My Brief Thoughts on Last Week's Avant-Garde Challenge and A Look at the Winning Design

Shoe Porn – Avante Garde Heels To Die For Seeing as Shoe Porn is all bout dreaming, I thought today would be a perfect day to post some outrageously gorgeous heels. These babies are from the Avante Garde designer shows ... prepare to drool! 1. Talk about serious heels. These are by Ruthie Davis and are called "The Spike/ Dark...

Last Week... Garance DoréThis is what I did last week: Loved Instagram: It's been a while since I've been addicted to something like this. I love the Instagram community and I feel like it's based on something other than "wow look how cool my life is!!!" which is so often what Twitter devolves to (including me, I...

THE AVANT/GARDE DIARIES: Aaron Rose Discusses The Watts Towers in Los Angeles | HypebeastTHE AVANT/GARDE DIARIES: Aaron Rose Discusses The Watts Towers in Los Angeles THE AVANT/GARDE DIARIES recently had the privilege to sit down with cultural ambassador Aaron Rose to discuss a piece of artwork very near and dear to his heart: The Watts Towers in Los Angeles. Created by hand...

Stella Tennant Covers Vogue Italia Avant-Garde September 2011 IssueVogue Italia Avant-Garde September 2011 issue with Stella Tennant staring and styled weirdly, showing only 13 inches of her waist pays a tribute to Ethel Granger, a woman who has tightened herself into corsets and experimented with piercings and jewelry. Granger is in the Guinness Book of...

Video | The Avant/Garde Diaries – "Bending Time"" Related posts: " Video | The Avant/Garde Diaries " Video | The Avant/Garde Diaries: André Saraiva and Olivier Zahm " Video | Marco Velardi and Christopher Nying of Apartamento and Our Legacy " Moleskine Star Wars Pocket Diaries " Video | Dior Homme "The Time I Had Some Time Alone" Preview

THE AVANT/GARDE DIARIES: Keep Feeding the Machine | HypebeastTHE AVANT/GARDE DIARIES: Keep Feeding the Machine The AVANT/GARDE DIARIES shine the spotlight on friends David Gensler of the KDU/SVSV and artist Kostas Seremetis. Both coming from different albeit creative backgrounds, the two engage in conversation about what it means to be progressive and...

THE AVANT/GARDE DIARIES: Steve Aoki – Spirit Shaped by Music | HypebeastTHE AVANT/GARDE DIARIES: Steve Aoki – Spirit Shaped by Music The Avant/Garde Diaries presents a latest video starring Steve Aoki. American electro house musician, record producer and DJ Steve Aoki shares the story of his rise to musical superstardom here and explains how the straight edge...

Modelinia AM Reads: Last Week's Roundup of Model Twitpics!On Modelinia: Victoria's Secret, behind the scenes photos, post fashion show pizza - here's a roundup of last week's model twitpics! ~ Modelinia Go backstage with Modelinia at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show! ~ Modelinia Get your body holiday ready with these model approved workouts!...

Beastie Boy Mike D Curates 'Avant/Garde Diaries' Art Festival at MOCA The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA 152 N Central Ave Los Angeles, CA 90013 Clip Production: Editorial Lead Kitty Bolhoefer / Filming & Fotos Fridolin Schöpper / Editing Cris Dupont / Sound Kevin Pate / Music BUNNYSTRIPES Related posts: " The Avant/Garde Diaries: The Cobrasnake & Vintage...

Shen's Addiction 3rd Anniversary Giveaway Contest: 4th and Last Week (Are You Among the 20 Winners?) This last week of my 3rd Anniversary Giveaway, we have 20 winners!! yes! That's 20 winners!! without further ado! Congratulations!! I soooo envy you all!! :) Would like to thanks all of you who joined! Even without a contest, I hope you would still visit my blog frequently....

The Avant Garde Wedding VeilSo, while at my friends wedding last month, I came up with this Avant Garde Veil idea. Maybe its the Sci-fi geek in me over thinking creative future concepts, I don't know. But I had a "vision" nonetheless, what if a bride had a veil that was like a thin tulle bird cage as she walked down the...

2 weeks to better skin challenge – Days 9, 10 & 112 weeks to better skin challenge – Days 9, 10 & 11 Sorry for a longer gap with this catch up but here's the progress so far. Day 9 – Manic Monday So today marks the beginning of the last week! Not long left and I can show you the results. I'm noticing definite improvements: My skin has...

From avant-garde to co-creation Conchita Pérez: avant-garde Conchita Pérez, based in London, has worked for Alexander McQueen, Boudicca and Hardy Amies. She has since set up on her own label, based in a boutique off Broadway Market in East London. Her third collection, Invisible Warriors, continues her hallmark of...

Elegance Is The New Avant-GardeOctober 3,2012 Elegance is the new avant-garde. I'm fed up with extravagant clothes, that are synonymous with tastelessness, and also with badly crafted garments. I find them passé, garments a second-rank actress would wear in one of those out-of-money, small-town theatres where the costumes...

