair of boots tights are quite proper.

The Wind

Issey Miyake's latest, The Wind, was released in October of this year, in Paris. The greatest thing, a complete video of the runway show is available now on line. And I think even if you are not Miyake's fan, you would still find his clothes, the music, the wind... all, quite intriguing.

My Own

These two pieces are from my latest collection. I was very interested in leaving a garment almost square/rectangular in shape, since that is the raw shape fabric comes in, so not much is discarded. And also, I wanted to see how far I can go with folding instead of cutting, and I'm pretty happy with the start.
First one, 'Dada,' could be worn back to front and inside out, since there is no real front, back, or the face.
The second one 'Pagoda,' has a collar on one side of the neck line only, that can be worn either up or down, according to mood, and also back to front as well.
I'm constantly trying to take the idea of versatility further, so less pieces are needed in your wardrobe, but yet nothing is missing. This also means less mindless mass buying, and more of a few well designed useful, well made pieces.

Tom Scott

I love Tom Scott's approach to design, and I don't know if it comes from his past work as an accessories designer, but he does not treat the material the same way other designers do. There aren't any rules in his work, but yet there are. He's brave, and it shows, and it works so well. Makes me want to try working with knits, even though I did a lot of jersey in my last collection, knits seam to be a step further to sculptural, more finalized garment, since it's not a piece of fabric you cut into leaving a lot to be discarded; It's a more of a final complete piece.

All Day Long

Sometimes I make dresses that are purely design driven, other times they come to be out of basic simple need for that certain something you can wear to the store, or just hang around the house, or with proper boots even to the movies. It looks structured, and maybe even rigid, but it's a very comfortable knit jersey dress all day long...

Danca's Latest

Two of my latest, the Belle skirt has a stuffed edge, and was a lot of fun to make. The Rectangle Mini is one of the cuts I'm obsessing over lately, especially the over sized pockets sewn on the outside rather than what we're used to, the inside of a garment.
Best of all my brand new white wall I finished painting this afternoon, makes a great difference when taking pictures. Just another one of my obsessions, the white wall.

Snow in Sarajevo

Yes, I get a bit sentimental this time of year, even more so when I see pictures like these my cousin Maja took downtown Sarajevo. One day she should publish a book... Thanks Maja!