Junya Watanabe..

• ·      Born in Fukushima, Japan in 1961
• ·       He went on to attend Bunka Fashion College in Tokyo, graduating in 1984.
• ·       He began his apprenticeship at Comme des Garcons, the company run by legendary Japanese designer Rei Kawakubo, as a patternmaker.
• ·       In 1987, he was promoted to chief designer of Tricot knitwear line and then moved on to design for the Comme Des Garcons Homme line.
• ·       in 1992, he has worked under his own name as part of Comme des Garcons.
• ·       He started his own line under the Comme Des Garcons name called ‘Junya Watanabe Comme Des Garcons’ in 1993 and began showing in Paris that same year.
• ·       In 1994, Junya Watanable launched his own label. A few days after his own collection, he presented the collection for his friend Rei Kawakubo.
• ·       His designs do reflect the principles of his mentor Kawakubo, but he takes a personal approach to his garments.
• ·       He gives his clothes an irregular touch through random tucking and pleating or ruching.
• ·       Glamour, sound and colour are notably absent from his design shows, and he keeps a vast distance between his models walking on the catwalk, so that the viewers can give full attention to each design as it appears.
• ·       In 1995, his collection was all boiled wool and black leather with tattoos on the models
• ·       In 1997 he put his own stamp on florals, models seemingly cocooned in Japanese style prettiness but their sculptural half-dresses were conventional from the front and cut away at the back to reveal baggy embroidered trousers. Every outfit was crowned with a folded turban-style wig.
• ·       In 1999, he has given cape sleeves and an uneven hemline to a white Indian cotton multi-layered dress and the model said that suddenly when worn, all the fabric makes sense and it feels much different on a body than when it is seen on a hanger.
• ·       He is particularly interested in synthetic and technologically advanced textiles and fabrics as found in his spring/summer 2001 line but also uses more traditional materials such as cotton in his spring/summer 2003 collection.

• ·      Watanabe is often considered to be a ‘techno couture’ designer, creating unusually structured clothes out of modern, technical materials.

Junya Watanabe Collection timeline from 2002. 

(Taken from vogue UK website)

Vauxhall Fashion Scout..

Subculture: Hip hop presentation

Here are the slide for our presentation for the hip hop subculture;

Charlie Le Mindu craze..

• ·      Born in Bergersc, France
• ·      Was a hairstyling prodigy at the French Hair Academy, cutting and styling from the age of 13.
• ·      Le Mindu ascended from boarding school to a fashion hairdressers/stylist in berlin and now London’s French master of Hautw-Coiffure
• ·      He established himself as resident Hairdresser at nightclubs such as White Trash, RIO club and etc
• ·      Pioneer of pop-up salon in Berlin
• ·      He cultivated his own technique and style, known for creations ranging from classic to trashy, wearable to insane
• ·      In 2008 Le Mindu moved his pop-up salon to London, as his creative editorial work flourished
• ·      After featuring in Russian Vogue, Elle, French Vogue and being selected as Observer’s 22^nd coolest person, he took his hairstyling skills to the next level
• ·      In 2009, he launched his first wig collection at the London fashion week, surprising London’s fashion scene with his dramatic wigs

• ·      His clientele has included Lady Gaga, Peaches, Kap Bambino, Ayumi Hamasaki and furthermore

• ·      He has now opened his flagship location at London’s super salon, Urban Retreat at Harrods

 “His unique ability to combine show stopping and often shocking pieces inspired by unexpected themes, with genuine hairdressing expertise, a fashion focused sensibility and artisan wig making techniques have positioned him as the unrivalled champion of a new, more progressive attitude towards hair design and technology. Charlie is re-focusing the way hair is perceived within the modern art and fashion environment.” From urbanretreat.co.uk

• · He continues to increase his artistic collaborations including L’Oreal Professionnel; for which he has created exclusive hairstyle for the global campaign, ‘Super start heroes’

• ·      His work has been featured in publications such as Vogue Italy, Vogue Hommes Japan, i-D and more
• ·      He has launched his first haute couture collection SS13’ in Paris

My mood board analysis..

The style of clothing I tend to like are geometric, avant-garde, heavily embellished and extravagant when other people wear or style at/on a photo shoot, magazine or etc.

 I like colours that aren't too feminine but bold block colours, ombre, gradient and pastel. 

There are difference when I style myself and someone else according to the style of clothing.

My eyes are focused to structured, clean, luxurious, geek chic, sporty and boho clothing but sometimes I thing that the clothing/style are too much so I would add or take away things to create it as my own style. 

My influence and inspiration in clothing styles has broaden since I moved country. I think that my style of clothing have changed throughout the years leaving behind my Filipino culture influences bit by bit since I moved country. As I grew up in the countryside of the Philippines, I did not really know much about fashion, all I knew about was what I wear on a daily basis; top and bottom nothing more nothing less. I did not really pay attention to fashion either but I watched my grandma sew clothing and sofa as their business. Now that I have grown up in a fashionable and trend setting city, I think learned about what my actual fashion sense, influence and inspirations are. My sibling has more or less same fashion taste as me so we both share sometimes share similar opinion on how we dress and style that we like or do not like. 

Mood board analysis..

Nhi’s taste of clothing are very tailored, sophisticated, chic, urban/glamour, sexy and luxurious. She sometimes wears different style of clothing depending on the day like sometimes she wears sleek clean and smart look and other times she will wear sporty toned down casual look.  In terms of clothing, bags or shoes she likes gold studs, animal print, black and burgundy colour. Working out is part of her lifestyle to keep her body in shape.