Two new shoot with two different people, two different style
and 2 different atmosphere.
In a way, it is less work for me, than also posing in the
costume I just focus on the costume
design job. let the model or the
performer interpret my creation.
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| by Jan Fetishclubpix |
It is quite tricky because to embody my designs, you need to understand
the character of the costume and not let them wearing you but still have the
charisma to wear it a subtle balance to find.
This is a meeting between 2 creativity, the performer’s one
and mind, sometimes I see model wearing my creation posing just as if it was a
fashion item and it look a bit akward wereas you need the personality to embody
the character. That is why I usually prefer performers.
I just give away the cloths, giving free rein for the
setting, the aesthetic, not being the stylist or the artisitic director just
collecting the dresses back with the final pictures.
I like the fact that my costume have their own life, they
are working for me while I am doing something else at the same time.
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| by Jan Fetishclubpix |
Amy Kingsmill , extremely passionate
performer about visual expression, like to explore her own identity through the
unique clothing combinations that she style and creates.
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| by Jan Fetishclubpix |
« I love to create work that
communicates a creative idea or a specific intention.
To me modeling is an extension of my art practice. I find shoots with a theme,
message or concept behind them the most productive. As an artist I am capable
of thinking in a creative way and helping with the construction of shoot themes
etc. A lot of my work as a performance artist involves the creation of
characters and styling them myself, and so I have a large wardrobe including
latex, masks, haute couture pieces, vintage pieces, fetish and much much more. »
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| Amy found the perfect house for the shoot with crazy wallpaper and quircky decorative objects! |
'Amy Kingsmill, is an artist who,
through incorporating her love of all things surreal and fetishistic into her
performance work, creates looks that viewers have described as disturbing and
arresting, but also empowering. ' -Rachel Hardwick, Skin Two.
She recreated her all world around the dress, I made for
her with Loulou Reloulou (made with more
than 50 colourful dolls).
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| colourful dolls crown worn as a necklace |
She made the dolls
headpiece herself and a Bratz- bra to matching with the see-through transparent
dress.
Creating a pop and worring
mecanial plastic dolls deconstructing Barbie’s smooth and polished
image.
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| by Tony Patrick Smith |
This dress is made out of thousands of piece of colored
rubber.
The fact that is not fabric make an amazing motion while
twirling.
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| by Tony Patrick Smith |
The story of this dress come from a facebook status. A Facebook designer friend using a lot of rubber in her work, moving away was
giving away a big bag full of rubber . I jumped on the chance and went the day
after collecting the rubber with my big suitcase.
Like in the majority of my creation,
the idea come from the material rather the design, it is like a reverse process
where the final garnement exit because I found an interesting material and not
the contrary, whitout this gift, I would never have made this dress and not
even think about doing it.
I was inspired by the rubber material being the rubber man
in my friend
Mette Sterre show, wearing a 30 kilos rubber thousands of
rubber bans put together,
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| by Tony Patrick Smith |
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| by Tony Patrick Smith |
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| by Tony Patrick Smith |
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What to do with a monopoly game where you are missing all the cards? a monopoly necklace of course!
available now on my online shop |
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In a last post I was wearing myself this afro-inspired
tribal costume but I felt it would be nice to get a black model to match with
the black head dolls. |
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| by Tony Patrick Smith |
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| by Tony Patrick Smith |
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| Little mermaid necklace and dolls heads dress |
I already made a three snow white necklace and in my exploration of the disney princess theme I made this Ariel necklace.
Last but not least, I have the surpise to be featured on a
Finnish blog specialised on monster dolls!
Proud to be so international even if I can't understand a word of what it says!
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| read the full article here! |
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