Battle Of The Olympias For The Most Avant Garde HandbagsCharlotte Olympia VS Olympia Le Tan It is a tale of the two Olympias on the over the top handbag scene this spring, as both Charlotte Olympia and Olympia Le-Tan compete for the title of the most avant garde handbag designer making a statement with their wild creations. While Charlotte is...

Is Creatures Of The Wind The American Version Of Avant-Garde?When we compare American fashion designers with the rest of the world, the notable differences are usually the same: It's more wearable, it's more colorful, and — unfortunately — it's never avant-garde. Not so with Creatures of the Wind, the nascent Chicago-based label whose previous...

THE AVANT/GARDE DIARIES: Nicolas Mueller & Circe Wallace | HypebeastTHE AVANT/GARDE DIARIES: Nicolas Mueller & Circe Wallace The latest from THE AVANT/GARDE DIARIES finds professional snowboarder Nicolas Mueller and Los Angeles-based action sports manager Circe Wallace having a free-flowing discussion about the current state of action sports. Upon meeting in...

The Avant/Garde Diaries: Michael Schmitz & The Zandmotor – Gone in 20 Years Check it out! Related posts: " The Avant/Garde Diaries: André Saraiva and Olivier Zahm – Unconventional Friends " Moleskine Limited Edition Star Wars Pocket Diaries " José Parlá 'Walls, Diaries, and Paintings' Exhibition Preview " José Parlá "Walls, Diaries, and Paintings" Book " The...

THE AVANT/GARDE DIARIES: TRANSMISSION LA – AV CLUB Curated by Mike D | HypebeastTHE AVANT/GARDE DIARIES: TRANSMISSION LA – AV CLUB Curated by Mike D In the continuing coverage of TRANSMISSION LA – AV CLUB at LA's MOCA which was curated by Beastie Boy Mike D, the AVANT/GARDE DIARIES were on hand for the opening reception. Featuring people from all walks of life –...

Ellevictoire: THE AVANT/GARDE DIARIESThe Avant/Garde Diaries. At first glance it seems to be another digital platform, another online magazine, but on another it is a clean and pristine archive of creative thought and character. Launched by Mercedes-Benz, the site focuses on the avant-garde, obviously, but instead of fixed...

Modelinia Morning Reads: Last Week's Best Model TwitpicsOn Modelinia: See what some models were up to last week in this round up of twitpics! ~ Modelinia Candice Swanepoel gives some how-tos on how to work it in front of the camera! ~ Modelinia Off Modelinia: Success message. Error message. Login with Facebook or Twitter Or if you...

Discotheque Confusion: last weekMy friend Nanon took these pictures last week when she came to visit me in Bristol. I proudly showed her the sights and took her to Magic Roll for the famous O'Piratha wrap -lamb patties, haloumi, spinach, mushrooms and hot chilli sauce which culminated in a silent 5 minutes of mutual awe and...

Janelle burger: Last Week(Top: Apartments on Bd de la-Tour-Maubourg, Abbey Lee Kershaw backstage at Elie Saab, Bill Cunningham, outside Chanel, my new shoes, head to toe green woman, Models getting snapped up) Just some photos I took all last week. I was out all fashion week taking photos observing people. I'm...

Sweet Fancy Treat: Last weekLast week... was quite the snoozefest around here, wasn't it? I guess we all need small breaks once in a while. It was one of those crazy weeks of plenty of work to do in sleepless nights. Other than that, it's good to get out of the house, breathe some fresh air, go for drinks, read a...

Modelinia AM Reads: A Roundup of Last Week's Model TwitpicsOn Modelinia: See what some of our favorite models were up to last week in this twitpic roundup! ~ Modelinia We've got the secret to the flawless figures of the Victoria's Secret models! ~ Modelinia Off Modelinia: Success message. Error message. Login with Facebook or Twitter Or...

Last week I fell in love with the Mulberry Willow.... truly, madly, deeply in loveLast week I fell in love with the Mulberry Willow.... truly, madly, deeply in love Last week I popped into the Mulberry press day for Autumn Winter 2013. While in residence I had my first encounter with theMulberry Willow tote as I was examining the new styles for the season ahead. The...

THE AVANT/GARDE DIARIES: Mark Landis – Father Philanthropy Pt. 2THE AVANT/GARDE DIARIES presents pt. 2 of its latest video looking at Mark Landis — a curious master forger who also masquerades as a priestly philanthropist. 58-year-old Landis, an American painter who is estimated to have successfully donated more than a hundred forged art pieces to museums...

Last weekI wasn't blogging much last week, so I thought I should make a comeback with an outfit! It's not today's outfit, I'm just slow with uploading photos. It's from my day off this week, when I had some things to do around central London – and it's always fun to dress up when you're walking around...

Garden: This is what I planted before all the rain of last week I knew we were going to get plenty of rain last week because I check my weather.com app for rain obsessively ever since my landlord dropped the "don't use the hose unless you wanna pay extra rent" bomb on me. When I saw we would get a few days of rain I sprung into action and planted the...

Crystal Renn for Avant Garde MagazineCrystal Renn the best known high fashion 'plus size model' for the Dutch magazine Avant Garde's November 2010 issue . The editorial was shot by Phillip Riches with gorgeous photos of the new york skyline from major heights. There has been talk lately on whether or not she is still large enough...