boy george, 19.04.10

SO THE 19TH APRIL, 2010, BOY GEORGE ARRIVED IN BIRMINGHAM AND ENTERED THE TOWN HALL AT 2PM, SOUND CHECKED AT 3 AND WENT ON STAGE FROM 8-9:45PM.
2PM, PATTERN CUTTING AT COLLEGE, 3PM FINISHED COLLEGE, 7PM, GOT READY IN FULL B.GEORGE DRAG AND HEADED OFF TO THE TOWN HALL WHERE AS SOON AS WE GOT IN WE GOT INTERVIEWED BY THE BBC BECAUSE WE LOOKED 'AMAZING'. DURING THIS INTERVIEW WE SPOKE ABOUT ARE LOVE FOR THE BEAUT AND HOW HE INSPIRES OUR FASHION SENSE (WHICH HE DOES BECAUSE HE'S AN ICON!) WE THEN MET THE MOST AMAZING MAN EVER (ALSO DRESSED AMAZINGLY IN A TOPHAT COVERED IN CHAINS, A BIG SPARKLY STAR, WET LOOK LEGGINS, SPARKLY PLATFORMS WITH CHAINS WRAPPED AROUND, A FULL FACE OF MAKEUP AND A SEQUINED TOP) WHO THOUGHT MY HAIR WAS 'AMAZINGGGGGG!' HE WAS THEN FOLLOWED IN BY A MAN WEARING A BIG GREEN HAT (ALMOST IDENTICAL TO BOY'S) AND A SEQUINED SUIT. I'M IN MY ELEMENT AT PLACES LIKE THAT, YOU MEET SOME EXTRODINARY PEOPLE YOU WOULDN'T TEND TO MEET JUST DAY TO DAY LIVING. WE THEN HAD OUR PHOTO TAKEN BY ANOTHER PHOTOGRAPHER AND WENT IN TO WATCH THE SHOW. HE SANG SOME OF HIS GREATEST HITS, SOME GOSPAL PIECES AND OF COURSE, KARMA, WHICH EVERYONE WENT MENTAL FOR. I REALLY ENJOYED PHOTOGRAPHING THIS GIG, IT'S ONE OF THEM WHERE THE ARTIST IS SO PERFECT TO PHOTOGRAPH AND YOU CAN CAPTURE HIS SPARKLE THROUGH THE LENSE. HIS BASIST WAS SO LOVELY AS WELL, HE KEPT JUMPING IN THE SHOT AND GIVING US MASSIVE SMILES (WHICH MADE FOR A BEAUT SHOT).
AFTER THE SHOW WE SPENT A BIT OF TIME WITH THE BASIST WHO LOVED THE PHOTOS AND GAVE US HIS FACEBOOK TO SEND THEM TO HIM. WE THEN MET THE MOST AMAZINNNNNGGGG GAY GUY EVER WITH BRIGHT BLUE EYES AND PERMED LASHES AND MANAGED TO SPEND ABOUT 3/4HOURS WITH HIM TALKING ABOUT WHITNEY HOUSTEN, BLONDIE AND THE DATE HE WENT ON EARLIER THAT EVENING :')
BY THIS TIME IT WAS ABOUT HALF 1 AND WE WENT AND HAD A CUP OF TEA/COFFEE WITH THE SECURITY GUARD INSIDE THE TOWN HALL AND GOT OUR SET LISTS SIGNED BY THE STAR HIMSELF. OVERALL I GOOD NIGHT I WOULD SAY, NEXT TIME HE COMES TO BIRMINGHAM I'M SO THERE!


TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES, BEAR IN MIND I DESPERATLY NEED PHOTOSHOP AND A NEW LOGO!


HARE KRISHNA!

god bless google.

SO I THINK IV'E COME TO A BREAKTHROUGH WITH THIS PROJECT, FINALLY. BETTER LATE THEN NEVER THOUGH RIGHT? I WAS BROWSING GOOGLE IMAGES LOOKING AT PICTURES OF DRAGONS, PRODOMINENTLY THERE WINGS AND SCALES FOR INSPIRATION FOR DESIGNS. I WASN'T REALLY HAVING MUCH LUCK UNTIL I CAME ACROSS THIS PICTURE; I LIKE IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT A TYPICAL 'DRAGON' PICTURE. IT HELPS ME UNDERSTAND HOW THE SCALES WOULD MOLD AND TESELATE ROUND THE BODY WHICH GIVES ME A CLEAR INDICATION OF HOW TO DESIGN. THERES ALSO SOMETHING QUITE BEAUTIFUL AND SINCERE ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR IMAGE, HOW THE DRAGONS/HUMANS ARE ENTWINED ASIF THERE FIGHTING AGAINST THE WORLD BECAUSE OF THERE UNIQUE LOOKS AND INDIFFERENCES WHICH IS QUITE SIMILAR TO MY APOCOLYPTIC SYNARIO. I DON'T KNOW WEATHER NOW TO TWIST THE STORY INTO THE HUMANS EVOLVING INTO DRAGONS? MAYBE IT'S A POSSIBILITY...

gareth pugh is god.

