Tag: Vivienne Tam

Vivienne Tam – Spring 2012 Review

Vivienne Tam’s work is complex, subtle, and striking. She will use prints with fringe and embossed edges and it doesn’t feel busy. It’s a remarkable feat that she performs season after season. Her Spring 2012 collection was inspired by the 1970s, and it shows in prints and palette. Pinks, oranges and blues mixed with blacks, whites and tie dyes for a very tranquil feel. There were many 70s tailoring touches which also reinforced the mood. Side slit pockets and thin yokes mixed with bell bottoms, done in a fresh way not a simple copy, embroidered bands, and silk wide and long bow tie collars that hung to the navel, all were drawn from the 1970s and updated with a definitive “Tam touch”.

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story by Seth Friedermann
photos by Peter Cameron Dominkovits

Vivienne Tam‘s work is complex, subtle, and striking. She will use prints with fringe and embossed edges and it doesn’t feel busy. It’s a remarkable feat that she performs season after season. Her Spring 2012 collection was inspired by the 1970s, and it shows in prints and palette. Pinks, oranges and blues mixed with blacks, whites and tie dyes for a very tranquil feel. There were many 70s tailoring touches which also reinforced the mood. Side slit pockets and thin yokes mixed with bell bottoms, done in a fresh way not a simple copy, embroidered bands, and silk wide and long bow tie collars that hung to the navel, all were drawn from the 1970s and updated with a definitive “Tam touch”. Continue reading “Vivienne Tam – Spring 2012 Review”

Vivienne Tam – Fall 2011

Whether it was an embroidered dragon, tapestry-like sections, or her marvelous take on armor, the clothes told and inspired and rousing tale.

story by Seth Friedermann
photos by Freda Henry

Vivienne Tam is easily one of the best fashion designers who call New York City home. She is a powerful artist who creates distinct and lyrically beautiful clothing that has inborn personality. Mrs. Tam repeatedly displays an uncanny ability to complete her artistic thoughts in both her individual garments and in her overall collections. For the Fall 2011 collection, her inspiration was Chinese opera in one of its oldest forms, and its newest home. Continue reading “Vivienne Tam – Fall 2011”

Wild Color – a photo editorial

Originally, they wanted do a shoot using a projector and trampoline. However, not having any experience using the projectors, nor access to a trampoline, they decided to manipulate the background using separately shot images instead. It is easy to complicate a shoot, but keeping things simple is a key to success. As architectLudwig Mies van der Rohe said, “less is more.”

Originally, the two photographers who created this editorial wanted do a shoot using a projector and trampoline. However, not having any experience using the projectors, nor access to a trampoline, they decided to manipulate the backgrounds using separately shot images instead. It is easy to complicate a shoot, but keeping things simple is a key to success. As architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe said, “less is more.” Continue reading “Wild Color – a photo editorial”