Poster advertising the closing party for the 'Pure Pacha' nightclub in Ibiza (photo by me)
I stayed at my friends this weekend for her parents wedding and in her room I saw these three posters on her wall. They are advertisements for a club in Ibiza: 'Pure Pacha'. They caught my eye because I like they style of illustration used on them and the mix of dancing and circus themes in the posters is exciting. The style also reflects the Spanish background of the club, with the tea stain, almost stone-textured background and flamenco dancer figure.
Poster advertising the 'Pure Pacha' nightclub in Ibiza (photo by me)
Poster advertising the 'Pure Pacha' nightclub in Ibiza (photo by me)
'What You Waiting For?' Music Video (Full Version (2004) Stefani, G. Label: Interscope, Recorded: Henson Recording Studios, Writers: Stefani, G. and Perry, L. Produced: Hooper, N. (Video embedded from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdcObAQ5OOM&feature=artist)
‘Alice in Wonderland’ has always been a massive interest of mine. The 1951 Disney film is one of my all-time favourite Disney movies alongside ‘Beauty and the Beast’ (1991) and ‘The Lion King’ (1994), and I am currently reading the original book ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ (1865) by Lewis Carroll. I have used ‘Alice in Wonderland’ as a theme in the past on my Foundation course last year, but unfortunately I did not get to construct the garment and I would like to re-visit the theme in the future to make a capsule collection.
What I like about ‘Alice’ as a theme is that it is visually interesting and theatrical, and the nonsense nature of the story allows you to go in many directions. The theme can be moulded into multiple styles, for example, it could be portrayed as being very bold and ‘happy’ with bright, vibrant colours, or quite dark and dreary, with torn fabrics and muted or earthy colours, it could be combined with the style of historical periods, such as Baroque or Eighteenth Century, or it could be surreal and dramatic, but it is rarely ever going to be simple. It also allows a variety of different garment and accessory types:
I saw this Baroque-style dress on the first episode of ‘Wedding House’ on 4OD. I personally don’t think it is very suitable as a wedding outfit, but I like the style and the details on the outfit as a whole, the embroidery in the corset, the accents added to the outfit (watch and bottle) and the quilting in the jackets lapel with beading.
Gwen Stefani’s 2004 music video for her single ‘What You Waiting For?’ is based on Lewis Carroll’s novels ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ (1865) and ‘Through the Looking-Glass’ (1871). Many of the costumes in the video are dresses designed by John Galliano, including the Red and White Queen’s dresses, which are from one of my favourite Dior Couture Collections designed by Galliano: Fall 2004.