I HEART THIS MAN, LIKE SERIOUSLY, I LOVE THE WAY HE'S CHANGING THE CONVENTIONS OF FASHION AND TURNING IT INTO SOMETHING WAY MORE EXCITING.
MAYBE I SHOULD START PLAYING AROUND WITH VIDEOS AS THATS WHERE IT'S ALL HEADING NOW. THE USE OF VIDEO MAKES THE GARMENTS LOOK SO MORE VERSITILE AND PERSONABLE.

so i'm designing on skeletal transvestites, at least it's original, right?

OKAY, SO IT'S QUITE EVIDENT I CAN'T DRAW, WITH THAT CLEAR I NEED TO TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE WHEN DESIGNING. WE HAD A LESSON WITH OUR TUTOR EMILY THE OTHER DAY WHEREBY WE ALL SAT IN A CIRCLE ON THE FLOOR INFRONT OF A MANIKIN AND WERE TOLD TO DRAW IT IN VARIOUS DIFFERENT WAYS SUCH AS DRAWING IT WITHOUT LOOKING AT IT, DRAWING IT USING A CONTINUOUS LINE, 5 SECOND, TEN SECOND DRAWINGS ETC. WE WERE ALSO TOLD TO DRAW WITH OUR LEFT HAND BECAUSE IT GETS THE CREATIVE SIDE OF YOUR BRAIN WORKING WHICH I DID TRY IN THIS PARTICULAR DESIGN/DRAWING WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. CONCIDERING THERE WASNT MUCH THOUGHT PUT INTO MY DRAWINGS I WAS QUITE HAPPY WITH THEM THEREFORE I GOT HOME AND GOT DESIGNING ALTHOUGH I'M STILL STUCK FOR DESIGNS I JUST STARTED PUTTING DOWN WHATEVER WAS RUNNING THROUGH MY HEAD. I'M OBSESSED WITH SKULLS AT THE MOMENT, THE LOOK OF THEM AND HOW 3'D THEY CAN MAKE A GARMENT LOOK. IV'E BEEN STRUGGLING WITH TRYING TO MAKE MY DESIGNS LOOK ORIGIONAL AND DESIGN TEMPLATES MAKE ME WANT TO CRY, AS I CANT DRAW IN PROPORTION TO SAVE MY LIFE AS RUPERT MAY KNOW I DECIDED TO TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT SO I DREW A SKULL FOR A HEAD, IF YOU KNOW ME YOU SHOULD ALSO KNOW I HAVE A MAD OBSESSION WITH DRAG QUEENS AND TRANSVESITES. WHAT THERE ABOUT, HOW THEY LOOK, HOW THEY ACT, HOW THEY TALK. EVERYTHING. I HAD THIS VISION OF ALL MY GARMENTS BEING WORN BY MEN EVEN THOUGH THEY WOULD BE DESIGNED FOR WOMEN TO MAKE THEM LOOK VERY CONTRIVERSIAL AND EXCITING.
WE'VE BEEN GIVEN A NEW PROJECT LATELY ON APOCALYPSE WHICH ANNOYINGLY I CAN'T SEEM TO BE INSPIRED BY. WHEN IT WAS FIRST ANNOUNCED I WAS SO ENTHUSIASTIC I WENT STRAIGHT TO THE LIBARY AND THATS WHERE THE PROBLEM BEGAN I SUPPOSE. I HATE CLICHES. I LIKE MY DESIGNS TO PROVOKE INTREST AND THOUGHT, NOT TO BE PREDICTABLE. I WAS SO DESPERATELY TRYING TO AVOID A TYPICAL 'APOCALYPSE' SITUATION SUCH AS AN ICE AGE OR GLOBAL WARMING/MACHINES TAKING OVER THE WORLD.
I'M READING A BOOK AT THE MOMENT CALLED BRISINGR WHICH MEANS FIRE IN ELVISH, IT'S MAINLY ABOUT DRAGONS WHICH GOT ME WONDERING WHAT THE WORLD ENDED AND DRAGONS TOOK OVER JUST LIKE WHEN DINOSAURS WERE ABOUT AND ONLY I WAS LEFT?
I TRIED TAKING THE ROUTE OF BEING THE LAST DRAG QUEEN ON EARTH AND IMAGINING WHAT THE HELL I WOULD WEAR BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET INTO THE ROUTINE OF LOOKING LIKE THAT IT'S HARD NOT TO EVEN WHEN NO-ONES AROUND BUT THAT IDEA FAILED AS I JUST COULDN'T PICTURE IT; WHICH IS WHERE I GUESS THE WHOLE SKELETAL TRANSVESTITE DESIGN CAME INTO PLACE. CLEARLY IT'S NOT FINISHED, HARDLY EVEN STARTED IN ALL FAIRNESS, I'M REALLY NOT HAPPY WHERE THIS PROJECT IS GOING AND THERES ONLY A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE THE SKETCHBOOKS ARE IN, I NEED SOME SORT OF INSPIRATION VERY SOON...

