dimanche 19 janvier 2014

Dolls of Montmartre



By Constance Doyle
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During Christmas time, I met my friend and great photographer Constance Doyle. It became a kind of tradition between us. I live in London and she lives in Dublin  and Paris is our meeting point (like for last christmas). For 4 years, we have been walking in the capital city, me toddling off my too high heels, she, carrying camera in the hand, determined to capture ephemeral moments of beauty that the City of Light can offer.   
http://www.constancedoyle.co.uk/

Au Moulin Rouge, La danse, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec (1890)  les buveurs d’absinthe Jean Béraud, (1908).

This time we decided to explore Montmartre, old popular Paris, with its cabarets, cafés, street artists that inspired my red corset costume with dolls heads surrounded by black lace.  

I wanted to create this character inspired by accordionist, barrel organ player, an atemporal girl escaped from a Toulouse-Lautrec painting, artist and bohemian, between Edith Piaf and Mistinguett. 

Yes I have an old accordion in my attic, don't ask me why! 




"Par son apparence, la poupée rappelle l'humain. Ces imitations de personnes qui ressemblent à des totems jouent un rôle particulier, à la fois confidentes et ennemies." Pierre Deshusses 




 Phillip Toledano is an experimental research scientist studying fantastic and absurd freaks. He sedates the creatures and removes them from their cages to pose them for archival photos.
Image © Phillip Toledano. 

Image © Phillip Toledano

Image © Phillip Toledano

I WANT THIS:
Jonathan Adler, Barbie Sunburst Mirror.


Edward Kienholz, 
'The Future as Afterthought' (1962). Paint and resin on plastic and rubber doll parts with sheet metal, tricycle pedals, and wood. Onnasch Collection. 
 I've seen this piece at the Hauser & Wirth’s London gallery  in Picadilly. I found interesting to see the work of artist who use dolls for political purpose, denouncing the effect of nuclear bomb, where I feel my "art" is not really connected with any committed message.


"Pour définir le monde où se retrouvent ces poupées, on pourrait supposer qu'il n'y a pas d'enfants en regard de leur existence; telle serait en quelque sorte la condition première de leur émergence; le monde des enfants est passé. Avec elles, la poupée est enfin déprise de la compréhension, de la participation, du désir et du chagrin de l'enfant; elle est devenue autonome, elle a grandi, vielle avant l'heure, acceptant toute la part d'irréel de sa propre existence.  Les poupées de cire de Lotte Pritzel 



My grandmother rocks with her new barbie necklace! 



glittery barbies for christmas

Even my cat like wearing my creations 

How to make the gnome of my parents's garden even more kitsch? 

Christmas present for my 2 years old cousins, customised princess heels with barbie eyes! 

Last but not least, my friend Simona realised this great series about "Friends as Vegetables, asked me as a "Portrait Chinois"  If you were a vegetable which one would you be? " I answered  without really thinking bout it : "An onion  because it has a lot of layers, is it cheap but make any kind of dishes more exiting" 
I am wearing one of my favourite purple dress which is actually a theatre costume.  

By Simona Zemaite

"I am interested in color and geometry, simplicity and structure of everyday imagery. I consider omnipresent audio-visual surroundings to be my main medium. Everything I do is documentary." Simona Zemaityte




dimanche 12 janvier 2014

Tribal chic


For a party I wanted to make a tribal costume linked with my fascination for dolls, and deal with humour and in caricatural way with cannibalism fantasy and human sacrifices. 
Givenchy, Valentino, Alexander McQueen S/S 2014
Each season, you have a "ethnic trend", Fashion get inspired by tribe aesthetic (replacing all the natural material by very sophisticated and expansive fabric) and introduce this trend in a glamourous environment which as nothing to do with the atmosphere of small village in Africa or Amazonian forest. 

http://www.beforethey.com/

Dying life of the tribe: Spectacular pictures by British photographer Jimmy Nelson capture the people who are in danger of disappearing forever, travelling the world for three years, visiting 35 tribes in all five continents.



http://www.beforethey.com/

http://www.beforethey.com/
Creative costumes of Still-Practiced Pagan rituals of Europe: 




The hat is a belt sewn on a dream catcher. 
The top is a fur that a friend gave me because he didn't know what to do with it stitched on a swimming costume. 


