Agnes B.

" I love to meet someone who shows me his jacket and say " look at it, its all worn, I have been wearing it for 6 years"

Simplicity is what Agnes is all about she believes that things do not

have to be complicated to be beautiful,

she has a very unique approach different then from any others I have

came across.

She does attend catwalks and doesn't shop,

her reason she doesn't want her creativity to be contained with others.

She is a lover of people over fashion, her inspiration

comes from watching people. to see what they wear and what they want,

Her style is modern and crisp she loves unadulterated elegance and her simple angular cuts make her clothing timeless

Studied in Paris Ecole Nationale Superievre des Beaux Art

she was a junior editor of French Elle as well 

as has assisted Dorothe Bis 

she was a freelance designer until

she opened her own boutique in 1975 Parisian

she know owns over 118 boutiques 

her line contains clothing for babies, maternity and teens.

She is all around artist, she is a photographer, film producer and avid art collector.

Agent Provocateur
"girls, girls, girls: sex kittens, sex bombs, seductresses, naughty girls, secretaries, school girls and Kate Moss"

Serena Rees and Joseph Corre

founded AP in 1994.

The line is not your average lingerie line,

line includes crotchless panties, sequin panties, and fluffy high heeled shoes

and all in good taste

their seductive and nostalgic design explains 

why AP had a spot at the Design Museum in 2000   

"Inside outshow"

and what keeps A listers coming back

AP never reveals there VIP Shoppers ;)

AF Vandevorst

Fashion is a language 

AF Vandevorst is a duo brand

 a married couple

An Vandevorst and Filip Arickx 

met in in 1987 at the Royal Academy 

 After school Vandevorst became an assistant for Philis Van Noten

and Arickx worked for Dirk Bikkembergs 

In the winter of 1997 the duo presented there line in Paris during fashion week

after there 2nd Collection  was shown in Paris's Fashion Week

they were presented with "Le Futur Grand Createur"

which is a prestigious award for newcomers.

The duo views fashion as "nothing less than a way to communicate the inner workings of the mind"

the couples designs convey 

slouchy confidence and a version of femininity that evokes a sexy yet intellectual cool

  

Adidas

Personality is what gives life to design- Micheal Michalsky

Adidas was created by a sport obsessed German named Adi Dasseler 

After WWI he began making track shoes out of found material 

by the mid 20's Dasseler began sticking spikes thru the soles of track shoes for better grip.

In 1948 he spliced his name Adi Dasseler to get Adidas 

less than a year after creating a killer name for his brand he created the distinctive triple stripped logo

In 1954 a German team sporting his designs won the world cup!

71 "Fight of the century" Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier 

wore boots made specially by Adi

Adidas unfortunately went thru a rough patch 

but it picked back up in the 80's 

with icons such as 

The Stone Roses 

The Happy Mondays

The Gazelles 

and lets not forget RUN DMC

with lyrics such as 

"Black and blue cause I like to chill yellow and green when it's time to get ill" 

Adidas made Collabration with

Missy Elliot

Yohji Yamomoto

have created Adidas from sportwear to casual everyday use

" Ape shall never kill Ape"

Creature of BAPE
NIGO life motto
"Ape Shall Never Kill Ape"
BAPE  meaning; to bathe in luke warm water.
 Is what he feels helps represent
the shallow and sheltered nature of Japanese Youth.
Which may be why his clothing was inspired by
"loud" Hip Hop.
The baggie urban camouflage attracts hip hop stars such as the Bestie Boys, Futura 2000.
Pharrell Williams works as inspiration for NIGO and vice versa.
NIGO has built an Empire
Record label, art gallery, cafe/restaurant, hair salon, toy division and a TV show.
Helping him get where he is today (besides hard work);
Bunka Fashion College

Opinion: 

NIGO does an amazing job with naming his brand. It's nice to know he puts

so much of his soul into his pieces. Hip Hop is my favorite genre of music, he has

made a great impact on Hip Hop fashion, the colors he uses adds an awesome 

pop to the piece. Not overly were it makes the clothes look cheap

it's sleek and fun! Only downfall for me is the camouflage only because I am not huge on wearing it myself.

Commencement
This adventure will be a first for me.

I have aspired to embark on the Journey of starting a blog,

and now I am. First let me rewind and explain why I came to the decision 

to stop slacking

and commit already! 

 My life after high school became a big ? 

I began by wanting to Major in Photography at Academy of Art in San Francisco.

So I did, I loved it there! My images drastically improved and I was attempting new things.

my second semester however I got scared and darted back home, 

 Cottage Grove!

Art is my passion, also my challenge

Trying to figure out what I want to do with it is the challenge.

Enter Fashion

So I checked out a book at a library called Fashion Now 2

This book has about 160 must know Fashion Designers.

And even though someone could 

read it on there own

I decided that if I really want to do something in the fashion industry 

I should know a thing or two of the BIG NAMES in this industry, so I present you

with my idea

I will go page by page through the book and tell you the name a little information about 

what they do and what I read from the book.

As well post photographs of work I find that I feel captures the brand/designer best!