1 Lets Play Football Wearing Gucci?

I have just got hold of the new L'OFFICIEL Paris magazine 90th birthday issue, and it is packed with amazing photoshoots and beautiful imagery.
The one shoot I wanted to mention is by photographer Mason Poole titled '90 Minutes'.The shoot is of models dressed in an abundance of flowing silks, furs and patent leathers... playing football! Each model is wearing knee high coloured football socks to match their dresses by designers such as Lanvin, Gucci and Prada. I think this shoot is fun and its really refreshing to see some fashion photography that's a bit different.

 

 

0 Kanye West Scarves

Just thought I would do a quick write up of Kanye West's silk scarf collection! These scarves were released in May this year and consist of a collection of 5 designs printed onto 100% silk twill. Kanye West commissioned contemporary visual artist George Condo to create a series of paintings featuring the characters who populate Kanye's musical fantasies and album 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy'. They are limited to 100 scarves per design and each have an intricate gold frame with  hand drawn lettering by M/M Paris. 
I'm not really sure what I think of these scarves!? Some of the imagery is a little scary! Once the scarf is on you can't see the design and I think the colours work well together however I am not sure if I would want a nude portrait of the Kanye with a female beast on top of him around my neck!? Each to their own I guess!

 

 

0 Fashion Drawings

I just thought I would give people a sneak preview of some drawings I am doing for the new and improved scarf shop section of my website....(coming soon) My silk scarf collection will be featured on the black and white drawings of the models. The idea is to show lots of different and fun ways of wearing Yaelle scarves.
I have not done fashion drawings since I was at uni and forgot how much I enjoyed doing them!

0 Paper Fashion

Whilst in my studio getting my new mood board together for my new silk scarf collection I came across Jennifer Collier.

It is unusual that something grabs my attention as much as Stafford based paper artist Jennifer Collier did. Her work is so delicate and beautiful I think I looked at every single piece on her website... at least 3 times! She creates everything from paper, the papers themselves are often pages from books or maps which would otherwise be thrown away. I love how much attention to detail she pays in her work. I sat for ages looking at images of her work and noticing new things every time I looked. This is what I try and create whilst drawing designs for my scarves. I like the fact that you look at something and then the more you look the detail you see.

I often have women pick up a scarf and comment on the design and then a few moments later they notice something new... and then again and again! I think Jennifer Collier's work is probably like this too! I love the tiny stitch marks and mixed media of her work. My favourites have to be the paper binoculars and the stamp dress! I don't know why but these pieces just make me smile.

 

  

 

0 Fashion Photography Festival, Palm Beach, Cannes

I was lucky enough to go and see the 8th Fashion Photography Festival exhibition in Cannes in the South of France.
The exhibition was held in the Palm Beach Casino in Cannes.... which is set right along the beach with fantastic views. The Palm Beach Casino was built according to the purest style of Art Deco, right next to the ocean, and  has got to be one of the most prestigious gambling venues of the Riviera Coast. It is a fantastic open air venue for work dedicated to beauty and elegance. For this exhibition all the walls are turned into canvases rich with dream like fashion imagery. 
Over 90 different fashion photographers work was displayed on huge 3 meters x 3 meter canvases all over the Palm Beach terrace overlooking the sea.
In the entrance hall were these huge spectacular male figures holding the lighting all the way down the hallway. In between these massive figures was more fashion photography.
My favourite photographer was Jacques Olivar. I love his work so it was amazing to see his work in such beautiful surroundings amongst other amazing photographers!

 

 

 

 

 

0 La Grande Nomade

While In Antibes in the South of France I went to see Spanish sculptor Jaume Plensa's sculpture 'La Grande Nomade'

It is really very beautiful and looks different from every angle. The closer you get to it the more fascinating it gets. It is a sculpture of a human sat hugging their knees looking peacefully at the ocean view.
It is made from stainless steel letters and is eight meters high. The beauty of it is that you can walk into it which makes it more interactive for the viewer.

Plensa suggests that language, spoken or written, goes beyond providing a simple mission of communication, but can also be assimilated into a sort of envelope, which covers the matter and energy that forms our being.  He says, “Telles des briques, les lettres ont une potentialité de construction, elles nous permettent de construire une pensée”.  (Such bricks, letters have the potential to construct, they enable us to construct a thought.

 

 

Plensa also has an exhibition on at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in Sheffield. Not quite as glamorous location as the South of France but I am sure the sculptures are just as breathtaking!    

0 Mem & Laz

I was recently in London with my good friend Jane. She took me to this amazing little restaurant called Mem & Laz in Angel.
It is a Mediterranean restaurant with Turkish cuisine.... and the food was absolutely amazing!
We had a few different dishes including grilled halloumi salad, spinach and cheese wrapped pancakes topped with a creamy tomato sauce and then for main, apricot and honey chicken with vegetables. A bit of a random mix but we wanted to try everything as the menu was so big!

I especially loved the décor and ambience of the restaurant. They had the most beautiful hand made mosaic clusters of lamps, in a rainbow of colours all over the restaurant. This made the restaurant feel really warm and cosy. I'm thinking inspiration for a mosaic scarf design!

I love finding little treasures like this in London!

 

  

 

                      Mem & Laz: 8 Theberton St Islington London N1 0QX
                                               www.memlaz.com