Pocahontas tribal necklace 

Jivaroan necklace 
By Simona Zemaityte 

By Simona Zemaityte 

Barbie Ass necklace By Simona Zemaityte 

tribal arm necklace By Simona Zemaityte 





I would like to write a manifesto about the art of wearing costume at a theme party: 

1- You have to MAKE your own costume. Hiring is cheating. I would never be impress by a Big Teddy bear or Elvis Presley costume just hired from the costume shop.  You have to spend time sourcing your props, sewing, gluing, painting, adapting.  The greatest costumes are the handmade one, where you see that the knight helmet is just foil paper or that you can see the trouser behind the fake leaves if you decided to dress as a tree. Costume just make that failure beautiful. 

2-You have to travel to the party in your costume.  That can lead you in funny situation, like holding a massive blowpipe in the tube, seeing Superman casually waiting for the bus. But don't worry, costume is the best protection, no one will mess with you because they assume that if you dare going like that in the street you may have a strong personality. 

3- The most important part is the entrance, so it is good not to arrive too early when nobody is there or too late when nobody care anymore. 

3-You can't take out your costume, even if it is not comfortable, even if it's falling apart. Not to be tempted, don't take any change. I always find funny people who arrived dressed in your costume, and 10 minutes after change into a more casual outfit…

4- You have to perform your character (if you are dressed as a Punk, or as Marylyn Manson you can't be calmly drinking a cup of tea, with your legs cross on casually talking about the weather).  



For the body and face painting I got inspired by Julia Sisi art with barbie. I like in her work how she turns  a standardised and industrial  product into something unique and hand-crafted.  



Find my Tribal collection at @Work on Bricklane: 

...And new article about my work on Paulette magazine! 



dimanche 5 janvier 2014

Luxuriouxsnacks presents

Because there is not only jewellery and costume in my life, performance is what bring a meaning to all of that.
I already presented  our performance duo, Luxurioux snacks  with Simon Dodi 


The ancestor of the Polaroïd, Wet Plate or Collodion process, the old way to take and develop picture matching with these characters caught in their own timelessness. 

By Paul Saint Bris 

By Paul Saint Bris 

Ils voyagèrent...
All the world's a stage...What happen when two characters escape the stage to live their own life and decide to go on a trip?  
Is there is a life out of the stage for these characters unable to interact with the real world?  


By Paul Saint Bris 

By Paul Saint Bris 

By Paul Saint Bris 

By Paul Saint Bris 









By Paul Saint Bris 


By Paul Saint Bris 

Luxurioux snaks wearing Lego jacket

By Paul Saint Bris 

By Paul Saint Bris 

By Paul Saint Bris 


By Paul Saint Bris 

By Paul Saint Bris 

Ajouter une légende
By Paul Saint Bris 

By Paul Saint Bris 


By Paul Saint Bris 

By Paul Saint Bris 

By Paul Saint Bris

By Paul Saint Bris 

Luxuriouxsnacks celebrating Christmas!              By Taka YoshiKen

 By Taka YoshiKen

By Taka YoshiKen

By Taka YoshiKen

By Taka YoshiKen

By Taka YoshiKen

christmas dress &pig necklace

christmas costume with christmas jewellery

On the 14th of November, Luxurioux Snacks took part in the Festival Underconstruction,  performance platform for new work, at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern 

"Often raw, always fascinating, UnderConstruction has proven to be a who's who of the cream of the scene and continues to be a breeding ground for next year's must-see performers." Time Out London 

By Anthony Lycett 

By Anthony Lycett
By Anthony Lycett

By Anthony Lycett
Climbing on chair with 15cm heels...this is the performance! 
By Anthony Lycett

By Anthony Lycett

By Anthony Lycett

By Anthony Lycett

By Anthony Lycett

By Anthony Lycett

By Anthony Lycett


By Ranulph Redlin

By Ranulph Redlin

By Ranulph Redlin

By Ranulph Redlin

By Ranulph Redlin

By Ranulph Redlin

By Ranulph Redlin
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