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19.9.17

dead romantics

long time, no write eh? my life is a mess, and unfortunately i couldn't save my blog form it, my deepest apologies. but! i hopefully will have a more routine lifestyle now that i'm in my second year of college. i'll probably have more things to show you too, my curriculum for costume design looks bomb. a bigger update is on it's way, this is not the topic for this post though.
this is about a dress. yes. another dress. why do i do this to myself. i suspect the ultimately feminine line of one just inherently reminds me of romanticism which was the topic for this task... but lets start at the beginning.

last year i had fashion design classes with a lady who challenged our input sources and the way we process our inspirations. theres more to say about those classes for sure but this is a whole post on one of our final projects. the general topic was deconstruction of a shirt, based on one of the "genres" given, rock, architecture, something else i think, and romanticism. with a mood board we were to create an outfit from deconstructed shirts and organise a photoshoot for said look. tough stuff tbh, especially if you don't really get the teacher... anywaaaay, i chose romanticism cause i'm a sucker for blue, great reason i know. i really don't want to get into all the problems i had in the beginning cause it was a freaking nightmare but i settled on these inspirations:

i know it's not a lot, in fact i'm a bit mad at myself for this being it, but the road was very hard okay.

i focused on the fabric manipulations for the flowers, each hand made with a probably unhealthy dose of frustration by yours truly. first sketch called for two of them, in the end i made eleven. i'm quite proud of them if i'm being honest, bit of my signature 3am; why am i doing to myself; again haute couture. the dress was finished, the worst was yet to come. how do you freaking organise a photoshoot with no friends?... and last minute but that's besides the point...

cue my high school friend justyna. she has been my makeup model a couple of times already and answered my desperate call on facebook. i must thank her here again, not only was she a very pretty and wonderful model but she also figured out a location. last minute wroclaw natural history museum photoshoot.

here is another thanks, to the employees of the museum. they were so helpful, so kind to let us shoot and so lovely and curious about the project. here is why this post is in polish too, for them to enjoy!

there we are, please don't judge me too hard on my photography skills or the photoshops cause i'm nowhere near a pro but i am quite happy with those, all feedback would be greatly appreciated.
i tried my best!

see you soon and remind me to never do that again (again)

love,

qofr

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tłumaczenie:

ten post jest podsumowaniem jednego z moich końcoworocznych projektów w mskpu. zadanie obejmowało pracę z dekonstrukcją koszuli w wybranym temacie, ja zdecydowałam się na romantyzm. cała kreacja została uszyta przeze mnie, w większości ręcznie. szczególnie zadowolona jestem z kwiatów w dolnej części pleców. było to nie lada wyzwanie, na szczęście przy produkcji sesji zdjęciowej miałam wspaniałą pomoc w osobie modelki, justyny. bardzo ci dziękuję, zarówno za zdjęcia jak i pomoc w organizacji miejsca na sesję.

dodatkowo chciałabym bardzo podziękować wszystkim pracownikom muzeum przyrodniczego we wrocławiu za przychylne nastawienie i szczerą ciekawość. mam nadzieję, że zdjęcia wszystkim się podobają!

salę w której robiłyśmy zdjęcia można zobaczyć tutaj: układ kostny kręgowców

12.2.16

pomorskie paciorki

i'm in gdańsk right now, typing these words from my very ''blogger-like'' position on a hotel bed.

first mention of gdańsk in ''vita prima sancti adalbertii in the 10th century

in pendolino (a fast train going from warsaw to gdańsk, and other places) there are these screens showing cool things in different cities. right there i read about the archeological museum and their jewellery exhibition.

view from the tower of the museum

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''craftsmen or artists?'' is a small but very packed exhibit centered around jewellery made by pomeranian tribes in the first centuries ad. most of these where found in women's graves during excavations a couple of years ago. the premise of this whole thing is to, obviously, think about the difference and line between a craftsman and an artist.

even though the exhibit fills only one room, there is quite a number of pieces and a lot of information. mostly, you can find out what kind of jewellery making techniques where there 20 centuries ago, see the exquisite craftsmanship and attention to detail. and they did all this by hand, without any magnifying glass or anything!

remanences of a small workshop

examples of where the jewellery was worn,

a lot of brooches served a practical purpose

since we are on the amber trail,

these are naturally found ambers,

also used in jewellery

this is one of my favourites.

a necklace made of a mediterranean sea shell

(brought over by trading)

and a bronze casing, very high fashion

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now let's talk about the topic.

first of all let me say that i believe that craftsmen, workers in handmade objects, are also artists. these things were designed by them, they took hours and hours to make it. let's not even begin to talk about the effort it took to figure out the methods of forming and decorating every piece. all by hand. all in a freaking hot workshop.

i, myself, always say that i do what i do because i'm first and foremost a craftsman (or a woman rather). i'm mostly interested in getting to know new techniques of making stuff, figuring out any improvements, making thing by hand by myself.

for me knowing the workshop is much more important than having a split of inspiration, jotting it down and not knowing what to do with it.

ultimately, i want to create for myself but doing things which require a lot of skill for somebody is also very rewarding. another thing is the need for highly specialised craftsmen in today's day and age. recently my cousin linked me to a post about a new college in the uk, a part of a ballet school i think, and their main goal is to train people to renew and make new costumes for ballet. the tutus are in terrible shape apparently and it turns out it's quite hard to just repair or make a new one.

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i can't recommend the exhibition enough and i want to hear your thoughts, are craftsmen artists? what is even the difference?

