Infinite Kusama

I am rather excited about the Yayoi Kusama exhibition in the Tate Modern.  It has a lot of dots and colour.

This video is a great insight into Kusama and her work.

A great thing about the Tate Modern is their interactive events focused on their main exhibitions.   There is a great drive for people to get involved and take part in a collective.  Infinite Kusama is an all day event on Saturday 25th February (i.e. this weekend) inspired by this exhibition.
All day long, there will be workshops and activities, like make your own Kusuma-inspired accessories or get your nails done by Boom nails.  One piece of art called "The Hello Cube" is an interactive installation that responds to social media.  If you tweet @TheHelloCube "neon glitter sparkles" there should be neon glitter sparkles.
The most exciting thing, in my honest opinion (except for the art), is a chance to take part in an interactive human art installation slash attend a UV silent disco in the turbine hall of the Tate Modern.  Being art and dancing, my life would be complete. 
I'll be the one on the dance floor covered in neon spots. 

May

Very proud of my mate Charlie and her crack creative team, headed by my other mate Lexxi.  

CHARLIE MAY AW12 from Polymath films on Vimeo.

Qoo Qoo

Imagine a world without stockings.  It would be a sad day and you would have cold feet all the time.   Now imagine a world with these stocking things. 

You could not have a bad day wearing these Dog Eye socks.  There would be so many opportunities for antics while wearing these.  

I am obsessed with this Latvian brand called Qoo Qoo lately.  They are friendly to the environment which is such a big must for me.  More importantly, they seem to have so much fun with their products and lookbooks.  There is a huge call for dresses with pictures of stoned seals. 

New internet friends definitely.

Peplum Pet Plum

Peplum. What is it? Can you have just a peplum or is it possible to have plural peplums? What does it do? Has anyone else noticed that if you say "peplum" really quickly three times, you could be mistaken for saying "pet plum"? I'm not sure if either has a purpose. I decided to test this out.
I fashioned my peplum from a floral skirt that was an indecent length worn over another skirt.  It doesn't really show in the pictures how short the floral skirt is and that I am wearing a skirt underneath.  This is mostly due to my impatience and bad lighting in a corridor by a toilet.  However, the peplum idea is somewhere in there.  Fashion is all about interpretation, ja!

Pet plum. (Image from here).  Nice colour.  Might taste nice, but you can't eat your pets.

It was nice having another layer what with the cold weather we have been having. I think it would have worked better with a longer brighter pencil skirt as opposed to with all black.

Faux peplum via my housemate's wardrobe, as worn with a The Megaphonic Thrift tshirt, skirt from HM, shoe pendant from a wonderful friend and Peculiar vintage horse pendant
A pet plum doesn't react to much.  In fact, having a piece of fruit as a pet is going to drive you bananas. 

It seems like peplums are the kind of thing that, unless you look like this babe, you may end up looking like a seventeen year old emo. It made me feel bigger at the hips. It didn't work on me. I may retire my peplum. In regards to pet plums; they are useless. 
The "pet plum" is consistently at risk of being squashed and leaving sticky stains. 


Verdict- Not good. I will leave peplums to experts and pet plums to crazies.

Art is funny

I have been looking forward to the David Shrigley "Brain Activity" exhibition in the Southbank for ages.  My brother and I always end up getting each other his cards; we both appreciate the sinister/slightly awkward humour he creates.  I read some comments online how his work isn't "art" and it isn't necessarily worthy of a show. Whatever.  He makes witty comments on life by drawing relatively simple pictures/sticking a barbie in a pumpkin, a talent not many people can say they have.  

Pumpkin (1998)

Untitled (2011)

We're bananas 

 All images and media taken from the Southbank website, in particular here.
The exhibition opens tomorrow (01/02/2012) in the Hayward Gallery.  I am stoked. 

First

Watch out for the cut out floral print ones. Swoon.

I have a habit of following in love with old couples, the ones that are still madly in love, walking around hand in hand.  I spotted a couple, that wouldn't look out of place on Advanced Style, around Old Street the other day.  The woman had a died red pixie crop and her grey-haired partner had his septum pierced.  She was wearing those patent Doc Martens with a heel.  I like to think that they were each other's first and forever. (Wishful thinking eh? WHY HEIDI AND SEAL WHY!)
Dr Martens new Spring Summer campaign is all about your first love.  Tweet them (@DrMartens) using #firstandforever telling them all about it.  It takes a hopeless romantic like  yours truly to think your first love should have the longevity of a pair of Dr Martens.