boy george.

AN INTERVIEW WITH JOAN COLLINS PRETTY MUCH SUMMING UP EVERYTHING I BELIEVE IN.








SO THERES NO REASON FOR THIS BLOG OTHER THAN TO BOAST AT THE FACT I'M GOING TO SEE ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MEN ON EARTH. WELL, IN MY OPINION ANYWAY. I'VE BEEN WAITING TO SEE HIM FOR AGES AND WITH HIM BEING IN PRISON THAT WASN'T POSSIBLE UNTIL NOW, I'M SO GLAD HE'S TOURING AGAIN, I THINK PEOPLE FORGET HE WAS A BOY VERSION OF GAGA IN THE 80'S AND I ADMIRE HIM FOR STANDING OUT AND BEING HIMSELF 'GRANNYS FAVOURITE TRANNY'.
I LOVE THIS MANS STYLE ALSO, I WAS WATCHING AN OLD INTERVIEW WITH HIM AND JOAN RIVERS AND HE EXPLAINED THAT HIS JACKET WAS MADE OUT OF A BED SHEET HE FOUND IN LONDON IN A RANDOM BED STORE, I LOVE THAT, I LOVE PEOPLE THAT CAN WALK PAST A BED SHEET AND SEE IT IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WAY TO HOW THE 'NORMAL PERSON' WOULD. FAIR ENOUGH HE HASN'T BEEN AN ANGEL IN THE PAST BUT I STILL LOVE HIM ANYWAY FOR HIS CONTRIVERSIAL PERSONALITY AND HIS INFLUENCE ON THE MUSIC BUISNESS.

iglu & hartly, 27.01.10

27.01.10 I GOT TO PHOTOGRAPH IGLU & HARTLY AT THE ACADEMY, IT WAS ACTUALLY QUITE RANDOM BECAUSE WE WENT TO DO PHOTOGRAPHY FOR MY FRIENDS BAND WHO WERE SUPPORTING AND ENDED UP DOING THEM ASWELL. THIS WAS SUCH A GOOD GIG, THE NEW POLITICS WERE ALSO SUPPORTING, AN AMERICAN BAND FROM LA WITH GORGEOUS AMERICAN ACCENTS AND AMAZING STAGE PRESENCE, THE SHOW WAS ELECTRIC WITH THEM DOING BACKFLIPS AND BREAK DANCING, IT WAS SO HARD TO GET DECENT PHOTOS OF THEM HOWEVER BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T STOP MOVING! THERE SUCH NICE PEOPLE THOUGH, BACKSTAGE ANTICS ARE ALWAYS THE BEST PART OF THE GIG IN MY OPINION, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE GORGEOUS IGLU & HARTLY WALK PAST AND HAVE A CHAT WITH YOU, ONE OF THE LEAD SINGERS COULD HAVE PASSED FOR OZZY OSBOURNE IN THE YOUNGER DAYS, MM. THIS BAND IS SO DOWNGRADED AND REALLY DONT GET ENOUGH RECOGNITION FOR HOW AMAZING THEY ACTUALLY ARE, I'VE BEEN TO MY FAIR SHARE OF GIGS THIS YEAR AND THEY WERE DEFINATELY ONE OF THE BEST, EVEN THOUGH THEY NEARLY KNEED ME IN THE FACE A FEW TIMES JUMPING ABOUT! I'M ACTUALLY QUITE PLEASED WITH THESE PHOTO'S, I LOVE IT WHEN THEY LOOK DOWN AT YOU AND GIVE YOU EYE CONTACT AND YOU CAPTURE IT, IT MAKES THE PHOTO SO MUCH MORE PERSONAL, I CAN'T WAIT FOR WHEN THEY COME BACK TO BIRMINGHAM, HOPEFULLY I CAN SHOOT THEM AGAIN!