Vogue Festival. 29-30th March.

The third Vogue Festival is approaching very soon and it will be taking place on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 March 2014, and is this year in partnership with Harrods. The two-day festival is said to be even bigger than its two predecessors, and will be held at the Queen Elizabeth Hall at the Southbank Centre.

"I'm delighted that Harrods is going to be our partner for the Vogue Festival 2014," said Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman. "We've already been discussing some great new ideas, and with their well-known commitment to fashion and style, I'm looking forward to a terrific relationship."

Last year's festival saw some of the world's most amazing fashion talents come together for a weekend of interviews and discussions, including designers, models such as Victoria Beckham, Donatella Versace, Michael Kars, Paul Smith, Mario Testing, Vivienne Westwood, Alber Elbaz, Alexa Chung and Cara Delevingne. The line-up for the 2014 has not yet been announced, but expect plenty of entertaining and inspiring star guests, as well as workshops, performances and makeovers.

Tickets will be available to buy now! So don’t miss your chance!!

"We are delighted to be partnering with Vogue for the Vogue Festival 2014," said Chiara Varese, Harrods director of customer relationship management and personal shopping. "The fashion world is artistic, inspirational, innovative and sophisticated, but most of all it's exciting and fun. We look forward to adding to the unique customer experience for which this event has become well known and best loved. This natural partnership between our two brands will bring together in an innovative way the world's leading influencers, designers and fashion-savvy crowd, in luxury style."

Tickets can be bought here

information and picture credit

Ileana Hunter

While looking on Pintrest I cam across a fine artist by the name of Ileane Hunter. When looking at her work i realised that her style is very minimal, however because of the way she has drawn these pieces it doesn't look like its not finished like some work can be seen as. what's amazing about her work is that she has never had any form of formal training and she completely taught herself.

here is a link to more of her images http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/IleanaHunter?ref=l2-shopheader-name

by Yasmin Garrett - Braden.

Victoria and Albert exhibition

Victoria and Albert Museum

Jameel Prize exhibition is an international art prize, which is for contemporary artists, and designers who are inspired by Islamic traditions of art, craft and design. It was first launched in 2009 and is exhibited every 2 years; this prize draws in many nominations from many countries and continues to attract them. The event shows the exciting interaction between contemporary practice and a great historical heritage.

Wed 11^th December 2013 – Mon 21 April 2014

Porter Gallery

Free, no booking required

http://www.vam.ac.uk/

By Cameron Benn

Glen Keane

Glen Keane is undoubtedly the face of Disney animation, when we think of those large eyes, the free flowing body movement of a Disney character it probably had something to do with Keane. Glen Keanes art has been recognised especially after the movie hit 'Tangled' but it should be noted that he worked to bring about the 2d style to 3d animation rather than being a newly introduced artist with good concept art. 'The Little Mermaid' is where he first began and all the Disney characters since then in the films have kept largely to this art style. 

 In all the images of his art the lines are bold and have this strong sense of movement and expression. All the characters drawn have something striking about them that can make it all eye catching to the viewer. This has obviously been used well by Disney as a whole.

By Helen Barnett

LOUISE RICHARDSON - Textile And mixed media artist

Louise Richardson makes objects with an ethereal quality that hint at the fact she almost became a ballerina.

It's difficult to know what to call Louise - she is more of an object maker than a straightforward artist. Her work has been described variously as dark, morbid. She created a frock made from delicate muslin which is stained and muddied. The bodice is covered in butterflies which look as if they have crash landed onto the fabric. The frock is pinned as if crucified behind glass and inside a white frame.

“I love the notion of the dirty angel - the kind of dark and light you get in fairytales. A lot of my work seems really beautiful but something much darker lurks beneath,” she quotes.

Louise almost became a ballerina - she was offered a ballet scholarship in Manchester but turned it down to do Fine Art - yet she has that ethereal quality ballet dancers seem to have.

Although she studied Fine Art at Norwich, painting was not for her. “Somehow the brush created too much distance between me and the canvas. And painting is very flat. I needed to get much closer to what I was doing. I wanted to make objects which exist in the real world rather than making a copy of something,” she said.

Louise uses heavy materials in her work especially lead which features in a lot of her outcomes. “I think there is a strange magical quality about lead because it has its own history. If you are dealing with lead over a period of days it scratches and gets marked. I love the weight of it. It's amazing because even though it is heavy, it is like fabric, so you can stitch it. I began to print images into the lead and use lead alongside more delicate materials so you get this amazing sort of alchemy going on.”

It's impossible to pigeonhole her work as anything specific. Everything has a hand-made quality to it  where the boundaries between textiles and sculpture seem to constantly collide. And there is a melancholy quality to Richardson's work which invites the viewer to take a closer look at their own emotions and feelings which is what is so interesting about her.

I love louise work on a personal level i have recently incorporated her in my homage project which i have recently finished in college, i took a lot of inspiration from her creativity methods in order for me to create my own outcomes. She is definitely one to watch out for and is always exhibiting somewere, so check her out. 

Her personal Blogspot can be found here.

Agyness Deyn for Dr Martens

The crazy glamour of the Oscars might have captured our attention over the past few days but floor-length glittering gowns aren't for everyone and so we turn to Agyness Deyn model and actor formally known for her appearance in pusher, who has unveiled her fourth and interesting collection for Dr Martens today.

For spring/summer 2014, her inspiration comes from her new LA home teamed with the surf and punk scene of the Seventies and Eighties, as well as a hint of Americana sportswear. Think surfer shorts, slouchy dresses with sporty mesh detailing, cropped, preppy shirts and strappy creepers.

"It's great to have the freedom to play in so many style camps with the Docs girl," said Deyn. "I was obsessing over the euphoria of summer and found that Docs has roots all the way into the early Venice Beach hardcore scene, which is very different from the East Coast. The inspiration is extremely laid-back, low-key beach rat."

Article and picture credit to Vogue News

This is something I am very happy about, I think it is an amazing collaboration, and I am interested in getting involved and buying my own pair.