Feel The Fashion

It's not the the beautiful fashion makes you feel beautiful. It's how you feel so beautiful wearing any outfits makes the fashion beautiful.

sincerely, desperately fashioned

Inspiring Designers

1. Viktor & Rolf
    One of my favorite. Master of architectured fashion. Here are some of the masterpieces:



cut out dress



Viktor & Rolf - Spring 2010

 2. Riccardo Tisci.
     Love his Samourai collection so much:

Givenchy's samourai

Givenchy Spring 2011

Tusci for Givenchy

 3. Alexander McQueen
     Of course, my idol. Architect who turns to fashion world.



McQueen's black



McQueen's

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Pagoda Winner - Congratulation!

Congratulation to the 1st challenge winner. Go see about her in "Featured Stylist"

Your Love is my drug =) by ♥→ Lila ←♥

Here are the complete shortlisted:
- Little Miss Pagoda by Tikaprasetya
- Angel of... by Minsunny
- My new look by Chamelia
- My new look by Putri
- Foreigner by Elena
- Freja : Cute Vintage by Risa
- Be Jelly by yum orange
- Pagodaism by allyna
- Knitorius (i can't find your link)

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Caught in Looklet (3)

Theme: MERDEKA!!
near August 17th, on Indonesia's independent day, here are some red-white looks caught in Looklet.

MERDEKA!!!!!!

17 August! MERDEKA INDONESIA!

merah putih..yaa..MERDEKA....

Indonesian Independece Day

merdeka merah putih

Happy Independence Day, Indonesia! Wish you for "No Corruptor, No Illegal Drugs, No Illegal Sex" and "Great Education, Great Welfare, Great Health" to the citizens. Amien!

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5 rules of composing design

Composition and design is the topic which provides the baseline and infrastructure for all other areas of artistic development in design making. I'm not trying to provide a summary of composition and design here. I just want to tell that if you read through this article, you'll learn a huge amount about the different aspects of composition and how you can help yourself improve your designs.

First basic thing you have to know that the formal aspects of visual composition are like the grammar of a language. Like good literature and good poetry is more than words and subject matter, a fashion or an architecture design is more than what to presentate. The organization, the sentence structure, the style, and so on can make or break a good story. In design, the way the formal elements are arranged can make or break a good presentation idea.

The use of composition principles applied to the visual elements are like visual grammar. And looking for the visual elements of design principles does not have to limit the designer's options. They can focus the designer's experimentation and choice making:

1.Color

2.Line

3.Shape

4.Tone

5.Texture

6.Form

Now think of the elements as the basic visual material with which to make a design. It's hard to imagine anything visual without the use of one or more of these elements. 

Second rule have been explained in design principles as ways to work with and arrange the elements here.

Third rule is phi rule or some people say as golden ratio. Some believe that it is the most efficient outcome and the result of natural forces. Some other believe it is a universal constant of design and the signature of God. Whatever you believe, the pervasive appearance of phi in all we see and experience creates a sense of balance, harmony and beauty in the design of all we find in nature. It should be no surprise then that mankind would use this same proportion found in nature to achieve balance, harmony and beauty in its own creations of art, architecture, colors, design, composition, space and even music.

Compose your phi grid here.

phi grid in fashion

phi grid of Taj Mahal, India

And the fourth is rule of thirds which sometimes referred to the golden ratio and that’s not too correct. The golden ratio is a mathematic function usually used in architechture, describing the ideal relation of distance between objects to make it pleasing for the eye. The rule of thrids though is more valuable in design, thus a rule of composition.

It states that by dividing an artwork with evenly spaced horizontal and vertical lines creating 9 parts, the intersections of these lines are to be sought after as the most preferred focal points of a design. This is because at these points, the eye has the best perception of the main object in relation to the surrounding objects. By applying the rule of thirds to your design, you can stress the focal point and turn a rather dull image into something more interesting.

Let’s take a look at this example. This is an image of a kid at the beach. It’s shot without any rule or anything of that sort in mind:

dividing picture into 9 equal parts

Now, let’s see if we can make this image more interesting. What is the focal point of the photo? Where do we want the eye to jump to? I would say it’s the boy’s head. So scale the grid in order to put one of the four intersections right onto our intended focal point, like this:

cropping image

Now, crop the image according to the new borders - and voilà, this is how our image looks now:

Finally, the fifth rule is about the eyepath. A designer shouldn't let the eyes of viewer unfocus. Stress the focal point(s) and devitalize the surrounding elements to produce an ideal “path” for the eyes. If you follow this rule and the eyes follow the path you create, leading to the effect, then you intend to communicate with your design.

To lead the eye, use the following elements:

1. sweetspot

2. block

3.exit



rule of eyepath


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Caryatid

Augustus Saint Gaudens Caryatids

Caryatid is a sculptural, draped, female figure serving as an ancient architectural support -taking the place of a column- an entablature of a temple on her head. The ancient engineer, Vitruvius, claims that caryatids are named after the  "maidens of Karyai (name of a Spartan town)" as punishment of their betrayal during Persian Wars (492-449 BC). However, caryatids were created before it in Delhi and Athens.

The caryatids were dedicated to the Goddess Artemis in her aspect of Artemis Karyatis. Its name may came from the posture of women worshiping at Karyai festival (Kerenyi 1980 p 149). Besides, it's also used as decorative object, until now.

Caryatid Porch in Erectheion

The best known and most-copied examples are those of the six figures of the Caryatid Porch in Erectheion on the Acropolis, Athens. 

 

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Pagoda

Pagoda is a tiered tower with mulitiple eaves common in India, China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Nepal, Thailand, and other parts of Asia. Some pagodas are used for Buddhist and Taoist houses of worship and were often located near temples. It’s the evolution of ancient Indian stupa, a tomb-like structure where sacred relics could be kept safe.

Pagodas attract lightning because of their height – usually come on the odd number of levels. This tendency may have played a role in their perception as spiritually charged places. While the finial at the top structure sometimes designed symbolical, representing lotus.



Square Pagoda Park, Shanghai



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Design Principles

Some design theory/rules (some creative artists purposely break the rules):

 

The flag dominance the picture



. Emphasis - "Center of Interest". It is about dominance and influence. Most designers put it a bit off center and balance it with some minor themes to maintain our interest. Some others avoid emphasis on purpose. They want all parts of the work to be equally interesting. 








Too big and too small



. Harmony - When complementary layers and/or effects can be joined to produce a more attractive whole. The composition is complex, but everything appears to fit with everything else. The whole is better than the sum of its parts.




Very simple but attractive



 . Unity - When nothing distracts from the whole. But without variation, it can be uninteresting. Unity with diversity, generally has more to offer in both design and in life. Of course some very minimal design can be very calming and at times even very evocative, like a simple Japanese landscape that has a powerful effect.





Dramatic cloud effects



. Opposition - Contrasting visual concepts. That same "clear and peaceful" Japanese landscape becomes very dramatic and expressive when the cloud comes a little dark.



 

Asymmetrical balance



. Balance - The consideration of visual weight and importance to create stability. It is a way to compare the right and left side of a composition (symmetric, asymmetric, radial).

 

Variation and repetition

. Rhytm - Can be used on all of the visual elements. If things are repeated without any changing, they can quickly get boring. However, repetition with variation can be both interesting and comfortably familiar. visual tempo creating movement.

 

. Proportion - Comparative relation of one part to another.

. Tension - Tenuous balance which capable of causing anxiety or exitement

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