I want to be you.. for a day.

I think this is such a gorgeous dress. I would love to know how many hours went into this piece. I also adore the pink tinge to the photograph. Lovely.

Chantelle

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Hugs.... Not Drugs.

These pictures made me feel happy...which is a great feeling to have on Christmas!

MERRY CHRISTMAS, BELLAS!

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MONDRIAN

Composition II in Red, Blue, and Yellow by Mondrian 

 Its been a while since I wrote something beneficial/good on my blog. If there is anything recent that is worth mentioning I usually post it on esper, while I keep this blog for photography, quotes, street style, and my random articles. Today will be focused on the latter. I really enjoyed researching for the Jackson Pollock piece I wrote about last summer, so I thought, 'Hey, lets do Mondrian today, Chantelle!'.

 Mondrian is a famous abstract artist that belonged to the De Stijl art movement. He is responsible for the creation of Neo-Plasticism, a non-representational art form that marked its presence in 1917 in the Netherlands. As Mondrian wrote in his essay 'Neo-plasticism in Pictorial art', "... this new plastic idea will ignore the particulars of appearance, that is to say, natural form and colour. On the contrary, it should find its expression in the abstraction of form and colour, that is to say, in the straight line and the clearly defined primary colour." The most beautiful element in the works of the De Stijl artists is the sense of harmony they conveyed on canvas. In this semester's art history course, I was taught that Mondrian became obsessed with attaining this peaceful balance between the vertical and the horizontal, because it was his representation of what needed to be done in the midst of WWI. Mondrian used art to promote a harmonious resolution between the many conflicting sides to the War. 

 I have decided to look into the many collections that were inspired by Mondrian's simple design and colour palette. 

Pierrot Fall 2003

Loewe Fall 2000

Donna Karan Spring 2006

Lacoste Spring 09

Elie Saab Fall 2008

 

And of course.... the infamous

Mondrian Shift by YSL 1965

Fascinating... Perhaps next time I will post on another topic I covered in class this year:

Cubism in Fashion Design.

Cheers,

Chantelle

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Snowy freedom

I've only been to Paris, that's 1/4. I have to get crack-a-lackin!

Just finished my last exam for the semester..
And... my 21st birthday is tomorrow!
WOOHOO!!

I'm super excited to get back to regular blogging for a while.
I have a folder set up for my Mondrian post, which should
be up in a couple days. =D
À plus,
Chantelle
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