THURSDAY GALLERY HOP /// GOODMAN GALLERY AND STEVENSON GALLERY

MICHAEL McGARRY AT THE STEVENSON:

THE LAST EMPEROR /// JUNGLE CATS

WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU CALLING 'UNCLE' BITCH?

Yes it’s been a while. If you been around these parts for a minute you’ll know  that these moments come where for a week or two the might be no posts. It happens, you’ll learn to deal or you’ll leave us for greener more predictable pastures. Nothing deep to it really, one runs out of steam for the party life and the only thing that makes sense is to chill at home and watch pirated series dvd’s. Maybe it’s an age thing.. A coupla months ago I had an incident at the waterfront, I walked out of the elevator as four…uhmmm…youths walked in. One held his arm out pushing the others aside and he said “make way for the uncle”. After looking over my shoulder, in search of the “uncle”, it clicked, I was the Uncle. Little shits looked as though they were somewhere around twenty, twenty one. And there’s me foolishly thinking we looked like people from the same generation, like we could be facebook friends or follow each other’s blogs or some shit like that. Yeah sure I weigh 30 kilos more than I did at their age but what the fuck? Yes I ‘ve been spending my Saturday afternoons at cat shows far beyond the boerewors curtain but they don’t know that, does it show? Anyway fuck’em, fuck their smooth skin, their lean bodies and high sex drives.  and bless my cats for doing so well last week at the Western Province Cat Show (don’t judge me bitch, you don’t wanna go there, I judge harder). Anyway, Azange and Shado got themselves so many awards and my Shado is officially a Premier, and now we look forward to the Grand Supreme prize at the next show, the Nationals, which by the way will be held on the 2^nd of June in Bothasig. And no I have no idea where Bothasig is, or how far behind the Boerie curtain it is. However, I will be taking my camera with me. I forgot it last weekend and I missed out on so many shots of next level skattielisciousness, like really motherfucking next, I’m talking multicoloured hair, in primary colours, bless! Fuck Glee and their sectionals, this shit is gonna be realer.

By the way, the pics are random, from diff events, some France some SA. Except the Azange and Shado pics below, along with the cat competition ribbons.

CAMCORDED - A FASHION FILM BY CONRAD ROSELT

SIKI MSUSENI

SNAPS FROM SOME OF THE EXHIBITIONS/FASHION INSTALLATIONS I SAW

FASHION INSTALLATION AT THE VILLA NOAILLES BY YOHJI YAMAMOTO

FASHION INSTALLATION IN THE GARDEN AT THE VILLA NOAILLES by MATTHEW CUNNINGTON & JOHN SANDERSON

EXHIBITION OPENING AT THE MEDIEVAL TOWER by ANOUK KRUITHOF

PILORI, a performance by LYNSEY PEISINGER and THE STIMULEYE

THE RANGES /// HYERES 2012

OUT OF VACUUM by LUCAS SPONCHIADO, BELGIUM

WOMEN ARE SITTING ROCK by NARELLE DORE, AUSTRALIA

PERFECT BLUE TAMARA by DANIEL HURLIN, FRANCE

ULDAM by PAULA SELBY AVELLANEDA, ARGENTINIA

THE BIRDS ARE SILENT by JASMINA BARSHOVI, SWITZERLAND

FINALLY, I OPTED FOR THE SQUARE by MAXIME RAPPAZ, SWITZERLAND

DRESS CODE DEFENSIVE by RAGNE KIKAS, ESTONIA

SIIRI RAASAKKA, TIIA SIREN & ELINA LAITINEN. FINLAND (THE WINNING RANGE)

STEVEN TAI, CANADA

DYSTOPIA by KIM CHOONG-WILKINS

LAST YEAR'S WINNER CÉLINE MÉTEIL

JURY PRESIDENT YOHJI YAMAMOTO

You'd be excused for thinking that I went to Hyeres just for the street style pics considering that it's all i've posted so far. Askies skat, but as you can see there were a shitload of pics from the ranges and i didn't even feature every outfit from each of the ranges, so i really had to be back home in front of my desktop computer before even touching the range pics. Anyway here they are, do keep in mind that the festival is all about discovering new young designers that are as yet unknown and they are encouraged to explore their creativity rather than try to make commercial ranges. That of course is one of my favourite ways to view a range. I totally understand that once a designer is established they often have to make clothes that they can sell to their customers, for practical reasons. But I really really do love those moments when designers really explore their imagination (and obviously execute it beautifully, otherwise fuckoff, really) and the Hyères festival is one of those moments, and that's why I went all the way there. Not to say there are absolutely no opportunities here to see similar, but I was fascinated by this festival that celebrates young designers and at the same time gets so much support from the established fashion professionals and global fashion media, and well, spending the long weekend at a cubist villa on the French Riviera is kinda fabulous, and I'm just a fag who likes fabulous things. Anyfuckingway, enjoy the pics and be inspired, and if you're a young designer find the fuck out how you can enter next year so i can see you there because i am definitely going again. Yes I am hooked, much like the people I met there. Everyone kept asking if it was my first time, for no other reason than to show off and tell me that it was their fourth, fifth or fucking tenth time. Even if you're not a designer, put aside some cash or try not to max your plastic so we can meet there next year. No, really skat.

THE WINNERS:

Finnish designers Siiri Raasakka, Tiia Siren & Elina Laitenen won the Grand Prize for their eccentric menswear collection. The trio were awarded 15,000 euros and the opportunity to present their joint collection in Paris during Fashion Week SS13.

Estonian womenswear designer Ragne Kikas picked-up the Prèmiere Vision Award and theFashion Public Award of the City of Hyères and won 10,000 euros plus the opportunity to showcase her collection at Prèmiere Vision in New York and Paris.

Canadian womenswear designer Steven Tai won the Chloé Award and a grant of 15,000 euros 

Belgian womenswear designer Lucas Sponchiado won the Public Palais de Tokyo / villa Noailles Award.