balenciaga-inspired

i have the biggest crush on balenciaga fall 2010. so much so that i did an acryllic painting inspired by it.

dangerous duos

last week i attended two fashion events for two amazing new toronto lines: THOMAS by drew thomas and mikey thomas and cult de laissez faire by corey gibbs and dan augustino. you can read my review on salacious style. check it out.

effy

effy i love you! don't fall for john foster's schemes!

cat lady

probably my favourite shoot ever. can you guess why?

also. siri tollerød - my favourite model of the moment.

photos by miles alderidge for vogue italia may 2008

mustard & denim

1- 3.1 phillip lim fall 2010 2- chloe fall 2010 3- my take: vintage levi's jean jacket & wilfred tank

photos via style.com

the best of the worst

my top least favourite picks from the fall 2010 runways.

1- chanel 2- hermes 3- comme des garcons

photos via style.com

interaction or virtual reality

model: maude greisman

photo, h&mu, styling, illustration: leigh farrell

process work
unedited photos

illustrations

NPF 558 - Issues in Design

Project #3 – Interaction or Virtual Reality

By Leigh Farrell

To me, interaction and virtual reality come hand in hand. Virtual reality always involves an interaction of some sort between what we know to be real and what is perceived to us as being virtual.

Upon looking at this phrase, I began thinking of mixing multiple medias to create a sense of virtual reality. The reality part would come from a photograph, as photography is one of my strongest assets, and the virtual aspects would be done in post on the computer.

I carried out a photoshoot of my friend Maude Greisman in her home, who has modeled in the past.

My first idea for adding a virtual aspect to the photos was to superimpose them on each other to create movement. Instead I thought of adding illustrational elements to them. In the end, I decided on birds and butterflies.

I used an application on the website www.mrdoob.com called “Harmony” that has sketchy brush options. I then saved the image and continued editing in Adobe Photoshop, which is also how I added the illustrations to the photographs.

To keep with the natural element of the illustrations, I chose to use photos that were lit with natural light to make the images appear softer and more romantic.

In the end, this series of photos shows the virtual reality of the girl’s imagination. The illustrations are seen to be a figment of her mind, as they interact with her, yet are still seen as not being real.

thomas fall 2010 lookbook

some photos from the thomas shoot i modeled for with john (nam). shot by mark lowe.

ALT NRG

need i say more?

web fun

red bull thre3 style w. a-trak

salut mes amis!

just stopping by to let everyone know that school is being very selfish lately and taking up all my time (hence the lack of posts). however, on march 13th this is going to change & i'm going to show school who's boss by spending my night with a-trak & a bottle o' 50 in hand as opposed to essays & the like.

see you all there, RIGHT?