Olivier Chomienne’s “1842″ Series

02.28.11

via the Behance Network

Tags: avant-garde goth, black lace, corsetry, corsets, fashion editorial, fashion photography, flour-white face, gloomy color schemes, hauntingly beautiful, haute couture, headdresses, neo-victorian, portraits, red, red and white, sea

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Fashion Fix

01.27.11

Photographed by Sam Hernandez
Model: Velocity

I don’t particularly care for the background in this picture, but I love how it displays the leather corset and cowl/collar-piece by Antiseptic Fashion; it shows up all the details wonderfully, the tortured textures and sinuous shapes and asymmetrical lines, looking like hammered metal, some ungodly-beautiful combination of medieval armor and the modern avant-garde. Absolutely stunning designs in my opinion.

Found on the Tumblr circuits. I have no idea who the fashion designer is, or any of the other people involved, but I love this avant-garde, alien-warrior-like look.

Photographed by Katarzyna Widmanska
Makeup & hair: Marianna Jurkiewicz
Crown: Kasia Konieczka (previous post about her here)

Tags: antiseptic fashion, asymmetrical clothing, avant-garde, conceptual fashion, corsetry, dark romantic, futuristic, haute couture, headdresses, high fashion, leather, military/warrior chic

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Five Dark Romantic Fashion Designs

01.02.11

Design by Evmorfia Bethanis

via toxicnotebook on tumblr

Design by Bibian Blue

Bibian Blue

Design by Vecona

Related posts:
+ “Before the Tide Comes In”: A Fashion Editorial by Zhang Jingna + Mother of London
+ MishMash [002]: Well-Dressed for the Apocalypse
+ Vecona Clothing
+ “1.1 Negredo: The Raven”: A Short Fashion Film
+ “Anatomarie: The Autopsy Dress”

Tags: avant-garde goth, bibian blue, corsetry, dark romantic, fashion photography, futuristic, haute couture, insane asylum aesthetic, military/warrior chic, neo-victorian, red, renaissance, ruffs, vecona

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MishMash [002]: Well-Dressed for the Apocalypse, Witchy Jewelry, and Modern Couture with an Edge

11.25.10

+ Swarovski crystal jewelry by Marianna Harutunian

Photo: Manny Serato
Model: Lacy Soto

Another picture here.

See more after the cut

Tags: amanda lew kee, anatomical-themed, antiseptic fashion, artifice clothing, avant-garde goth, bevel nyc, bloodmilk, corsetry, haute couture, illustrations, jewelry, joan of arc, lacy soto, leather, mcqueen is dead, post-apocalyptic, skeleton, spine, spooky animal-themed jewelry, t-shirt designs, witchhaus, zoetica ebb

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Una Burke’s Medical Armor

10.10.10

I’m probably the last person to blog about this since it’s made the blogosphere rounds, but I thought I would anyway, just for the record. This is Una Burke‘s “medical armor,” a conceptual collection of artwear inspired by prosthetic devices and medical braces and the process of healing from trauma, titled Re.Treat. The warrior-like body armor is reminiscent of medical corsetry, and also of wearing human flesh as a shield against psychological harm. The means of protection also become a means of entrapment, binding the body tightly. She cites a few of her influences as Hans Bellmer, Alexander McQueen, and Erwin Olaf. On her Website she states the pieces were made from “undyed vegetable-tanned leather which is reminiscent of Caucasian flesh” – I couldn’t help finding that last part a little funny.

See more after the cut

Tags: avant-garde, collars, corsetry, erwin olaf, fetish, hans bellmer, historically inspired, medical braces, medical-themed, sinister arts and crafts, trauma, una burke

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Maya Hansen’s “Steampunk: Lost in Prague” Corsetry Collection

02.26.10

Since I fell in love with Maya Hansen‘s uber-colorful and tasty Cake Corset collection, she has come out with a new collection for autumn/winter 2010 inspired by steampunk.

See the complete collection here.

And here’s a behind-the-scenes video clip from the Cake Corsets shoot with Ulorin Vex:

Tags: cake, colorful, corsetry, fur, leather, maya hansen, steampunk, ulorin vex

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