...of the Moomin mind...

After much deliberation... and Moomin like thinking, i have somehow created an order for art flow and fashion development...through an excitement hierarchy.

This hierarchy consisting of which project i should do first to the last project being an ill-advised inspirational piece of bullshit. However rather than following a normal pyramid like order and starting from the bottom, i have stupidly thought it would be a good idea to start at the top...yes yes Kimmy is stupid, otherwise i will piss myself through sheer creative juice overload. So technically, i'm calming myself down as well as ocd-ing myself, as per usual, and basically rambling on about things that don't even really concern me...hmmmm...

...i promise the next post will make more sense and will be more interesting...

...this is the sad path of the Moomin...having an over-reactive mind...

...and wanting to constantly snack on sesame cookies and cups of tea whilst snuggling up with the lover, Sir Davis, to watch I-Robot...which is what i am abandoning this post to do...like i said...forgive me...i have a cold.

...has lead to creative bombardment...

...

...Well...

...I'm in a pickle.

As i stated in a previous entry, i am constantly inspired, which is brilliant...however...the downfall of this is that i have so many bloody ideas and haven't the faintest clue where i should start as i am too excited by everything. I'd like to do more Illustrations whilst i am in the drawing mood, but there are so many collections i want to start planning and sketches that need to be on paper, Arrghh...what to do...

...what to do.

It really doesn't help that i can't stop watching this damn Baldur's Gate 2 walkthrough on Youtube (yes a true geek at heart i am)...i should be listening to some tuneages or have a film on in the background so artwork can commence...i am a naughty cheesepot Kimmy...

...tut tut.

...inspirational movement...

/MINNAPALMQVIST

Minna Palmqvist has a Bachelor's degree from an artisan clothing school in Finland, plus a Master's degree from Konstfack school of art, crafts and design in Stockholm, Sweden.

A Finnish designer based in Stockholm, her desire in fashion is to combine fashion norms with everyday social reality. Her current collection, "Intimately Social" questions our individual battle in being accepted for our body colliding with our own intimate and physical self.

The label, uniquely, doesn't work in seasonal change but adds incessantly, working on minute details little by little. It has many variations since 2007 but still continues to be an on-going progress.

Minna Palmqavist's inspiration comes from contradiction and imperfection, haunting traits that each person undeniably comes across at some stage of their life.

What i love about her is that she shares the same love/hate relationship, as i do, with Fashion.

It's the system around it, the commercialism and the "who you should know" business that is the massive downfall of wanting to be a designer. However she seems to be as stubborn as i... we're both fueled by this passionate relationship and care enough to keep at it, working against the bullshit to create and express through our own art. It should be about value and individuality not quantity and a crowd of sheep strutting down the street.

Minna Palmqvist currently operates on a small scale, and a lot of the garments are available only upon request.

...and yet finding a new...

...designer

O D E U R

When it comes to simplicity i most definitely high five O D E U R.

Inspired by Nouveau Riche (also known as 'New Money')

"Where The Shimmer Lies" is their S/S 11 Unisex Collection,

which comes across as a style quest for those who over indulge in the idea of fashion yet who struggle to reveal themselves with their newly

achieved wealth.

Unexpected pattern cutting clashed with the use of a bright yet neutral colour palette, in contrast to their more darker scales in previous garments, dominates the style in this collection.

Metallic copper - now seen as the new Gold, is used as

an accessory structure, breaking up the fabric to create a defined characterized silhouette. Quite unique as the garments are so fitting as a unisex collection.

I love the stillness it creates, clean yet creased in personality...it's almost delicately futuristic.

...or walking into frightening splendour...

Oh little boutique...

...Oh little shop of wonders...

...Oh Collard Manson.

I have awed over this little treat that Nottinghams' Lace Market has offered for many a year to me, 4 in fact since i moved here and finally i belong.

I remember the first attempt to walk past the little fashion boutique however was pulled, and soon after the gawping expression on my face became apparent to my friends...I was not going to leave willingly. I walked in to find designers of bowing worthy, Vivienne Westwood, Jean Paul Gaultier (the most amazing umbrella with black laced pleats), to local and upcoming designers/artists such as Daisy Thomas and her beaded beauty accessories & Nicola Donovan an artist who envelopes herself in sculpture and figurative/conceptual clothing.

Clearly i was having a sweet ass time prowling through jewellery splayed on a vintage desk, leafing through art books, admiring vintage looking homeware, touching the weird pattern-cut clothes. So i did the only thing that could be done...bought a necklace and asked if there were any job vacancies. Not only were there no jobs, but a huge cv pile...

...i tried again the following month, then year...and the one after...

...then on one pretty average day in May this year i saw it...POSITION FOR SALES ASSISTANT AVAILABLE! I went straight to my flat, printed off a CV and was back within 20 minutes handing over my letter and babbling on about ridiculousness.

Now here i am! Surrounded by it all. The 'it' being glorious amounts of awesomeness that i get to stock and touch and arrange, then re-arrange. What's also amazing is that it's brought back my creativity.

I am now constantly inspired & it feels bloody brilliant!

http://www.collardmanson.com/