black and white prints

Helmut Lang, Alexander Wang, Helmut Lang, Alexander Wang, Helmut Lang, Zero + Maria Cornejo, Balenciaga, Zimmerman

blue, part I

Zero Maria Cornejo, Twinkle, Proenza Schouler, Dries van Noten

ZMC: I actually really love that this print is derived from an image of the ocean - it brings together the chaotic mixing of blue and white in a really visually appealing way without being at all like a hokey Hawaiian shirt. If anything it reminds me of the Great Wave off Kanagawa, but shinier. I also really love that the cut echoes the fluid movement evoked by the print.

Twinkle: Aside from hating the name of this label, I quite like the dress. The print reminds me of a Franz Marc painting, and I'm a big sucker for German Expressionism. I really love the inflections of yellow into the print as well.

PS: Okay, so I'm not the greatest Proenza fan out there. Frankly, I think they make some ugly stuff. But I like the texture here, and the juxtaposition of the black and white against the blue and yellow. I really can't tell what's going on in the skirt part, but from far away the effect is quite nice.

DVN: I love the use of color here. SO MUCH. Everyone knows that Dries is a master of color, and the contrasts here are striking. The Indian blue sari-esque skirt with the orange/red/black top, that (if I could see the print better) I think might be Japanese (bamboo and whatnot?). It looks so vibrant and so fresh. I also love the unexpected green clutch.

source: nymag

black & white, part I

Erdem, Anna Sui, Wunderkind



Prada, Tony Cohen, ThreeASFOUR

Salvor Projects make the coolest geometric graphic prints. For the most part patterns make me uncomfortable because they announce themselves so loudly, but these are all very low-key. I saw these scarves last year but never got a chance to buy one. I love love love them.

Their current scarves are equally as swoon-worthy.

The eye scarf reminds me of a photograph I saw in Vogue probably five years ago of a bloodshot eye with several dozen too many layers of mascara on. I liked it so much I put it on my bulletin board. What can I say, high school was rough.

They make bags and wallets also:

I saw one of these wallets in the pattern of the larger bag at Pas de Deux in January, but alas, I did not purchase it. Instead, I spent the money on drinks at White Star.

They also produce some, dare I say, rad clothing.

Salvor SS09 and SS08 dresses

The two dresses on the right are some variation on the eye print, I think. What's more amazing is that the dress on the left is their interpretation of argyle. Yes my friend, the print on every WASPs' socks from here to West Egg has been reinvented into the unequivocally awesome.

I don't know what's going on with the print on the left. I have a sneaking suspicion that it is actually an optical illusion of some kind where if you stare at it long enough you see the face of Captain Crunch or Jesus or something. And I'm certain that if I were on acid and I saw it I'd be transported to another dimension.

source: salvor projects