(Agyness Deyn by Tim Walker for UK Vogue)

Oh Summer, Where Art Thou?!

(Vogue Australia April 2010, model Rosie Tupper, photos by Nicole Bentley)

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Florencia part II...

Textures, materials, embroidery, knitting - delicately soft and fiercely structured with details reminiscent of tribal artifact. The silhouettes look like something from a fairy tale, and I mean that in the best possible way!

Oh it's bold alright! But it's wearable, wonderful & completely thought-through.

Bravo Florencia! You are going places!

(graduate collection)

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(lookbook)

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(Vauxhall Fashion Scout, AW/10)

An interview form Fault Magazine:

FAULT: How are you feeling about your debut at this season’s London Fashion Week?

Florencia: I’m very exited, if not a little terrified! I cannot think of a better platform to do my catwalk debut. It’s a great opportunity for a young designer and I’m really looking forward to it.

FAULT: Argentinean tribes and rock’n'roll acted as inspiration for your graduate CSM collection. Where have you found inspiration for this season?

Florencia: Well, this season is a mix-mash of all things Argentinean – from crocodiles to sea urchins, gaucho hats, riding trousers and wools from the Patagonia. I’ve been producing my collection in my home city of Buenos Aires, working with local manufactures and traditional products. So I hope you will see a slicker collection but I’m still experimenting with textures and silhouette.

FAULT: Textiles play a vital role in your design aesthetic. What sort of detailing can we expect to see at Fashion Week?

Florencia: This time there will be embroidered sea urchin spikes – some painted and some in their natural colour – masks and necklaces as well as interesting knits. I have used chunky virgin wool for coats and hot pants. There are also some reptile armour-like details in Cayman skin from Formosa.

FAULT: Which is your favourite piece and why?

Florencia: At the moment I am sea urchin obsessed! So I guess it’s the open back black and blue dress with embroidered spikes.

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And here are 3 photos of her new pieces I think.

I find it difficult to read Vogue Nippon online. Equally difficult reading a printed version, since the only japanese words I know are hai, ichi and sayonara. But I never give up, and I keep browsing that Vogue Nippon site, strongly believing, I too, will find something of value. And I know its there! Cuz I've seen the credits on other blogs, but so far no luck for me. I search and I skip from one link to the other, going deeper and deeper, untill I realize it's the middle of the night and I can't move no more, cuz my legs have fallen asleep and my beck broke somewhere between 8 pm and 3 am.

But it's not VN's fault. Sure I maybe need more time because of the hole japanese language thing, but I do this all the time. I get eaten by the internet. Yes eaten! I use to stay up way to late, because I had this stupid habit of drinking coffee at night. I didn't need it in during the day, but I sure had to have it at night. So I stayed up, gazing at fashion sites, chatting on the MSN, doing nothing... Finally I stopped. Sure, it was sweet, but one can only drink so much coffee before you get a heart attack.

I do it less now but I still stay up way to late - sans coffee - doing nothing, though there are times my web surfing isn't so futile, gazing at fashion & design sites until I am too tired to go to bed. Mind you, I keep my computer on the nightstand, so all I have to do is lay down on my back an wiggle my way up the bed to the pillow. But even this gets to hard after hours spent on the web. And after hours spent on the web one cannot but wonder: will the internet devour us all?

It might be a crazy notion but it's a valid one. How many people do you know who spend their entire days locked to their computers. I know tones! And it's not that its wrong it's just weird. When we were kids things were so different - a saying often spoken by my grandpa, instantly followed by one or two eye - rolls...I so know what he's talking about, tho! I use to read so many books! I could read for hours. Now, I struggle. I love reading, I just don't have the concentration any more. I even struggle with magazines. Once a friend of mine posted an article on facebook. The article was written by a professional writer and he was going on about not being able to read as much and having trouble concentrating on his writing, as some of his fellow writers. In short, he argued it's because of the internet etc... My friends and I all agreed and felt relieved we're not the only ones failing to concentrate on reading.

Still. I think that internet is one of the best doings of man. We can learn so much, so fast. And see even more. Priceless! And as long as I can still turn my back on the hole computer business, and switch it off for a couple of days, I'll be just fine. But I will always fondly remember these sleepless (caffeinated) nights, when I was drowning in fashion. A sweet way to drown, no?

P. S. Having said all these things here's something to relax your eyes upon...

Stylist: Sabino Pantone

model: Frida Gustavsson

photographer: Andreas Sjodin

Morning flowers .Vogue Nippon june 10

(Mischa Barton)

1.2.

(Giles)

(Jil Sander)

(Marc Jacobs, Stephen Jones 4 Marc jacobs headband)

(Maison Martin Margiela)

(Marc Jacobs, Balenciaga shoes)

(Nicolas Ghesquiere, Miu Miu cap)

(Prada, Stephen Jones headband)

(Yves Saint Lurent, vintage Balenciaga collar)

(Maxmara, stephen Jones 4 Marc Jacobs headband)

(Viktor & Rolf)