A Taste of Perception

The next cover of Lozenge Magazine will be influenced by style of the following photographs, except with 1960s cocktail dresses. 

Cyclical

Fashion, much like other world events and fads, is cyclical. Style is timeless, and thus influences the present day, something that designers use to draw much inspiration. This post of dedicated to displaying fashion from primarily the 1910s and how it has influenced designs coming out this year. 

1910s

2010s

Above photos from: http://www.thesartorialist.com

Above photos: Alexander McQueen

freedom of creation

So remember last week's post on the 3D digital printed dresses? Freedom of Creation did a line of accessories printed three-dimensionally with a polymer 3D printer that included a collection of shoes.

www.freedomofcreation.com

3D printers use a special polymer to "print" layers of a dimensional object. A computer image of the product is cut into millions of flat layers which are then printed one on top of the other. The result? Above, a seamless, single-piece shoe of utmost modernity.

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hard and soft

www.natargeorgiou.com

Natar Georgiou summer collection for 2012 - perfect balance of hard shapes, soft fabrics, drapery, harsh and delicate colors, and texture.

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Different

Sunglasses & Contemplation

Seventh Decade of the 20th Century

For the cover of Issue No.3, Lozenge is going retro with the help of one of Cincinnati, Ohio's best vintage lifestyle stores. We say lifestyle because they have everything from clothing, to artwork, to furniture. You can truly design your whole life with the help of Emily from NVISION! 


Go check out what she has to offer! 
http://nvisionshop.com/


Here are some images we saw as inspiration for the theme of the new cover. 

Oh, and enjoy these while listening to a classy, vintage-feel song by Lana Del Rey.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSfEudN1MzI

nouio merges old with new

3D printing can mean one of two things: that a special polymer printer "prints" a three-dimensional product, or a three-dimensional graphic is printed onto a flat surface. The fashion world has seen the former - 3D printing is used with many accessories or special garment pieces. But designer NOUIO took it the other direction, printing the familiar red and blue offset onto fabric.

The concept is perfect with today's trends. The complicated meshing of technology and nature (the designer pulled prints from the natural world) creates an interesting message on clothing. What makes it even cooler is that with 3D glasses, the fabric does just what any other 3D print does - comes to life.

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Source: http://www.nouio.com/

Time-Honored

There are some men's styles that never fall to the wayside, and for good reason, when something works so well, why let it die? 

top photo via http://www.thesartorialist.com/

thrice the charm

Hello blogging world, I'm your third contributor, Sky!

I did a stint at the Maryland Institute College of Art, studying experimental fashion. I spent three years in the Bay Area working as a vintage buyer and visual merchandiser at a vintage Boutique. Currently I am self employed and loving it. My area of expertise is in Vintage and Vintage-Inspired Fashion ( that was easy to guess). I'll post photos, drawings, and give you advice on how to date clothing and what's worth anything in the world of Vintage. Hope you poodles are excited for this group of ladies to enthrall you with all that we can!

Knit Your Heart Out

Nanna van Blaaderen

'Since I started exploring knitting techniques a world has opened up

for me. The potential of this discipline, to create textures, structures

and shapes in various materials, seems infinite'

Nanna van Blaaderen is a textile artist from the Netherlands. Intrigued by design and textiles at an early age, she found her knitting niche during her fashion design studies. Essential to Nanna are animal life and the natural world, their influences recurring in her designs.

Okay, this is so cool.

Giant cozy knitted things, influenced by nature, and eco-friendly as well?

Count me in.

Sculptural knitwear is super appealing to me, and the balance of such strong forms with such a soft organic medium is just amazing, but the finer textures in her animal-inspired line are so organic and complex that the two seem worlds apart.

She 'blends craft, materials and innovation

to develop textiles that integrate comfort, elegance, quality and

sustainability' as her website perfectly describes.

View the rest of her work at http://nannavanblaaderen.com

Happy Wednesday!

-Megan