LOUIS VUITTON SERIES 3: INSIDE NICOLAS GHESQUIÈRE'S MIND

With much anticipation to Louis Vuitton's official announcement about Series 3 exhibition finally head to Singapore as its second and final destination, the heat still remains boiling hot during the second week after its opening on 28th November. I used to hold much of expectation for every art exhibition I went to before. Yet after being blown away by Hermes – Leather and Forever exhibition last month, it's best to not mentally prepare anything and get ready for the total daze.

Here's the walk through of Louis Vuitton Series 3 I'd love to talk about.

#TFLIPSANDBOYS

“ I love seeing a woman in a man's suit. Why not have a lipstick named after a man? 
And I like the idea of lipsticks named after boys. Why commit to one when you can have several?”
— TOM FORD

CHANEL CAMERA CLUTCH ILLUSTRATION

Waiting for the paint to dry. My final interpretation of the camera clutch from CHANEL Paris in Rome 2015/16 Métiers d'Art collection.

It looks mediocre and boring to me (no shameless self praise nor shade just tea) but this is solemnly my best attempt. Anyone who’s a massive fan of fashion out there has to admit that the latest collection of CHANEL might just crown Karl’s best edifice in the art of extravaganza despite it’s only a Pre-Fall collection. In other words, Karl has outdone himself again, for the uncountable times. To fully understand any given collection from an objective point of view is a very close step to look through the designer’s heart. With much admiration and percipience, I was struggling to express Métiers d'Art’s spirit through brushes and paints. The art of couture, texturing, embroidery, embellishment, layering, makeup are surreal and every single detail in clothes and accessories is masterpiece. It’s a showcase of Parisian essence through the delicate and intricate handwork of CHANEL's specialist craft suppliers and couturiers.

I was talking to some of the fellow artists on Tumblr who also making this collection’s illustration yesterday just to see most of them went ahead and claimed it’s surprisingly easy to capture it all through painting. I understand that every artist has his own aesthetic and a distinctive perspective towards any piece of art but at this point I was more than confused. Either that I’m too talentless or that all the monsters out there are too brilliant. Along with this painting is more than 31 drafts something of the clothes that I already threw into the trashbin. This piece alone went through 4 drafts as well but I’m still not very impressed with it.

Dear Karl Lagerfeld, you’re making me feel hopeless inadequate miserable useless and all. But I love you, forever.

L'HOMME MOODBOARD #1

“The object of the artist is the creation of the beautiful. What the beautiful is is another question.”
― James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

CRY BABY ♫

#ISAIAH1313

Sam H by Pierre Debusschere for 032c // ‪#‎ISAIAH1313‬ reworked.
Handmade collage and digital painting by Daniel Pham.

ONCE AND FOREVER – A FILM BY KARL LAGERFELD

Ever since Anna Wintour first let Renee Zellweger's allure gracing the cover of Vogue back in 1998, the line between fashion and celebrities has been indefinitely blurred. Or in other words, it revolutionises itself to stay relevant in the modern time.

For the fashion house Chanel, with a true visionary like Karl Lagerfeld at the helm for the past 32 years who has always been ahead of the time, these two factors are brought to a whole new level, making a sweet rendezvous with the Seventh Art – Film. Their esteemed founder – Gabrielle Chanel – glorious and resplendent life, has and always been Karl's ultimate inspiration for plenty of short film titles in the past and future.

Back in late September when Karl made a public announcement on his upcoming film Once and Forever starring Kristen Stewart and Geraldine Chaplin, as always, it has stolen all the limelight from media. The film is set as the prelude to the Chanel Métiers d'art collection in Rome at Cinecittà, a legendary film studio complex in the capital. And with its premiere last Tuesday, all waiting patience proven to be worthwhile. But what makes Once and Forever standing out from the rest of Karl's films, could be nothing more than the brilliant layering art Karl has played in it. Let's cut it to the core.