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See more on Martin Wittfooth’s website.

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Credits:
Model: Britnee Leigh
Headdresses: Bubbles and Frown Haberdashery Shoppe
Photography: Gas Oven Photography

The winner of the Canal + Grand Prize in 2007. This stop-motion animated film by Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski (Clyde Henry Productions) takes viewers on an exhilarating existential journey into the fully imagined, tactile world of Madame Tutli-Putli. As she travels alone on the night train, weighed down with all her earthly possessions and the ghosts of her past, she faces both the kindness and menace of strangers. Finding herself caught up in a desperate metaphysical adventure, adrift between real and imagined worlds, Madame Tutli-Putli confronts her demons.

Click here to view current Clyde Henry Productions’ projects. Buy the DVD on National Film Board of Canada’s website.

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Taking a risk and designing from the heart is the most important for any wannabe designer in the world. Being a designer by passion for fashion myself, I am critical with my work and have such high expectations as I have been inspired by the greats of fashion from our lifetime, Vivian Westwood, Alexander McQueen, Thierry Mugler, and of course Jean Paul Gaultier.

Recently the “Jean Paul Gaultier from the Sidewalk to the Runway” exhibit at the de Young Museum in San Francisco featured his body of work. Thrilled to finally see one of the greats work up close and personal, I had these high hopes of being mind altered after seeing his pieces and his construction techniques. Although the designs have set the trends for many young inspiring artist like myself, I was not impressed in the slightest by the tailoring or construction of his garments. I stood there in awe for the fabrications and fabric and material choices but not by the construction techniques. I laughed and said to myself internally, “Wow, I am anal with my construction.”

I was blown away, surprised and so inspired to keep moving forward with my own work knowing that no matter how little experience one has, what is most important is having a vision and making that vision come to life. I recalled my experience on Project Runway Semifinal interviews and listening to the criticism given from the judges whom never even touched my garments or even sought after inspecting them but from their affixed seats fifteen feet away. They would say, “Your Construction is not good” and “who would even wear your clothes.” Laughing, I wonder what they were still trying to get out of me. To this day, I am more grateful for that experience than I can say.

Jean Paul Gaultier may have grown with his construction skills throughout his career by having assistants, and additional designers involved may have been his overall solution to amazing designs and ideas. His work was flawless by the end of the exhibit and you could see his craft morph into a wonderful couture collection and his film costumes. The most meaningful experience I got from his work was that no matter what, his singular vision was what made him noticed in society and that his ability to play with designs and his use of materials was what really makes a designer stand out from the rest.

We recycle designs year after year, we use things we have seen once before, and we make them our own as designers. Is it new, no, has it been done before, yes but has it been designed and made by you before? NO! That is the beauty of expressing oneself as a fashion designer. Take what you believe will express you and your ideas and make yesterday today! If you have the opportunity to see this show, do so, its eye popping and jaw dropping and simply education for us who aspired to be like the greats of our time. So when someone says, I have seen that design before, stop them and say, sure, but you have never seen it through my eyes until now.

“Non-conformist designers seek unusual models – the conventionally pretty need not apply.” 
- From a classified ad placed by Jean Paul Gaultier

Introducing the 1st Single, Supervillian from New Album “Megaman Killer” by the Electro Punk Band SBX & The Robot Kontrolers. Click here for a listen.

SBX better known as Sir Ben Marx is a seasoned underground artist ripe for the masses. The stage energizes with his evolving genre-busting sound of Electro-punk.

The Fayetteville, NC native, musically reverberates a Southern upbringing, poignant personal experience, and a determined nine-year journey as an artist with a customized style & sound.

The youngest of 7 children, SBX received substantial support and musical influence from his family to nurture his innate passion for all things musical. It has been stated “he came out the womb a performer.”

From youth and continuing in adulthood, he diligently refines as a vocalist-songwriter, musician-performer, and producer-sound engineer. He is currently front man of neo synth/electro punk band The Robot Kontrolers and is scheduled to release an new album “Megaman Killer” in the Summer of 2012.

He has opened for major artists, performed for thousands, and collaborated internationally, yet still remains humble with a sense of urgency.

Get his latest updates on SBX’s Facebook page.

If Walt Disney and Salvador Dali had a baby together, this video would be it.

Destino began in 1946 as a collaboration between Walt Disney and the famed surrealist painter Salvador Dalí. A first-hand example of Disney’s interest in avant garde and experimental work in animation, Destino was to be awash with Dalí’s iconic melting clocks, marching ants and floating eyeballs. However, Destino was not completed at that time. In 2003, it was rediscovered by Walt’s nephew, Roy E. Disney, who took on the challenge of bringing the creation of these two great artists to fruition. In addition to the completed Destino, this exciting addition to the Walt Disney Treasures line also includes an all-new feature-length documentary that examines the surprising partnership between Dalí and Disney plus two new featurettes; “The Disney That Almost Was”, an examination of the studio’s unfinished projects; and “Encounters with Walt”, which addresses the surprisingly diverse group of celebrities and artists who were attracted to Walt Disney’s early work.

Here is Henry Alfonso Navarro’s behind the scenes video of the Red Light District shoot for Dark Beauty Magazine. This guy is simply brilliant and one of the best addition to our dark vision. Watch and get a taste of his shoot of Chrissy Wai-Ching wedding dresses for the Alternative Wedding issue. Thanks to his entire team for putting this sneak-peak together.

Model: Farnaz Dadashi
Makeup & Hair: Lauren Warner
Designer: Wai-Ching
Photographer: Henry Alfonso Navarro
Videographer: Ignacius
Location: Studio 435 (LensExposure Studios)
www.lensexposure.com

See all the films on Selfridges & Co.’s The Film Project.