paper gorillas & stuffed bear heads.

 

Bea Szenfeld 

by: Joel Rhodin

ballooning out of control.

Meet

DAISY BALLOON.

 

 

 Daisy Balloon- real name - Rie Hosokai

has worked for multiple fashion magazines, department stores
and was the creator of the 'DNA dress' for Bjork.

 

Her specialty as given by her name:

small balloons to create intricate dresses.

The results are breath-taking.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 








 






 Want more?
Here's her second photographic book containing
a collection of 16 works - commercial & experimental.
$$$

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All works above by:
Daisy Balloon
www.daisyballoon.com/

Chanel everyday, The Chanel Supermarket

Chanel taking a dip into average day life set out
to turn the Grand Palais into a Chanel branded Supermarket
for their Ready-To-Wear F/W 2014 runway show.

Sneaker-wearing supermodels
(which probably has their assistants going to a place like this)
strut through the aisles with double 'C'
shopping baskets & carts in the midst of
500 Chanel-branded products & package design
created specially for the occasion.

Chanel signature and tweed locks equipping all the shopping carts

No detail was spared,
from the tweed padlocks to the exit symbol featuring

a typical personal symbol armored with a Chanel trademark jacket.

Everything was as average and true to a supermarket as can be,

 seating was disguised as upturned cartons with packaging tape
just to make sure you caught the drift.

Not only did the visual ambiance resemble
(an extremely primary colour themed)
supermarket, but the soundtrack was also frequently interrupted
by a promotion on "Noix de Coco" (coconuts) or that
a little girl was waiting for mom at the checkout.

500 separate packages amounted to
100,000 items in this mockup supermarket.

Product pun filled product range included:

• Jambon Cambon (the address of Chanel's first boutique in Paris)
• Coco Pop cereal
• Chanel N°9 eggs (french pun fun-  (n)oeufs= 9) <--why french="" i="" li="" took="">
• Lait de Coco (coconut milk)
• Mademoiselle Cognac 
• Cocoquillettes pasta
  
  Not everything was on the delicious front,
  like a real supermarket the gritty stuff had to be taken care of too:
• Coco Carbone car oil
• Coco Detergents
• Coco feather dusters 
• Coco Doormats

"A supermarket is for everybody, the rich included," said Chanel's main man Karl Largerfeld.

"It's a modern approach to luxury. If you're lucky enough to be able to buy these things,
buy them,
but don't wear them to show how rich you are....
The big thing in Chanel is that we can play with everything
and do whatever we want.
Nobody tells us what to do, we are totally free."

Preach Largerfeld Preach!Don't flaunt folks, just appreciate.

All the items were initially designed for a charity auction...
this is what ACTUALLY happened to them... 

(what actually happened)
If you don't want to bother with the French in the above link,
basically things were "snatched" by obsessive fashionitas -- understandable.

p.s. did mention KENDALL JENNER  walked the show?!
that girls needs to get out of this world.
I am too jealous.

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Chanel F/W2014 Ready-To-Wear

@ The Grand Palais - Paris

the paper bag princess just got K.O.-ed

DIY instagrams and extra crafty moms are all over the place.
To be honest, they're usually the source of all great at home
fashion spins & creator of all recipes ridiculous.

I came across a mother of which I'm pretty sure
is fostering the next Coco Chanel.

Made out of anything you can find in your average household, 

this mother and her four year old put your everyday fashions choices to shame.

 

 These dresses started off like this:

but then they have slowly turned into this:

 "The ideas are pretty much a 50/50 split, but Mayhem constructs a lot more than most people would probably believe. That's one of the best things about this project, I see her learning new skills every single day. At this point, she knows exactly how many sheets of construction paper she needs to make herself a top and a bottom. She can lay the entire thing out and tape it together all by herself. Definitely, the more complex designs have more of my time invested, but she's literally always beside me learning something new if she's not tearing or taping or gluing while I am."

This one was constructed entirely by Mayhem herself!

 

 Main material: Construction Paper
Other materials of choice: Tissue Paper, Wrapping Paper & Gift Bags
Others that have also been used: Silk Scarves, Tulle, Aluminum Foil

... conclusion everything that's pliable is up for grabs.

 ADHESIVE OF CHOICE: Clear packing tape & glue

 

 

 Inspiration sparks wherever the mom and daughter go,
the dress above came from her trip to the aquarium. 
Apparently this little poser/model

 gets to watch award shows and takes from runway images too.

 

 

 

"We also leave a tab open on our iPad with a search for "project runway dresses" so that we can quickly reference those as well. She's never actually seen an episode of Project Runway, but I did show her a clip one time explaining that there is a show all about making dresses and I thought she might hyperventilate."

 

"No and no. I actually don't consider myself to be the least bit crafty. Don't ask me to build something out of popsicle sticks and pipe cleaners ... you'll be incredibly disappointed! Cutting and taping paper is about all we do. And the most ironic part of this whole project is that I am literally the least fashionable person you will ever meet. In reality, I know nothing about fashion and cannot sew a straight line to save my life. A friend suggested I could start sewing these creations from scraps of fabric and I laughed at her. I'll take paper and tape any day over getting anywhere near a sewing machine!"

 

 I'm puttin my money on this little girl to being the next big thing in fashion.

... eventually.

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