October 17, 2012

Günseli Türkay

Finale of the Günseli Türkay show of October the 10th. 



Günseli Türkay showed her S/S '13 collection full of flowing silhouettes. Simple elegance emphasized by handwork and eye catching details. Bianca Jagger, Marisa Berenson, Lauren Hutton are leading icons in this collection for next year. Creme and pastel shades cover the color palette. The collection will range from 70's inspired loose blouses, a trend during last show season in Paris and evening gowns. 

Hatice Gökce

Finale of the Hatice Gökce show of October 12th. 


Hatice Gökce

Born in 1973, Hatice Gökce graduated from Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts. Her own design atelier was established in 1998 and since then Gökce has been the leading figure in menswear. As a designer she adopts experimentalism, uses innovative fabrics in her work and provides consultancy for Turkish institutions. 
She currently lives in Istanbul, Hatice Gökce is both collaborating with professional institutions and persons in order to carry her brand into the future, and designing customized wear for artists. In 2012, Hatice Gökce collaborated with Chinese brand Ilchi to design their upcoming menswear collection. As the first Turkish designer in Chinese fashion industry, this succes story in highly appreciated both in national and international arenas. 



October 16, 2012

Maryme-JimmyPaul at Uğurlugil Supermarket

JW Kaldenbach
photocredit: JW Kaldenbach



Bright colors in a brightly lit supermarket. Maryme-JimmyPaul lives up this tiny supermarket in the French passage in the neighborhood of Karaköy.

The collection is a tribute to an epic character, the deceased beauty queen JonBenet Ramsy. The attributes of her pageantry are the icons of a doomed world of constant self-representation. 

Maryme-JimmyPaul is a combination of forces united in Amsterdam. With an assortment of backgrounds that bring together art, architecture, fashion and sculpture they offer an unique projection and perspective of the world around them. Maryme-JimmyPaul works within the area that exists between art and fashion. Taking inspiration from their own created stories, worlds, people and perspectives on current (and past) pop culture; they present fashion in a different way. 

www.maryme-jimmypaul.com


Marga Weimans at Vasa Woodcarving

Photo by JW Kaldenbach

The ambition of SALON/ is to intertwine location, public and designer. This picture of Marga Weimans at VASA Woodcarving is not only breathtaking but also an example of a successful integration of design in its surrounding.

Marga Weimans is a fashion house which explores and pushes the borders of fashion by incorporating elements from various other creative disciplines, such as architecture, industrial design and fine arts. For this dress the designer has also developed the woven fabric herself and combined it with inspiration from an iconic silhouette by Christian Dior. By closely studying this dress and conducting many experiments to find the perfect structure and shapes she created the Apartment Dress as part of the installation ' Fashion House: Most Beautiful Dress in the World'. 

www.margaweimans.com

Pauline van Dongen: The Flip Dot Dress Performance

SALON/ was proud to present the most recent electronic design by Pauline van Dongen: the Flip Dot Dress. A dress which proves Van Dongen's true inventive nature as a fashion designer. "I really have to explore the boundaries of fashion."

During her artist in residence in Vienna she started out from the idea that every action has a certain result or consequence; the concept of leaving an imprint after each intervention or a certain interaction and thereby creating an interesting topography on the body. With this piece Van Dongen investigates the undulating surface of the body. She explores the idea of erosion, patterns, change and passing of time.

In Vienna she focused on wearables in fashion technology. Her wish to merge analogue and digital technology led her to flip-dots. They have a physical presence and tactility, emphasized by their flickering sound. Together with electrical engineer and robot hacker Daniel Schatzmayr, who she met in Vienna, she developed an interactive garment, by using the principle of flip-dots. Schatzmayr designed all the electronics and technology behind this kinetic piece. Each dot can individually be addressed by a computer to animate patterns swirling around the body. During the performance at the 333KM Gallery in Istanbul the dots were adjusted to react to the music. DJ Onur Karagöz created an eclectic mixture of electronic soundscapes with traditional Turkish influences. 


Photo's by JW Kaldenbach