Sexy Sweaters

(all images by Sexy Sweaters)

Now this makes me happy!

Sexy Sweaters is a Tumblr. website full of photoshopped, pop culture, pop art (yes you guessed it) sweaters!

As of now these are not being made and thus for sale, they are just images, but I do really hope they can bike around the copy-rights and produce these!

It actually makes me think about brands a lot in the way that they sell lifestyles and images themselfs to market the products. The whole day we are surrounded by these campaigns! But then as soon as a brand reaches the pop culture status they get really protective in the way these do find a "meaning" in our lives, like they copyrighted the way we should think, feel or use the product too?  My feeling is that when a brand has become pop culture or lifestyle (actually by meaning of their own campaigns) it should also gives us the right to showcase how these fit in our lives, no?

Anyway do check out Sexy Sweaters! and do let me know what you think!!

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It's beginning to look a lot like christmas...

Happy 1st of December, start of advent and the official countdown to the most wonderful time of the year. Before work this morning (only got tomorrow left now!) we put our tree up and I started to decorate it whilst watching festive films. I love having the house decorated, something about it which just makes the whole place look happier, homely and warm. I'm a traditional kind of girl, red, green, gold, holly and lights. 

Thanks for all the lovely and sweet comments on my post regarding leaving my job to concentrate for a while on full time freelancing and being creative to really push for what I want, you are all wonderful! I'm getting pretty sad now having to leave the people that I work in the department with because I love them all and they are great friends, I just can't stand the place and it's time for me to go for what I want while I can!

Jaymie

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Botanic garden: my favorite editorial

Fresh, mysterious and on point... I don't think I can come up with anything I don't like about this editorial.
 

IO Donna november 2011 - photo's by Thomas Straub

Marni next H&M guest designer: the collection video

Waking up to e-mails with the headline 'Marni is the new guest designer for H&M'. Now that's a nice way to start your day. First thing I thought was: wow, is Versace even out of stores yet? And the second thing was: Please, please, please do shoes! I've admired Marni's sophisticated and signature prints and phenomenal shoes (their cut out wedge caused me to spent hours on eBay and Yoox). 

According to H&M, the collection is inspired on classic Marni pieces, like their 7/8th pants, pleated dresses and jacquard knits. All executed in tribal meets Bauhaus prints. I'm curious how this collection will play out and we'll be able to see it 'live' in stores on March 8th. For now: this video gives a good impression. Are you excited or not?

London report: River Island head quarter

Where to begin on filling you in on my London adventure? I flew out for an experience every fashion loving girl would be excited about. River Island invited me to their head office - a huge building filled with inspiration, pieces of fabric, clothing racks and shoes, where a whopping 600 (!) employees make the designs, patterns, online shop and marketing happen. Hallelujah! More on their S/S12 collection presentation and a London diary soon!

his dark materials

 

Please let me know if any of these photos belong to you so I can credit or remove, thanks.

I had my hair cut last night, I know have a full fringe again, a la Daisy Lowe style, I also used this picture of Kate Beckinsale with her fake bob as inspiration, I wanted long bits at front but not graduated and once over it I'll just get my friend who did my hair to lop them off. We also drank bucks fizz and watched the lady in red tourettes video and listened to the most cringe christmas song byJustin Bieber... he raps. Oh my. I finished two commissions, watched the latest Pan Am and then settled down for the evening watching Gremlins, some things about being skint and on a variable spending ban (which I am) who'd have funk it, but I'm actually really resenting spending money at the moment apart from paying things off, I finished paying my Brother for my MacBook and anything else I borrowed off him. I've really been thinking a lot the past couple of weeks and I really want to just work for myself for a bit from home and concentrate on gaining experience, commissions, sending off work to agents and just really focusing on my artwork and jewellery, without hindrance of a job I hate right now, there's so much crap going around there, ah. In some ways want to do it when I don't have the obligations that others may have off owning their own house, kids etc. Anyone have any help or thoughts? 

Jaymie

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