VINTAGEFLOWERS

OBEY

Last year while still living in Paris I went to the Agnes B gallery in rue Quinquampoix to see Shepard Fairey s exhibition, I only knew about his Giant ,Obey stickers which my boyfriend used to point at me quite regulary in the streets of Paris or London but thought nothing of it .

But when we got inside the gallery I was blown away, first the impression is purely visual shock these really powerful detailed posters covering the walls in this deep shade of red, black and white,

and the precision of his craft, the detailed wallpapers kind of flowers then you get  a closer look and you read  the messages within the flowers...

for me  being a fan of Orwell 1984 it also turns up Fairey has made some covers for it I love it when these sort of thing happens sort of mind connections ,

 

V for Vendetta comics by Alan Moore was  one of my favourite comics as a teenager and the movie adaptation was great these 2 posters are very inspired by Fairey although I can t find any information to confirm if they were actually made by him

and don`t forget :

People should not be afraid of their government

Governments should be afraid of their people

so as I was saying mixing these concepts and arts appliques it was  a true revelation ,"the shape and the content " clever messages in beautiful craft! A nice try to make the world  a more beautiful and better place  within society ....there is hope after all

 

after Banksy and despite him becoming such  a mass market product where every stall in Camden and even clothes shops sell his reproductions ,which could  be after all his main victory or his death as in either the message is passed on to all through his cool pictures or as in being everywhere his message becomes invisible, it is stimulating to watch these really talented and hard working craftsmen dedicating their amazing skills like old school artisans to pinpoint the scars of our society and try to make us sit still and think while we gaze at those beautiful pictures....

full interview in the gothamist

http://gothamist.com/2007/06/21/interview_shepa.php

take  a peak inside the artist studio and watch his interview on youtube link below

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z53XuUhLmuY

La femme de Jarvis

  A vintage queen and  a face straight out of  a Peynet illustration=Camille Bidault Waddington

the perfect match for  her pop husband who admits to to aim to dress like an old school geography teacher

a vintage style perfect couple

tres `Belle de jour`(Bunuel  not the Billie Piper)on this one

and out in the street cute as  a button

and ironically she works for the best fashion houses of the moment ... 

the little lady wears Chanel and suddenly it looks cute and cool

forget Claudia S in the latest add,this is it!

come on sweetie say `cheese`!

 

the new Jane and Serge !!!!!

in a feeling called L.O.V.E.

and Jarvis in my favourite live cover of THE EYE OF THE TIGER,yes Jarvis and Rocky of course  meme combat!!!!!

.youtube.com/watch?v=pWXK5XESa2E

La femme a la peau de serpent

   

Today we went to Kew gardens , I had  20 flower textile designs done in the past 3 weeks and as the agent was happy with them yesterday and I needed  a rest and it was actually a sunny day in London (which is unbelievable !!!!I know!!!SUN in the uk !outrageous!!! )so , I took the day off and so off we went  to see more beautiful flowers ...but >>dUH!!!I forgot my camera on the shelf! so no post about this unfortunately ...

but all is not lost you will get this lovely pics of Brando in the snakeskin jacket in this great movie where the rebel in the snakeskin stirs up the passion in  a small american town, I love Anna Magnani too !!

 

The point is when I got back from Kew I got this idea about how to wear the 80 s a second time around which is what happens at  my age so I thought of this new find on ebay which I haven t tried on yet , a red snakeskin 80 s dress I fell in love with it instantly and it was only  a couple of pounds !!!so comme Marlon I m going to give the snakeskin a try too!

Voila l objet du delit!

I had it pinned as it is miles too long as always as I m about the size of a hobbit

my boyfriend hates it as it reminds him of  a pair of pants he bought in  a vintage shop in Birmingham when he used to be  a punk for a  few weeks in his teenage years...a looong tiiime ago...

I love the print and the cute little  buttons and the sleeves and it is coton instead of some kind of shiny polyamide  !

excuse the mad pose I was only allowed one pose by my boyf  who was in the middle of blowing up some army troopers on the computer....

now I had to find the shoes to match,easy peasy!!!!

 

vintage Agnes B shoes from a bargain shelf in the galleries Lafayettes 10 yrs ago I love them so much I m scared of wearing them !which is compeletly silly but always happening to me ,it is printed ottoman fabric

another darling fragile pair is this one bought on ebay for nothing the suede is so soft and I love the heels....

I played with the edit tool and now it s   s very Blondie!!!

but I think I will end up wearing it mostly with these from Urban outfitters as I bought 3 pairs in the sales and so i m not scared of damaging these....

it also reminded me of my snakeskin pochette

 

I never wear it so I thought about trying to make it more me and I think it works like this with the Leon tee shirt from previous year by comptoir des cotonniers and  a vintage necklace I loove that my mum gave me she bought it in Italy in the 60s it s little spiky silver thingies like feathers and it moves a lot!

it is also fun with uber classic Chanel

 

and to finish with this 80 s revival I think this Charles Jourdan vintage bag also from ebay is quite fun with Leon , non Leon ?

oh well,Leon is NOT impressed,tant pis for me

Gone fishing...

in complete denial of the stormy cold grey weather outside my window I have  been daydreaming of  sunny holidays , Hawaiian holidays maybe....

