New On The Music Scene: Bridgette Amofah

Bridgette Amofah, is one of the most exciting and original new artists to emerge in the music scene today. Influenced and inspired by such diverse names such as Minnie Ripperton, Feist, The Beatles and Burt Bacharach, you can hear the elements of folk, indie, soul and pop weave in and out of her unique songwriting and stand out voice.

Following her completion of a degree in music, the last couple of years has seen Bridgette touring, performing and writing with with Oi Va Voi. This has taken her across the globe from New York to Moscow, playing to audiences of 20,000 people, rocking sell-out shows at The Scala and Camden’s KOKO, as well as key radio performances on Jonathan Ross’s BBC Radio 2 show and Jon Kennedy (XFM) to name a few.


2007 saw Bridgette working with the legendary French artist Sebastien Tellier, cult indie band The Earlies and in demand producer Dan Carey. She also features on two tracks from the Part Time Heroes debut album released mid 2008. In the meanwhile she has been playing venues across London and the UK with her own band and not one to rest at this point she is also currently appearing in the critically acclaimed show ‘Masque Of The Red Death’.

Her style and demeanor is elegant yet grounded in the daily grind, dry as a sloe gin; a quintessential British eccentric. She was recently featured in The Times as a voice to listen out for in 2008, as Times journalist Phoebe Greenwood described her... “she somehow manages to marry Bill Withers with Dido and sounds great”. This year sees a big turning point in her career, writing her debut solo album, and releasing her first single. Learn more about Bridgette at www.myspace.com/bridgettesmusic

(Photo Credits: Lola 'The Magnificent' Peach)

DKNY for London Kicks





Credits:
Fashion Editor: Molaroid
Hair: Pschemko
Makeup: Kuni
Models: Tara Griffin, Alex @ Premier
See full story at:
http://www.londonkicks.com/go/fashion/LK_VS__DKNY

Fashion in the Mirror

Last week saw the opening of the Photographers Gallery 'Fashion in the Mirror' exhibition featuring behind-the-scenes images from the 1950s to the present day. What's interesting is that some of the images show the photographers mirrored in their own work.




Inspiration Station





Falter Magazine - "Pure"
Photographer: Per Zennström
Stylist: Pirjo Niemelä
Hair&MU: Tony Lundström

Paper Cape


Although I am in the midst of designing and sewing an entire collection, today i felt like i'd been wasting too much time this summer and that i haven't done enough creative projects. I made this cape out of loads of paper, some double-sided tape, interfacing and Black canvas. I was so pleased with the way that it turned out that i want to make another - sturdier - version with thicker paper and probably in a different color.

Fletcher & Hay's book launch







This week Fletcher and Hay had there book launch at Beyond the Valley in Soho.




Model: Ali Michael
Photographer: Paolo Roversi
From Avant-Garde Fashion Photography

Phase Two: Design

So, as i said, i'm keeping you posted on the progress of our collection and here to prove it are some simple sketches of 3 of our designs. we have, from left to right, the peacock, the pheasant, and the raven. The silhouettes are fairly simple but we're adding feather accessories and other details to make them more interesting. Wednesday we're going feather and fabric shopping and we'll hopefully begin constructing the peacock!

Phase One; The Inspiration


Today i got together with my "Partner in Design" Cheslea, and we drafted a few ideas for our Thread Fair collection. Almost instantly we both agreed that the focus of the collection should be birds and we chose four birds to represent eachlook. I'm unbelievably excited and ready to get started! this will be so much fun, especially the dramatic feathers. Tomorrow i'm checking out a local fabric store for options and later this week we're going to begin sewing.

Perfect Exceeder

My new Favorite song by Princess Superstar
i'll be remaking it pretty soon...

Needy Girl

A friend and I got bored the other day and made men's shirts into dresses. it completely inspired me to create a collection based on the same fitted shape. I'll keep you posted! and the collection is for Thread Fair, an Austin - area fashion show a couple of my friends and I are hosting. Check it out,
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