Thursday, 10 February 2011

Fashion Beat 2010 Highlights - Kashmir pt. 1

In this first of our two-part interview with Danish band Kashmir we talked about getting their fans involved with the making of the video for their single "Trespassers" and the creative process of writing the album.

Thursday, 3 February 2011

Fashion Beat 2010 Highlights - H&M Fashion Against Aids

We take a closer look at what the H&M Camp had to offer as well as the Festival-inspired Fashion Against Aids Collection.

Tuesday, 1 February 2011

Fashion Beat 2010 Highlights - Roskilde Festival Street Artists

During the Roskilde Festival in Denmark we spoke with a series of street artists who were using their surroundings for inspiration within their art. Check out the videos below where we discuss how Fashion and Art relate to each other.



Sunday, 30 January 2011

Fashion Beat TV 2010 Highlights

Now that the New Year is about to get well underway with this season's major Fashion Weeks kicking off, the Berlinale Film Festival next month and many of the leading Art Galleries opening their first main exhibitions of the year, We decided to take a look back and showcase some of the Fashion Beat TV highlights of 2010. These include Roskilde Festival, Copenhagen Fashion Week, London Fashion Week, London Film Festival, the New York Art Scene and more. We'll be posting the vids on here, so check them out over the next days. Bring on 2011!
H&M Fashion Against Aids @ Roskilde Festival
Facehunter caught snapping during the Blogger Party @ Copenhagen Fashion Week w. FBtv Djs

Ghost Zine artists
We love New York
With Cannes- and London Film Festival-Winner, Janus Metz, director of "Armadillo"

Tuesday, 7 December 2010

FASHION: Blurring The Edges of Fashion & Art

Many of the new names to emerge on to the fashion scene this past year have displayed a strong visual inspiration from the art world. With painting, prints and composite looks they follow in the footsteps of designers such as Elsa Schiaperelli who was greatly inspired by the Surrealists.

One of the spearheads of the Art/Fashion movement in the UK is Scottish designer and graduate of the Edinburgh College of Art Iona Crawford who paints her Scottish rural surroundings, creating prints from them to use on her mix of linens and Scottish cashmere. Check her out here.

BFC NewGen Award-Winning, Dutch designer Michael Van Der Ham, who debuted at this year's September London Fashion Week, lists Any Warhol's composite dresses as a major source of inspiration. He is certainly one of the hottest-tipped new designers of the moment.  You can see more here.

Designs, from left, by Michael Van der Ham, Felicity Brown, Mary Katrantzou, Holly Fulton and Anthony Vaccarello. source: FT.com

Sunday, 14 November 2010

FASHION: Tommy Hilfiger 25 And Still Rocking

During Tommy Hilfiger's first ever visit to Denmark in honor of his brand's recent 25th anniversary he commented on how his fashion sense and inspiration have gone hand-in-hand with music.
Lenny & Tommy

"The musicians inspire me and I wanted a cool, classic look that musicians would wear that the public would also wear."-Tommy Hilfiger.


Most famous was his 1999-collaboration with Lenny Kravitz for the Freedom Tour and use of the rock icon in his advertising campaign. "As an artist, he (Lenny Kravitz) represents the true essence of freedom - his individuality, self-expression and incredible style and vision are unrivaled. It is all of these elements that served as inspiration for my new fragrances and my last several collections."

In turn Lenny had this to say on Tommy's approach to fashion design, "Tommy Hilfiger always struck me as not being afraid to defy boundaries and attempt new things." "For me, freedom is the gift of free expression without bounds, and the art of being true to oneself."


 (sources: Denmark's Radio, All Business)

Wednesday, 10 November 2010

ART: Street Painting -New York Style

Everywhere you go, there is art. This is especially true around Mercer Street and surrounding areas. We bumped in to painter and film maker Ernest Rosenberg and talked about his inspirations, his favorite artists as well as what he is currently working, which includes a painted story involving celibacy and an AK-47! Check out the Live Stream Interview. For more on Ernest Rosenberg check out this interview with him from the New York Artist Series to discover more about his art as well as recent film work.
Ernest Rosenberg often sits and paints on 111 Mercer Street