....colourful prints and flowers in the hair,exotic locations...

strolling on the beach looking for sea shells with my friend Ida

and Paulette ...

but after the barbecue party they refused to leave the house,

they wanted to play some ukulele...

so I put on my new dress and new shoes and went for a  stroll

in town to meet up with Dita

 

and she said she met  a nice sailor

and he had invited all of us to go fishing this afternoon

and then maybe we could ask the old japanese  fisherman who has a hut on our beach to make some gyotaku prints of our catch on rice paper....

• Lola was really excited this was going to be real FUN!!!!
• credits;Ida Lupino, Paulette Godard from the book the hawaiian shirt by Steele
• dress paul and joe sister,shoes marni
• house  from world of interiors,ukulele from www.9isles.com
• Dita Von Teese, Etienne Daho cover by Pierre et Gilles
• gyotaku print from http.lorihatch.com
• more on gyotaku on gyotaku.com
• pin up by Vargas

THE GARDENS OF ISLINGTON

Today the summer is gone , the rain is falling lightly and  the first autumn leaves have found their way on the pavements,

along Liverpool road the gardens and iron gates are hiding the lovely victorian houses secrets....

typical english gardens where all the flowers mix like they are having the party of all times...

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even  a palm tree, even ...

 

a brave cactus  ,it seems to like the english weather though....

I always wonder who lives in those out of time houses, what is the decor on theses scenes....

 

but today I have found the secret behind one of them....

I often wondered if this place was the house of a painter or just pure decorum... Marilyn and the bike...

well in fact it is an online art gallery

and they have among other things  really lovely oil paintings of flowers ...vintage flowers maybe ...

 

here is one of them

for more check out concertina.com...

and behind this red slightly washed out door ,in the back garden

 

I d like to think that you could find someone like her

just like Helena Christensen here, the vintage Queen,posing here for french ELLE a couple of years ago for Diego Uchitel...

 

and she would be thinking of wearing dresses with designs just like those on silk crepe

Bibliotheque Forney archives about japanese vintage designs

CAMDEN PASSAGE LONDON

5 minutes walk from Angel tube station ,less famous than Camden Town market ,Portobello and Brick lane is Camden Passage .

I prefer these little cobble stones streets with wonderful little beautiful shops ,the range of prices is really wide and you can get things for 10 pounds...

the outside stall

the beautiful painted shops I love so much

I m lucky enough to live nearby so I go there often to find ideas ...

and this week on the outside stall, I got this great Huge ring which I love so much it matches perfectly with my cardi and camisole which are both from last year but manage to look completely vintage I fell in love completely with  the fish print and the colours are soo soft...Paul and Joe ultimate

...I love this brand they do the best of prints,I got it in the private sales and this cardi by Zadig and Voltaire bought on ebay I always get compliments from grannys about my wonderful knit skills uh uh...

Anyway this lady who sold me the ring was really nice I got  a discount because I bought  this  enormous ring despite my  really short fingers just like her ...

oh well little sausaged fingers people of the world...be PROUD

and I love the way she chose to put the dresses together the prints and colours work really well together ...

same here for the flowers of the dress and the scarf....love it...

and here the way this guy arranged the colours it is perfect and 50 s FUN

Voila ,la suite au prochain episode...merci

CAMDEN PASSAGE market stalls open on wednesday and saturdays

http://www.camdenpassageislington.co.uk/New%20Folder/map/camden.htm

ABOUT VINTAGEFLOWERS

    

Another day another blog ...I have been enjoying reading so many blogs for about 1 year now that I have decided to create my own, to celebrate  a new chapter in my life and share it with others...so voila ...here I am ...

I m Isabelle french ,late 30 s and I just moved from Paris ,Montmartre to a very similar place in London  a month ago with my english man and my big fluffy cat Lulu

Lulu stands for Lucifer and he loves shoes he does has a soft spot for very vintage converses...so now it is official the DEVIL in fact WEARS CONVERSES

I am now free lancing as a textile designer and graphics for apparel and maybe stationery wich has always been my ultimate goal after 10 yrs working in offices for kids clothes designs ...

so this is giving out the clue about vintageflowers

I am  passionate about vintage fashion  and flower prints and this is what this will be all about ...vintages finds and modern designs inspired by vintage,fabrics, stationery, wallpapers etc...it is more about sharing with similar minded people  ...my english is far from perfect but hopefully it will get better...hope this will inspire you ,enjoy...but be patient as I am totaly clueless about how to make this blog ...merci

credits;vintage Etro scarf,brontibay purses,Kenzo scarf,Amy Butler pink fabric,pepin press fancy designs 1920,Dolce gabbana white scarf,converses. thanks.