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this has been your additional dose of creative thinking.

love,

qofr

11.1.16

in times of need, acrylic is here

i started by making the templates, wanted to make them with paper, turned out that they slide all over the place so i, the genius that i am, thought of adhesive foil so this was a big connivence.

the biggest thing was to figure out how to get the pattern onto the fabric. i did some tests, hoped that print paint would work but that was too see-through, there was no contrast to see the outline. then i tried with spray paint but that was even worse.

if you don't know what to do, do it in acrylic. simple and the effect was perfect.

here are some photos from the making:

let's just strop here. at this point i was so proud of myself, right? like wow, this looks nice, really suits the theme, seems well designed as a pattern. then i realised.

the suckers.

how the flipping fuck am i going to do that. it was just a pain it the but really, cause i had to cut it all individually. i had to number all of them, different colours for each tentacle to not mix things up. of course i had to save those little circles because it wasn't unified in any way (why should i do that? to make my work easier? that's for chumps). after gluing down the rest of the foil i had to go over each spot, make it smaller and glue down. i'm sure there is an easier way but i'm not going to think about it now.

#deadhand

i don't really have any more photos from the making of the actual costumes.

i don't really have that much more to say about the costumes. next up the stage design and summary.

this has been your monday dose of mind-boggling work.

love,

qofr

p.s. this is draining my energy. i'll finish those posts this week and quit talking about this project for now. from february sockabrate is coming back.

11.12.15

śródświetlne

i am excited to invite you to a magnificent showing. tomorrow i will hold a costume display with models and hand-made set design.

i'm very proud of this project, it's my biggest to date and it was a massive process for me. never have i ever imagined how much work would it require but i'm very glad that it worked out like so.

there will be much more information about this, i want to show you the cool behind the scenes.

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the event will be held at:

autorskie licea artystyczne ALA

ul. robotnicza 36

wroclaw

ckp

22:15

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hope to see you there!

love,

qofr

9.11.15

hmxbalmain

today, i'm going to be a real fashion blogger and, for a change, gonna write something current.

the new hm x balmain collection

out 5th november, all the rage for a while. personally, i'm not a big fan of balmain, i stopped being interested in these collaborations when marni went on sale and i snatched a pencil skirt, silk scarf and two pairs of earring which would knock you of your feet. but i'll save that for another time.

back to balmain. some facts for you;

the balmain house was founded by pierre balmain in 1946.
the house suffered rationed fabric during the II world war period but after that balmain followed in the steps of dior and took on ''the new look''. the house was and still is famous for extravagant haute couture looks with some retro vibes. just this year hm announced that the brand, currently under the head designer olivier rousteing, will be their 11th collaboration.

personally, i'm not a big fan of balmain, just as i wasn't a versace fan. the fashion is a bit too much for me, the chains, dark colours. i don't really dress that way and prefer that kind of style only on stage. being the professional that i am, i haven't really noticed any signs of the next collection (the hm near me doesn't carry it) so i didn't really care, only czuch told me.

the collection is a huge success, for hm especially. the clothes are really popular, kylie jenner on the ads probably also helped, every self-respecting fashionista wanted her dress.

the clothes are definitely not reasonably priced, c'mon it's hm. the promo shots are so cliche, they my photographer friend told me they are not even properly framed. but the light is good.

it's all important, of course, but the real thing i wanted to write about is the ridiculous ''crowd'' reaction! all i can say is to do with poland and i sincerely hope it wasn't like that elsewhere.

and it was madness. the vip event in the capital was just bizarre and laughable. you would think that if you're a fashion blogger or a writer for a well known magazine, you are used to such events, and know how to behave properly, right? wrong. here is a great article, if you can read it (it's in polish) but the photos speak for themselves. everybody wanted a piece and people even took wrong sizes and tried to steal from others. the exchanges and not really legal trade was just unbelievable.

the clothes weren't supposed to come out for everybody for a couple of days after that night. imagine that you could buy those on ebay for double the price just a couple of hours after closing. that's just pure nasty.

the premiere was just as crazy if not more. even people who didn't know who balmain is were waiting pressed to the glass in the morning. the website was down, for a couple of hours at least. i would hate to be the sales assistants then. i cant's even contain the disgust for this event, i'm genuinely mad at those people! you're just plain embarrassing...

why?? why?? i get that you want to feel the luxury of a faux fur with an itchy label or the heavy sequins on a dress that wasn't even touched by the head designer but behave your self!

the crowd is mindless, horrid and grotesque. the collection is not worth any broken ribs or purses, in my opinion.

it's not the fashion week sales, it's not primark on oxford street, it's not boxing day in selfridges. calm down. even if it's all out of stock.

this has been your monday dose of common sense.

love,

qofr

12.4.15

browar

hi,

long time no see, totally my fault. i'm sorry.

but all that guilt aside, i have more, material, to add.

today, 11th of april, the wroclaw fashion meeting pop up store started.

it's an independent fashion fair organised in browar mieszczanski in wroclaw. all brands are polish, some even local in wroclaw. the stalls are small but very well equipped. the whole place is shared by children's, women's and men's fashion.

browar mieszczanski is quite interesting by itself, actually. it's an old beer brewery for local producers. now it's no longer in use like that, it became a social place, there is an all year round gallery, a few restaurants and a small theatre. but additionally it organises big events such as the fashion meeting or food fests, really worth checking out, it was totally new to me and i'm in love.

here are some shots of the place, sorry for the quality, i forgot my dslr (#professionalblogger)...